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  1. Re:Yay! on Court Says First Sale Doctrine Doesn't Apply To Licensed Software · · Score: 1

    yes, but then backing it up to your game system should be legal then as well, if you have the game...

  2. Re:Bad consequences on Court Says First Sale Doctrine Doesn't Apply To Licensed Software · · Score: 1

    yep, if i have a liscense to a movie, then great, so what if i downloaded a copy in a mkv for my computer? i have a license to watch it....
    some for music, software(shouldn't it then be installable on multiple computer if not used at the same time?)

  3. Re:Does it have 64-bit addressing? on ARM Unveils Next-Gen Processor, Claims 5x Speedup · · Score: 1

    Open wow, Crank video settings to max, and check all the boxes. login to a high pop server at a high pop time, and wander over to Dal... Bet it crashes.

  4. Re:Really? on Facebook Surpasses Google For Users' Online Time · · Score: 0, Troll

    while Facebook chat isn't.

    Really? Facebook chat is Jabber-based so I find it much easier to use it in Adium (Pidgin) than through the shocking web interface

    /fixed

  5. Re:Really? on Facebook Surpasses Google For Users' Online Time · · Score: 1

    does it include embedded youtube videos?

  6. Re:HDR? on HDR Video a Reality · · Score: 1

    i thought the "RAW" format DSLRs have is basically what you are proposing. Simply tell your camera to stop compressing the images with jpeg, and you can do that already. Granted most point and shoots don't have a RAW option.

  7. Re:Just one of the necessary features on Mozilla Unleashes JaegerMonkey Enabled Firefox 4 · · Score: 1

    Also does the FF3.0 JS engine work on AMD64 linux yet?

  8. Re:Android on Open Source VLC Media Player Coming To iPad · · Score: 1

    just get a point and shoot, or better yet, a DSLR if you want to take pictures. Avoid the fujifilm "fine pix Z70" like the plague. very very noisy photos.

  9. Re:I missed something on Open Source VLC Media Player Coming To iPad · · Score: 1

    but according to apple it isn't a "tablet computer" it's a iPad. note the lack of "mac" in the name and inclusion of "iP" in the name. "iP*" is locked down to high heaven. "Mac*" isn't, and is a real computer. I want the "MacPad" not the "iPad".

  10. Re:with net neutrality not going to happen on GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room · · Score: 1

    Fine, as long as it says that when i signup, great. Too bad i'm not about to be renewing a contract with an ISP any time soon.

  11. Re:Apple is out to hunt bigger game than cable on GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room · · Score: 1

    Vetting shows, and letting me find similar content that i may like. Say a "things that go boom" network. I would expect action movies/shows/etc there, but no "little house on the prairie". Ensuring a certian level of technical polish, no skipping/poping audio for example. clean camera work as a second example.

  12. Re:The hard way is more fun on Programming Things I Wish I Knew Earlier · · Score: 1

    but i have to write my image data to a temp file, process the temp file into a second, and finally send it somewhere. That sounds like a very bad plan if you are doing it from a django project, or for that matter from python in general.

  13. Re:Just like virtual reality and home automation on The State of Household Robots · · Score: 1

    I don't want to tell the computer that i'm out of a food, simply by watching it get used it should know how much is left. hooking it into one of those grocery delivery places would be nice, all the food i need just before i need it at my door when i get home from work. As for the dishwasher/washer/dryer/stove reminder that would be amazing. Something along the lines while cooking "set timer for 12 minutes, stirring occasionally" and i would get reminded say every 3 minutes to stir(only in the room i'm in, not the whole house) and then a 1 minute warning and finally the timer. If I haven't moved to the kitchen after 1 minute remind me again.

  14. Re:I have a household robot on The State of Household Robots · · Score: 1
  15. Re:I have a household robot on The State of Household Robots · · Score: 1

    do you have any pets with fur? how does the roomba handle a house with 2 dogs and a cat?

  16. Re:Seeing as I own 3D Vision... on The New Difficulties In Making a 3D Game · · Score: 1

    if a racing sim added 3D this would make it so much easier to handle picking breaking points and turn in points. The issue for me with 3D games and movies, is how is eye convergence/focal depth handled. Can I focus on any point i can see in the world? does the 3d need the convergence points as i would need in real life? how does your normal tracking reflex handle the change from computer 3d to the real world?

  17. Re:How does 'focus' effect things? on The New Difficulties In Making a 3D Game · · Score: 1

    the problem is the tracking reflex, my brain/eyes will automatically try to focus on something in the background if i find it interesting. This isn't so much of a problem for a video game, as they don't have to implement any sort of camera depth of field. If you use a real camera you have a depth of field, and therefore some of the things in the background or foreground are not going to be in focus, no mater how hard your eyes try. So if you are a person inclined to look outside of the main object in focus(say a computer terminal behind the actor) you end up causing yourself eyestrain as your reflexes try to make it come into focus at it's presumed depth.

  18. Re:oh darn on Craigslist Removes Its Controversial Adult Section · · Score: 1

    Well if they are going to yell "BUT YOU PAID HER FOR SEX" how is that different than "but you bought her dinner and are helping pay rent, and utilities".

    Also how come porn is legal then, people are having sex for money there as well, but the difference is both are getting paid by a third party, and there is a camera.

    I wonder what would happen if you got a man and a woman prostitute and asked them to fuck each other while you watched? would that be legal? what if I have a camera, video or otherwise?

  19. Re:Not sure what the benefit is on Wireless Power Group Has 'Qi' Prototypes · · Score: 1

    1) many phones and cameras still do not charge over USB (in fact the iphones won't "fast charge" over usb)

    2) so you use the cable at work(hopfully you have enough battery to got 10 hours on a charge), and the pad at home. Of course I'd like to see less of a pad design and more of a bowl design.

  20. Re:Efficient? Better in any way? on Wireless Power Group Has 'Qi' Prototypes · · Score: 1

    I'm hoping this makes it to something like a cup that i simply drop my phone into. or better yet, a bowl that i can plop all my gadgets into at once. say something like a 8" diameter that my cell could be plopped into, along with the ipod, and the rest of my portable electroncis.

    Better if it has a bluetooth or simmilar interface so that the devices can negotiate for best power use, and the charging pad can turn"off" when there are no devices that need to be recharged.

  21. Re:advantage nullified. on Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV · · Score: 1

    ohh good, a $200-$600 remote for the damn thing too...

  22. Re:Mac mini on Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV · · Score: 1

    and a starting price of 4 times as much!!

  23. Re:appletv = fail on Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV · · Score: 1

    My TV still has RF in, and my "amp" still has 2 channel dual rca jacks. Also my PS3 and an "Apple TV" share no formats in common. the PS3 will only play lvl 4.0 or 4.1 h264, where as the ATV will only play lvl 3.1 main.

    You are right about the cost though, a PC even an ION based one is going to run you $300. hassle is fixed by installing XBMC or Boxee on it instead of just VLC.

  24. Re:Rear cam stills under 1MP is not dominance on Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV · · Score: 1

    oo a tiny 5MP sensor and a very very very short lens. Did you know that D3000 has a "point and shoot" mode? most SLRs do usually named "P" for "programmed mode". Anyways, I fail to see how much could be worse than my noisy fujifilm z70, man does that thing take shity pictures.

  25. Re:Facebook dead on Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV · · Score: 1

    for all of the Brazilians you know?