That's a Rock Band pedal. The Guitar Hero pedal has a piezo sensor. The Rock Band pedal uses a magnet and a switch, which works like a light switch, operating such as in this video. The Guitar Hero pedal converts impact into electrical signals, which is only an instant one-time hit, which is why it can be activated…

Bing won 3 to 2. I was honestly surprised. I've never really used Bing. However, I don't like Bing's design as much as Google's.

I've never been to Starbucks. It intimidates me.

Windows Phone is the worst mobile OS. You have the least developer support, and the apps make the phone. The only reason I could see this being as cool as it's supposed to be is because of the native code support coming with Windows Phone 8. That might be what pushes Windows Phone into the running, again. Other than…

A Windows Phone is the coolest phone coming out this year? Yeah, okay.

MERICAAAAA WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ALL WE DO IS PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

That's not fair use, unless the content of the video is commenting on, analyzing, or parodying that 15-second clip. That whole "15 seconds is fair use" thing is a myth. That's why using any media, such as a picture, to promote your product without permission isn't fair use.

I thing Jalopnik did an article on how water cars are impossible, a few days ago.

I don't actually have a problem with forwards, but when I have to help my grandma with her computer, her inbox is consistently cluttered with those stupid e-mails full of embedded images that have never been funny. I'm glad that Thunderbird crashes every time she tries to forward an e-mail, so I don't have to read…

Am I the only one who has never used Street View for anything besides "HEY, GRANDMA, LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO WITH COMPUTERS?"

WWWWWHAT. WHAAAAAT. I DID NOT KNOW THIS. THAT'S FUCKING AWESOME. The lack of quicksaving in console games is one of the big things I cited when talking about how much I enjoy PC gaming over console gaming.

If I understand correctly, the Vita will run Android apps in an Android environment, requiring only asset modifications.

This does not work on the Steam version.

Even if that is the case, turn down the resolution.

Maybe it makes sense for whoever actually uses the iPad as a game console?

I don't think you understand what you're replying to.

I completely agree.

Clever, but really terribly designed.

Or I could buy my grandma a regular laptop and let her save several hundreds of dollars. Oh, wait, that's exactly what I did.

There is no Costco anywhere near where I live, as far as I know.