Comment Article Title (Score 5, Funny) 252
Philips Unveils Sexy Urban Beehive Concept
I'll admit... it's entirely possible that I don't understand the meaning of that word.
Comment Re:This is what happens. (Score 1) 196
This is what happens when businesses and government consider "intellectual property" to be a great base for an economy.
Why wouldn't they think that? Seems like there's a lot of people making a lot of money in litigation.
Comment Re:Let's not go overboard (Score 1) 171
The problem is that the moment such a filter is implemented, organizations that already use other methods to get rid of images they don't approve, will demand such filter to be enabled on their whim, without allowing people to opt out.
As long as the organization's you are referring to are not ISP's then I'm fine with this too. If you're on someone else's equipment (eg: work), you are subject to their rules.
Comment Wikipedia isn't censoring images... (Score 1) 171
they are giving you the option to censor images. I think that's a fairly large distinction.
Comment Re:No sports on Netflix (Score 1) 574
Not just ESPN... in fact, not espn at all. You're pretty much screwed on just about any live sporting event. I would've given up cable long ago if not for this fact.
Comment EA = Monopoly (Score 1) 64
EA is better off putting out roster updates. They practically own a monopoly on sports games (particularly the Madden series), and whenever they put out a new "feature", it's usually more-or-less something that benefits them and hurts the consumer. I'm sick of buying half a game, and EA is one of the biggest offenders IMO.
Comment Pleading the 5th (Score 1) 887
With a warrant, they should be able to decrypt your laptop... but I certaintly wouldn't help them do it. Isn't there something in the constitution about not having to implicate yourself?
Facebook Announces Video Calling With Skype 102
An anonymous reader writes "As rumored and anticipated, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced video calling, powered by Skype. The company also revealed other chat improvements, including an option to see the friends you message most and group chat, and confirmed that it now has 750 million users."
Comment Re:Real Power Buttons (Score 2) 662
But how will the government know what you're doing if your device is turned off?
Comment Re:US employs 80,000 prisoners for labor (Score 1) 313
"There are presently 80,000 inmates in the US employed in commercial activity, some earning as little as 21 cents an hour."
Well, they do get free room and board.
Comment not a whole lot of money (Score 2) 418
100,000 dollars really isn't that much money.
Comment Re:"Open Media" (Score 1) 201
I think you're missing the point here. I don't think the point is really about DRM or openness. I think the major point is Android. I buy my music off of Amazon, but it would be nice to have a way of syncing my device the same way iPhone users do. I know there are a few applications out there to do it, but like you already pointed out, none of them are nearly as polished as iTunes. Anything close and I'll probably give their tool a shot.
Comment PS3 (Score 1) 1162
Blu-ray is the only feature Sony hasn't taken out of my Playstation 3.
Comment Eject the floppy (Score 1) 73
Non-system disk or disk error.
Replace and strike any key when ready
wtf?
wtf?
Comment Weather (Score 2) 110
So what you're really telling me is - they can tell me its raining on Titan, but I can't seem to get reliable weather forcasts here.
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