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  1. Re:Why a decade later on The Definitive Evisceration of The Phantom Menace *NSFW* · · Score: 1

    I managed to see an episode. Don't bother tracking it down, it sucks... well, balls.

    Put me down for opening night of Jews in Space though.

  2. Re:In the year 2199... on Two Sunken Japanese Submarines Found Off Hawaii · · Score: 1

    Every nerd should have some Star Blazers stuff. If you won't take our word for it, just watch the damn thing on Netflix.

    Japanese movie release of Space Battleship Yamato, subtitled, in Netflix Instant:

    http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Space_Battleship_Yamato_The_Movie/70019030?strackid=4b571c510f73e06f_0_sim&strkid=55575376_0_0&trkid=1266362

  3. Re:apple - the most anti-open company on USB-IF Slaps Palm In iTunes Spat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    At the very least Palm would need to strip all the USB logos from all of their products.

    That's probably all they can do, actually.

    And it would be a real pain in the ass for Palm to do. They'd have to re-design their packaging and promotional materials to get rid of the USB logo, they may even need to edit the copy to remove some references to USB compatibility. This costs money and takes time. Then they have to recall all their product in the sales channel and all the promotional material. This costs Palm more time and money and it also costs time and money for their channel partners.

    You think Sprint is going to be happy to round up and ship out all the Pre boxes, flyers, endcaps, and other materials in every single on of their retail locations and warehouses ? No they will not, they'll probably send Palm a bill for it.

    How about Verizon or any other carrier working on bringing Palm WebOS devices to market ? They have to stop, destroy or return materials and make new versions of *everything* Palm related. If there's a "will be available" clause in the contracts, the new carriers might be in a position to re-negotiate and get a better deal for themselves.

    Worse even than damaging the relationship with the cell carriers who are essential to Palm's survival is the period of time in which the Pre (or Pixie or whatever else is coming) is simply unavailable to buy. Let's start with the fact that some people will simply delay replacing a Treo for a while, but people simply shopping for "a smartphone" will buy something else; be honest now, who here would think "we'll buy something next month, Palm is just doing a minor product recall".

    Let's say it takes a month to repackage everything without the USB logo. That's a whole month with *no* revenue from WebOS devices. US$0.00. That probably won't put Palm out of business by itself, but it will hurt. Businesses NEED to make payroll, they need to pay their bills (every line item for "late fee" is money they just pissed away) and missing loan payments not only adds late fees but can make it harder or more expensive to obtain credit. And the stock price is usually not directly tied to line-of-business operations, but missing a month's revenue and thereby a quarterly earnings estimate will hit a lot of people in the pocketbook.

    Prediction: Palm will cave, they're in too precarious a position to take on the huge load of shit removing the USB logo from their packaging would be.

  4. Re:Fox and New Corp on Disney Buys Marvel For $4B · · Score: 1

    Also, Marvel/Pixar = WIN.

    That's the first thing I thought of. Because that would be fucking awesome.

  5. Re:Hehe on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    Hmm. Yeah. A PHB that can have you taken away, tortured and executed.

    Hitler just got a lot more scary for me.

  6. Re:some of those goofs are goofy on Special Effects Lessons From JJ Abrams' Star Trek · · Score: 1

    The Kelvin had a window, the captain orders it to be polarized at which point the bright light shining in is dimmed down to a viewable level. The Enterprise had a viewscreen. I conclude that because when it started to crack during the escape from the black hole at the end of the film, the air didn't start leaking out.

  7. Re:i hate stupid bad guys on Special Effects Lessons From JJ Abrams' Star Trek · · Score: 1

    You missed the line where Nero says he doesn't just want to save his planet, but to destroy the Federation to clear the path for the Romulan Empire. And to cause Spock and the Vulcans as much pain as he can.

    He also isn't a genius like, oh, Khan. Just a guy doing a job who feels betrayed by those who promised to save his planet and his family. And went completely nuts. Honestly, Bana's delivery on "Hello Christopher, I'm Nero" should have been subtitled "I'm a crazy person, how are you ?" It came through, for my friends and I anyway, as a well delivered line intended to convey that Nero is nuttier than a squirrel's pantry.

    And they left a few important background scenes out of the theatrical cut, which is worse than the lens flares, shaky cam and overly quick editing.

  8. Re:Sort of on The Best Achievements · · Score: 1

    Funny, TF2 has a "griefing" Achievement:

    BarbeQueQ: Cause a dominated player to leave the server.

