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  1. Just a feature not a killer on Roku Set-Top Box Gets A/V Aggregation Service · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes I'm sure cable companies are worried about a provider like Roku that needs a broadband connection which just added support for podcasts that no one listens to. Nice feature but hardly a cable killer.

  2. Re:Nigeria? on $100 Laptop Repriced at $175 · · Score: 0

    I'm pretty sure that they come with AOL pre-installed.

  3. My favorite New York Post headline.... on Newspaper Headlines Bow To SEO Demands · · Score: 0

    It was on the cover, and it was a news story about a dead person found in a strip club:

    "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar"

    Here are some other interesting headlines: http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/anniversary/35th/n_8 568/

  4. There's Already an OpenHuman... on OpenSourcing Yourself, Are You Ready? · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...And her name is Paris Hilton.

  5. The Partnership is Called... on Google and the CIA? · · Score: 0

    GoogleCIA. If you add YouTube, it is now GoogTubeCIA. Can't get much scarier than that.

  6. XM's Achille's Heel is.... on NPR Finds XM's Achilles Heel · · Score: 0

    Howard Stern. Since Howard joined Sirius, it is growing subscribers faster than XM is.

    Also, XM is airing some its "exclusive" shows like Opie and Anthony on terrestrial radio now, albeit slightly censored. How do you think XM subscribers feel about having to pay for content that's now free somewhere else?

  7. My Instructions on How To Make a Green Lantern Ring · · Score: 0

    Step 1, be a nerd.
    Step 2, live in your parent's house until you're 45.

  8. Windows Vista Doesn't Matter on What's Different About Vista's GUI? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why bother buying and using an over-rated, over-priced, years-late operating system update? Linux works fine. Windows XP works fine. (Well, except for a few security issues.) But the world does not need another huge Windows release. To paraphrase what someone once said in a commercial: "The Internet is the Computer"

  9. Re:What a terrible article on 'Super Telco', Net Neutrality Debated in Europe · · Score: -1

    That's why I *never* bother to read the article. I'd much rather read the comments here about the article.

  10. Re:I know a recently-shampooed poodle on Scientists Make Item Invisible to Microwaves · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, I know a few hot dogs in my fridge that would like to be invisible to microwaves.

  11. Re:why they fear no lawsuits on Only a 'Moron' Would Buy YouTube · · Score: -1
    YouTube is looking to hire senior counsel, according to a job posting at Digital Media Wire.


    Here's a sample from the posting: http://alvear.com/?p=11

  12. Web Comics Work - See ModernTales.com on MIT on Comics and Micropayments · · Score: -1
    I'm a big fan of ModernTales.com (http://www.moderntales.com/), which is an independent online comics site from a variety of cool artists.

    A sister site, called WebComicsNation (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/), allows any budding comic artists start their own webcomics for a fee. Take that MIT!

  13. Re:An example on Boardroom Spying Debacle at HP · · Score: -1

    I hear HP is also looking to invade Dell.

  14. Your Definition of Crying on Can Games Make You Cry? · · Score: -1

    It depends on what your definition of crying is. I cry a little every time Ms. Pac Man melts away into nothingness. I cry a little every time I play the original Doom and see what crappy graphics we had to deal with back then.

    However, when I'm playing Halo or Half Life, I don't have time for crying. I'm busy dodging bullets and fragging aliens.

  15. Incomprehensible on Excerpt from Kessler's 'The End of Medicine' · · Score: -1

    Exactly what is this guy trying to say and why doesn't he say it much simpler? Did he have a book editor look at this before it was published?

  16. Cavemen Didn't Have Hand Sanitizers on Overly Sanitized Environments Lead to Poor Health? · · Score: -1

    Think about it. Humans have lived on Earth for millions of years without Purell or other handiwipes. A little bit of germs on your hands isn't a terriblet thing. Sometimes it's better to be Oscar rather than Felix.

  17. Re:Slashdot to Paparazzi: on Prototype System Blocks Digital Cameras · · Score: -1

    Maybe this can be a big sell to celebrities like Britney Spears or Angelina Jolie who don't want their pictures taken.

  18. Re:not sure about this... on Let Goofy Track Your Children · · Score: -1
    Goofy?. Why not let Homeland Security track your children instead?

    DHS official in court on child sex charges http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/05/homeland.arrest/ index.html/

  19. Re:Uh? on Implants Allow the Blind to See · · Score: -1

    You're right this isn't new. Gordi from Star Trek: The Next Generation has had a device like this many years ago.

  20. Re:Same Article? on Build a Homemade Media Center PC · · Score: -1

    Actually, both Extreme Tech and PC Magazine are owned by Ziff Davis Media. It's possible that ZD knew about the earlier Extreme Tech article and that's why they wanted him to re-do it for PC Mag. Loyd Case doesn't seem to be on the PC Magazine staff, so he is probably a freelancer, which means he probably did have to re-sell it to them, however. Either way, doesn't seem to be anything wrong.

  21. Welcome on Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one welcome our new toxic toads overlords!

  22. I for one.... on The President, The State of the Union, and Genetics · · Score: 1

    welcome our human-animal hybrid masters.

  23. Video on Palms? on Pictures Leaked of 3 new Palm handhelds · · Score: 1
    According to a company called Mazingo (http://www.mazingo.net), the new Palm devices will include support for video, making them much more multimedia-friendly, like the PocketPCs. There is going to be a big launch in NYC in October, with the new devices, and Mazingo will be one of the partners.

    Has anyone else seen information on support for video cards and storage cards? Is there much use/interest in video in Palms? I own a PocketPC, so I like to dabble.

    Jose Alvear
    http://www.alvear.com
    http://www.streamingindustrynews.com
    http://www.digitalmediajournal.com