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  1. Re:What Myspace shows on The MySpace Generation · · Score: 1

    See, you make too much of an assumption there. They don't know HTML, they search out websites where they can get premade HTML tags / scripts / embeds / whatever, copy and paste, and don't learn anything at all.

  2. Re:Nice, but... on Building a Quiet Media Room PC · · Score: 1

    Yes, they're called the sattelite companies.

  3. Re:Nice, but... on Building a Quiet Media Room PC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't see why the cable company would want me to get a cable card when they could just continue charging me to use their digital box.

    Well, as more and more people want that, they can use it as a bonus against their competitors. "Yeah, WE allow you to use our service with your computer, but the sattelite companies don't!". They still make their money on the service.

    Either that, or they can rent out the CableCards for the same price.

  4. Re:IE Really hasn't improved on PCWorld Dubs Firefox Best Product of 2005 · · Score: 1

    Well, it's a lot easier to remember when you see the underlined "d" in "address" next to the bar.

  5. Re:IE Really hasn't improved on PCWorld Dubs Firefox Best Product of 2005 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try alt+d in IE for highlighting the address bar. Same key combo works in firefox as well.

  6. Re:Am I the only one... on Greatest Games - The Sims · · Score: 1

    ... but see, FPS games have so much more variety, because sometimes you kill the other guy HERE, and sometimes you kill him over THERE. Then, if you're feeling particularly frisky, you can kill him with a DIFFERENT WEAPON.

    Variety!

  7. Re:Impressive on Linksys Adds Linux WRT54G Model Back · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Impressive on Linksys Adds Linux WRT54G Model Back · · Score: 1

    See, that's funny, because they pissed me off with this move. The WRT54G could regularly be had for $39, whereas this is being sold for $70. They realized that they had something great on their hands, so they killed the old, cheaper model, then put out a more expensive one for enthusiasts.

  9. Re:Brad is clueless. on MMOG Designers Throw Down Over Instancing · · Score: 1

    it's a big series of disorganized quests with no real connection & half-assed prose spread between them.

    Change one word, and you've got a wonderful description of MMORPGs.

  10. Re:Let me get this straight... on Security Flaws Allow Wiretaps to be Evaded · · Score: 0

    Tommy Tutone is turned on by Jenny.

  11. Re:Well, that's the last of it. on Born with Couch Potato Genes? · · Score: 1

    Depends on your perspective. My past had led me to see his post and reply to it, so depending on how you look at it, the answer could be "yes" or "it was already set to go that way anyway".

  12. Back in Mass. on Microsoft Receives Open Source VIP Blessing · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This move has put Microsoft back in the race in Massachusetts. They were previously threatening to disqualify MS due to not supporting any standards.

  13. Re:Well, that's the last of it. on Born with Couch Potato Genes? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I completely think that we never had free will, that everything that we do is because of all the circumstances that came before it. Sure, you THINK that you're choosing to do something, but the reason you're choosing that option is because of the experiences you've had.

  14. Re:Spreading diseases? on To Flush Or Not To Flush · · Score: 3, Informative

    It doesn't matter, urine is sterile anyway. People are just really paranoid. ... unless said person has something quite serious going on and blood is coming out, but I have a feeling that's pretty rare.

  15. Re:Scotch Tape on Texas Sues Sony BMG over Rootkit · · Score: 1

    Not to rain on your little anti-MS parade, but that would be like suing the manufacturer of a gun used in a murder because they made guns deliberately to kill things, which is completely ridiculous.

  16. Re:Wow, that's gonna be a nice check.. on Texas Sues Sony BMG over Rootkit · · Score: 1

    ... and you can't forget that other companies will see what happens when they try to pull this shit, and back off. This is quite an awesome situation, actually.

  17. Re:Texas law on lethal force in protecting propert on Texas Sues Sony BMG over Rootkit · · Score: 4, Informative

    Unfortunately, that only works if killing them will prevent your property from getting damaged/stolen. Inapplicable in this case.

  18. Re:I love nintendo on Review: Mario Kart DS · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You'll probably like this then.

  19. You left them out :( on Grass Grazing In Dinosaurs Confirmed · · Score: 4, Funny

    like modern beavers chew on today.

    Nobody cares about the outdated beavers :(

  20. Re:Lunar Dust on Lunar 'Lawnmower' Devised for Moon Colonists · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dust here is mostly things that are or once were alive, carbon-based. Skin cells, hair, that sort of thing. The dust there is mineral, with parts of it being conductive. Besides being more abrasive, the conductivity can really screw with electronics.

  21. Re:Headline on Parents Agree With ESRB Ratings · · Score: 1

    They CAN do that, but I doubt they did. Just like they CAN rate a game higher or lower than it actually deserves, but they don't. I can't think of any examples of games they've misrated.

  22. Re:Paying for avatars? Only Microsoft... on 360 Marketplace Content Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Only Microsoft...

    Only Microsoft? Tell that to the cell-phone-customization industry, who charges for backgrounds, ringtones, and everything else they could possibly thing of. In fact, I'm willing to bet that's where MS got the idea for this.

  23. Re:Makes me wonder.. on King Kong Lived? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doubtful, besides the fact that this is hardly "giant" (come on, 10-feet tall?), marketers would have to be pretty stupid to assume that this would influence sales any. ... and we ALL know that marketers never do anything dumb.

  24. Re:Easy to figure out why NOT 360 on NCSoft To Bring MMOGs To The PS3 · · Score: 1

    Failed? Up until WoW, it was the biggest around. Japan was (and I think still is) hugely into it. I'd hardly call that failed.

  25. Re:I don't see any controversy here on Google Searches Used in Murder Trial? · · Score: 1

    Read the article again - this didn't come from Google, it came from the user's local history. Google didn't hand information over to anybody. Whether they would or not is a different question, though. Can you imagine if information Google gave the police led to the arrest of a murderer? Terrorist? The public would love them, it's a PR department's fantasy.

    Obviously there's the question of whether or not searches incriminate someone - there's no way that a search alone could lead to a conviction. At the most, a search could be used as evidence in order to get a search warrant.