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  1. Re:See it in action on Pleo Review - A Toy Robot Triumph? · · Score: 1

    Where did you put your name down on a list. The Pleo Dinosaur from amazon looks like it might ship before Christmas. The national geographic site shows a 12/28 ship date.

  2. Re:You'll share a pipe somewhere on Is Comcast Heading the Way of the Dinosaur? · · Score: 1

    Are you sure there are no other options? Look for providers in your state: Broadband Providers

  3. Re:Hey!! We are *NOT* a cockroach society! on Robots Assimilate Into Cockroach Society · · Score: 1

    What do you mean?

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  4. Re:And if you had your domain transferred to GoDad on 850K RegisterFly Domains Moved To GoDaddy · · Score: 1

    I've used GoDaddy plenty of times in the past with no problems. Imagine the sheer number of domains they have registered, if only a few get shut down here and there it's probably a negligible percentage. I'm sure similar situations have happened with other registrars too.

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  5. Re:Uh oh on Dvorak Adores YouTube · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is Dvorak really that bad? Sure he's got some crazy ideas and predictions, but sometimes he's really on the mark. Even if he's off a bit sometimes, he does bring up interesting topics and new mindset ways of thinking about current events and trends.
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  6. Re:Unanswered Question. on Budget Graphics Cards Compared · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That wasn't necessarily the point of the article though. They did a good job comparing the budget video cards for performance. Is there a linux tech site that reviews hardware under different flavors of linux? That would be a useful site. Especially if they dived into driver compatibility issues on different distributions.
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  7. Re:Oh well... on Can Ordinary PC Users Ditch Windows for Linux? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yep, I use linux for PHP/Apache/mysql developments. I also write some shell scripts. All of this is under Gentoo. When it comes to media however, I'm lost. I can't burn a CD/DVD, I can't wathch video, hell, I've never even gotten the audio to work. I'm not to concered though as I use the machine for development only. Back to the windows machine for the multimedia frills.
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  8. Re:flame war? on Useful Apps for First-Time Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    Cywin might not be good for a first time windows user, but I agree with you it's a must have app. I install it on every PC I use right away. I constantly use ls, grep, split, wget, etc... It makes it easier for me when going back and forth from windows to linux.
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  9. I'd be pissed... on AjaxWrite to "Compete" with MS Word · · Score: 1

    I'd be pissed if I was writing a document and then someone DDOSed the site (either intentionally, or via a slashdotting/digged/farked onslaught) and I lost all my data. What happens if you are in the middle of a dodcument and a router, ISP, or web server bites the dust? Too many points of failure for me.
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  10. Ugly sites... on The Surprising Truth About Ugly Websites · · Score: 0

    Hmm, I wish I knew this before I redesigned PriceAge. I think it's still an attractive site, but also has the usability/simplicty features mentioned in the article.

    I read an article about a guy making tons of money on the internet shipping a certain product. When I checked out his webpage it looked so amatuer that I would have never bought from him. I guess the people that don't mind ugly sites are the same ones that fall for the spam links all the time. One thing is for sure: "Attractive site != income potential". There are just too many ugly sites that buck that idea.

  11. Re:Forgot one on Recommended Reading List for PHP · · Score: 1

    The more important PHP site to me is php.net. I type http://php.net/function_name into my browser all the time. Even if I owned a reference book, this method is still faster. I'm already at the PC anyway.
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  12. Google Acqusistions on Google's CEO Clears the Air · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Google keeps acquiring lots of small companies. Who wants to bet that these things are all inteneded for a much larger product that we all assume? Looks like they could eventually captalize on many different markets. Search will probably eventually become what they're least known for.
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  13. For known satellites maybe on VENUS Satellite, The Next Eye in the Sky · · Score: 2, Interesting

    which is supposed to be far more advanced then present satellites

    Maybe more advanced than presently known satellites. I'm sure the government's don't release all the data...
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  14. Re:Konqueror passed 2nd on Opera 9.0 Fully Passes ACID2 Test · · Score: 1

    It makes you wonder why the browser developers don't use this as a test before a new release. If it's the test people use to chek for compliance, I would think the developers would want to acheive renderability of the acid2 test. At least the HTML/CSS source code is availaible to check against.
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  15. Re:Summary correction: on EFF Pushes Consumers to Claim Rootkit Compensation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    True, and at least most everyone knows the iTunes DRM before buying. It's not as bad as someone sneaking some software onto your PC without you knowing.
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  16. Re:What else is new? on The Current State of the Games Industry · · Score: 1

    Not only do most suck, but they are too complicated. I like to pick up a new game and play a few hours a week. Some games take hours just to learn how to play.

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  17. Re:Free shipping is the way to go on big ticket it on Amazon Offers 2-Day Shipping For $79/Year · · Score: 1

    I agree. I'm pretty happy with their Super Saver program, so as long as they don't drop the free shipping I like the new options. I can use it or not. It's probably better for some other people who are ordering more than I am.

  18. Re:This just in! on Game Software Sales Reach $7.3B in 2004 · · Score: 1

    Maybe we can get some more popular games such as DDR to help give some people some exercise.

  19. Re:You poor guy. on Cutting Through a Wi-Fi Traffic Jam? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but what about running servers behind the AP? Lots of games and apps require you to do port forwarding. It would suck to be playing an online game and a neighbor kicks off a bittorrent download and you lag yourself to death. Even if you can log in with the default name/password on the AP and forward the ports, one of the other neighbors might log in and change it to something else. You also have the potential that the owner(s) don't stay connected 24/7.
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  20. Re:How much on Sleep Less, Eat More? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I found this sleep/calorie calculator. It depends on your weight. You can check out tons of activities and the calories burned here
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  21. Messed up link on PSP North American Launch Date · · Score: 5, Informative

    The original link was messed up. Here is the correct link: Link. I also got a mirror if needed.
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  22. Re:Peer Pressure on Yahoo Plans Its Own Music Player, Download Service · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Exactly. Quoting my previous comment:

    Must everybody in the world have thier own broswer these days? We are already plagued by interoperability in browsers, Operating Systems, Instant messengers, etc... I know it's always good to have a choice, but not when it's this complicated. I support multiple choices, but I'd like them all to at least work, as well as work together. It seems like these days everybody wants to be a search engine, everybody wants to offer a music download service. Now is everyone going to offer thier own browers?
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  23. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. on Will Google Launch A Browser? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, I meant to comment on my search engine statement. All the search engines crawl the internet hitting as many sites as they can. sometimes they hit the same site multiple times in one day. As we know from a good slashdotting, many sites have limited bandwidth per month. If there are too many search engines I can see it putting a hit on many smaller sites as well as generally slowing down the whole web. Obviously we are not at the point, but it could happen. Lots of people write home brew search engines for programming experience or college projects. Those people may decide to enter the market themselves one day. Before you know it there could be a considerable amount of web traffic due to just spidering sites.

  24. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. on Will Google Launch A Browser? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Must everybody in the world have thier own broswer these days? We are already plagued by interoperability in browsers, Operating Systems, Instant messengers, etc... I know it's always good to have a choice, but not when it's this complicated. I support multiple choices, but I'd like them all to at least work, as well as work together.

    It seems like these days everybody wants to be a search engine, everybody wants to offer a music download service. Now is everyone going to offer thier own browers?

    If you are still looking for Gmail invites, I have 78 left. Pretty good odds too.

  25. Re:Never respond to signatures, it's bad form. on Altnet Sues Record Industry Over File Hash Patents · · Score: -1, Offtopic