John Laur commented on Every NES Game Now Up for Grabs on eBay

"They are really smart to put it on sale right now."

John Laur commented on FireWire 1600 and 3200 Approved, Use FW800 Connectors

"USB 3.0 will really have to jump through some hoops to keep up."

John Laur commented on V-Line Toaster and Induction Cooker Makes a High-Tech Breakfast

"Is there some freshman industrial design class out there that is just forcing these imbeciles to crank out concept toasters? I think I could probably start a site covering nothing but ridiculous would-never-work designs for toasters and have more than enough to keep me busy."

John Laur commented on Waterproof Gadget Coating is Invisible, Mystifying, Mind Boggling Witchcraft

"OK So they will put a conformal coating on your stuff for $50."

John Laur commented on Hirai: Your 40 GB PS3's Still Good

"WTF is it with consoles and tiny ass hard drives?"

John Laur commented on uXM For iPhone Streams XM Satellite Radio

"I was using this on my 1.1.4 before 2.0 hit; I kind of doubt that they could put it in the app store due to their not being affiliated with XM. So here's hoping XM/Sirius is smart enough to pay these dudes a little money to make their app 'official'"

John Laur commented on Fat Princess, On PSN, Could Be Our GOTS

"Sadly the difficulty will be finding 31 other people with a PS3 to get a game going. ...I say as I stare at the 4 lonely red X's on my PS3 friends list that never change..."

John Laur commented on Castlevania Movie Sees Belmont Armed With "A Fucking Sword"

"Swords will fucking cut you wide open! Swords will fucking slice a baby in half! Oh, shit."

John Laur commented on Rock Band 2 Features Drum Trainer, Wireless Instruments, Full Backwards Compatibility

"Different release dates for 360 and PS3? Obviously there is a payout there but I wouldn't even want to guess at how much."

John Laur commented on Nvidia Helping Modders Port PhysX Engine to ATI Radeon

"It's funny they are throwing assloads of support behind this effort yet they won't give the Noveau project the time of day."

John Laur commented on Review: Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner is the Worst Gadget I Have Ever Used In My Entire Life

"You know what does work?"

John Laur commented on Microsoft Quite Proud Of Xbox 360's Abusive Ownership Relationship

"What he's really saying here is that the customers are buried under a pile of money in games and in 3 to 12 month subscriptions that are still running and so they put up with it because they have to. The real problem is that the next time these people are going to decide on a console they are going to be unlikely to put up with it."

John Laur commented on Is Sony Cloning the Wiimote Next?

"There isn't really a technical reason that a PS3 game couldn't simply use actual Wii controllers apart from a little bad blood."

John Laur commented on All Giz Wants: Laptops With a Tiny Battery Backup For Hot Swapping

"Although yes, macs basically do this, putting them to sleep does cause some problems; interrupted network connections being the major one."

John Laur commented on GPS On the iPhone 2: Do Not Want

"a) SIRF III and the like can do complete cold start in 15 seconds and if you use the convenient ability of the iPhone to locate itself, you are doing warm starts which most often take less than 5 seconds. b) The first TomTom GPS units knocked garmin on their asses."

John Laur commented on PlayStation Home To Let Users Virtually Revisit Press And Media Events

"So we do a launch event and press release for a cool new feature on our closed beta?"

John Laur commented on GTA IV And The Breakdancing Tugboat

"The funniest thing that I have seen while playing is a car turn and drive off the side of a bridge for no apparent reason."

John Laur commented on Adam Sandler Whispers Sweet Nothings In Your Bluetooth Headset

"Yeah you'd probably have to put your headset into pairing mode to get it to work.... People visibly putting their headsets into pairing mode in a public space?"