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  1. Re:How about just a phone that works? on Cell Phones Becoming Profitless · · Score: 1
  2. Re:MP3 player it is not on Apple Not Too Harmonious with Real · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uh, no.

    The iPod plays mp3s. It has an mp3 decoder chip. In fact, they didn't play AACs until some time after they were announced (two years?).

    Converting mp3 to AAC would be destructive and silly. Where did you hear this?

  3. Re:iPhone? on Apple, Motorola Plan An iTunes-Friendly Phone · · Score: 1

    Steve Jobs has gone on record saying he won't enter the phone market or PDA market because he can't see any way to drastically improve it enough to completely pwn* the market.

    *That's not a typo

  4. Re:Goes to 102%.... on Kevin Rose Load Tests Gmail · · Score: 5, Informative

    While this is funny and all, I'll explain.

    Google offers 1 GB, or 1000 MB, of space. They do this as to not confuse non-tech folk. When you reach 1000 megs, it's 100% full. When you reach the actual limit of 1024 megs, it's 102% full.

    Oh, and back when yahoo had a 4 meg limit, my throway's account would gather up spam and it would stop me at 5 megs, or 125% of the limit. No idea what happens now that it's 100 megs.

  5. Re:Mod me down - but you gotta see this: on Gnome 2.6 Usability Review · · Score: 1

    Anyone have a link for the now old Lindows Rock? I thought that was funnier*

    *not funnier, but stupider. In a funny way.

  6. Re:Fuck That on Doom 3 System Requirements Revealed · · Score: 1

    Well, that was back with Nintendo 64. Controllers have gotten a lot more sane since then. With two analogue sticks, I have no problems with first person shooters on consoles anymore. MOH Frontline was a breeze to control. As is SOCOM II, which I just picked up. Halo was (and still is) awesome.

    Also, you might be able to take an already existing USB keyboard and rewire it. But that would cost you a controller.

  7. Re:apple on Mozilla Foundation Seeking Switch Success Stories · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I really like how this page isn't compatible with firefox. (the text overlaps pictures)

  8. Re:Ridiculous. on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1

    The Olympics aren't sports. They are sports and games.

  9. Re:I have no idea how they are going to get G5 iMa on Apple Confirms G5 Based iMac to Ship in September · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just curious, what do you do with your computer that so that a dual g5 would be replacable for a dual opteron?

    I'm pretty much OS agnostic myself, but when I have a specific task in mind I have a specific OS in mind. If what I do could be done with a PC instead of a Mac, I would do it on a PC. It would certainly be a lot cheaper.

  10. Well shit. on BitTorrent Beats Kazaa In Traffic Numbers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I sure hope the RIAA doesn't look in Bittorrent's direction. There are a LOT of good legal uses for it. Moreso (in my mind) than KaZaA.

  11. Re:Too expensive on Review: Elgato EyeTV 500 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's very good if say, you have a laptop and want to record directly onto the computer for viewing later at another location.

    I can tell you from experience plane rides are much more enjoyable with all 3 seasons of Family Guy.

  12. Re:IT"S A MOVIE, FOR CHRIST"S SAKE! on Spider-Man 2 Has Over 30 Mistakes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You mean genetically altered spider. Radiation was cool/hip in the 50's and 60's when the comics were written, and passe when SP1 came out. In the movie, genetics was the new hotness mutation.

  13. Re:I wonder how healthy it is on Pushing Wi-Fi's Limits: Problems and Solutions · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How would we know?

  14. Re:Encoding limitations? on Sony, Walkmans And The iPod · · Score: 1
    Sony's proprietary Atrac3 format
    Atrac... atrac... atrac... I know I've heard that before. Hmm. Wonder if that ever caught on.
  15. Re:Sony, Walkmans And any other MP3 player on Sony, Walkmans And The iPod · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, but the iPod is the one that they, and just about every other hard drive mp3 player, are in competition with.

  16. Winamp didn't skip version 4 on Java 1.5.0 Now Officially Java 5.0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Winamp 5 isn't exactly Winamp version 5. It's more like 3.5. They used the number 5 because they wanted the features of 3 with the speed and ability of 2. 2+3=5. And that's where they got the number.

  17. Re:Linux? on GeCube All-In-Wonder 9600XT 128M/TV/FM · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you're looking for a TV tuner card for linux, ignore this. The only drivers for it do not support capture or TV-out.

  18. Lightweight! on What Was Your Worst Computer Accident? · · Score: 1

    Pssh. I bought a Dell with Windows ME on it!

    I did too. I didn't know better. It was before Windows ME officially came out. I got it early because I was getting it on an OEM. I thought it was getting a hot deal too.

    That machine spent 4 years with ME on it before I got my parents set up with a nice eMac. Now it's running W2k and will soon run MythTV when I can afford a new hard drive. I'm posting from it right now.

  19. Re:Sounds good. on They Might Be Giants Open Their Own Music Store · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can't on there, but it is available on the iTMS

  20. What about outside the US? on They Might Be Giants Open Their Own Music Store · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will they be available to customers in Istanbul (not Constantanople)?

  21. Wow! on Zinc Whiskers Cripple Colorado's Computers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shocking! /sorry, couldn't resist.

  22. Re:Bad Bureaucrat! Naughty! on Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://johnkerry.com was running Apache on Linux when last queried at 26-Jun-2004 10:33:54 GMT

    http://georgewbush.com was running Microsoft-IIS on Windows 2000 when last queried at 25-Jun-2004 13:05:27 GMT

  23. Re:Wow.. on Microsoft Patents Grouped Taskbar Buttons · · Score: 2, Informative

    If by stealing it you mean copied it...

    Well then you're still partially wrong. They bought it off Xerox and drastically improved it.

    And the mouse was invented by someone else I believe prior to Xerox.

  24. Re:Playing catch up on Microsoft Offers A Peek At New Search Engine · · Score: 1

    Two quick things.

    MSN News
    Google News

    Take a look at the left side. Look a little familiar? Besides the fact that the colors are on the other side, it's the same interface. And in the same space as well.

    The other thing is, why is this only in the UK? Try going to newsbot.msn.com and look where it redirects to.

  25. Re:I knew it! on Does A Pentium 4 Need A Weapons License? · · Score: 1

    Those are only weapons of semi-minor destruction.

    We're looking for the Weapons of MASS Destructions. So they'd have to be Pentium 4 Extremes.