User: LUN!X

Re:Recalls?

On: Taiwanese Capacitors Leaking, Exploding

you're excluding the obvious benefits of electrolytic tech here dude.. i've picked up countless stereo amps at garage sales that just need a few electrolytics replaced. they dry out, one channel goes out, and i get an amp for 2 bucks plus a dollar for a fistful of caps.
on the other hand, i've never encountered a legitimate leakage aside from early wall socket experiments at school :D they make little rockets with a smoke trail, and the legs left behind sticking outta the socket make a cool shock hazard to prune the weak from society

Re:i've seen the pc version

On: Moving to Mac Made Easy

y'know there's always been a migration tool to help users move from Windows to ANYthing.. just plop an old DOS bootdisk in and fdisk away. nothing to it ;)

Re:iChat

On: AIM And ICQ to be Integrated

well, technically, friends don't let friends use ICQ. So, those acquaintances using ICQ cannot be friends.. ;)

fixed that last bit for ya

On: Gartner Survey: Consumers Don't Want Crippled CDs

As for your first question, I'd argue that artists aren't necessarily entitled to payment based on the grounds that I've got CD's with only one worthy track. In other words, I've been ripped off on all but one song.. should the artists get paid for 12 songs while contributing only one song to my music collection? Hell no. It's the same as the Microsoft tax that everybody cries about ... I buy one thing and end up paying for a lot more than what I wanted in the first place.
In order to more accurately reflect the reality of crippled media, and since pirates probably don't buy those CD's, I'll rephrase your second one as

"Do you believe that businesses should be allowed to distribute media that prevents legal copying and uses?"