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  1. I did cancel my subscription as I couldn't find anything else I wanted to watch, I'm also in Canada. I like their business model, but I went two months without watching anything. I am not going to pay for a service I like to support but am not using use.

  2. Re:Astronaut-booze on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 2

    This has no advantages. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c0QLaVLhTs

  3. Re:Why though? on Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One · · Score: 1

    I work in a remote mining camp in northern Saskatchewan (that's in Canada for the geographically unaware). I bring my X-Box 360 to game for a few hours after my 12 hour shift. There is no internet there. With the X-Box One, how am I supposed to use it? Well I guess I can't. I am not alone, there is quite a few people who also bring their gaming devices to work. Other than working out or satellite TV there is nothing to do here when you are not working. There is multitudes of reasons why having a always on connection is unacceptable for many people.

  4. The forbidden fruit. on 3,500 Year Old Florida Tree Dies of Natural Causes · · Score: 1

    Wow this tree is old enough to be the forbidden fruit tree from the Garden of Eden! Maybe if we took a core sample we would find a heart saying "Adam + Eve" :)

  5. Re:For what on The Pirate Bay To Stop Serving Torrent Files · · Score: 2

    If I bought a shed and then lost the keys in a fishing accident, would it be wrong of me to get a locksmith to come and drill the lock out and replace it with another functioning one? Or would I have to buy a new shed because I lost the locking mechanism. I cannot believe and will not agree that losing a license key means I lose access to the product I bought. I will use a keygen or a crack in order to use my product if I do not have the "key".

  6. Re:Phil Plait is not a bad astronomer on Comet Nearly Hit Earth? Not So Fast · · Score: 1

    His original site was all about debunking myths and misconceptions related to astronomy. Here is the link to his original site: http://www.badastronomy.com/index.html He changed to a blog format when he joined the discover magazine network. His name refered to him pointing out bad astronomy in the movies and TV. Not really all that hard to understand why he has his name. He got pretty well known and discover magazine put him on the payroll and since he was well known, he kept his moniker.

  7. Re:Wonderful! on Upscaling Retro 8-Bit Pixel Art To Vector Graphics · · Score: 1

    Here is what Adventure for the 2600 looks like using this technique: http://therumpus.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/conan-1.jpg

  8. Re:Inflated Membership Numbers on The Facebook Obsession · · Score: 1

    Because the media leaves their parents basement once in a while and notices in every direction in a reasonably populated area that there is either:
    a) multiple conversations that the word facebook comes up every 3rd sentence
    b) sees someone using their internet connected device (ie - smartphone, Ipad, DSi, netbook, etc) on facebook.

    My suggestion is leave the house once in a while.

  9. A fool? Not even close on Vatican To Digitize Prohibited Archives · · Score: 1

    April Fools Day is supposed to be able to trick "fools". This would not fool even the most extreme unthinking Pat Robertson types out there.

  10. Nothing new here on SlashTweaks Let YOU Micro-Edit Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I am sure this is already in use in newsrooms across the country, and slashdot of course.

  11. Re:Seriously? on Cambridge Computer IDs World's Most Boring Day · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't those end-is-near people need to correct for this if they are following the prophecies made before those missing days? Also, wouldn't we need to reopen the debate as to when Y2K actually happened?

  12. Most boring day for posts on Cambridge Computer IDs World's Most Boring Day · · Score: 1

    All these replies from people mentioning events that happened on this day in order to try to invalidate the claim that this wasn't the most boring day in history, and yet none of these are offering any suggestion of which day is a better contender. Please don't just say "this cannot be the most boring day because [insert random event] happened on this day!" and think you are clever without offering a new day which could take its place.

  13. Re:Timing,,, on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 1

    The answer is always 42, not #11 or 23.

  14. Re:Bogus claim on Superheroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church · · Score: 1

    Islam did not exist until 600 years after Jesus was supposed to live. To say that they acknowledge his existence as evidence to his existence is intellectual dishonesty. Islam is another religion, not a scholarly organization out to prove the existence/non-existence of Jesus.

  15. Re:Related to possible MIRV testing? on Mysterious Radio Station UVB-76 Goes Offline · · Score: 1
  16. Re:THINK on Pedestrian Follows Google Map, Gets Run Over, Sues · · Score: 1

    Exactly the kind of behavior that the powers that be want to reward. It is possible she will win just as a show of good faith that mindless drone behavior is something that will reward us peons.

  17. Re:Then make games that are fun for more than 4 ho on Do Gamers Want Simpler Games? · · Score: 1

    I can play Pac-Man for at more than 4 hours on one credit, so I fail to see how it is a 2 or maybe 3 hour game.

  18. Re:They're *public* libraries on Canadian Libraries Want $300,000 To Buy Games · · Score: 1

    Of course kids today can read. How else do they search the Internet for "teh warez" they feel so entitled to have for free?

  19. Re:Illegal? on NSA Had Domestic Call Monitoring Before 9/11? · · Score: 1

    You are an idiot. The invasion is illegal because it violates international law, not because the invasion violates a UN resolution. Actually, the invasion not only violates international law, but the UN charter as well link: http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/ I recommend reading article 2.