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  1. ads changed on Ars Technica Inveighs Against Ad Blocking · · Score: 0

    back in the days of when ads where simple banners that did not bother anyone i never used ad blocking. but ads changed from something that way there not in the way to annoying flash riddled junk. really the ones with sound annoy me the most. so now i use every ad blocking trick i can use. and in 10 yars of using the web i never have seen a ad that i responded to they never ad a product or a item but Rather then loan offers free trials and credit card offers all things i can get at my local bank.

  2. useless junk on Apple Removes Wi-Fi Finders From App Store · · Score: 0

    the iphone can see any wifi networks it can connect to. so why would you need another app to connect for you. apps with a db are all you need so you knoe where to go.

  3. Re:Not really the point on Appeals Court Knocks Out "Innocent Infringement" · · Score: 0

    this is why you get your music from a non p2p source and theirs plenty.of them. so even if they did go after you they cant slap you with a sharing charge. just a standard charge where the fines are much lower.

  4. no hack neddded on The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work · · Score: 0

    this will piss off pretty much every pc user who is stupid enough to even buy it. my pcs wifi isn't constant it likes to randomly disconnect this game would be unplayable. or those in dailup or just not online like on a laptop away from its wifi spot. the backlash from this will be worse then ea and spore.

  5. Re:tivo is simply old news. on The Sad History and (Possibly) Bright Future of TiVo · · Score: 0

    well tv in your living room go away no. but it will be more like a netbook then a tv. the samsong led tv is a perfect example of this evolution of tv. it has a basic webbroswer that can do video sites like youtube. and the ability to play video from abught any source and format even portable usb hard drives. sd cards etc. so the tv isnt gooing to die but change past way past the ability a tivo can offer and many new models aruldy have. the samesong led tvs feature and ui isnt perfect but its just a step in the direction tv is going. but can you blame people for shifting to the internet for there media when cable rates keep rising and internet cost keep falling and get faster. man if you rember the mid 90s a company tryed to stream tv on the net and brocasters had a fit even thow it was unedtied video with commercals and they said that idea would never work talk abought being dead wrong.

  6. tivo is simply old news. on The Sad History and (Possibly) Bright Future of TiVo · · Score: 0

    tivo was cool for a little wile it did stuff we couldn't do before with a tv. but tivo got old in the digital era. . a pc media center is cheap and can do more without fees. and with most hdtv system able to take a dvi pc input making them large monoters you got everything you need inside one tower or small form box depeding on what you buy. tv for the most part is fading away. its being replaced by the internet and steaming video. and many networks cought on quick to this change and aruldy post everything they show on tv on there websites. yes thers still the networks that will stick to old style tv untill it dies a loud bloddy death like the music indrestry but for the most part tv is largly internet based today.

  7. hes saying this on Why Flash Is Fundamentally Flawed On Touchscreen Devices · · Score: 0

    its not mouse jestures that are the issue. jailbroken ipods can do flash video on many sites using the media plugin. hes talking abought flash that uses keystrokes to work and hes correct in saying theirs no fixing that at least with no current stuff out there. the content would need to have both touch and keystroke support.

  8. i saw a ad for a phone with a projector hear in the usa. but it looked like a add-on not something built in. my car has one to. no joke its used for putting the speedo in the corner of the windshield works very will in daylight. i ust hope they use led projecters for there long life and cheap replacement cost.

  9. Re:Could they get Android to run on it? on What You Get When You Buy a $40 iPhone In a Bar · · Score: 0

    well these phones only resemble the iphone. some models do have decent cameras and work ok. but there mostly built from cheap standard cell parts more often in stuff inside is just leftover stock. meaning they don't have close to the prossing power of a real iphone or android device. i saw one fake on youtube that could barley fake the ui it did it but dirt slow and just froze when trying to play a video. also you gotta look at the fact there ripping off the name and look for a reason iphones sell. but i do agree if they did make one that could run android well and sell it cheap they would have a market and would not be conserderd bootlegging as long as they steal no names.

  10. reformat on Time Bomb May Have Destroyed 800 Norfolk City PCs' Data · · Score: 0

    yes reformatting the machine there total useless now. total loss call the insurance company.

  11. bad idea on Apple Bans Jailbreakers From the App Store · · Score: 0

    theirs 4 million jailbroken devices out there and they say 38% have pirate apps on them but what does apple consider pirate if its just 1 apps out of 50 that tosses in that number.. do they conserder any home brew stuff pirate like enabling flash video and safari downloads. see thats what you gotta looks at when apple says stuff like that. yes my i touch 2g is jailbroken but mostly to enable flash and direct downloading on my ipod. to the point if apple starts banning jail broken devices there all there doing is losing money. iphone users do it to get away from at@t and use the career they like and can you blame em. and others users do it to unlock features apple refuses to put in. then you got the pirates. so banning the large group if jailbroken devices that still use itunes store = lost money and i bet alot of it. most ipohnes are jail broken every one i ever see anyways. i bet it would even make itunes market share go down.

  12. Re:True for the individual, not the office use cas on A Printer That Uses No Consumables · · Score: 0

    yea and plastic is so much better for the environment the something reusable like paper. paper can be recycled and we can always grow more. and no forest are cut down as its been said they are all protected. its like those tree huggers protesting loggers but forgetting they grew those trees themselves just for logging.

