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  1. Re:Competition? on Skype Asks FCC to Open Cellular Networks · · Score: 1
    I didn't assume I knew everything, or that no providers existed that had reasonable policies about contract vs. non-contract service. All I said with all the providers I tried, I was unable to obtain service without a contract and/or buying a phone from them. In fact, in my first post, I specifically asked for information about carriers that would let me bring in my own equipment.

    I gave you the information you asked for, and you told me I was wrong. Were you looking for an answer, or were you looking for an argument?

  2. Re:Competition? on Skype Asks FCC to Open Cellular Networks · · Score: 1

    Go to Verizon Wireless. You can bring in any phone on their approved device list and activate it with no contract. With no contract, night/weekend minutes and in-network calling will each cost you $10/mo. extra.

    A contract is usually a better option for people because the phone is subsidized, and they don't have to pay extra for the bonus contract features.

    Assuming you know everything about cellular contracts just because you were duped into getting one is ignorant at best.

  3. Re:Competition? on Skype Asks FCC to Open Cellular Networks · · Score: 1

    Nobody's forcing you into a contract. Just pay full price for your own equipment and pay extra for the N&W minutes and in-network calling.

    Doesn't sound like such a bad deal now, does it?

  4. Re:How about play in USB mode? on Next Generation of iPods to have Wi-Fi? · · Score: 1

    I guess I'm the only person on the entire planet who isn't a DJist about music and has to hear it to know the mood/tempo/etc.
     
      Not being able to relate to someone doesn't invalidate their opinion. You're acting like a baby.

  5. Re:please... on Next Generation of iPods to have Wi-Fi? · · Score: 1
    buying and storing music wirelessly using a 3G or other cellphone network.

    I haven't been able to find the patent filing yet, so I don't know the scope. However, if that's one of their goals with this patent, Verizon Wireless already has prior art with their VCast Music service.

  6. Re:Screen and power problems are bogus. on ESPN Mobile Reaches The End Of The Road · · Score: 1
    catch the broadcast game.

    My point exactly.

  7. Re:Screen and power problems are bogus. on ESPN Mobile Reaches The End Of The Road · · Score: 1
    To watch ESPN, you need a TV, a cable or satellite tuner, a connection to the cable company or satellite company to provide the feed, and a wall outlet to provide power for the TV and cable or satellite tuner.

    If the TV is there, it's a reasonable assumption to make that the rest of it will be too.

    You're being pedantic.

  8. Re:Screen and power problems are bogus. on ESPN Mobile Reaches The End Of The Road · · Score: 4, Funny
    Anywere there's a TV and a wall outlet, you have the game.

    Then why bother with the phone? You must be an engineer.

  9. Re:The bookstore has more than just "regular" book on Sony Reader Now Available · · Score: 1

    HTML can be read after converting the file to BBeB.

  10. Re:Honda Music Link on iPod Car Integration Reality Check at Apple Expo · · Score: 1

    Griffin makes the SmartDeck, which does exactly that.

  11. Re:Enough with the April Fool's Crap on The Cure for Information Overload · · Score: 3, Funny
    Look, it's the one day of the year

    *snort*

  12. Re:This is NOT it's last gasp. on Intel and HP Commit $10 billion to Boost Itanium · · Score: 3, Funny
    Then again, there's people who're into snorting drain cleaner too...

    Please.

    Fortune 500 companies mainline.
  13. I smell a prank. on The Neediest Dolls In The World · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Guaranteed we'll be hearing about this in a week.

  14. Re:'useless' screen corners on Top 8 Reasons HCI is in its Stone Age · · Score: 1, Informative
    In the lower left corner of the screen for 99% of out-of-the-box systems when they are on there's that little start button, which does have something remotely to do with apps & docs

    Try moving your mouse all the way to the corner of the screen and click. See what happens? Nothing.

    Also: what about the menu bar at the top? Upper right-hand corner: close window..

    Again, try moving your mouse to the top-right corner and click. Again, nothing.



    Also from TFA, the author addresses this issue. Maybe you should go back and take a look.

  15. Re:Unifying rap popularity theorey on Nerdcore Rap In The Press · · Score: 1

    Your life won't even begin until after high school. Trust me.

  16. Re:Boot times disk/network bound on Intel Developer Macs Outperform G5s · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting point, but let me add a counter-point.

    How many third party drivers need to be installed on the average Mac?

  17. Re:Sure, a few people drop out because they are sm on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    In my case, it's fairly easy. FAFSA guarantees nearly a free ride based on my yearly income, and since I haven't tied myself down with any _real_ responsibilities (e.g. kids, mortgage), I can just drop everything and worry about what's important.

  18. Re:Sure, a few people drop out because they are sm on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    Amen to that. After 5 years out of school, working crap jobs with little hope of promotion, I'm absolutely dying to go to school.

  19. Re:This a Joke? on Price Drops For Mac mini Upgrades · · Score: 0

    You can get one module or the other, not both. Hence the (albeit more expensive) option for both on one module. Stop bitching.

  20. Re:I dunno .... on pcHDTV Card Available, Legal for Now · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Every local television syndicate has to broadcast OTA in the USA.

  21. Re:I'm more interested in a video card on pcHDTV Card Available, Legal for Now · · Score: 1

    VGA-to-component transcoders exist, in the ~$150-$200USD range.

  22. Re:Woah, calm down killer. on Fixing That Old Game System · · Score: 1

    An apples to apples comparison would be a 4-head VCR to a progressive-scan DVD player. That being the case, your argument still doesn't hold water, as the cheapest progressive scan DVD player still costs about the same.

  23. Re:Woah, calm down killer. on Fixing That Old Game System · · Score: 1
    and dvds with progressive scan are $38 Canadian (about $30 US) at WalMart.

    ... which is well over half the price of a VCR.

  24. Re:Woah, calm down killer. on Fixing That Old Game System · · Score: 1

    You can still find VCRs at major electronics retailers for as low as 45USD. Surely, after all that fact-checking you did regarding HDTV in the USA, you could have googled "vcr".

  25. Re:OT: Growing Pains II TV Movie on BitTorrent Accounts for 35% of Traffic · · Score: 2, Funny
    My reason? An old crush on one of the cast members.



    Kirk Cameron?