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  1. Re:You got it wrong on Is Windows Vista in Trouble? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually, New Coke was put on the market as a distraction so they could switch the Coke Classic recipe from sugar to corn syrup. Go to a mexican grocery and get some Coke (they're not allowed to use corn syrup in Mexico). It's different.

  2. regardless of the cheese.... on U2 Bringing Spider-man to Broadway · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I could be convinced to go see this, if U2 hadn't been involved. My gods, everything these guys have done since the Joshua Tree has been utterly inane and lame pop-crap. I don't want poor, innocent Peter Parker getting all mixed up with these self-important dolts.

  3. Re:He's a Gook if he's shooting at you. on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    MOD PARENT UP! If I could have decided between insightful and funny, I would have.

  4. Re:Totally Random Comment #102903 on 6G iPod & Apple's Future · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As I own and use both of these programs, I feel obliged to comment. Reason, while it is more powerful for the beat and loop creation part of music production, is not a one-stop shop for recording professionals. Adding any kind of live instrument is completely beyond Reason's capabilities. It is a midi sequencer, drum machine, and pseudo-synthesizer. That is all. Garageband is a great program for quickie recordings that sound decent when they're mixed. However, the software instruments included with the program fall completely flat. The sounds and loops included with garageband are very boring and one-dimensional, and not at all suitable for any professional output. However, combining the two can make a very powerful studio that enables you to work very, very efficiently.

  5. Re:Worth it... on Guitar Hero Downloadable Content Announced, Expensive · · Score: 1

    Absolutely... have you seen rednecks go crazy for Zakk Wylde live? It's inexplicable.

  6. Re:IBM's Strategy on IBM the Next Great Software Company? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lotus Notes is definitely some pretty clunky bloatware... but have you ever had to administer an Exchange server? It's a nightmare. As I have no experience administering a Lotus Notes server, I can only imagine it would be slightly less convoluted.

  7. Re:Why ... on How Microsoft Can Make Zune a Success · · Score: 1

    Clearly, this is what IS can do:

    If you spell it backwards, IS can speak Spanish.

    I'll be here all night, folks. Don't forget to tip your ISP.

  8. Re:Well, if REM on Musicians Demand the Internet Stay Neutral · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm a HUGE Manson fan and I can't think of one song that decries capitalism. He definitely goes after the disaffected youth market though, it's what we call his bread-and-butter.

  9. Re:In Soviet JAX on Diebold Sues Massachusetts for "Wrongful Purchase" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, by convincing stupid americans that burnt coffee isn't burnt at all, just stronger, and making them feel like connoisseurs. Off topic, I know. Can't resist the urge to bash Starbucks.

  10. Re:shhh... can you hear that sound? on CD Music Sales Down 20% In Q1 2007 · · Score: 1

    They would if they're smart... so in a word, no.

  11. Re:An etymological question on How to Turn A Music Lover to Piracy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suspect that the generation of young people growing up now are going to, on hearing the word 'pirate,' think first of a hot copy of Photoshop, and only second of a smelly guy with a knife clutched in his teeth. Who says we can't be both???
  12. Re:Inflation on Why Next-Gen Titles Cost $60 · · Score: 1

    Absolutely correct. Nintendo kept a tight reign on the ROM supply, and since you had to buy it from Nintendo to make a NES licensed game, they stayed expensive. I remember paying $75 for Final Fantasy III (6) back in middle school. Funny that I'd have more disposable income then than now.

  13. Re:That will never work with an anonymous Internet on Cyberbullying Laws Raise Free Speech Questions · · Score: 1

    Just be sure you don't print it out on your printer, as it's traceable.

  14. obligatory on Chimps Found Making Own Weapons to Hunt for Food · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new spear wielding chimp overlords!

  15. Re:Because... on Personality Secrets in Your MP3 Player · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, but I may ask for some Dave Brubeck, or mayhaps the Berzerker. Anyone trying to analyze my personality through my music tastes could only come to two conclusions: Schizophrenic or Elitist Snob. I'm not sure whether either of them are wrong :)

  16. Re:This guys is lucky. on Dance Copyright Enforced by DMCA · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, I believe it was the last high hat in the sample in question... "Dum dumdumdum dudu dum dum TING" Just goes to show you he doesn't know the difference between a cymbal and a bass guitar. Go ahead, mod me offtopic. You got this far into the discussion, didn't you?

  17. Re:I know... on MySpace Sued by Families of Online Predator Victims · · Score: 1

    No, but if a person is visibly drunk and the bartender keeps serving them drinks, and then the customer leaves, blacks out, kills himself and three people, the bartender/ bar can be held responsible. I know, my girlfriend tended bar for several years at a certain restaurant with "flair".

  18. Re:That's not a pun, THIS is a pun! on Slow Light = Fast Computing · · Score: 1

    You sound like Gene Shallot wrote a song for They Might Be Giants. Maybe a companion piece to "Birdhouse in Your Soul". I know, I know, offtopic. But you know I'm RIGHT.

  19. Re:Historical games? on Columbine RPG - How Real Is Too Real? · · Score: 1

    There was Splatterhouse, an older game for TurboGrafix 16 and Genesis (I think). You played a generic killer in a hockey mask killing things in a very Friday the 13th type setting. For the life of me though, I can't remember if you were killing campers or demons or what. The only thing I really remember is the sloshing, mucky sounds you made when walking anywhere and the bloddy footprints left behind you. Now THAT's gory!

  20. Re:Does this suprise anyone? on Evidence Surfaces That MS Violated 2002 Judgement · · Score: 1

    Now, we all know that Mr. Bigglesworth lost all his fur during the unfreezing process shortly after their return just before the release of 98SE. To pretend otherwise, is just, is just... bogus.

  21. Re:What a retard! on Home Theater Transformed Into Star Trek Bridge · · Score: 1

    I think maybe that aspiration is a little high. Go to a Star Trek convention. How many people there are smart? Quite a few. How many are good looking? Not quite so many. If they could get the smart, good-looking women ratio to say, 1:4 (or 20%), I'd be duly impressed and consider that plenty.

  22. Re:If you're like me on After 100M IE7 Downloads, Firefox Still Gaining · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, you'll pay for it... just not with cash, and not up front. :)

  23. Re:Sounds familiar... on The Power of the Hacking Community · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Props for the Rocky and Bullwinkle refrence. If I had mod points, I'd give you one. MOD PARENT UP!!! RECOGNIZE THE BULLWINKLE!

  24. Re:Cringely's opinion on Cisco VP Explains Lawsuit Against Apple · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can't wait to get my apple-branded post hole diggers so I can make an aHole.

  25. Re:The Real Problem: Harrison Ford or George Lucas on Harrison Ford Turned Down Han Solo Role · · Score: 2, Informative

    I honestly suspect Lucas' dramatic direction skills as the culprit for Episodes I- III. Sure Anakin was a whiny pussy, but so was Luke in Episode IV. Watch any scene with Natalie Portman, and compare her side-by-side with ANY other movie she's in. The difference is night and day. The lines are bad, the delivery is bad. If she can make Garden State a decent movie, then it takes an epic-level fuckup like Lucas to ruin her.