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  1. Re:The RIAA should chat with Alexander Litvinenko on RIAA Goes for the Max Against AllofMP3 · · Score: 1
    not smart to fuck with the Russkis. They have their own rules : there ARE no rules.


    Maybe it is time for the russians to realise who's the bitch now.
  2. Re:Switch to a Mac on Vista and the Music Industry · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes yes yes... we all know how Windows is traditionally used for content creation.

    I am even sure Linux is used to make more Oscar nominees than Windows. At least a bunch of animations are rendered on Linux server farms.

  3. Re:Shared Folders do not equal P2P on Judge Rules Shared Files Folder Not Enough · · Score: 0

    99% of all pirates use Windows in some way.

  4. Re:20% of lots or 100% of nothing on MacHeist "Week of Mac Developer" Causes Schism · · Score: 1
    But that was before the deals were sealed. Thing might have changed between the offer to Gus, and the actual final contracts.


    Yeah right, so we have already to do business on some terms, and then all of a sudden you come around and change the terms again to better favor me. Wow, perhaps that is why you are such a great businessman?
  5. Can't wait for this! on Firefly MMORPG Announced · · Score: 1

    I am going to start playing as a level 1 Kaylee...

  6. Re:Dell on Notebook PC Manufacturer Who Will Sell Parts? · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The 24-inch I-mac uses one.


    From the innovative company that uses laptop parts in their desktops and non upgradeable parts in their laptops.
  7. Re:I'm failing to see the point of this on FCC Sued to Allow Cell Phone Jammers · · Score: 1
    nuking an entire country just to kill one person... how does this make sense?


    Sometimes you need to kill one person, but you can't accurately pinpoint his location within the country.
  8. Re:Can I get one on FCC Sued to Allow Cell Phone Jammers · · Score: 1
    That must be why they don't have the signs anywhere except the exam rooms (where it's just me and the doctor), right? When I asked them about it they said it's because rude people answer calls while undergoing exams. I call bullshit on the whole EM thing. Especially when I see the nurses using Wi-Fi tablets and the Doctor on a cordless phone....


    Wifi and DECT cordless phones operate off the 2.4ghz band. Does your cell phone do that?
  9. Re:Zune Meme Analysis on iPod Has Nothing To Fear From Slow-Starting Zune · · Score: 1
    But you can on the SanDisk eSeries


    Where does the Sandisk come in? This is a discussion about the Zune and the iPod.
  10. Re:DRM for books? on Self-Recycling Paper · · Score: 1
    Well, there is the guy who claims to be able to store 256 GiB on an A4 sheet of paper.


    All things are possible with Write Only Memory.
  11. Re:A better limit on Top Gadget of 2006 — The HurriQuake Nail · · Score: 1
    Are you aware that local governments already set construction standards? Or do you think that companies should just be able to build whatever, whenever and however, without regard for safety? Have you never heard of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow [wikipedia.org] (please, I know that it was an apocryphal story)?


    And nails have an adverse effect on housing safety... how?

    Think of the nail manufacturers people! If the government legislate mandatory screwing of houses it is unfair competition! Zomg! No free market!
  12. Re:China vs. India on Knockoff Tech Selling Better Than the Original · · Score: 1
    India is a nation of a billion people with a history spanning several thousand years; what reason on earth is there that they should not have nuclear weapons if second rate nations like the UK and France and military dictatorships like Russia have them?


    For what it is worth thousands of years worth of indian civilization has only resulted in slave labour through their twisted indian caste systems. In less than the same time "second rate nations" like UK and France has evolved to a more enlightened form of government. What reason indeed, I suppose that answers your question well enough.
  13. I for one foresee... on Scientists Regrow Chicken Wing · · Score: 1

    ..."pee pee regrowth services! Chop it off and with the aid of our magical cream it will regrow into a 10 inch monster! Call now at 1800-MYPEEPEE and order yours at our introductory price of $39.95!"

  14. Re:Your kidding me?!?! on Jailtime For Leeching Wireless? · · Score: 1
    Shouldn't you be more worried about catching murders and throwing them in jail instead of wasting time and jail space on something so stupid.


    Unlike the US murders are not commonplace in Singapore. You get 1 a year... if you are lucky.
  15. Re:More info on Jailtime For Leeching Wireless? · · Score: 1
    Violent offenders can and do get off for less than 3 years!!!


