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  1. Re:Yes it is bad compared to the alternative on Time Warner Cable: No Consumer Demand For Gigabit Internet · · Score: 1

    Charter gives me 100/5 for $80/month. It regularly tests out on speed test sites as 95Mbps or so, and downloads from Steam or elsewhere are 10-12MB/s

  2. Re:Latency is the forgotten casuality... on Ask Slashdot: What Is an Acceptable Broadband Latency? · · Score: 1

    Most people don't understand the difference between throughput and latency.

  3. Re:Subsidies on The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers · · Score: 1

    All 3 of them?

  4. Re:Some ideas on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Tech Gear From Smash-and-Grab Theft? · · Score: 1

    I had a roommate in college that had an old 70s Volvo station wagon. Apparently it was such a piece of junk that someone didn't bother stealing it but did take the battery late one night (analog clock stopped at 2:30AM).

  5. Re:I'm gonna try to buy one. on HP Reviving the $99 Touch Pad On December 11th · · Score: 1

    I was able to get one of the 32GB models for $150. I've been running the CM Android on it for a couple months now and it's pretty good. It's called an alpha, but so far the only big issue I've had was with WPA on the alpha 2 release (wifi going into sleep mode didn't wake up properly, had to forget the network and reconnect). I use it for music, web surfing, Netflix, and a little ebook reading. For $150 that's a pretty good deal, if you can get one.

  6. Re:SWEET! on First American Internet Addiction Treatment Center · · Score: 1

    And do they take Paypal?

  7. Re:PvP games on Age of Conan's "Kinda" Launch and Massive Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    Yeah...and there's nothing like some jackass ruining your evening of gaming by corpse camping you. Some people enjoy pvp, some don't. That's what pvp servers are for.

    A lot of people don't like pvp because of those types of experiences. They don't want other people interfering with their gameplay.

  8. Re:Normal Practice at Wal-Mart on Computerized Time Clocks Susceptible to 'Manager Attack' · · Score: 1

    After 12 hours it's double time, I've seen people get it before.

  9. Re:So Linux is "Cool as Ice" on SCO Changes Tune, Again: Linux Now Just a Riff on Unix · · Score: 1

    Did you actually watch that? I'm sorry.

  10. Re:Come on CA on City Officials Almost Ban Foam Cups · · Score: 1

    California: land of the shake 'n bake.

  11. Re:What about game items? on Ebay Suspends Phone Number Sales · · Score: 1

    I believe they made it against their TOS to sell EQ stuff, so they could just close your account(s).

    People sell MMORPG stuff all the time, some developers don't like it (EQ, DAoC I think) and some don't care. UO even sells advanced characters through the "UO Power-Up" service. So no, you don't own it but yes you can sell it.

    I'm just waiting for some lawsuits to happen over this. If you can sell it then it's worth money. What happens if you lose stuff in a server crash?

    Virtual property (IP, domains, etc.) should have some interesting legal battles coming up.

  12. Re:Cheap way to upgrade! on Nexland Pro800Turbo Load Balancing Router Review · · Score: 1

    The only problem is I think you'd have to have a seperate phone line for each DSL link. So you'd pay for the extra ADSL lines and phone service, plus install fees.

  13. Re:umm the logo on DARPA Project Babylon: Universal Translator · · Score: 1

    Notice the languages it translates? Arabic and some others I believe are in the Afghani (sp?) area. Probably something to do with preventing further attacks from bin Laden by faster translation from those langauges to English

  14. Re:They fixed the only flaw in the original... on Matrix Reloaded Trailer Online · · Score: 1

    Well not really. But it would have been nice if Neo had stayed gagged for the whole movie =)

  15. Sony's right on Everquesters Suing Sony Over Virtual Ownership · · Score: 1

    It's in the EULA. They agree to that contract to play the game then sue when they break the contract and get banned. The reason Ebay stopped selling the accounts is becaus the accounts don't actually belong to the players, they belong to Sony. Ebay won't sell something that doesn't belong to the seller so....

    I don't see how Sony can lose this one. Then again with some of the judges we have you never know.

    Damn players have been doing too much Evercrack =)