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  1. Oh crap. on Sunlight in a Tube · · Score: 4, Funny


    How the hell am I going to maintain my pasty zombie-like complexion if they allow sunlight into the building?

  2. Re:Sources ? on BitTorrent May Prove Too Good to Quash · · Score: 1, Informative


    Try googling for "whatyouwant filetype:torrent" or just "filetype:torrent torrent". You'll find zillions of trackers out there.

    BitTorrent isn't going away.

  3. SND? on Nintendo Dismisses October Zelda Launch · · Score: 3, Interesting


    When a company's denials of a rumour make it to /. I know it's a slow news day.

  4. Think of the children! on Star Wars Episode 3 PG-13? · · Score: 5, Funny


    "This story hints at the next Star Wars being a bit more of a mature themed movie

    We wouldn't want pre-teens emulating the movie and killing themselves trying to surf on lava, would we? Good plan!

  5. Re:Bit of a strawman (I think), however... on Only 15% of Gamers are Internet Addicts · · Score: 1


    Unless you're in your teens/early 20s I'd consider you abnormal if you drank 10-15 hours a week. :)

  6. Bit of a strawman (I think), however... on Only 15% of Gamers are Internet Addicts · · Score: 5, Insightful


    If 15% of people who enjoyed a cold beer or a glass of wine were considered alcoholics I'm sure the word "only" wouldn't be in the headline.

  7. Re:$166M a Day In Iraq Vs. $4.2M A Year For Voyage on Interstellar Pioneers Facing Termination · · Score: 1


    Bush is an oil corporatist. There's no money in space for him and his friends, ergo, space gets cut.

  8. YES YES YES! on Has P2P Influenced Your Music Tastes? · · Score: 2, Informative


    Without a doubt.

    Countless times I've read of a band that sounds interesting and I get it off eMule or BitTorren. If it's interesting, I'll buy it or download it from a pay-service. (I just bought a bunch of Boris [.ja sludge/doom/rock from emusic.com in fact])

    That all said, I'm sure the majority don't buy what they really enjoy but P2P has without a doubt expanded my musical horizons and helped my buying decisions.

  9. Whoo hoo!! on UK Doctors Cure Type 1 Diabetes · · Score: 3, Funny


    I'm off to 7-Eleven for a Pepsi Super Big Gulp!

  10. Just wondering... on Mount St. Helens Shoots Steam, Ash · · Score: -1, Redundant


    Is St. Helens far from Redmond or is that just wishful thinking?

  11. Yeah, but MS still holds all the cards. on Gamespy Reveals Xbox Next Specs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Thief: Deadly Shadows had a pretty bad flaw resuming a game saved at whatever difficulty reverted the game back to normal difficulty. I wrote Eidos Customer Support about an xbox live or physical update to T:DS and received this:
    Thank you for your message. An updated version of Thief 3 was made for the Xbox, however Microsoft never gave us approval to release a new version. The game cannot be patched through Xbox Live, as the game was never set up to support Xbox Live. I apologize for the inconvenience.

    "Microsoft never gave us approval to release a new version". How's that for a kick in the pants? So for this new xbox I'm going to sit tight until a modchip is released and do nothing but "try before I buy".
  12. Um on Canadian Government Going Big Brother? · · Score: 3, Interesting


    Where is our Privacy Commission during this?

  13. ermm... on RollerMouse Aims to Replace the Traditional Mouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do I connect it to my VT-100?

  14. Re:How about a less effeminate male actor? on New Dr. Who Episode Leaked · · Score: 1


    Motorhead has been through my city 4 times in the past 23 years. They rule. And their 5th visit will be April 22, 2005! My girlfriend is coming along. She's gonna be sorry. ;)

  15. Re:How about a less effeminate male actor? on New Dr. Who Episode Leaked · · Score: 1


    Look at the bright side, they could have hired Lemmy.

  16. Even "nice" companies screw the public. on The Story Behind Cell Phone Radiation Research · · Score: 1


    Yep, Motorola was a "good guy" ages ago but will bullshit for profit at the sake of the public health. Heck, see the link in my sig for xbox cable info. It was a faulty power supply, not a cable, that caused the problems. A recall of millions of boxes would have been too expensive.

  17. Re:Thanks New York Public Library! on NYPL Digital Gallery Open to Public · · Score: 2, Funny


    Thanks New York Public Library for putting these 275,000 pictures online!

    ahhh, ok, they're online. The speed of the site had me thinking they were scanning on demand.

  18. Any Canadians know... on Build Your Own TV Without Broadcast Flags · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... if we can buy non-BF ready TVs in .ca after they become illegal in the US? It's ~10% the size of the US market but it'd be nice to have HTDV for watching DVDs etc.

  19. Re:Great minds think alike. on Double-Slit Experiment in Time, Not Space · · Score: 2, Funny


    And yes, I am a physicist.

    Get with the program; you mean "IAAP". ;)

  20. Great minds think alike. on Double-Slit Experiment in Time, Not Space · · Score: 5, Funny


    Just today at lunch I was saying "Wouldn't it be cool to craft a femtosecond pulse consisting of 1.5 cycles, say 2 maxima and 1 minima, passed through argon gas? We could get electrons which could be accelerated then observe the resulting interference patterns!"

    Well, that didn't fly. The guys got pissed off and yelled "Shut up and watch the stripper!" so I sheepishly went back to my titties and beer.

  21. Hold off... on More Powerhouse Designers on Next-Gen Xbox · · Score: 4, Funny


    Sounds good, but I won't be buying one until Team Xecuter is designing product for the xbox2.

  22. uh... on Xbox 2 To Feature Removeable Hard Drive · · Score: 1, Funny


    ... my Xbox already has a removable drive (well, 120 gigs held in by 4 torx screws) or you mean an official MS product?

  23. Re: Name submission... on Astronomers Find Star-Less Galaxy · · Score: 1, Funny


    Who can honestly say that science is dull?!

  24. Name submission... on Astronomers Find Star-Less Galaxy · · Score: 2, Funny


    ... I submit that it be named the "Goatse Galaxy".

  25. Business kills on Anti-Muni Broadband Bills Country Wide · · Score: 3, Insightful


    If there was as much money in building and running "Community Clubs" I'd wager the big corps would try taking over the basketball courts and hockey rinks. All so the locals have more choice, you know.