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Rambus still around, sues NVIDIA for patent infringement {Engadget}
Jul 11th 2008 9:06AM My HP bought from Walmart in '98-'99 works fine too, except for gaming. Imagine that. Must be that awesome Walmart-y sheen. Obviously that's the only reason why a computer would still be operating at optimal performance almost a decade later.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with taking proper care of it and removing any and all bloatware. Yeah.
Thanks HP and Walmart for giving me an awesome computer that could have done (some) gaming had it only had an actual video card. You're the best!
Future Shop offers trade-in credit for HD DVD players, will donate old decks to charity {Engadget}
Mar 7th 2008 1:25PM Let's try again, now that I know Engadget doesn't like lesser-than signs.
Customers would be spending 100$ more to be able to play the movies they already bought.
(600-100=500>400)
Unless the customer has less than 100$ in HDDVD movies/media, I think it's a pretty good deal for everyone involved.
(500 [is lesser than] 400+150$ in BR movies)
If you don't want to take them up on their completely (unnecessary, non-compulsory) deal, that's your prerogative. But stfu.
Future Shop offers trade-in credit for HD DVD players, will donate old decks to charity {Engadget}
Mar 7th 2008 1:21PM Customers would be spending 100$ more to be able to play the movies they already bought.
(600-100=500>400)
(500
Sleep.FM brings social networking to the alarm clock -- forgets to ask why? {Engadget}
Dec 12th 2007 12:27PM It's perhaps poetic in nature, but I heartily disagree with the content. I've never had such a bad morning that I actually wanted to be ensconced in my cubicle (which happens to be a disgusting beige-pink). And "release of work"? In a cubicle? Maybe it you happen to LOVE your job.
Overall the whole sentiment seems to be misplaced. But "gray and death-accented" is nice phrasing (the only salvageable part, unless you're easily seduced by words like 'fitful'.)
(No offense to the author, I just disagree with the gushing.)
House overwhelmingly passes SAFE Act on obscene images -- Ron Paul dissents to save us from ourselves? {Engadget}
Dec 6th 2007 3:53PM Personally, I'd rather have GA and TX be able to make whatever laws they want if it means that MA, NY, and CA get to do the same. If you don't like your state's legislature, move. Eventually they might get the picture.
Those who are afraid of what states would do without federal intervention obviously aren't paying attention to what the feds are TRYING to do that NO ONE can intervene with (if it passes). And since all the Reps and Dems are just voting for whatever has a good title these days, trying to please everyone, I'd rather have states control everything. I might be able to help fire the governor. President/Senator is much more difficult.
House overwhelmingly passes SAFE Act on obscene images -- Ron Paul dissents to save us from ourselves? {Engadget}
Dec 6th 2007 3:24PM Again, since these are out of context, I can't make 100% truthful translations of them.
"Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."
Or, reworded for the ignorant "Going by DC's (ridiculous) criminal justice system, 95% of the cities criminals are blacks". Now, since I'm literate, I read that as "DC's c.j.s. is, probably unfairly, persecuting its black civilians."
"Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action."
This one's trickier, since there is absoluately no context and no belying vocabulary. My take? "I (Ron Paul) define 'sensible government' as maintaining a free market, individual liberty, and the end of welfare and affirmative action. Therefore, (3rd party) opinion polls consistently show that about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions." Dumbing it down further... "Only about 5% of blacks, as poll resultes show, share my (Ron Paul's) political opinions." I grant you it could have been worded a little clearer/politically correct.
"If you have ever been robbed by a black teenaged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be."
This is just a statement of experience, as far as I can see. Maybe he's never been robbed by a white teenager, or a Mexican one. If he had, perhaps his statement would reflect _that_ experience. I can't really speculate anything else; no context.
"By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government."
Statement of political opinion. Many Americans believe that the Israeli government gets overly-preferential treatment. That being said, I don't know much about their lobbying and therefore cannot attest/speculate any further.
on the israel-lebanon war:
"It is very clear, reading this resolution objectively, that all the terrorists are on one side and all the victims and the innocents are on the other side. I find this unfair, particularly considering the significantly higher number of civilian casualties among Lebanese civilians."
