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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    08/21/09

    In reply to A 50-Foot Michael Jackson Gundam Almost Destroyed Las Vegas
    aha! so it's destroying London instead!
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    Image of smackswell smackswell
    08/21/09

    In reply to A 50-Foot Michael Jackson Gundam Almost Destroyed Las Vegas
    The Fonz & His Statue! Pictures, Images and Photos" />hmmm. It's no bronze fonz.
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    08/21/09

    @smackswell: Go Milwaukee....
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    Image of ZillionDollarSadist ZillionDollarSadist
    08/21/09

    In reply to A 50-Foot Michael Jackson Gundam Almost Destroyed Las Vegas
    "I just can't help thinking if it's too big, y'know?"
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    Image of Brian Sexton Brian Sexton
    08/21/09

    In reply to A 50-Foot Michael Jackson Gundam Almost Destroyed Las Vegas
    We know you're not making this up, Matt, because we read about it right here on this very Web site when Adam Frucci wrote about it almost two and a half years ago.

    [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of Fulgrymm Fulgrymm
    08/21/09

    @Brian Sexton: I have to ask, how the shit do you guys remember articles from two and a half years ago?
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    08/21/09

    @Fulgrymm: Well, 'cos a link to that story is in a little box at the top of the page. Brian's powers of observation are just f'in awesome.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/21/09

    @Brian Sexton: C'm on man Matt's just doing his part for recycling.
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    08/20/09

    In reply to A 50-Foot Michael Jackson Gundam Almost Destroyed Las Vegas
    Well... as long as it has frickin' laser beams attached to it's head.
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    Image of Nightsd01 Nightsd01
    08/20/09

    In reply to A 50-Foot Michael Jackson Gundam Almost Destroyed Las Vegas
    I live in Vegas, Matt, and it is not the "most horrible place on earth".

    Segador, you're an idiot if you think Las Vegas is the only place where people smoke cigarettes, ruin their lives, or use hookers. Welcome to any major metropolitan city in the world, dumbass.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    08/20/09

    @Nightsd01: Show me a metropolitan city where you can smoke anywhere besides under you blankets in your bedroom at 2am.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/21/09

    @Nightsd01: Yeah it's fine and dandy if you're one of the Morlocks that live underneath it, but you get the short end of the stick if you're one of the Eloi.
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    Image of Nightsd01 Nightsd01
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: WalkinOnSunshine: Get out a map and throw a dart, if it lands on a major metropolitan city, you've got your answer.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    08/21/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Actually the Eloi got the long end of the stick, er spit.

    The Morlocks love 'em slow roasted over an open flame...
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    Image of debbyherbenick debbyherbenick
    08/06/09

    In reply to Afternoon News: Poop-Sniffing, Pancake-Eating, Vegas-Going Spammers
    You're a Hoosier too? How fun.
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    Image of GageBarracuda GageBarracuda
    07/22/09

    In reply to Clearwire Opens 4G Wireless in Three New Cities, Only 77 to Go
    I'm on Clear in Portland (needed some temporary Internet at a temporary living location, so the lack of a contract and not having to install anything was huge). Besides the terrible ping for gaming (300-400ms range) which is to be expected with wireless, it's actually quite good. I'm paying $40/mo for 3mbit/0.5mbit at home. For $50/mo it's 6mbit/0.5mbit. Not exactly cheap or a bargin compared to say cable, but no contract and no caps is nice.

    Really though it's more for the people who need Internet on go than for people at home if you ask me. Cable/DSL/FiOS is a much better $/mbit option.
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    07/22/09

    In reply to Clearwire Opens 4G Wireless in Three New Cities, Only 77 to Go
    4G. Now with more ketchup.
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    Image of almondrickrossroca almondrickrossroca
    07/22/09

    In reply to Clearwire Opens 4G Wireless in Three New Cities, Only 77 to Go
    Have you guys looked at plans on Clearwater's website?

    GO here: www.clearwire.com and look at these plans. They're a f*in joke.


    I typed in a fake address to see the prices for Stockton, CA. (I'm in Sacramento which is up the road 40 miles...

    49.00 per month for, get this, "UP TO 1.5 Mbs download".

    Plus a $50 activation fee
    Plus $260 for a card
    Plus 1 year contract.

