Finally! The voice of reason speaks! The writers got hired to write. They make a certain amount for what they write. They DO NOT own the rights to anything, be it "their creation" or not so they are not entitled to anything additional when it comes to new avenues of distribution.

I think that is only acceptable in defense of Brannigan's Law.

I find it sad that most of these posts completely ignored "we don't have all the facts". We have no idea what the officer who fired was faced with when the door went down. You are all spouting off a bunch of crap about how the officer shouldn't have jumped to the conclusion that they guy was armed all the while jumping to your own conclusion that he wasn't. It is a shame that the kid had to die, yes. But that doesn't mean it was avoidable.

Wait until all of the information is in, ok?

And please. Enough with the juvenile little "typical American" BS. It got old a very long time ago.

As to Pal's statement:

"Everyone will now arm themselves when they wait in line for the PlaySation 4 so that they can shoot the robber before the robber shoots them - all for a video game console."

The robber is not being shot over a video game console. He is being shot for trying to rob someone. Don't blame the response without first examining the cause.

Not to turn this discussion into a gun control debate, but I would be very interested in seeing the gun related crimes stats broken out by areas that allow open carry, concealed carry or no carry. How likely do you think it would be for a mugger to approach a line of armed people vs. one in which no one was armed?

Sadly KerryB you are right that by and large humans are not up to the challenge of being armed, but until you can get rid of ALL guns, those of us who intend to use them to protect ourselves and others must be allowed to keep them.

alf: right there with you!

"Yo word up fellas and filet. I work at CompUSA and I sell the extended warranties and I really think they are a wise idea for example Laptops with our warranty you also get a battery replacement so even if nothing goes wrong you still get a battery
also accidental screen damage. But aside from that I would defiantly recommended it on peripherals because I use it all the time and I tell you how to use it properly

Example: Video Card, When I first started i bought a cheap video card I bought "TAP" (our extended warranty) on it then next month I "TAP replaced" it for a new better one I did this at my leisure until now i have a 7950gt which i will be trading for a 8800 when I get paid. Keep in mind you do have to pay the difference
and buy the warranty again but its a good upgrade plan plus if they don't carry your card anymore (they usually carry it for 6 months) they give you in-store credit you just need to ask!

PS of course AppleCare is A good Idea Apple Takes Good Care Of Their Warranty Buyers

"

Was this even English?? One of the reasons I have never bought an extended warranty is because more often than not the punk trying to sell it to me speaks like this guy. I would be more inclined to buy one if the salesperson was not a gibberish speaking, lying scumbag looking to screw me.

Of course Apple isn't going to care how many times you install their OS. It will only work on THEIR hardware. If you could install OSX on any and every machine that you stumbled across you had better believe Apple would handle their licensing differently. Windows can do just that and so they have to be stricter with how, where and on what you can install their software.

And, I am willing to bet that it is that same universal compatibility that causes all of the much maligned problems with security and stability when it comes to Windows OSes. If Microsoft only had to worry about compatibility with one hardware configuration the BSOD would never have been seen. So we will see how secure and stable and wonderful MacOS is when they no longer restrict the hardware it is run on.

Tom: What a silly thing to say. Just because someone wants to leave their iPod in their pocket or what have you, doesn't mean they only want the functionality of a shuffle all the time. Personally I would love something like this for when I am motorcycling. iPod stays safely in the tank bag. When I get to my destination I can then take it out and use any other features. Can't do that with a shuffle! Of course, this still wouldn't work as it is not waterproof. Good thing another company makes a waterproof one!

Maybe there is some confusion here. When they say "we don't offer support..." it could be meaning that they won't help you when it breaks. You have to call the device manufacturer for that. All the cable companies are required by law to do is ensure that the card they provide works with the device you own. That is as far as their responsibility goes, no? If you have a VCR that suddently stops working while you are recording the latest American Idol, are you going to call the cable company about it? I know the VCR scenario isn't the most apt, but it will do for now. What say you all?