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  1. Re:Pathetic on Behind the Scenes of Narnia's Special Effects · · Score: 1

    Two very specific Bad Green screen scenes were when they were running across the frozen lake and with the closeups they were obiviously not there along with the fact that the sleigh should have easily caught them and also when they stood on top of the hill and first looked towards where Aslan was camped out. The background was beautiful, but their bodies did not have the correct lighting and their hair didn't move right at all. The magic of the movie was completely lost at that point. Basically it seemed that they spend so much on some of the creatures that they had to cut other places.

    Why did Aslan look so good, and the beavers look so blurry? Yuck.

  2. Already doing it in America on TV On Mobiles: Not Yet There? · · Score: 1

    I have a Verizon Samsung i730 phone with the data plan. Thanks to Orb, I can watch cable television that is sent to my cell phone. It's awesome as long as I have an EV-DO connection.

  3. Re:Does the opposite hold true? on Time-in-Space Record Broken · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard about one athlete who trained on the planet Krypton. They say he can leap entire buildings!!!

  4. Re:Observation. on Microsoft and Google Fighting for the Skies · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just looked out my office window. Congress really does look like that.

  5. Heads Up Display on More Rumblings on Apple Video iPod · · Score: 1

    Actually the people who came up with HUD found that watching tv that is projected in front of someone who is driving actually causes them to keep their eyes on the road.

  6. vPod Shuffle on More Rumblings on Apple Video iPod · · Score: 5, Funny

    So after the video iPod has been out awhile will Steve announce an ultra portable version without a screen?

  7. Re:Music videos are the new mp3? I think not. on More Rumblings on Apple Video iPod · · Score: 1

    Especially when MTV and VH1 already pump out the same drek day in, day out.

    Was this comment made 5 years ago. MTV and VH1 haven't shown music videos in at least that long. A video iPod might actually make it so people get to watch music videos again.

  8. Re:No adequate thing as earplugs for video on More Rumblings on Apple Video iPod · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does nobody remember the video googles? I know Sony made a pair and there were a couple other versions that were available at places like Sharper Image. They had some that you could wear and walk around, but there was a 60" tv projected in front of you. These were terribly expensive and they came out before portable DVD players.
    I think that this is the time for that technology to make another attempt at the marketplace.

  9. Re:Cheaper? on Spyware Removal: Drop PC in Dumpster · · Score: 1

    maybe it's time for manufacturers to install a HardReset button (like in a PDA) with a 1 GB ReadOnly Flash drive, which resets everything back to factory.
    My HP computer came with the corporate acceptable version of this. They have a portion of the hard drive devoted to resetting the hard drive to the factory option. So no matter what happens, I can just hit the F2 button at startup and reset everything back to original.
    Instead of appreciating this, users sued HP for not providing installation CDs.

  10. Re:Feature List on Majority Of Customers Prefer Blu-Ray · · Score: 1

    If you look at the people who can afford a Ford GT or a Ferrari 360 Modena, they are buying the Ferraris because they are Ferraris, even though they cost more. And they are waiting in line to do so.

  11. Re:Feature List on Majority Of Customers Prefer Blu-Ray · · Score: 1

    The comparison is not Ford to Ferrari it's SUV vs. Wagon. The SUV has features that people don't need such as off-road capability and being able to tow 5000lbs. They have negatives such as being harder to drive and park, poor fuel economy, and they used to cost more.
    Wagons drive like cars, because they are cars, they get better fuel economy and sometimes they carry more then their SUV counterparts that are built on the same platform (BMW X5 vs 5 series wagon).
    Yet what is all of america (me included) driving? SUVs. Why? Because even though we don't need the ability to tow or go off roading, some of us like being able to know we can. The rest of the people are doing it just because it's the thing to do. Recently my friends bought an SUV instead of minivan to carry their kids. I told them they would be happier in the long run with the minivan. They didn't want a minivan because it is a minivan. What happened? They don't drive the SUV because the gas mileage is so bad.
    So what does this tell us?
    1. America will buy what is popular. If Blu-Ray is in the PS3, it will gain a certain amount of popularity just for this point. Remember when people would buy the PS2 just because they got a DVD player also?
    2. America will buy what is slightly more expensive then another product only after it has been established as the thing to have. Then they will buy it just because it's the thing to have. Look at iPods as an example. 3. America will buy what is available. This means who starts selling first at Wally-Mart. Not who is the first to release hardware.

