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  1. Re:Cover your eyes on Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X · · Score: 1

    The pwn2own contest would say otherwise. Mac is usually the first to go down.

  2. Re:image format bugs on Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Other companies got hit by those a long time ago and have since patched up their image libraries. Apple must have ignored it then and is now paying the price.

  3. Re:Um. on HandBrake Abandons DivX As an Output Format · · Score: 1

    They already released an update that plays mpeg4. In fact, I played a handbrake'd mp4 just yesterday.

  4. There's a word for this... on Tower Switch-Off Embarrasses Electrosensitives · · Score: 1

    Luddites. My guess is they are more concerned with a tower being there than any actual problems.

  5. Re:citation needed on IE 0-Day Flaw Used In Chinese Attack · · Score: 1

    Certain classified documents that firefox takes over the mime types for.

  6. Re:Using Macs could have prevented this! on IE 0-Day Flaw Used In Chinese Attack · · Score: 0, Troll

    Firefox breaks on some of the things I've had to work with. Just having it installed can cause them to not work correctly also.

  7. Re:Gran Duke Nukem Turismo... on Gran Turismo 5 Delayed · · Score: 1

    The rewind functionality is the only reason I didn't pass Forza 3 up. I'm not that great of a driver and I don't want to re-race a billion times because I missed one turn. If Gran Turismo has no such functionality it is dead to me. I'm not much of a simulation racer anyway.

  8. Re:Whats the big deal? on Comcast Launches Broadband Meter · · Score: 1

    It would take 512000 mouseover ads of that magnitude to use up the bandwidth.

  9. Re:So what? on Comcast Launches Broadband Meter · · Score: 1

    The article says it's supposed to show up today in WA, where I live. I don't see anything about it on the page they mention either. I don't think I'm paying for the higher tier, but I do pay for HDTV. Maybe other services tie in to who they like to check?

  10. Re:Driver Quality? on AMD Launches World's First Mobile DirectX 11 GPUs · · Score: 1

    I had an issue due to some weird config that could not be fixed by cleaning the computer of drivers and then reinstalling. The video drivers would send a message to new windows telling them to maximize. Depending on how the window was coded, it would obey. This was very annoying as suddenly tiny dialog boxes would fill the screen. I tried to debug the issue and all I could gather from it was that it originated from ATI's multi-monitor manager that tells windows to start up on certain monitors.

  11. Re:It works fine for me on Apple Fails To Deliver On Windows 7 Boot Camp Promise · · Score: 1

    I am running Windows 7 64bit on it, which is what I meant when I said it is capable of running 64bit. Apple does not support this through Bootcamp, however. Some of the drivers must be "forced" to install, as they check which hardware you have.

  12. Re:It works fine for me on Apple Fails To Deliver On Windows 7 Boot Camp Promise · · Score: 1

    I did something similar with a Mini.. I don't get why they don't support 64bit on it, since it's perfectly capable of it. Other than greed I guess.

  13. Re:Why bother? on Apple Fails To Deliver On Windows 7 Boot Camp Promise · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is 2010, and the MacBook Pro is very behind. Where's the Core i7? Something newer than the NV9600? Where's the lower price?

  14. Re:just a damn minute on Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP · · Score: 1

    No, Apple nor MS stole UI's screen for screen. They were merely taking the idea of a desktop from each other and Xerox.

  15. Re:Office "open" XML on Microsoft Ordered To Pay $290M, Stop Selling Word · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or you can just use Word Viewer.... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891090

  16. Re:Question on Microsoft Policies Help Virus Writers, Says Security Firm · · Score: 2, Informative

    I prefer to scan software before installing it. You can often scan the installation containers.

  17. Re:Euh, Atom 330? on Intel's New Atom D510 Benchmark Tested · · Score: 1

    My E6600 runs it just fine. My guess is running it alongside something else that is resource heavy. Although I do run it in the lower quality setting.

  18. Re:doesn't matter? on Microsoft Promises Not To Sue Moonlight 2.0 Users · · Score: 1

    To my understanding, them openly saying it/making a statement constitutes an agreement. This means it is legally binding.

    Think of it this way, if they did sue you, you could sue them for false advertising.

  19. Re:Flash on Microsoft Promises Not To Sue Moonlight 2.0 Users · · Score: 1

    A finalized standard? An already running implementation?

  20. Re:Flash on Microsoft Promises Not To Sue Moonlight 2.0 Users · · Score: 1

    None of those run on the web. If you wanted a real alternative you'd point out Unity or something.

  21. Re:Interesting on Heavy Rain Previews Show Promise · · Score: 1

    Did you ever play Eternal Darkness? It does a lot to shake the idea of what is allowed in a gaming experience. Similar to X-Men on the Genesis, where you had to reset the system to actually get the ending.

  22. Re:Scientific Value of Wii, PS3, XBox 360? on Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors · · Score: 1

    "that don't include banning for playing a non-hacked game and exploiting a bug in the software" [citation needed]

    Of course you don't seem to realize that many of those third party storage units were being used to create exploits for games, or that not all 3rd party storage units were affected by the update.

  23. Re:Scientific Value of Wii, PS3, XBox 360? on Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors · · Score: 1

    Says the person who doesn't know about XNA and the Creator's club.

  24. Re:Oh Science. on Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors · · Score: 1

    Not for the purpose of using Wiimotes on computers, no. However, Nintendo is quick to attack any and all flash cart manufacturers.

  25. Re:OS is nothing. Apps are everything. on ARM-Powered Laptops To Increase Linux Market Share · · Score: 1

    It is dead simple to find apps that run on Windows Mobile.