SeanOHara commented on Amazon Ends Post-Order Price Guarantee

"It's no longer their policy, but I wonder if CS reps will still have the discretion to do it."

SeanOHara commented on iPod Nano Explodes While Charging

"@GeoffinAround: That's not a treasure chest; it's a steamer trunk."

SeanOHara commented on Two Political Scifi Anthologies Out This Week

"If you like science fiction with a progressive bent, I don't care what bent a sci-fi story has, but if I can hear the ax grinding, the book meets wall right quick."

SeanOHara commented on Get Your Mystery Science Theater 3000 Fix Anytime

"So will anyone be able to finish downloading an episode before the site's slapped with a DMCA takedown notice?"

SeanOHara commented on Scotty Sees Your Pinky Amputation, Raises You A Right Middle Finger

"Not sci-fi related, but silent-film actor Harold Lloyd lost his thumb and index finger in an explosives accident."

SeanOHara commented on Free Windows Vista Themes

"All I want to know is how they got the taskbar to be a color other than black."

SeanOHara commented on Ant Movie Catalog Tames Your DVD Collection

"Unless they've changed it since I tried it, Ant isn't really a DVD management system, but movie management -- you can tell it you own "Fellowship of the Ring," but not "Fellowship of the Ring" four-disc edition."

SeanOHara commented on The Greatest Spy Jetpack Scene In Movie History

"The jetpack in Thunderball was cool because it was a real device and not some CGI crapfest where the wearer zooms around at five hundred miles an hour and is still able to maneuver through tight spaces. And Little Nellie allowed Bond to participate in a fantastic aerial battle that still looks impressive -- and more so when you realize, that again, all real."

SeanOHara commented on SciFi Channel Sells Out Eureka

"Isn't this going to annoy potential syndicaters?"

SeanOHara commented on How Many Venture Bros Are There?

"I don't see how Rusty could be a clone -- he absorbed his non-identical twin in the womb. I think if Rusty has any other siblings, it's Dr."

SeanOHara commented on Verizon: We Can't Set Up Your Account "Because Your Name Has Shit In It"

"@numberoneasa: "Weiner is a German name and it is pronounced WHY-ner." No, in proper German it'd be "Vy-ner" -- "Why-ner" is just as much an American mangling as "Wee-ner"."

SeanOHara commented on How We'd Give Farscape a Battlestar-style Reboot, and Make a New Hit

"Isn't what you're describing "Blake's 7"? "Farscape" was basically a reboot of that with aliens and humor."

SeanOHara commented on Chicago Tribune Picks Up Grocery Shrink Ray

"If this were true, wouldn't larger packages make more sense -- after all, volume increases faster than surface area."

SeanOHara commented on Colgate-Palmolive has reported

"@coren: If the dollar is weak, that makes our exports relatively cheaper, which means foreigners can afford more."

SeanOHara commented on Bennigan's Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Closes Restaurants Nationwide

"I wonder what their pay cycle is -- did the employees lose three days pay, or twelve? If I were an evil corporate monkey, I'd time the shut down for the day before we had to cut the checks, that way we'd keep earning money but not have to pay anyone for their efforts."

SeanOHara commented on Subway Says Get Off Your Phone Or Go To The Back Of The Line

"@Ein2015: Crazy idea here -- maybe it's common courtesy to treat people who are doing you a service as though they aren't damn-dirty apes who've been trained to do menial tasks. But hey, when Caesar and Urko come to get you, don't look at me for help."

SeanOHara commented on Citibank: Sorry We Illegally Ruined Everything You Own Because Your Landlord Was In Foreclosure

"@floraposte: Citibank has less snickers than an Almond Joy."

SeanOHara commented on Are MP3s Here to Stay?

"I wonder if all the people proclaiming that they can tell the difference between FLAC/WAV/CDA and MP3s have actually conducted blind-tests with high bit-rate files?"