Comment Comcast Slowskys (Score 1) 168
You mean to say the Slowskys actually had a fast internet connection... This might lead to Mr Slowsky in a roadside ditch.
Comment Combine (Score 2) 83
So basically it's a combination of a virtual keyboard, like IPad, and a touch pad, like a laptop.
Comment Re:Article is delusional (Score 1) 444
For example, Intel the leading designer / developer of CPU's and other Microchips has stagnated during this same time. No one is accusing Intel of being badly run.
Comment Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at (Score 3, Funny) 195
Lets see I'll have that big bag of Meth over there, and here is the agreed price of a Million Dollars and an IPad.
Comment Vat '69 (Score 1) 444
"I have every confidence in my scrounging abilities, and I have a case of Vat '69 hidden in your footlocker. "
Smarft and/or connected people will find a way. in the Internet era.
Comment Re:mp3 stored records is material (Score 1) 185
I am confused. Before I download a MP3, it is stored on server. When I purchase that MP3 the seller uploads (copies) it to me. How is my saved copy so different from their saved copy to allow a double definition.
Comment Re:Why not say "Objection - irrelevant"/"no commen (Score 1) 501
Check yourself. What are you asking? Are you typing in rhetorical questions to hear yourself type?
Comment Re:Less FF Bloat please (Score 1) 351
Can you name other programs that are 8 MB?!
A "Hello World" program.
A "Hello World" program.
Aquaria Goes Open Source 58
A post on the Wolfire blog yesterday announced that the source code for Aquaria has now been released. Aquaria, an action-adventure, underwater sidescroller from Bit Blot, was part of the Humble Indie Bundle, which was so successful that the developers of four games pledged to release them as open source. This marks the final release, following Lugaru, Gish, and Penumbra: Overture. The source code is available from a Mercurial repository.
Comment Re:Will it really matter? (Score 1) 276
If it gets us off Oil, I'm all in favor of more "embedded taxes" being imposed. Imagine not having to give a flying carpet ride about the Middle East and the tax savings / spending that would provide... Wot.
Comment Re:Time value of money (Score 2, Insightful) 541
It can and has been argued that the Fed's "printing" of money is simply replacing the money that was lost in the economy. This additional cash has a negligible impact on the total availability of money in the economy, therefore has caused little inflationary pressure and at least in the near term will not.
The egregious aspect is that the average Joe lost a bundle in 401K's and other investments, but only a little bit of the Tarp, or the extra cash being printed is being trickled down to them. By and large it's going to the banks and Wall Street entities, to keep them solvent. They were the main culprits, guided by greed, that lead to the economic melt down, and they got a bail out and the average person is financing it through their economic losses.
