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  1. Re:not going to work on File Sharing Remains a Perk of College Life · · Score: 1

    People do listen to other sorts of music you know. My favorite artist is Soul ballet. Rick Kelley is the guy who makes it and he does all the instrumentals. He also mixes in a lot of techno stuff that isn't going to translate to a live performance. Then there's classical arists...

  2. Re:Start buying disk again? on The Perils of DRM — When Content Providers Die · · Score: 1

    And buying things without knowing the problems with them is smart?

  3. Re:Aside from that... that isn't scientific litera on US Adults Fail Basic Science Literacy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And I submit that willful ignorance of any kind is damaging to humanity as a whole.

  4. Re:Solution on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 1

    5.47 to 5.725 GHz, not 5.2

  5. Re:Solution on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 1

    Dear lord, the latency on those things are horrible and they put out wireless noise.

  6. Re:Cheat on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 2, Informative

    If your router has UK options that would work as well since UK has those as options too.

  7. Re:The Iraq theater on What Examples of Security Theater Have You Encountered? · · Score: 1

    Leave me a message when Iraq has the capability to take over the world, and I'll be standing right next to you saying we should be there fighting them.

  8. Re:The Iraq theater on What Examples of Security Theater Have You Encountered? · · Score: 1

    Well, history is a funny thing, really.

    I'm not really interested in your comparison of Osama or Hussein to Hitler, as neither has the resources that Germany had.

    However as far as Cuba and the missile crisis goes, we had nuclear weapons next door to the USSR before they put theirs next to us. So your argument is correct if you're defending the actions of the USSR.

  9. Its not for the reason that's intimated on 2007 Sees Wireless Spending Outstrip Landlines · · Score: 1

    The suggestion here is that people use their wireless phones more, and while that's still true for some demographics, I think the demographics that don't still outnumber those that do. If you want to see the real reason, look at the price packages that cell companies offer. Most contracted plans start at $40 and people usually choose higher priced plans with extras because they're so afraid of overages.

  10. Re:"supposedly", "apparently" on Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? · · Score: 1

    Tomorrow (he's from the future).

  11. Re:This reminds me.... on Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? · · Score: 1

    I just wish the windows version had all the options that the mac version does. For example I can't crop the image on windows as I can on my mac, and I'm stuck between choosing 64kbps mp3 or 128kbps mp3 (its only important because I like to rip at 96kbps).

  12. Re:But how much to watch on an AppleTV? on Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? · · Score: 1

    What does the AppleTV do that a tivo, xbox media center, or mythtv box couldn't do years ago?

    What does the iPod do that a Nomad or creative MP3 play couldn't do years ago?

  13. Re:Falacy on The Economic Development of the Moon · · Score: 1

    The question is, how long will the moon remain pristine? The best estimate is round about 5 billion years (assuming our collision with Andromeda doesn't bake it away), same as the earth.

    All things are temporary, if we find a use for it, why waste it?

  14. Re:Forget environmentalism-what about Int'l Relati on The Economic Development of the Moon · · Score: 1

    If we are to ever have colonies on the moon they will become nations, its how its happened with all sorts of countries that had far reaching empires.

  15. Re:Praxis on The Economic Development of the Moon · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, those suckers in the Federation will bail us out...

    Oh, wait.

  16. Re:Wonder and amazement on The Economic Development of the Moon · · Score: 1

    Well, I know its a joke. But I always had this idea. If dark energy, whatever it turns out to be, is accelerating the expansion of space, what if we were able to change it to a negative value and cause a big crunch at some time in the future?

    Wouldn't that be better than heat death?

  17. Re:The paradox on The Fermi Paradox is Back · · Score: 1

    You're the only other person I've heard get close to that point. I was watching The Arrival (I know, not a good movie) and considered why we aren't searching for AM or FM frequencies we use. Maybe with a space based interferometer pointed away from earth or one on the moon, we can do that.

  18. Re:At last... on Zune DRM Cracked · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not to fear, just like PlaysForSure, this will be patched by next week. After all, Microsoft does care about its real customers: Shareholders and Music Industry. http://www.schneier.com/essay-126.html

  19. Re:Media Server? on RAID Vs. JBOD Vs. Standard HDDs · · Score: 1

    Heh, why not both?

    I'm crafty enough to have a nice media server and keep all the stuff I don't want friends/family to see on separate password-protected and user sensitive folders.

  20. Re:But does it have DRM? on A New Global Memory Card Standard · · Score: 4, Funny

    "That's a better question than you probably intended."

    That has to be the nicest insult I've ever heard.

  21. Re:The Age Old Battle on 'Pirates' Outsells 'Matrix' in High-Def Showdown · · Score: 1

    Seconded. Nothing gives away a ninja like a flapping trenchcoat...

    Nowhere else on the internet does that make sense.

  22. Re:uggghhh on 'Pirates' Outsells 'Matrix' in High-Def Showdown · · Score: 1

    Its not even a fair comparison based on price as well. Matrix Trilogy, at the cheapest on froogle search is about $100. But for both of the Pirates movies, its only about $75.

    So yeah, its safe to ignore this one.

    Wait until 2 current blockbusters compete or until some studio releases the movie on both for a more accurate estimate.

  23. Re:Obvious question on MLB Says Slingbox Illegal, CEA Thinks Otherwise · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's why you need to go to the real customers: the advertisers.

    Make the case that their MLB friends are screwing up their add campaign. If you can't fight Goliath, pit him against the cyclops.

  24. Re:I kinda like the lights on A "Bill of Lights" to Restrict LEDs on Gadgets? · · Score: 1

    That's why my router sits on a pedistal just above my main monitor.

  25. Re:*Yawn* on Optimus Keyboard Pre-Orders In Mere Hours · · Score: 1

    Once they get over the initial hurdle the price should drop. If people can save up for a little while, they might be down to $500. Still hella expensive, but I'd pay that much.