Comment Re:It is a superior control system (Score 1) 387
I own both the keyboard and mouse for my DC, only got it to play UT, I was never online with my DC though, and I always kicked my friends' asses when they came over.
Comment Re:Right on (Score 1) 332
I live in Pittsburgh which I know has access to fast connections. But I only have access to 1.5Mbps DSL at where I live in the city, and YES I'm IN the city not in the surrounding areas, which actually have access to faster speeds.
And if you're going to say it's an abuse of the term average, give us some sources. I'm not here to argue, I just want some facts.
Comment Re:Right on (Score 1) 332
... continent-spanning federations.
Learn to read and see where he's going with his post. He makes a very good point.
Comment Re:Barnes & Nobel Library (Score 1) 255
Oh, and the Nook runs Android.
I'm surprised it took this long for that come up. Also with the latest updates I hear it's even easier to gain root access to the nook.
Comment Re:Why the need of an addy? (Score 1) 454
Last time I checked, when you traced an IP you got something like this, pool-XXXX.pitt.east.verizon.net. And that wasn't even using a tracer, that was from my IRC client.
Comment Re:Dumb Government Abuse of Power (Score 2, Informative) 819
Guess you missed this part from TFS:
Last summer, the couple tried to appease the city by building a fence around the yard and planting drought-tolerant greenery — lavender, rosemary, horsetail, and pittosporum, among others. But according to the city, their landscaping still did not comply with city standards
They tried, the county denied.
Comment Re:No additional software? (Score 1) 400
This AC has a point. And the post doesn't deserve a -1 Troll, even if there are royalties to be paid. I remember there being an HTML5 article a few weeks ago talking about the YouTube beta and how it's supported in IE, Chrome, and maybe Opera and Safari (don't remember) and since YouTube used h.264 for it's videos the AC still has his valid point.
Comment Re:Get some glasses, grandpa (Score 1) 549
Would you rather be sent to "Carrousel?"
Submission + - Mobile device makers want standardize connections. (physorg.com)
hawk16zz writes: "CTIA Wireless Association said it is behind an initiative to make 3.5mm plugs the standard for earphones, headphones and micro-USB connections in mobile devices introduced to the market after January 2012."
Comment But you have to have the... (Score 2, Funny) 51
snow how!
Comment Re:RTFA (Score 1) 364
(That law must be sponsored by Garmin and Tom Tom.)
Except for the fact that they both have windows mobile applications and Tom Tom also has an iPhone app, and a Garmin one is to be released soon.
Then just in general:
The only things this does is a) hurt the consumer buy having them pay more to have a separate navigation system and b) the cell phone companies and manufactures that sell the smartphones some people won't be buying because they can't also navigate on it.
If something like this ever came to the states, I'm sure there would be a huge uprising. I use my smartphone to get traffic information and if I need to go someone I usually don't travel to like most GPS users.
Journal Journal: Data point: Flash storage now under $2/GB
I like to watch the prices of USB keys and divide GB by $; just noticed that Buy.com has a 16GB key selling for $27-something, which is the first I've noticed a USB key that size for less than $2/GB, at least without coupons. (And I was pretty happy to see the ones -- iMation, I think -- that Wal-Mart's been selling at $12 for 4GB, or a flat $3 per.)
Comment Re:Battle.net (Score 1) 297
Basically what I'm getting down to is - will the new Battle.net work with original Starcraft and Diablo 2? Will those games be patched to work seamlessly with the people who have the newer games?
That could be one of the reasons why the 1.13 D2 patch isn't ready to be deployed.
Comment Re:Five DLC releases? (Score 1) 101
... I'll be shooting aliens on the pc before i get the chance to kill some commies on my big screen.
That's why I my desktop hooked up to my TV through it's VGA port, but I still want to get a DVI/HDMI adapter so I can get a better picture and resolution.
