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  1. Takes more energy to produce than you get back on Is the Future of Silicon Valley Solar? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Solar panels take a HUGE amount of energy to produce, and don't have an infinite lifespan. They will end up not returning all the energy it took to actually make them.

  2. Re:It's a joke! on Using GPS to Track Teens · · Score: 1

    A concrete wall of sufficient thickness would do nicely.

  3. Doesn't always work on New Vulnerability Affects All Browsers · · Score: 1

    First time I tried it it timed out, second time, it showed the Citibank page. A few other times, showed the Citibank page. One time it did actually show Secunia's crap. Subsiquent tries, show Citibank's site.

    Firefox 1.0 Windows XP.

  4. Re:Don't forget tax on Canadian iTunes Music Store Opens · · Score: 1

    That's awesome. So it's an even better deal than I thought!

  5. Re:Fairness on Canadian iTunes Music Store Opens · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Boo hoo. A top end G5 here costs $600 more if I take the US price and do the conversion to Canadian. I might as well just drive across the border and buy one. Then figure out a way to smuggle it back.

  6. Re:Don't forget tax on Canadian iTunes Music Store Opens · · Score: 1

    I got emailed a receipt for the 2 songs I bought, and it didn't list any tax. I'll have to wait and see if they do actually charge it. They probably will, but it's weird they didn't list the taxes in the statement.

  7. Re:Dont expect the store to be up for long on Canadian iTunes Music Store Opens · · Score: 1

    No, you can't share your music in Canada legally. There is nothing (legally)stopping us from downloading stuff though.

  8. Re:but will Apple allow.. on Canadian iTunes Music Store Opens · · Score: 1

    No you can't, just like we can't buy from the US store.
    They really had no choice on their pricing. There is already Puretracks(WMA, blech) with songs for 99 cents Canadian.

    Plus, our CDs are usually cheaper in stores here than they are in the US stores.

  9. Re:Price per album? on Canadian iTunes Music Store Opens · · Score: 2, Informative

    Albums are mostly $9.99 Canadian dollars = about $8.50 American :D

  10. Re:FDA approval? on HIV Vaccine · · Score: 1

    They seem to be OK with all those drugs that are shown in commercials all the time. Some of those side affects are scarier than the thing they are trying to treat.

  11. Re:Mixed feeling on HIV Vaccine · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because so many Americans are coming to Canada to buy our drugs, the drug companies have said they may have to raise prices to stop it. Heaven forbid they drop the prices in the US.

  12. Re:OS X version? on Open Source Multimedia Center For Windows · · Score: 1

    Seems to rely on all Microsoft technoligies such as DirectX, .NET and WMP9, so porting would be pretty hard.

  13. Re:Yawn on Clean System to Zombie Bot in Four Minutes · · Score: 1

    Wow, so you go back to crap that was fixed years ago. Goody.

  14. Re:Hey, cool. on Clean System to Zombie Bot in Four Minutes · · Score: 1

    Wasn't this a default install? Samba isn't turned on by default in OS X.

  15. Costume designs on Ask Wil Wheaton Anything (Part Deux) · · Score: 1

    Did you hate those skin tight things they made you wear? I mean, COME ON!

  16. Re:DEEP QUESTION on Ask Wil Wheaton Anything (Part Deux) · · Score: 1

    DOOD, did you watch the show? It was RIKER!

  17. Re:Please say yes. on Ask Wil Wheaton Anything (Part Deux) · · Score: 1

    You're a sick bastard

  18. Re:TV episodes from BitTorrent on TV Piracy is Next · · Score: 1

    What they should do is just get time shifting working properly, then there would be no reason(or less reason) for people to download shows.

    Half the shows I watch a week are all on at the same time, and only on once per week. Who's the genius that did that? I can't have 3 VCRs recording stuff all at once, so I invariably end up downloading at least one show a week.

  19. Re:My VW on Spies Riding Shotgun · · Score: 1

    I second the suggestion for the VAG-COM. You can get an OBD2 connector from Rosstech or, you can get a cheaper one that will do almost everything you can ever want for your car.
    The software installes on any laptop with a serial connector and lets you interface with the car's computer to change settings including beeps and door chimes
    It's also handy when your check engine light comes on.

  20. Re:There are no rights violated here! on Spies Riding Shotgun · · Score: 1

    So what happens when all manufacturers have them? You can buy used cars, but they are only going to last so long. Eventually you will have no choice to buy a car with one of these boxes.

  21. Re:This is a true disgrace on MPAA Looks to Sniff Internet2 Traffic for Sharers · · Score: 1

    And you actually believe that? That's only their excuse to get ON the network. Otherwise they wouldn't be allowed. Their real reason they want on there is so that they can scan the network for copyright infringments.

  22. Re:Apple is showing the way on On-CPU Peltiers From AMD? · · Score: 1

    Water going through the CPU core would vaporize extreamly fast because the volume of water you can fit in the CPU is next to nothing.

  23. Re:Apple's Core Video Technology on Audio Processing on Your Graphics Card? · · Score: 1

    Yes, it does seem like the next logical step for them to take. They already have CoreAudio, but they don't say if it goes through the GPU with Tiger or not.

  24. Re:BS About Canada and Broadband on Broadband Envy: Fixing American Broadband · · Score: 1

    Yeah, right. There's still only a few places in Canada that can get 10Mbps, and I have NEVER heard of anywhere here(Canada) that can get 20Mbps+. The top is 10Mbps with a few condos in Toronto and Cogeco's top end cable which is also 10Mbps. Cogeco is only available in a few cities.

  25. Re:DMCA on Crossplatform iTunes Sharing and Trading · · Score: 1

    I think there is a difference here though. This software isn't generic P2P software, this is software that is specifically designed to let you download songs off other iTunes users.