Cloggin

Member since: May 9th, 2006

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Project Grizzly guy forced to auction Trojan 'Halo suit' (Engadget)

Feb 7th 2007 11:53PM This is NOT, I repeat NOT a halo-affliated suit! As being a die-hard fan of halo, the storyline, the artwork, the everything, I can tell you that www.nightmarearmor.com were the only ones to make a true Master Chief set of armor, and they've since gone the way of the do-do. Maybe this is battlestar material, but in NO WAY is it Halo-affilated. I hope that jackass knows it.

TUAW gets 15 seconds on CommandN (TUAW.com)

Sep 5th 2006 12:13PM "[...]I'll bet you think this song is about you, don't you [...]"

Cheers to the recognition. When do we get this hyped Vista-post?

Apple sending battery recall emails to registered users (TUAW.com)

Sep 1st 2006 7:45PM Spil - Cheers. But the fact remains: no-johnson-burning-laptops-for-me.

Windows app cracks iTMS v6 DRM (TUAW.com)

Sep 1st 2006 12:27PM Todd - I take my python script over to my buddies house - strip the DRM off of all his files, then copy the files for myself, and head on home. That was the point. It makes more sense for someone to buy the song than go to all that trouble of writing the script. Thanks for your input, though.

Apple sending battery recall emails to registered users (TUAW.com)

Sep 1st 2006 11:13AM It'd be interesting to know how their one-on-one customer service department is pitching this recall. Dell, as I'm sure many of you already know, in their recall - is trying to drop the blame on Sony. Calling into their tech support, their pre-recorded message dictates '[...]recall of Sony-manufactured batteries in our Dell models: [...]' - besides, I didn't know the battery industry was making such experimental strides. You'd think if they had something that worked they'd stick with it. I'd rather have less battery power than a risk of my johnson getting blown off by an over-heated battery.

Windows app cracks iTMS v6 DRM (TUAW.com)

Sep 1st 2006 11:04AM They'll always find a way. The kids, the developers, whatever, someone will always find a way not to have to pay for other people's work. Unfortunately, the time put into developing this python script and whatever other tools people are coming up with, would be better spent in a $10/hour job that would move than cover the cost of whatever that song is they don't want to pay for.

Figures.

Google iPod wrap (TUAW.com)

Aug 28th 2006 8:23PM Com'on guys - just search around a bit. This Denver-based company has been doing exactly this for years now. And I'm pretty sure (depending on adhesive in this example) that there's some patent infringement going on here.

http://www.skinit.com/

Stock designs, Custom designs, personal designs - pretty hot stuff - they're also the company behind Dell's all new - 'Your style, your dell' - decaling of laptops.

Fuzzy tactics aren't helping the Mac community (TUAW.com)

Aug 15th 2006 7:49PM Touche, however, there's a difference between 'setting the record straight' and accusations of slander.

David was pointing out how the article hinders the Mac-community. I ripped into Eran about the content of his article, and not so much about the true nature of David's claims.

Attempts to undermine the credibility of the author of the article are to encourage this specific author, and anyone willing to make bold statements and publish them, should take that extra second to run their ideas/statements/etc by someone on the opposite pole from them, to get an idea of a generalized response.

Pitty. And if this whole discussion was really about cost of the OS instead of the validity/accuracy of the author's claims (regarind costs), we may have a different arguement.

Fuzzy tactics aren't helping the Mac community (TUAW.com)

Aug 15th 2006 6:39PM To dearest Pablo: I am sure you are aware the TUAW blogs are geared towards the Mac Community (et al). Your comments:
"How about this for the Mac community: stop being so self-conscious and enjoy your computer of choice. Praise it if you like. Some people will think you're snob, gay, retarded, or all of the above. I, personally, don't give a shit."
The point of this and other like-blogs is to inform, report, and challenge the Mac community to think about the abilities, possibilities, and criticism of their 'computer of choice.' We are all thrilled how much you care. It's the reputation of the Mac-user-community David is speaking to, not the Apple Brand. (Argue the difference to me and I may give you more credit).
To dearest Daniel (author of the article in question):
For starters, regardless of what anyone will say, it would greatly help your case if your comments had some objective backing to them. For example, "[Apple's] [10.1] was significantly improved, but still wasn't ready for mainstream use."
Sounds very subjective without a credible source (or any source at all).
Second, I think you miss a solid point about Apple as a company both producing hardware and the software to run on it. You pit Apple's hardware/software co-development against Microsoft's Software development. I am not an engineer, but I think even joe-six -pack would agree that hardware and software development versus software development may be an unfair match up. Quick grab: "Microsoft's entire business was built on selling its operating system: bundled with new PCs[...]Apple wanted into the same game" - could you back up that Apple wanted into the same game? Or is that a subjective assumption based on joe-six-pack%u2019s knowledge of the most common output by both firms (Apple and Microsoft)?
Ian hit the nail on the head before I could: "Daniel, first of all the fact that you've got lots of Diggs doesn't make you factually accurate."
Beautiful.
I go on: "Windows 2000, which was more stable and professional than either Mac OS."
Evidence? Source? Or opinion?
I hope you see what I'm getting at: a lot of the data you use to support your argument/comparison has no substantial backing besides Wiki.
You have, however, been ultimately successful in sending users of each aforementioned end of the OS spectrum to arms. The 800 diggs your article received, doesn't mean 800 people agree with you, and making it to the front of digg doesn't make your opinion correct.
In short, you should be proud your article has received so much popularity. You should benefit from both negative and neutral feedback on your article. After all, despite your desire for an 'apology for slander' - you complete your article by stating:
"I really like to hear from readers. What do you think?"
Of everything you've written to be in question, this is clearly the most blatant lie in your article. Clearly.