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  1. Re:Asus battery life claims believable on Asus Promises 12-Hour Battery Life In New High-End Laptop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    8 days for an RMA turnaround? That's not bad at all. It can be a month or more here in the US, depending on who you're RMAing to.

  2. Re:Lies. Slander. on Asus Promises 12-Hour Battery Life In New High-End Laptop · · Score: 1

    I just ordered an Envy 15 from HP that has a Radeon 5830 in it, as well as an i5-540M. Get the extra battery and it's a little weighty but it should do quite well on battery. And a 5830 in a 15" laptop is a hell of a GPU.

  3. Re:This just proves... on A Peek Into Netflix Queues · · Score: 1

    Sorry ;) That kind of stuff just annoys me to no end, that people throw reason out the window every time someone mentions kiddie fiddling or terrorism.

  4. Re:This just proves... on A Peek Into Netflix Queues · · Score: 1

    Something like 80% of kids that are molested are molested by relatives. The "think of the children!" bullshit is a big, fat boogeyman put out there by idiots. And yes, I do have a kid.

  5. Re:One _chooses_ to stagnate, in large part on Tech Tools Fostering "Mini Generation Gaps" · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some people keep learning and changing as they get older. The vast majority do not... they stick with what they learned when they were kids, habits and so on, and that's that. You're an aberration ;)

  6. Re:This just proves... on A Peek Into Netflix Queues · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Say you have kids. Those concentrations can give you a very good idea about where there are other people who have kids, so you can look at those neighborhoods. Especially if you're moving to a new city or something.

  7. Re:Other people doing it for you on The Gradual Erosion of the Right To Privacy · · Score: 1

    It'll just take society a while to catch up. Right now we're a bunch of fucking hypocrites, who all do the same things, but expect everyone else to have never done them. We'll reach a breaking point eventually.

  8. Re:Would a fad for sex in the front yard... on The Gradual Erosion of the Right To Privacy · · Score: 1

    Is that a bad thing? I'd rather see rampant sex than rampant violence, personally

  9. Re:It's not transparent! on Samsung Develops a Transparent OLED Laptop Screen · · Score: 1

    And that property is called "opacity"

  10. Re:I just don't even open the door on Recession Turning Software Auditors Into Greedy Traffic Cops · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And now they'll get nothing else, when the company could have been a good customer, along with bad publicity. I won't every buy anything from Adobe now.

  11. Re:IPv4 doesn't die on IPv4 Will Not Die In 2010 · · Score: 1, Informative

    I have over 15 devices that have IP addresses at my home. If we exclude NAT (which is a hack and a hindrance to communication) I still get 2-3 "real" IP addresses with my family's phones and the computers. Many people need and use more than one IP address.

  12. Re:I would rather eat a bag of computer screws... on AMD Launches World's First Mobile DirectX 11 GPUs · · Score: 1

    So use the older driver. It's still out there.

  13. Re:Choice to Make on Cellphone Radiation May Protect Brain From Alzheimers · · Score: 1

    It has an affect on the brain. But Alzheimer's is a significantly different disease than cancer. Cancer is the telomeres of the cells going wonky and the cells multiplying without check. Alzheimer's is a completely different disease, it's a degradation of various neurons and communication structures. It like saying "Nuclear radiation can kill you, therefore microwaves can kill you!". I never said there was NO effect from cell phones. I simply stated there is no link to cancer or other health PROBLEMS. That still stands, no doublethink required.

  14. Re:Driver Quality? on AMD Launches World's First Mobile DirectX 11 GPUs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    AMD is developing the open-source drivers. It's paying people to work on them. Does that make them not AMD's drivers?

  15. Re:I would rather eat a bag of computer screws... on AMD Launches World's First Mobile DirectX 11 GPUs · · Score: 1

    The architecture changed significantly. Not to mention that it actually has more functionality under the open-source driver than it ever did under the closed-source one. What in the hell are you bitching about?

  16. Re:Choice to Make on Cellphone Radiation May Protect Brain From Alzheimers · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...there's no correlation of cell phones to brain cancer. What coin flipping is necessary? Cell phones are not actually known to cause any health problems by any valid study, and this research strongly suggests that they might help with Alzheimer's. Seems like a pretty good bet to me.

  17. Re:Unix epoch does not have to end in 2038 on 2010 Bug Plagues Germany · · Score: 1

    ...we don't? So what is it that I'm using? The Adobe alpha 64bit Linux Flash release really is quite stable and works well for me. It's the only platform to actually have 64bit Flash, IIRC.

  18. Re:The diodes can stay, but the processor's gotta on Blu-ray Capacity Increase Via Firmware · · Score: 1

    I actually have the cheap as shit Nyko remote I'm using with my Harmony. Just had to train it off the remote's buttons, and it's all good.

  19. Re:Scientific method on Slovak Police Planted Explosives On Air Travelers · · Score: 1

    An agent can act like a bored traveler just as well as a terrorist can. There is no excuse to involve unknowing participants.

  20. Re:Smoke test on Slovak Police Planted Explosives On Air Travelers · · Score: 1

    You can still do a blind test of the screeners with someone who knows what they're carrying and is an agent. There is NO excuse for involving innocent travelers. None.

  21. Re:While slightly humorous on 2009 Darwin Award Winners Announced · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's perfectly possible to insult the dead. It's just impossible for them to be offended by it.

  22. Re:no way: scarcity increases demand on Apple Orders 10 Million Tablets? · · Score: 1

    Try the motion-plus. It's everything the Wii should have been originally. Now if they'd just do proper HD, something better than 420p...

  23. Re:Sure -- theoretically on Core i5 and i3 CPUs With On-Chip GPUs Launched · · Score: 1

    Screw the power bill. We're talking about netbooks.... what about the battery?

  24. Re:What does "light gaming capability" mean? on Core i5 and i3 CPUs With On-Chip GPUs Launched · · Score: 1

    You can't compare stream processors between manufacturers. For example, the Radeon 4670 has 320 stream processors, but the GeForce GTX 280 (which is a MUCH faster card) has only 240. So really... your entire comment is based on nothing of substance.

  25. Re:Sockets and mobos on Core i5 and i3 CPUs With On-Chip GPUs Launched · · Score: 1

    Really? You just have to match parts together for a PC. Leaky faucet? Is it the rings, something rusted through, do you know where the water shut-offs are, do you know what wrench to use for what nuts (they aren't labeled like the inside of a PC). Changing the oil, gotta make sure you know which is the oil pan under the car, the proper nut to remove, get the right oil filter, know how to use an oil filter wrench given most newer cars, know how much oil your car takes and how to fill it... they certainly take just as much knowledge. You just take what you know for granted.