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  1. Re:Its just following other forms of Entertainment on HMV Canada Cuts Music CD Prices · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm guessing it's been a while since you bought a CD at HMV. 13$ is about half of what they're typically charging for anything outside the top ten list.

  2. That and the exchange rate. on HMV Canada Cuts Music CD Prices · · Score: 1

    The fact that the exchange rate has brought the currencies to near par is of course the main reason that they're having to change the prices....

  3. Re:How is Microsoft bound by GPL3? on FSF Positioning To Sue Microsoft Over GPLv3? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd say that because the distribution of the vouchers predates GPLV3, that MS has a leg to stand on here.

  4. Re:What's next??? on Voltron Headed For The Big Screen · · Score: 1

    Battle Of The Planets

  5. Re:No one can compete with FREE?? on Why Make a Sequel of the Napster Wars? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Linux, meet Microsoft. Hmmmm.

  6. Re:Wow, and TFA is wrong, too ! on Surviving in Space Without a Spacesuit · · Score: 1

    From one atmosphere to zero atmosphere in vacuum for a differential of one atmosphere, as opposed to underwater where pressure increases by "one atmosphere" (the equivalent of atmospheric pressure, or 14.7 lbs./sq.in.) for every 33 feet we descend into the water. This means, for example, that the pressure at 66 feet below the surface is 44.1 pounds per square inch, or three atmospheres different from sea level...

  7. Re:Urban legends on Blue Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Nope. I'm an old hand at making mistakes like that. :)

  8. Re:Urban legends on Blue Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    [i]This was all said at the time, of course, but [b]people were more interested in being clever[/b] and announcing blu-ray's demise [b]than actually researching the matter.[/b][/i]
    You're new to slashdot or something? That's always true. Even in this post. :P

  9. Re:Cray had prior art/implementation a decade earl on Firm Sues Sony Over Cell Processor · · Score: 1

    Not Sony's lawyers... go back and read the summary at the very least.

  10. Re:Stupidest lawsuit ever on Apple Sued Over iPhone Non-Replaceable Batteries · · Score: 1

    Just FYI. Canada is the only place in the world with crappier phones than the US. Asia and Europe get phones and data plans that would leave you weeping in the street. God, I'm still drooling over the Nokia N95 that we will never see so long as Rogers remains the GSM monopolists in Canada.

  11. Re:Pathtic on ACLU Protests Police Scanning License Plates · · Score: 1

    I'll agree 100% that the ACLU is wrong on their stance on the second amendment, but I'm happy they're protecting the rest of them with all the fervour that the NRA is protecting the Second.

  12. One on Ticket Tracking and Customer Management? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Postgresql. You may need to do some minor work customizing it....

  13. And people think the second amendment is outdated? on Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Apparently so are the rest of them. Specifically the first and tenth....

    It's becoming increasingly apparent that the second might need to be taken out and exercised in the near future. :(

  14. Not blogs, but forums on Blogs Are Eating Tech Media Alive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anytime I want to research something now, I go to the appropriate forum. There are serious experts available at pretty much all of them. e.g: Want to learn about cellphones: HowardForums.com. Want to find out about military firearms: ar15.com . There's a site for everything.

    Blogs are great for some stuff, but forums are just killing the tech magazines, and the special interest stuff.

  15. YAD on An eBay For Hackers · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yet Another Dupe.

  16. Doesn't Canada get any say? on Indiana Allows BP To Pollute Lake Michigan · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that there was some form of joint regulatory agency that basically said that we agreed not to piss in each others water supply....

  17. Wrong. on New Web Metric Likely To Hurt Google · · Score: 1

    I spend waaaaay more time on google maps and gmail and....

    See, google isn't just a search engine anymore folks. It is not going to hurt them.

  18. Re:Current Sci-Fi Author who you enjoy as much? on Robert A. Heinlein's 100th Birthday · · Score: 1

    I'd list Kim Stanley Robinson ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson ) and Spider Robinson ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_Robinson ) .

  19. Wow! on Consumerist Catches Geek Squad Stealing Porn · · Score: 1

    Colour me shocked. A techie copying porn off of a computer.

    That's never happened before. :rolleyes:

    Now, if they're deleting it after copying it, then it's stealing, and that'd be news.

  20. Re:Cell growth != smarter on Researchers Claim Pheromones Trigger Brain Cell Growth · · Score: 1

    Men who batter women are not alpha males. They are cowardly losers.

  21. Re:Prediction... on iPhone Root Password Hacked in Three Days · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And what percent of statistics are complete bullshit again?

    100% would be my guess, provided we're dealing with the specific subset of 'statistics used during discussions on online forums'.

  22. Re:Prediction... on iPhone Root Password Hacked in Three Days · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it isn't one of the following I'd be shocked:
    123 000 999 666

    Those four will open 99% of all luggage in the world that doesn't contain a laptop, cash or a gun.

  23. Re:Configured my bosses - impressive on iPhone Interest Still Going Strong · · Score: 1


    3. Already opens Word/Excel files.
    4. Already opens PDF.


    Only as email attachments. There is no way to directly transfer documents to the phone and read them....

  24. And you think AT&T is bad.... on AT&T Vs. Apple Store At the iPhone Launch · · Score: 1

    Rogers/Fido, Bell and Telus up in Canada make AT&T look competent and benign.

    Rogers data plans : http://www.shoprogers.com/store/wireless/services/ voice/navigate-mobile-internet.asp?

    Bell data plan examples: http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_AB/PrsShpWls_Rtp IRPList.page?wlcs_catalog_category_id=TreoPocketPC RatePlans

    Telus data plan examples: http://www.telusmobility.com/ab/plans/pcs/talkemai l_all.shtml

    Couple those rates with service that is slightly less friendly than AT&T's.

  25. Re:is... on Visualizing "Answer People" In Online Discussions · · Score: 4, Funny

    RTFA and find out for yourself.