Posted 11/04/2009 at 02:27:30am

Nobody's going to point out that this was posted yesterday?

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/illegal_music_downloaders_spend_most_music

Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:56:08pm

I totally agree.  Stealing is stealing, whether they go on to buy music or not.  The implication here seems to be that if these people stopped stealing music, they would also stop buying music...which doesn't seem to make much sense.  Or, is it that we should allow people to steal music because they will subsequently buy more music?  Either way, it sounds like shaky logic.

Posted 10/23/2009 at 10:55:10am

The middle paragraph of this article, that is a quote from the Review Board, is stating that they object to so much violence against the common infected, who look very much like regular people. Not so much of a problem is violence against "clearly fictional" characters like the special infected. The subsequent mockery implies that they said there wasn't enough differentiation between the special infected and regular people.

I'm very much opposed to such heavy handed censorship, and think that the Review Board deserves some healthy mocking, but you should at least mock the point that they're actually making. 

It seems to me that the government serves the people, and if Australians would voice their discontent at ridiculous censorship like this, they government would get the message.

Posted 10/16/2009 at 10:10:43pm

(meant as a reply to the comment below mine...but something went wrong) 

Didn't Will Smith just replace his iPhone a couple of months ago--with another iPhone?  Or did I miss something?

iPhone doesn't run Android, btw.

But the G1 does.  I've got one and I love it! 

Posted 10/15/2009 at 06:19:49pm

Quote: "Android 1.6 (which still isn't out yet) is referred to as Donut."

Isn't out yet?  That's very surprising, since T Mobile started sending it out to G1 owners about two weeks ago.

Posted 10/02/2009 at 03:11:56pm

All Verizon plans have unlimited mobile to mobile calling included, and they have for years.  In fact, it's the first thing touted on the "plans" page of the Verizon Wireless website.

Posted 09/20/2009 at 07:22:59am

HAHAHAHAHA. Fort Loudon, PA is about five miles from where I grew up.  It's no surprise at all that a criminal this stupid came out of that place.  

Seriously?  "I'm robbing this house, but I think I'll check out some facebook before I go?"  How dumb can you get? 

Posted 09/16/2009 at 10:44:52pm

Thanks very much for this article!  I've had a G1 since Feb and I'm really really digging it.  Everytime Will Smith is on the podcast talking about how his iPhone broke and Apple told him to go fuck himself, I'm even more thankful for my G1 and all of it's included awesomeness.

I've been thinking for a while about rooting, but wasn't sure there was a really compelling reason to do so.  I didn't realize it had become so easy, though, so I'm thinking I might just go ahead and give it a shot!

Thanks again! 

Posted 09/03/2009 at 12:39:38am

The content of your post drastically undermines your claim of "I am a developer and write."  

Posted 08/27/2009 at 01:22:01pm

I like how you put "rights" in quotation marks as if you meant it sarcastically.

Also, can you seriously believe that the word "marriage" "has meant what it does since the existence of human beings"?  You're asserting that when the first humans were forming the first language (which certainly wasn't English, FYI) that on the top of their "To Do" list was create the word "marriage", and give it an unchangeable definition that would stand for the rest of the existence of humanity.   You're also asserting that no culture ever in human history has defined "marriage" as anything other than the union of a man and a woman.  Are you disregarding the existence of bigamy? polygamy? Do you realize that same sex marriage has existed previously in human history?

So, not only has "marriage" not had an unchanged definition "since the existence of human beings", but words in English change their meanings all the time--despite the argument that we can't go changing the definition of marriage, for some reason.  English is a very flexible language that is constantly evolving.  How many words are used to describe the computer you're sitting in front of right now, that had different meanings 50 years ago?

Finally, you say, "I'm against people calling me an idiot."  Well, so am I.  But if I went around saying that the term "BFFs" had been around since the beginning of humanity and had never changed its definition, and that all homosexuals could only eat steaks if they were willing to call them "edible meat slabs", then I'd expect people to make comments.

Now, all that being said, the point of this article was not to discuss gay marriage, but rather to discuss gamers' stance on whether or not games are actually an art form.  Way to miss the point with your knee jerk reaction.