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  1. Re:Levels! on Farmville, Social Gaming, and Addiction · · Score: 1

    I found some enjoyment out of Farmville for a short time. I created Atari characters and penises with trees and crops.

  2. Re:Simply put on Will Tabbed Windows Be the Next Big Thing? · · Score: 1

    Actually, it would be interesting if you take that into account and have one tab have a full screen version and another tab with a split screen of two things.

  3. Re:Hackers Sell Out on Open Source Attempt To Crack GSM Encryption · · Score: 1

    If they're not with us, they're against us!

  4. Re:What? on Salon.com Editor Looks Back At Paywalls · · Score: 1

    NYT's paywall has to do with the articles archived but still in copyright. I think out of copyright archives are free though.

  5. Re:You Just Don't Know When to Shut Up, Do You? on Woman Filming Sister's Birthday Party Gets Charged With Felony Movie Piracy · · Score: 1

    In the same way that its a free market when property law is used, backed up by the police power of the government, to enforce the restrictions? Or would you rather have intellectual property law enforced by its owners through force?

  6. Re:You Just Don't Know When to Shut Up, Do You? on Woman Filming Sister's Birthday Party Gets Charged With Felony Movie Piracy · · Score: 1

    Copyright is the epitome of property.

  7. Re:Not this time on Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but considering the nature of Borderlands, many of us didn't think there would be dedicated servers. Left4Dead proved the small coop dedicated server style viable, but I just don't see people hosting public dedicated borderlands servers. Just seems to be a different situation than your traditional shooters.

  8. Re:Not surprising. on Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    The problem with Astrology is it presents a causal relationship with only some correlational evidence. Some of what you presented is an example of possible correlational evidence that astrology may claim. They actually claim a ton more, and those relationships arn't surprising considering the amazingly high amount of variables available in the night sky. There is no evidence of a causal relationship, however, and most signs indicate there isn't.

    To bring it back to what I was originally talking about. Yes, the earth's position in relationship to the sun and human development are correlationaly related. The reason why we use years as a mark however, is that they're a convenient unit of measurement. The studies of Human Development are what actually drive those decisions. Astrology of course is not a convenient way to measure things. Sometimes I wonder if Astrologers even understand what the hell is going on with that shit.

  9. Re:Mashups... Last year's cloud computing. on Craigslist Blocks Yahoo Pipes · · Score: 1

    I use cellphone voice recognition all the time with my Droid. "call " "navigate to " or just "website name" when I don't want to be bothered to type in an address. real nice stuff.

  10. Re:Not surprising. on Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    Because there are general ages that are pegged within brain development and rational thinking. While these ages aren't set in stone and some individuals never truly do get to that point of rationality, if you want to draw a line you have to draw it somewhere.

    Now does astrology have any scientific basis like developmental psychology does?

  11. Re:I Was Surprised on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 1

    Yeah, many forms of "alternative" medicine(homeopathy, christian science) do the same shit. I have yet to see people protesting those homeopathy wackos. That is not to say I think they should stop protesting Scientology, I'd just say that particular evil is pretty common.
    http://whatstheharm.net/index.html

  12. Re:Not surprising. on Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are plenty of Americans who take Astrology WAY too fucking seriously

  13. Re:VAC on Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters · · Score: 1

    There is no inherent claim that this is a representative sample. The picture is an example of a self selected group of the population who announced their desires to boycott the game. Then those people did not boycott the game, indicating a ton of noise but no substance. Your analogy would be applicable if you included people who never announced their intentions to boycott the game, but these guys certainly did. Its not as if joining steam groups is compulsory or done without the individuals consent.

  14. Re:VAC on Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't know the specifics of it, but I was under the impression that the guys running punkbuster had more experience with the underlying platform.

  15. Re:VAC on Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Also, this says alot about the uproar over no dedicated servers:
    http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/11/gam_boycottfail_580-1258143415.jpg

  16. VAC on Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They decided to use VAC instead of Punkbuster on the PC. Like many of their decisions, this one wasn't well thought out.

  17. Re:Uggggghhhh on Harvard Says Computers Don't Save Hospitals Money · · Score: 1

    Then you're an illegal time immigrant and a drain on our health care system!

  18. Re:Security through obscurity on Ethics of Releasing Non-Malicious Linux Malware? · · Score: 1

    Disclaimer: I posted that from my basement on a linux laptop.

  19. Re:Security through obscurity on Ethics of Releasing Non-Malicious Linux Malware? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Once they develop a conversable chatterbot that targets linux basement dwellers. The bot will say she uses a particular type of webcam software and really wants to show them something.

  20. Re:Harpoons on Air Cannon Ties Pirates In Knots · · Score: 1

    If they're in range of your small arms fire, your in range of theirs. Plus those guys have some RPG-7s.

  21. Re:If all gambling is fraud on Government Delays New Ban On Internet Gambling · · Score: 1

    It also has an assumption of competence in the player. If anything that type of gambling can be more dangerous, even if it isn't the archetypal big guy vs little guy scenario. A guy farther down in the conversation discussed how he is a professional online poker player who makes his money on drunk guys deciding to play. Is that sort of relationship any less exploitive truly?

  22. Re:Nothing escapes the web on Government Delays New Ban On Internet Gambling · · Score: 1

    Yes, as it wouldn't change the addiction component at all. Though perhaps you would see more robbing of the actual establishments?

  23. Re:pros and cons on Microsoft's Top Devs Don't Seem To Like Own Tools · · Score: 1

    Will you spoon feed them to him?

  24. Re:Wow! on Microsoft's Top Devs Don't Seem To Like Own Tools · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alright boys, take the love fest over to thedailywtf.

  25. Re:Nothing escapes the web on Government Delays New Ban On Internet Gambling · · Score: 0

    Thats why I call for a Costs/Benefits argument. The Benefits of driving in general greatly outweigh the Costs.