    Why is this service good and who is stupid enough to go for it?
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    UnderLoK promoted this comment almondrickrossroca was starred almondrickrossroca was unstarred
    Image of Andre Ondre Andre Ondre
    07/22/09

    @almondrickrossroca:

    Big rip off

    T-mobile broadband over here in the UK (England) it costs £10 - £15 ($15 - $23) a month to surf the web UNLIMITED with no mager restrictions, with speeds upto 3.6Mbs download and 1.5Mbs upload and thats pay as you (NO CONTRACT)

    So yeah looking at prices in the USA look like a massive rip off
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/22/09

    @almondrickrossroca: It's obviously not available where you are yet (that sounds like 3g). If you sign up with sprint you don't pay for the card, but do have to sign a contract.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/22/09

    @Andre Ondre: Unlimited? That would be sweet, but 3.5mbs is not 10mbs.
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    Image of Digitallysick Digitallysick
    07/22/09

    In reply to Clearwire Opens 4G Wireless in Three New Cities, Only 77 to Go
    Its too bad its a horrible company and all the big businesses will bail on it , this is how sprint works for sure. Invest in a company, then bail out
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    UnderLoK promoted this comment Digitallysick was starred Digitallysick was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/22/09

    @Digitallysick: You know there are way more companies involved than just Sprint right? I don't see all of them bailing out unless there is some catastrophic failure that kills the ability to provide the service…
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    07/22/09

    @UnderLoK: Aye, but Sprint's in control. There are others involved, like Intel and Google, but they've collectively endowed the company with only like $2B... That is peanuts for a nationwide roll-out. Not exactly a huge vote of confidence from the deep pockets.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/22/09

    @AmphetamineCrown: Actually, Intel did 2B, Comcast did 1.5B, and I'm sure the others are on par with those number.
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    07/22/09

    @UnderLoK: Not according to the filing they made at the FCC... the total nut was $2B. Was there a follow on of some kind?
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/22/09

    @AmphetamineCrown: I'm not sure what is in the FCC filing, but last I knew, Sprint, Intel, Comcast, Google, Time Warner, and Brighthouse were the investors during that last round of funding in that order (dollar wise). The FCC info might just be how much money they have sunk into the network rather than their monetary stake in the company?

    No offense, but I don’t care enough to look it up, you could be right for all I know as the memory isn’t what it used to be… ;)
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    Image of Ghettoshark Ghettoshark
    07/22/09

    In reply to Clearwire Opens 4G Wireless in Three New Cities, Only 77 to Go
    WiMax might be coming now, but LTE is the future. It'll have seamless transition between GSM, CDMA, as well as backing by most major carriers here.
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    Image of draiko draiko
    07/22/09

    @Ghettoshark: but WiMax will always have better coverage and pricing since it launched earlier, the plans are awesome, and the hardware is cheaper.
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    Image of Ghettoshark Ghettoshark
    07/22/09

    @draiko: Not really true. You have to take into consideration the fact that WiMax is considerably more expensive for carriers to roll out, and will soon be surpassed by LTE, which builds directly off of both existing GSM and CDMA networks. Verizon and AT&T, the largest carriers in the US, have already announced plans to commit to and roll out LTE as the 4G network of the future.
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    Image of draiko draiko
    07/22/09

    @Ghettoshark: LTE MAY win the battle 10 years from now, but WiMax will DEFINITELY win in the short term.

    Until there is a mass demand for a wireless internet connection with throughput of more than 70 mbps, LTE is just useless.

    Here's what 2012 is going to look like...

    People will be used to a 30-80 mbps data connection...

    WiMax at 70 mbps for $30 per month with no contract needed, no roaming, more coverage, etc...

    -OR-

    LTE at 100 mbps for $100 per month + roaming fees + hidden surcharges (all other telecoms want to treat LTE as another wireless standard)
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    07/22/09

    In reply to Clearwire Opens 4G Wireless in Three New Cities, Only 77 to Go
    Come to Hartford, now. For real. I'm looking to dump Comcast ASAP. Despite their speed increases, I tend to compare them to Walt Disney.
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    UnderLoK promoted this comment tok3ninja was starred tok3ninja was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/22/09

    @tok3ninja; is the best non-star commenter: You will have to suffer through with Verizon or ATT wireless I guess man. Comcast is part of Wimax.
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    07/22/09

    @UnderLoK: I'm aware they invest in it. I'd rather have an envelope that says "Sprint" or "Clearwire" instead of Comcast in my mailbox. I get enough smut in my mailbox as it is.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    03/30/09

    In reply to The Las Vegas Strip, Before and During Earth Hour
    They should have taken multiple shots of the city during the Earth Hour to see if any of the lights in the background got turned off when people were like "WTF?" and then Googled what was going on and then turned off their lights.


    It's kind of disheartening though that none of the houses appear to have joined in. At least the casinos would have had a reason to keep their lights on because those lights help draw customers into their casinos.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    03/30/09

    In reply to The Las Vegas Strip, Before and During Earth Hour
    I wonder how much energy they saved with the warm up "costs" that many of the metal lamps have, after needing to restart them after they cooled to room temp.
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    Image of kakarotthemonkey kakarotthemonkey
    03/30/09

    @JartMaster_GitEmSteveDave: Must you be a Negative Nancy?
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    03/30/09

    @kakarotthemonkey: I'm more of a Sour SteveDave.
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