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    Image of fUnKiE fUnKiE
    12/15/09

    In reply to The LaCie Rikiki Is the Tiniest 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drive On the Market
    110cm?

    That's 1 meter long.
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    Image of Nick Livingston Nick Livingston
    12/15/09

    @fUnKiE: I'm sure thats supposed to be 110 mm.
     Reply
    ninjagin promoted this comment Nick Livingston was starred Nick Livingston was unstarred
    Image of ninjagin ninjagin
    12/15/09

    @Nick Livingston: And given the units came from the blockquoted press release, I wouldn't expect a correction from anyone but LaCie.
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    Image of Nick Livingston Nick Livingston
    12/15/09

    @ninjagin: And realizing that the correction would have to come from Lacie, I wouldn't expect to be getting that correction at all.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    12/15/09

    In reply to The LaCie Rikiki Is the Tiniest 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drive On the Market
    It looks Thinkpad-esque.
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    Image of Nick Livingston Nick Livingston
    12/15/09

    In reply to The LaCie Rikiki Is the Tiniest 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drive On the Market
    Does the name of this product remind anyone else of riki tiki tavi?
     Reply
    lankysob promoted this comment Nick Livingston was starred Nick Livingston was unstarred
    Image of lankysob lankysob
    12/15/09

    @Nick Livingston: Only when you add the "Ti" and the "Tavi" Otherwise, it reminds me of Rikiki Lake.
     Reply
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    Image of Grive Grive
    12/15/09

    @Nick Livingston: It didn't... until you mentioned the awesomest mongoose in history.

    Now I can't shake Rikki-Tikki-Tavi whenever I see the title here.

    Heart click for making the memories of one of my two favorite childhood tales rush back.
     Reply
    Edited by Grive at 12/15/09 5:31 PM Grive was starred Grive was unstarred
    Image of LolpantsofArabia LolpantsofArabia
    12/15/09

    @Grive: The HDD that can take down a mongoose. Yeah, you heard it right, motherfuckers.
     Reply
    Grive promoted this comment Edited by LolpantsofArabia at 12/15/09 5:53 PM LolpantsofArabia was starred LolpantsofArabia was unstarred
    Image of Grive Grive
    12/15/09

    @LolpantsofArabia: Wait, shouldn't this HDD be able to take down a cobra and/or Krait?
     Reply
    Grive was starred Grive was unstarred
    Image of LolpantsofArabia LolpantsofArabia
    12/15/09

    @Grive: Oh, yes. Oops. It's been a while.

    The HDD that can take down a cobra. Yeah, you heard it right if you didn't listen too carefully first time, motherfuckers.
     Reply
    Edited by LolpantsofArabia at 12/15/09 6:22 PM LolpantsofArabia was starred LolpantsofArabia was unstarred
    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/14/09

    In reply to Rad Blaster Mini Boombox is the Freshest MP3 Player and Flash Drive Around
    In spite of the fact that those kids were probably paid good money to do the ads for this thing, someone should slap them for not taking one look at the product and then stalking off the set in laughter.
     Reply
    Edited by NorwoodIsMyHero at 12/14/09 3:36 PM NorwoodIsMyHero was starred NorwoodIsMyHero was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/14/09

    In reply to Rad Blaster Mini Boombox is the Freshest MP3 Player and Flash Drive Around
    but... do the little speakers work?

    even if they did i couldn't justify $60 for a novelty that would sound tinny as shit, but still, pretty cool.
     Reply
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    Image of Mayor McRib Mayor McRib
    12/14/09

    In reply to Rad Blaster Mini Boombox is the Freshest MP3 Player and Flash Drive Around
    My radio, believe me, I like it loud.
    I'm the man with a box that can rock the crowd.
    Walkin' down the street, to the hardcore beat.
    While my Rad Blaster vibrates the concrete.
     Reply
    Mayor McRib was starred Mayor McRib was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/11/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    We take stuff apart all day long...we don't go all whiny about having just voided the warranty and no longer being able to get support.

    Did we let some "security screws" stop us from taking apart a $3500 espresso machine? NO!
    [www.rainydaymagazine.com]

    Folks...crack and hack away! That is the best part about owning stuff! All Apple is saying is "you opened it, YOU fix it."