  12. Re:A present on Amazon.com Nears 10-Year Anniversary · · Score: 1

    That's easy, Ebay. They have EVERYTHING on there. I typed in "Amazon and Gift" and it came up with this oil painting of a tiger. How appropriate for Jeff's office. Or Steve's office. But I wouldn't send it to Bill's office. I hear he prefers paintings of imaginary cattle.

  13. Re:*waves hand* on Statler And Waldorf From the Balcony · · Score: 2, Funny

    When 900 years old you are, review movies you should not.

  14. Redneck Scientists on Tempel 1 Impact Day After Tomorrow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Government scientists say the price tag is worth it. "One, we'll learn about comets," said NASA's Wessen. "Two, we'll learn about how that applies to the Earth, whether it brought organic material to the Earth...We can even learn, if a comet was coming our way, what it would take to deflect one of those things."
    "Three, we get to blow sh*t up, YEEE HAAAAA"

  15. Where's the story of the HP mp3 Player on Inside Hardware Design - Competing Against the iPod · · Score: 1

    So basically we looked at the IPod and said how could we make a better MP3 player. We decided why bother, so many have tried and failed. So we put our name on it and sold it as our own. And to differentiate we sell "tatoos" to give it cool colors.

  16. Re:Trouble with the neighbors on Japan Tests New Bullet Train · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, in other news U.S. Trains Dodge Bullet as government continues to support floundering system.

  17. Re:Step 2 on `Bionic' Arm Brings Back Sense of Touch · · Score: 5, Funny

    No oo ooo oooo ooooo

  18. Re:Another speculation? on Google CEO Confirms Online Payment System · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's like taking a penny from the penny jar. Only we're not taking a whole penny, just fractions of it. And we're doing it a couple million times.

    So how is that not stealing?

  19. Re:WTF? on Nerds Make Better Lovers · · Score: 1

    It's his wife who is the Nerd. Guys are not the only ones who can be Nerds.

  20. Re:That will impress the chicks on BBS Documentary Now Shipping · · Score: 1

    Be warned. The first hour and a half is just attempting to get an open line, get connected, get logged-in, and finally get through all the entrance ads.

  21. Re:I'm surprised these haven't happened sooner. on Flying Cars Ready To Take Off · · Score: 1

    My friend tried to sell me that same load of crap years ago that the hover boards were possible. If they actually existed and safety was the only concern, then you would see this technology being used in warehouses for transporting goods.

  22. Re:Why should it matter? on Torvalds Switches to a Mac · · Score: 1

    One toaster would never be powerful enough. He would definitely need a Beowulf Cluster of Toasters. Ummmm so many pop-tarts.

  23. Re:Just hardware, no apple OS. on Torvalds Switches to a Mac · · Score: 1

    Apple as a company may be happy, but anyone who knows anything about Steve Jobs knows he would be furious at the idea.

  24. Banzai Buddy on Disney Plans Tron Remake · · Score: 1

    I've heard they have tapped the Banzai Buddy to play the bad guy.

    By reading this message he has already reinfected your machine. {begin evil laugh}HA HA HA{/end evil laugh}

  25. Re:Enough with the remakes already! on Disney Plans Tron Remake · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you don't understand how sequels work. They are in fact the exact same movie redone in reverse. The main character's flaws from the first film are just realized in some other character.
    So call it a sequel. It doesn't actually make a difference.