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  1. Re:What about their latest slogan? on Coffins On Sale At Wal-Mart · · Score: 1

    Still sounds better than "Fuck Money, You're Dead Anyway".

  2. Re:Great Firewall... on Transpacific Unity Fiber Optic Cable Leaves Japan · · Score: 1

    The way the summary says it, it's a Japan-America optic cable. I guess one goal would be to route around such problems.

  3. How does that work? on Free 3G Wireless For Nintendo's Next Handheld? · · Score: 1

    Does he mean "in Japan" or "everywhere in the world"?

    This sure won't work in Canada, where the cellphone providers have a stronghold on almost anything wireless.

  4. Re:screw that on For September, Book-Related Apps Overtook Games On iPhone · · Score: 1

    Especially since OS 3.0 they could release a single app and sell books in-app.

  5. Re:Great Firewall... on Transpacific Unity Fiber Optic Cable Leaves Japan · · Score: 1

    I don't know which parallel universe you're from, but in this one Japan isn't part of China.

  6. More fiber on Transpacific Unity Fiber Optic Cable Leaves Japan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that also what the bread companies keep trying to sell us?

  7. Re:One person? on Find DARPA's Balloons, Win $40K · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe that's the actual goal of that challenge. Not how people will find the balloons but how people will cooperate together if there's only a single prize to be won.

  8. Re:What about movies, cds, etc.? on Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy · · Score: 1

    Just throw lawyers at it until they mess things up so badly that they try to outlaw RAM, hard drives, micro-controllers, CPUs and GPUs.

    Then, maybe, we'll get all those stupid things (DRM, etc) thrown into the trash and let technology progress again.

  9. Re:Uh-Oh on Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy · · Score: 1

    Nope, they just force you to convert all your work documents to Microsoft Office formats, all your media files to WMA and WMV files and all your photos to BMP files.

    And then they force you to install Windows Vista with an Aqua theme just to piss you off even more.

  10. Re:Proprietary software at its worst on Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy · · Score: 1

    I will probably be flamed off the edge of the Earth by Apple fanbois though.

    Dude... they're Apple fanbois, not Flat-Earthers.

  11. Re:Unauthorized on Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy · · Score: 1

    Mac OS X works with UVC webcams. I'm using an Xbox 360 webcam with a USB headphone+mic from Logitech.

    Why the Xbox 360 webcam? It's UVC and was the cheapest and most available UVC webcam in all the stores around here. I think I paid something like 30$CAD, on sale. The next UVC webcam was from Logitech, at 80$CAD (but with built-in mic).

  12. He's not dead. on "Dead" Facebook User Gets Better · · Score: 2, Funny

    In fact, he thinks he's gonna go for a walk.

  13. Integrated email? on Mozilla Releases SeaMonkey 2.0 · · Score: -1

    I wonder why an email client is integrated into a browser.

    If Seamonkey is supposed to be a lightweight alternative to Firefox, having a built-in email client is a mistake. After that people will ask for built-in FTP, built-in Torrent, etc, etc.

    Then you're at the same point as Firefox, which was supposed to be a lightweight alternative to Nescape.

  14. Re:Finally ! on Can Nintendo Really Be Planning Another DS Variant? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nothing beats the feeling of finally buying a Mac mini G4 and seeing Apple switch to intel processors a week later.

  15. Re:History repeats itself on Can Nintendo Really Be Planning Another DS Variant? · · Score: 1

    Hardware-wise, however, the picture is a lot different.

    GB > GB > GBC
    GBA > GBA > GBA
    DS > DS > DSi

  16. Obligatory picture on Can Nintendo Really Be Planning Another DS Variant? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Don't Pull a Sega. on Can Nintendo Really Be Planning Another DS Variant? · · Score: 1

    Actually Nintendo already pulled it once, from DS Lite to DSi. There was quite a number of years between the two, however. But the DSi has more powerful hardware than the DS/DS Lite, so it's only a matter of time before we see DSi-only games.

    bertoelcon is just saying that this new model better be a DSi with bigger screens (but same resolution) otherwise they'll be entering the same path as SEGA once did.

    The DSi launched in november 2008 in Japan and april 2009 everywhere else. It's WAY too early to be talking about yet another new-and-incompatible Nintendo DSi version.

  18. I don't care on Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month · · Score: 1

    All the movies I've rented since the last six months or so have been from iTunes' "99 cents movies of the week" selections. They have three movies every week for the U.S.A. and Canada, and one every week for the U.K. (used to be a single movie for Canada too, so there's hope for the U.K.)

    Available in the U.S.A., the U.K. and Canada.

    So if the studios think their little delay of a few weeks will affect everyone, they better think again. Watching movies is way, WAY down on the list of things we need to do to live.

  19. Re:Buying has always been better on Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month · · Score: 1

    Let's see.. either you always buy movies on sale or you rent movies from a place that rips you off.

    A DVD costs anywhere from 10$ to 25$, renting is 2$ to 3.50$. Even at the two opposite extremes, it's not even close.

  20. MI5 and MI6? on UK Law Enforcement Is Against "3-Strikes" · · Score: 2, Funny

    I didn't know they made three more movies, but MI3 sure sucked.

  21. Re:So in other words... on Psystar's Rebel EFI Hackintosh Tool Reviewed, Found Wanting · · Score: 1

    Apple only has six models of computers, apart from the XServe: Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro.

    I'd say that 50% of their models is "a lot".

    And yes it's now 9400M or better across the board but that doesn't mean all the installed base of GMA950 Macs disappeared overnight.

  22. Re:So in other words... on Psystar's Rebel EFI Hackintosh Tool Reviewed, Found Wanting · · Score: 3, Informative

    A lot of Apple computers use the intel GMA950.

  23. Re:"Fun" Mods on Companies To Invade Your Retinas As Soon As Next Year? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Help! The goggles, they do too much!

  24. Re:Internet toaster 20 years ago on What is the Current State of Home Automation? · · Score: 1

    And in 1992, a robot was built to eat the toasts, rendering the whole project useless.

  25. Re:Remember kids...Canonical is a private company on Canonical Halts Ubuntu CD Free-for-all · · Score: 1

    Well, they've got "Canon" in their name... (the "boom" kind, not the "say cheese!" kind).