Recent content by Lemurion

My justification for overclocking is simple: It's mine, I bought it, I can do what I want with it.

Yes: just like the best way to deal with sick people is quarantine them so they can't go to the doctor.

I'd just like everyone and their dog to sue them: get the sue-happy idiots in DC to spend all their resources defending themselves.

I like this better than the iPad - the ability to get content on the device the way I want to rather than how Apple thinks I should is a big positive for me.

The real problem with DST is not so much the amount of sleep as the waking up what your body thinks is an hour early. Your body is attuned to being asleep at that time and it responds poorly to being woken up. You're slow and groggy until you re-adjust. Going to bed an hour early will help...

Invalidating software patents would make sense. It would also make less money for lawyers - so it's never going to happen.

And yet another reason why software patents are a BAD idea rears its ugly head.

School provides a laptop - step one - whiteout over the integrated webcam. I don't mind them tracking what's done on the laptop so much if the school retains ownership - but peeping at the user's a definite Hell No!

According to Neil Gaiman (via Twitter) if you follow an expletive with "dot com" the Nexus One will transcribe it.

One thing I've noticed on my Vista laptop (a basic dual-core Vaio) is that Firefox runs about 50% CPU when I have Gmail open. Other sites are fine, but Gmail really thrashes my CPU.

Happy Birthday and many thanks! The [H] has been a part of my life for a decade.

AT&T - before the whole Cingular Merger - used to have free incoming SMS. I personally have huge issues about being charged for incoming SMS - it gives other people the ability to run up my bill without my permission. That bugs me even more than the pay to send and receive thing - which...

I read books and ebooks. I own a Sony Reader, but we still spent $100 on paper books at Borders last week. The Reader isn't like a conventional screen - and the battery usually lasts me about a week and a half (I'm a heavy reader) so in that regard I don't think it's a bad option. What I...

The moral of the story is don't ever buy an extended warranty from Best Buy. If they didn't have the warranty all they would have touched was the optical drive.

I was more curious than excited - it's been over a decade since I played Duke Nukem 3D. It's not a surprise though.