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 | I'm honestly not much of a gamer, but this doesn't seem all bad to me. Microsoft has a bad habbit of maintaining backwards compatiblity when it shouldn't. They claim to innovate but usually their hands are tied by backwards compatiblity. I have heard that Vista might only support OpenGL through … |
 | I believe you mean formerly Lindows. i must say I won't be taking them up on this offer. If I want to use windows I'll use windows, not their windows clone. Let's get real. Linux is not for everybody. It's not even for most people and it probobly never will … |
| | I think the the medium is the determining factor in whether abbreviations and other such things should be used. I spend (well used to spend) alot of time on IRC. On IRC it is normal to ignore grammar and punctuation. Acronyms are used to sometimes, but the punction is what … |
 | Actually, netscape, and later AOL, brought us netscape. The newest version does use firefox, but your statement is misleading. Netscape created the mozilla foundation, not the other way around. |
 | I see nothing wrong with cutting the customers off. I would bet any customer who loses phone service will immediatly contact (call?) their VoIP provider and at that time they can acknoledge the new rule, the phone company can restore their service, and everyone can get on with their lives. … |
| | Personally I'd be surprised if the FCC would permit something that would cause such widespread interference. I know they do stupid things, but I've always figured they at least kept interference to a minimum. But then, I'm not really an expert. That said I don't see the point of BPL. … |
| | This sounds like an interesting technology. On the surface (I haven't read anything about this but your post), it seems simlar to dual layer DVD technology, except with magnetic charges. This should at least double data density. I wonder if they will apply this technology to the 3.5" drives used … |
| | My old Dell Inspiron lasts at least 6 hours, perhaps longer, when I put both batteries in (at least it did until one of the batteries decided it didn't want to charge anymore). My dad's laptop on the other hand, also a Dell Inspiron, lasts just one hour, but it … |
| | The fact is they are still at least initially releasing Vista without WinFS. This will mean that Vista really won't have any major new technologies besides interface changes. It really makes me wonder what the fuck they have been working on for 5 years. It also seems that WinFS won't … |
| | Well it seems that the worst case scenario for New Orleans at least has not come to fruition. The levies which keep the water our of the city were not breached. That said, the rainfall alone has caused plenty of flooding, just not to the levels expected. I must say … |
| | First of all, as someone in the US, I wish they would let me use it, though i know it wouldn't be fair, since I don't pay for it with my taxes. I used to watch BBC World using a proxy but they no longer stream that. It's too bad, … |
| | I must say I am growing a bit tired of all the google stories but I feel obligated to reply. This is really stupid on the magazines part. Google images is great advertising for them. Few if any people use google images simply to look at the thumbnails. At least … |
| | I tried installing google desktop a few days ago but gave up and unistalled it. The indexing stalled at 12% for some unknown reason and I just didn't care enough to try to troubleshoot it. The whole thing sounds great in theory but is not in practice. Looking at the … |
| | I broke down and downloaded google talk and google desktop last night out of curiousity. I believe I downloaded it hours before 8:10am CDT. You are right, when Google Desktop is in sidebar mode, Google Talk integrates with it. Honestly though I don't really see this going anywhere. Google Talk …  |
| | I tend to agree with you, I don't like the idea of all this information about me being so easily accessible. I know the information doesn't really leave my computer, but it still sorta freaks me out. Also, the fact that I don't live alone means that someone could find … |
| | Re: BLOG Ethics Another thing people should not do online is capitalize words unnecessarily. This is annoying, and is like yelling. "Blog" does not need to be in all caps. I think you are confusing government censorship with private contractual agreements. The first amendment does not apply to a private business. A worker … |
| | I don't so much disagree with you as think you are being a bit alarmist about all of this. It's true, dual-core processors are a reletivly new technology, and most people don't know how to utilize it effectivly yet. So what? This is how new technologies go. I don't understand … |
| | As a communist sympathizer this seems silly to me. Marx would never have supported such a policy. This strikes me more as stalinist than commnist propper. Anyway, this .xxx domain thing will never work, because nothing prevents porn sites from simply registering .com domain names. Since the vast majority of …  |
| | People will use this to say windows is better than Mac, or at least not as insecure as people say, but the truth is all operating systems have security holes, and they always will. There are thousands upon thousands of lines of code, plenty of room for many, many hidden … |
| | This is nonsense. Sure, CPUs are being surpassed by GPUs, but I don't see how this is a cause for "concern." Is there really any problem with having more processing power than game developers know how to use? Those that can use it will, and those that can't won't. This … |
| | Re: New Windows Bug It seems unclear whether the worm infecting CNN and others is Rbot or Zotob. Someone from trendmicro was on CNN earlier saying it was probobly Rbot, but CNN was saying Zotob before that. It seems to me though that these news organizations are making a big deal out of an … |
| | My favorite part was early on in CNN's coverage when wolf blitzer was interviewing CNN's business correspondent about his computer not working and said to him, "What happens if you press control alt delete?" CNN obviously still isn't sure what is is that hit them. Some of their people are … |
| | I don't think this is really gonna go anywhere. Why would anyone want to pay for games that they could easily download emulators for? I wouldn't even pay $10. Looking at the trailer, I only saw two remotly modern games, and even those were years old. It looks to me … |
| | Re: Keyboard Kapers These all look sorta cool at first but I would bet anyone who would waste money on one would forget about it within a week. After that they would forget it isn't just a regular keyboard. My two favorite keyboards are about how it feels to actually type something. The … |
| | This number is almost completly meaningless. I am growing tired of spreadfirefox putting out a press release every 5,000,000 downloads. They should be focusing on what makes firefox a better browser. I don't pick my browser based on some popularity contest, and if I did I would use IE. For … |
| | I think postponing the scanning is a smart move by google. This gives the publishers plenty of time to opt-out their books. Whatever your view as to whether this is technically copyright infringement, for all practical purposes any publish who wishes not to have its books copied will have no … |
| | This is not only offensive, but fucking stupid as an advertising campaign. I wonder what this guy was smoking when he came up with this. Probobly watched "Bumb Fights" one to many times. First, this is morally reprehensible. He apparently has created an elaborate explanation about how this actually helps …  |
| | What good capitalism this is that prevents workers from choosing what to work on. These sorts of of contractual clauses should be illegal. Workers clearly don't generally have the clout to refuse these things, but the government certainly does. It is also completly within its rights under the commerce clause. … |
| | Re: Cellphone Spam I don't think this is going to happen, and I'll tell you why. SMS messages cost money to the reciever (or at least cost messages towards a limit). All other forms of spam, while they may cost some miniscule amount of bandwidth on the recieving end(granted, it adds up, but … |
| | This whole thing is so ridiculous. GTA is a game where you steal cars, kill and evade police, and any number of other very violent things. With all these things, the game is rated M, as it should be. But then it is revealed that the game contains nudity and … |
| | No surprise here. Creating an uncrackable anti-piracy mechanism that does cripple the software it is protecting is essentially impossible. I don't really understand why microsoft even cares. Their main strength is market share, and piracy only helps them in that department. Even if microsoft could detect with certainty which copies … |
| | "Focusd on Dreamweaver" should probobly read "Focused on Dreamweaver" This blog entry seems to me to be an ad for macromedia. Did they pay you for this? Their new "masterpiece"? Have you used it yet? So how do you know it's a masterpiece then? Personally I'm rather tired of flash, …  |
| | First, I'd like to point out that the shuttle is called Discovery by everyone. STS-114 is just the name of this perticular mission. I think you are being rather alarmist, as is the media in general. There is little question that the astronots will return safely. NASA has looked at … |
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