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Comment Re:Nicely done! (Score 0) 204

We have to learn from our mistakes, but it goes against the age old geek ideal. While the garden has been turned into a corporate gear in a fantastically scary machine, it has enriched so many lives and only begun to fulfill its potential. In the end it is just another concept and the potential of a concept expands when realized for both greed and altruism. Let's rinse and repeat and with our wisdom relish the next golden age.

Comment Re:I Don't Like Mobile Apps... (Score 1) 153

If your phone is jailbroken SBadblock will block ads across all applications... Sadly you don't have very much GUI control over the "host" file. But you can edit it via terminal. Just a couple jailbroken exculsives are savvy it and will not run an app unless it's disabled. It only takes two clicks to toggle it and these apps a 1/100.

Comment Re:Whoa, whoa. (Score 1) 208

No you're not the only one that this mentality is alien too. I've recently successfully cultivated these feelings inside myself by playing civ 4. I'll trick my opponents any way I can to get my way. Micro manage my people to squeeze every drop of productivity from them. Even if I've already won, dominated my opponents on to a 1x1 square desert island I still gain satisfaction taking what little they have and nuking them for kicks. I've come to the conclusion that most of government and big business would be best managed at the highest levels by pubescent males with a strong mind for civ. It's just a big complicated game of risk and reward.

Comment Those Australians... (Score 1) 350

Those Australians really seem to have a superb understanding of computing technology... Not only is it the most expensive, it's most likely the least functional... I'm betting with in 1 year digital textbook downloads will be over $100 per ebook, since students will only be able to get them through the publisher at the app store.

Comment Re:marijuana legalization issue was Painful to Wat (Score 2, Insightful) 709

It seems like a bad idea to operate any type of heavy machinery under the influence of any mind altering substance. Yet the countless mind bending pharmacutials all that is required is a small warning stating such on the side of the pill container. It's obvious when someone should/shouldn't be driving. Why is this any different?

Comment Re:Great for 360 folks, (Score 2, Interesting) 43

I really miss the humor of the older titles. There was nothing like hijacking an airplane that was already playing "ain't nuttin but a g thang" only to nose dive it into a group of elvis impersonators and jump out at the last second with a rocket launcher. "maybe gun control woulda been a good thing huh?". The new one is slightly too realistic for my tastes. When I first started playing it, going on urban rampages even felt a little bit fucked up and wrong since people would limp away and beg for their lives. Also there are no airplanes and flamethrowers. I love how silly and expansive GTA SA was.

Comment Re:Flawed premise (Score 1) 458

I agree. Looking at the top 10 torrents (best seeded) on the "most popular" private music torrent sites (each with over 100,000 users) a small segment is on major labels. Those that are on a major label are quite old and not heavily marketed to the youth anymore. Like Miles Davis- Bitches Brew. Meanwhile acts like the Black Lips, Blue States and bed room dj DJ frane are dominating the top 10 lists. These trackers place no restriction or bias on the type of music or copyright of the music torrented. While this does not represent the general cross section of people using torrents, it does represent what happens with bittorrent "communities". People discuss, share and promote artists that are fresh and interesting. Unfortunately gaining access to these private communities requires a slight bit of savvy not present in the general population yet, so I am sure that biases the poll. However if it were not for the legal status of these sites in many countries the barrier to entry would be 0.

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