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1. Comment - Lala whistles a happy, DRM-free tune

   (Oct 23, 2008 - 2:32 PM)

   dkratter: I'd go for HuLala. That one is fun to say.

2. Comment - Lala whistles a happy, DRM-free tune

   (Oct 23, 2008 - 2:32 PM)

   I'm very impressed! The service sounds great. Now if they could just do something about the price and get it down to around 1/2 or so.

3. Comment - Gates gives first hints 'Windows 7' beta cycle could begin soon

   (May 13, 2008 - 5:09 PM)

   "be lower power" as in lower power than the sun.
   "take less memory" as in it will theoretically run on less memory but in order for it to be livable you'll actually need to double the amount.
   "be more efficient" as compared to a guru sitting on top of a frozen mountain using an abacus.
   
   Those are my predictions for the next version of windows. If they actually manage to succeed on any one of those goals in a meaningful way I will be surprised, shocked, and awed. I would be glad to be wrong here.
   
   Vista was such a huge disappointment. I really hope that their next operating system is truly more efficient, requires less power (processor/graphics), and less memory than Windows XP while being better functionally speaking. That would be a major milestone.

4. Comment - After FCC hearing turns into circus act, NY subpoenas Comcast records

   (Feb 28, 2008 - 10:59 AM)

   "Hate to break it to ya, but consumers don't *need* cable internet, no matter how badly they want it."
   
   Wow. You are naive. I am a consumer. I need internet access to run my home based business, shop for parts, and as a consumer I *NEED* the internet to buy about 50% of my monthly goods / services.
   
   I save time by paying bills online. My time is valuable whether I am spending it with my family or working on a web development project that rakes in a few thousand dollars a year.
   
   I save a TON of money buying things online. Our local stores have a horrendous markup on goods and horrible selection. How about you tell my son that his father doesn't need to internet to find out which car seats are the safest.
   
   That brings me to research: Sure, I could have gone to the local "BestBuy" to get a satellite radio... and it would have cost me $200 more than buying radio and accessories online. You tell me I don't need to save money? Wow! I don't know what to say to such blinding ignorance.
   
   I have caught 3 separate cases where my credit card info had been stolen and used fraudulently online. If I had waited the weeks for a paper bill to arrive instead of monitoring my credit card history online the crooks would have stolen even more money. 1 Credit card number got stolen at walmart. There was a huge scandal in this town where Sams and Walmart had a huge batch of customers that had their credit card info stollen. I was one of them. 1 Credit card number got stollen while I was out of town. It had to have happened at a restaurant or other place where the crook(s) had physical access to the card for a short period of time. The third time it happened I have no idea how they got it...possibly a website that was compromised because I shop online a lot. Shopping online has been just as safe as shopping in person.
   
   So tell me again, pc_*TOOL*, how I don't need cable internet? I don't have time to waste waiting for a slow internet connection. Cable internet saves me money each month in terms of time, productivity, and it helps me produce some extra income so I can afford "extras" like satellite radio.
   
   I do have time to try and enlighten someone and perhaps someone else won't be swayed by your unfounded assertion that consumers don't need cable internet. If something else high speed was available at all locations I would be inclined to agree with you on a very small part of what you said, but since cable is the only thing available in many places, you are way off base.

5. Comment - After FCC hearing turns into circus act, NY subpoenas Comcast records

   (Feb 28, 2008 - 10:47 AM)

   Bullcrap. They block uploads on bit torrent clients under a number of configurations. Their sandvine software sends a fake reset packet which forges a disconnect at the client or other side of the connection or both.
   
   Torrents I tried to upload were never "delayed" or "slowed down"...they came to a screeching halt!!! I would understand if they throttled the connection a little bit for short periods of time. If they delay it, that implies that the connection comes back or speeds back up. That never happened.
   
   I hate comcast. I would vote with my money in a heart beat if there was ANY other reasonable high speed provider in my area. I had been paying for their "premium" internet service...I canceled that crap and went back down to their basic one when they started blocking connections.