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Comment Re:Horrible name (Score 1) 648

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Thursday September 30, 2010 @09:57AM (#33746430) Attached to: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

It's partially due to political rhetoric. That, and American tourists find the French patronizing.

Comment Re:Horrible name (Score 1) 648

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Thursday September 30, 2010 @09:52AM (#33746344) Attached to: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

Sheesh. It WAS in jest.

Comment Re:Horrible name (Score 1) 648

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Thursday September 30, 2010 @09:51AM (#33746328) Attached to: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

Step down, man. I'm French Canadian. However, I am not naive enough to underestimate American whimsy.

Comment Horrible name (Score 4, Insightful) 648

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @11:37AM (#33723068) Attached to: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

Nothing is going to slow down adoption in the US than an unpronounceable Frenchy name.

Comment Maybe they won't talk about the antenna problem. (Score 1) 324

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Thursday July 15, 2010 @12:55PM (#32915408) Attached to: Apple To Hold iPhone 4 Press Conference

Heh. Maybe they're just going to announce availability in Canada

Comment Re:Socrates, not Aristotle (Score 4, Funny) 402

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Monday June 28, 2010 @08:18PM (#32724822) Attached to: Science Historian Deciphers Plato's Code

Well, Socrates was executed for being a radical.

Comment Boo! (Score 1) 543

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @09:54AM (#32652474) Attached to: At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40

So, at 40... maybe I should start that IT career I've always wanted?

Comment Re:Sounds like a win win (Score 1) 799

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @01:45PM (#32172032) Attached to: Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke

Just add a little roux, and baby you got a stew goin'!

Comment Re:If Hollywood has taught us anything... (Score 1) 799

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @01:43PM (#32172012) Attached to: Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke

Can we send Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to do it?

Comment I know what's art! (Score 1) 733

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Monday April 19, 2010 @06:27PM (#31903314) Attached to: Roger Ebert On Why Video Games Can Never Be Art

"Those aliens are gonna pay for messing up my ride!"

That's art. Screw you, Ebert! You magnificent bastard,

Submission + - The Hard Drive Death Watch Begins Now (gadgetopolis.com)

Submitted by gjt on Monday March 22, 2010 @08:59PM

gjt writes: When Intel and OCZ recently announced new "affordable" Solid State Disk drives — offering a meager 32-40GB — we initially yawned. But, then we took a closer look at the press releases and the in-progress research and development in SSD technology and opened our eyes. While the new drives aren't affordable on a cost per gigabyte basis for everyone, it does set a precedent — and most importantly a barometer price of $100. And it really does start the death clock for hard drive technology.

Comment Re:Was it just me? (Score 1) 160

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Monday March 15, 2010 @02:22PM (#31485084) Attached to: Speed-Assembling Servers

That's what *I* thought it said!

Comment So, no Power Point presentation? (Score 4, Funny) 186

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Monday March 08, 2010 @11:17AM (#31400802) Attached to: Edward Tufte Appointed To Help Track and Explain Stimulus Funds

So, no Power Point presentation?

Comment Oh the irony (Score 2, Funny) 38

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Friday January 29, 2010 @06:10PM (#30955924) Attached to: Hitler Responds To the iPad

I wish I could watch this on my iPad :(

Comment Re:Better Then CGI (Score 2, Insightful) 271

by Big_Monkey_Bird on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @02:36PM (#30146834) Attached to: 1977 Star Wars Computer Graphics

Funny about Space 1999. the scariest thing I ever saw on TV as a kid was the monster in Dragon's Den. I used to have nightmares. Seeing it years later, it was just a flashlight and foam rubber.

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