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  1. Re:My fave: "Linux's business model is flawed" on Microsoft & Linux Should Co-Exist In China · · Score: 1

    There is a territory that even M$ won't go near. Look at RedFlag Linux. It's got a penguin carrying the communist flag proudly. From the political standpoint, RedFlag is a no brainer. Sure windows can have chinese fonts, but I don't think M$ can go any further than that.

  2. Re:PC-Level Graphics? on The PS2 Five Years Later · · Score: 1

    If Sony was smart, they would make their PS3 hardware swappable. In case something breaks, gamers should be able to buy another DVD rom for $39.99 instead of a new system. If they have to buy a new system, they might be inclined to invest in a Revolution or xbox 360. This was not a threat before, as they are about to face some serious competition.

  3. Re:What about PAL slimline silver models? on New Slimline PS2 Compatibility Issues · · Score: 1

    I got the 1st shipment of the slimed PS2, when my original PS2 fried. Immediately I rendered 2 accessories obsolete. My Multitap did not fit in the slim model. Then my ActionReplay memory card can't be read with the new slim PS2, so I had to give that away too.

  4. Re:Big FORCE Gun? on Doom Takes A Shot At Gamers · · Score: 1

    The movie has bigger things to worry about. Such as

    - How to avoid looking like Aliens the movie.
    - How to allocate budget for all that fire power.
    - How to show the film in anything higher than +1 brightness contrast.

  5. Re:Rules of Combat for the New Warriors Class on Tech Companies Swimming In Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Where do the techies belong. I hope they ain't the 80 targets while the lawyers are the 9 true warrior.

  6. Re:OK? on Napster's Learning Curve · · Score: 1

    I don't mind Napster taking credit for the P2P concept. However the paid-subscription service did not come out of the Napster brand first. Correct me if I am wrong, but Listen.com (now Rhapsody) has the subscription service launched in December 2001. Napster reborned some time in 2003 as a subscription service later.

    And my 2-month dual $ubscription test concluded that Rhapsody is superior over Napster in everyway. Mostly due to all the "buy-only" tracks on Napster, that made it a nobrainer for me to keep Rhapsody. And if anyone has any accurate opinions about Yahoo music service, I am curious too.

  7. Gaming Library on PSP Hits 10 Million Units · · Score: 0

    I finally see a couple PSP games around the corner in 2006 that might have my interest. Overall this is the most patience I have shown a new system. Usually I want it the day it launches.

    In the meantime I don't see any more DS titles besides castlevania that would be even worth it. Maybe DS has maxed out?

  8. Re:Why the need for a Lawsuit? on iPod Nano Scratches Result In Suit · · Score: 1

    Every new iPod design comes with a lawsuit. The original iPod minis had aweful battery problems. Now the nano just scratches. The only time Apple can sell you something of unreal high quality is when they overprice to the extreme. When they sell at market value, there is problems.

  9. Re:Cultural greed? More like human greed! on 419 Emails From A Cultural Perspective · · Score: 1

    What do you mean? Americans scam Americans too. Look at Enron.

  10. Re:Existing virtual machines? on VMWare Inc. Releases Free Virtual Machine Runtime · · Score: 1

    Some people suggested Vmware could simulate hard drive failures and such. I have not seen any official way to pulling disks out of the vmware layer. That would be awesome to mess around with.

  11. Re:Shame, SUSE, NetWare had potential! on Novell Layoffs Coming This Month? · · Score: 1

    Only thing great about Netware was its heavy use of IPX. Years ago, it did seem to be 2 to 3x the speed of TCP/IP.

  12. Re:Trading away software freedom is unwise. on Big Names Back Possible Linux Standards · · Score: 1

    On this list, redhat is the only company with linux as the #1 revenue stream and #1 priority daily. They can make all the decisions they want on GNOME/KDE. But their decisions mean squat when the next kid in the basement come up with something better.

    Adobe Systems
    IBM
    Intel
    Hewlett-Packard
    Novell
    RealNetworks
    Red Hat

  13. Re:The Format That I Want to Win... on Blu-Ray The Flavour of The Moment · · Score: 1

    Are you positive on that? This would mean a blue-ray/HDDVD player will handle DVDs of all formats, CDRs of all formats. This stack is getting rather huge.

  14. Re:Give it to the UN on Why Talk About Internet Governance? · · Score: 1

    Look at the rape of Nanking as Japanese sources have done a great job calling it just an incident. This is proof that you don't need to control the Internet to block out history.

  15. Re:That's exactly the problem with these guys on Britain's MI6 Opens Its First Website · · Score: 1

    Typically I have the highest respect for FBI and CIA agents. However, you really don't want to take into consideration the current group under the WMD and terrorism cases. That group is politically brain washed and filtered to fit on your TV by the Bush administration. I am surprise they don't go on the news bragging about their security clearance.

  16. Re:I'm skeptical on No Modification PSP TV Adapter · · Score: 1

    LMFAO. That pic saids it all.

  17. Datacenter Pants on Worlds First Server Hosted on a PSP · · Score: 1

    In other news Sony offers pants that hold 25 PSP servers for running a mobile datacenter.

    In other news Sony offers asscrack disaster recovery service for the PSP.

  18. Re:How did he pick UW-Madison? on Bill Gates Is Coming To A College Near You · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If he truely did visit University of Michigan, then that's 2 of the top states where the IT jobs count dropped the most since 2001. I guess this is Bill Gate's way of saying "We agreed on helping the industry ship tons of jobs over to India. In exchange, I'll make a personal visit."

  19. Re:Fragging children. on Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms to Anyone Under 18 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The government is not protecting children. They just sent thousands of 18 year olds to Iraq. They don't give a flying fuck.

    Yahoo and other organizations are blocking out the group with the most potential to make damaging comments bad enough that the forums can get sued. And if you have seen some of the other public forums, teenagers are absolutely out of control.

    And no, politicans are not blocking video game violence for kids. They are doing it for their own political agenda.

  20. Re:This is VERY GOOD news on IBM Donates Parts of Rational to Open Source · · Score: 1

    All I want is an open-lite version of Clearcase freely available to use.

  21. Re:More creative ways to on Microsoft Sees Future in IPTV · · Score: 1

    ROFLMAO! That's true. It is practically the format/recipe for all of today's news and shows.

  22. Re:Let this company die on 180 Solutions Cuts Back on Spyware Installs · · Score: 1

    It's not spyware, it's a feature... saids the company hiring the CS major.

  23. Anyone Remember? on Gamestop Cuts Hundreds of Jobs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anyone remember the early days of EB when the sales clerk wore shirt and ties to sell you the rarest video games? And there was 4-5 people servicing the store. Super service, and treat the customers like a million bucks.

    I am sorry, but both EB and Gamestop today is a mess. The management folks have done nothing to improve the store image. Besides buying old games, nothing separate it from some Bestbuy video games shelf.

    And why does every guy behind the counter have to be so biased toward some system. Can I buy a PS2 game in peace without some guy shoving Xbox-is-better at me.

  24. Re:Creative Left Out on Creative's X-Fi Audio Chip Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I still run the classic soundblaster live Platinum and it has outlasted every other PC part I have had. This was the most hi-end card before the 5.1 days and costed $250 at the time. Creative however should start selling the 5 1/2 frontend bay piece separately from the cards.

  25. Re:Anti-Trust, Schmanti-Trust on Real And Microsoft Close to Settlement · · Score: 1

    I gave Real alot of props after they released Rhapsody music service. Their other offerings might not be all that interesting, but no reason to hate.