Comment Re:Nice, now why (Score 1) 314
With a connection like that it's about latency, not just pure speed. Also you usually get an SLA. Not so with residential FiOS.
Comment price (Score 1) 314
I was an early adopter of FiOS in 2006. Had the 5/2 plan for $29.99. Since then the price has slowly increased. Last year they doubled by download speed and started charging me $49.99 for 10/2.
If I had it to do over again, I'd have stuck with DSL. I don't need anything faster than 5/2. Now I'm stuck with a minimum price of $50/month. Lame.
Comment Re:Kin-like (Score 4, Interesting) 91
Our company was one of those preorders. We were testing our product on lots of different tablets. We received the JooJoo, saw what a piece of garbage it was, and returned it for a full refund.
Comment Re:Don't use made up words (Score 2, Insightful) 187
aren't all words made up? :-D
Comment biotch? (Score 2, Funny) 206
Am I the only one who read this headline as "The Spread of Do-It-Yourself, Biotch!"
Comment Re:Why should a tolerant society care? (Score 1) 1695
Most Muslims will ignore it and call them "retards". It's the extremists that everyone is scared of. Those crying out against the burning are scared that this will provoke another 9/11. You know how there was this one quiet strange kid in school that no one would pick on? This is kinda the same thing.
Comment cost (Score 4, Interesting) 148
I can't begin to understand why these calculators, which have been around for many years and still have the same features and functions, cost the same as they did when I was in school about 15 years ago.
http://xkcd.com/768/
Comment Re:HA fail (Score 1) 190
Yeah really. Before we got away from traditional hardware (NAS, SAN, etc.) we had piece of crap Dot Hill arrays and they had redundant power supplies and redundant controllers. There must be more to this story.
Comment FBI warning (Score 4, Funny) 226
They should put message at the beginning of movies instead of the stupid FBI warning thing.
Comment Re:Don't think this can be stopped (Score 1) 321
You could probably get off on some sort of technicality even if you were actually driving drunk.
Comment Re:Certification (Score 1) 453
I can attest to this. Years ago I took a bunch of BrainBench tests (for fun) and got a lot of computer-related certs. Then just for kicks I took the phlebotomy test, and guess what, I passed and got a cert. I have no medical background at all, but was able to pass. Lame.
Comment Re:GM (Score 1) 835
>> Well, the seed they sell you is sterile. Terminator crops will not reproduce so you can't save seed from last year for this year's planting.
I hate Monsanto too, but let's get the facts straight. They don't sell sterile seeds. No one sells terminator seeds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_use_restriction_technology
Comment Re:Falling Blocks is still available (Score 1) 396
I did too.
Submission + - JooJoo maker exposes entire customer list
How the TSA Plans On Inspecting Your Monkey
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The uncertainty of what might happen to your service monkey at an airport security checkpoint won't keep you awake at night anymore, thanks to the TSA. They have issued an easy to follow list of how they will ensure your helper monkey won't go all Planet of the Apes on your flight. Some of the security techniques used to make sure your primate is not a terrorist include: "Security Officers will conduct a visual inspection on the service monkey and will coach the handler on how to hold the monkey during the visual inspection. The inspection process may require that the handler to take off the monkey's diaper as part of the visual inspection."
