Yes it is the one I want to depend on, and in fact do depend on. Because Lexar 1000x CF cards are the fastest cards out there in both read and write speeds. And that's by my actual experience and testing*, and not their advertising. I don't give a rat's ass what their PR department does.

*I shoot high school gymnastics with a Canon 7D. It is not unusual for me to shoot 4000 or more shots during a 2 hour event.

I think we should put a special tax on people who assume that everyone lives in a big city like they do, and has access to a public transportation system. 20% of their gross income would be a good start.

Induction charging, as it is now, is anything but cost effective and green. Its one of the most inefficient charging methods around.

Why not buy a device that does what you want, and there by support the manufacturer of a more open device so maybe they'll keep doing it, like a Nexus? Instead you'd rather give money to the maker of a closed system, which encourages them to keep it closed since everyone buys their crap anyway, and then you spend your time making it sort of do what you wanted in the first place.

I'll be ignoring the law, unlocking any damned phone I buy (I buy them on eBay or Craig's List, not on contract), and any division of government or commercial cellular entity that doesn't like it can lick the sweat off my balls.

I'll watch the channel, assuming Concast (and no, I didn't accidentally misspell it) will carry it. Al Jazeera can't possibly be any more biased than Fox, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc.

Okay, yeah, a LotR slot machine may be repulsive.

But I find the fact that Tolkien has been dead just shy of 40 years but we're still dealing with rights on his work to be even more repulsive.

I can understand why his estate works so hard to protect the rights. If they didn't have them, they'd have to get real jobs instead of leaching off of an ancestor.

Take off your MPAA controlled glasses. Nothing in that quote says they are going to necessarily download it illegally. And Amazon does do individual downloads, sometimes for free, and many movies for just a couple dollars.

Obviously you are totally unaware that there are legal and reliable sites that make movies available online. Let's start with Netflix and Amazon, two services you apparently don't know about.

The editors are correct. It very clearly says "extinct in the wild". "In the wild" does not include "in captivity".

If I bought it, I'll crack it or jailbreak it. If I want to play a DVD in my toaster oven, I will. And Congress, the Library of Congress, the President, the CIA, the FBI, the DHS, the RIAA, and the MPAA can all singly or collectively kiss my law breaking ass.

Holy shit! A company provides a service and expects you to pay for it!!! This is an outrage! I'm calling my Congressmen!!!

Obviously its a slow news day at Slashdot.

No matter who wins this debate, or the election, Americans have lost.

You can blame Fox and BuzzFeed all you want. But the simple and ultimate fact is they are only giving the people what they want to see. If there wasn't a demand for it, Fox wouldn't be broadcasting it and BuzzFeed wouldn't be posting it. In America, "if it bleeds, it leads".

As far as TV news in general goes, there hasn't been a decent newscast in America since Walter Cronkite retired. And yes, I'm that damned old :(

Look at the positive side...at least it isn't hanging around Uranus.