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  1. Re:I agree with this on Backlash as EMI Hunts Down the Grey Album · · Score: 1

    Maybe the whole thing is guerrilla marketing/astroturfing campaign by EMI. Can this guy actually believe he can take Jay-Z vocals and Beatles music for a worldwide release without paying some royalty?

  2. Another better reason on 1503AD and the Rapid Erosion of End-User Rights? · · Score: 2

    Sunflowers is a german company, there are no class-action lawsuits in Germany. So stop wasting your effort. EA seems to be the US distributor so you could try them instead. But how can they be blamed? Did EA ever advertise multi-player?

  3. Re:Translation: on Mythica MMORPG Cancelled By Microsoft · · Score: 1
    Microsoft has bought another MMORPG. Buy, buy, buy: that is all they are capable of.


    Actually they also can sell. And they did sell Asheron's Call 2 back to Turbine Development not too long ago. Wasn't successful enough for MS' tastes.

  4. Re:Theory. on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 1

    Please demonstrate first how absence of speciation in an observable timespan disproves evolution.

  5. Re:Taxes... on AMD Receives $683M for Dresden Plant · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dream on, corporations of their size hardly have to pay taxes in Germany. Especially in the former GDR.

  6. Re:Forget Computer Science! on Learning Computer Science via Assembly Language · · Score: 1

    Bzzt, wrong. Your definition is that of the natural sciences, while math and CS are structural sciences.

  7. Re:no shit. on DARPA Funds Internet Tracking Scheme · · Score: 1

    In Germany you're not even allowed to leave your home without your national ID card.

  8. Re:Google wack! on Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart' · · Score: 1, Funny

    [nitpick] No it's not, dunnart is not in Google's dictionary. Therefore it's not a valid whack.

  9. Re:Until then, there's always... on Half-Life 2 Targeted for Summer Release · · Score: 1

    If you look closely at the Deus Ex 2 config file you'll see there are already engine settings for T3 = Thief 3 in there. Definetely more of the same crap.

  10. Re:Googling for dates? on Googling For Prospective Date Unmasks Fugitive · · Score: 1
    Even sadder is, if you trim it down to "into geeky guys" you get exactly one hit.

    Anyone have a good timesharing algorithm?

  11. Download Mirror on Footage From Star Wars: Episode III · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get it here.

  12. Re:Linux Logo opportunity? on The Successor to AC'97: Intel High Definition Audio · · Score: 2, Funny


    1. Get a license from Dolby. Good luck with that.

    2. Implement the specs

    3. ???

    4. Profit!!!

  13. Xerox' innovations on Macintosh's 1984 Debut · · Score: 1
    Does this description of the 1981 Xerox Star remind you of some other system?



    "Star was designed as an office automation system. The idea was that professionals in a business or organization would have workstations on their desks and would use them to produce, retrieve, distribute, and organize documentation, presentations, memos, and reports. All of the workstations in an organization would be connected via Ethernet and would share access to file servers, printers, etc.


    Star's designers assumed that the target users are interested in getting their work done and not at all interested in computers. Therefore, an important design goal was to make the "computer" as invisible to users as possible. The applications included in the system were those that office professionals would supposedly need: documents, business graphics, tables, personal data-base, and electronic mail. The set was fixed, always loaded, and automatically associated with data files, eliminating the need for users to worry about obtaining, installing, and starting the right application for a given task or data file. Users could focus on their work, oblivious of concepts like software, operating systems, applications, and programs.


    Another important assumption was that Star's users would be casual, occasional users, rather than people who spent most of their time at the machine. This assumption led to the goal of having Star be easy to learn and remember."

  14. Re:The little guy gets paid? on Record Labels May Have to Pay Double Royalties · · Score: 1

    Probably the opposite. The publisher, which is usually inhouse or a subsidiary of record companies, bills twice and thus the artist's share shrinks.

  15. Re:Other way round on Engineer Deconstructs Literary Criticism · · Score: 1
    I know a field where someone says you're wrong about everything.


    It's called marriage.

  16. Re:Ahem on The Year In Ideas · · Score: 1

    And if you launch two rocket strapped monkeys simultaneously on each side of the tunnel you have an instant super monkey collider. But if noone's there at the core to listen, do they make a sound?

  17. Re:I wanted a Linux Annoyances paperback book on PC Annoyances · · Score: 1

    Because Windows works with COM, if you want to change an API you expose another interface. Old applications still find their API. Under Linux if the lib's API has changed the dynamic linking will fuck up and segfault.

  18. Re:impressive, but is it as impressive as it sound on The Amazing Shrinking Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    798 Gflops in an imaginary application taking full advantage of SIMD in every clockcycle and never needs to flush cache or even access RAM.

  19. Re:But WHY? on AMD Breaks Ground on New Chip Facility · · Score: 0

    Because we have ways to make you invest ze money in Deutschland!!!

  20. Re:It all makes sense now on Gates Comdex Keynote Shows Plans, Matrix Spoof · · Score: 1

    Yes, I can see it now. Nerds spoofing the Matrix to get their free software message across. Sounds like the definition of cool.

  21. Re:The name is everything on Hydrogenaudio Closes Doors For Now · · Score: 1

    '.MP3' is not a format, it's the usual file extension for the 'Motion Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3' format. 'Ogg Vorbis' is certainly less descriptive.

  22. I shopped at Crayon on SuSE No Longer Barred From Selling · · Score: 1

    Crayon is a one man company by the same guy who has a small shop here in my town, called "Seidel Softwareservice". I once bought a mouse and keyboard there. I thought he was was a nice guy, but that lawyer Gravenreuth is a leech and belongs to the lowest scum. He's been pulling these schemes for years.

  23. Re:a dumb question on Mono C# Compiler Compiles Itself · · Score: 1

    Someone please add this to the Karmawhoring Guide: Whenever there's an article concerning compilers linke to the said ACM article, whoopy instant +5.

  24. Re:$30,000? on Magnetic Space Launches · · Score: 1

    Feel free to give your money to NASA.

  25. What I really want to know on Zhang Fei Temple Digitally Remastered · · Score: 1

    Will they release a Quake III level based on the scan data?