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  1. Re:I blaim Bush on U.S. Pushing Conservative Science · · Score: 1
    If you had had any education worth its name in the US - you would know that the US didn't win any wars in Europe.


    However - most americans seem to think your country actually is "all that". Good for you. It doesn't make it true though.


    (My thanks go to the brave cryptographers in Poland)

  2. Re:I blaim Bush on U.S. Pushing Conservative Science · · Score: 2
    The US is a lot more dangerous than Iraq.

    /me - highly educated Swedish citizen - working against the US. The Earth does not need a large military power declaring itself above international law.

  3. Re:SonyEricsson P800 on New Ultra-Mobile Smartphone Neonode N1 · · Score: 1

    Let me guess, you don't like the lack of TString, and CleanupStack doesn't make sense? :)

  4. Re:SonyEricsson P800 on New Ultra-Mobile Smartphone Neonode N1 · · Score: 1
    No .. and that's a shame. I'll admit to being a former Symbian employee - but programming for Symbian is pure joy. All the APIs you want are there - and the solutions Symbian has come up with for common problem are sometimes truly unique.


    (And no, the API isn't bloated - I think the balance is close to perfect :)

  5. Re:Mitch Kapor on More On Kapor's Attempt To Best Outlook · · Score: 1
    Try the latest version - I gess you haven't run anything newer than v4.


    I LOVE Notes .. I used it extensively when working for Symbian, and I've cried at evenings after having to work with Outlook or even custom solutions trying to solve the same problems at other jobs.


    Notes Databases alone will increase the productivity at any company where the employees scans them regulary. No more information-cascading problems - programmers helping other programmers and when common issues are found they can be moved to a FAQ-database etc etc. Wonderful.

  6. Re:I work at a major software chain store. on Console Games Sales Beat Out PC · · Score: 1
    You really need to read up on some videogame facts. I won't help you - I'll just point one of your errors:


    Console games running at 60fps do not use interlace

  7. Re:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; on Ex-Microsofter Rick Belluzzo Prefers Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I get a completely empty window. I'm running Opera v7 beta 2 on Windows 2000.

  8. Re:Hyperbole? on Project Entropia's Universe Solidifies · · Score: 1
    I took a look at their employee-list a while back .. I recognized three names immideately as being:


    *) class-mates with me in my SE-education
    *) people who tried to pick up chicks on IRC using phrases like "I have lots of money, drives a Mercedes and I own a lot of stocks"


    hehe


    Most of the info in their press-releases are completely bogus btw, the info in this one is not an exception.

  9. Re:From the trenches on GeForce FX And More From AGDC 2002 · · Score: 1
    It's not specualtion - it's a common complaint from Halo-players that the voices sound muffled and that it's hard to hear the words sometimes.


    Many thanks for the explanation for the mixing though - are you a developer?

  10. Re:From the trenches on GeForce FX And More From AGDC 2002 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Did they mention that most Xbox games do NOT have 5.1 sound?


    Yes I'm serious. Take Halo as an example - the sound effects etc are in 4.1 .. some voice stuff is in the center, that's why it sounds muffled.


    Now try Sega GT .. Splinter Cell .. Morrowind ..


    The center channel is silent.


    It seems that pre-made AC3 streams are sent out ok, but when the Xbox is supposed to create 5.1 from discrete channels produced by the game, it fails.


    (Do NOT answer and say I'm wrong until you've TRIED this .. 5.1 on your receiver, disconnect the fronts if you like .. play some games.)

  11. Re:Wasn't there 7 stories in I Robot? on Will Smith as I, Robot · · Score: 2, Informative
    I have the Complete Robot .. I Robot is a subset of it .. I can't remember either. Let's use the Internet ;)


    Nine, even?

  12. Bicentennial man on Will Smith as I, Robot · · Score: 2, Insightful
    ... saw it again a few weeks ago. It wasn't that bad.


    I'm not sure the Asimov-worlds my mind has made can coexist with Hollywood ones though.

  13. Re:So what's the best implementation? on Testing an Orange SPV 'Smartphone' · · Score: 1

    We optimised the Quartz UT (now UIQ) a _lot_ for one-handed use - I'm curious, have you tried both?

  14. Re:So what's the best implementation? on Testing an Orange SPV 'Smartphone' · · Score: 1
    The Sony Ericsson P800 uses an ever better UI (UIQ) - the Series 60 platform doesn't have touch-screen with pen-input.


    Disclaimer: I once worked for Symbian and was one of the people who began working on what's now UIQ .. ;)

  15. Re:The state of the game industry. on Square To Merge With Enix · · Score: 1

    Matroid Prime is the perfect translation of a 2D game (Super Metroid) into 3D. I don't know if it's "innovative" though .. ?

  16. Re:You got it wrong. There is no "emulator" disc. on Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games · · Score: 1

    No it's not at all obvious - the GC-games have code in them to talk via the link-cable to a GBA, see Metroid, Animal Crossing etc. It's not at all unlikely that these games won't be able to see a GB/C/A-game connected via this new device.

  17. Re:You got it wrong. There is no "emulator" disc. on Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games · · Score: 1
    That's not an answer to what I asked for though - I wanted to know why he said the cube-software would know about this method to communicate with the gba-soft and not just the normal link-cable method.

  18. Re:You got it wrong. There is no "emulator" disc. on Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games · · Score: 1

    What's your source for this information? (I haven't seen this stated _anywhere_ on any gaming sites)

  19. Re:wow on Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games · · Score: 1
    Can you run Metroid Fusion on your SNES? ;)


    I'm going to buy this for my cube JUST for Metroid Fusion ..

  20. Re:It still works... on Microsoft vs. Modded Xboxes · · Score: 1
    The problem is that your Xbox's unique identifier co-exists with your unique credit card and your unique Xbox Live subscription number.


    No, your account is detached from your Xbox.

  21. Re:Isn't this the exact definition of on Microsoft Loses $177m on Xbox in Three Months · · Score: 1
    No and no and no and no.


    This myth gets repeated all over the place - and yet it's a myth.


    Consoles are sold with a profit. The PS2 was _expensive_ when it was _expensive_ to make - now it's _cheaper_ to make and thus _cheaper_.

  22. Re:"Lost" on Microsoft Loses $177m on Xbox in Three Months · · Score: 1
    The information on how much Microsoft projected to lose at a maximum on the Xbox is available - use Google if you want the numbers.


    They're losing a LOT (and I mean a LOT) more at the moment.

  23. Re:Embedded Java... on Re-Tooling Your Skills for the Future? · · Score: 1

    I work in the telecom industry - 3G actually. We program in C, not java ;)

  24. You know embedded programming and C? on Re-Tooling Your Skills for the Future? · · Score: 2

    .. that's all you need to know. Really - that won't disappear for a very long time. A lot of people are getting sacked in the IT-business today, but competent C/C++-programmers that can do non-Windows (non-desktop, really) programming are still in demand.

  25. Re:Just wondered... on Gnutella2? · · Score: 2, Informative

    If an orchestra records a classic that recording is (of course) copyrighted.