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  1. Re:Doubtful on USB 3.0 100W Power Standard Seeks To End Proprietary Chargers · · Score: 1

    You do realize that all the latest Macs have USB3.0, right?

  2. Re:Not getting it... on Microsoft Apologizes For Inserting Naughty Phrase Into Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    Alternatively, maybe people should stop being so damned thin-skinned.

  3. Re:Google bans the english terms also on Google Highlights Censored Search Terms In China · · Score: 1

    Wow, that "Search anyways" button is REALLY hard to find, I can see how hard that must be for you. The issue is that if you run that search from inside China, your access to Google gets blocked for around a minute. To try to help explain why to users, they pop that message up.

  4. Re:State you purchased it from... on Federal Court Tosses Colorado's Amazon Tax · · Score: 1

    But technically you need to pay use tax on those items already. Nobody does.

  5. Re:Original packaging? on Details of Initial "Disc to Digital" Program Emerge · · Score: 1

    If I had to guess, they stick the movie in a drive, it fingerprints it (similar to CDDB or something), and then unlocks that movie in your Vudu/Ultraviolet account. It's not that hard to have the system check to see if it's on recordable media or not as well, which would skip over burned copies and most bootlegs.

  6. Re:Power consumption on The Consoles Are Dying, Says Developer · · Score: 1

    You're right, that's a completely valid comparison, because the Apple TV has exactly the same amount of CPU/GPU power as the 360 or PS3.

  7. Re:Measure Cost Efficiency on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    I also believe that some of the tactics of the TSA are going too far for too little benefit... But are you seriously okay with hijackers destroying 10 fully loaded 747s a year?

  8. Re:And in one move on Apple Patents Power Adapter That Recovers Lost Passwords · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can you get Magsafe power adapters from anyone else anyways? I've never seen any, and a quick Googling says no.

  9. Re:Piracy still an issue on What Microsoft Should and Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720 · · Score: 1

    Especially true if they implement the dual-format disc readers that were suggested. Just burn the HD DVD image to Blu-ray and run with your modchip.

  10. Re:Excerpt from changelog on Linux Mint Diverting Banshee Revenue · · Score: 1

    Have you tried going to the link that was removed? It's throwing errors. They swapped out a broken link with a working one. I'm sure if Banshee fixes their jump page that Mint will swap in the old URL again.

  11. Re:Mode and Complexity on TV Isn't Broken, So Why Fix It? · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, you just came up with the idea for HDMI-CEC...

  12. Re:So what? on Have Walled Gardens Killed the Personal Computer? · · Score: 1

    They "killed" Stanza, but it's still available on the App Store... Also, you seriously think they had "sweetheart deals" with Barnes & Noble and Amazon to feature the direct competitors to their own iBooks? I think you might live in a fantasy world.

  13. Re:Food ID's on Google Acquires Zagat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If the food was so horrible that you trashed the place in a review, why would you go back?

  14. Easy Fix on Apple Patents Tech to Stop iPhones Filming in Venues · · Score: 1

    And there would almost immediately be iPhone cases for sale which cover the IR receivers. Or masking tape. Either way.

  15. Re:Rename the app.... on Apple Removes Gay Cure App From App Store · · Score: 4, Informative

    The thing is, it was never called "Gay Cure". It was listed in the App Store as "Exodus International".

  16. Re:Windows 7 only unlock! on Intel Wants To Charge $50 To Unlock Your CPU's Full Capabilities · · Score: 1

    More likely, the systems that its available on ship with Windows 7. I think you read too much into it.

  17. Re:Programmable Number Plates on California Wants To Put E-Ads On License Plates · · Score: 1

    I hear the fatality rate is 0% at 0mph...

  18. Re:You get what you pay for? on Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone · · Score: 1

    Why does your mother need OpenGL?

  19. Re:Easy solution on The Problem With Estimating Linux Desktop Market Share · · Score: 1

    And than there are people (like my mother) who, for unknown reasons, think they're running Windows. She's had an iBook for about five years now, but she doesn't seem to understand what OS X is.

  20. Re:Next Gen Arm based netbooks. on Microsoft Boasts 96% Netbook Penetration · · Score: 1

    Windows CE still exists. :P

  21. Re:Extra cost for tethering on USB Tethering Working On iPhone 3.0 Through Hack · · Score: 1

    The default tethering application on AT&T Windows Mobile devices tattles to AT&T when you use it. If you swap it out for the standard one from Microsoft, it works just fine without a tethering plan.

  22. Re:Old News on Flash Cookies, a Little-Known Privacy Threat · · Score: 1

    Seems like it is compatible with FF3. From their changelog: "0.3.0 bumped to run under FF3, fully tested so no problems with the bump"

  23. I Had No Problem on Real-World 3G Monthly Cost With Taxes and Fees? · · Score: 1

    I walked into AT&T to get a 3G plan, but was interested in pricing first. The nice woman behind the counter printed out a color sheet with the plan we discussed all broken down with all the taxes and fees and discounts shown in neat little boxes.

  24. Re:Never had one, probably never will. on Number of Cellphones Now Equal To Half the Human Species · · Score: 2, Informative

    You know, most people would just turn the damned phone off when they went to bed, or into court. Or at least put the thing on vibrate. I keep my cell on vibrate all the time, and I don't answer it when I don't want to.

  25. Re:What's the point? on PS3 Launch Details Announced · · Score: 1

    Its not there to store games on, or burn blue-ray disks. For saving games or storing some extra game data, 20 gigs is plenty. On a similar note, I had a computer with a 500 meg drive and a CD burner. It was convenient being able to make a full backup on one CD-R.