That's a slippery slope. And it's a fallacy.

Exactly. There may be concerns of privacy (ISP snooping your data, etc) but considering what we've seen the RIAA due (sue people for ridiculous sums of money) this seems sensible.

"Hey, what you're doing is violating copyright and can bring a hefty fine! So why don't you stop it?"

Common sense is what we preach, but I have a feeling this won't be good enough for most here on /.

With a low battery I have plugged my PS3 controller to my laptop since it was closer than the PS3 and it continued to operate and also gain a charge. It may take longer to charge it plugged into a PC, but it does indeed work.

I don't own an Xbox360, but even I know that a gold membership does not cost $59.00 US. In fact if you deal shop, you can usually get a 12 (I think it's 12 + 1 actually) month card for between $35-40 USD.

The Wii most certainly can play games online without buying a membership. You even said so yourself.

Just because the anonymous users are anonymous does not negate the fact that you are playing games against human players. If they are indistinguishable from CPU opponents then 1) the game has great AI or 2) the human players are horrible. :-)

1) The parent was simply asserting that you could charge it on a PC. Just because you don't want to charge it while using your laptop doesn't mean it's completely unacceptable for most people. 2) It would be silly to leave your PC on just to charge your PS3. However I'd say most people on slashdot leave their computers on nigh 24/7. 3) Not true. I have charged my PS3 controller on both my desktop and (gasp) my laptop. I've also charged it using my DVR which has a USB port.

Peggle Nights is where it's at!

One thing that I feel should be said about the translation is that a lot of people (although I am not stupid enough to say even 20% of the 100k people, but let's leave it at "a lot") purchased the Japanese version and imported it. They played it well before the translation patch with a guide in a text document.

That's how much people love this game; that's how little Nintendo cares.

uh those weren't girls...

So you're saying free news sources are good right? So am I! Good grief, I'm simply stating that there is a good reason to have a TV tuner... to watch the news. Perhaps not everyone can get to a local library everyday to read the paper. That leaves radio and TV for the most part. So why does your statement of "radio is cheaper" better or more acceptable or relevant than my statement that "TV has news as well"? You're arguing about something that needn't be argued about.

Yes, radio has news. Libraries have newspapers. But is it not also true to say that there is news available on the TV over the airwaves? And that's what the OP was "asking" about... TV and it's uses.

If you ask me both you and I put too much effort into this trollish post at the top of this thread :-)

I believe it. The OP suggested that he may be forgetting things on TV that are worthwhile, just in a snarky way. I provided an example.

I don't understand how what I said would imply these peole are illiterate or that I believe they are illiterate. It just means I think people may use the TV for more than reality television and police dramas.

Additionally, not everyone has the home paper delivered and I know several elderly (and not so elderly) people who rely on television for news because they do not receive the paper. That does not mean they cannot read, however.

Network television has news, and I watch my local news most days.

And the OP was asking if there was anything on TV that was important, and that could be... I provided an answer. I didn't say there weren't alternatives, but to simply suggest everything on TV is not worthwhile is silly.

Also, friends and co-workers aren't a good source of news... remember the "telephone" game from elementary school? :-D

Local news? National news? These are available in other places, but anyone watching network television over the airwaves is likely not going to have access to those other means (internet, for example).

You seem to care for someone who claims to not care. Otherwise you wouldn't take the time or go out of your way to find our if someone is an RIAA artist before deciding to purchase or not. And you are the exact person the RIAA is getting ripped off by (whether you think you are or not).

You are justifying their actions; they do not need to justify them any other way.

Are you sure you read the entire post? Poster is not sure exactly what the situation is with Verizon, but is sure there is a work around. Not that difficult to comprehend.

What I gathered from the post was that he wasn't exactly sure what the problem was with verizon, but the poster knows enough about computers and DSL to assumed (correctly) that there is a way to connect to the internet with Verizon and with Ubuntu.