Austen S.

Member since: Feb 20th, 2006

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Elijah Wood to Reprise Frodo Role in 'The Hobbit' (Moviefone Blog)

Jan 7th 2011 12:17PM I don't know, it seems like a good idea. But if it's not done right... it could be bad. We'd love to see these original hobbit characters so much, and then we'd only get 10, maybe 15 minutes of them before we're swept into an entirely new story with many different characters. As much as I'd love to see the hobbit characters from LOTR, I feel like it may distract from the story at hand.

Nocturne switches your Mac's display into night time mode (Download Squad)

Jan 10th 2010 12:08PM Did you even read the post? This offers more advanced features...

Bono warns the world against rampant piracy (Download Squad)

Jan 5th 2010 12:42AM Yes, that's how capitalism works. But I disagree that all people will pay for music. That's not what today's kids and teens are learning - they're getting a completely distorted idea about where music comes from and what it is worth. That is not how a capitalist society should function, where people think music is worth nothing when in reality it costs a lot of money to produce.

I think, if anyone, Bono has a right to stick his nose where he wants it. He made a lot of money and, yes he lives lavishly with it (wouldn't you?), but then he is one of the world's most prominent philanthropists. As someone who contributes so much to the world (as opposed to unnecessarily hogging his money), I think he has a fair right to have a New York Times editorial.

But my main problem with the article isn't your opinion on music piracy, but how your main criticism is Bono comparing music piracy to other global issues. So what if he does? They all affect the world in one way or another. It doesn't make him an "ape."

Bono warns the world against rampant piracy (Download Squad)

Jan 4th 2010 8:36PM Bono makes a valid point, and more than anyone, he should know how much artists are making now. Sure, he has loads of money. But do you know how much he gives away to charity? He almost broke up the band years ago in favor of focusing on philanthropic efforts.

Honestly, I think you're letting your opinion about U2's music affect your judgement on Bono's take on issues of the coming decade. Just because music piracy and AIDs happen to be on the same list doesn't make it any less relevant in it's own way. Music piracy is a big problem, in its own small way it undermining the basis of our capitalist system. People are getting used to the idea that music should be free, and that's not a good thing.

I mean, come on, we're on a blog dedicated to talking about computer and web software. If you think AIDs is so important why aren't you doing something about it (like Bono is) and instead trashing on something you don't even know about.

Review: FlashForward - The Gift (AOL TV)

Nov 10th 2009 10:29PM Is it bad that I was rooting for him to jump? Great episode, though.

iTunes 9 continues to suck on Windows, makes halfhearted attempt at Windows 7 integration (Download Squad)

Sep 12th 2009 2:48PM Um, why integrate with a piece of software that isn't even widely released yet?

J.mp is Bit.ly in new, shorter clothes (Download Squad)

Sep 5th 2009 3:26PM Okay, this has gone to far. How many different ways can you shorten a URL? I mean, okay. So there are a couple of "competing" url shortening services. Great. So maybe we can do the one blog post comparing them all and then be done with it for life?

I mean seriously, "one character shorter" is a feature of a URL shortener?
How about everybody just shortens URLs the way they want to and talk about things that are actually important - like stuff you, um, download.

URL Shorteners shorten URLs, we get it. Now lets move on.