User: metroplex

the "i" thing

On: Scooba the New iRobot Product

Shouldn't Apple have copyrighted the "i" in front of a capital letter in technological products' names long ago?

Superbowl half-time show

On: Pac-Man Turns 25

For the occasion, I urge everybody to find and watch The Simpsons ep #343, "Homer And Ned's Hail Mary Pass". Homer is designed to prepare the superbowl half-time shows and watching old tapes of former shows he admires the genius of Superbowl #16 half-time show featuring the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. pacman, complete with dancing ghosts and Olivia Newton John's "Let's Get Physical" song. Unmissable

Re:So everythings a moon now?

On: Cassini Confirms New Moon of Saturn

You never thought someone dared actually do that, huh! You just found the man

Re:So everythings a moon now?

On: Cassini Confirms New Moon of Saturn

Actually, in all Romance Languages (those derived by latin), the Earth's moon is called something like "Luna".

• Italian: Luna
• French: Lune
• Spanish: Luna
• Portuguese: Lua
• Romanian: Luna

Re:racists

On: German Robot Dogs Dominate 2005 RoboCup U.S. Open

I sure am totally against racism, but I didn't see much of that in the replies. You may be mistaking humour and good-tempered jokes for racism, or I missed the racist comments

Fritz und Kurt

On: German Robot Dogs Dominate 2005 RoboCup U.S. Open

<harsh, metallic german accent>

"Ve vill krush dose Amerikan greenhorns, ya Fritz?"
"Ov kourse, Kurt. And then ve vill flex our metal biceps to shov them vo is de master and vo is de puppy here, ah ah"
"ah ah"

</harsh, metallic german accent>

backward compatibility

On: 45GB Triple-Layer HD DVDs

Will these new DVDs be readable by older DVD players? How will that work, will the player read only from the two first layers of data? I don't know anything about these technologies, I'm just asking

iNewton

On: Apple Patents Tablet Mac (with Photos)

It's the iNewton! I always thought the Newton had a great potential. A new version of it would be definitely cool