maier_m commented on Microsoft's "Vista Doesn't Suck" Ad Campaign Thinks Everyone Remembers The 15th Century

"Actually, DOS 6.x was pretty f**ked up too...(Remember all the problems with Double-Space trashing hard drives???) DRdos was a much better/more stable product...pity MS drove them out of business"

maier_m commented on One Wash, One Cup of Water: Nearly Waterless Washing Machine Invented

"HA!"

maier_m commented on Spot Faked Photos Using Light Sources, Eye Positions

"...It would have been nice to provide an actual link to the actual Scientific American article: [www.sciam.com] (Apologies in advance if I somehow missed the link--no caffine yet this morning...)"

maier_m commented on Dear Home Depot: I Do Not Want To Hear About Your Special Promotion For Home Owners

"In my case, it's Las Vegas hotels."

maier_m commented on Spreadable Electronics: OLEDs and Solar Cells Sprayed From a Can

"...Just after hitting submit, my morning caffine is beginning to kick in...It occured to me that this "paint" could be a display manufacturing technique--not something you'd bring home like a can of sherwin-williams--but an innovation to make producing OLED displays easier/cheaper..."

maier_m commented on Spreadable Electronics: OLEDs and Solar Cells Sprayed From a Can

"I have a sneeking suspicion that the source articles gizmodo references didn't get the story right...Being too lazy to do any real research, I'm guessing that the OLED 'display' refers to oled lighting--not video display (that way, you don't have to deal with the problems of lining up pixels, having the paint "know" how big a screen it needs to produce, etc.)."

maier_m commented on Convert Any Text to an iTunes-Compatible Audiobook

"@Jim (The Canuck One): Hey Jim, there's a lot more to this than "ooh shiny"."

maier_m commented on Blockbuster Offers to Buy Circuit City, Have Sad Date Talking About Good Old Times

"I sh*tcanned Circuit City when the fired their senior store staff but was willing to rehire them at entry level pay."

maier_m commented on Cool G108 Watch Phone Won't Make You Cool

"Until it can match the convenience and ease of use of Maxwell Smart's shoe phone, I'm not interested..."

maier_m commented on Windows XP Home Gets 2 Year Stay of Execution Thanks to Budget Laptops

"@vertibraker: You missed the point I was trying to make."

maier_m commented on Windows XP Home Gets 2 Year Stay of Execution Thanks to Budget Laptops

"@Kyang: I can see why Gaiman didn't bother with details on the PC and blames MS."

maier_m commented on Koolhaas Transforming House Is Worthy of Iron Man, Batman, and Optimus Prime Combined

"...I wonder if Leeloo is stuck in the autowash???"

maier_m commented on Microsoft's Brainwashing Children's Book: Mommy, Where Do Servers Come From?

"But here's the real punchline: [hardware.slashdot.org]"

maier_m commented on Circuit City Becoming 'The City' With Best Buy-like Store Layout?

"I've been pissed at CC ever since divx as well."

maier_m commented on Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Speaker MBS-100 Looks Like a Disease

"ooohhh!"

maier_m commented on Sony Bastards Ripped Off the Bunny Tsunami Ad

"I'm no lawyer but Kozyndan may have a case."

maier_m commented on Jelly-fish 45 Habitat Won't Sting Your Pocket Too Much

"I dunno...I already have enough problems with my land-locked house's leaky basement...."

maier_m commented on Microsoft Revamps Live Search To Fight Google and Yahoo (Again)

"MS won me over to their search engine with the incorporation of "Ms."