@James

Of course the SPUs work that way. Cell and the PS3 were designed to be used in a system that had XDR memory.

SASS

Guarantied to post in the comments section of any site any time there's a mention of SA.

Quick, I think Fragmaster is uploading a new video on Youtube!!

Re: @@AC

The red squiggles will show up in Firefox with XP, too.

inconsistent behaviour on Bell's part

Other articles covering the story mention that the guy with the giant bill has received warnings from Bell when he was going to be billed an extra $100 over his regular rate. This time there was no warning that anything was out of the ordinary until the damage was done.

Re: Canadian Record Industry?

While the Rest Of Canada might put out a band every now and then that's able to score a hit, a substantial chunk of music bought in Quebec is home-grown. They might not be known in the English-speaking portions of North America, but they're still there.

Re: For God's Sake Get Your Facts Right!

I think he's referring to the hundreds of millions of dollars Microsoft paid out to get the studios HD-DVD exclusive. You know, bribing them.

Re:Don't mention the modems!

I never had a problem with my 28.8k Sportster. The thing kept plugging away until the day we got 1.7meg DSL.

@ LaeMi

If you (or the author) had bothered to look into the guy's history, you'd see he had the same job under Bush as he did with Clinton, and that he was the only member of the executive branch on 9/11 who has apologized to the families of the victims for the failures of the government.

Yes, he seems to have zany ideas here, but that doesn't mean he's a Republican shill. The right-wingers in the US treated him like a pariah after his testimony about the Bush administration's blind eye to the threat of Osama.

Burma?

Are you guys still calling Zimbabwe 'Rhodesia', or Thailand 'Siam'?

re: "Sponsored link"...

"And now a word from our sponsors" was a common euphemism for advertising on radio and TV shows back in the day. I have no doubt my grandmother could make the connection.

Re: "100 times closer"

As in one hundredth the distance it was the last time it took pictures of the thing? What's so difficult?

Lucas

Isn't he usually pretty laid-back about fan-made work? Look at the whole Stephen Colbert green-screen challenge.

Hey, I didn't even think of the Viacom connection until after I typed it. :)

google knows what's what

http://www.googlr.com

too many great ones

"Donuts, is there anything they can't do?"

"Relax? I can't relax! Nor can I yield, relent, or-- *ugh*-- only two synonyms? Oh my God, I'm losing my perspicacity!"

"This enormous woman will devour us all!"

Re: No Legal Aid ?

I think you'll find that the Recording Industry Association of America doesn't have much jurisdiction in the United Kingdom. ;)

David Brin strikes again

Seems like we're one step closer to Glory Season.

Don't forget Florida

http://www.snopes.com/photos/risque/license.asp

@ Robert

Homer's brain is buffered from the skull by a larger than normal layer of fluid, while the French guy's brain is plastered to the skull by liquid pushing from the inside.

I bet he further differentiates himself by scarfing down on croissants

The warranty extention

It only covers the 'ring of death' problems. All other omstances of your console turning into a brick are subject to the one-year coverage and fees.

The 1024x1024 version is available here:

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07740

Are you sure about this?

"UK HDTVs more commonly display 720p and 1080p images at 25fps, while US screens run to 30fps. In each case, the result is a movie that plays faster, with sound at a higher pitch, than it would in the cinema."

I find it hard to believe that North American HD-DVD and BD players are speeding up films by 25% because they can't do the hi-def equivalent to 3:2 pulldown.

Get your Star Trek right!

Seven of Nine was the one who viewed it as perfection!!

SomethingAwful

The money Lowtax was raising was going towards the Red Cross, but Paypal wouldn't allow it because it couldn't see what SA was 'selling' and froze the account. They gave him the opportunity to transfer the account holding to the United Way, but Lowtax didn't like the amount of money that charity skims from donations. He ended up refunding the donations in disgust and asking people to donate individually.

CRTs can do HD, too

"By targeting the individual red, green and blue colours of each pixel, however, the displays can be scaled to support HD resolutions."

They aren't exactly slim, but there have been CRTs (both computer monitors and TVs) capable of displaying HD content for years.

Sound's more like AMD's past brands than Intel's

Athlon, Duron, Opteron, Sempron, Phenom.

I think I see what they're up to.

Re: Did he just say "piss off"?

To piss someone off means you get them angry. What does the expression mean for you crazy brits? :)

Codecs

From what I've read, Divx is comparable to the H.264 and VC1 codecs that are standard on the next-gen video discs. If you're willing to put up with a 4.5Mbps bitrate for your video then I guess DVDs aren't a bad choice for you.