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  1. Re:They Made Their Bed on Wii Outselling Wii U, Only 160,000 Units Shipped Last Quarter · · Score: 1

    But all they have to do is make great Nintendo titles for the Wii U. The same titles that people like me have been playing and replaying since the NES when we were kids. But they haven't done that for some reason.

  2. Re:The only title worth playing on Wii Outselling Wii U, Only 160,000 Units Shipped Last Quarter · · Score: 1

    I did like the option on Lego Batman II: DC Heroes where I could use the tablet when I walked away from my daughter who was using the screen. That was much better than a split screen. But since the game locks up repeatedly and the "city" makes it nearly impossible to find missions, we just quit playing it. Really bad quality control on that one.

  3. Re:Mario Kart Wii 2 on Wii Outselling Wii U, Only 160,000 Units Shipped Last Quarter · · Score: 1

    It's actually not that hard, but some games would be glitchy. And the glitchy games would get a ton of press and be shown off to the world as the "representative" samples of the Wii U quality in people's minds. (Sort of like the Apple Maps app.) So I can understand why they didn't do it, but it would have been cool.

  4. Re:Mario Kart Wii 2 on Wii Outselling Wii U, Only 160,000 Units Shipped Last Quarter · · Score: 1

    Also, it depends on the textures. If they are smallish and repeated, they benefit as well.

  5. Re:Ironic on Wii Outselling Wii U, Only 160,000 Units Shipped Last Quarter · · Score: 1

    Isn't Twilight Princess already an FPS? I'm missing something.

  6. Re:Ironic on Wii Outselling Wii U, Only 160,000 Units Shipped Last Quarter · · Score: 1

    It is ironic, but its also a correct analysis.

    As a Wii U owner games I would like to see on the Wii U are:

    New Mario Kart New Mario Galaxy New/Relaunched Metroid New Paper Mario game New Mario Party game New Zelda FPS style game

    This exactly. If they released a good game on it, I would buy it. As it is, my kids are replaying their old Wii games on it instead.

  7. Re:the best time of AAPL is behind us on Pinch-To-Zoom Apple Patent Rejected By USPTO · · Score: 1

    Those who can, innovate.

    Those who can't, litigate.

  8. Re:Good Question on What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects? · · Score: 1

    The prohibition came about because people were selling drugged up racehorses for meat, which causes major problems in humans. The easiest way to stop it was to stop all horse meat, since nobody really cared to eat horse that much anyway.

  9. Re:Good Question on What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects? · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid at camp we killed a rattlesnake by dropping a large rock on its head. Then we made a fire and ate it. It was pretty good, if you ask me, somewhere between chicken and duck.

  10. Re:Sprint is terrible on Sprint May Have Unlimited Data Plans, But Not Unlimited Customers · · Score: 1

    I really don't get the customer service complaints. Aren't they the only cell provider to get customer service awards over the past 5 years? And I always get great service, way better than Verizon Math or AT&T Apathy. They are low priced with good customer service but bad coverage nationwide.

  11. Re:Adios, Sprint on Sprint May Have Unlimited Data Plans, But Not Unlimited Customers · · Score: 1

    In the first 12 years with Sprint, I dropped maybe 4 calls. The service was that good in Southern California (their "home" area). But lately, I drop calls to my wife driving home EVERY DAY. First in one location, now in another. It's getting really bad.

    And the reason we got Sprint in the first place is that it was the only carrier that worked inside our house. Sure, we lost connection in a couple places in the house, but for the most part it worked. Now, they did some sort of network tower rearrangement and we had to get an Airave femtocell in our house just to make calls. Now, if we are on a call, we can't go outside or inside because the call will drop since the Airave isn't powerful enough to go outside and the outside towers aren't powerful enough to come inside.

    All I can say is that Softbank better put some serious money into the network over the next year, or we are done.

    So yes, bad reception, but their prices are better than AT&T and Verizon and their customer service has been great, so I'm not really seeing the same as Ninjaroach.

  12. Re:Stupid headline asserts supernatural intention on Monogamy May Have Evolved To Prevent Infanticide · · Score: 1

    Maybe evolution is their god.

  13. Re:tired of evolutionary bs on Monogamy May Have Evolved To Prevent Infanticide · · Score: 1

    But doing actual science is sooooooo haaaaaard. And telling stories is easy and fun!

  14. Re:NO on Monogamy May Have Evolved To Prevent Infanticide · · Score: 1

    Define "close relative". Do you mean that we look similar? You realize that we are genetically pretty far from orangutans and are actually closer to dogs, pigs and dolphins.

  15. Re:Oh Please on Monogamy May Have Evolved To Prevent Infanticide · · Score: 1

    Trust me when I tell you that there is more Rah, rah, Go Team! than scientific method in origins science. I mean, they just voted to see whether to accept that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid 65 million years ago. We don't need evidence! We have politics!

  16. Re:But that doesn't explain on Monogamy May Have Evolved To Prevent Infanticide · · Score: 2

    Well, the Creationist has an easy argument on this one. God made Adam and Eve, so that's the design.

  17. Re:$80 million on College Students Hijack $80 Million Yacht With GPS Signal Spoofing · · Score: 1

    As a person who corrects GPS data all day long I can assure you that the GPS does NOT always give good data. There are many zeroes and astronomical values to ignore.

  18. Re:Regulatory capitalism on ASCAP Petitions FCC To Deny Pandora's Purchase of Radio Station · · Score: 1

    Well, people with absolutely zero talent have to feed their families somehow, right? (J/K, for the record, I am a producer of software.)

  19. Re: So, it's okay for every other broadcaster... on ASCAP Petitions FCC To Deny Pandora's Purchase of Radio Station · · Score: 1

    So a "play" for a single person doesn't correspond to a "play" for 1 million people? Wow. Really? I had no idea.

  20. Re:Good, now all of Stargate SG1 on one platter on Sony & Panasonic Plan Next-Gen 300 GB Optical Discs By the End of 2015 · · Score: 2

    And every time you change the disc, they'll show you 20 minutes of unskippable ads.

  21. Re:Who'll bet against... on Sony & Panasonic Plan Next-Gen 300 GB Optical Discs By the End of 2015 · · Score: 1

    And it plays on any Blu-Ray machine.

  22. Re:US Post Office is messed up big time on Post Office Proposes Special Rate For Mailing DVDs · · Score: 2

    Because the postman liked that movie.

  23. Re:dumb on Post Office Proposes Special Rate For Mailing DVDs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because then I couldn't send it back just by sticking it in my mailbox at the curb.

  24. Re:good on US Promises Not To Kill Or Torture Snowden · · Score: 1

    It's not the Conservatives that keep voting for Dianne Feinstein, who is the absolute worst on these issues. But it's not partisan. Ron Wyden is one of the best on these issues and they go across party lines.

  25. Re:Meh... Give me access, I own your computer on Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks · · Score: 1

    Yep. There's a Bluetooth one on Amazon for $10.