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  • On the post: Vox Seems Kind Of Upset That We're Building Gigabit Networks With Bandwidth To Spare

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2016 @ 08:46am

    Vox being a Comcast mouthpiece after a $200M infusion of cash, maybe?

  • On the post: NVIDIA Calls A Feature A 'Bug,' Strips Away Overclocking Option On Its Mobile Device Cards

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 09:04am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Common Sense

    No offense, but you are wrong. Asus, MSI and others touted overclocking as a feature on their 900m series equipped laptops. Their overclocking utilities made this easy to do. Now that doesn't work.

  • On the post: NVIDIA Calls A Feature A 'Bug,' Strips Away Overclocking Option On Its Mobile Device Cards

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 08:44am

    Re: Re: Re: Common Sense

    I disagree. That laptop was marketed and sold with overclocking as a major feature. As such it certainly should be easily accessible. In fact, instead of using settings in software provided by the manufacturer the general populace you speak of now have to resort to hacked drivers or other workarounds to get the performance they paid for.

    It's kind of like the red key and the black key for the Hellcat. You would be pretty upset if all of a sudden that red key didn't work anymore...

  • On the post: NVIDIA Calls A Feature A 'Bug,' Strips Away Overclocking Option On Its Mobile Device Cards

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 08:21am

    Re: Common Sense

    Yea, trying to overclock your eBook probably isn't a good idea. But when you pay close to $3,000.00 for a laptop that was designed so you could, well, not too many children buying those...

  • On the post: NVIDIA Calls A Feature A 'Bug,' Strips Away Overclocking Option On Its Mobile Device Cards

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 08:06am

    Re: Re:

    That's nice, but you shouldn't need a workaround to enable a marketed feature you paid money for...

  • On the post: NVIDIA Calls A Feature A 'Bug,' Strips Away Overclocking Option On Its Mobile Device Cards

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 07:23am

    Actually, there are multiple manufacturers (Asus is a big one) that sell Gaming Laptops. The are specifically built with much higher thermal capability than your Chromebook. Do some Googling. These machines were (and still are, funny enough) being marketed as having the ability to be overclocked.
    Asus copy:
    "With ASUS TurboMaster technology, the G751 offers stable GPU overclocking along with an optimized dual-fan cooling system that keeps everything cool even in the heat of battle."

    A lot of people bought them just for that reason. Now that capability is gone.

    If this was a 'bug', the OEM vendors sure used it to drive sales. And funny how this 'bug' has existed for YEARS...

  • On the post: Man Sues City After Arrest For Dropping F-Bombs In A Local Restaurant

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2015 @ 08:35am

    Officer Ronk should have called in SWAT to shoot the place up and close it down. That IHOP is obviously a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

  • On the post: TV News Programs Seem Focused On Making Sure NSA Defenders Get Nearly All Air Time

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2014 @ 05:56am

    Well, because...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu_30-8ZlmQ

  • On the post: Online Retailer Says If You Give It A Negative Review It Can Fine You $3,500

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2013 @ 09:55am

    But they didn't buy anything...

    ...your acceptance of this sales contract prohibits you...

    Aside from the fact that such dickery wouldn't be enforceable anyway, according to the article they never received any product and the transaction was cancelled. Seems to me no sale means no sales contract.

  • On the post: German Consumer Group Not Happy With Diablo 3 Internet Requirements

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2012 @ 06:32am

    Re:

    At Beech:
    All the things you describe only matter for PVP or groups playing ONLINE. For the player never going online, only playing a solo playthrough there is NO added value to having to be online. None.

    Blizzard could have added an option to create a character that could not go online at all. Diablo II had it. Hmmmm...

  • On the post: Yet Another (Yes Another) Error In Megaupload Case: Search Warrants Ruled Illegal

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2012 @ 07:00am

    Re: Re:

    Okay, but should they be reviewing anything seized, since they never should have seized it to begin with? I know laws are complicated but it would seem the first act (unlawfully seizing) would cancel out the ability to perform the second act (reviewing for relevance to the charges).

  • On the post: Yet Another (Yes Another) Error In Megaupload Case: Search Warrants Ruled Illegal

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2012 @ 06:39am

    Not a lawyer so asking a question. Since the search warrants were deemed illegal shouldn't all the seized items be returned immediately? If they were unlawfully seized doesn't that make them all inadmissible as evidence?

  • On the post: Matthew Inman To Charles Carreon: Take Time Off, Stop Saying Crazy Sh*t To Journalists, Calm Down

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2012 @ 06:54am

    Just curious...

