Tech Review

I like PC magazine generally. This week's issue had some obnoxious moments, however. First, Jim Louderback. Has there ever been a more whiny column in any computer magazine? More than our foreign policy, people like Jim make people hate Americans. He's unhappy. Why?

1. AT&T may prioritize it's own HD-DVD stream over others OVER ITS OWN NETWORK. Jim's nuanced and sophisticated argument against this violation of Net Neutrality? That's Just Wrong. Well, that's it then. After ruminating around Jim's mind for a while, it turns out to be wrong. Jim combines the feelings of a spoiled brat with the idea that everything he likes, eventhough he doesn't own it, should be free and equal. Why? Louderback would just say, It's just right. I guess, PC magazine should just let anybody advertise in its magazine, using PC magazine's paper, to be fair. I wonder what he thinks about toll roads?

2. This one's even better. He wants to get his 7 year old son (7 year old son!!) a cell phone and is mad because he has to get a phone on the same network. You see Verizon doesn't sell celular service to make money. They exist to make Jim happy. It's OK for Verizon to lose money on the deal, but not for somebody who has enough money to buy his seven year old son a phone.

3. Fry's wouldn't return an open battery. It says right there it, works on most cameras. Well, Jim, you don't have access to the internet to find out if it fit your camera? Because you didn't check, Fry's has to lose money on a battery? As if anybody would buy a USED battery.

Do you see a pattern evolving?: Everybody has to lose money except for Jim Louderback.

Whenever I'm researching a new car, the first place I turn to is a computer magazine.

What's with reviewing cars? PC magazine's justification is that cars have bluetooth and navigation systems. I guess we should expect boats and sewing machines next, with that logic. Here's an idea, PC magazine, you should review PCs AND THINGS THAT CONNECT to PCs like monitors, Mp3 players, phones, etc.

The faux whiteboard stuff doesn't work well.

The pretend hand-drawn arrows that point to things, ----------> this is the monitor!, does not look cool. We know you didn't draw them, OK? It might as well be strait.