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  1. Let the horse die... on Nintendo Shows Franchise Totals, Metroid-Themed GBA · · Score: 1

    I've already sold my SP in expectation of the DS.

    And oh yeah, it was interfering so much with my school I almost got kicked out for not turning in enough papers :-O

  2. Re:Then you're doing it wrong on What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like · · Score: 1

    Being completely random doesn't make it inconsequential. Your choice of card does affect the game, even though you have no chance to foresee which card it will be. It's not completely unlike rolling a die.

  3. Don't have a crappy Win98 box on Mo' Beta Testing Blues · · Score: 1

    I have a crappy WinXP box...

  4. Damned Firefox crashing all the time on Mo' Beta Testing Blues · · Score: 1

    after I've installed the newest version... and of course I'm too lazy to go back a version or fetch a nightly ;)
    (For me, crashing all the time >= once every three days)

  5. Re:Simple explanation on Mo' Beta Testing Blues · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I remember the last page of my Game Boy (original grey monochrome brick), where they'd listed the specs. Above (or below, whatever), it then stated something like "Any of these can change without notice at any time". Not very endearing.

  6. Re:Then you're doing it wrong on What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like · · Score: 1

    Of course it changes the possible outcome - if you choose a 'lucky' card, you'll end up with more cards than if you'd chosen an 'unlucky' card, thus altering the content of both you and your opponent's stacks, and ultimately the following plays until victory or defeat.

  7. Swedish, pah! on What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like · · Score: 1

    I understand that you post as an AC, cos I wouldn't wanna be known as a swede, either ;)

    Jeg er trods alt fra jeres gamle herrefolk :p
    I må bare lære at bruge de rigtige bogstaver igen - hvad er det, I bruger ikke ø og æ, men ö og ä? Puha... ;)

  8. Re:Then you're doing it wrong on What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like · · Score: 1

    It changes the outcome as compared to not picking cards - but I agree that it does not change the fact that your skill has no effect on the outcome.

    I realized that in Kindergarten. As the only one. I hate stupid people.

  9. Viellecht nicht on What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like · · Score: 1

    That's just cos the Brits couldn't wrap their heads around the word "Österreich". It has an umlaut and stuff.

  10. Then you're doing it wrong on What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like · · Score: 1

    In war, the point is that some times you come up with the same card as your opponent. You each then put three cards face down before you. Then you choose one of these cards as the one to battle the others new card with.

    Then again, this is a complex variation of the rules...

  11. Shhh! on What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like · · Score: 1

    She might be reading this!

  12. Re:Poor choice of words on Hurt Me Plenty - Remembering Doom · · Score: 1

    It came many years after. It was in part developed by the same people.
    Big fucking surprise DN3D was better than Doom.

  13. Sounds illegal on Best Results From Bartering Computer Services? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Making of own currency and tax evasion and whatnot.

  14. Then you should go fix on Best Results From Bartering Computer Services? · · Score: 1

    the HTML and spelling errors on www.ideepthroat.com - you could probably strike a good deal :-O

  15. It's called used goods on Best Results From Bartering Computer Services? · · Score: 1

    Some people prefer not-so-easy women.

    I mean, I *know* that the girls that I've been with haven't been angels (why else would the last one be able to give bj's in her sleep?), but a stripper? Sheesh.

  16. Goddammit! on Best Results From Bartering Computer Services? · · Score: 1

    I just came home drunk and horny from a night out (Yes, on a Monday, what's your point?), and I went to slashdot to get rid of the latter factor.
    Shutupshutupshutup!

  17. It's blindingly obvious on Inventorying Miscellaneous Computer Junk? · · Score: 1

    Well, to me, anyway. Obviously also to you. Oh, and half a dozen other posters down the thread.

    Hmm.

  18. People call me the pope on Worst Explanation From Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    Therefore, I can cuss at people in Christian as much as I like.

  19. Re:You said it... on Worst Explanation From Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    I swapped out with another machine and started installing RH9

    Duh.

  20. Players on Drug Addiction Integrated Into Achaea MUD · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't think it will be as widely used as in RW-drugs, as it is far easier for people to handle withdrawals when it's not "real". Just like any RPG, the players would want to "win", and therefore would probably not let their chars be addicted too long.

    Then again, maybe the effects outweigh the sideeffects for enough players...

  21. If you use Windows on Upgrade Your DVD Writer to Double Layer -- Maybe · · Score: 1

    Ahead has made a program called Nero Drivespeed. I think it's on their website, but I'm too lazy to check for you ;)
    It can only do whole numbers, though, no fractions.

  22. It's called an umlaut on Upgrade Your DVD Writer to Double Layer -- Maybe · · Score: 1

    And you place it over such letters as a or even u.

    Also, German doesn't have the same deficiency as the English language does, and there is no problem splicing words.

    Combine these facts into an old world:

    Übermensch.

    [/rant]
    (Guess who starts every monday fucking morning with three advanced German lessons)

    Anyway, backing up before flashing would require active thought by the end-user.

    Then again, this is geek-country.

  23. Yes, on Wiring a Neighborhood? · · Score: 1

    but you are obviously an idiot.
    Why not put a little free time into it and save hundreds of dollars each year, plus get a better connection?

  24. Unfortunately, on Cryptic Code Stumps Experts · · Score: 2, Funny

    on their homepage (http://www.testamints.com), I see no indication of who has or has not endorsed their products (apart from God almighty, of course)

  25. Riiight on Cryptic Code Stumps Experts · · Score: 1

    Which chapter, then?

    Saying "Matthew, verse 12" is like saying "Umm... it's in the old testament... in the middle, somewhere".

    Well, granted, there are few chapters in Matthew, but still. Chapter 25, verse 34 (I think) and out, pretty much sums up what one needs to do to get into heaven (AFAIR).