Yeah, I've been thinking that the way they went out is a lot more perplexing now that the audit came up clean.

I'm a veteran. USAF 1992-1996. The government is taking our children and sending them half way around the world to kill people when it might make a few extra bucks for the oligarchs. There are lawful kill orders. There are unlawful kill orders. Both are carried out all day every day. No one signs up for infantry and is then surprised that it might mean shooting at people. NO ONE. I'm a veteran who tried to make the world a better place. It is much worse now. So I complain. The system is a fucking joke. You couldn't possibly be a bigger cunt.

See how effective that was?

I'm guessing that doesn't mean Digital Rights Management in this context?

I prefer Blizactard.

A moment of silence for boot, the last computer magazine to matter.

I loved playing drums on Rock Band, and I'm currently in love with Rocksmith. Based on the title, I thought this was some sequel to Rock Band that was going to allow multiplayer with real instruments.

Most people seem to respect information security. They would consider it unethical to hack into iTunes and download songs for free. It would be considered wrong by most to get Hulu Plus for free if a way was found. No one thinks you should be able to get into private Dropbox accounts and have access to any file at will. You certainly don't want your private IMs, txts, or e-mails published without your approval. Why is it then, that when the ACL becomes a written or verbal request instead of a matter of file permissions is that considered a different matter?

After my IT consulting company cratered under the weight of the economy, I got involved with an Energy Supply Company, that I will not spam you with. Now that I've gathered a few hundred customers, who are all given the option of having their bills go down using traditional energy sources or having their bills go up using Green-e Certified energy (wind power here in NY) exactly ZERO chose to pay an extra $0.02 per KWh to go green.

Is there really a difference? Isn't hyper-real just another word for fake? Is it possible to be fake in the wrong or right direction?

When my old TV finally gave up the magic smoke, I replaced it with a modern 240Hz LCD panel. The first show we watched on it was Lost. Everyone immediately said it looked fake. It was compared to a low budget History Channel documentary instead of a high budget network show. Within a week or two no one I lived with seemed to notice the difference any more. It was just different, therefore something for most people to complain about, until it became the new normal.

tooooooo the machine.

The current awesome sauce that powers the Home of the Future at Disney Land is LifeWare http://www.life-ware.com/ Right now it is all Windows Media Center based, and extremely expensive. They have however seen the error of their ways, and plan on being compatible with Linux and Mac OS in the future. More info here: http://www.life-ware.com/products/evolving-tech.php

Sell it. The 360 is made to play games, and none of the games out there seem to pique your interest. It'll do some other stuff, but it doesn't do any of them wonderfully. If you want a cheap yet robust media player set-top box, you want a Popcorn Hour C-200. It only plays media files, and it plays nearly every format under the sun. It won't play video games though.