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Re:Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR on Friday March 04, 2022 @04:12AM (#30552381)
As a climber, I don't think it's comparable. The death rate among notorious soloists (as compared to rate among people who bike in traffic every day) agrees here.

Each bad move on a solo is death. For driving, biking in traffic, it has to be a series of bad circumstances to mean death.

I agree to the gist - there is incomparably better selection on iOS.

I recently switched to Android and really can't wait for decent games to come to the Market. By decent I mean stuff like Broken Sword, or any of the other ports of A-quality old games. The new ones from premium publishers seem to be too much oriented to 3D, polish and no playablity :(

I think it's before long, provided the market position Android has in the US. The start was slow, but once the paid model is proven on Android, we'll get it all :)

Re:New cave found in Vietnam: "A skyscraper could fit" on Sunday January 02, 2011 @09:13PM (#2061828)
I watched a movie[1] about exploring some (huge!) caverns in Venezuela and IIRC they used many strategically positioned remotely controlled charges/flares. The guy was cavern-photographer and it seemed to be the standard way of doing it.

[1] http://www.k2studio.sk/?cube=text&c=559&lg=en

Re:I don't miss cable tv on Thursday November 04, 2010 @09:35AM (#1868761)
ESPN3 does not require cable (tv) subscription, only cable company subscription. I have Comcast (only internet) and happily watch ESPN3.

I understand you, I only get cable TV for NBA finals. Then I cancel it again :) On a big TV, ESPN3 is not always great enough quality.

Thanks for the info man :)
Thanks I saw this one, but I was leaning more towards getting opinions from the audience that I respect, that is here :) Plus lots of startup people here, too.

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