    The demand letter Carreon sent was supposedly representing his client, Funnyjunk. Yet in the MSNBC interview Carreon said 'my mother' when referring to the picture Inman had drawn. Several references he made to Inman's response letter seemed to indicate he thought it was directed at him personally. Seems to me a lawyer would know better. And now bringing the lawsuit himself instead of for Funnyjunk.

    Has anyone heard anything from the owner of Funnyjunk since this fiasco began? Even a no comment?

  • On the post: Why Some 'Easy' Legal Questions Aren't Always So Easy: Is A Burrito A Sandwich?

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2011 @ 07:53am

    Disagreement

    "In a world where you can spend so much time arguing over the sandwichness of a burrito, there's a need for lawyers."

    I submit that needing a lawyer to determine if a burrito is a sandwich is a direct result of politicians (who mostly used to be lawyers) writing laws in such a way as to REQUIRE a lawyer to to determine if a burrito is a sandwich, hence insuring their continued existence.

    Do away with the lawyers. Eventually we won't need them anymore...

  • On the post: New Judicial Hero: Philip Gutierrez Goes Ballistic On Ridiculous Gov't Prosecutors During Xbox Modding Trial

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2010 @ 11:24am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    The problem here isn't so much that their witness used to mod xboxes. The problem is with the prosecution wanting to keep that tidbit secret from the jury.

  • On the post: ASCAP Boss Refuses To Debate Lessig; Claims That It's An Attempt To 'Silence' ASCAP

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2010 @ 06:58am

    Re: Paul Williams?

    Phantom of the Paradise! I love that movie. And yup, that Paul Williams.

  • On the post: Ubisoft's Annoying New DRM Cracked Within Hours Of Release

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2010 @ 09:46am

    Does it really matter if it HAS been cracked? Pirates say yes. UBI says no. But I wonder how happy UBI is that most of the buzz about this game has very little to do with the actual game itself. It's about the DRM. Such a waste.

    Once again, a publisher has so focused on the 'Dread Pirate Roberts' that they lost sight of two REALLY important things. #1 is us. You know, the customers? The one's who actually pay them money for... #2 THE GAME!!!

    What's being talked about now? What's getting all the press? The DRM and whether it works. Instead of pointing to a successful launch and crowing about sales numbers they are fighting a defensive skirmish with announcements that, true or not, no one really believes.

    Valve recently pushed out an update to the game Portal that added some new content that has fans decoding files and morse code and finding an old style phone in BBS to get clues to... something. They have fans all agog over something that hasn't even been officially announced yet. The new HL episode? Portal 2? But they are buzzing about THE PRODUCT. Hows that for marketing.

    What's being talked about with UBI's new releases?
    Yea.
    Way to go, UBI.

  • On the post: If School Officials Got Confused By Kid's Science Project, Why Does The Kid Need Counseling?

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2010 @ 09:19am

    Between the lines

    It's a pity the reporter who wrote the article didn't ask a few probing questions, like what school policy the student broke. Or, 'after talking to the student' what led them to believe evacuation of the school and a search of the student's garage was warranted.
    I can almost here the ultimatum offered by the school officials at the end of this.
    Admit this was all you and your child's fault, don't contradict any of this at a later date and we won't file a bunch of bogus charges, make you pay for police and fire response and expel your child for reasons that will keep him out of anything but a school for violent offenders.
    Oh, the student handbook for the school can be found here:
    http://old.sandi.net/mtm/policies.html
    Maybe some of you can figure what policy he broke...

  • On the post: Philip K. Dick Estate Sends Google Cease And Desist Over Nexus One Name

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2010 @ 09:28am

    A quick search of the word Nexus finds a software company, an electronics manufacturer and a major level in the game Quake 4. I wonder if Dick's daughter got huffy with them as well...

  • On the post: Canada Also Getting Pushed By EU On Ridiculous Copyright Policies

    SkullCowboy ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2009 @ 07:59am

    "Hi, I'd like to buy that painting, the one with the cat chasing the yarn."
    "Great, just fill out these forms, please."
    "Forms? What are these for?"
    "These register you as the current owner. They will be filed with the Artist Reimbursement Office and their audit division, the tax office, and your local police precinct. Should you ever sell the painting you will need to file a transfer of ownership package, with it's applicable fees, to each of these entities. Should the painting ever be lost, destroyed or stolen you will need to file the claim form package id-10-t and allow for possible inspection and verification of said claim.
    Will that be cash or charge?"

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