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  1. Re:What Lucus Didn't Change on 1977 Star Wars Computer Graphics · · Score: 1

    This is only more evidence that Lucas didn't remake the movies because he wanted to make them better, he did it because he hates us!

  2. Chef Blows Off His Own Hands in Cooking Accident on Former Microsoft CTO Builds Kitchen Laboratory · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is why kitchen laboratories should not be taken so lightly.

  3. Re:I've encountered this from my friends on Can We Really Tell Lossless From MP3? · · Score: 1

    If I could almost always pick the MP3, then I can tell the difference after all. It's just that I prefer the lossy sound, or equate that with quality.

  4. Re:why would the top 1000 sites WANT to leave goog on Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google · · Score: 1

    The question everyone should be asking is, How can I have my cake and eat it? How can I play this guy and grab his million bucks for free?

  5. Re:What about Google? on Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google · · Score: 1

    Can't be. Female for barber is barberella.

  6. Re:This just in! on Most Security Products Fail To Perform · · Score: 1

    Why sell a product if you're not ready to make it work? I'm looking at you, Symantec! When Endpoint Protection first rolled out it was so buggy it couldn't do anything right. It's as though nobody bothered to do any testing at all. And those guys had the nerve to collect money for it.

  7. Re:Bribery on Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I use Bing all the time! I bing for google, then key in what I want.
    But seriously, when I move around computers I use what's available and convenient. Most of the time Bing gets me nowhere, then I shake my head and google it. Google might get me nowhere as well, but somehow it's more authoritative to me - if Google can't find what I'm looking for, nobody can.

  8. Re:What were the rootkits? on Scientists Unveil Lightweight Rootkit Protection · · Score: 1

    Now the real challenge is to get someone to write a new rootkit, and see if it can defeat the protections. What's the point in protecting against known kits?

  9. Re:I wonder on Firefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close · · Score: 1

    Just about anyone can be a Microsoft Certified Partner. All you have to do is make the sales quotas.

  10. Re:Why on Microsoft Disconnects Modded Xbox Users · · Score: 1

    MS isn't just killing the box, they are corrupting the profiles of the users that are caught on modded boxes. This makes it easier for users to switch to Sony, not to get them to come back with a brand new profile.

  11. Re:Why on Microsoft Disconnects Modded Xbox Users · · Score: 1

    The 360 is by no means a new console, where every component goes at a premium price. If Microsoft is still losing money on every sale, they must be doing something wrong.

  12. Re:Once again, so what? on OS X Update Officially Kills Intel Atom Support · · Score: 1

    The wierd thing is that OSX runs much better on an Atom than Windows 7 does, or even XP. I find the experience just as snappy as I would on a mac mini. Of course, don't use it for any heavy lifting, like making movies. If Apple sold an atom-based notebook, it would sell well.

  13. Re:How can a "smart" person act foolishly? on Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart · · Score: 1

    I'm still trying to understand your post. You're either saying
    1. Smart people are usually men, and their libido gets in the way
    2. Smart chicks are lesbians
    3. Smart women act foolishly by nature
    Either way, you're a prick. Welcome to the club!

  14. Re:Aha! Time for my favorite indie design this yea on Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best? · · Score: 1

    I like how the thing folds, and there's no way to plug it in wrong and all. I don't like how flimsy and easily broken it's gonna be.

  15. Re:Get a leash! on Could GPS Keep Tabs On Your Pets? · · Score: 1

    No cat in the world can be kept on a leash. You don't keep them, they keep you.

  16. Re:So.... on Microsoft Links Malware Rates To Pirated Windows · · Score: 1

    My point was that the people that are hurt by not giving out updates for free are not the freeloaders, they are the paying customers.

  17. Hackintoshes were inevitable... on Mac OS X 10.6.2 Will Block Atom Processors · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It was bound to happen the moment Apple moved to the intel platform and started using commodity hardware. What this article is saying is that Apple will not consider a low-cost low-power computer with an Atom inside it. Guess you won't find that option in the next refresh of the mac mini. They're being anal of course, since they're actually adding extra code to lock out that processor series.

  18. Re:So.... on Microsoft Links Malware Rates To Pirated Windows · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Look at it this way. You pirate windows, your box joins a botnet, and who suffers? Some other poor SOB. Somewhere there's a corporate site to DDOS, somewhere there's an account to brute-force, and Microsoft's reputation takes a fall. Remind me where's the genuine advantage in that again?

  19. Re:Sigh... on Pirate Bay Closure Sparked P2P Explosion · · Score: 1

    It's only going to be easier to buy than to track down that torrent if the industry maintains a steady pressure to shut down torrent sites and force them into hiding. Therefore the industry has to do both - provide a reliable alternative, and also lots of FUD and takedown notices.

  20. Re:It's a secret plot, and they succeeded! on Windows Mobile 6.5 Launched, Panned · · Score: 1

    Having a htc touch dual that ran 6.0, and later 6.1, and previously owned a HP 6515 running wm2003, I can vouch that most of the time, my devices that crash or freeze do so due to faulty hardware. YMMV however, your telco may have done something really unsupported when they crippled your device or added their own branding to the software.

  21. Re:Here's why on Most Mac Owners Also Own a Windows PC, But Not Vice Versa · · Score: 1

    Pls mod up, he's expressed something that everyone knows, just not how to say it.

  22. Re:Trademark Guidelines on Apple Takes Action Over Australian Logos · · Score: 1

    Yes. Now all that's missing is the part where you sign it. Not there? Then who agreed to Apple Computer's terms? Can they really lay claim to a piece of natural produce? Doesn't God have prior art?

  23. Re:Get Microsoft out of the free OS market. on Microsoft Blocks Pirates From Security Essentials Software · · Score: 1

    Pirates do it for games and movies. Good luck with that.

  24. Misleading on Obama Makes a Push To Add Time To the School Year · · Score: 1

    Being from Singapore, let me vouch that the number of hours are vastly under-reported - students are expected to cover the non-schooling hours with self-sponsored private tuition and co-curricular activities, which can really consume alot of time. Education is all about catching up with your neighbors, and catching up is an obsession with parents, so what was supposedly optional becomes mandatory.

  25. Re:containment theory... on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions · · Score: 1

    I thought the strategy with China was to adopt their ways, redefine the idea of democracy, and then declare victory.