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  1. Re:more anti-consumer 'choice' in the market on OnLive To Be Built Into Vizio Devices · · Score: 3, Informative

    1. get on a treadmill that gets harder and harder to get off each time a new game is purchased, because if a subscription is ever canceled all purchased games are gone forever.

    [...]

    perhaps the terms have changed since the last time I looked at this, but I doubt it.

    They have changed, there is no subscription fee anymore.

  2. Re:Because the goverment doesn't mandate it on Company Sued, Loses For Not Using Patented Tech · · Score: 1

    A working safety feature exists, so why is it not implemented?

    Take at look at this article, seems like their motivations was "If [they] all stick together and don't license this product, the industry can argue that everybody rejected it so it obviously wasn't viable, thereby limiting any legal liability the industry might face as a result of the new technology."

  3. No Cash on Virtual Space Station Sold For $330,000 · · Score: 2, Informative

    He didn't actually spend $330,000. FTA:

    "The auction for the Crystal Palace Space Station in Planet Calypso has sold for 3,300,000 PED. This virtual game currency when converted to US dollars is $330,000."

    Apparently he earned all the PED in game.

  4. Re:Captchas need to evolve on Inside India's CAPTCHA Solving Economy · · Score: 1

    It's estimated that 8% of India speaks English, which would be 90 million people. That's second only to the United States.

  5. Re:Good PR? on Netflix Changes Its Mind, Will Keep Profiles Feature · · Score: 4, Insightful

    2. Announce feature will not be pulled.

  6. Re:Simpsons already did it. on Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes · · Score: 1

    He wrote stake, not steak. Haven't you ever noticed the price of stakes at Safeway goes up just before sundown?

  7. Re:Don't bring up "killing birds" on Oil Billionaire Building World's Largest Wind Farm · · Score: 2, Informative

    The windmills at the Altamont pass are shorter and spin at a much greater velocity. The ones this guy is buying are huge, it takes a semi truck to haul in one blade. The new ones are higher up and spin much slower, and produce significantly more electricity. They are not a danger to birds.

  8. Re:"Gag the Internet" on Mormon Church Goes After WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    IANAS, but I grew up in a Sikh family and just choose not to participate anymore.

    The modern interpretation is that you just wear underwear. There is no special garment. People in India or those raised there tend to wear what would be considered a more traditional pair, but regular underwear is just fine.

    I left because this ban on going commando was too restrictive for me (sorry, couldn't resist).

  9. Casino on Blue Lights To Reset Internal Clocks · · Score: 1

    Does this explain why some casinos paint their ceilings like the sky, to keep you from feelign tired and going to bed?

    I expect them to start putting blue lights at every machine and table.

  10. Re:My 2 cents on Nanaimo, The Google Capital of the World · · Score: 1

    They are delicious. I always get some when I visit B.C., although I could just make them myself. Here's the recipe.

  11. Re:Manbearpig on Green Light for Human/Animal Hybrids · · Score: 1

    According to Al Gore, ManBearPig is "half man, half bear, half pig".

  12. Re:I can hear the excuses already... on Green Light for Human/Animal Hybrids · · Score: 4, Funny

    My roommate in law school was from New Zealand, and this was only joke Kiwi's I knew at the time...

    Q. How does a New Zealander find a sheep in the tall grass?

    A. Very satisfying.

  13. Re:It's about avoiding a computing monoculture on Army Buys Macs to Beef Up Security · · Score: 1

    But waving around an OS like it was some magic bullet that's going to somehow fix your security problems is, well, insanity.

    I may not be as computer savvy as I thought, but what to great salsas and easy to make individual sized margaritas have to do with securing the Army's computers?

  14. Re:Translation on Xbox Live Silver Accounts Now Wait a Week For Demos · · Score: 1

    Put hand over head, open palmed, palm down.

    Quickly move towards back of head.

    Make *whoosh* sound with mouth.

  15. Re:You are free to say anything you want on NJ Blogger Fights for Anonymous Free Speech · · Score: 1

    Also, that should be city 'council'. That's what happens when you type counsel a thousand times more often.

  16. Re:You are free to say anything you want on NJ Blogger Fights for Anonymous Free Speech · · Score: 4, Informative

    IAAL, but not in New Jersey. This is a general synopsis, not specific to any state. Check with a lawyer to determine your own situation. Usually....

    The truth is an absolute defense to defamation.

    You have the other part wrong. The burden is on the plaintiff to show that there was malice, not on the defendant to show there wasn't. And that is only if the person defamed is a public figure. A city counsel person should be a public figure. Normal people who are defamed usually don't have to show malice.

  17. Re:Smoked turkey on Turkey Day Chemistry in the Kitchen · · Score: 1

    The grill is good, the fryer is better. Deep fried Turkey is moist and delicious.

    You use peanut oil because of it's higher smoke point, and as long as the oil is hot enough (325-350 degrees) it sears outside of the bird, so the turkey doesn't absorb any oil. The searing also keeps all the moisture in the bird's meat. Once you go fried, you never go back.

  18. poor Kyle on Scientists Trap a Rainbow · · Score: 1

    We're only a couple proofs away from Kyle having to suck Cartman's balls.

  19. Wii on Most Parents Don't Game With Their Kids · · Score: 1

    I've been gaming all my life (I'm 29), but I'd never played a game with my parents. Then I got a Wii and showed them Wii sports. They both loved tennis, and we all had fun playing together. I was amazed how into it they were getting. They didn't quite ge that you only needed to move the wiimote, so they were taking a step toward the ball every time. It was great.

    Then my mom kicked my ass at Wii golf. That sucked.

  20. Re:Alienation on FBI May Have Datamined Grocery Stores With Help From Credit Companies · · Score: 2, Informative
    How DARE you!!
    • Disco fries are cheese and gravy.
    • Poutine is cheese curd and gravy.

    It's a French Canadian food, but most of Canada has it. Actually, Burger King makes a damn fine poutine.
  21. Re:Uni. Bologna homepage on Tunguska on Crater From 1908 Tunguska Blast Found · · Score: 1

    How much can you trust info from the University of Bologna?

  22. Re:These lists are good, but.. on FTC Announces Crackdown on Do Not Call Violators · · Score: 1

    I'm of Indian descent, and my parents get calls to subscribe to Dish Networks almost daily, because Dish offers channels from India. The calls come from a call center in India, and always at dinner time. they won't stop calling even when we ask. The worst part is we ALREADY have Dish with those channels. The callers always say they are calling on behalf of Dish, but it's some third party installer.

    The only way that we can get them to stop it so punish the company that hired them here in the US, because we have no jurisdiction over a company from India.

  23. Re:Maybe... on Encrypted Torrents Growing Fast In the UK · · Score: 1

    My family recently moved out of a city of around 90,000 and onto farmland, but in reality me only moved about 7 miles. Our house is much more isolated, as are those of our neighbors. People here don't worry much about home break-ins or home-invasions. The criminals know that every household there has guns, and that the occupants all know how to use them.

    My father and I are avid trap shooters. I've been thinking about putting a trap machine on our property. That should definitely scare the criminals away. It's one thing to know someone has a gun and can shoot back, it's another to know they'd hit you even if you were 5 inches across and going 40+ mph.

  24. Re:Double benefit.. on Students Assigned to Write Wikipedia Articles · · Score: 1

    go bears

  25. Re:Great start on Personal Robots From Valley Startup · · Score: 1

    Clean gutters

    The people that made the vacuum robots are way ahead of you.