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• "It's nice and all that you're covering this particular issue, but I'd also like to see more coverage of Valve and Steam. Even if you buy a physical game incorporating Steamworks (and they are going to become more prevalent) that you dislike or no longer use, you are stuck with it because it is tied to your (non-editable, non-transferable) Steam account *forever*. Surprisingly, non-client based companies like Direct2Drive and even EA are getting it right. Steam are killing PC gaming...."

Mel Rodriguez

Ebook license "agreements" are a ripoff

• "@teapot: Oh, you'd be glad if all the people on board died would you? Could you look each fisherman in the face and say those big bad words? Having also lived in Japan myself, I can safely say that I would happily say it to these assholes' faces. In Japanese. With a smile. My Japanese partner seemed to understand my position, so I'm sure your little Japanophile mind will be able to eventually. This is not about nationality/race. It is about showing disregard for those who show disregard for the damage the..."

teapot

Stealthy anti-whaling powerboat

• "why does the world even need teen lit? I work in a bookstore and I see endless vampire lit, "clique" lit, and poorly written fantasies (with gigantic text, seriously, are today's kids totally blind, or do publishers want to inflate the book so they can charge more). Nothing that gets shelved in the "teen" section looks to be a worthwhile read (and I would never buy any of it for a teen), except for the adult and child lit that gets published in multiple formats (like LotR, Potter, Redwall). When I was a t..."

Anonymous

Teen sex belongs in teen lit

• "I love my SanDisk Sansa Clip. Lightweight, long battery life thanks to the simple OLED screen, no DRM whatsoever. I do own a larger player to watch video on long trips, but for walking around campus, my Sansa is perfect. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16855125068&cm_re=sansa_clip-_-55-125-068-_-Product - Mr. Bluesky..."

Anonymous

What MP3 player should I buy?

• "#59: Japan's whaling fleet operates under the guise of scientific research. That "research" has been criticized as unsound, unnecessary, and not justified in taking the full quota. Unless you're convinced otherwise, it's commercial whaling, and therefore illegal. An interesting development this year is the proposed ban by the International Maritime Organization on the use of heavy oil fuels in the antarctic. Japan is a member of the IMO, and both the Japanese fleet and the Sea Shepherd flagship (MV Stev..."

Quaternion

Stealthy anti-whaling powerboat

• "I thought google was better than Yahoo email because people ketp saying so, but after signing up for gmail, i found the whole page was full with ads. very dissapointing. I, then, went back to Yahoo Mail =] The only ad (1) you see there, is a banner all the way to the left, you only see it if you want to. Google offers other great services such as Google voice and... MAPS :D but for email, Yahoo or any other provider is best. =]..."

Anonymous

How to avoid ads in Gmail (or not)

• "Headline should be "Scottish veterans charity Erskine pwned by kids"...."

Anonymous

Hitler: football coach?

• "Anonymous: "No Kindle for me, until it runs Linux well enough to not bother with Amazon" Get one of these: http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/iliad or (drool!) on of these: http://www.irextechnologies.com/irexdr1000 You can request Shell access and D/L the SDK for free. See here: http://developer.irexnet.com/pub/ See some of the software written for these here: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Iliad_Software..."

PaulR

Ebook license "agreements" are a ripoff

• "There is some good info in the attached PDF if you take some time to have a read. You can see the source was obtained from: http://www.sfgate.com/cgibin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail?blogid=150&entry_id=46236 http://i-phonehome.blogspot.com/2009/08/vampires-live-iphone-appstore-top25.html http://i-phonehome.blogspot.com/2009/08/vampires-live-storm8s-response-round-2.html http://iphone-home.blogspot.com/2009/08/imobsters-iphone-appstore-top25-free.html What is interesting (and a bit damming for apple) is the blo..."

Anonymous

iPhone game dev accused of stealing players' phone numbers

• "Astroboy looks great, my living room wall is killing for some art like this!..."

ngod23

Tim Biskup's Darth Vader and Astroboy