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  1. Re:Hello... Apple? on Apple May Be Re-Entering the Sub-Notebook Market · · Score: 1

    People complain about variety in apple systems but I think the real problem is that OSX is not available on non-apple hardware. This is the complaint I rarely see in Apple discussions. This leads me to believe that Apple is far more about an image than it is about substance.

  2. Re:Where are they? on Sony Open to Considering PS3 Price Cuts · · Score: 1

    I am in Oregon. I have seen PS3 units available in several different stores. A pretty good percentage are 60GB units. I guess it's more popular in socal

  3. Re:Your call is very important to us on Who Killed the Webmaster? · · Score: 1

    Then I guess the standard sample size is very very very small. Extremely small. Quantum sized small. Our company reviews about 1% of call volume. This is a company with 20+ million customers. Statistically speaking the sample size is just about right.
  4. Re:Your call is very important to us on Who Killed the Webmaster? · · Score: 1

    Are you really saying that there is no quality assurance for call centers? In my previous position I listened to these recordings and live calls in order to give the agent feedback; I was the man behind the curtain.

  5. Re:Call the Darwin awards on Woman Killed In Wii-Related Competition · · Score: 1

    She has kids. Thanks for playing.

  6. Circuit City? on Top U.S. Tech Cities · · Score: 1

    Circuit City is far from a tech store. They could have used Radioshack at least; even that is a stretch now days.

  7. Re:CONTENT on End of the Blu-Ray / HD-DVD Format War? · · Score: 1

    I think he's talking about the DIVX where the discs could expire and the player needed to be connected to the internet. I could be wrong but I don't think the old DIVX format is related to the DIVX codec.

  8. Re:So wait, are all videogames MMOGs now? on Videogames Fill Psychological Needs for Players · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'll expand a little on what need I think MMOs fill. MMO games fill a need that life does not. In the MMO your character always progresses forward. It's hard to 'fail' in an MMO and even if you do you can walk away. You can't really just walk away from failures in life.

  9. Re:linux patent violation #1: on Patent Concerns Unlikely To Nix Munich Linux Plan · · Score: 1

    It's the arrangement that matters; music isn't really music unless it's arranged in some meaningful way. The same could apply to software; it's just an arrangement of math problems.

  10. Re:Guinness really is good for you on Beer Found to be as Healthy as Wine · · Score: 1

    My friend knew someone in college who lived off of Guiness and vitamin pills for a month

  11. Re:ADD/ADHD and Evolution of the Mind on The Downside of 'Hypertasking' · · Score: 1

    Speaking of boredom...

    "Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair." ~C.C. Colton

  12. We just had a singularity... on The Singularity Blinds Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    ... named Bush.

  13. Re:What... on MSIE 7 May Beat Longhorn Out The Gate · · Score: 1

    Other than the fact I'm on XP, is there any compelling reason to switch over?

    I think the main goal is not to get people to switch, but to keep people from switching away from IE.

  14. Re:The NFL Helps Keep the Masses Under Control on TiVo Has to Fund Your Local Stadium · · Score: 1

    Have you ever done anything unrelated to curing cancer or finding ways to send a man to Mars? Are those activities inherently evil? How is watching football different than watching a movie? Why should one leisure activity be singled out as bad? Should not all leisure activities be shunned for their lack of productivity?

  15. Re:Annoyances on D Squared To Stop Sending Pop-Ups · · Score: 1

    Next you're going to tell me murder isn't something we have to tolerate. Why thats just crazy.

  16. Even cheaper idea on Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control · · Score: 0

    Stand up, walk, extend arm, apply pressure with finger, etc.

  17. Lots of things are pricey... on Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control · · Score: 0

    Who on Earth would ever buy a Ferrari?

  18. Re:Incredibly overengineered on Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control · · Score: 0

    I qouth the product description:

    Using the supplied NAVITUS design PC software, you can customize each screen, adding and deleting functions as you see fit.

  19. Re:....a remote? on Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I think the market for this device is for those who have custom home theaters. You can easily spend over $200,000 on a home theater; $700 would be nothing.

  20. Re:Way to pricey... on Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The same type of people who would buy that remote might also buy B&W Nautilus speakers for about $50,000

  21. Re:Is the book copyrighted? on The Anarchist in the Library · · Score: 0

    oh the irony

  22. But does it sidetalk? on New Hiptop (Sidekick II) Photos · · Score: -1, Troll

    I won't get it if it doesn't.

  23. Re:Excellent! on The BookMachine: On-Demand Book Printing in 3-5 Minutes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure, no more out of print, just out of paper.

  24. Re:It's not intended to be an *English* service... on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 1

    However, business drives the economy. I wonder what percentage of business is conducted in English. If English becomes the mainstream in business dealings than I could forsee English becoming a world 'standard', even if it may be the minority language in the non-business realm.

  25. Re:Do these HW companies want to be SW companies? on Build Your Robot Online · · Score: 1

    They do support CAD drawings if you bothered to investigate.