My Comments | Maximum PC

Geek Tested:

All Posted Comments for FrancesTheMute

LIES! on Valve's November Hardware Survey Shows Gamers Prefer Intel, Nvidia. Also, The Sky is Blue

Posted 12/16/2008 at 10:27:46pm

LIES! the sky is not blue, it's a putrid shade of burnt umbar...... I'm close to the norm: Intel, nVidia but I run Vista x64 ...

I hope that since Vodaphone on Google Android Gets 14 New Backers

Posted 12/10/2008 at 02:10:21pm

I hope that since Vodaphone is on there that we can include Verizon Wireless on that list. ...

Why are people still on 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008: Spore Takes Top Honors

Posted 12/10/2008 at 02:06:12pm

Why are people still pirating GTA San Andreas? I got it from Steam a couple months back when they had the entire GTA PC library (minus GTA 4, of course) for like $20 ...

if someone was to challenge on New Evidence Alludes to Google OS

Posted 12/10/2008 at 01:52:53pm

if someone were to challenge the 800-lb gorilla that is Microsoft in the OS department, Google would probably be the ones to do it. If they could make a Google OS that's got a very small footprint, ...

"Something that was worth on Open Source, the Destroyer of Software?

Posted 11/25/2008 at 04:34:19pm

"Something that was worth $5K last year is suddenly worth $0 because the free version is just as good as the paid"Then that should be the motivation you need to create something better so th ...

I used to use Plextor on Plextor Awakens from Slumber, Announces New Optical Drives

Posted 11/25/2008 at 12:04:12pm

I used to use Plextor exclusively. I hope they haven't forgotten how to make quality optical drives in their hiatus. ...

I'll take two! on SGI's Molecule Supercomputer Concept Packs 10,000 Atom Processors

Posted 11/20/2008 at 07:05:37pm

I'll take two! ...

funny, isn't most of this on Vista SP2 Beta Due This Week, Will Include Better Desktop Search

Posted 10/27/2008 at 05:43:23pm

funny, isn't most of this stuff already available as downloads from Windows Update? That and Windows Search 4.0 sucks ass, but I guess anything is better than the craptastic search in Vista. ...

I have never really tried on Has RSS Reached Its Peak With Only 11% User Adoption?

Posted 10/21/2008 at 07:07:55pm

I have never really tried using Feeds, and never really saw the point. I only have about 10 sites that I check regularly every day, and I don't really care if I miss a few articles here and there. ...

seems like their biggest on Wikia, Wikipedia's For-Profit Spin-Off, Lays Off 30% of Its Staff

Posted 10/21/2008 at 07:00:42pm

seems like their biggest problem is advertising, considering the first time I ever heard of Wikia was today when I read this article. ...

00110011 00110100 00110000 on IP Addresses to Run Out By 2010: Vint "Internet's Daddy" Cerf

Posted 09/30/2008 at 07:05:29pm

00110011 00110100 00110000 00100000 01110100 01110010 01101001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00101100 00100000 01110100 01110010 01101001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00 ...

agreed. I'm all for on Gaming Roundup 9/3/08: Sex, Drugs, and Heroism

Posted 09/04/2008 at 01:45:31pm

agreed. I'm all for in-game advertising if it will mean the companies pushing the ads are helping pay for the development of the games, and therefore lead to games costing less. Or, have 2 differe ...

I'm probably wrong about on Exclusive: We Build the First Nehalem System. Don't Tell Intel!

Posted 08/06/2008 at 11:53:25am

I'm probably wrong about this, but I get the impression that the nForce 200 will be an addition to the board, not a replacement for the X58. I envision it to be akin to putting a separate SATA RAID ...

I'm curious why you don't on Exclusive: We Build the First Nehalem System. Don't Tell Intel!

Posted 08/06/2008 at 11:50:26am

I'm curious why you don't like the SATA port placement? Personally I think it looks fine, far to the right, nothing blocking it and not that stupid horizontally placed ones that they show on the penr ...