    Noted and we are OK with that.
     Reply
    Edited by RainyDayInterns at 12/11/09 8:13 AM RainyDayInterns was starred RainyDayInterns was unstarred
    Image of tamoko tamoko
    12/10/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    What the hell is a warranty? Love Apple, but screw them... I bought the hardware I can do what I like.
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    Image of Bs Baldwin Bs Baldwin
    12/10/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    looks like apple has finally found a way to stop every diy battery change.
     Reply
    RainyDayInterns promoted this comment Bs Baldwin was starred Bs Baldwin was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/11/09

    @Bs Baldwin: ...if you need a battery change, chances are you are out of warranty anyway.
     Reply
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    Image of metaluna21 metaluna21
    12/10/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    Yet another "lock down" from Apple. One of the biggest reasons I switched to the Droid from the iPhone; tired of not being able to do anything to my device without fear of voiding the warranty.
     Reply
    RainyDayInterns promoted this comment metaluna21 was starred metaluna21 was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/11/09

    @metaluna21: That is the great thing about competition! Vote with your wallet.

    Lot's of folks are happy with systems that are more open.. PCs are clearly more "open". Of course, there are "costs" to both approaches.
     Reply
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    Image of HAZman27 HAZman27
    12/11/09

    @RainyDayInterns: Linux machines are even more open than PCs, and have no financial cost other than the hardware. The price you pay is the patience to become knowledgeable enough to get certain services and devices working.
     Reply
    RainyDayInterns promoted this comment HAZman27 was starred HAZman27 was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/11/09

    @HAZman27: No arguments from us, and as you say... there is a value (and cost) with time.

    Not everyone wants or needs to know how things work. Some just want it to work so they can use it.
     Reply
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    Image of Mr. Damage Mr. Damage
    12/10/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    For some reason, this makes me want to RAGE at APPLE. FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU #rage #fu
     Reply
    RainyDayInterns promoted this comment Mr. Damage was starred Mr. Damage was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/10/09

    @Mr. Damage: Why? You paid for it. You own it...open it up and take it apart all you want.

    All Apple is saying is don't come pissing and moaning to them if you can't put it back together again.
     Reply
    RainyDayInterns was starred RainyDayInterns was unstarred
    Image of tamoko tamoko
    12/10/09

    @RainyDayInterns: Good point, and this is nothing new... Most cell phone batteries have a moisture dot now so the carrier can tell if the phones gotten wet.
     Reply
    tamoko was starred tamoko was unstarred
    Image of SublimeAndEtc SublimeAndEtc
    12/11/09

    @RainyDayInterns: ...or if you just wanted to look at the insides and are fully capable of putting it back together and a completely unrelated issue has caused the unit to malfunction.
     Reply
    RainyDayInterns promoted this comment SublimeAndEtc was starred SublimeAndEtc was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/11/09

    @SublimeAndEtc: Look all you want.

    As everyone thinks they are capable and "above average"... there is no way to tell them apart now, is there?
     Reply
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    Image of airmikee99003 airmikee99003
    12/10/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    The funniest part is that Apple is trying to patent something that has existed for decades.
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    tamoko promoted this comment airmikee99003 was starred airmikee99003 was unstarred
    Image of tamoko tamoko
    12/10/09

    @airmikee99003: Yup... I thought that too.
     Reply
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    Image of Whytookay - Pro Skub Whytookay - Pro Skub
    12/10/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    "I'm sorry, but the sticker has been tampered with, your warranty is void."

    "But the battery burnt through the back of the ipod and destroyed the sticker!"

    "Yes, and now we can't work on it because of the smoke."
     Reply
    clR3vv promoted this comment Whytookay - Pro Skub was starred Whytookay - Pro Skub was unstarred
    Image of Louis Krause Louis Krause
    12/10/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    Doesn't Microsoft already do this with the Xbox 360?
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    shouryuuken promoted this comment Louis Krause was starred Louis Krause was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    12/10/09

    In reply to New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With the Hardware
    So, they filed a patent for... folding a sticker in half?

    I've been doing this for gift-wrapping purposes since I was a child. I'm claiming prior art.
     Reply
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