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  1. Next patch will add... on Pirates of the Burning Sea Patch a Step in the Right Direction? · · Score: 1

    ...sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads, attacking pirates' boats.
    It could really enhance this game, isn't it ?

  2. Is the Pirate Bay rich ? on MPAA Seeks $15 Million From The Pirate Bay · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does it gain a lot of money from its site ? How many millions do they get from ads and such ? Can the court force them to publish the real numbers ? Or will its fortune stay secret ?

    Or does it gain nothing at all (really no profit) from their activities ?

  3. A good worm ? on Kraken Infiltration Revives "Friendly Worm" Debate · · Score: 1

    "A good worm is a dead worm !", afaik.

  4. Frickin' birds on Bird Navigation Based On Quantum Zeno Effect · · Score: 1

    What ? Frickin' birds with frickin' quantum zeno effects attached to their heads ??
    Only seen on Slashdot...

  5. Re:Name this game on The 30 Dumbest Video Game Titles In History · · Score: 1

    The game title is "Octopus". (This game features an octopus).
    See http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=323

  6. You played way too much to RPGs when... on Man Sized Sea Scorpion Fossil Found · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you start seeing giant scorpions.

  7. That's not IMEI... on Is Apple Tracking iPhone Users Through IMEI? · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's iMEI !
    Like all others Apple iThings.

  8. Pink Floyd theorem on Half a Million Database Servers 'Have no Firewall' · · Score: 1

    We don't need no education, we don't need a firewall...

  9. 22 bits on NVIDIA On Their Role in PC Games Development · · Score: 1

    A 3dfx Voodoo3 card was able to compute internally at 22 bits precision. Then the final result was downscaled to 16 bits on the fly. So the card was fast (because 16 bits is faster than 32 bits) and the picture was nice (because 22 bits precision is prettier than 16 bits, and not so ugly compared to 32 bits). That was the trick, and it was fine at that time.

  10. AACS asks for hacks on New AACS Fix Hacked in a Day · · Score: 1

    They chose a very bad name for this technology, indeed. ;)

  11. Wait for Penelope ! on Must-Have Extensions for Thunderbird 2.0 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now that the great Eudora is dead (no more updated), the Penelope project will bring Eudora's goodies to Thunderbird.
    Just wait for Penelope, a better Thunderbird than Thunderbird !

  12. Spectrum will never die. on 25th Anniversary of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum · · Score: 1

    Spectrum's ghost is still alive and kicking.

  13. Resident Ewiil ? on Resident Evil 4 Waggles To the Wii · · Score: 5, Funny

    That will be a nice name for the game.

  14. Using a DVD recorder on The Best VHS Capture System Using Free Software? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Plug the VHS reader with the DVD recorder. Play the tape and record it on a DVDRW (using highest available quality). Voilà. That's the easiest way to do it, and the quality is good. Now put the DVDRW in your PC, and get the files (MPEG2 VOB), and use any software for editing them.

  15. Green taste ? on Hacking Our Five Senses · · Score: 1

    Green tastes like people, because Green is made of people !!

  16. Developers ? on Miyamoto Gives Advice to Game Design Hopefuls · · Score: 1

    How do you say "developers ! developers ! developers !" in Japan ??

  17. Re:Hey! Don't diss the Voodoo 3 on PC World's 50 Best Tech Products of All Time · · Score: 1

    I'm still using mine ! It works fine.
    And there are unofficial XP drivers still being developped: SFFT drivers (for Voodoo 3/4/5). See http://www.3dfxzone.it/news/puntatore.php?uid=4580

  18. Criminals using this vulnerability ? on Windows Vulnerability in Animated Cursor Handling · · Score: 5, Funny

    Our security expert, Jackson M., just tolds us:
    " So, ANI are you ok ? Are you ok ANI ?
        You've been hit by... you've been hit by... a smooth criminal ! "

  19. Yoda stamp for slow mail. on USPS Announces Star Wars Stamp Set · · Score: 1

    With a Yoda stamp, your letter will need 800 years to go to destination !
    (USPS is sometimes so slow...)

  20. Darth Mail ! on USPS Announces Star Wars Stamp Set · · Score: 2, Funny

    Darth Maul stamp on a letter gives you a Darth Mail...

  21. L33T or 1337 edition. on Xbox 360 Elite Officially Announced · · Score: 3, Funny

    That would have been a better name. For real elite gamers, L33T or 1337 is the right hyped choice.

  22. Because assembly is so funny ! on Is Assembly Programming Still Relevant, Today? · · Score: 1

    Here is an (very old) joke from an (very old) assembly programmer I met once: "Mr Push and Mr Pop are in a boat. Mr Pop falls in the water. Who pushed him ?". Ah, ah, funny, isn't it ?? Assembly is so funny.

  23. Dead nozzles ? on New Inkjet Technology 5 To 10 Times Faster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Too many nozzles ! Many nozzles = many chances something goes wrong.
    One dead (or dirty) nozzle, and your document has a "vertical white line" all the way long. Awfull.
    Many dead (or dirty) nozzles, and you must change the whole (and costy ?) printer head.

    (When the head gets dirty, the "clean head" function will eat so much ink that nobody wants to use it !).

  24. Another incoming Fantastic Four movie ? on NASA Confirms Solar Storm Near 2012 · · Score: 1

    Enough is enough...

  25. Bad drivers, bad software... on The Future of Creative and the Sound Card Market · · Score: 1

    Creative produces bad drivers and bad software. Your expensive soundcard works badly out of the box, eating your memory, crashing your computer.
    And Creative soon stops to update them. Your expensive soundcard still works badly, for years. No updated drivers. If you want new drivers, buy a brand new soundcard (ie: trash your "Live! 1" or "Live! 5.1" to buy an "Audigy" or a "X-fi").
    And Creative soon stops them at all (ie: no Vista drivers). And your expensive soundcard can now go to the trash. Use your motherboard's audio: at least, it works.

    I will never buy any Creative product. Never.