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  • On the post: Why The Wireless Industry Is Moving To Flat-Rate Pricing

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2008 @ 05:14pm

    Well..

    That's cool. What about data plans, though? I'm still paying overage by the meg...

  • On the post: Yet Another Attempt At Satellite Internet Access

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2008 @ 12:03pm

    Hah!

    My boss' parents used to use satellite internet, and I've been told it was terrible. They've since switched to a Wireless 3G cell signal. It's funny, too, because they're technically out of 3G range, but his father has hooked up a massive antenna to his 3G card, and now gets a full signal while being 5 miles away from the closest cell tower.

  • On the post: Danish Court Tells ISP To Block PirateBay

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2008 @ 11:04am

    Hooray!

    Hooray CGI Proxies.

  • On the post: The Problem With Social Networks: When Worlds Collide

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2008 @ 11:00am

    Connections and Collisions - Why Facebook Isn't fo

    I don't use social networking sites, and that is one of the reasons why. I have a "real life", and two seperate online identities, neither of which are associated with the other. My "real life" friends know of whatever online identities I tell them, and no more. You can't even use Google to find one of 'em. One of my identities online is closely related to my "real life", and those two collide. The other has literally, no association with my other identity, and almost no association with my "real life". If I used a social networking website, I fear I would lose that separation.

  • On the post: Hey MySpace, Aren't You A Little Late To The 'Portal' Bandwagon?

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2008 @ 12:07pm

    Well...

    The cake is a lie.

  • On the post: Prince Takes Down Another Video With His Music Playing In The Background

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2008 @ 01:17pm

    Re: Prince

    "I think anyone who actually likes Prince should be sued. I think noise pollution laws might apply for criminal charges too."

    Hahahaha, agreed.

  • On the post: Professors Learning To Embrace, Not Hate, Wikipedia

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2007 @ 11:34pm

    Re: Re:

    I was so excited to post my joke that I forgot to enter my information. Excellent.

  • On the post: Are Supporters Of Net Neutrality Really Just Supporters Of Music Piracy?

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2007 @ 07:02am

    Ouchies, slow internet sucks

    "The fastest download speeds a home user can now get is about 2 Mbps, which is not consistent, has a download limit cap and users have to pay through the nose for it."

    I have 30 down, 10 up at my house. That sucks for you.

  • On the post: No Merry Christmas For PS3 Speculators

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 02 Jan, 2007 @ 03:16am

    Re: Re: Re: over rated system

    "Oh, and I live in Dallas, Texas, (Cali or no, there are still well over a million people living in the metroplex so it's not exactly hick-ville.) and I have yet to see a PS3 in stock. "In the back" doesn't count, Best Buy has been reported holding PS3s in the backroom and not selling them until they build up their stock or until a sale or special event."

    Okay, Mr. I live in Dallas, Tx. I would like to inform you that I, a Plano, TX resident, currently have ELEVEN (11) Playstation 3 Consoles at the EB Games that I currently manage. All of them are of the 60GB variety. That is significantly more than the five (5) Xbox 360 systems we have in stock. On a side note, we have also received approximately thurty (30) or so Wii units, all of which sell on the same day that they arrive.

    Now, you speak of the PSPs outnumbering the Xbox 360. You are 100% correct when you speak of systems that have been manufactured. But what matters most is how many of said systems have been purchased, not just how many have been manufactured and are sitting on store shelves. Now, I don't have the numbers sitting right in front of me, but there have been significantly more Xbox 360's sold to customers than PSP's. My store, at this current moment, has nine (9) PSP systems in stock, more than the Xbox 360. And, on a side note, we are currently completely out of Nintendo DS systems (at the store and the warehouse). Sony actually pulled the vast majority of resourses out of developting new products (namely movies) the PSP's UMD format.

    So, at this current moment in time, the major game system manufacturers are listed like this in order of quality game systems:
    (Manufacturer - System (# In Stock) )
    NINTENDO - Wii (0), DS (0), Game Boy Advance (0)
    MICROSOFT - XB360 (5), Zune (7)
    SONY - PS3 (11), PSP (9)
    None of these are what you call "in the back" or are being held for any reason. They are all very well advertized around the store and are available at any time that the store is open.

    Right now, Nintendo has the most in-demand products (all of which I own). They have the best systems, hands-down.

    If I had more time, I would continue this post, but alas, I have work to do. So, I will leave you with this note:

    NINTENDO RULES!!

  • On the post: China Deletes Wikipedia?

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2005 @ 09:09pm

    Re: Internet Censorship

    I realize this. I'm just voicing my opinion, in which I happen to disagree with the subject at hand. I'm not bashing Communism (don't ask why), I'm just saying that it's quite unfair.

    Although, Communism in itself dosen't work... But that's a whole other argument.

  • On the post: China Deletes Wikipedia?

    Xyro TR1 ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2005 @ 04:40pm

    Internet Censorship

    I think media censorship as a while is almost completely unnecessary. I mean, of course you can censor nudity, violence, and foul language from public TV, but individuals have the right to see/hear what they want if they're willing to pay for it. Such as the internet. China is just taking away the rights of it's people.