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  1. Re:convenience over quality on Netflix CEO Comments On Recent Decisions · · Score: 1

    That AC is closer, linux on the desktop is around .8% currently.

  2. Re:What? on USPS Ending Overnight First-Class Letter Service · · Score: 2

    The bandwidth is nearly unchanged, it's the latency that's gotten worse.

  3. Re:Best use of money? on Apple, Android Devices Swamp NYC Schools' ActiveSync Server · · Score: 1

    So you are saying that's not a problem for open source software packages that make you pay per user?

  4. Re:No support, no bug fixes on The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix · · Score: 1

    Then stop using cmd and switch to powershell -- which also comes with windows 7.

  5. Re:some shows to check out on TV Ownership Declines For Second Time Since 1970 · · Score: 1

    Yes, I watch being human (The american remake). The UK version isn't easily gotten, and I don't like the UK's idea of a season... 6-13 shows per yer isn't a season... That's a miniseries, lol.

    I like what I read on wikipedia about it misfits, I'll see if I can find it...somewhere...

  6. Re:some shows to check out on TV Ownership Declines For Second Time Since 1970 · · Score: 1

    Person of Interest - Garbage.
    Terra Nova - Just couldn't get into it. Don't know why.
    Lost Girl - Never seen this.
    Grimm - I have every episode recorded on my DVR, I just haven't bothered to start watching it and decide if I should continue recording them or drop it.

    Better shows to check out:
    Doctor Who
    Big Bang Theory

    That's about it.

  7. Re:Dear Kids... on Duqu Attackers Managed to Wipe C&C Servers · · Score: 1

    I've found that firewalls work best when you are trying to protect only one machine. You can put a firewall up front, then run a script to open all 65535 ports and forward the packets to the single machine on the internal network. Whoa-la! You have all the protection of a state of the art firewall AND you have all the transparent configurability of being directly on the internet!

  8. Re:Not True! on China Probes US Renewable Energy Policy · · Score: 1

    The banks panicked and ? Made everyone not pay thier mortgages?

  9. Re:Not True! on China Probes US Renewable Energy Policy · · Score: 1

    Uh, no. 131 million is the number of homes that didn't go through foreclosure, but had their value dropped anyhow.

  10. Re:Not True! on China Probes US Renewable Energy Policy · · Score: 1

    Actually yes. I just did a refinance that closed literally 48 hours ago, so yes, I've seen them recently.

  11. Re:Not True! on China Probes US Renewable Energy Policy · · Score: 1

    Ok, now let's use some real numbers there unity. 11.6 million foreclosures in the past 3 years. 131,704,730 homes now worth less than half of what they were. Quick math... (11,600,000 * 250,000) + (131,704,730 * 250,000) = 35,826,182,500,000 or 35.8 trillion dollars.

  12. Re:Not True! on China Probes US Renewable Energy Policy · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Let's continue the list of people involved with the loans:
    Mom
    Dad
    Siblings
    Teachers from high school economics class
    Oh.. And the guy/girl who actively went looking for a loan.

    Let's also give the list of people involved with McDonalds being able to sell Big Macs:
    City Council
    McDonalds Corporate
    State Business License Department
    The engineer who built the building
    The workers who put in the asphalt drive through
    The company who made the drive through
    Thomas edison for inventing the technology for the drive through speaker
    Oh, and the lard ass who ordered 2 big macs for lunch.

  13. Re:Not True! on China Probes US Renewable Energy Policy · · Score: 1

    It wasn't a small cause. It was the primary cause. If people didn't buy houses they couldn't afford, we would not be in a recession right now. It really is that simple. You blame the banks for giving out loans to people that can't afford them, are you suggesting that we have McDonalds refuse to sell food to fat people because they are too stupid to not order 2 Big Macs, super sized fries, with a large chocolate shake? People need to take responsibility for themselves.

  14. Re: a US probe of China oil rigging in the ... on China Probes US Renewable Energy Policy · · Score: 1

    Crackpot.

  15. Re:Not True! on China Probes US Renewable Energy Policy · · Score: 2

    The terms of loans have been "pretty much in english" ever since I bought my first property over 20 years ago. It wasn't hard to understand then, and it isn't today. The collapse was caused by people buying more house than they could afford, betting on the fact that the price would go up and they would be able to refinance it later using the equity in the house. When demand started to drop, the equity stopped going up, and the worst of the offenders started to have to bail, the whole bubble burst.

  16. Re:Your taste in actresses is all messed up on Electronic Contact Lens Displays Pixels On the Eye · · Score: 1

    They are absent for a reason. Amanda Tapping? Really? lol.

  17. Re:ooh pick me pick me on Electronic Contact Lens Displays Pixels On the Eye · · Score: 2

    Now all I need is software to recognize my wife and overlay the image of Natalya Rudakova, Milla Jovovich, Kristen Stewart, Jordana Brewster, Ali Larter, Tara Reid, and Olivia Munn depending on the day of the week, and they will have the best selling product of all time. Oh wait, perhaps they should make it recognize the wearer's wife, cause I don't want every guy on the face of the planet oogling over my wife you perves!

  18. Re:Groklaw has a pretty good article. on Bill Gates Takes the Stand In WordPerfect Trial · · Score: 1

    Let me refute your argument with a well thought out, counter response:

    BASH sucks badly compared to PowerShell. Because I said so.

  19. Re:US is the problem on Copyright Isn't Working, Says EU Technology Chief Neelie Kroes · · Score: 1

    No, you need copyright laws in order to change the punishment for getting caught doing so from "being kicked out" to something that actually will deter people from doing so. People regularly sneak snacks and/or drinks into movies against the theater policy, and quite a few less people would do so if they thought they could get a significant fine, or jail time for doing so.

  20. Re:US is the problem on Copyright Isn't Working, Says EU Technology Chief Neelie Kroes · · Score: 1

    So you don't have a problem with copyright really, just the length of it. I tend to agree, but that doesn't mean it's "completely broken"; it just needs the duration shortened.

  21. Re:wish they had used AMD chips from the beginning on Sources Say Apple Originally Planned AMD Chip For MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    I don't think most Mac Air buyers are looking for a gaming laptop.

  22. Re:US is the problem on Copyright Isn't Working, Says EU Technology Chief Neelie Kroes · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I should have included Red Cliff -- Best opening ever for a Chinese film... at $15.7 million, would rank 832nd. That's the best opening ever, with every other Chinese movie doing significantly worse.

  23. Re:US is the problem on Copyright Isn't Working, Says EU Technology Chief Neelie Kroes · · Score: 1

    Now you are just being silly. These movies are about the equivalent of a high school production. One grosses $21 million, another has a $4.5 million opening, both of which would be considered complete failures here. These aren't up to Hollywood standards, and definitely don't compare. You are just further proving my point. These aren't big name productions.

    Let's compare... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 -- Opening weekend, $161 million. IP Man - $2.19 million. Reign of Assassins - $4.5 million. These aren't even in to top 1500 movies (I don't know exactly where, I only have the top 1450, and it's significantly below that, I would venture to say RoA would be around 2500th place, and IP Man around 4000th).

  24. Re:wish they had used AMD chips from the beginning on Sources Say Apple Originally Planned AMD Chip For MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    Oh. The OP's message was kind of weird. Basically saying he wishes AMD was the first choice because it's battery was worse. Maybe he wanted Apple laptops to suck.

  25. Re:wish they had used AMD chips from the beginning on Sources Say Apple Originally Planned AMD Chip For MacBook Air · · Score: 2

    Nope. Intel mobiles perform more processing per watt than AMD, and it's been that way for a few years.