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This is officially the weirdest episode of Chuck in the whole…

Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 4:26 am by pvera

This is officially the weirdest episode of Chuck in the whole series run. Seriously.


Skynet satellite system extended

Posted on March 9th, 2010 at 10:54 pm by pvera

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I am too tired to come up with a Sarah Connor joke.

Skynet 5, the UK’s single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.


Pink Floyd, EMI Brawl Over iTunes Royalties

Posted on March 9th, 2010 at 9:50 pm by pvera

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This one is a no-brainer. Anyone that is a fan of Pink Floyd, including myself, knows that their albums are intended to be listened to as a complete work. There is nothing more infuriating to a real Pink Floyd fan than catching a Pink Floyd “single” on the radio, because such a thing doesn’t really exist.

Pink Floyd and EMI are locked in a royalty battle — yet another example of an emerging dispute between rights holders and publishers over payment for intellectual property born before the explosion of online digital sales.


Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle

Posted on March 9th, 2010 at 4:21 pm by pvera

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You just can’t make everyone happy. When I got my first Kindle I thought “holy shit, this thing comes with free web access and a shitty browser! YES!” but all you hear from people is “OMFG WHY THIS THING IS NOT HTML% COMPLIANT??? WHERE’S FLASH?????? HOW CAN I FACEBOOK WITH THIS???”
Dumbasses.

Browsing the web on one of Amazon’s Kindle e-readers is like taking a step backwards in time. It’s clunky and has only limited support for web standards and bare-bones JavaScript capabilities. But now Amazon may be looking to add browser engineers to the Kindle team, according to the job listings on the company’s website.



New Comcast TV, Broadband, Phone Price Hikes April First – Competition? Most broadband and TV packages going up by $2 a month…

Posted on March 9th, 2010 at 3:37 pm by pvera

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I guess we now know who pays the assholes that came up with the brilliant idea of rebranding Comcast: we, the customers.


Fresh off a suite of price hikes last fall that included an increase in the cable modem rental fee from $3 to $5 a month, Comcast is notifying customers they’re raising prices again starting April 1. Many Comcast users are being sent these letters informing them that there’s several new rate hikes for broadband and TV services starting April 1, including a hike in the cost of several of Comcast’s lower-priced broadband tiers by $2 a month. Several TV packages are also seeing hikes including Comcast’s Standard ($61.45 to $63.45) and Expanded (from $48.55 to $50.55) services.

Comcast’s “Economy” 1 Mbps downstream 384 kbps upstream service is jumping from $24.95 to $26.95 for those who bundle other services, and $38.95 to $40.95 for those who don’t (what’s economical about $41, 1 Mbps service?). Comcast’s “Performance” 12 Mbps / 2 Mbps tier is jumping from $42.95 to $44.95 bundled, and $57.95 to $59.95 unbundled. Similarly, Comcast’s “Blast!” 16 Mbps / 2 Mbps service will be jumping to $54.95 bundled, and $69.95 unbundled.

Even VoIP service isn’t going to be immune from this round of hikes, Comcast raising the price of their Digital Voice “Premium” service to $21.95, and the price of their Digital Voice “Basic” service to $11.95. According to the letter, Comcast is raising prices “as part of our commitment to provide you with the very best entertainment and communications experience.”

Of course these changes won't impact you if you're under contract, but they will once your contract expires. Like AT&T's recent slew of price hikes for DSL and VDSL service, Comcast has focused on raising the prices for lower tiers, while leaving the price of their “Ultra” (22/5 Mbps) tier alone at $62.95 bundled, or $77.95 unbundled. That gives the user the impression that it’s more “economical” to upgrade to the higher speed tiers.

As usual the question remains: if the industry is half as competitive as the industry says it is, why are carriers allowed to continually jack up prices in unison without competitive repercussions?
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Condom Movie ribbed tagged for her pleasure.

Posted on March 8th, 2010 at 3:25 am by pvera

Condom Movie ribbed tagged for her pleasure.


Condom Movie ribbed tagged for her pleasure.

Posted on March 8th, 2010 at 3:25 am by pvera

Condom Movie ribbed tagged for her pleasure.


Ten Jobs You Absolutely Should Not 'Take Your Child to Work Day'

Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 4:29 pm by pvera

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I wrote this column in my head while reading about the control tower fiasco.

Take Your Child to Work Day is fast approaching, and chances are your place of employment is already making plans to host and entertain more than the usual number of immature people who show up for work every day. But there are jobs that just don’t fit. Here are GeekDad’s Top Ten.



“I couldn’t drive my Toyota or use my PlayStation, so I just called up my Grandpa and…”

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 at 3:02 pm by pvera

“I couldn’t drive my Toyota or use my PlayStation, so I just called up my Grandpa and complained about the Japanese with him.”

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