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  1. Re:I am concerned by this application on TomTom Releases iPhone Navigation App · · Score: 1

    You're a redundant idiot idiot. Widespread access to GPS doesn't provide anyone anything, other than the ability to triangulate their own location. They are called GPS "RECEIVERS" for a reason... They do not transmit anything.

  2. Parkinsons patients don't mind it on "District 9" Best Sci-fi Movie of 09? · · Score: 1

    Just because you shake to the rhythm of the camera...

  3. Re:way offtopic, but... on Bill Gates Remembers 1979 · · Score: 1

    That's awesome.. thanks for posting. I went ahead and bought http://petalsaroundtherose.com/ and built a web 2.0 version, lol... until the site resolves, it's at http://fosco.com/petals

  4. Re:Whatever SOE touches turns to.... on How The Matrix Online Went Wrong · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes... during Beta when I created a process patcher that allowed me to fish up any item in the game (through a tedious method of incrementing the item number until I found something worth a lot of money) and reported it (.. well, by being seen by a GM in full plate at level 8 ..) I was contacted by Sony (Howard Dortch, Head of Tools and Technology at the time, to be exact) for the details. Shortly after that, they moved the fishing item code server side and my work was done.

  5. Oh the agony... on Typography On the Web Gets Different · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Now instead of quickly rendered and clearly legible standard fonts, web pages will be burdened with additional downloads, rendering changes, and shitty shitty script and graffiti fonts. I'd like to turn this functionality off, please, and prevent my browser from wasting bandwidth on downloading these fonts... Haven't there also been font-based exploits? No thanks!

  6. Re:Encryption is just as good as self destruction on IronKey Unveils Self-Destructing USB Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    Normal flash drives are cheap... This one isn't. I think you have your story backwards.

  7. Re:Better DVD menu support? on VLC 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Fluendo is a closed source linux dvd player, fully supported, for under $30.

  8. Re:Better DVD menu support? on VLC 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I bet there are linux dvd players made for that sort of thing...

  9. I noticed this comment doesn't have a first post.. on Passenger Avoids Delay By Fixing Plane Himself · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a problem.. just thought I'd show my ID and let you know I could fix it.

  10. Re:Surely not? on Goldman Sachs Trading Source Code In the Wild? · · Score: 2, Informative
    It would help if I RTFA:

    The platform is one of the things that apparently gives Goldman a leg-up over the competition when it comes to rapid-fire trading of stocks and commodities. Federal authorities say the platform quickly processes rapid developments in the markets and uses top secret mathematical formulas to allow the firm to make highly-profitable automated trades.

    --

    sounds like cheating to me...

  11. Re:Surely not? on Goldman Sachs Trading Source Code In the Wild? · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm trying to figure out the value in it at all, by itself or to another trading platform...

  12. Re:luckily! on Blizzard Confirms No LAN Support For Starcraft 2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PvPGN I assume these guys will add SC2 to the list...

  13. Just needs a better name on Dave Perry Shows Off Cloud Gaming Service "Gaikai" · · Score: 1

    GaiKai is a name destined for failure. He's obviously not in Marketing.

  14. Re:Fine on Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for Windows 7 In the EU · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They'd probably get sued for more 'bundling.' You're free to google for better alternatives, like TrueCrypt.

  15. Re:Microsoft is pulling an Adobe on Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for Windows 7 In the EU · · Score: 1

    Adobe products are ridiculously overpriced everywhere, if you're just a consumer instead of a corporation. I know of no one who has ever bought anything from them besides Acrobat, and tons of people who have downloaded everything else. I'm not sure if they could manage consumer versions or consumer pricing without affecting their corporate business, due to greed, but Photoshop has become so essential that it should be in every kids grasp.

  16. Re:It's not my fault on On the Humble Default · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It should just default to AC saying 'First Post!'

  17. Re:Name one on Drupal 6: Ultimate Community Site Guide · · Score: 1

    Well, I was wrong... I am quite surprised that a lot of those sites went that way. I would never use it, ever.

  18. Name one on Drupal 6: Ultimate Community Site Guide · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Name one truly successful site built with this. I cannot express to you just how tired I am of these overcomplicated frameworks that require almost as much learning curve as it would to build a custom solution from scratch to suit your needs. Using something like this also creates skill lock-in, where you only know how to do it using this instead of truly understanding the underlying logic.

  19. What's this picture for? on 14-Year-Old Boy Smote By Meteorite · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not a picture of his hand?

  20. Awesome... on Comedy Central Confirms 26 New Futurama Episodes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why does it take Comedy Central to re-animate the corpses of great shows?

  21. Re:The web on AT&T Dropping Usenet Netnews; Low-Cost Alternatives? · · Score: 1

    I'm not that paranoid... If my Giganews logs were to be used against me, almost 2 years of very heavy downloading (unlimited + ssl plan), I'd be put away forever.

  22. Re:The web on AT&T Dropping Usenet Netnews; Low-Cost Alternatives? · · Score: 1

    I've been a Giganews subscriber and a Newsleecher + Super Search user for well over a year now... It's worth the money for instant access to just about everything.

  23. Re:Education's sake? on Kids Score 40 Percent Higher When They Get Paid For Grades · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't give a shit why they learn, as long as they do it.

  24. Re:Summary != Article on Were The "Winners" of E3 Enough To Ensure Survival? · · Score: 1

    Wow, you actually RTFA?!

  25. Re:All I have to say is... on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is idiotic... Cars already come with limiters usually based on the capabilities of the tires. All the cars I've owned would have the accelerator fail past ~115mph. If they want to lower that to ~85 or so that's one thing, but killing all power to the car is ridiculous.