This includes keeping people clear from situations where say some perv is checking out porn on the plain next to them and their kids. Its a reasonable request to see to it that people aren't being all kinds of pervish next to them on the plane, and its a weak weak attempt at discrediting them to call them a "religious group" knowing this kind of reference will encourage a certain type of reaction when they could just as easily called them by name or stated the kind of religious group they are. Focus on the Family was one of the main groups, and it should have been said up front that it wasn't an attempt to keep non-religious people down, but to maintain a reasonable environment in a closed area of public transportation.

Aside from the fact that anyone with their eyes open should have seen the fact that this was a different player when they were stalking the shelves; Walmart really has nothing to do with this, they probably opened up a case and it was packed in their with the other real ones.

Pop open any electronic device or sound system and take a look at the wires and solder ... if you can find more then 10 bucks worth of wires inside your device then you're a lucky bugger. Even high end electronics are all made in factories where the solder and wiring are bought in mass quantities and they are spending a few cents per unit to wire them up, with a dab of solder to hold it in place whose price cant even be properly reflected in the building cost of the item.

So yeah those cables might be absolutely perfect, but they wont do a damn thing about improving quality.

I remember reading about some companies that want to put boxes in the user end similar to the DVRs that people have now, with that kind of set up you could start watching it right away as it downloaded the rest of the program to your HDD it, and the DRM is an issue, but its there, and I doubt its going away. I think what we should look for is a single DRM type make the DRM Nazis fight it out like the HD formats did ... then in the end all of our devices (portable media players, home theater setups, computers etc) will all be able to run the movies we rent or purchase and we wont have to worry about compatibility issues or DRM hurdles.

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**Cheech Voice** Hey man! Thats false advertising!

in an era when his most famous invention is (thankfully) going obsolete

Thankfully? lol

its a good thing you don't wear your political views on your sleeve or anything ...

But what they didn't show was the day-to-day usage of Vista, like accidentally installing an XP printer driver and not being able to print.

problems at casa de giz? I'd love to read that story you should blog on it Jasen. Seriously though, that is a terrible example of day-to-day usage. If you install the wrong driver for your OS ... any OS ... it isn't the fault of the OS, and you will get the same results.

The real question now is why did the trooper's radar gun think the speed was 33% faster than it actually was?

because the radar doesn't keep a log or email HQ if the cop is just lying to get his quota in.

is anyone else wondering why NASA retired their ship only to look around and realize they didn't have a back up plan? it seems like they should have retired a ship once they got a new one commissioned ... or was registration for 2 space vehicles to much for the billion dollar budget?

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