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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    05:19 AM

    In reply to How Many Is Too Many Boxes In Your Entertainment Center?
    4 + 2 pieces of network gear.

    Cable Box/DVR, Reciever, PS3, and classic Xbox pimping the XBMC(With a big middle finger to the PS3 and it's DNLA).

    Network gear is of course my router and a switch.

    Really need to build a tiny 1080p capable XBMC machine.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    03:01 AM

    In reply to How Many Is Too Many Boxes In Your Entertainment Center?
    Let's see: DirecTV, 360, BluRay, and receiver. But they're all wired up in-wall and tucked in beside the couch.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12:45 AM

    In reply to How Many Is Too Many Boxes In Your Entertainment Center?
    Apple TV (most used) ion based home built nettop (2nd most used) wii (barely touched), xbox 360 (used more than my cable box) and my STB (which sees little use). I've thought about having a sling player but a dedicated boxee unit is already in place with my Zotac ion now that the adobe flash beta is out and I can use it for my hulu needs, as well as classic gaming.
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    12/09/09

    In reply to What is the Nerdiest Holiday Decoration You Have Ever Seen?
    Probably not the nerdiest, but I do own these and they're on my tree right now
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    12/09/09

    In reply to What is the Nerdiest Holiday Decoration You Have Ever Seen?
    I don't know if it is the nerdiest, but it's pretty strange...

    I actually have one...
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    Image of ebob ebob
    12/09/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: GO PENS!!!
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    12/09/09

    @ebob: That, sir, is enough to get you a heart!
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    Image of infmom infmom
    12/08/09

    In reply to What is the Nerdiest Holiday Decoration You Have Ever Seen?
    We collected a huge pile of the worst, most dead-end junk CDs that ever darkened our mailbox. I tied them together, shiny side out, with cord, and clipped them to the bushes in the front yard. Makes great, shiny, sparkly ornaments. But if I ever took pictures of them, I can't figure out where I stored them. And they're not up yet this year.

    At any rate, what better use for AOL CDs, TurboTax sent on spec, old trade show catalogs, dead data disks, software bought when the DAK store was going out of business a decade ago, etc etc etc?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/08/09

    In reply to What is the Nerdiest Holiday Decoration You Have Ever Seen?
    I saved nipple ornament for my Christmas ecard. If someone can provide a nipple dreidal, my holiday cards will be done.
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    12/08/09

    In reply to What is the Nerdiest Holiday Decoration You Have Ever Seen?
    Bill Gates snowglobe?
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    12/08/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher::
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    Image of EBone EBone
    12/08/09

    In reply to What is the Nerdiest Holiday Decoration You Have Ever Seen?
    I have almost all of the Hallmark Star Trek starship ornaments. Not the character ones, just the starships.

    'Cuz you know, the character ones would be just over the top nerdy, right? Right?
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    12/08/09

    In reply to What is the Nerdiest Holiday Decoration You Have Ever Seen?
    USB Drive of course
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    12/08/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: And of course the tree you guys featured before.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    12/07/09

    In reply to Which One of These 10 Best HDTVs Would Make The Best Gift?
    Kuro. 'nuff said.
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    Image of Jamez Jamez
    12/07/09

    In reply to Which One of These 10 Best HDTVs Would Make The Best Gift?
    Trying to find out which set you should get Sean? Hmm? HMM??
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    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    12/07/09

    In reply to Are You Comfortable With Google's Level of Control Over Your Data?
    If "they" are looking for you, it doesn't matter whether Google has that data trail or not. If they don't then Verizon does, or Microsoft, or Cablevision. If you live like a hermit, you might not have a digital footprint. Given that you're reading this message online, you don't live like a hermit.

    What will the future hold? Hmmm. How about this: In the future, only you are allowed to access that kind of data. You have a view of your own complete footprint, and no-one else. Anyone accessing this data without your permission is a criminal, but you can choose to sell your personal data to those who want to use it.

    Law enforcement, such as it may exist, will have access to this information in the event of a crime. The punishment for abuse of this power is a mandatory minimum: loss of data access for life.
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    Image of Oyabun Oyabun
    12/05/09

    In reply to Are You Comfortable With Google's Level of Control Over Your Data?
    I don't care that much. I use Scroogle instead of Google Search so that my searches are not tied to my IP in Google's databases. The length of time search engine operators store your data varies but Google's retention time is 9 months - reduced from 18 months. Scroogle sends all search requests to Google through the same IP addresses thereby making your requests anonymous*(to google - not to law enforcement).
    I use Google Voice and Gmail. Private contractors working with the government could probably retain some of the same information gleaned from my gmail accounts. Or they could just buy my data from a data mining corp. My divorce, cable bill emails and Newegg specials aren't anything too secret. I use Google Voice for women I just met and personal business. They can data mine the crap out of that junk all they want.

    If I want free phone numbers in other area codes with visual voicemail and 8gb of free IMAP email I go to Google. If I want privacy*(everything short of Echelon) I use other means of communication. The CEO of Google's remarks are douche baggery but I have no illusions about how "private" my private life is.
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    12/04/09

    In reply to Are You Comfortable With Google's Level of Control Over Your Data?
    As Google infiltrates itself into our lives more and more, I'm getting increasingly concerned that they will diverge from their unofficial motto: "Don't be evil."

    I believe the target of the motto was Micro$oft, but they are behaving more-and-more like their arch-nemesis.

    Google has done a very poor job telling users exactly what they will and will not do with the data they collect on us.
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    Image of tvcity6455 tvcity6455
    12/05/09

    @Dacker: And people don't really seem to care because they're too busy oooing and aahing over all the free stuff.

    Nobody ever does anything unless there's something in it for them. It may seem cynical, but I always try to understand what someone's getting when they want to give me something for free.
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    12/05/09

    @tvcity6455:

    As they say, "There ain't no free lunch!"

    The price we're paying to Google for all these free apps is a piece of ourselves and tiny pieces of our personal freedom to use the net without fear of our activities being used against us. I'm not just talking about the RIAA or MPAA, it's also employers, the police and FBI, even insurance companies and your ex's lawyers.

    If Google's doesn't fully disclose what they're doing with our data and what lines they will not cross, I foresee a day in the next three years where Google's name will be as vilified as Micro$oft's.

    I hope this does not come to be....
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