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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    06/22/09

    In reply to Question of the Day: Are You Having Any iPhone 3GS Issues?
    The SMS sound seems harsh for some reason. but not really an issue i guess
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    06/21/09

    In reply to Question of the Day: Are You Having Any iPhone 3GS Issues?
    Haven't received mine yet but strangely, in the last couple of days, my 3G has been working very well which, for it, is strange behavior. 3G speeds are going fast, the apps aren't overly laggy, and most are not crashing anymore.
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    Image of UliKunkel UliKunkel
    06/21/09

    In reply to Question of the Day: Are You Having Any iPhone 3GS Issues?
    I have not been able to email a video. It just hangs in the outbox.
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    Image of itchytooth itchytooth
    06/21/09

    @UliKunkel: I had to re-enter my passwords.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/21/09

    In reply to Question of the Day: Are You Having Any iPhone 3GS Issues?
    Mine works fine, no technical issues. The only complaint I have is that I managed to completely drain the battery just futzing with it for one day...
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    06/21/09

    In reply to Question of the Day: Are You Having Any iPhone 3GS Issues?
    No problems so far, and I bought two of them. In fact, not only was activation instantaneous (the AT&T store guys were great) but porting took minutes. I was amazed that porting is now instant too. Last time I did it it too two weeks.
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    Image of DarKKendO DarKKendO
    05/01/09

    In reply to Swedish Pirate Party Expected to Win (Not Plunder) a Seat in E.U. Parliament
    I've taken a read through their website and I must say that I find this completely absurd. As a recording musician I think that these policies are an attack at us all.


    I cant comment on the Patent section as I dont have any professional dealings with pharmaceutical companies however The copyright section is laughable to say the least.


    First off, Im happy what happened to TPB. Its a win for recording musicians everywhere.


    The idea that copyrights should be abolished after 5 years is simply not fair. Tha fact that File sharing and P2P should be openly encouraged is fine but when it violates LAW then this is the problem. No-one would walk into an antique store and walk out with an antique vase without paying for it. Sure its a piece of art, but its over 100 years old so by their standards if they havn't made money on it by now then its public property. If anyone did this then they would be prosecuted as they are STEALING.


    So under the cover of the internet it is acceptable? I think not.


    And under these ideas artists are expected to work for free as its considered Culture and comercial? How would anyone else feel if they went into work every day and at the end of the month they were told "sorry, were not paying you this month. Were taking your work for free". People would be outraged! So when a musician uses his/her recordings etc. to make a living it is considered wrong? No-one is forcing people into shops to buy material.


    Cars, Televisions, Decoratives, Clothes etc. are not free, and these are born from creative minds also. So why should Music/Film be any different? Just because it can be converted to a digital medium? I think not...

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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    05/01/09

    @DarKKendO: Imagine if Mozart's work was copywritten. Now, hundreds of years after his death, even though he no longer is able to use his work or profit from it, it remains unavailable for public use, with the copyright probably held by some global holding corporation. Why? Why not release the beautiful music to the public?


    Okay, five years may be too soon. But while copyrights are designed to allow creators the ability to profit from their efforts, that ability should not be indefinite, because in the long run it results in exactly what is going on with the major media companies now: an incessant hoarding of past property as opposed to a willingness to create anew, and using the bludgeon of copyright law to set price points for past work that is artificially high as opposed to a price point that's truly set by the market.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/01/09

    @DennyCrane: Perfect example.


    Mozart's music was paid for by kings for kings. It was for an elite audience. And he died young and impoverished and miserable.


    Copyrights allow music to be consumed by regular people, not kings, and for musicians to be able to earn a living producing music. Copyrights enabled the explosion of popular music in the 20th century.


    If you want music to made only by rich people for rich people, and for talented musicians who could make everyone else's lives better by producing music they love to... continue working at Starbucks and not producing a note, then abolish copyright.


    Incidentally - copyrights expire a certain number of years after an artists death anyway, so things revert to the public domain. Also, musicians have an interest in getting their work out. Copyright doesn't prevent distribution of work as much as it encourages people to create it in the first place.

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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    05/01/09

    @frigg: @DarKKendO: Yes and no.

    Copyrights allow artists to profit from their work at the point of sale. But it also, IMO, encourages holders of successful IPs to attempt to milk their IP - as they do now - as opposed to creating new works. Also, since corporations are treated as individuals in the rights of the law, and the lifespan of a corporation can be much longer than that of an actual person, the intent of copyright law is warped.

    Again, maybe 5 years is too short. But there is no doubt in my mind that copyright law as it currently stands needs a major overhaul.
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    Image of eagles3 speeeedin eagles3 speeeedin
    05/01/09

    In reply to Swedish Pirate Party Expected to Win (Not Plunder) a Seat in E.U. Parliament
    I guess this gives the pirates an solid upper hand over the ninjas now.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    05/01/09

    @eagles3_did all sorts of, probably illegal, things to his p...: There's a glitch in the matrix, RUN!
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    Image of exploded exploded
    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    One thing that I have encountered as very confusing to tech newbies is the word "flash".


    There are at least 3 different meanings.


    Flash memory
    Flash a BIOS
    Adobe Flash

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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/27/09

    @exploded: just don't use it with "elementary school"
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    Image of elementary elementary
    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    I get a lot of offers for cookies, and I always accept. I mean, who wouldn't? Anyway, I have yet to receive any. I must need to update my address or somthing.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/27/09

    @elementary: nah, you just have to get in the van. it's ok. you're mother sent us to come get you. wanna see a dongle?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    What I concluded after reading this list are: 1) People are confused about everything tech-related, 2) Therefore, this list is just comprised of the most common tech-related words.


    I mean, "Desktop"? "Ethernet"? Seriously?

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    04/27/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: The ethernet is that thing you use to catch the etherbunny
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    Confusingly enough the PC Suite isn't just a nokia thing, they just linked to the nokia wiki for it.


    Theres LG ones, Sony, etc.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/27/09

    @tande04: Yeah most phone manufacturers that include PC/Mac software will refer to that software as their "PC Suite", I even got a "PC Suite" with my Sprint Touch Pro, all it really included was a user manual pdf, an outdated copy of ActiveSync, and the Win98SE USB driver...


    sheesh.

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    IN THE FACE! was starred IN THE FACE! was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    Of course, these are only the 10 most confusing terms in tech out of a total sample of 11 terms, that also included "television set." I guess most people know what that means.
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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    Anti-malware programs have my father believing that cookies were as bad as viruses.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/27/09

    @DeadWriter: They seem to know where I keep my cookies...


    We need a lock for the pantry...

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/28/09

    @DeadWriter:
    Some are, but it's pretty much impossible to surf many sites without letting some sort of beningn cookie land on your system, particularly if you want to submit information by some sort of posting system (such as this). The only site I can think of where you can post sans cookies is Lugnet.com.
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    Image of drewheyman drewheyman
    04/27/09

    In reply to The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway
    i'm not telling my grandma what a dongle is. she'd wash my mouth out with soap.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    04/27/09

    @drewheyman: "It... it ...it was... soap POISONING!"
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    04/27/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button: You'll shoot your eye out, kid.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/27/09

    @drewheyman: Grandma, your incontinence doesn't have anything to do with hitting "Ctrl+P" to print that email...


    No grandma you don't have to apologize to me for not being able to control your pee... Do you want me to help you print that email? Then stop talking about your pee.


    That's it, I'm hanging up...

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/04/09

    In reply to Take the Geek Social Aptitude Test (GSAT) With a Handy Web App
    I scored a 20, but I'm only an imp or minor demon in Gizmodo, and in the blogsphere in general.
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