Net-Neutrality

That's good

Net-Neutrality Legislation

That's... also good I guess. I forget if we want laws on this or not.

Anti Net-Neutrality Legislation

That's bad

Veto Anti-Net-Neutrality Legislation

That's... let's see. It's anti-anti-net-neutrality. The anti's cancel each other out so we're just left with... ok that's good.

Obama To Veto Anti-Net-Neutrality Legislation

That's also good although... wait, has Slashdot ever run a favorable Obama headline since he took office? Maybe the stem cells thing...

No, you have to use a credit card, which they then charge again for subsequent nights. If you keep a DVD for 25 days then you've bought it, you don't need to return it, and they stop charging you for it (not sure if this will change any with the price change).

Besides the fact that you're singling him out for a joke skit decades ago which was written by someone else, I guess you've missed the part where, in the years since, Shatner wrote a book also called Get a Life! where he explains the skit and comes to grip with Star Trek culture. Or the dozens of things he's done since then including create a documentary about Star Trek captains.

People hate to be typecast. Hell, look at Leonard Nimoy who published a book called I Am Not Spock and then years later another book called I Am Spock .

I don't think it's humanly possible to miss the point and not get the joke any harder than you have in this instance.

Wow, you... completely missed the point. The point he was making is that you can belittle anyone's achievements if you try hard enough.

And ChromeOS.

"GOOGLE IS GOING TO TAKE ON MICROSOFT WITH ITS OWN OPERATING SYSTEM!!!"

Yes, mainstream media, Google has figured out a way to make a computer that only has a web browser. Look out Microsoft, your days are numbered. You cannot possibly hope to compete with Google's operating system which does not give the ability to write code for it.

The one man who began to disclose more details died in a mysterious plane crash shortly after.

As opposed to all the people who died in plane crashes that aren't mysterious.

All plane crashes are mysterious and suspicious. Planes aren't supposed to crash. They're supposed to stay in the air until they land safely and if they don't then something went horribly wrong. And if you're going to dispose of an enemy, why do so in a manner that the government is sure to investigate?

First, you're comparing a used book store to a new book store.

Second, HPB has higher margins because they run their bookstore like a college bookstore - buy back the textbooks for a fraction of what you're going to resell them for. And you're not worried about clearing out space for new books because your inventory is always changing.

I love HPB but there's two rules of HPB:

1. Don't ever come in looking for something specific. You won't find it. Unless it's something like a Dan Brown novel where there's a trillion copies in print, you probably won't find it.

2. If you do see something you want, get it right then and there because it won't be there next time you come in.

Consequently they attract a completely different clientele than Borders or B&N.

Nintendo already knows this, just look at the virtual boy, powerglove, and R.O.B.

The Power Glove was from Mattel.

R.O.B. was never a serious peripheral from Nintendo. They were having a hard time getting the NES in stores after the video game sales crash of 1982 so they introduced aspects that made it less like a video game system and more like a toy, so that retailers would be more comfortable with stocking it. This is also why it had the name "entertainment system" (as opposed to "video game system") and why it had the toaster oven design for cartridges (since the top loading slot used by every system before or since would have been a dead givewaway).

Spot on about the Virtual Boy though.

Seemingly altruistic social media site which performs a useful service to millions of users for free turns out to have business plan to profit from people's usage of the site, and does not in fact exist just to be free.

I'm disheartened to realize that there are still people who do not get this concept. Of course TwitPic is going to sell your photos and not cut you in on the deal. You agreed to it in the T&C. Even if it wasn't in the T&C, the clause of "oh hey we can change this at any time with no notice and you proactively agree to any changes" is probably in there. Why in the hell did you think they set up this service? Because they want to "connect people through social experiences"? Fuck no, they want to sell this shit to whomever will pay for it.

Same as Facebook. Same as LinkedIn. Same as every other site that does this for free.

You should just assume anything that you put online will be sold to the highest bidder and adjust your habits accordingly. If you don't what that photo of your dick to be on a porn site don't put it on TwitPic.

Are you renting a lot of BR's from Netflix?

I've noticed a lot of BR discs from Netflix have no extras, forced trailers, and a silkscreened "RENTAL" on the front. I'm pretty sure that the forced trailers are specific to the rental versions of the discs. The movie companies give Netflix a special price on the discs but in exchange they remove the extras and force the trailers.

You can still fast forward to the end of them anyway.

What exactly is the problem on consoles?

Can't speak for him but a lot of the console's advantages are eroding.

- Hard drives have led to mandatory installations and updates. It's "drop the disc in and go" - if there's no patches. Or if it doesn't require an install. Or a new version of the OS. This is more of a PS3 issue than 360.

- Multiplayer gaming comes with a lot of the same hassles, such as port forwarding and the lag that comes with wireless

- One-time-use codes at best make used gaming less useful and at worst make the person feel like they're typing in a CD key for activation, one of the things people have left PC gaming because of.

- XBLA and PSN-purchased games are great and all but they can't be taken to your friends' house and sometimes can't be transferred to a new box.

- Add-on content which is free on the PC is often a paid feature on consoles.

if she had talent, she would've written the damn song herself.

Elvis Presley had a lot of talent and he wrote maybe two songs in his life. Some people have talent and can recognize that songwriting isn't their strength.

Then you are a poor soul. Lower my Karma, but I am never touching Windows again, unless I'm forced to do so in my job. It disgusts me to support and see other people support the tirany of Microsoft.

I don't know what's worse, that you believe Microsoft is tyrannous, or that you expect anyone to take your intelligence seriously when you can't spell tyranny.

Ah, your issue was with "gaming in general". Well, there are many gaming platforms, and not all the games on one runs on others: how's that different with Wine?

On Windows, on a hardware system that meets the requirements, the games run as expected. On Linux, with Wine, on the exact same hardware, a number of games will not run at all, and many do not run as expected. Most people find this unacceptable.

It's cute that you're desperately trying to make Linux out to be a competitive gaming platform, but it's just not.