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The petsitter (Prestigious Pets in Dallas for those who want to know) is playing with fire on this one. Texas passed a Tort Reform law that makes it a lot easier for a defendant to get legal fees (and even damages) from the plaintiff if the plaintiff's lawsuit is deemed frivolous:

From here: Whidbey man charged for pointing high-powered laser at ferry captains - HeraldNet.com So not just a "laser pointer". And the guy is also accused of a third incident last year involving a laser and threatening to throw acid on people. He sounds like a real winner.

Megaforce! Now they just need a flying motorcycle. :)

Using Purdue's Impact Earth Asteroid Strike Calculator (with a density of 2200 kg/m^3), you can calculate the damage that would occur. It looks like that the airburst would occur at about 5.8 km above the surface. Considering that at 10 km, the generated wind speed is listed at 358 mph, the...

The Swiftech hardware rep in that thread is now also saying FrozenCPU is out of business. :(

The online requirement for single player turned me off initially and then all the other bugs and odd behaviors put this game on my permanent "do not buy" list. Letting me play offline still doesn't fix the other problems with the game. Luckily, I saw that a new city sim game called Citybound...

For those that don't want to just try sites at random, this site has a list of some site that respond to the code. :)

Going back through the reviews here, with single cards it looks like the 580 is about 15% faster (and a better gameplay experience) than a 480, while a 670 was a little faster than a 580 with equal or better gameplay experience. However all of those were at higher resolutions than 1080p, which...

Referring the Plaintiffs to the IRS Criminal Investigation Division is not something you see every day and this could be the real penalty the judge had in mind. The IRS CID is not a court of law, so the burden of proof is on the plaintiffs to show they've properly complied with the US Tax code...

I'd guess it's because this is a cheap win for Google. They don't have to build the entire fiber network from scratch, since iProvo is an already existing fiber-optic network.

I am very impressed by the responsiveness of Galaxy customer service, both here and on other sites. And I really like the looks of all the Galaxy cards. :)

This would be a nice upgrade for me. :)

Ohhh... this would be such a nice upgrade to system.

From the story on WFAA: I think the FBI liked them apples quite a lot since if gave them an excuse. There's also a really good chance that the FBI get's a ton of info on other Anonymous members when Brown tries to save his own skin. :)

ASUS G75VW-NS72 2.6ghz quad Ivy, 16gb ram, 750GB 7200RPM and a 256G SSD, GTX 670M w/3GB of Video RAM for $2,099.99 So competitive in both specs and price. Took all of 5 minutes. :)

This Galaxy sure is tempting and I love all of the in-depth different parts being reviewed here. Still, I would love to see [H] review some of the other cards out there, especially a 1GB or 2GB card. I'm very curious if 1GB or 2GB cards can preform as well as this one.

DirectX 11 and lower power usage than my current (old as dirt) card. Plus Having both the DVI-D and HDMI inputs mean I can keep using my old (as dirt) monitor and still have a nice upgrade path for it down the road. Oh, and an ASUS card would match my ASUS motherboard quite nicely. :)

The "review" is from VideoCardz.com and they now have a big disclaimer on it: Additionally, the benchmark numbers are for only one card, not for the three way SLI they have in the picture.

Even with AA and AF, the 660ti is preforming in the 7870 to 7950 range. The 7950 is selling for $349 - $399 before rebates and the 7870 is selling from $279 - $329, so if it hits the $300 price point that seems about right and would make for some good competition. But if the 660ti comes in...

When even Amazon has to start collecting sales tax, like they had to start doing in Texas this year, then it's only a matter of time before everyone will have to.

Fun Fact #1: Blizzard passwords are not case sensitive. No matter how you capitalize your Blizzard password, if you type it in as all lowercase, it will work. Fun Fact #2: Blizzard does not have a login try limit. So someone can just keep trying to log into your account as much as they want...

The Kickstarter site describes itself as: In the FAQ it talks about pledging not investing, which I think is a legal fig leaf so no one tries to sue Kickstarter when some backed project fails to produce anything.

Penny Arcade has a good editorial on what to look for in a kickstarter project, as well as some of the pitfalls, here: The ugly side of Kickstarter And my feeling is, once you get outside of game development, the level of risk falls off dramatically. A $2,000 Kickstarter for a Graphic Design...

I think Steve is doing it as a running gag now. :) I wonder, if I started a new hardware review site and posted a review of the Level 10 GT, would I get a front page link? ;)

Employers and potential future employers will search for your name on social networking sites. If they don't like something that they see on your page (or, often, on your friends pages as well) employers can discipline or fire you while potential future employers might decide to not offer you a...

Funny, I thought xkcd explained it pretty well. :)

Just remember to spend the night of October 20th in a metal walled building. ;)

In addition to "Mugly", there is also Busted as well as a number of other online collections that release mug shots (such as this Twitter feed from Denton, TX).

And I'm sure that he will share it with you... once you give him your bank account number so he can transfer you the money. ;)

Not coming to a complete stop at a red light before turning right *is* "running a red light". Every state traffic law I've ever seen says that you must first come to a complete stop (usually for 1 - 3 seconds) at a red light before you are allowed to make a right on red. If you don't, it's a...

According to The Miami Herald, he's getting 15 years in prison for 19 felony counts out of a Massachusetts indictment for tapping into the computer networks of companies that included TJ Maxx, Barnes & Noble and OfficeMax as well as for stealing credit-card data from 11 Dave & Buster's...

You expected funny from Conan O'Brien? Especially when he's trying to be all "I is serious guy"?

I'm pretty sure that those beams are part of the Jonas Brothers stage, so the view is unobstructed normally. That also looks like it is one of the End Zone screens, not the big one that goes from one 20 yard line to the other 20 yard line. I saw some news coverage on that big screen a few weeks...

Wow, that makes me cringe, especially after seeing some of the other videos. A ton of rocks, no backstop and poor marksmanship. I would hate to be within a mile downrange, too much chance of a ricochet or a "Too High" miss. As an aside, I wouldn't be showing off a fully-automatic weapon like...

Like NIVO, I have a 800w X3 and have been very happy with it. But I wouldn't buy another Ultra PSU without seeing a good review of it on HardOCP or jonnyGURU.

Awww... Please don't leave, the drones need you. They look up to you. :) Besides, here's that reference you were looking for (despite R'leth being in the Pacific): "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"

And it continues: Zombies in Austin TX It's been picked up by the AP, so it's being given wide exposure. How much do you want to bet that the "hackers" read the news story here instead of on gizmodo. :)

After having read may of his "filings" on GamePolitics and FindLaw, the only thing that I can say is that this could not have happened to a more deserving individual. But it is still a bit of a sad day: where will we get those crazy, funny, paranoid, illogical, and abusive rants now? :) Maybe...

Not yet. The Referee at his Bar trial recommended permanent disbarment to the Florida Supreme Court, which still has yet to rule. The feel is that the Florida Supreme Court will rule in September sometime.

No, he had a wife and an ex-wife. Also according to the 14-year old daughter, this scumbag essentially kidnapped his own wife and kids twice, once during the escape and again right before he murdered them: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/25/report-spam-king-deaths-due-today/