@jargy1: Then you missed the point of RBN. It's not going to get the big names you already know. It's going to get the bands who need and want exposure through a new avenue, and hopefully there are enough open-minded people willing to hear something new that the platform will be successful.

@VincentGrey: MS gets this first (and its full-fledged form, permanently exclusively) because of their indie developer infrastructure that was already in place. PS3 and Wii have nothing to support the developer-side process that the RBN system is based on.

@monkeyesq: Public, yes, but not automatically linked to people before you've even started. I'm fairly sure none of this would be an issue if Google hadn't made the decision to wordlessly connect everyone with an @gmail.com address to you before you even knew Buzz existed. That's where people are uneasy about it.

@priest001: Hey, that's a great word. Did you come up with that yourself?

@monkeyesq: That's the thing, though, public sharing should probably always be opt-IN, not opt-OUT. I'm not hyper-sensitive to these issues, but I can absolutely see how it feels much safer to be in control from the beginning than to undo what's been done on your behalf without your input.

Not a mistake, Boxxy is on the Polish national curling squad.

@layabout: 99% of the time, a proud proclamation of ignorance is a tremendous pet peeve of mine.

"It's different. It was like 7 on 7," NFC linebacker Brian Orakpo said. "Everybody came out here trying not to get hurt and give the fans a good show."

Ball Don't Lie, Elaborate

Off-topic, but holy do I love the difference between the Gizmodo commenting midnight shift (intelligent, thought-out, rational), and the morning-and-midday slugs (RENAME IT TWATTER LOL). Comments here about Twitter have never been so coherent and interesting, I really enjoyed reading this thread. Bravo, pre-3AM…

So Chris Cooley is Deadspin's lawyer now? I'll be damned.

@Matt Watkins: Well, that's a different justification altogether. I was just focusing on the "If you use our program, you're too smart to need our help" phrasing of that particular statement.

Having our passwords in plaintext is more secure than obfuscating them precisely because, when a user is not misled by a false sense of security, he is likely to use the software in a more secure manner.

you can't curb your occasional aggravation by chucking it

Show of hands of all who read the headline and saw the picture and thought LH was endorsing the recruiting of a little girl named Pam to shovel your snow for you?

research shows that diners tend to order neither the most nor least expensive items, drifting toward the middle.

So how much for the one of Ray-J and Reggie Bush tag-teaming Kardashian?

Fans of the popular science show on the Discovery Channel might not accept any substitutes for hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman

Sorry, Falcons guy, but "Death from a Billy Volek" doesn't really inspire the fear you think it does.