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Comment Re:Wrong? (Score 1) 318

Congressman, is that you?

Vandalism requires physical harm. The hardware is not damaged. Moreover, the guy visited a website, which isn't against the law either.

The store will probably reimage the phone every night anyway and meanwhile it still works in its original capacity, its not affecting the demonstration of the phone either.

Comment Re:Neflix != Amazon, and postal service == bad (Score 2, Interesting) 504

I had a large, used, Origin 2000 server shipped strapped to a plastic palate delivered via DHL. I swear it had been tipped over, (nearly impossible as it weighs like 300 pounds and is a very evenly weight distributed square)- all the rails were crushed, and there were dents in the top. Its a freaking palate with several inches of clearance inside the palate edges to product. How hard can it be to keep it from getting damaged.

I've also had UPS send me servers that look like they were sat on and/or drop kicked across the country. Forget drop shipping, you get drop kicking.

Comment Re:Easy solution (Score 1) 572

Never say -any- MD. There are a lot of MDs out there fighting to change the world in a lot of ways- from pioneering and promoting new newborn screening protocls/requirements, to going to botswana and giving their services free.

Moreover, your doctor spent something like half a million dollars and many years of their lives to learn the profession you're paying to see them for. They went through hell in residency and put their families aside.

If you don't want to respect your doctor, get a new one.

Yes, there are some asshole docs- I've had one or two or three, there are some who are very caring but have the bedside manner of a turnip, and there are some who will melt your heart.

But remember, they worked hard to get there, you're paying them to be professionals, treat them like professionals.

Comment Re:I wish the .99 gimick would die in a fire, now (Score 1) 327

if the pumps would dispense gas in equal sized units- and I'd guess there is in fact a pump in operation which has a certain volume per pump, then it should be fairly easy to make sure you're never dealing with fractions of a cent.

But that unliklihood aside, it mostly bugs me that "it's not $4.00 a gallon! It's only 3.999 a gallon! see, only three bucks! or maybe three ninety nine, not $4!".

Comment I wish the .99 gimick would die in a fire, now (Score 2, Insightful) 327

I truly hate the .99 gimick. I actually wish they'd roll tax into the prices so what you see on the label is what you pay and its a nice round number $X.10 $X.20 $X.50 $X.00. Worse is the stupid gas stations with 9/10's of a cent. Why is it they can charge a fraction of a penny you can't possibly pay, ensuring they skim 10ths of a cent gazillions of times. I think they did that in Superman III or something. How is it after all these years, they're still stealing money?

Submission + - A Modern Operating System?

An anonymous reader writes: Between backwards compatibility at the hardware level in the X86 architecture and at the software level in Windows, Linux and other operating systems, are we being constrained by "staying compatible"? If someone were to reinvent a computer and operating system to be the end all be all server os, desktop os, or both and made with current technology- would things look different? Is anyone engaged in a hardware and/or software project that actually has a chance of redefining computing in the next decade? Or- are we really doing so well enough with Linux, Windows, or Mac OS that we don't "need" to do any kind of a rethink?

Comment Re:Hmmm... (Score 1) 113

That brings up an exceptional point, it seems like all page form elements should have a little triangle at the far right corner or a hover tool tip or something that indicates whether the action is a secure page, insecure page, or whether the form elements are standalone?

Comment Re:New Overlords (Score 1) 700

I own my physical cable modem. Bought it at best buy.

That said-- I had an Xbox original, and thought about the 360, but most of the games i have weren't on the backwards compatibility list. Time goes by, I start to consider going to the PS3, but theres loads of good, cheap PS2 games out there-- but I wanted one with hardware support and it was hard to tell which ones had the full compatibility, so I didn't buy then... Time goes by again, I start considering it for linux development and toying with the Cell as well as maybe working on some computational maths- but money was tight so I waited. I guess I'm glad I did now, no PS2 support, no Linux. I'd have been pissed as hell.

Of course, my old Xbox now has no online support any more, so I'm now console-less. PC gaming for me on my HTPC/HDTV- 1280x720 or 1280x1080 looks fantastic.

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