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  1. Re:Opt-In Stupid Tax? on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 1

    Or not handling the paper money correctly. Those paper cuts hurt!

  2. Re:Wrong. I take it you are an American? on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 2, Interesting

    +10 informative about the "most Canadians under 30 don't carry cash" (I'd even say 35 or 40). I'm 37 and I find it odd when I have paper cash in my wallet.

  3. Re:Once this hits Verizon... on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 1

    swanzilla: I can get hosed for random charges more conveniently. And pay $0.50 to do so!
    Verizon: yes, the fee is 50 dollars per transaction.
    swanzilla: no, $0.50, as in 50 cents
    Verizon: yes, that's what we said.

  4. Re:Overpriced on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 1

    I didn't vote for him!

  5. Finally on NVIDIA Launches Five New Mobile GPUs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Finally, news about low-power GPUs with decent capabilities.

    I'm sure hardcore gamers prefer bleeding edge hardware news, but for the rest of us, heat dissipation and power requirements are beginning to be a nuisance more than anything else. I'm sure 99% of computer users would be fine with a dual-core Atom CPU and one of those new GPUs.

  6. Re:Worst Mistake That Still Needs Fixing on Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes · · Score: 2, Insightful
  7. Re:Meh. Whatever. on YouTube, HTML5, and Comparing H.264 With Theora · · Score: 1

    I believe Theora will succeed against H.264 as much as Vorbis as succeeded against MP3 and AAC.

  8. Re:The worst-designed case component... on Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes · · Score: 1

    That's why I only use 24-oz foam cups.

    Don't press that "Eject" button however. Instead of ejecting my foam cup, the holder slided back into the computer and cut my cup in half.

  9. Re:Meh. Whatever. on YouTube, HTML5, and Comparing H.264 With Theora · · Score: 1

    Just FYI, JPEG and PNG are complementary to each other (lossy, lossless) while GIF and PNG are competing in the same usage category (with the differences being that GIF supports animation* and PNG supports 24-bit and alpha support).

    * MNG doesn't count as basically nothing supports it.

  10. Re:Theora FAIL on YouTube, HTML5, and Comparing H.264 With Theora · · Score: 1

    Yes, but it will require a Phantom console.

  11. Re:quote on 14-Year-Old Boy Smote By Meteorite · · Score: 5, Funny

    "If we can hit that bulls-eye then all the dominoes will fall like a house of cards, checkmate!" --Zapp Brannigan

  12. Re:What's this picture for? on 14-Year-Old Boy Smote By Meteorite · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe it only flew close to his hand and never touched it at all. He got burned by the speed/air/whatever, not the rock itself. But it could've felt like a hit because of the sheer speed.

  13. Re:Is the Airflow OK? on Web Servers Getting Naked, For Weight Savings · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's for THE CLOUD COMPUTING, there's not going to be any airflow problems!

  14. Re:$58 billion? on Senator Applauds Pirate Bay Trial, Chides Canada · · Score: 3, Informative

    Either from the RIAA/MPAA, or from Verizon.

    In both cases the numbers are meaningless.

  15. Re:does an iphone.... on Does the Wii Provide A "Watered-Down" Game Experience? · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's why more people use computers to play cards with each other than the latest flashy crap to come down the pipe.

    I thought we all agreed to call them "tubes".

  16. Re:If we've learned anything from Anime on Wired for War · · Score: 1

    You'd need to be blind to NOT see that coming.

  17. If we've learned anything from Anime on Wired for War · · Score: 1

    Is that Japan's going to win any war based on giant robots.

  18. Forgotten Ulcer Drug Energizes Stem Cells on Forgotten Ulcer Drug Energizes Stem Cells · · Score: 1

    So that they can keep going and going...

  19. PSP Go on Developer Panel Gives Its Verdict On Sony's PSP Go · · Score: 3, Informative

    Also know as the PSP Cartman.

  20. Re:Even Macs? on Microsoft Sets Record With Monster Patch Tuesday · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Safari 4 was beta before yesterday.

  21. Re:5,000 equal $230,000 a month on How Much Money Do Free-To-Play MMOs Make? · · Score: 1

    Maybe he used to work for Verizon?

  22. Re:Another interesting stat on One Fifth of World's Population Can't See Milky Way At Night · · Score: 1

    Well, you know what they say!

    2/5th of Canadians suck at fractions!

  23. Re:Another interesting stat on One Fifth of World's Population Can't See Milky Way At Night · · Score: 1

    (insert foot in mouth)

    I should have wrote 4/10th.

  24. Re:Aren't we in the milkyway? on One Fifth of World's Population Can't See Milky Way At Night · · Score: 1

    You missed the chance to make a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reply.

  25. Re:I can see about 20 on One Fifth of World's Population Can't See Milky Way At Night · · Score: 1

    That's what I did in my Web browser.