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  1. Re:Only 40Gb/month? on Time Warner Expanding Internet Transfer Caps To New Markets · · Score: 1

    I sent in an email (just like I did when it was only being trialed in Texas) and got a "This is just a trial thing, we're not going to roll it out everywhere" reply both times.

    And the points you mention are the points I brought up in my email. You piss off the tech guys and we tell everyone to avoid your services.

    They're trying to compete with FIOS for speed and DSL for price, and failing on both fronts.

  2. Re:In Soviet Russia... on Card-Sniffing Malware On Diebold ATMs · · Score: 1

    So, fat people were FORCED to eat McDonalds simply because it was there?

    No, you're wrong. The banks said "If you want, you can borrow some money." It's the people who jumped all over themselves to spend more than they make.

  3. Re:No kidding! on Auto Safety Tech May Encourage Dangerous Driving · · Score: 1

    The off-ramps have a speed limit of 25. With the ones I go on, I know which ones I can do 45 on and which ones I should do 20 on.

    Going too fast FOR THE SITUATION is different than "speeding."

    If it's night and raining, I go under the speed limit, and move out of the way of vehicles that clearly want to go faster. They feel safe going the speed they're going, and I feel safe going the speed I'm going.

    It's not black and white, it's all situational.

    Maybe there should be an acceptable range of speeds to go. Oh wait, there is. 15 under - 5 above. Exceed those and you can be ticketed.

    And to everyone going under the speed limit, look in your mirror. If you see a train of cars behind you and clear roads in front of you, pull over and let everyone pass!

  4. Re:No kidding! on Auto Safety Tech May Encourage Dangerous Driving · · Score: 1

    When the limit was increased from 55 to 65, fatal accidents decreased.

    And your example of following too close is just that, following too close. It has nothing to do with speeding. Assholes will stay 2" from your bumper at 15, 35, 65, and 85.

  5. Re:My IQ on Sci Fi Channel Becoming Less Geek-Centric "SyFy" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Did they (TNN) change their name or were they bought out?

    Also, is this any less insulting than SciFi showing ECW?

  6. Re:Sarcastic or not? on How $1,500 Headphones Are Made · · Score: 0

    Admitting you played Doom 3? You're a far braver man than I.

  7. Re:Skewed Priorities on Feds Demand Prison For Guns N' Roses Uploader · · Score: 1

    Nobody "put" anyone else into debt. People were greedy on both sides of this. Both the banks and the poor people who are upside down on their mortgages. It's called living within your means. Something Americans need to get back to.

  8. Re:Gun Point? on Feds Demand Prison For Guns N' Roses Uploader · · Score: 1

    10/10

  9. Re:He should go to prison, but not for... on Feds Demand Prison For Guns N' Roses Uploader · · Score: 1

    Overrated? Did any reviewers actually say it was good?

  10. Re:We better get ready... on Chimp Found Plotting Against Zoo Guests · · Score: 1

    How long did it take us to go from throwing rocks to arrows? Not a few million years, that's for sure.

  11. Re:Occam's razor on iTunes Gift Card Key System Cracked, Exploited · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You write "return to sender" on it and send it back out the next day.

  12. Re:Oh please.... on Norton Users Worried By PIFTS.exe, Stonewalling By Symantec · · Score: 1

    Except the posts were being deleted BEFORE 4chan hit the forum! That's the part that people are missing, legit posts asking "Hey, what's this file?" were being deleted. That's why Anon felt he needed to step in and.. do whatever it is that he does.

  13. Re:So odd to me on Norton Users Worried By PIFTS.exe, Stonewalling By Symantec · · Score: 1

    If by "6 months or so" you mean 9 years, you're right.

    In 2001 I was removing Norton's crap from family/friend's computers and replacing it with McAfee.

    McAfee is now just as bad as Norton, though, so it's Avast all the way.

  14. Re:4chan just created another load of BS on Norton Users Worried By PIFTS.exe, Stonewalling By Symantec · · Score: 1

    Except for the following:

    a) The posts on the Norton forums were being deleted before 4chan got a hold of this,
    b) Posts are being deleted on the Norton forums for mentioning the topic.

    If it was a hoax, they would have come out with a statement already.

  15. Re:I hope the article is right on Apple's iPhone Developer Crisis · · Score: 1

    There's an adblock app for Safari in Cydia, I believe.

  16. Re:xbmcboxee on Hulu Again Removed From Boxee and Again Added Back · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh wow, I didn't know about Fancast. It has a lot more of the shows that I usually just download, since hulu doesn't have them.. Why haven't I heard of it before?

  17. Re:Boxee is not like RSS in a browser on Hulu Again Removed From Boxee and Again Added Back · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does it still show the commercials that pop up during the video?

  18. Re:Useless Information on Audio Watermarks Could Pinpoint Film Pirates By Seat · · Score: 1

    Pay with cash. Most cams end up using someone else's audio.

    This is a dumb idea.

  19. Re:Not very "Family Friendly" either on Watchmen Watched · · Score: 3, Informative

    NC-17 is movie death.

    I believe that rating it R "For Images of a Dog's Head Smashed Open" would keep parents from bringing their kids. Or even just "For Images of a Blue Wang."

  20. Re:Not very "Family Friendly" either on Watchmen Watched · · Score: 1

    He loves not being connected to the movies based on his work because it makes him look 'cool' I guess. Which is nice, because he gets to get MORE publicity. For the movie and for not associating himself with it. I'm sure that drives sales of everything with his name on it up, and he laughs all the way to the bank.

  21. Re:I think you jumped the gun a little. on Watchmen Watched · · Score: 1

    "It didn't react to his moods in the comic (tho the artist may have used it occasionally to do so)."

    It might not have 'reacted' but there were different patterns for different moods.

  22. Re:I think you jumped the gun a little. on Watchmen Watched · · Score: 3, Funny

    "no talking chicks behind you."

    You are aware that this is a movie based on a comic book, right?

  23. Re:Send me! on Watchmen Watched · · Score: 1

    Here's a puzzler for you:

    If it isn't good enough to be on "a Top 100 books of all time list like it says on the cover" why is it?

  24. Re:First post on Watchmen Watched · · Score: 1

    How is reading a graphic novel that has existed for quite a few years now a "spoiler" for the movie based on it?

  25. Re:nice on Use Your iPhone To Get Out of a Ticket · · Score: 4, Informative

    "If the ticket is not dismissed, parkingticket.com will refund the deposit and pay 10% of the ticket"

    FTFY