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  1. Re:Yeah, IEEE!! on WiFi 802.22 Can Cover 12,000 Square Miles · · Score: 1

    Terrible ratio. I have 25/25 and thinking on going to 50/50.

  2. Re:LOL on Prosecuted For Critical Twittering · · Score: 1

    Freedom of religion.
    My god hates money and considers it to be the height of blasphemy to print such a statement on our money.

  3. Re:Cost & physical usability is Critical on 3D Printing and the Replicator Economy · · Score: 2

    There is free 3D software, designs only need to be done once so sharing them online seems perfectly feasible.

    I do not think people will commonly own them for the latter reasons, the same reason I do not own a photo printer. Either I could buy a crappy one that costs a lot in "ink" and does a poor job or just hire out to have the part made and mailed to me, like I do with photos.

  4. Re:Yeah, IEEE!! on WiFi 802.22 Can Cover 12,000 Square Miles · · Score: 1

    At a mighty 19Mbps for the whole thing you can forget about having any real number of customers. My home Internet connection is better than that, and it is not on a shared media like radiowaves.

  5. Putin is not James Bond on Review: Cowboys & Aliens · · Score: 2, Funny

    Daniel Craig aka Vladimir Putin should be a Bond villain not James Bond. How do they explain him being a cowboy in this? The KGB sent him to spy on our cattle?

  6. Re:Yucca Mtn is the best choice on Volunteer Towns Sought For Nuclear Waste · · Score: 1

    There is already storage there. Plus those hundreds of weapon tests. If we can't store it in an already contaminated area what would you like?

  7. Re:Joe Sixpack isn't even using his 1080p right on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    Nice try, but I asked for something at 20-24". At 30" that makes for a DPI no higher than the screens I bitched about.

  8. Re:Punishment for enjoying speed? on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    I agree. Most do buy a car they cannot afford. Check out the debt load the average American has.

  9. Re:Nah on Windows XP PCs Breed Rootkit Infections · · Score: 1

    I hate to break it to you but often an update is required. This is because windows cannot replace a file that is open. This seems to be single user legacy stuff. Always makes me laugh about how stoneage windows is.

  10. Re:Don't play along on Dice Age — Indie Gaming Project vs. Hollywood · · Score: 2

    I think you mean makes movies out of this culture.
    It seems most of the films these days are just comics and books put to film.

  11. Re:Joe Sixpack isn't even using his 1080p right on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    20/20 vision is not perfect, if your vision is worse than that see an optometrist.

    Having the screen fill your field of vision is why you should sit that close. It is a much better experience.

  12. Re:How Good is "Good Enough?" on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    I assure you I can do better than that. My corrected vision exceeds 20/20.
    Why would I not want to sit closer? Having the display fill my field of view is the whole point. Why does sitting at 6 feet mean no laying down? Is your couch bolted to the floor?

  13. Re:Joe Sixpack isn't even using his 1080p right on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    I am suggesting that most people do not. I disagree with your premise. Sure some people do, but for joe sixpack this is not the case.

  14. Re:Does anyone really like 3D? on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    come back when those of us who already wear glasses can properly view '3d content'.

    They are called contacts. Behold the amazement of peripheral vision!

  15. Re:Joe Sixpack isn't even using his 1080p right on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    Please A Coward do provide a link to such a monitor, 20"-24" and a non-TN panel.

    Note that this is still below the resolution I quoted for my old CRT.

  16. Re:Joe Sixpack isn't even using his 1080p right on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    Then put it in another room or buy a proper sized set.

    I bet far more fall into "can't afford a proper sized display due to the mortgage payments on the McMansion" set then the "do more with their living room than watch TV" set. These are the same folks that drive an SUV and never leave the paved road, nor have more than 4 family members.

  17. Re:Joe Sixpack isn't even using his 1080p right on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    I wanted a 22-24" screen. On a 27" the DPI then is not much improved.

  18. Re:How Good is "Good Enough?" on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    I sure do. Sit closer, why pay all that money for a nice HDTV and not use it?

    The reason people sat so far away from old TVs was due to the low image quality, there is no reason to keep doing that.

  19. Re:Joe Sixpack isn't even using his 1080p right on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    This!!

    My old CRT did 2560x2048 now the best I can find is 1920x1280.

  20. Re:How Good is "Good Enough?" on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    Go see an optometrist.

    On a 60" screen anyone with a working set of eyes can see the difference between 720p and 1080p at 10' away.

  21. Re:Joe Sixpack isn't even using his 1080p right on Beyond HDTV · · Score: 1

    Whoever they base those distances on needs to see an optometrist.
    I tried it out one time at work. Our company installs home theaters so we have lots of TVs on moveable racks and I could beat that chart by about one whole step. Other people did better than that.

    Also 12' seems like a long way to sit from such a small set. That is what you get when you have a giant living room and then can't afford a proper sized display due to the mortgage payments on the Mansion.

  22. Re:How does one measure the value of "nothing"? on Ubisoft Considers Always-Connected DRM "A Success" · · Score: 2

    How many sales are lost due to this DRM though?
    I avoid games with really bad DRM, steam is about as much as I would tolerate.

    If you convert 1000 pirates but lose 500 other buyers and had to spend another 501 players worth of profit on DRM you might as well not have done it.

  23. Re:No kidding on House Panel Approves Bill Forcing ISPs To Log Users · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is not all or nothing. Having to fill out forms to calculate taxes seems fine. That data should also not be used for anything else. Keeping track of citizens speech is not any where near the same thing.

  24. Re:Here's an idea on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    No, that car finally died in 2007 and was sent off to the scrap yard. It made that final trip under its own power as it would no longer pass inspection and would constantly die at red lights and had very leaky rings.

  25. Re:Punishment for enjoying speed? on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    I never suggest it did. Only that with better gas mileage he might have money left to pay off his debts.

    I have driven front wheel drive cars all my life in the snow, in WNY and Alaska. You do not need a jeep for snow, if you move to North Alaska try a Subaru.