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  1. Re:Wonder why they don't raid Sony *wink wink* on Japanese Government Raids Intel Tokyo Offices · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that Sony gets good competition from JVC and Matsushita. I may be missing out on what the parent company of JVC is, I apologize. Maybe Sony is just more marketing oriented than the other large Japanese electronics firms.

  2. Re:Yikes! on Japanese Government Raids Intel Tokyo Offices · · Score: 1

    Japan has a lot of competing highly vertically integrated companies, but do they really have a lot of monopolies? I'm ignorant of that.

  3. Re:Video-on-demand, eh? on Netflix to Offer Movie Downloads · · Score: 1

    Netflix used to, it doesn't anymore. Probably too many damaged discs.

  4. Re:The answer is - A circle! on Bicycle Riding on Square Wheels · · Score: 1

    A normal bicycle rolling on the Earth is a wheel with the same shape as the surface.

  5. Re:Amusing... on Attorney Mike Godwin Answers 'Cyberlaw' Questions · · Score: 2, Informative

    You mean Carmack. Romero was a designer, not a programmer.

  6. Re:Lets hope Corel doesn't screw this up. on Corel To Test WordPerfect For Linux · · Score: 1

    No, the Mac market grows every year. The market share of Macintosh has been relatively stagnant recently and has dropped significantly within the past decade. But market share doesn't matter. What matters is the number of installations and the propensity of Word Perfect to be purchased for those.

  7. Mac OS X on Corel To Test WordPerfect For Linux · · Score: 1

    Corel, where is the Macintosh version?

  8. Re:Some of the conclusions are dubious on Microsoft PR: Looking Under The Hood · · Score: 1

    Most executives can't read something without saying it out loud. So, it's technically not a lie.

  9. Re:Why? on Microsoft PR: Looking Under The Hood · · Score: 1

    Do you really believe that "I love playing Xbox games and believe that the system's cultural influence as a social entertainment brand has only just begun" is a quote directly from P. Diddy's mouth?

  10. Re:Pining... on Microsoft PR: Looking Under The Hood · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is that simple on Mac OS X.

  11. Re:English channels on Congress To Force Cable a la Carte Plans · · Score: 1

    No, that was just a cross-promotional gimmick. ;)

  12. Re:Don't be concerned until... on Google Updates Its Face · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently you haven't heard yet, but "jump the shark" has jumped the shark.

  13. Re:In firefox... on Google Updates Its Face · · Score: 1

    No! Now that you have revealed the next name of Firefox, they're going to have to scrap it any go ahead with their next, next name which is Firegiraffe.

  14. Re:It might sound good on the surface ... on Congress To Force Cable a la Carte Plans · · Score: 1
    ... but are you sure you want big government interfering in private business like this? Sure, your bills will decrease, but once the government has latched onto this industry it'll never let go. We could soon see channels with an anti-war bias get censored off the air 'for our own good', and copy protection built right into the cable system (protected by the DMCA, naturally).
    And how is this different from now?
  15. Re:I couldn't have said this better myself... on Congress To Force Cable a la Carte Plans · · Score: 1
    I wanted to get the local channels in HDTV. But to do that I'd have to switch back to cable. To switch back to cable, and keep my current channel lineup would have been US$170/mo!!! And that's not including the HDTV support...!
    Why are you relying on a company to pipe local HDTV into your set? Just buy an antenna. It's not like the quality is going to be any better if it comes in over a cable or satelite.
  16. Re:English channels on Congress To Force Cable a la Carte Plans · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but just wait until you sit through an episode of Chinese Idol.

  17. Re:Dell?? on Better Business Bureau Targets Apple's G5 Ads · · Score: 1

    Well, the head of the Terscale Cluster said it was because Dell couldn't provide the power/dollar ratio that Apple could.

  18. Re:Unfortunately, Apple is too bullheaded... on BusinessWeek on Opening Apple's iTunes DRM · · Score: 1

    Whether you realize it or not, Free Software and Open Source is licensed -- remember APSL is Apple Public Source License. Apple provided a very liberal and free license to essentially everyone for Rendezvous which illustrates that they wouldn't be completely opposed to licensing Protected AAC if it were theirs to license. And that was my point.

  19. Re:Seems crazy to me... on WTO Wants USA to Gamble Online · · Score: 1
    What is the actual product in gambling? There is no trade going on here.
    They trade money.
  20. Re:Winamp Plays FairPlay Tunes on BusinessWeek on Opening Apple's iTunes DRM · · Score: 1

    Does this plug-in make use of QuickTime's APIs? It'd be easy to get any application to play Apple's Protected AAC files as long as you have QuickTime installed on the system.

  21. Re:Unfortunately, Apple is too bullheaded... on BusinessWeek on Opening Apple's iTunes DRM · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...or Rendezvous.

  22. Re:Why PDF? on Free Culture · · Score: 1

    PDF is the format that should be used for distributing books. It's the best way to give the user one file that ensures both a good softcopy experience as well as hardcopy.

    If you want to extract text out of a PDF then use something here.

  23. Re:slashbot on New Documents Shed Light on Microsoft's Tactics · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Please explain how pocket, portable computing would have been possible even ten years ago. The hardware was the limiting factor. Microsoft had nothing to do with it - the state of the semiconductor industry did. We didn't have CPUs that worked withotu sucking *lots* of juice.
    The Newton was released in 1993; it is currently 2004. That would be 11 years ago.

    "Released in 1993, the Newton was one of the first PDAs (personal digital assistants) on the market."
  24. Re:Apple is dying...again. on Why iPod Can't Save Apple · · Score: 1

    If they want me to buy a PowerBook, they're going to have to leave them as they are with one pointer button that can be modified with the use of Shift, Control, and Option.

  25. Re:Apple's Lifeblood on Why iPod Can't Save Apple · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'm sure. That was the result of a settlement.