Comment Re:/.gov.science.fiction..swashbuckling thievery.g (Score 1) 272
tl;dr
Comment Re:Incoming botswarm (Score 1) 288
+1 funny
Comment My thought is... (Score 5, Insightful) 346
" but the channel owners fear that this will disrupt current and future revenue streams and that they need to stop it now."
No, me not watching your shows because they aren't in the format I wish will "disrupt your current and future revenue streams" though.
Submission + - AT&T's Metered Billing Off By Up To 4,700% (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: "Metered billing for home Internet service may be the way of the future. But shouldn't we have the right to expect that the meters will at least be accurate? As AT&T moves its DSL and fiber customers to plans where they'll have to pay for overages, some users have noticed that the company' assessment of how much data is being used can be wildly inaccurate."
Submission + - Cable Channels Panic Over iPad Streaming App (itworld.com) 1
jfruhlinger writes: "Time Warner Cable this month released an iPad app that would allow its subscribers to stream (some of) the channels they already pay for to their iPad, so long as they're connected to home Internet service provided by Time Warner Cable. The app probably seems like a baby step to most Slashdotters, and was extremely popular among subscribers — but it's thrown the owners of those channels into a panic, and they're threatening lawsuits. Time Warner says the contracts they've signed with the channel allows broadcast to any device in the home — "I don't know what a TV is anymore" says one company exec — but the channel owners fear that this will disrupt current and future revenue streams and that they need to stop it now. "If we allow this without litigation, everyone will do it tomorrow," says an anonymous source. "If we litigate, we have a chance to win.""
Comment Re:First (Score 1) 343
I read your comment as "Google is setting the bar high for other companies to stop being such dicks." I get it now though, pass the drinks.
Comment I think most of it is crap... (Score 1) 345
But those sound recordings played backwards still creep me out...
Comment Re:FRIST!!! (Score 1) 218
You owe me a keyboard Sir.
Comment Re:Truly a geek dilemma (Score 2) 151
Well stated. I think the tech is super cool. Not far from where I live there is a town that every single time I drive through it they have a "DUI" check. I'm talking "DUI" checks at 8am on Sunday mornings. These are exactly the types of places where these things will get abused. I could almost bet that every time I drove through there I'd have to "scan". If this becomes too popular, I could see things requiring a "scan" before you can use them (ex- your car requires a "scan" to be able to use it.).
Comment hmmm (Score 5, Insightful) 151
Define suspects.
New FBI System IDs People By Voice, Iris, More 151
cultiv8 writes "Under the system, state and local police officers also will eventually use hand-held devices to scan suspects' fingerprints and send the images electronically to the FBI center. 'It's a quick scan to let police officers know if they should let the person go, or take him into custody,' Morris said. In later stages, NGI system also will be expanded to include the analysis of palm prints, handwriting, faces, human irises and voices."
Comment Re:I'll probably get dinged for this..oh well.. (Score 1) 470
ps - George, I was going to buy killzone 3 in the next couple weeks. You can have the $$ instead and any money from any other games I would be buying until the sony bullshit stops.
Comment I'll probably get dinged for this..oh well.. (Score 0) 470
Dear Sony
SUCK MY MOTHERFUCKING DICK
You won't be getting one god damn red cent from me now.
Comment Re:Not too expensive (Score 2) 549
Very true. I think I meant to mention the screen size as being the only real difference but I neglected to. Speaking of screen size though, that's almost a problem in itself. I can throw me evo in my pocket and carry it around without too much of a hassle. With a tablet I'm going to be either carrying it in my hand, or carrying it in a bag all the time neither of which is very convenient.
As a side note, I think that was a verbatim quote of what I said when I got my evo lol...
Comment Not too expensive (Score 2) 549
I don't think they are "too" expensive. I just don't see why I would buy a tablet that does the same thing my HTC Evo already does...
