Comments from FrancesTheMute

FrancesTheMute commented on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Come Pre-Ripped For $9,000

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:50:44 EDT

@B1663R: Most of those listed are the top 500 SONGS of all time, not albums

FrancesTheMute commented on Nyko's Energy Pak Gives the Wii Fit Balance Board a Recharge

Thu, 08 May 2008 22:48:15 EDT

nice, but the wii fit board should probably have come with rechargeable batteries in the first place.

FrancesTheMute commented on Samsung U940 Glyde Officially Glides Onto Verizon

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:07:28 EDT

Nice of illpacin0 to spam all Glyde threads with his drivel. I've had this phone since last friday (was able to preorder by calling VZW) and it's not that bad. The phone itself is very nice, the slider mechanism is top notch. Yes, the touchscreen is somewhat buggy (basically both things illpacin0 says that are bad are the same thing) sometimes it doesn't seem to register that you pressed the screen or the next button pushes instead. This is easily fixed with a firmware update and since this will be a popular phone, i'm sure it will be fixed shortly after it's released, since everyone will be having the same issue. The slide out QWERTY is very nice, good response, easy to type on. call quality is very good as well, my parents commented that they could hear me better than on my old phone (RAZR V3m) web browser is OK, but then again if you are buying a phone like this to do heavy web surfing you are stupid...get an iphone or wimmo smart phone. It is an HTML browser, it does render pages pretty well, it's pretty fast from what I've seen so far. I did a speed test on DSLreports.com and got an average speed of about 500k/s so the EVDO is pretty fast (it's not REV A) Overall, it's a nice phone, good competitor to the Voyager.

FrancesTheMute commented on Samsung U940 Glyde Accessories Show Up on Verizon's Site

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:25:30 EDT

@illpacin0: it's not that bad. I've had it since friday and it's a very nice phone. The touch screen issue could easily be fixed with a firmware update, and I'm sure it will once it's available to the masses and more reports of the issue come in

FrancesTheMute commented on Comcast Considering 250GB Monthly Data Caps, Disconnecting Repeat Pirates

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:06:55 EDT

@BobMac: remember, the 250GB includes both downstream AND upstream

FrancesTheMute commented on Comcast Considering 250GB Monthly Data Caps, Disconnecting Repeat Pirates

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:29:17 EDT

@M.A.S.: funny commercials, but it's actually an ad for DirecTV, not AT&T

@markarian: I wouldn't say that Seattle is a long ways off from fiber, you guys are literally surrounded by fiber: Lynnwood, Everett, Redmond and Bellevue all have Fios. From what I've seen, the major cities don't have Fios, but the surrounding suburbs do.

FrancesTheMute commented on Will The Wiimote Blend? (SPOILER ALERT: Yes.)

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:05:47 EDT

@Pope John Peeps II: still on because it's fun to watch expensive shit being destroyed. I remember feeling a disturbance in the force when he blended the iPhone...it was as if a million apple fan boys suddenly cried out in horror....

FrancesTheMute commented on Italy's iPhone to Have Two Carriers: The End of Exclusivity?

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:01 EDT

the 5 year exclusive deal with AT&T is just plain stupid. In 3 more years no one will care about the iPhone anymore, it will be old news

FrancesTheMute commented on Pope to Text Young People to Appear Hip, Is About as In Touch as Your Grandpa

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:58:42 EDT

I wonder what the Pope would Tivo?

FrancesTheMute commented on Video: A Robot Drawing Beautiful Stars In The Sand

Mon, 05 May 2008 10:37:34 EDT

so it's like a giant etch-a-sketch?

FrancesTheMute commented on Dolphin Gets Prosthetic Tail

Mon, 05 May 2008 10:31:33 EDT

I, for one, welcome our new bionic dolphin overlords.

FrancesTheMute commented on World's Largest Foosball Table: You Don't Have This Much Game

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:07 EDT

holy shit!

FrancesTheMute commented

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:23:22 EDT

i can has, yes?

