Comment Re:Don't Be Too Proud Of This Technological Terror (Score 1) 272
Good point. It's not exactly apples-to-apples. But people wouldn't have been nearly as impressed with LOTR had the CGI characters been of Polar Express caliber.
Submission + - Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope. (bloomberg.com)
DubThree writes: It appears that there will be more Star Wars inspired technologies coming your way soon according to the folks at IBM. I predict light-sabers by 2018.
Comment LOTR (Score 2) 272
"It may also explain why so many people hated The Polar Express."
It may also explain why so many people loved the LOTR trilogy (Gollum).
It may also explain why so many people loved the LOTR trilogy (Gollum).
Comment I wish... (Score 1) 430
... I could find a doctor to prescribe me some placebo narcotics.
Comment Re:Answers. (Score 1) 705
But the problem with having regulation is that, eventually, the "keeper of the net" will become corrupt and find ways to control the flow of data and get rich doing so or worse yet be controlled by the government.
Comment Re:Why do they need to do traffic shaping? (Score 2) 705
I think you've nailed it.
It pisses me off when I get poor quality on Netflix, but a speed test puts me at over 20 Mb/s. I'm thinking about switching from Comcast to a competitor because I know they're throttling Netflix.
Let's let the free-market solve the problem.
Comment Re:Go electronic! (Score 2) 441
Have you ever tried to pay for crack-cocaine using a credit card or your PayPal account? It's tough. I've got to use banknotes or food stamps.
Why Android Is the New Windows 424
An anonymous reader writes "Windows' dominance of the PC market has been good in many ways: reduced hardware costs, increased IT literacy and a standard development platform to name a few. Perhaps Android will bring similar benefits. But unless Google are very careful, it is likely to bring some of the same problems, too."
