interesting, one of my coworkers experiences the same migranes, too.

...since this IS Ask Slashdot ;)

speaking of searches, and i'm sure this will kill my karma, anyone had fun with google trends?

http://www.google.com/trends?q=bdsm&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=vodka&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=anal+sex&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=anal+sex%2C+brokeback+mountain%2C+anal+fisting%2C+gay+porn&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=beer%2C+vodka%2C+wine%2C+bourbon%2C+champagne&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=3d%2C+blu-ray&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=x264%2C+xvid&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=farmville%2C+%22left+4+dead%22%2C+mw2&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
i'll let you glean what you want from http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/pakistan-no1-in-the-world-in-pornographic-internet-searches/story-e6freoqf-1225891491204
http://www.google.com/trends?q=1,+2,+3,+4,+5&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=google,+bing&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

don't forget http://theoatmeal.com/comics/computers

Typing of the Dead, Power Stone, and Chu Chu Rocket. on physical media, please.

it's not cheap, nor is it THAT expensive, but they can just send it in to Sony for repair. Sony didn't flash my 60gb when i had repair work done on it...

also, ironically, most top tier BD50 movies that came out in the first year or two would have fit on a 30GB HD DVD disc (some may have required lossy compression like DTS 1.5) like Pirates, Crank, Ratatouille, Baraka, Corpse Bride, No Country For Old Men. you could probably even with a bit of hand tweaking (or easily with h.264) get Harry Potter into 30gb (most are under with 2 and 3 at ~35gb).

anyone leech the NSFW version?

source: Neuro's demo Masagin (apologies, it's not my best encode, but i had to work and wanted to get all the samples up ASAP)
(for more wheezy computers)
halfres 720p30: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZZT4OGLD
halfres 720p60: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WHWJIXHZ
(for manly computers that eat HD for breakfast (or just a $30 radeon 3000+ or geforce 8000+ and mpc hc))
720p30: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LSM31W74
720p60: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9XC9NN7A

parts that especially leap out at me as being noticeable (altho 90% is noticeably not 60fps smooth to me)
0:28-0:59
1:26-1:29
1:58-2:28

i've never had issues with stability (other than installer hosing vista once), but never had a BSOD. *performance*, on the other hand, of bleeding edge games i hear (from a trusted friend) is hit or miss. my dumb ass still bought one (to play *my* first ever bleeding edge game, NFS: Shift)

My PS3 failed... (at first texture glitches, but then it completely died after a FW update) ...but this was after running it pretty much for 6-8 months straight (folding@home) in a light-to-medium dusty environment. i suspect a clean, server room environment might have fared better. this was a launch month (but not launch day) 60GB. my nick can be searched on the f@h page for whatever details can be gleaned...

i think it's called Limited Basic

i wouldn't really say plummet. the cheapest i've seen is $180. down from $200 which it has sat at for a while. i got the MSI X58 Pro Openbox for $131 ...but then had to spend $48 on NB/SB coolers (2 x $24 for the HR-05 IFX; i probably could have gotten away with 1 + a cheaper SB cooler, but i was in a rush and didn't want to do even MORE searching and wait for it before powering on the machine)

i THINK the X58M MSRP is supposed to be $160, but that hasn't trickled down, yet.

i'm slightly disturbed (but not entirely). a fair portion of my fave tracks i've bought on old, crufty Physical Media but haven't bothered to rerip an already "pretty good" scene encode (i'm an -m s fan that refuses to break the habit). thankfully most aren't RIAA artists.

maybe someone wants to analyze the data that Last.FM outputs? (i didn't RTFM .. yet)

it's not like you can simply move it around. the site is a monster in needing resources. you can't just throw it on a shared hosting account and it work. it is/was a one-stop convenient collection of torrents. break off into hundreds of smaller sites, and it's a pain in the ass to find what you're looking for. ED2K fell apart (in the way of being useful) IMNSHO when Razorback when down.