Posted 11/02/2009 at 01:48:25am

Putting a dollar figure on art is the crux of the problem.

What is the value of a song?

Let the artist decide. THEY are the ones who should be rebelling against The Music Industry, not the listeners.

Distribute the song yourself through Teh Intarwebz, set up your own recording sessions and do it your way. Don't jump on board the Gravy Train promising instant success.

Most true artists are flattered when their craft is appreciated. Most true artists will create whether or not there is money in it. 

Posted 10/16/2009 at 11:34:34am

There's three comments in pcsalemaster's feedback indicating that he's in Hong Kong, rather than in Ontario.

Thankfully I preordered back when the OS was offered half-price.

Posted 10/10/2009 at 12:25:01pm

No.

Posted 07/30/2009 at 04:31:57am

I do see your point, and I totally agree with you. I was underwhelmed when I saw the Dream Machine for this year - but I understand what the editor's point is. I get it, times are tough all over and people's dreams are more in line with reality. Besides which, there's so much krazy krap out there right now (oil-immersion rigs, near-zero Kelvin cooling, thousands of radically different case designs) that throwing out a Dream Machine encased in a magical talking crystal orb that floats above my desk and heats my morning Pop-Tarts wouldn't seem that out of control. My personal reality is that I build a computer for myself once every five years and don't spend more than a thousand on it, and certainly not all at once - this is a luxury hobby for me.

I would love to have $3500 in disposable income to build my dream system and not feel guilty that I didn't spend it on my wife and son and everything those two people imply. 

Posted 07/30/2009 at 04:09:51am

Well holy poop, I've been reading the title wrong all this time. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
Speaking of reading, I'd like to introduce a word I learned in tenth-grade English: it's called a theme. The theme of this year's Dream Machine is centred around the recession, in that the recession has made some people's dreams a bit more grounded. You know, because they're frickin' poor, now.
Oh, and congratulations on completely missing my point, which is that there is no maximum you can spend on a computer these days...I could blow fifty grand on the case alone, not to mention the liquid helium tanks I would require on a daily basis to maintain my 7ghz oc.
There is maximum, and then there is gaudy excess.  

Posted 07/30/2009 at 03:11:32am

1) I'd like to see some benches with the fourth core unlocked on the 720 - I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet.

2) I live in Victoria, BC and got my issue today...so you guys living down south who haven't got their issues yet, take it out on your local postal service rather than showing us your tear-filled eyes and trembling lips.

3) To those guys going off about how the Dream Machine falls short: smarten up.

There is no limit to the amount of money you could dump out to get The Ultimate Computing Experience - no water cooling? Pfeh. Water cooling is so 2005 - where's the LHe pot? No gold-plated chassis with lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl inlays and airbrushed artwork so awe inspiring it produces spontaneous orgasms upon viewing? Whatever.  $3500 to spend on computer hardware is plenty dreamy for me.

Posted 07/24/2009 at 09:53:30pm

Obvioustroll doesn't deserve calm reasoning and logic, Will. He deserves the taste of the back of your hand.

Word of the day: Backpfeifengesicht (German). Means: A face badly in need of a fist. (Stolen from Cracked.com)

Posted 05/10/2009 at 12:43:24am

I'm Canadian too, and I've tried watching streaming video from the States - I don't know if my ping is too high or what, but I hate it. Too choppy.

I dl all my shows from isohunt. If I didn't, I'd find myself watching crap like American Idolatry, instead of, say, ALL EIGHTEEN SEASONS OF THE SIMPSONS whenever I want. Or the first season of In Treatment. Or Battlestar Galactica. Or Rumpole of the Bailey. Or the Prisoner. Or Breaking Bad. Or any of the hundreds of movies out there.

No commercials, either.

Posted 12/15/2008 at 08:21:37pm

FFox blocked access to the site...EPIC WIN.

Posted 12/04/2008 at 12:59:31am

I dl'ed the GTA series (pre-IV) from Steam when it was cheap, and let me tell you, all the games were buggy pieces of crap. I was really looking forward to playing Vice City again on the PC, but with all the crashes and glitches, it totally ruined it.

Bad coding is bad coding - get your sh*t together, Rockstar!