  13. Re:That's right and... on A Printer That Uses No Consumables · · Score: 0

    from the video the old stuff was compliantly gone when they printed over it. heat printing is old tech the paper you can reuse is new.

  14. Re:Are Brains Engaged Today? on A Printer That Uses No Consumables · · Score: 0

    your not accounting the fact office papers are never kept in perfect condition there bent folded stuff spilled on them. you just lost 3$ a sheet. and the stuff you do keep gets filed and never saw again. yes theirs a few uses for them like in meetings or the junk they do print and toss. but point 1 still applys. its a good idea but the cost for the paper has to come way down first so when you do lose them the cost isnt overwhelming the potential savings. .

  15. good idea but no on A Printer That Uses No Consumables · · Score: 0

    the paper cost is just to high. thers no saving if anything the printer would be more expensive to run. they dont account for damaged or lost sheets. in the real world people don't keep there paper near and clean. and most stuff is not printed then tossed there normally given away to whoever needs it. conserding ink b;lack isn't that expensive. genrely 5 bucks and it can handel 1000 sheets before needing replacement on a quality printer. and toner can handel alot more prints before nedding replacment. of course toner does cost a good amount. color ink is still expensive and well this does not do color.

  16. Re:The feds beat SC to it a long time ago..... on Subversive Groups Must Now Register In South Carolina · · Score: 0

    yea and it did alot of good during the revolution. such laws just cant be enforced by a government no longer in power. acully now tht i think of it they just broke there own law by taking over iraq. so do we threw are entire government in jail for 20 years. the point is if the entire usa finnly got sick of the bs and took back power. terrest will be the last thing for them to worry abought.

  17. paypal lol on India Suspended From PayPal For "At Least a Few Months" · · Score: 0

    i do not know why people even use that anymore. anyone can get some form of a cc in today's world. in the 90s it had its use for those without a major cc. now any bank will give you a debit. don't have a bank acccount then go grab one of those visa prepaid cards they work anywhere on anything. PayPal just adds the ability to click an buy. but i would rather have the abilty to controle my money in case of scams and if that means filling out a order form when i buy something then well thats what i do. as its been said paypal whats to be a bank but does not what to be regulated. and theirs many reasions for that. there loan rates would have to be standard no more random locking of peoples accounts. they would need to be insured. and probly more i cant think of.

  18. Re:Is that really a good idea? on XCore's EduBook, a Netbook That Runs on AA Batteries · · Score: 0

    agreed. bad laptop power supply's can generate alot of heat. even good ones do. this is why they put them on the on the outside of the system.

  19. Re:Charging AAs on XCore's EduBook, a Netbook That Runs on AA Batteries · · Score: 0

    for those that cant add pack of 4 from walmart 5$ you would need 2 packs so you do 8x5=40$ per 5 years on AA battery. avg cost on li ions over 5 years 40$ for a new oem 3 cell witch all this laptop probably would need. but the other things do look good. having the prosser removable and replaceable make upgrading this system very cost efficient.or even repairing it in the case of prosser failer.

  20. Re:Charging AAs on XCore's EduBook, a Netbook That Runs on AA Batteries · · Score: 0

    it has the option for other battery types. but this is geared to education and long term cost matters. but i agree AA is not the way to cut battery cost not due to any other reason other then life span. AA rechargeable last around a year. li ions last 5 to 10 years if cared for. the the cost of replacing the AA batters 5 times before the li models needs replacement is around the same cost.

  21. this was stealing. on Man Fined $1.5 Million For Leaked Mario Game · · Score: 0

    theirs a big difference on pirating a game that's a year old then a early release. the older game has had its sales and normally after a year can only be found used. a game you leak early you have deprived Nintendo of sales in a big nasty way, even on 0 day releases at least the games on the shelf's leaving the option to buy. and a big title like super maro trust me i would buy it. i did have to pirate my smash bros game due to for some dammed reason my original copy as quit working. not even a scrach on the disk but my wii will not read it. but even then that's not stealing being i do own a original copy that no longer works.

  22. Re:Enough of this promotion shit! on Google's Nexus One, a Steal At $49 Unlocked? · · Score: 0

    yes we all rember how lame the iphone would be at its price point oh wait.

  23. not in that state. on "Vegetative State" Patients Can Communicate · · Score: 0

    speaking from personal experience. when my grandfather was in this state. being a vegetable means theirs no to very little brain activity a brain dead state. at that point you are dead. they can keep your body alive with machine but even that wont last very long but if you not religious the siance is if the brains dead your very dead theirs no coming back. cases of people waking up are simply misdignosed. there not brain dead but in coma in that state something has shut down your ability to be consuous but your brain is still working.and in most cases whatever damage that has happen heals and you wake up. the brains one tough orgen.

  24. Re:I could have told you that. on Studies Reveal Why Kids Get Bullied and Rejected · · Score: 1

    yea i was kicked out my seiner year for muling a bully pretty bad. shattered his ribs with my famous whepion of choice. his mom tried to sue but school rules don't apply in court. he had one of those my kid does no wrong moms. at that time i was displaced disk in my back and he thought it would be cool ro kick me in the back. i move that coulda took me down for good. i destoryed that bastard he had a nice ems stay. in the end the case was tossed due i would prove he was the aggressor and it was self defense. and the fact he tryed to inflict majer injury.

  25. Re:You don't need to throw any punches on Studies Reveal Why Kids Get Bullied and Rejected · · Score: 0, Redundant

    man that even more evil then i am +10