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  1. Re:will solo force you to be online all the time? on Diablo 3 To Be Released On May 15th · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Good for you? Since Starcraft was a smashing success despite the whiners goes to show how little Blizzard will care.

  2. Re:Where does this guy live? on Book Review: Google+: the Missing Manual · · Score: 1

    No it's only "hugely popular" in Brazil and to a much smaller degree popular in India.

  3. Re:90 million on Book Review: Google+: the Missing Manual · · Score: 1

    Yes and that.number is heavily inflated by Google setting up a Google+ account even when all you wanted was a Gmail account.

  4. Re:I thought Google+ was dead? on Book Review: Google+: the Missing Manual · · Score: 1

    Google+ was ever alive? Outside of fanboi hype it's always been a ghost town.

  5. Re:So you pay for what you already own on Details of Initial "Disc to Digital" Program Emerge · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is nonsense. You won't go to jail for making private use rips. Stop spreading FUD.

  6. Re:Let me get this straight... on Details of Initial "Disc to Digital" Program Emerge · · Score: 1

    You've been able to rip blurays for many years now.

  7. Re:Let me get this straight... on Details of Initial "Disc to Digital" Program Emerge · · Score: 0

    Why would an apple user use this? iTunes is leaps and bounds better in the content selection and availability across devices than this Vudu shit. Oh right, this was a "hurp durp apple users are itards" post.

  8. Re:Who really cares? on DOJ Asks Court To Keep Secret Google / NSA Partnership · · Score: 2

    You do know that the FBI is part of the DoJ right?

  9. Re:Helping the government != paying for itself on San Jose Plan Reintroduces Large-Scale Municipal Wi-Fi Coverage · · Score: 1

    Do you want YOUR SSN and government records floating around the local DMV on a public wireless network?

    Because you think Wifi makes it impossible to use encryption?

  10. Re:Surprising. on Rogers Joins Telus In Seeking National Regulation · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Having a flatter and more distributed government that is more "local" than "federal" means that corruption is much more expensive to achieve than it is with a large federal bureaucratic government. Also, with less (not none. Less.) regulation generally, there is less market distortion and the bar to entry is significantly lower. This enables more competition and everyone benefits.

    That's a cute theory but unfortunately the historical evidence from the mid 19th century to the early 20th century shows it's bunk.

  11. Re:ICANN is corrupt on US Government Withdraws IANA Contract From ICANN · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the US government owns the .com, .net and .org TLDs, right?

  12. Re:Which is why I buy subsidy free.... on T-Mobile Exec Calls For End To Cell Phone Subsidies · · Score: 1

    It means you get an unlimited data connection but you only get 4G speeds up to the first 5GB. After words you still have a data connection but at slower speeds. It's not that hard to comprehend. I know you're being obtuse but "unlimited data" doesn't mean "unlimited data at this speed" and they have never claimed you are getting such a thing.

  13. Re:Literally on T-Mobile Exec Calls For End To Cell Phone Subsidies · · Score: 1

    Yes, and that literally "billions" is amortized over 10s of millions of customers and ends up truly costing them fractions of a penny per message.

  14. Re:"literally ... nothing" on T-Mobile Exec Calls For End To Cell Phone Subsidies · · Score: 1

    It clearly doesn't cost them "nothing" but it doesn't cost them remotely close to the 25 cents/message they will try to charge you without a plan with texting. The cost of maintaining the infrastructure is a tiny fraction of a cent per message amortized over their 10s of millions of customers.

  15. Re:Apple is killing text messaging on T-Mobile Exec Calls For End To Cell Phone Subsidies · · Score: 1

    What a terrible "fix" attempt. Shouldn't you have fixed the first sentence as well since you claim first that its seamless implementation is what makes it effective then you fixed the second sentence to say it's only marketing. FAIL.

  16. Re:Should do that with Matrix 2 and 3 on Topher Grace Screens Star Wars Prequel Re-edit · · Score: 2

    The effects were terrible. The hideously obvious jumps from the real person to the mannequin-like CGI version of them during the action scenes was groan worthy.

  17. Re:Zero chance of stopping it on Last Chance To Stop SOPA From Coming To Canada · · Score: 0

    Translation: I'm a coward but I can talk big on the internet.

    Ooooh scary. I'm sure the politicians are practically shitting themselves right now over your empty threats.

  18. Re:Zero chance of stopping it on Last Chance To Stop SOPA From Coming To Canada · · Score: 0

    And will you do anything beyond ranting about how others should be fighting this battle for you? You "tree of liberty" people talk a big game but are too much of pussies to do anything.

  19. Re:Harper's in Office on Last Chance To Stop SOPA From Coming To Canada · · Score: 1

    Don't ask someone else to do it. Do it yourself, tough guy.

  20. Re:Eh on Last Chance To Stop SOPA From Coming To Canada · · Score: -1, Troll

    Then they came for the freetards and I still didn't care.

  21. Re:*yawn* on Publishers Warned On Ebook Prices · · Score: 1

    Because you think Amazon won't raise prices once they drive their competitors out? Are you that naive?

  22. Re:Market Analysis on Publishers Warned On Ebook Prices · · Score: 1

    Because Amazon is doing that to drive out their competitors so they gain monopoly share which they can then use to raise prices. Or are you too naive to work this out? This is a classic tactic of companies like Amazon and is referred to as price dumping. Amazon is just butthurt that Apple came in to break their stranglehold on the ebook market.

  23. Re:Market Analysis on Publishers Warned On Ebook Prices · · Score: 1

    You're not cutting anyone out. Amazon is going to demand their cut which is going to be nearly as much as any other publisher.

  24. Re:Constant Vigilance... on UK Anti-Piracy Law Survives Court Challenge · · Score: 1

    Forgot to mention News Corp as well.

  25. Re:Constant Vigilance... on UK Anti-Piracy Law Survives Court Challenge · · Score: 2

    Huh? In what universe do you live in where Disney, Sony, Vivendi, Viacom, Time Warner, GE and Comcast are "small fry"? It's apparently not this one.