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  1. Could be worse on TiVo Causes Increase in Product Placement · · Score: 2, Informative

    I watched a Korean drama with a friend and I swear the only purpose of the show was to sell the sound track and promote the artists. Every single episode there were 5 songs that would always have to be played no matter what.

  2. Homometer on Star Wars Trilogy MIT Musical · · Score: 1
  3. Re:On PC, though... on Gavin Carter Discusses Elder Scrolls · · Score: 1

    The 360 GPU has HDR abilities beyond that of current HDR methods and doesn't have the huge performance hit associated with FP16 vs. regular 32bit colour. This is all thanks to a FP10 mode that has the same memory footprint as 32bit. This allows the 360 to perform combinations of effects that have huge performance hits on regular GPUs, look at Project Gotham Racing 3 for a glimpse at what computers will do 2 years time.

  4. Rebranded on Hands on With Nintendo's Wi-Fi Adapter · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The thing is just a rebranded Buffalo USB Wireless key. If you don't have wireless already there are probably a lot better maybe even cheaper solutions and as I understand it this doesn't give you any extra functionality like compatibility with Nintendo's proprietary wireless protocol.

    http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail .php?productid=81&categoryid=7

  5. Re:Not too surprising on First-Gen Xbox 360 Games Single-Threaded? · · Score: 1

    I don't think I've ever read a review that said the Xbox port was worse.

  6. Re:GPU to excel CPU on Overclocked Radeon Card Breaks 1 GHz · · Score: 1

    Since these days GPUs are masively parrallel it is easy to throw more transistors at chip designs. They ad redundency to make yeilds higher and sell chips with some defects as low end parts.

  7. Re:Naming system needs to be changed on Tropical Storm Alpha Sets Naming Record · · Score: 1

    I agree it only makes people live in the past. You won't see and "I survived hurricane TS2005-22" t-shirts.

  8. Re:I believe Gates is off-base here... on Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    All they have to do is change/design the video encoding chip for their rumored HD-DVD version.

  9. Re:$100? on Blu Ray Drive Will Cost $100 Per PlayStation 3 · · Score: 1

    The motor is also more expensive to cut down on any jitter. Demodulation logic is also larger then DVD drives.

  10. Re:Stop Podcasting - or the puppy gets it on Nintendo's First Podcast · · Score: 1

    Except almost every story involving a mp3 calls it a podcast regardless if it is or not.

  11. FF extension please on Locked-Out Journalists Turn To Podcasting · · Score: 1

    Can someone make a Firefox extension that replaces words with other less obnoxious words so I don't have to look at the buzzword and many others ever again You could create it under the guise of protection children from harsh language.

  12. Re:Worked real well... on XBox 360 Bundles Top $700 · · Score: 1

    Actually they worked pretty well for the first Xbox (highest game attach rate of last gen consoles) but we're talking two games not this 4 game bullshit.

  13. Re:If they'd let me do the asking... on Bluetooth Ads Beamed from Billboards · · Score: 1

    A lot (maybe the majority) of print ads in Japan have 2d barcodes on them that you can take a picture of and get a url where you can find more information about whatever it is. This is the way it should be.

  14. Re:How wrong on Only NFL Game This Year Gets Lukewarm Response · · Score: 1

    Not mention being invented in Canada.

  15. Re:Bad testing methodology on ASUS Secretly Overclocking Motherboards? · · Score: 1

    Yeah but the motherboard is also automatically choosing more agressive memory timings then those desired by the user.

  16. Re:Can I ask why? on Linux Hacked Onto Fry's Cheap Wireless G Router · · Score: 1

    I got very unstable wireless speeds when I tried the DD-WRT firmware I wouldn't reccomend it. I switched to HyperWRT.

  17. JETRO on Summer Internships - The Good, and the Bad? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm currently an intern in Japan. My job isn't as glamorous as some but getting the opportunity to live and work in a different culture has been a great experience. I have not been translating Japanese->English thank you, just a typical power engineer job. Some other interns I know are working with robotics and if that's your thing then there is no better place in the world. I'll be here for another 10 months but JETRO internships can be as little as 4 months. Just don't expect to be paid much.

  18. Re:When I was in high school on Quantum Information Can be Negative · · Score: 1

    They don't do jokes like that anymore :(

  19. YES! on Crucial Classics - Bionic Commando · · Score: 1

    My favorite game to rent when I was little, I could have a friend over and play coop and finish the game in fairly short order. Man, good times.

  20. I'll wait on Asa Dotzler on Why Linux Isn't Ready for the Desktop · · Score: 1

    I tried Linux on an older computer. Everything was fine until it came to the Nvidia graphics card and wireless drivers. Searching the internet for people with the same problem, I found 'answers'. Answers involving using very specific compiler versions to get the wireless drivers working and I never did get the disply drivers over 60Hz and 800*600. Essentially the stars had to align to get everything working the way I wanted it to and I gave up and installed XP. Get it to a point where installing software doesn't require jumping through hoops and I might be back.

  21. Re:I expect more out of people on Cobblestones are Good for You · · Score: 1

    It would be neat to take this a step further and make a treadmill out of cobblestone textured rubber. That or scientifically designed texture similar to cobblestone. I can't see this being to good on the knees though.

  22. Re:First Post on Review: Jade Empire · · Score: 1

    Except it wouldn't be the same game on the PS2, complain about load time on an Xbox? Try doing the game without a harddrive cache.

  23. Re:Signal to noise. on Saving Lives with Design · · Score: 1

    Don't forget ^^^THIS SIDE UP^^^.

    Lameness my ass.

  24. Kill It! on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 1

    The sun it's stealing our energy.

  25. Re:Not a surprise - this happens a lot in Canada on Media Organizations Join Forces to Fight Canadian Ruling · · Score: 1

    The Edmonton case is extreme there was an obvious coruption of the police force. The police chief even tried to set up a sting to catch the reporter drunk driving. At least our journalist have balls.

    You can't possibly defend hate crimes either. Ernst Zundel publically denied the Holocaust ever happened. Keegstra along the same line was teaching students the Holocaust never happened and that Jewish people were evil. Sounds like a couple of upstanding citizens you'd want in your comunity doesn't it. More free speech in the context of hate crimes only makes people more polarized. Also, "The Criminal Code states that no one can be convicted of promoting hatred if the hateful statements are true."