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  1. Re:PWNED on Whedon Calls Death Knell For Firefly · · Score: -1
    Amazing that you were able to beat out TripMaster Bater.

    Er, I mean, Trip Monkey Spanker.

    Er, I mean, TripMaster Monkey.

  2. Re:America has officially lost its monopoly on stu on Reality TV "Astronauts" Lift Off · · Score: 0
    America lost it's monopoly on stupid a long time ago.

    Your monopoly on stupid is in no danger of being challenged, however.

  3. Chicken Little on Traditional Radio Endangered By New Tech · · Score: 0
    Satellite Radio isn't going to kill local radio any more than Cable/Satellite TV killed local TV channels.

    You can't get local news, traffic, and weather on a satellite channel. There will still be a demand for this.

    Now, the amount of broadcast stations may decrease, but will anyone really notice if ClearChannel runs 2 stations in their town instead of 5?

  4. Re:Sheesh! on The ESRB Gets An 'F' · · Score: 2, Insightful
    No, it's about a bunch of busybody dumbasses getting upset that their little Johnny might be getting a glimpse of polygons (still wearing clothes) bumping and grinding.

    I laugh at these people. If they only knew what kind of porn their kids were looking at when their not around.

    Bunch of dumbasses.

    Speaking of which:

    so tightenning the standards means more censored games for people of all ages.

    It's only censorship when the government does it. When the market does it, it's called "developing a salable product."

  5. Re:Embedded market on Power-Light Power Chips · · Score: 1
    ... in the industrial sector, where decisions may need to be made at real time, yes, a 2GHz embedded processor could be desirable, and there's a bigger market for that than what you likely know.

    Sorting machines, monitoring stations, there's a significant market for these processors. Especially at a low power / low heat point.

  6. It's all about the community on Fortune Takes a Look at Bram Cohen · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It's all about the community - what Bram did was to unify the community into donating bandwidth through BitTorrent, and that's what makes it so special.

    Bandwidth costs money, and offering, say, Linux ISO's is expensive. But, if people opt in (BitTorrent) each person is joining a community and helping out with the cost of bandwidth - especially those who are accessing via an ISP and not through work.

    It's the same level of cooperation that makes OSS so special.

  7. Re:How come there are so many nice hackers? on Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 DoS Exploit · · Score: 1, Interesting
    I think you're probably trolling, but:
    Yes, we do take pride in our community coming together and developing a quality product free for everyone to use.

    Plus, the Open Source Community is far more nimble when it comes to fixing bugs of this nature. Part of the reason is that you have more eyeballs looking at the code and two is that there's more code review and so there's less bugs and less severe bugs with most OSS projects.

  8. Re:Of course on Indie Game Developers See Big Opportunity · · Score: -1
    The biggest potential for growth in the computer games market is women. Why are games such as "The Sims" wildly successful? Because it appeals to women. Most women don't care for the violence in most games, but give them an interecting virtual "toy" that models relationships, like The Sims, and they're hooked.

    That's the market that Indie game developers need to tap. The first company that does that will likely get a license to print money.

    And yes, a large segment of the "casual" gaming market is women.