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Comment Good Thing (Score 1) 192

Good thing we extended that date. I mean, we wouldn't want the American people to be without their television. That could mean that people might actually go outside and do things, or do stuff around the house, or go on vacations, or go out and look for a job because they just got laid off. These would have been serious problems. But it's been solved now. Our government is looking out for our TV watching rights.

Comment Re:The new Sirius lineup (Score 1) 397

I have XM. When they did the channel update, I was shocked. I got an email later that morning explaining there was an update. They waited till AFTER they made the change to let people know. And it really ticks me that they changed all the names. When I would tell people that I listen to "Ethel," they'd inquire and want to know more, like why there was Ethel, Lucy, Fred, etc. Now it's just "Alternate Nation" and the interest is gone. As my girlfriend says, it "Siriusly sucks" (TM).
Software

Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork 1104

paleshadows writes "Pidgin, the premier multi-protocol instant messaging client, has been forked. This is the result of a heated, emotional, and very interesting debate over a controversial new feature: As of version 2.4, the ability to manually resize the text input area has been removed; instead, it automatically resizes depending on how much is typed. It turns out that this feature, along with the uncompromising unwillingness of the developers to provide an option to turn it off, annoys the bejesus of very many users. One comment made by a Professor that teaches "Collaboration in an Open Source World" argued that 'It's easy to see why open source developers could develop dogmas. [...] The most dangerous dogma is the one exhibited here: the God feature. "One technological solution can meet every possible user-desired variation of a feature." [...] You [the developers] are ignoring the fan base with a dedication to your convictions that is alarmingly evident to even the most unobservant of followers, and as such, you are demonstrating that you no longer deserve to be in the position of servicing the needs of your user base.'" Does anyone besides me find this utterly ridiculous?
Displays

The End of Non-Widescreen Laptops? 668

Santi Onta writes "Today Lenovo retired the last NON-widescreen laptop they offered (the T61 14.1) from the market, and Lenovo is just an example (Apple, Sony, HP, etc. are the same). I understand the motivation behind all the laptop manufacturers to move to widescreen: they can still advertise that they offer 14.1 or 15.4 screens, but the screen area is smaller, and thus they save more money. Some people might like widescreens (they are useful for some tasks), but any developer knows that vertical space matters! Less vertical space = less lines of code in the screen = more scrolling = less productivity. How can laptop manufacturers still claim that they look after their customers when the move to widescreens is clearly a selfish one? I just wish they offered non-widescreen laptops, even if it were for a plus (that I'd be more than happy to pay)." I've always preferred the widescreen aspect ratio -- vertical matters, but having two nice wide columns always mattered more to me. Until this reader's submission, I hadn't realized that it was such a contested issue. Does this matter?

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