You can get all kinds of other absurd quotes/actions he's said/done with sources cited here: http://shitharperdid.com/

Vacuum tubes still have at least 1 job where they're vastly superior to transistors. For example, ask almost anyone who plays guitar if they'd take a solid-state amp over a tube amp. Almost all of them will say "Hell no!" (though some prefer the sterile crunch of solid state). Tubes sound better, and it's not just perception. It's measurable.

I can't confirm this one personally (I have many records and even buy many new releases on vinyl, but no player for them yet), but records are also supposedly superior when it comes to sound quality.

Some technology never completely goes away. It might get "almost completely replaced" by something newer and better in "most" applications, but as long as there is something that the older tech is better at and there are enough people who want to hold onto it, it won't completely go away.

I also agree that PCs are here to stay for the foreseeable future.

Thinner tires (within reason...I'm not talking 'bicycle' thin) in the winter help a bit with getting to the bottom of the snow.

-5F and 8" of snow would be a dream compared to some of the snow we see up north :)

Your information is every bit as safe as it ever was. Which, as it turns out, might not be as safe as you thought it was.

NARF!

YouTube's buffering issues are exactly that; YouTube's issues.

Netflix has their own buffering issues (not near as annoying, though). I like the service, but find it annoying when I can see that there is some of the video buffered, but if I try to jump into that buffered section, everything haults and starts loading all over again from that point.

Also, HTML5 isn't going to turn a run-of-the-mill web server into a comprehensive media server that will allow you to seek to any point in the video and start loading from there. That hope was squashed a long time ago (most notably by YouTube). The magic behind that is all server-side.

Re: PS1 Support. Maybe they'll have a specific "Game OS" and use Android as an "Other OS". Then when people figure out how the game OS works, they'll remove the Other OS in a mandatory firmware upgrade and claim that they never sold the device as a general purpose computer; they sold it as a game console only.

He had already stated that funds not needed for his case would be donated to the EFF.

Exactly. They're all about openness and interoperability.

I would, except the record stores around here charge $25.99 for CDs I can pre-order online for $12.99 and get free stuff for pre-ordering. I've also been buying a lot of vinyl lately. One particular album I bought on vinyl came with the CD of the album for free.

All I was saying was that in Sony's eyes, they're the same thing (or at least they're punished in the same way). You're doing something they never wanted, so they label you the same way regardless of intent. Maybe you meant to reply to parent? I don't care what Sony does with PSN. I made my decision to avoid PSN since April 1st, 2010.

Many have the same opinion. Sony, however, sees homebrew in the same light as piracy and cheating. Banned.

Coincidental

But they can prove it by comparing games sold per xbox 360 without taking into account the number of PS3s that were sold to people just looking for a cheaper blu-ray option who had no interest in gaming. There are also people like myself (I think we're a pretty small minority) who CAN'T buy new games now without upgrading firmware beyond 3.15 and losing Linux. My priorities pre-purchase were: blu-ray, media player, Linux, and "oh it can play games? neat!".