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  1. Re:Good question on Kodak's 1975 Digital Camera · · Score: 1

    I was actually hoping for a Funny mod...

  2. Good question on Kodak's 1975 Digital Camera · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why would anyone ever want to view his or her pictures on a TV?

    Because non-moving images on a TV scare people. That's why the History Channel does that Ken Burns thingy whenever they show a bunch of old pictures narrated by someone with a dull, droning voice. No one would watch it if the picture just sat there, staring back at you like some kind of demon box.

  3. Only for specific Xbox360 mod on Halo Reach Leaked To Filesharing Sites · · Score: 2, Informative

    The version leaked is only useable for those with a specific kind of Xbox 360 mod, namely a JTAG mod. Basically, they aren't going to be playing on Xbox Live with this game or they'll kind their Xbox banned (and possibly Live account along with it). This is not a version that can be burned to a disc and played with a DVD-ROM modded 360, which is the most common mod and has a low detection rate.

  4. Re:Doesn't Matter on Facebook Adds Delete Account Option · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe if his wife was really ugly...

  5. Anandtech may have an explanation... on Apple To Issue a 'Fix' For iPhone 4 Reception Perception · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anandtech posted a review of the iPhone 4 the other day and they have a break down of the signal strength in dBm compared to how many bars are displayed. The specific page is here.

    Basically it looks like there is a huge range for what is considered five bars, and a small range for the remaining four bars.

  6. Re:What you describe exists. on Cheap ADSL Holds Up 802.11n Router Design · · Score: 1

    Except it doesn't have ADSL support, which is part of the issue TFA is discussing.

  7. A little too easy on Why Google's Wi-Fi Payload Collection Was Inadvertent · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So what TFA is saying is that the issue isn't simply Google snooping on networks and collecting data? And that there may have been a legitimate reason for this whole situation? And that it's blown out of proportion? STOP RUINING MY REASONS TO BE ANGRY AT GOOGLE!

  8. Cut costs, sure. on SpaceX Falcon 9 Relatively Cheap Compared To NASA's New Pad · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's great that they cut costs and all, but what about those pesky corners? I'm all for a private space industry, but NASA has a pretty darn good track record of performance to back up their expenditures. Will these cheaper options be more efficient, or just cheaper?

  9. Survived? on Ozzy Osbourne To Be Genetically Decoded · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think this all really hinges on your definition of "survived."

  10. That's the best kind! on The Men Who Stare At Airline Passengers, Coming To the UK · · Score: 1, Funny

    When it comes to matters of the government, pseudoscience is the best kind of science!

  11. An analyst is necessary for this? on Porn Sites Pop Up In China · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One analyst says it's far more likely that this is a glitch, not a change in internet censorship policy.

    I don't think any analysts are necessary to make such a blatantly obvious statement.

  12. Re:Why $1B in 2015?? on 13 Open Source Hardware Companies Make $1+ Million · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is Open Source Hardware not Open Source Software. A completely different industry, with completely different numbers to make up.

  13. Even their lawsuit is inaccurate... on Games Workshop Sues Warhammer Online Fansite · · Score: 2, Informative

    The domain warhammeralliance.com was registered in 2005. But the lawsuit claims it happened in 2009. What's worse, GW even provided promotional materials (such as interviews) over the past five years.

  14. Legal, but dubious on CBSA Reveals Some Laptop Search Info, But Not Much · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and that your family photos (even with kids in the tub) aren't child pornography either.

    Of course you'll wish they were confiscated when your parents decide to show them to anyone you date and embarrass you to no end.

  15. Time to start hoarding... on What Happens When IPv4 Address Space Is Gone · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess it's time to start filling bathtubs with IPv4 addresses!

  16. And they'll just move the .torrents on IsoHunt Told To Pull Torrent Files Offline · · Score: 1

    Since IsoHunt is mainly a search engine of torrents, they could just crawl the .torrent hosts and instead of saving a local copy like they do now, they'll just provide a link to the host. I don't see how this will change things much.

  17. I'm glad and all... on US District Judge Rules Gene Patents Invalid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But I'm kind of upset that we live in a society that we have to tell someone "No, you cannot have exclusive rights to a natural occurrence." Worse yet, this "patent" prevented anyone from even looking at the gene, whether it was for diagnostic or research purposes.

  18. Re:Linux is *still* for fags on LG Launches Watch Phone In India · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hey! I use Linux and I HATE Abba!

  19. And for an overview that knows how to do math... on Exploring Advanced Format Hard Drive Technology · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anandtech has a much better write up on this technology, complete with correct conversions from bits to bytes, knowledge of the difference between 4096 bytes and 4096 kilobytes, and no in-text ads.

  20. Re:Flawed system. on NGO Networks In Haiti Cause Problems For ISPs · · Score: 1

    Fundamental flaw in the system? I didn't think people choosing free/really cheap products over more expensive products is necessarily a flaw in the system. If anything, it's similar to how sweat shops affect an industry: Really cheap labor and really cheap materials from one country being dumped into another country that produces the same good, but at higher costs.

    If your industries can't compete with one product, don't whine about it. Make another product and sell it to them! Maybe they should put those free clothes on some cheap laborers and have them go back to making rip off (or legitimate, I'm not sure anymore.) Nike's and sports jerseys; Stuff American's pay crazy high prices for even though the material and labor costs are crazy low.

  21. Re:Oh no, this means in two years... on Photoshop 1.0 Recreated On iPhone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, since the Photoshop took about 2 years to reach version 1.0, we can expect Windows 3.1 for the iPhone in another 3 days. In a month we'll have Windows 7 and CS4! Why hasn't anyone thought of this amazing SDK before?!

  22. Seems fitting on Was This the First Denial of Service Attack? · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first recorded denial of service was performed by a 13 year old, who was basically using a "script kiddie" technique? Well, color me surprised.

  23. Re:What about... on Australian Judge Rules Facts Cannot Be Copyrighted · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's a collection of facts based on a creative work. This kind of ruling doesn't apply to that. The creative work is already copyrighted and thus protected from such reproductions.

  24. Re:Settled law in the United States on Australian Judge Rules Facts Cannot Be Copyrighted · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's a fact based on a creative work. Not a creative work based on a fact.

  25. Re:Without a doubt on Appeals Court Rules On Internet Obscenity Standards · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except there is no shipping involved. The judge is expecting their to be a system in place that can determine where a computer user is coming from and automatically apply obscenity filters. Basically every website would have to set up blacklists/whitelists to determine which states may access the website or, as per this ruling, the host of the website may be liable for obscenity violations in another state. In the judge's eyes, passively providing access to material that is illegal in State A from State B makes you liable in State A even though you are not creating the offending material in State A, nor are you actively sending the material to State A.