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    Snow White and the Huntsman (spoilers)

    I thought they got this spot on. When the Huntsman showed her how to kill she flat out told him she couldn't do it.....couldn't stare them in te eyes until she saw their soul. Earlier in the movie whe she was talking to William she said that even though the Queen wanted to kill her she just...
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    Kindle or iPad 3?

    Until I threatened to leave, my Canadian carrier was costing me......$130-140 per month for relatively moderate use. Those overages bite.. Banshee
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    Why can't the nation handle the truth?

    tQUOTE=Janx;5863375]Yeah, the "my friends can't handle the truth" also gets old. I tend to surround myself with people who I trust and can handle statements like "I'm actually an Alien CIA operative and last year I found out your father was really an ex-KGB Jovian Spy bent on destroying New...
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    Seeking advice: I think my PS3 just died

    I have read that there are issues with the PS3 and Mass Effect 3.....some people are having it corrupt their HDD's, so that their system no longer sees the HDD. I tried to Google it, and couldn't find the exact article, but I did find a number of people having problems at the Bioware forums...
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    [io9] 10 of the most awesome sword fight scenes

    Another good one....a viking duel in 13th Warrior (13th Warrior - Viking Duel - YouTube) Banshee
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    [io9] 10 of the most awesome sword fight scenes

    Definitely some good ones in there. But they're missing some great ones, some of whom are better, IMO, than some of those that have been identified. Several of them in Mask of Zorro.....Zorro against Don Raphael, Zorro against Captain Love in the palace. One of the nice things about the Mask...
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    Pathfinder Review: Distant Worlds

    I haven't even read the book, and I had a great time with the movie. Definitely worth seeing. The movie was good enough, it's stoked my interest in reading the books now. Banshee
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    the tablet war is heating up

    Which isn't always a bad thing, given they usually know more about security and best practices than managers do. :) As we're seeing with the horde of stories about hacking in recent years, it's quite evident that management of companies needs to be spending more time locking things down, not...
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    the tablet war is heating up

    Slashgear and NVidia are having a contest, and giving away a few Transformer Primes. Only available to residents of the U.S., so I can't take part, but I figured it might be worth mentioning here. I'm not sure whether I'm allowed to post a link or not, so, for now, I'll just say to check it...
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    the tablet war is heating up

    Keep in mind that Google is changing how this works. They've dictated that manufacturers must have the default themes installed.....they can install custom looks on top of the default...but they can't be *replacing* it anymore. Thus, it reduces the incident of devices being impossible to...
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    the tablet war is heating up

    Possibly it's related to what e-mail account you're using. Mine's a hosted gmail account. If I try to search, and I go to "all" and type in a keyword from an e-mail I sent last week (for instance), it won't find anything. Occasionally it will....but it depends how long ago it was. The...
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    the tablet war is heating up

    Ok, that's fair. I do think marketing has a big part of it....but....the iPad is still a well built device. It's got a great app store. And Apple has better customer support post sale. As much as I love my ASUS, the service level isn't the same as for my iPhone. And for many customers...
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    the tablet war is heating up

    Ok, that's fair. I do think marketing has a big part of it....but....the iPad is still a well built device. It's got a great app store. And Apple has better customer support post sale. As much as I love my ASUS, the service level isn't the same as for my iPhone. And for many customers...
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    the tablet war is heating up

    I'm not saying marketing is evil. That's not the point. I was just talking about the sheer *number* of ads. I'm online more than I watch TV, and they're in banners on tech blogs and other sites, they're in commercials on TV, they're in my local newspaper, in the local electronics stores, they...
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    the tablet war is heating up

    The TF101 and TF210 tablets last longer *when docked*. Those are the key ones I'm aware of. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is just a tad shorter than the iPad 2. Your statement regarding advantages can be correct *from your viewpoint* and *according to your needs*. From my perspective, there are few...
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