N1XRR - Slashdot User

Comment Re:As Usual, I Don't Get It (Score 1) 226

by N1XRR on Thursday September 09, 2010 @11:47AM (#33522820) Attached to: GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room

It doesn't seem to me that the delivery mechanism as big a deal as what product is being delivered. My fancy-schmancy digital-HD cable box with DVR and on-demand programming and bagels with cream cheese delivers over 500 channels of unmitigated crap. Hell, if it weren't for BBC America (Top Gear & Dr Who), I wouldn't watch anything at all. How is having an JobsBox or a GoogleFlooby going to change that? I'm going to spend my time watching YouTube? Really? That's the big plan? YouTube?? What am I missing?

Top Gear is available on iTunes for purchase (for a reasonable price), and also available in torrent form from a large Top Gear-oriented website. I suspect you can find Dr. Who in the same fashion. Imagine if the cable companies where to take all the bandwidth current digital/analog signals take up and go 100% IP based distribution. Speed increase much?

Comment Re:Might explain my crashes (Score 1) 422

by N1XRR on Monday August 02, 2010 @10:47AM (#33110232) Attached to: Is <em>StarCraft II</em> Killing Graphics Cards?

I'm using a new Mac Mini, same problem.

California's Santa Clara County Bans Happy Meal Toys 756

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @02:54PM from the when-self-righteousness-attacks dept.

WrongSizeGlass writes "The L.A. Times is reporting that Santa Clara County officials have voted to ban toys and other promotions that restaurants offer with high-calorie children's meals. 'This ordinance prevents restaurants from preying on children's love of toys' to sell high-calorie, unhealthful food, said Supervisor Ken Yeager, who sponsored the measure. 'This ordinance breaks the link between unhealthy food and prizes.' Supervisor Donald Gage, who voted against the measure, said, 'If you can't control a 3-year-old child for a toy, God save you when they get to be teenagers.' The vote was 3 - 2 in favor of the ban."

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