Sigh. Why are people still illiterate in this day and age. "Based on an objective reading of this resolution, it would seem that all of the terrorists [Lebonese] and all of the innocents/victims [Israelis] are on opposing sides. This seems unfair, especially considering the significantly higher number of civilian casualties among the 'terrorists' (Lebonese)." Dumbing it down more: "This resolution says that all of the Lebonese are terrorists and all of the Israelis are innocents or victims. Which seems unlikely, as the Lebonese have higher civilian casualties."
ron on the seperation of church and state:
"The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance. Throughout our nation’s history, churches have done what no government can ever do, namely teach morality and civility. Moral and civil individuals are largely governed by their own sense of right and wrong, and hence have little need for external government. This is the real reason the collectivist Left hates religion: Churches as institutions compete with the state for the people’s allegiance, and many devout people put their faith in God before their faith in the state. Knowing this, the secularists wage an ongoing war against religion, chipping away bit by bit at our nation’s Christian heritage. Christmas itself may soon be a casualty of that war."
This is just a statement of logic. Any entities of power are going to vie against each other. Religion claims God surpasses the state, and since you can't really argue against that, secular government tries to more directly undermine religion's authority by limiting its interactions. Nothing in there says that he is _for_ the Christianization of our federal government. It just expresses that he believes the founding fathers wanted Christianity in the government, which I happen to disagree with. Churches are more successful at teaching morals and civility---that is, after all, part of their purpose, whereas it is not part of the government.
(I, for one, welcome the destruction of Christmas as a holiday.)
In summary, if you're illiterate, you probably don't like Ron Paul.
House overwhelmingly passes SAFE Act on obscene images -- Ron Paul dissents to save us from ourselves? {Engadget}
Dec 6th 2007 3:02PM Sound bite politics are only helping the government hide things. Way to take quotes out of context and use them as you see fit without providing full-text source information so that readers have to trust that you've represented him truthfully.
Providing sound bites only helps gloss over personal stances. People who take them as solid representations of entire philosophy are too lazy/busy/uncurious to actually take the time to even consider thinking about an issue thoroughly.
In other words, fuck your quotes, sir. ronpaul2008.com for Ron Paul's policies.
WSJ: Google preparing $4.6 Billion or more for slice of 700MHz spectrum {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2007 10:04AM The only reason I can see Verizon, AT&T, whatever else is out there these days getting in on this action is because they know they're going to be losing customers hand over fist due to its openness.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070731-fcc-sets-700mhz-auction-rules-limited-open-access-no-wholesale-requirement.html
If one of the big mobile companies win... I can't expect what will happen. I'm sure they'll find some way to screw us all anyway. If Google wins, everybody wins -- they already have a precedent of not screwing their customers.
When it comes down to it, I'd rather have Google running the country than the Republicans or the Democrats. At least they know how to listen to what people want and follow through.
AMD sued by worker whose child has birth defects {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2007 11:24AM "The youth is Ryan Ruiz who turned 16 on Oct. 31. His mother, Maria Ruiz, worked in AMD's Fab 14 clean room from 1988 to 2002, according to a statement issued on behalf of attorney's working on behalf of the Ruiz family."
From another information source. Easily found by searching for "maria ruiz amd" in Google. Before making snarky comments based off a blog snippet, you might want to investigate the claims so you know that you're RIGHT and not just annoying.
In the battle of 1TB drives, nobody wins {Engadget}
Nov 8th 2007 10:20AM DVDs are also far more destructible than HDDs. They scratch much easier, even if you do take good care of them. On the other hand, I've put a lot of data and use on a 7-8 year hard drive and only just a few months ago retired it. It never spontaneously erased anything (user error not withstanding).
And having 400 gb of movies and music are much easier accessed when they're available at your fingertips, rather than tucked away on DVDs that you have to sort and physically handle.
Just a silly comment overall, I think.