FrancesTheMute commented on Virtual Console Duplicator Copies 60 USB Sticks At Once

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:46:16 EDT

@Deamion: I've never seen a computer with 20 USB ports on it, have you?

FrancesTheMute commented on Lightning Review: HP 2133 Mini-Note

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:01:07 EDT

@takemetoyourtoaster: ummm, buy the SuSe version and put ubuntu on it yourself....

FrancesTheMute commented on Lightning Review: HP 2133 Mini-Note

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:59:13 EDT

@sfokevin: That's just the extended battery. the regular one won't jut out. But i've read that the extended battery is nice since it props it up a bit and allows for airflow underneath it to help keep it a bit cooler.

FrancesTheMute commented on Question of the Day: How Many TBs Is Enough?

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:52:18 EDT

750GB + 300GB + 74GB + 74GB in main computer
300GB + 120GB in 2nd computer
60GB external 2.5"
Tivo Series2 with 300GB
TivoHD with 300GB + 500GB external
60GB iPod Video
100GB + 100GB + 36GB + 36GB sitting in the garage not being used

Grand total of 3110GB, damn, i had more than I thought!

FrancesTheMute commented on Why Isn't Anyone Defecting from iTunes to Amazon's MP3 Store?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:25:54 EDT

Actually, the Amazon downloader isn't that bad. I just went to the site and bought the latest Modest Mouse album and it took about 2 min tops to download the whole album and it automatically adds the tracks to iTunes, which i found interesting.

FrancesTheMute commented on Question of the Day: Does Typing Make Your Handwriting Worse?

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:49:00 EDT

@workingonyourinvoice: Yep, me too. 8 years in the navy left me with beautiful all caps printing, but my normal writing cursive sucks bad.

FrancesTheMute commented on DARPA Urban Challenge Cars Invading Pentagon Parking Lot

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:46:58 EDT

The jeep in the video is parked at a house near where I live. I've seen it sitting there for a while, and I always thought it kinda looked like something they would use in the DARPA challenge. Now that I see this video, i realize it's the same vehicle. Got the 23 on the side and all the wonky stuff on the roof.

FrancesTheMute commented on Rubiks Cube Alarm Clock Puts a Twist Into Telling Time

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:32 EDT

@SonicFury: wonder if peeling of the stickers would work?!?!

FrancesTheMute commented on Crazy Popular Asian Blogstar Prefers Fake Chinese iPhone to the Real Thing

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:40:56 EDT

ok, so a chick from singapore with a whacked out british accent?

FrancesTheMute commented on The Stunning Works of Pritzker Winner Jean Nouvel

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:47:00 EDT

@Curves: whew! I'm not the only sick, depraved person here. I saw a giant vagina when I first looked at that building as well.

FrancesTheMute commented on Pube Grooming Kit Makes Your Muff Best In Show

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:32:28 EDT

@teh: Pics or it didn't happen!

FrancesTheMute commented on Secret Stasi Files Reveal East German Army Had Porno Unit in '80s

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:22:45 EDT

quote from the article:

"The women in the films were mostly locals supplementing meagre wages or rations by performing in them"

so that would mean it was not gay pr0n

FrancesTheMute commented on NVIDIA Responsible for Nearly 30% of Vista Crashes in 2007

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:10:22 EDT

I'd have to disagree with this a bit. Everyone I know that's had nothing but problems with Vista have all had ATI cards, and myself and others that have had no issues with Vista at all have nVidia cards.

FrancesTheMute commented on Here Comes the Reaming: Blu-ray Movie Rereleases Coming with BD-Live

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:15:50 EST

@ripfire4: I agree totally. I don't really want all that extra crap, I just want the movie in sweet hi-def!

FrancesTheMute commented on PlayStation 3 DualShock 3 Gets US Date: April 15

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:46:30 EST

@kurtr: Sony was in a patent dispute over the DualShock name or device, I forget which. I think they just settled the lawsuit a few months back so now they can release the DualShock again.

FrancesTheMute commented on Coldplay Flogging off Old, Unwanted Studio Equipment, but Gwyneth Stays

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:31:02 EST

@jetexas: I couldn't have said it better myself.