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Comment Re:ST:Legacy sheeples! (Score 2, Informative) 398

Dear GOD YES. I was wondering when someone would mention Star Trek: Legacy...hey, lets not put in ANY in-game system for rebinding keys, reference the 360 controller in all the tool tips, oh and not bother binding these 4 keys that you NEED to complete the campaign, oh and it is a space game in 2-D space. (Sure you can fly "up" about 10 feet)

Comment Re:Get the Flash (Score 1) 750

Very true. People race what they have. How this could be implemented is with a timeout. The car also brake/throttle overlap for a set time, and then if it goes over that time, cut the throttle. That system wouldn't impact heel-toeing at all, and not trail braking either (I guess it depends on the specific corner).

But then you would have people saying that the delay in cutting throttle may cost lives. Somebody with an out-of-control car would have (say) 4 seconds less to get back in control.

Comment Re:Cool, they've "discovered" PostgreSQL. (Score 2, Informative) 231

ok, mr. anonymous, I work with all those wares, and the differences aren't *that* big, some percentage points in certain situations with certain hardware and certain transactions. and the very fastest way to run databases doesn't involve open source software, tpc.org will tell you all about that. it happens Oracle or DB2 on a big HP/UX or AIX is going to whoop open source ass with usual business needs on mid and large systems, but at huge cost and with vendor lock-in and limitations to customization and integration with other systems.

Comment Re:Unlocked FTW (Score 2, Informative) 233

Agreed. I've always just gone out, bought a new phone outright, and whacked my existing SIM card in it when I got home. None of this contract crap. But from what I can tell it is very hard/impossible to do that in the US? Which sucks ... I hate being tied to a particular carrier (and besides I have several SIM cards floating around that I tend to use in different situations).

Even worse, the US phones I've seen actually brand the phone hardware/firmware itself with the carriers logo and stuff. Wtf?! The phone should have NOTHING to do with the carrier. The analogy you made with brand X Wifi cards only working with brand X hotspots is a good one.

Comment Re:"Where do you live?" (Score 1) 920

I used to make my own pizza base but now I buy a ball of uncooked bread at the boulangerie. Fresh tomatoes in the blender then simmered down to the right consistency is my favorite sauce. Canned tomatoes are next in line.

I used to make my own pizza too - actually making the dough myself and starting with home grown tomatoes.

While the product turned out perfectly edible (even relatively enjoyable), after about a dozen attempts I just accepted that my homemade pizza tasted about like a decent frozen pizza and I gave up on doing it anymore. Just not my thing I guess.

Now some Thai Fried Rice on the other hand I can cook up pretty good :).

Comment Re:technology editor sucks at technology? (Score 1) 186

The problem isn't struggling with the GPS(at least not in the sense of "Oh noes, the UI is just too hard!). The question is whether or not the GPS UI is distracting the driver's attention enough to make them especially vulnerable to doing stupid(which in a car means dangerous) things.

Yeah... but if not for looking at my GPS, plus listening to it's voice prompts, plus hitting the traffic map button, plus texting from my iPhone, and using the camera to snap a picture of the traffic to send to my buddy to explain why I'm late and using my bluetooth speakerphone, and drinking my Starbucks and eating that Big Mac... what else am I going to do while in the car?

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