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  1. Re:So don't use the name RISK? on RISK on Google Maps Shut Down · · Score: 1

    > After all, there haven't been any lawsuits in the video game industry, where every single FPS that ever existed is exactly the same as every other one other than the name...

    But there have been lawsuits

    Crazy Taxi v. Simpsons Road Rage

    http://www.out-law.com/page-4155

    There's even a Law/Business workshop based on it

    http://www.cmpevents.com/GD06/a.asp?option=C&V=11& SessID=1555

  2. Corporate vandalism is already rife on Sony Paid for Fake PSP Graffiti? · · Score: 1

    I presume it's the same everywhere but our city centre streets are continually blighted by illegal posters for records & tours etc.

    Here's one such story with an Iron Maiden poster

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/ 4376267.stm

    The big record companies pay organised criminal gangs to ruin our streets and then WE have to pay to have it cleared up.

    Makes me sick

  3. Re:True AI on Company Claims Development of True AI · · Score: 1

    And what a great job the US system does of ground wars.

  4. Re:True? on Company Claims Development of True AI · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The I part means knowing what to mimic.

  5. Re:Why the assumption... on Laptop Makers Skeptical of $100 Laptop Schedule · · Score: 1

    Jesus wouldn't despise anyone.

    Jesus is Love.

  6. Re:Is there a French word for "Backroom Deal"? on France Hostile To Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    As a European but foreign national of France, how do I influence actions in the French parliament?

    The EU and EFTA are not the same as Europe.

  7. Re:When are they going to fix mpm_perchild on Apache 2.2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    run 1 apache each per user on a different port then mod_proxy/rewrite the web facing on 80

  8. Re:Changelog on Apache 2.2.0 Released · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    whoa there, there's mod_python for IIS, where ?

    and mod_rewrite too ?

    I never knew IIS had *any* useful features

  9. if you want to get started ... on Apache 2.2.0 Released · · Score: 1


    Run Apache 2.x on the web facing side and use mod_proxy / mod-rewrite to serve your 1.3 pages to prevent any re-writing etc.

    You can then migrate bits of uri at a time.

  10. Re:You can tell Brad doesnt care about PvP. on Brad McQuaid On Instancing · · Score: 1

    one up for DAOC

    I look back at EQ for depth, daoc was a bit cookie cutter until DF. Great fun to be had and watch out, Middies are coming.

  11. Re:Kool! on KDE 3.5 Released · · Score: 1

    yeah, I really miss plan's file servers when I'm out of the environment

    like ioslaves but availble to every program as they are just files in your namespace, none of the smb:// business

  12. firefox is best for porn on What's New With IE, Firefox, Opera · · Score: 1

    firefox is best for porn, middle click to new tab is teh business

    and with extensions, even if it *does* crash your whole tabbed session is only a restart and a click away, great for one handed websites !

  13. Make a good game on Firefox 3D Canvas FPS Engine · · Score: 1

    and they will come

  14. Re:Finally! on Breakthrough in Biodiesel Production · · Score: 3, Informative

    and using the desert as one big hydroponics setup would help global warming.

    Don't only a huge carbon sink but also all that nasty water vapour from the ice caps melting and the sea levels rising would be a huge water sink also.

    Australia could join in too.

  15. Re:Asterisk. on A Skype Equivalent Without "Big Brother"? · · Score: 1

    my ISP uses Asterisk and I can use http://www.gizmoproject.com/ to call them.

    Bah, until I looked again then I thought Gizmo was OSS

  16. Re:Power to abuse? on DMCA Abuse Widespread · · Score: 4, Funny

    DMCA will collapse society, DRM'd Film at 11

  17. Re:Say it after me on Cube Privacy Via Gibberish · · Score: 0, Redundant

    yeah, let's just repost everything on a 2 week cycle

  18. re: multicast on Bandwidth Challenge Results · · Score: 1

    Our cable co.'s VoD service has Pause & Rewind etc.

    You get random access to the whole movie for 24h hours for about $4

    A good deal I think and regularly watch a movie.

  19. Re:IMAP Webmail on Email On Both the Desktop and the Laptop? · · Score: 1

    my computers don't stay built for long enough for that.

    I don't see the point of 10 years of email, personally.

    A quota means I have to clear out.

    Web browser is no less rich, all you need is a tree control and a text area.

  20. IMAP Webmail on Email On Both the Desktop and the Laptop? · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://fastmail.fm/

    I use it from my latop / desktop / web browser / Nokia 6600
    etc. etc.

  21. sigh, what is this, TV ? on How The 360 Works · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Because the Xbox 360 cores can each handle two threads at a time, the 360 CPU is the equivalent of having six conventional processors in one machine."

    No it isn't.

  22. Re:Selling The Hook on Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360 · · Score: 1

    hehe your friends are losers

  23. Re:I wish I had a dollar on Xbox 360 Very Unstable · · Score: 1

    > We whine when they delay

    You might, I don't

    s/We/I/

  24. Re:Selling The Hook on Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OT But ....

    Once you've smoked a bit of weed and not gone psycho then suddenly you realize that the "all drugs are evil" line that school/govt/parents tried to tell you is lies. Then you can't trust *anything* they said. And then you'll try anything.

  25. Re:I wish I had a dollar on Xbox 360 Very Unstable · · Score: 1

    s/We/I/