I completely agree with you. The stupidest part of this while controversy is that pink slime is in no way "dangerous", as it simply consists of various trimmings from the cow (sinew,etc). The fact that this bothers people highlights a cultural hypocrisy in western society where we have no problem eating the muscles,…

The point is that it basically looks like Oblivion, with some shaders slapped on top.

I don't think you understand the point Alan is trying to make. Usenet is very well documented. Everyone who's anyone in the intellectual-property law business knows about it. It's been mentioned on and off in various popular media for years, without it's usage really fluctuating. The fact is, most people are too lazy…

Yeah, it definetly had all of the popular material (i.e mainstream movies, music, etc), but trying to find anything from more of niche area of interest (and no, I'm not referring to crazy sexual fetishes) was very difficult on Usenet.

I found Usenet to be disappointing. It had great speeds of course, but the "selection" was very limited, there wasn't a lot of content. This is a result of two problems:

One day you (might) come to your senses and stop purchasing ergonomic, aesthetically pleasing, yet overpriced, social dildos. It's really childish.

It's irritating how Greenpeace's actions are usually so narrowminded and targeted at the wrong people. Sure, Apple is contributing to environmental damage. Your plan for protesting them: Giving the employees at the store a shit day. Seriously, I bet one of the big suits sitting on the board of directors took one look…

I haven't heard of phones named after any sort of food (beside Chocolate), I think you're actually thinking about the Android OS name scheme, each release is nicknamed after a food, i.e Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, etc.

Only in Japan (/China)

Wow, at best all of the suggestions in the article might cut about one minute of time from the overall amount you spend trying to get through security. A majority of the time goes to waiting in huge lines, just standing and inching forward every few minutes, and hence an article on the matter is useless.

Pink slime is a beef-byproduct. It is not some kind of alien mind control chemical or something. Yes, it is unappetizing when you consider how it is produced, but so is it unappetizing to consider than what you were eating was once a living creature (I'm not a vegetarian, but most people in the western world have…

The key difference here is the dramatic difference in cost; whereas CDs were much cheaper to produce, ebooks cost the publisher almost nothing, literally. The only thing they have to pay is for the tiny amount of bandwidth used to transfer the book to the customer, probably somewhere near $0.001 per customer (a…

It should be far more than a dollar or two less (crazy grammar D:). The printed versions of books have several factors that reduce profits, such as purchasing the paper, printing the books, shipping them to stores, giving stores commisions, etc. The ebook costs the publisher virtually nothing to sell, and hence they…

I'm sorry, but I will not stop pirating ebooks until the price is brought far below $10 per ebook. In many cases that is about the same price as a printed book, and at best, just a little cheaper (maybe $5 tops). The fact that publishers are still charging printed-book prices for ebooks is just money-grubbing, as it…

The fact Heroes of Might and Magic 4 won't play in your installation of Win 7 is not likely to be a result of it being 64-bit. Most 64-bit OSes (including Windows XP x64, 7 x64, etc) provide a 32-bit compatibility layer of some sort. In the case of Windows 7, it has a subsystem dedicated to the task, and literally…

I've had the same experience. Linux is a great operating system(s), it's fast, very customizable, secure, and lightweight. However, unless you're looking to run a server, or really really need the security it provides, most people will find that they don't need it. You'll have to stick with Windows if you want to run…

Probably not, due to the fact that TVs are constantly being pumped onto the market, and since there are hundreds of models in common use at a time, there would not be a lot of appreciation for the work that would be required to reverse-engineer everything. It would be very difficult to do, and even if you managed it,…

You're definitely right. The difference is due to the fact that with composite cables (one yellow video cable), brightness and chrominance are merged into one signal, resulting in significant quality degradation. With component video, the video stream is broken down into 3 separate parts, allowing for much better use…

TOSLINK (optical) is actually superior to HDMI audio. The key difference is that digital data is still vulnerable to signal degradation (though it's much easier to compensate for with error correction algorithms) depending on the medium it's transferred over. As copper wire cables, HDMI is still vulnerable to…

Stress is not linked to Type 1 Diabetes. Type 1 is a result of a combination of genetic predisposition, and hypothetically a trigger of some sort (twin studies show that despite having identical DNA, some twins with diabetic heritage do not develop the disorder), though stress is unlikely to be a causal factor. Either…