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TDK's 32GB Solid State Disk joins the party

Sep 19th 2006 4:02AM (Engadget)
32GB too small for daily work and applications? What do you have installed that takes up more than 32GB? Honestly most of your files (mp3s, videos, etc) can reside on a secondary internal or external drive, while the apps that really need the speed increase can sit on the flash drive. I imagine very few people would need more than 32GB at this point, and from what we've been seeing, 64GB should be right around the corner anyways.

South Koreans make hydrogen solid for a brighter fuel cell future

Aug 23rd 2006 4:23AM (Engadget)
And what about Hydroelectric power? How is that hurting the environment? The water still gets to where it was going in the first place, it merely gets held up in the process. Also, windmills do no more to hamper the wind than any other solid object. Adding windmills on top of hills is hardly going to turn the mid-west into the Sahara... Solar panels on top of houses would merely absorb energy that is normally wasted in heating our roof. Photosynthesis wouldn't be disrupted at all, unless your attaching solar panels to your trees.

Square-Enix hints at desire to go into hardware

Aug 14th 2006 5:37AM (Joystiq Playstation)
Umm... the iPod, innovative? It's just another run-of-the-mill MP3 player that happens to have a good marketing team...

Ferrari drivers cited for yielding to speed temptation

Aug 13th 2006 7:28AM (Autoblog)
123mph in a Ferrari is pathetic. I took my measly (by comparison) '94 325is up to 135mph in N. California a month ago. Here in Phoenix, the speed limit is 55mph on the I-17, and people regularly drive at 80+mph, even while cops routinely pass them, without a second glance. You'd think that if you could afford a Ferrari, you could afford to drop a couple hundred $'s on a decent radar detector before going out to race your friends.

http://www.mysticsoftware.net/images/olympus/az_to_wa/az_to_wa_05.jpg

CEA smacks down "thinly veiled attack" by RIAA on fair use

Aug 13th 2006 5:44AM (Engadget)
@TorontoGuy

Even with DRM, people will still continue to download music for free. DRM only serves to restrict those that actually buy music. Those that download music/movies illegally will STILL DO SO in the future, you can count on it, just as you can count on continued terrorist attempts, despite how much people try to stop it.

There's a point where you have to ask whether or not what your doing is preserving freedom, or just taking it all away.

Researchers create virtual bots that teach each other

Aug 3rd 2006 7:10AM (Engadget)
Too little too late Rohit =P

Anyways... this is really starting to concern me... Haven't people learned anything from the movies?

Another Spore model; get your own "for a fee" [update 1]

Jul 31st 2006 4:39AM (Joystiq)
I, for one, welcome our new digitally evolved, plastic overlords...

Male gamers: Female avatars FTW!

Jul 31st 2006 4:28AM (Joystiq)
I'm a male, and in MMORPG's I've only (so far) played male characters, but in offline RPG's I usually play around a 70/30 split between male and female characters, respectively, just to shake things up a bit. In MMORPG's, I tend to give everyone "gifts", not just the female characters; mostly in order to help out people that are new to the game, or who have just been a big help in my party for a long time; things like that.

Although there is the occasional person who tends to hit on the female characters, I think, from what I've noticed, and that has been said above, most people just assume that the vast majority of female characters in MMORPG's are male, and it's a little immature to make it a habit of hitting on people in a game in the first place...

Dell laptop number 3 explodes

Jul 31st 2006 3:19AM (Engadget)
"Kind of Shady in my opinion to say nothing about it."

Did you even read the page? The very first paragraph says why you should send it back...

"It is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could pose a risk of fire."

The most scenic jaunts in the U.S.

Jul 25th 2006 9:02AM (Autoblog)
I've driven the SR20 in Washington (mentioned in a comment above) many a time, and I have to agree, it's a great place to drive. The Pacific Northwest is absolutely gorgeous. I just did a road trip from Phoenix, AZ, to Seatle, WA, to Hamilton, MT, and all the way back again, putting over 5,000 miles on my '94 325is, but it was all worth it, even the $3.50/gal gas. Driving through the California Redwoods on the 101 is absolutely fantastic.

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