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  1. Re:Too bad, cable needs competition on Netflix Expects To Be Unprofitable In 2012 · · Score: 1

    Calling bullshit on this one.

    Netflix has tons of first-class television programming (Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead) and is going to produce new episodes of Arrested Development on its own dime. Lots of incredible documentaries from National Geographic et al, as well as a huge selection of movies (both good and bad).

    I have looked at the offerings available on cable on-demand systems and they do not begin to approach the level of programming available on Netflix. You get a few recent episodes of television shows and a smattering of movies, many of which you have to rent on a pay-per-view basis.

  2. Re:I guess they don't have these in America: on HP's Strange Obsession With WebOS For Printers · · Score: 1

    No, we don't. That looks like something that would be marketed toward the geriatric sector though.

  3. Re:Some Pedestrians Aren't Heling Themselves... on Hybrids Safer In Crashes — Except For Pedestrians · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whenever I run over a pedestrian, I quickly run out of the car and throw an iPod on the body.

  4. Re:Hate It on 'Arrested Development' Comes Exclusively To Netflix · · Score: 1

    Better idea. Do without. Why not lose the fetish over coveting and consuming ready-made culture and create your own with your friends?

  5. Re:Amazing on Recreating a Mysterious, 2,100-Year-Old Clock · · Score: 1

    The world might have eventually ended up with a pan Greco-Mayan-Oriental culture going to the moon in the 1500s. Terrence McKenna describes such an imaginative sequence of events:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRC4GboGAno

  6. Re:Too bad on Logitech Calls Google TV a 'Big Mistake' · · Score: 1

    Any content provider can provide streaming content to Roku boxes if they'd like. It already offers live streams of sports and some news programming. HBO is coming on board. Blame content providers and local, incumbent cable companies for holding things back.

  7. Re:As Predicted... on Logitech Calls Google TV a 'Big Mistake' · · Score: 1

    Apple TV (and the competing Roku box...I own both and they're both great) are very-focused devices for on-demand video and 21st century content distribution. Google TV tried to bolt on a new interface to the "push model" of video that most people associate with television.

  8. Re:How about... on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    That's a perfect example of our tax dollars being wasted. Any number of libertarian folks would gladly fondle his balls for free, and probably swallow, too.

  9. Re:"campaign against the use of ... while driving" on UAE Police Claim BlackBerry Outage Made Roads Safer · · Score: 1

    Bull-shit. The first rule of freedom is that you're free to swing your fist as long as you don't hit someone's nose.

  10. Re:What's the fascination with Columbus? on Columbus Blamed For Mini Ice Age · · Score: 1

    In the Northeastern US, the Italian-Americans will act like you just ate a live baby if you don't trump up Columbus as a hero and have a day off in his honor.

  11. Re:So in other words... on Groupon Loses COO, Drastically Cuts Reported Revenue · · Score: 1

    There are somewhat established ways to estimate the value of such intangibles under GAAP or IFRS. The issue here is that Groupon seems to be a volatile startup and the inputs for determining these values are fscked.

  12. Re:Characters... on Gears of War 3 Released · · Score: 1

    I found the game incredibly immersive because you can relate to the humanity of the characters and their struggles. Quite frankly, the game deserves its "M for Mature" rating not because of the violence, but because kids simply won't appreciate the mature themes throughout the game. Your son's comments indicate as much.

  13. Re:Ooo. Voice commands! on Xbox TV Launch Planned Before End of Year · · Score: 1

    It can't happen if the TV show is playing from the Xbox. The Kinnect sensor knows what sounds are being output from the Xbox, so all such sounds are automatically cancelled out when listening for commands.
    Honestly, the voice commands I can use on Netflix and Zune are the best part of Kinnect. The motion controls work fine, but it's just awkward waving your hands around. The voice commands make it feel like the future has just arrived.

  14. Re:Wrong choice! on Panda Poo Yields Key To Cheaper Biofuels · · Score: 1

    It's not even a bear, it's somewhat related to the raccoon, so it's also a fucking liar.

  15. Re:Easy enough on McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing · · Score: 1

    I'm acknowledging the end-game of free-for-alls where no one gives a shit about their fellow man. Sociopaths rise to power.

  16. Re:Easy enough on McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing · · Score: 2

    The price of civilization is a bitch, isn't it. I read that Pakistan is closer to the libertarian ideal than Somalia, btw.

  17. Re:SO on The Uncanny Valley Explained · · Score: 1

    For those who want to know what that really was...there is an artist who has been working with scientists to synthesize or resurrect the sounds made by long-extinct human ancestors, such as "Lucy." She's also working on recreating the sounds of the woolly mammoth. Look it up on NPR's web site.

  18. Re:Stop pussyfying our youth on Can a Playground Be Too Safe? · · Score: 1

    You're using the same logic that teabaggers use when they're called out on their racism.

  19. Re:Stop pussyfying our youth on Can a Playground Be Too Safe? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The word "pussy" describes someone that acts like a scared cat and can be used as a word for female genitals. The "scared-y cat" connotation, however, does not derive from the reference to female genitals. The two connotations share the same origin but for different reasons.

  20. Re:Fully Informed Jury Association on Jury Acquits Citizens of Illegally Filming Police · · Score: 1

    It's why we save the ammo box for last in the defense of liberty.

  21. Re:Useful? on Fermilab Scientists Discover New Particle · · Score: 0

    Steam engines had no practical use for 500 years.

  22. He's a selfish asshole on iPhone 4 Survives Fall From Skydiver's Pocket · · Score: 2

    You pack things like your telephone in the lockers before you go up. As far as I'm concerned, he should be hit with the same penalties as a drunk driver for endangering lives.

  23. Re:goog.gl was better on Google Acquires G.co Domain · · Score: 2

    G.co is much cleaner in its spelling. I think Goog.gl poses a huge security risk for users because someone could easily provide a malware link to something spelled remarkably similar to goog.gl. Honestly, a normal user is not going to "get" the concept of a TLD that is oh-so-clever in almost spelling out "Google." It is not intuitive. This is the same reason I never bothered with Delicious; I'm not going to play a guessing game as to where the dots could be ambiguously placed.

  24. Re:All they're doing is limiting the usefulness on When Software Offends · · Score: 1

    Ah, point taken. I completely forgot about that.

  25. Re:Patches cause BlueScreen on Patched MS Bluetooth Flaw Exposes Even Disconnected PCs · · Score: 1

    I came into work this morning to find my Windows 7 laptop rebooted, presumably because of this issue. My Logitech BT mouse (uses a BT USB dongle) stopped working because the Bluetooth transceiver stopped working. I'm pretty sure the patch is what resulted in my mouse and Bluetooth transceiver landing in the garbage can this morning.