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  1. Re:My personal opinion on Why Microsoft's Keeping the Next Xbox Under Wraps · · Score: 1

    Everyone I know who has had a Xbox360 has need to have it replaced by MS or they have bought a new one or more. I got a free Wireless Xbox controller from a friend because he didn't 6 controllers because he was on his second replacement. I don't know of anyone who has replaced their Wii and only open person who has replaced their PS3.

  2. Re:Windows....lol on ISPs Sign On To FCC Anti-Botnet Code of Conduct · · Score: 1

    As long as Apple allows OS X on any machine that can run the code...

  3. Re:Both can be equally bad on Do Women Make Better Bosses? · · Score: 2

    I agree with you there, but females tend to a little less of a pain and more willing to talk things over with the person, less of do this or your fired. I have talked my way of of doing something stupid with a female boss but never a male boss.

  4. Re:fuck the raspberry pi on ModMyPi Raspberry Pi Case Offers 5% Back To the Foundation · · Score: 3, Informative

    I paid $35 for the Raspberry Pi and $5 for shipping. I have no idea where you got the idea they raised there prices. Unless you live in a place that has nice VAT or some other local taxes..

  5. Re:The problem. on Futuristic Biplane Design Eliminates Sonic Boom · · Score: 1

    Estes rockets were fun, I remember when I lost a fin on one of mine, it hit a boat behind a house, I really thought it was going fly right into the house. I do agree, I never tried it but a friend of mine would use a couple of Ds, and always lose the rocket.

  6. Re:In police state USA... on Why the 'Six Strikes' Copyright Alert System Needs Antitrust Scrutiny · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Republicans are a lot closer to Fascism than Democrats are to Communism, which the Reps like to call the Democrats frequently. Also I don't know about GP, but disagree with me, does not make you a 'fascist' just uneducated.

  7. Only if you leave the window open...

  8. Re:My god!!! on Huge Triangle-shaped Spot Over the Sun · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry, it nothing special, just a coronal filament, very common. It is explained here... http://youtu.be/82l46fpd-ic

  9. Re:Oh HELL NO!! on Publishers Warned On Ebook Prices · · Score: 1

    So Wikipedia is bad because the masses can 'edit' the pages. If one person complains, its not a problem, but if 50 people complain, it should be checked or maybe 5 or 500? I have had enough problems with edits from paper books, I have one book, with 3 different words, as the first word of the book! It doesn't change the meaning of the book, but I did think was interesting, since one of the the three isn't a word. The reason I have three copies of the book, is one was new, one was used, and the other a loan from a friend but he could care less about the book.

  10. Re:Market Analysis on Publishers Warned On Ebook Prices · · Score: 1

    I agree a new book has some overhead but what about books that have been available in Paper for along time? Do they have the same overhead? Most of the books I buy as ebooks have been available for long time, and my paper copies are falling apart, that why I buy them. I don't buy books that often, since I get most of books from Project Gutenburg, with over 38,000 books to read, who needs more...

  11. Re:more laws on Smartphones More Dangerous Than Alcohol, When Driving · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you want to get hit by some idiot driver who is using their cell phone in a parking lot. Because that almost happened to me a couple of days ago, he would have hit me and then ran into a couple parked cars. If I hadn't noticed he was looking down at his phone and not looking forward. 3 mph or 30 mph, it doesn't matter, it still dangerous.

  12. Re:This is currently an issue. on Canada's Conservatives Misled Voters With Massive Robocall Operation · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not for my States (in the USA) last two former Governors who have been convicted, one is a guest of the federal pen and the other is headed that way next month. So resigning will not always get you out of jail. If you figured out which State, it easy, it is the one that the President is from....

  13. Lecturer at the University I went to meant you don't have Tenure.

  14. Re:Hollywood won't change on You Will Never Kill Piracy · · Score: 1

    If you believe Hollywood, Movies never make any money after the costs are factor in... So no matter what the sell the Movie to the end user, 'poor' old movie makers will away's be the first one in the bread line...

  15. Re:Hollywood won't change on You Will Never Kill Piracy · · Score: 2

    Movies don't make 'Profits', they all are made a loss after all the costs. That is why they try to get writers and actors to take 'monkey points' (net profit), like the dude who wrote Forest Gump, he never made any money off the movie because it never made a 'profit', even though it is in the top ten highest grossing movies at that time.

  16. Re:Just an idea... on Why the Raspberry Pi Won't Ship In Kit Form · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is always good for a laugh..

  17. Re:I thought EU was anti-troll on German Appeals Court Confirms Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban · · Score: 1

    Apple suit is Black Bezels and rounded corners, Samsung suit is about Standards, so but suits are BS. Apple has a bigger pile of BS than Samsung....

  18. Re:The next time... on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Clinton didn't start two Wars and he did leave office with more money in the bank than any other President. How may of those laws or activities were started by him?

  19. DRM? on Crysis 2 Most Pirated Game of 2011 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    DRM never effects the pirates, just the paying users,,,,

  20. Re:Don't you love asshats on Verizon Backtracks On $2 Convenience Fee · · Score: 2

    That what my Gas company does, they go though a 3rd party to pay online, but if you auto-pay you don't get charged the 3rd party fee....

  21. Re:Surviving lawn darts on The Most Dangerous Toys of 2011 · · Score: 2

    Someone will have to pry my Jarts out of my cold dead hands. I am really glad, my family kept them, I found them a couple of years ago in a box.

  22. Re:Getting out while the getting's good? on Miyamoto Steps Down As Nintendo Game Design Head · · Score: 1

    I thought they said same thing about the Wii would be irrelevant too? We won't know until release, unless you have a crystal ball.

  23. Re:Not Doomed.. Just evolving on Video Game Consoles Are 'Fundamentally Doomed,' Says Lord British · · Score: 1

    So you have to buy Nintendo, instead of MS or Sony... Nintendo have't sold below cost since the NES days.

  24. Re:Groklaw has a pretty good article. on Bill Gates Takes the Stand In WordPerfect Trial · · Score: 1

    I still remember back then when my friend wanted to install Linux on his 486 with 4Megs of memory, the only problem was Linux won't install with 4Megs of memory it needed 8Megs, so I had to loan him the 16Megs of memory out of my other computer. After he got it installed, it did run nicely with only 4Megs, unlike Win95 which needed 16Megs or so to run nice.

  25. Re:haha brits are treated like children on Oxford City Council Mandates CCTV Cameras In Taxies by 2015 · · Score: 2

    Are you living is the same world as I am? USA being a Free country??