Joe Brown's discussions

Yeah, I'm in the same Time Warner boat. But as long as I have 2mbps, I'm fine—and I usually have 10. Read more

Yeah, they really do benefit from an amp. Impedence is 34 ohms, not 37—just added to post. Read more

Yeah, that's the thing. There are any number of cliches that express it, but the takeaway here is the same takeaway you get everywhere else in life: If something is important, see to it yourself. Maybe that's cynical and untrusting, but why take chances. Read more

I agree. Skill is not a prerequisite for awesomeness. We need explorers and wild ones to push us forward as a species. We need people who buck convention and do things because they need to be done. You could sit around forever, waiting for the most qualified person to change the world. Or you could try it yourself. Read more

Yeah, Adrian really loves those AiAiAis too. Read more

I actually love my B&W P7s, but I appreciate the fact that $300 is kind of a ludicrous amount of money to spend on headphones. If I didn't wear them every single day for at least a half-dozen hours, it would not be worth it. Read more

Added. And it's true—there are all these catchphrases that are like audio-review legos. Read more

Hah! Can't believe I forgot that. Gonna find a place to add... Read more

Yeah, and if it is les powerful, I would gladly wait a little longer for my chinese food to heat up and just look at this thing instead. Read more

This is amazing. Read more

Someone has to go get this thing and then send us a photo. It's Gizmodo Day! Read more

not even that—can you remember a single time when you had trouble finding your trackpad in the dark? Read more

If it affects my battery life negatively by even one second, I would pass on this. I don't ever find myself looking at my trackpad. Read more

Yeah, it was a smart story idea on his part, and makes a pretty salient point: We're all biased. Use any OS for long enough, and it's the easiest thing in the world for you. Read more

AMEN Read more

Exactly. Spotify, Netflix, and Apple all prove that people *want* to pay. The entertainment industry just makes it so damn hard to. You have to wonder why there wasn't someone in the room raising their hand saying, 'uhm, excuse me, but, uhm, THIS IS A BAD IDEA.' Or more to the point, why nobody listened to the person… Read more

I look like that some mornings. In general though, I don't really want to get out of the uncanny valley. Read more

Ooh got a link? Read more

T_T Is this a secret or something? Read more

I know that discovering life on Mars is probably not something you guys are banking on, but how have you prepared the rover for that possibility? At all? Are there messages loaded into the rover or anything? Read more