    In the US.

    In Singapore it is pretty much death penalty. Heck, even popping an estasy pill is 2 years in Singapore, so put your comparison in perspective.
  16. Re:Sony is supposed to do what? on The Dark Side of the PlayStation 3 Launch · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Because Sony should release more than a handful of consoles. If they haven't produced enough to do a proper release that doesn't create artificial over-demand, they shouldn't release. It's called corporate responsibility.


    F.U.D.

    If Sony produced enough then the same poster will whine about it being released a few months later than it should, and end off with a "Think of the eBay resellers!!!!!111".

    If anything blame capitalism, that's right. If the whole world were communist, free standard issued Mao Ze Dong PS3 for each family! No such issues!
  17. Re:You're right... on No More Coding From Scratch? · · Score: 1
    That's why there are many times more Microsoft developers than there are for any other platform. MS has made programming insanely simple. DLL's and other forms of COM objects make code reuse very, very simple. I can make a application for > 90% of all PC users with a functional web browser embedded in it in under 30 seconds. Can't do that on any other platform that I'm aware of.


    Fixed that for ya
  18. Re:What was benchmarked? on New MacBook Dual Core 2 Benchmarks · · Score: 1
    Macs only have one mouse button, a PC would have two or more. MacOS X doesn't run (legally) on any machine but a Mac. So there! *stomps off to his room*


    Since when are Mac users so puritan about software licensing?

    Oh that's right, only when it applies to their own beloved platform.
  19. Re:too expensive on New MacBook Dual Core 2 Benchmarks · · Score: 1
    Really? I didn't know non-Apple branded PC's shipped with MacOS X. I'll have to check into this.


    Does this so called OSX run the world of free software like...

    Filezilla?
    EAC?
    Free Download Manager?

    Similarly at any one time are there more than 3 current games available for it?

    Nope, on all counts.
  20. Re:Took me 5 minutes to find one.. on New MacBook Dual Core 2 Benchmarks · · Score: 1
    Well, you're also seem to be missing the Aluminum case


    Why the hell would I want the scratch proned easily dented piece of shit?
  21. Re:too expensive on New MacBook Dual Core 2 Benchmarks · · Score: 1
    here isn't even a PC program comparable to Garage Band so STFU.


    To go on record I have been a Mac user for close to 2 years and the only time I used Garageband was the first day I got it, and figured "cool".

    If that is where my $300 went I will appreciate my $300 discount please. Oh, just as Macs come with OSX, I don't see that as a justification for the price premium either, because PCs come with Windows XP! You tried to make it out as if XP costs PC manufacturers nothing like Linux. Newsflash: it doesn't.
  22. Re:Apple does it better. on How Encrypted Binaries Work In Mac OS X · · Score: 0, Troll
    "Apple is, in fact, more anti-competitive than Microsoft is"

    In some ways but in others not so much. Apple isn't anal about giving its users OSS apps and tools out-of-the-box. Microsoft is. In OSX, for example

            $ whereis python perl ruby ssh apachectl nfsd gcc /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ssh /usr/sbin/apachectl /sbin/nfsd
            / usr/bin/gcc

    To name a few. Microsoft would never, ever give you any of those out-of-the-box


    Indeed, Apple merely took these free code, code that they didn't even spend $0.01 on, and packaged it as their own for their own gain and profit. Oh thank you Apple! Thanks for selling me gcc for $129! Nevermind the overpriced box I will need to buy to run it!
  23. Re:For Americans on How To Make Your Friends Call You More · · Score: 1
    Also, a lot of cellphone plans have "free incoming calls", so -no one- pays for those, thats always great.


    Australia is caller-pays
  24. Re:WUXGA on Want To Know About the New Apple MacBook Pro? · · Score: 1
    My 2GB Dell D820 with WUXGA was under $1800 with Dock and MS Office. Its not maxed out, but its pretty potent. Where did you get $6,000 from?


    The 200% "Apple tax"
  25. Re:All of which... on Apple Unveils MacBook Pro with Core 2 Duo · · Score: 1
    The Apple hardware has something no other manufacturer offers - an OS X licence, also some people pay for the design too, others don't care.


    Newsflash: PCs come with a Windows XP license too!

    Why is the OSX license so expensive?