    Pyro only. I definitely want this one.

  9. Re:Screw your alternative timeline! on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    Naval officer "cadets" joined the navy at around age 12 throughout the entire Wooden Walls period (2 centuries). So every officer at the battle of Trafalgar had been in the navy and at sea since before they were old enough to shave.

  10. Re:A Message From a Loyal Fan on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    Kirk was also older than most of the academy graduates, his adult life prior to entering the Academy can be summed up as "the only genius-level repeat offender in Iowa". But he'd also done SOME studying, since he was conversant with Uhura's specialty. A stretch, but not as bad as a 21-year old cadet on academic suspension taking the captain's chair.

  11. Re:Taste on Nuclear Testing Helps Identify Fake Vintage Whiskey · · Score: 1

    The one that kills me is the Trader Joes label Macallan 12. They had that for $25 a few years ago. Twenty Five Dollars (US) for a Macallan 12. They stopped carrying it, nobody looked at the label closely enough to see what it really was and so sales were terrible. My local Costco has the 12 for $38, but I still wish I'd had the cash to lay in a couple of cases for $25/bottle. Tragic, really.

  12. Re:Dear Blizzard... on Blizzard Going After WoW Related iPhone Apps · · Score: 1

    That's only for trademarks.

  13. Re:Travesty? on Klingons Cut From Final Star Trek XI Movie · · Score: 1

    The last word on the Kirk-Spock thing:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uxTpyCdriY

  14. Re:Begin is BACK! on Star Trek Game To Launch Alongside New Movie · · Score: 1

    That actually looks promising, thanks for the link.

  15. Re:Hams FTW on A Cyber-Attack On an American City · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Morris code" implies Morse Dancing. Which added a little hilarity to my afternoon.

  16. Re:One answer to Sci-Fi MMOs on The State of Sci-Fi MMOs · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, that's almost exactly EVE. Try it.

  17. it rocked on Battlestar Galactica Comes To an End · · Score: 0, Troll

    excellent ending

  18. Re:Apple has a problem with this...... on Apple Claims That Jail-Breaking Is Illegal · · Score: 1

    Nope, any price you like. I think Apple has standardized on $x.99 pricing, but you can go as high as you like. I've seen specialist dictionaries on the store listed for $19.99 or more.

  19. Re:Apple has a problem with this...... on Apple Claims That Jail-Breaking Is Illegal · · Score: 1

    That $99 also buys you a publishing and distribution deal, RIM has set up a software store but I'm not familiar with the terms. It's a safe bet that Apple's is seeing more traffic and dollars spent.

  20. Re:What was their target subscriber pool? on Warhammer Team Hit By Layoffs · · Score: 1

    yeah, it's probably back to that. I've been out of the fleet scene in recent months, but word is the lagmonster has been defeated.

  21. Re:Nonsense on Why Windows Must (and Will) Go Open Source · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That can't be it, Office for Mac is a self-contained, drag and drop installer and has been since Office 98. There's a theory that Mac users are more likely to pay for software, but I haven't seen a lot of numbers to back that up.

  22. Re:CSI NY on Daemon · · Score: 1

    Also because every martial artist at one time or another, when the flow of the art is right, feels that with just enough more work they can actually attain that level.

  23. Re:Nope. Never. on Daemon · · Score: 2, Informative

    Halting State was a terrific little crime novel with Really Cool stuff in it. But all the Cool Kids are reading The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue. A hacker is recruited by British Military-Occult Intelligence after his new fractal rendering program almost summons Nyarlathotep.

    Here's A Colder War which recasts the Cold War era with weaponized Eldritch Horrors and such. It's sort of a prototype for the Atrocity Archive series.

  24. Re:research in motion on Solving Obama's BlackBerry Dilemma · · Score: 1

    http://www.deadtroll.com/index2.html?/dvd/1812.html~content

    Yeah, it's hilarious. If you ever need to cheer up a Canadian, play this song for them.

  25. Re:Battery?! on Apple Intros 17" Unibody MBP, DRM-Free iTunes · · Score: 3, Informative

    To back this up, the video clearly shows the volume gained by not making the battery removable. I've taken screenshots of schematics a laptop with a removable and with a built-in battery. They increased battery volume by 40%.

    screenshots here:

    http://gallery.me.com/mllaneza/100021

    Ok, I haven't seen a me.com gallery recently, I'm kinda impressed.