Wii deserves more credit. The first full motion controller and together with the nunchuck had most the qualities of a traditional controller. What I really like is that the hands are separated and you're not hunched over a two-hand controller. You get to take a more comfortable posture. While a lot of games really…

I admit I pirate movies and TV shows. The main reason is that I'm sick of trying to go through hoops to get the stuff I want and still end up with an inferior product. DVDs are a hassle to use and navigate and I have to plan what I watch before I go and buy it.

Yo Momma be Faylinn. I don't wrap them round anything, don't be so presumptuous.

That's not how most people remember it. The 360 and PS3 had a low supply, but they weren't "back-ordered for a good 6 months". A lot of stupid people bought up consoles at launch and tried to sell them at inflated prices on eBay. When they realized they weren't going to be making any money they just returned them to…

To each his own I guess. What happens with me is that I always work out how much money things are costing me. I've always done this, despite being fortunate enough never to have seriously had to worry about money.

Not in my experience. My headphones tend to fail at the connectors where the cable gets a loose contact. The $20 pair aren't made of some super material. The moral of the story is that headphones fail. I'd still usually go for the $20 pair because of the Audio quality though.

IKEA stuff tends to be of high quality. Unfortunately there's a lot of flat-pack stuff out there from other companies that's utter shit, so they get a bad rep for having invented the concept.

Usually the router will have much higher gain antennas than you iPhone though.

450 Mbps, $10 for the adapter, $80 for you router/NAS media server and zero home wiring? WTF, why do they even make ethernet anymore?

If it's just two floors I wouldn't say it matters a whole lot. Most hardware I've had will cross one floor easily.

Prejudice isn't surprising. Practically all conflicts in history rely on building up an enemy image. It's just that a lot of people feel think they're sophisticated enough to process a more differentiated and interesting portrayal of the world than it gets. Especially when you look at how sophisticated and elaborate…

What kind of leverage should I use when there's a security risk? If something like the heating or the water's broken then I can say I'm deducting it from the rent till it's fixed. But for a broken window which won't shut for instance there's "just" a higher likelihood of my stuff being stolen.

Rinse will luke-warm water (so you don't burn your hands) and rub with a microfibre cloth (to limit scratching). No need for detergents or cleaning solutions. People are way too obsessive about their glasses. Eyeglasses are very crude for optical equipment and the tiny water stains really aren't doing anything much to…

Powerpoint is a convoluted piece of crap and Keynote is a slightly better clone. They both require a major amount of clicking to get anything looking half-decent. In the end I'm forced to avoid all the fancy shit and just export to PDF to get a reliable presentation.

Where to start...

Man, you're making me want to play that game again, didn't have the time to finish it back then. I remember really loving how "gamey" the experience was in comparison to newer RPGs (of the day. It's been a while since that game too).

"Wait... FUN minigames like Blitzball? That was probably the worst part of X."

I haven't played XIII, but isn't X a classic example of "walk in a straight line"? The most I remember from that game are narrow pathways and a bobbing camera following Tidus's ass.

You should really have another go then. I've been using Ubuntu since 2006 and it's been a breeze almost all the time. Sometimes a proprietary wireless or graphics driver might need downloading, but that takes a few seconds. Stuff like TV tuners, printers and seemingly every USB gadget you can think of is also much…

I never understand people who are against using the best tools because they think it will make us stupid. Surely it's the results which count. If there's a demand for it then obviously people are obviously struggling with the current tools.