EQC commented on 1Gbps Fiber-Optic Service Arrives in Japan on October 1

"@gattsuru: perhaps the claimed speed is inaccurate...but that doesn't change the fact that the US ranks very low (relative to other industrialized countries) in average connection speeds and price payed for a given bandwidth."

EQC commented on 1Gbps Fiber-Optic Service Arrives in Japan on October 1

"@Prey521: The land-mass argument fails. Look, for example, at the San Francisco Bay Area -- dense population, rich population, high-tech population."

EQC commented on Chrysler Gearing Up For In-Car Wi-Fi In 2009 Models Via Autonet

"I don't like the idea of paying for my inernet service 17 times."

EQC commented on Huge California Porn Tax Proposal Goes Limp

"@jkr's bold comment: I see you and I think alike..."

EQC commented on Huge California Porn Tax Proposal Goes Limp

"@the1sen: You sure like to tell that story. Back on topic: If "Assemblyman Charles Calderon argued that people who make or watch [porn] should [pay] for its "harms," he should first be required to prove those harms. On the other hand, the societal harms associated with politicians trying to pass stupid legislation to pander to certain constituents is easy to prove."

EQC commented on George Takei's Heroes Power Tells Him to Buy Apple Stock

"@mikejonas: sorry about that...she has kindof a masculine jaw or something."

EQC commented on George Takei's Heroes Power Tells Him to Buy Apple Stock

"@scarbrtj: That blonde in sick-bay (1 minute 44 seconds in) was a dude, right?"

EQC commented on Canon Patents Leak More About Their Fuel Cell Technology

"Canon (and other camera manufacturers) ought to get the battery situation sorted out before they move on to other technology. Why are there 43 different formats for Lithium-Ion batteries for use in cameras?"

EQC commented on Triple Format Hitachi DZ-BD10HA Blu-ray Camcorder Also Writes to HD and SDHC

"why would they market it as 7 MP when it is "only" capable of capturing 6.22 megapixel still images? ...seems a bit silly."

EQC commented on Lightweight Batterly-Powered ElectricFlyer C Mini-Plane Takes Off On The Cheap

"60 cents to charge it...at the commonly-used rate of 10 cents per kilowatt hour, that comes out to 6 kilowatt hours. If it flies for 90 minutes to use up that 6 kilowatt hours stored in the batteries, then the engine used an average of 4 kilowatts output power...or about 5.5 horsepower. Holy cow...if a 6 horsepower engine can have me cheaply flying to and from work, why the hell do we even use cars?"