@Bertone77: Really, the detatched orifaces are much creepier. I'd have far less qualms penetrating a non descript hole. I mean, this is just a more advanced version of the tried and true sweat sock.
The slot is described as a "stealth" orifice, as opposed to the standard "lady", "mouth", or "butt". Would any ladies care to explain where on their bodies I can find one of these?
Also, can anyone confirm having had a "whirlwind of pleasure" after the vortex in someone's vagina rips their cock right off?
@Gordonium: It's a compliment. I find Frooch's articles to awesomely funny considering the things he has done o_O. And yet, he looks like he is the ultimate ladies man.
Camera cables. Both of the digital cameras I've owned have proprietary data cables. I can cheat the current camera by just convering my SD cards into USB drives and totally forgetting where I stashed the two cables (one USB, the other RCA stereo/video for playing movies on TV), but with my old camera the cable was a regular-use item at home. For travel, I had to buy a PCMCIA laptop card that would read Not-So-SmartMedia so I wouldn't have to risk losing a cable that would cost me at least $50 to replace (plus S&H).
The entire technology industry is laden with gadgets that do not make it. That is part of being in the gadget industry, folks. In order for a winner to emerge, there has to be lots of losers. It just happens that Sony (and, to a lesser extent, Apple) have usually been on the losing end of those battles. But some of the comments in this just make me laugh given the world perspective on this stuff.
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SD cards are by far the industry standard on memory, and I will be the first to sign a petition outlawing every other memory format (yes, including Compact Flash). But wait! There are multiple varieties of SD cards, too, so we really are not winning any battles here.
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CDMA may be disliked (especially by those who have GSM phones), but do not forget that the world has hardly selected one standard for phone carriers. While GSM might be the majority player, like SD cards, it still has multiple varieties. And while the SIM card idea sounds great on paper, we have had a lot of difficulties getting them to work. (GCI in Alaska is our latest example where we have to swap SIM cards because they are moving to a different GSM network. So much for GSM being ubiquitous.)
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The sound quality improvement of AAC and WMA is really at very small bit rates, which is stupid in the age of 4gb shuffles. PC Magazine did a study and found that MP3 actually sounds better than both of these formats when using any bit rate above 160K. That leaves only one reason to use a format other than MP3: Because no one wants to pay the small royalties to use it. I am a cheapskate, but that seems absurd to me.
Still, the one thing I have come to accept is that the gadget community will continue to create new standards and formats that will ultimately make all of our lives ridiculously complicated. Consider it job security, folks.
@OmniZero: Well to their credit, the PS3 has a standard PC type trapezoidal power plug(don't know what its called), and HDMI. So those are pretty universal. But yes, the "multimedia out" on the PS3 is proprietary. Nintendo kept the same connectors from the N64 i think...not counting the power supply.
@Papercutninja: Nintendo has kept the same plug (For their AV cables) since the Super Nintendo. Which is good I suppose... but it's really not that big a deal. I'd rather all systems have some sort of game backwards compatibility. It upsets me that my PS3 will play PS1 games but not PS2 games :c /
Oh allow me to introduce one I found today. Apple with their Mini Display Port. I bought the Mini Display Port to DVI adapter yesterday; Come to find out that it only supports DVI-D, not DVD-I or DVI-A. [en.wikipedia.org]
Example.
So if you already have a DVI to VGA converter and you want to use either DVI or VGA though your Display Port. You have to buy both adapters.
Another way apple is sucking more money out of their customers. But noo...no one will complain, its apple almost everyone thinks that they are perfect. Yet they seem to be as greedy, if not more greedy then Microsoft.
@Framewerk: Apple won't be making extra money unless people only buy their own adapter for the Macbooks and Mac Minis. Once Monoprice and others make their own accessories, it won't matter anymore. Dell's already adopting displayport.
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Also, can anyone confirm having had a "whirlwind of pleasure" after the vortex in someone's vagina rips their cock right off?
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Oh, that's where the fourth hole is, right there. Right there in the back of the knee.
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It's like you're in my head, in my girlfriend's worst nightmares.
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Hey-yo.
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If anything, it's envy :'(
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My top three favorite items in this article:
1.
SD cards are by far the industry standard on memory, and I will be the first to sign a petition outlawing every other memory format (yes, including Compact Flash). But wait! There are multiple varieties of SD cards, too, so we really are not winning any battles here.
2.
CDMA may be disliked (especially by those who have GSM phones), but do not forget that the world has hardly selected one standard for phone carriers. While GSM might be the majority player, like SD cards, it still has multiple varieties. And while the SIM card idea sounds great on paper, we have had a lot of difficulties getting them to work. (GCI in Alaska is our latest example where we have to swap SIM cards because they are moving to a different GSM network. So much for GSM being ubiquitous.)
3.
The sound quality improvement of AAC and WMA is really at very small bit rates, which is stupid in the age of 4gb shuffles. PC Magazine did a study and found that MP3 actually sounds better than both of these formats when using any bit rate above 160K. That leaves only one reason to use a format other than MP3: Because no one wants to pay the small royalties to use it. I am a cheapskate, but that seems absurd to me.
Still, the one thing I have come to accept is that the gadget community will continue to create new standards and formats that will ultimately make all of our lives ridiculously complicated. Consider it job security, folks.
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Kodak Disk Cameras.
[en.wikipedia.org]
worst idea they ever had. I mean.. 35mm was plentiful and easy to get and use.. so they create that??
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Apple's Mini-DVI, Micro-DVI, Mini-VGA...whatever other video ports they have. Those are just evil.
All the consoles having different video plugs and power cords.
There has to be more...just can't think of them right now.
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Example.

So if you already have a DVI to VGA converter and you want to use either DVI or VGA though your Display Port. You have to buy both adapters.
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Another way apple is sucking more money out of their customers. But noo...no one will complain, its apple almost everyone thinks that they are perfect. Yet they seem to be as greedy, if not more greedy then Microsoft.
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