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  1. Re:Exactly right, this is just todays 'rant' artic on ESR Advocates Proprietary Software · · Score: 1

    Absolutely, and as a Windows user, I can honestly say Freespire is the first time I've come close to being impressed by an out of the box linux. I'm actually considering using it on any new laptop I get.

  2. Re:Shareholders on Microsoft Zune MP3 Player Interface Revealed · · Score: 1

    That's one method but a smart shareholder will avoid a company giving a big dividend just as much as a small one because ultimately it'll be a short term investment.

    Any business that doesn't plough profits back in is ultimately doomed.

  3. Re:I don't get it on Microsoft Zune MP3 Player Interface Revealed · · Score: 1

    Because any company that exclusively relies on one business is ultimately doomed.

  4. Re:Free textbooks as a trial balloon for DRM e-boo on $100 Laptop Takes Flight in Thailand · · Score: 1

    You've all read "The Right to Read" by Richard Stallman [gnu.org], right?

    I would have but my copy had DRM.

  5. Re:Can we still ping it? on Voyager 1 Passes 100 AU from the Sun · · Score: 1

    In space, no-one can hear you sue.

  6. Re:Curse you EA on Molyneux Talks Reviving Classic Games · · Score: 1

    When trip hawkins left.

  7. Re:Doesn't sound that good to me on Sega Genesis Collection for PSP and PS2 · · Score: 1

    A reasomable proportion of the ones you ask for were not published by Sega.

  8. Re:Brilliant idea! on Pirate Party Launches Commercial Darknet · · Score: 1

    I doubt most people even have the ability to dial-up anymore. I certainly don't own a standard 56k.

  9. Re:There is no lower-tier PS3 on Microsoft Shows Off 360 HD-DVD Drive · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're assuming they'll support memory card readers in those slots rather than selling you the Sony PlayAdapter for $29.99

  10. "Every game works on the core system" --- Nope on Microsoft Shows Off 360 HD-DVD Drive · · Score: 1

    Football Manager 06 and Final Fantasy 11 don't work on a core 360, they both require a hard drive.

    Given 1 is the best selling game in the UK every year since anyone can remember, that's quite important.

  11. Re:There is no lower-tier PS3 on Microsoft Shows Off 360 HD-DVD Drive · · Score: 0

    Actually you can't. If you have the $500 PS3 you have to pay extra if you want to move saves around since there's no memory ports on it.

  12. Re:GGW? on RIP CGW · · Score: 1

    I'm not seeing the tragedy there.

  13. Re:Never in a million years on The Ad-Supported Operating System · · Score: 1

    Well obviously that's a matter of opinon. :) Yeah, a Geo was not perhaps the best choice but it'll do for now.

    The point being that, and I suspect you'd agree, the original post I replied to was basically just flamebait and should be modded as such.

  14. Re:...said the Nintendo fanboy on PS3 Production 'In Full Swing' · · Score: 1

    And what we DO know is that Sony has made several of the classic mistakes that have cost others in the past.

  15. Re:Never in a million years on The Ad-Supported Operating System · · Score: 1

    That's like saying "Why consider a $30000 Corvette when I can get a 1975 Geo Metro for free"

  16. Re:Steve Jobs leading Apple on Apple Announces More Options Troubles · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Being legally prevented from being a director of any company would do the trick and is a distinct possibility.

  17. Short Article alert on Games That Defined The Virtual Boy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Given there WERE about 10 games, picking a top 10 is not going to be exceptionally tricky.

  18. Re:How to solve the problem of mod chips. on MS Employees Debate Mod Chips · · Score: 1

    Except that's not the case, the person who says there's different regions is Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo.

    Nope. The 360 is perfectly capable of having region free games. Many (MotoGP, hitman, prey) ARE region free. IT's the publisher's choice. MS DO make the decision to regionalise first party games but they don't force it on anyone else.

  19. Re:Your first mistake on Apple's DRM Is Bad For Consumers and Business · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If allofmp3 is a pirate site, importing a CD is pirating.

  20. Re:Cedega is produced by scum on Cedega and Linux Games · · Score: 1

    And that's why people don't port games to linux, they don't think they'd make any money from the free software community.

  21. Re:Let's get the answer out of the way on Options for 'Fixing' A Pirated Copy of Windows · · Score: 1

    But you DO know this because when it first fails WGA and every subsequent time, MS offers you the chance to buy a licence and go legit and say they'll email you a key changer.

    It's a pointless pointless article really about on the level of "My PC says press the any key. What do I do now?"

  22. Re:Please read my response to SuperKendall below. on PSP Firmware Update 2.8 Available · · Score: 1

    What you're doing there is equivilent to complaining that a new Debian binary won't run on an untouched Debian v0.01.

  23. Re:Sounds Good on Sony Plans Deposit Scheme for PS3 in UK? · · Score: 1

    2 "grades" of Unleaded (95 and 98 octane, but we measure very slightly differently to you)
    LRP is "Lead Replacement Petrol". We only mandated cat convertors in 93 so plenty of cars need leaded fuel, LRP has no lead but works on those cars.
    LPG is as the anoncow put it, Liquid Petroleum Gas, which cars can be converted to use. It's about half the price of petrol. You do lose a few % of power though. The conversion is maybe $1500US or so, which you can make up quite easily buying fuel at $3 a gallon instead of $6+. If you can find a station that is, which was the point of my previous poist.

    You have my email address if I lost you at any point during that :)

  24. Re:Dreamcast on When Consoles Lose, Everyone Wins · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well let's look at Wii, Super Mario eleventy billion, Zelda - now he's even more gay, Pokemon shopping mall, Kirby goes to the park.

    And PS3. Gran Turismo 5 - The AI still sucks, Metal Gear Movie 56, now with 3 minutes of actual game, Generic FPS everyone wets themselves over 105, hillarious gore instead of gameplay 12, Rainbow 6 "6".

    Wow, that was boring.

    (Note - I don't believe any of this. Just illustrating how stupid the parent post really is)

  25. Re:Sounds Good on Sony Plans Deposit Scheme for PS3 in UK? · · Score: 1

    Actually, at least in the UK, there's 2 types of unleaded, 1 type of LRP, 1 type of LPG and diesel.

    Not every station has everything. One of the big problems in the take up of LPG powered cars (despite the fuel being half the price) is that they're in the catch where no-one buys the cars because they can't fill them up. No-one provides the chance for them to fill it up because only 3 people own the cars.