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  1. Re:Not Really Broken on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Protections Fully Broken · · Score: 1
    The keys will be revoked (which really means that future discs will not include support for the compromised device keys, there is no actual 'taking back' of the keys as the word 'revoke' tends to imply)

    And future keys will be made to software, which will be pulled out of memory yet again, then revoked. The cycle will repeat until

    A) They no longer allow software based players (unlikely) or

    B) They give up.

    This all wont matter in a few years when a cheap Chinese player hits the market and with a UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT opens up a menu that divulges all needed secrets (think Apex circa 2000).

  2. Re:According to courtroom reporters... on Woman Wins Right to Criticize Surgeon on Website · · Score: 4, Funny

    That this woman ended up on the short end of the stick still doesn't affect the validity of her tail

    He added a tail too? No wonder she is pissed.

  3. Re:Security on Wal-Mart Offers Up Downloadable Movies · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The quality difference is so minute between 720p and 1080p that its not worth shelling out an extra $1k for a difference you probably wont see anyways.

    1080p however does matter if you want to use that same TV as a computer monitor. It's generally cheaper than buying a large flatpanel monitor, but of course not as high of a resolution. For me however, 1920x1080 works quite nicely, especially at 42". Also the cost difference during my research has been about 500 dollars, not 1000.

  4. The one game I KNOW will never be made.. on Sequels We'd All Like To See · · Score: 1

    Madden 2008?

  5. Re:amazing on 'Plentiful' Non-Embryonic Stem Cells Found · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Faith is a scapegoat. Man has a natural propensity to want to destroy each other, if it was not for faith then it would be for something else.

  6. Re:Offtopic, but... on Microsoft Says PS3 Linux Not 'Competitive' To XNA · · Score: 1

    Is PR language different in any other industry? It's not like Campbell's soup has advertisements that say "We provide liquid food for nourishment".

  7. Re:Well... on Microsoft Says PS3 Linux Not 'Competitive' To XNA · · Score: 1

    "Security issues", or people making homebrew PS3 games (not just 2d stuff) that are as good or better than "real" PS3 games and thus taking away from corporate profits.

  8. Re:Um...ya, on Intel to Make Cheap Flash Laptop · · Score: 1
    • A 7.5" display versus a 2.8" display
    • A 1200x900 resolution versus a 320x240 resolution
    • A real Keyboard (70+ keys, 1.2mm stroke; sealed rubber-membrane key-switch assembly) versus a Thumb Board
    • The ability to run a variety of operating systems versus the ability to only run Windows Mobile
    I can keep going, but I dont need to...
  9. Re:Um...ya, on Intel to Make Cheap Flash Laptop · · Score: 1

    The 8125 has 320 x 240 resolution on a 2.8 inch screen. Screen + keyboard does not a laptop make. By this definition the $19.99 leapfrog learning unit would be defined as a laptop, but it really is not.

  10. Re:Ironically enough... on Game Industry Folks Siding With the Wii · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Xbox 360 runs on standard DVD, not HD-DVD. Just to clarify your post a bit. You can buy an HD-DVD addon now for the 360, but it only plays movies not games. Microsoft and Nintendo our both taking the standard DVD route.

  11. Re:Wow on The PlayStation 3 Launches In the U.S. · · Score: 1

    Welcome to America Borat. We are so glad you could make it!

  12. Re:Dolphins do Batman on Singing Dolphins Do Batman · · Score: 1

    Was the whole video done in night vision? Could get the dolphin a reality show and a Hardee's commercial. Worked for Paris Hilton.

  13. Technology good, price bad on Beyond 3G — Practical Cellular Internet Access · · Score: 1

    ..at least for me. I am being charged 45 bucks a month for EVDO on my Treo 700w from Verizon. I do like the EVDO, but I do not feel that the bang per buck is there. Better technology is good, but at current high price points I dont see adoption quite taking off. While EVDO is nice and relatively fast, there is no reason it should be about 50% more than my 6 Mbps cable modem at home.

  14. Not a problem.. we no longer need it on Funding Cut For Arecibo Observatory · · Score: 1

    You see, it turns out it was her dad all along, so we dont really need it anymore.

  15. 13 bucks a month? on Howard Stern Coming To the Net · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For a glorified podcast? This is a bit expensive considering their regular real sat service is about the same price, and has the glorious side benefit of being able to be listened to in the car, where most people listen to music. Maybe if the cost was half this, but at 13 bucks I dont see this moving anywhere.

  16. Data centers evolve and change too on Deprecating the Datacenter? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just like everything under the sun having a processor and a piece of storage space, so too will the data center evolve and get better at what it does. There will always be a need for a centralized place with higher than average processing and storage capacity. Just because todays technology runs well on your cell phone/pda (which for the most part, as an avid mobile user, things are not exactly "great") does not mean the next generation will.

  17. Re:Time warp on Future Eudora Based on Thunderbird · · Score: 1

    From the wikipedia article about the documentary film on time travel "Back To The Future III"

    Like Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III picks up at the moment where its predecessor left off. Doc Brown has been accidentally sent back to 1885 by a lightning bolt.

    As you can clearly see, it can happen by accident. Maybe Back To The Future IV will be about Eudora.

  18. Re:Its silly to get a console on release on PS3 Pre-Orders Came and Went · · Score: 1

    To follow that comment this weekend I pulled my NES that I got when I was 13 out of a storage bin in the garage, along with my light zapper and duck hunt. Plug in the RCA to a standard def TV I have in the bedroom, and used a little bit of alcohol on the NES cart to get a clean contact edge. Wouldn't you know it, the damn thing booted right up! I played duck hunt for a good hour. 17 years later my NES still works. I love Nintendo, and cant wait to buy a Wii.

  19. Time warp on Future Eudora Based on Thunderbird · · Score: 1

    I saw the name Eudora and thought I accidentally traveled back to 1995. I hope this new version of Eudora does not require me to update my version of Trumpet Winsock.

  20. Update your signature files on Stock Options Scandal Rocks McAfee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Be sure to update your CEO.dat file on a daily basis, as new CEO's are released into the wild daily.

  21. He forgot one.. on Great Programmers Answer Questions From Aspiring Student · · Score: 1

    The anonymous hero at IBM that wrote hero.bas for qbasic.

    DECLARE FUNCTION ExplodeGorilla (x#, y#)

  22. Re:Randy Random says we've seen enough on The Perception of 'Random' on the iPod · · Score: 1

    Every time an Anonymous Coward leaves, a cowbeal neal dies a little more inside.

  23. Re:These are not for you. on Beautiful Wooden PC Cases · · Score: 4, Funny

    My NewEgg 30 dollar special with a giant glowing Z, more lights glowing inside it than the vegas strip, and a power supply only rivaled by a 747 also was purchased as a status symbol. That status being im a cheap bastard.

  24. Re:Recycle... on Dell Launches Free PC Recycling · · Score: 3, Funny

    What shall we call this collaborative group that deals with old crappy computers? Ah, I got it, e-machines.

  25. Re:bad writeup! FTTH = fiber to the home on Verizon To Pump $18B Into FiOS · · Score: 1

    Using your argument then, they already did explain it, way back in the year 2000. I'm just saying, as mainly an IT blog you cant expect every story hold your hand through explaining all the relevant technologies involved in said story, or acronyms thereof.