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  1. Re:In other news, on Microsoft Research Shows Off New Projects On College Recruiting Tour · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't get it. Vacuums don't suck. It's the outside pressure pushing dirt into it. So technically the MS Vacuum(tm) was a success.

  2. Re:Might I be the first on Cable Exec Suggests Changing Consumer Behavior, Not Business Model · · Score: 1

    Good luck running half of those devices before running out of bandwidth. Plus there is that whole 'federal crime' thing.

  3. Re:It's way too late for change on Cable Exec Suggests Changing Consumer Behavior, Not Business Model · · Score: 1

    Local, yes. National, no way.

    For my little county, nothing is faster than the local TV news. Except for maybe a police scanner....

  4. Re:Just release TV shows for free on Cable Exec Suggests Changing Consumer Behavior, Not Business Model · · Score: 3, Funny

    Advertising doesn't work for me. I use a DVR to skip all commercials all the time. Maybe product placement works a little. I know that for the next month I will laugh whenever I see a Cisco logo because of last nights 30 Rock. So I guess we can call that 'working'.

  5. Re:Might I be the first on Cable Exec Suggests Changing Consumer Behavior, Not Business Model · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So you are still beholden to a big corp; just a different big corp. I don't see one would boast about this.

  6. Re:It's way too late for change on Cable Exec Suggests Changing Consumer Behavior, Not Business Model · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We don't go to movies, we rent them when they come to DVD. We don't watch broadcast TV at all.

    Hey kids! Why watch the movies you want on a 50-foot tall screen today, when you can see them on a 30-inch tall screen in several months? Also, there is a serial arsonist in your neighborhood. You will find out about when that info is released on DVD!

  7. Re:Might I be the first on Cable Exec Suggests Changing Consumer Behavior, Not Business Model · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And the Internet connection required to make any of that less than worthless come from where exactly?

  8. NoScript on Shockwave Vulnerabilities Affect More Than 450 Million Systems · · Score: 0

    That will take the "or even Mozilla Firefox" right out of there. Never use a browser developed by an organization that makes it's money directly from pushing ads on you. They disallow plug-ins like this.

  9. Where? on Computer Failure Causes Gridlock In MD County · · Score: 2, Funny

    From TFA: "They know where the problem is, but they just don't know what it is," she said. "The server seems to be sending the signal, but the conduit is not transferring the information to the signal lights."

    I can tell you where it is. Right there on layer 4. Does that help? Then try layer 8.

  10. Re:McCroskey on Facebook and MySpace Backdoors Found, Fixed · · Score: 1

    Wow...that's like the year FB started...back when it was The Facebook. Yet you have a 7 digit /. ID. Not sure what how much geekcred that averages out to.

  11. Re:Actually, its not... on Comcast's New Throttling Plan Uses Trigger Conditions, Not Silent Blocking · · Score: 1

    As long as they have the bandwidth. Back when I had a 1.5 Mbps DSL connection (shared among the entire family), the quality would degraded to about VHS quality. When we moved to a more urban area, we got an increase the bandwidth to something more appropriate for a large family (50 Mbps) I now get DVD or better quality. I can get HD if they have a HD stream available. Still, when I watch a poor stream (like Ronin) all the megabits in the world can't make it better.

  12. Re:one-letter domain? on PayPal Introduces Open API · · Score: 1

    So they were never allowed. Except for the 26 corporations that asked for them. Gotcha.

  13. Re:one-letter domain? on PayPal Introduces Open API · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One-letter names are allowed. But they were all taken within a very short time. I think about 26 seconds.

  14. Um...guys.... on PayPal Introduces Open API · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was doing this on an ecommerce site I administered like four years ago. It was called PayPal Payments Pro (or some such) and cost $20/month. No redirects at all. Other than the new domain, what's new? Is it free now?

  15. Re:Price tag: $700 on New Web-Based Netbook From Litl — Based On Clutter, Uncluttered · · Score: 1

    Why buy one when you can have two at twice the price?

  16. Well, if the Comcast trigger is average-based, then my idea would not work. But the summary seemed to indicate it was a hard limit (i.e. solid 100% usage for 15 minutes).

  17. Re:Actually, its not... on Comcast's New Throttling Plan Uses Trigger Conditions, Not Silent Blocking · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Good video over the net is 2 Mbps for Netflix

    Where in the world did you get that info? And define 'good'. Like VHS quality? Or YoTube video quality? Also, some of use (like those with large families) can easily go through double-digit hours of Netflix streaming daily (especially in the Winter when going outside is not really an option). It's not the 1960's anymore....whole families don't gather to all watch the same show at the same time.

  18. Re:So Comcast is ... on Comcast's New Throttling Plan Uses Trigger Conditions, Not Silent Blocking · · Score: 1

    I can find no where on their site where the speeds they state are not preceded by a cute little "up to"; making them only maximum, not minimums.

  19. Re:So... on Comcast's New Throttling Plan Uses Trigger Conditions, Not Silent Blocking · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or you can run at 100% for 14.5 minutes, automatically throttle yourself for 30 seconds, then go back to 100% for another 14.5 minutes. So for a 24 hours day you would be at 100% for 23.2 (non-consecutive) hours. Meh.

  20. Re:PoW on Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best? · · Score: 1

    The American obesity epidemic will be replaced with the global mysterious-third-degree-burns epidemic?

  21. Endorsements on FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving · · Score: 1

    Why not just allow dashtop gadgetry, but only by passing an exam and earning (i.e. buying) a special endorsement on one license? If they charged you a few hundred bucks with every license renewal and made the test difficult enough, that should weed out the teenager/neanderthal crowd.

  22. Apples & Oranges on Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    An 'IQ' is quantitative. The term 'smart' is qualitative. Comparing them at all is like comparing ones 'income' with how 'rich' they are.

  23. Mac requires AV too... on In Test, Windows 7 Vulnerable To 8 Out of 10 Viruses · · Score: 1

    ....except the marketing guys call it "4% market share". ZING!

  24. Re:Americans on Anti-Counterfeiting Deal Aims For Global DMCA · · Score: 1

    And petulant angst is not a good substitute for fact checking. Three words friend: United Mexican States (i.e. there is no such thing as the "United States of Mexico"). Granted, it's an entire country and not just a four-letter word. Don't worry about it. Not everyone is a big-picture thinker.

  25. Re:Americans on Anti-Counterfeiting Deal Aims For Global DMCA · · Score: 1

    whoosh!