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  1. Re:A technical question about sword swinging on Zelda on the Wii To Include Sword Swinging · · Score: 0

    He lost me at Hellboy.

  2. Re:I'm interested but I don't know. on Zelda on the Wii To Include Sword Swinging · · Score: 0

    Yeah, with sprite flipping it did change hands, but he was left handed in 3 of 4 directions.

  3. Dolphin response: on Goldfish Smarter Than Dolphins · · Score: 0

    Nu-uh, scientists are stupid.

  4. Re:By name alone I have a feeling blu-ray will die on Sony's Obsession with Proprietary Formats · · Score: 0

    That could happen... or just maybe, she goes and buys a Sony television, and a Sony player to match?

    That's what my mom would do. Her priorities: color, brand, price, and in a distant fourth comes technology. She has a Sony XBR 36" TV(very nice), Sony Progressive Scan DVD player(only because I made her get it), Sony HTiB(ugh), and to top it off she refuses to upgrade to Digital Cable and HDTV(slams head against wall). Such a waste of a great TV.

  5. Re:Integrated graphics are for entry level machine on Ars Technica Reviews the MacBook · · Score: 0

    Those gaps for the iPod have more to do with the storage technology than pricing. They can't fit 10GB in the Mini/Nano form factor, and if you go larger there's no point in going as small as 10GB.

  6. New Intel Spokesman... on Intel Names Upcoming Chips · · Score: 0
  7. Re:"ten times less power"? on New Chip Promises Longer Battery Life · · Score: 0

    No, it would be "negative nine times as much power", so we're talking infinite battery life, truly a breakthrough.

  8. Re:This whole argument is so fucking stupid on HD-DVD's Temporary Edge · · Score: 0

    Blu-ray is the same dimensions and there will be Blu-Ray/DVD hybrids also.

  9. TV 2.0?! on ABC To Offer Full Shows Online · · Score: 0

    This is the face of TV 2.0--embrace and extend! Oh great, first we had to put up with Web 2.0, and now we have TV 2.0?

  10. Re:Not really... on U.S. Army Robots Break Asimov's First Law · · Score: 0

    Although isn't the second law that it will not follow human commands if it violates the first law?

  11. Re:Brilliant But Cancelled on Finding the Long Tail of Television · · Score: 0

    On the contrary, I'd expect Fox to be way overrepresented on that network.

    You could probably make an entire network where all they have are shows that were prematurely cancelled by Fox.

  12. Re:According to Ebert and Roeper... on Movies Losing Popularity at Box Office · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I was with you until you said Stealth and Dukes of Hazzard

  13. I knew it was coming on HD DVD to Screw Early HDTV Adopters · · Score: 0

    so that's why I waited for HDMI. One thing that they don't mention is that those early HDTV adopters wouldn't have 1080p TVs anyway, so it's closer to half the resolution as opposed to a quarter.

  14. Re:Math illiteracy on 7.5 Micron Thick RFID Tag · · Score: 0

    The correct statement would be "one-tenth as thick", or if you really want to use "thin" then I guess you could say "ninety-percent thinner".

    On a related note, one of my biggest pet peeves is people who misuse "as many" and "more". Say if you have ten apples and your friend has one apple, the correct statement is "ten times as many apples", not "ten times more apples". The latter statement is correct only if you have eleven apples.

  15. Re:Nintendo stands strong? on Cisco Eyeing Tivo/Nintendo for Buyout? · · Score: 0

    No, that was the second time, they did try to buy them before they made the first Xbox. Offered many billions of dollars. "A stretch?" Not a stretch that anyone would want to buy Nintendo. Why wouldn't they? An extremely profitable company with extremely popular brands and franchises? The problem is that it IS a stretch that Nintendo would ever consider selling to a company like Cisco.

  16. Re:18% -- that's really funny on Undervolting a Laptop · · Score: 0

    You make the same mistake by using Celsius, it's zero point is only meaningful for water. The only truly meaningful zero point is absolute zero. So if you convert the temperatures to Kelvin you'll see that it was a 2.6% decrease.

  17. Re:My DVR doesn't read DVD-RAM discs anymore on Blu-ray Coming Out On Top? · · Score: 0

    First cheap player will be the PS3, so Blu-ray wins.

  18. Re:Isn't DHT a good thing? on BitComet Banned From Private Trackers · · Score: 0

    Not good for my hairline.

  19. Re:No HD support? Wake up... on Revolution Least Expensive Next-Gen Console · · Score: 0

    Why would your TV do that? There's probably an option somewhere that you're overlooking.

  20. Re:No HD support? Wake up... on Revolution Least Expensive Next-Gen Console · · Score: 0

    Not some, most, and every one worth a damn. All the games I have support progressive scan. The comment above was really aimed at them supporting widescreen in addition to progressive scan, which is rarely done.

  21. No they didn't on IBM Slows the Speed of Light · · Score: 0

    Those of us who think in 4 dimensions know they didn't slow anything down, just changed its direction. They only slowed the speed of the 3-dimensional shadow of light.

  22. Re:Is this even legal? on World's Most Powerful Subwoofer · · Score: 0

    *clap* *clap* *clap* :)

  23. My first thought as well on View-Dependent Stereoscopic Projection · · Score: 0

    heh.

  24. Answered your own question on UEFI Formed to Replace BIOS · · Score: 0

    "OF believes in computers being controlled by their owners." Computer manufacturers don't.

  25. obligatory butchered anchorman quote on Online TV May Be IPTV's First Step · · Score: 0

    fixed