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  1. Re:Wow ... on A 24-Year-Old Scammed Apple 42 Times In 16 Different States · · Score: 0

    This sort of thing works the same way:
    Do it when they are swamped.

  2. Re: Wow ... on A 24-Year-Old Scammed Apple 42 Times In 16 Different States · · Score: 1

    That makes little sense, or are you saying all banks supply them with POS software?
    Because it would work with any bank. BofA(Bastar^H^H^H^H^ bank of America) , Well Fargo, et. al.

  3. Re:Actually read the book! on Ridley Scott to Produce Philip K Dick's The Man In the High Castle · · Score: 0

    "Aliens was boring as fuck."
    You're opinion on all things movies is now ignored.

    Apparently anything that doesn't spoon feed you pointless action for 90 minutes requires to much thinking on your part.

  4. Re:Blade Runner's script had little to do with Rid on Ridley Scott to Produce Philip K Dick's The Man In the High Castle · · Score: 1

    Remeber when it was call Tech Noir?
    man, Blade Runner is great. For the record I prefer the voice over for that kind of film.

    Yeah, it does seem like Ridley seems to suffer a common Hollywood problem: Believing ones own PR.
    He's great, has great vision, but he needs detail experts who are also well known in their field.

    I understand the issue. When you work with a great team, but it's always your name people mention and talk about it, I see where that could warp your view point after decades. I just wish they would realize this and hire someone to shoot them down, even if it's in private.
    Specifically, Hire me :)

  5. Re:Considering his history... on Ridley Scott to Produce Philip K Dick's The Man In the High Castle · · Score: 1

    Nothing says 'sad fall' like making the best superhero movies of all time.

  6. Re:Easy on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    Man, what is it with some gamers where they need to call out things they don't like as bullshit or wrong?

    It's not even the original list, so I'm not sure what you are so uppity about.

  7. Re:Arneson on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    Arneson was at TSR for a year, then left to do his own thing.
    Dave's Blackmoor changed my life.

    When the Made AD&D DAve sued, TSR said it was significanly different, and the courts agreed. INHO the court were right, it was substantially different. Eventual Gary and Dave agreed to credit each other as co-creater.

    Later, WoTC wanted to drop 'Advanced' so they paid Arneson some cash. Since DnD is a hobby game, that cash settlement might have been in to the 10's of dollars. HAHA, that as a joke, I hope it was substantial.

  8. Re:5thed is irrelevant. on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    If you want fast and less crunch, Savage Worlds.

  9. Oh please. . . on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    oh, stop it. Do you know what not really DnD? Telling other people how they should enjoy their DnD.
    Why are you reaping animosity among gamers? It's stupid and you need to grow up.

    "Anything made by WoTC isn't D&D, you can be assured of that. "
    well, that's just a stupid statement.

    "Just because they have the rights to the name doesn't mean squat. "
    It means everything. I would also add the Gary also approved of WOTCs D&D
    .
    "I play in a hybrid 1.5/2nd ed campaign that is a blast, easy to play, and doesn't have the "I'm going to run a half dragon Priest/Archer/Wild Mage with psionics" vibe that the WoTC "editions" have. It is old school D&D and fun as hell."
    Great, good for you. I'm glad. That in no way means there is anything wrong with the other editions just because they aren't what you play.

    So, unless you want to list opjective reasons why one is better ad the other is not, just enjoy your game and stop telling other people there version are 'wrong', or 'bad' or not really DnD.

    And becasue wankers like you always bring this up as if it matters, I"m going to cut you off right now:
    I've been doing RPG for 38 years
    IT's logically fallacious to use that as a defense against my point.

  10. Re:He got what was coming to him on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 3, Informative

    TSR loaned SPI money. SPI defaulted n the loan. TSR got SPI.

    SPI would have died completely had they not gotten the loan in the first place. TSR was the only group that would lend them money to even try.
    TSR could have refused to give them the loan, and then just bought all there stuff during bankruptcy. They would have gotten it cheap because no one else wanted it.
    Yeah, you're not the only old person here.

  11. same thing that always happens on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    Company is make money, so some genius gets control and decide they can make more money by changing all the things their customers enjoyed.

  12. Re:what? on OKCupid Experiments on Users Too · · Score: 1

    "congrats you effectively "experimented" on your users."

    That's not experimenting. generic research on overall performance is not the same as selecting a sample of users, and conducting tests on them specifically to change their response.

    You're definition is so loose it's useless.
    Now, I need to experiment ans see if I can get home from work.

  13. Re:what? on OKCupid Experiments on Users Too · · Score: 1

    Since douching is harmful and not needed, I would disagree with your statement.

  14. Re:what? on OKCupid Experiments on Users Too · · Score: 1

    Yes.
    I know a physicist who is ethical, but when he speaks outside his expertise, he becomes a douche. Really irritating.

  15. Re:It takes a village, but all cultures are equal on Smoking Mothers May Alter the DNA of Their Children · · Score: 2

    ON smokers, and the industry that keeps paying money to prevent their cancer causing products to be regulated by the FDA so they can keep the chemicals they use under wraps.

  16. Re:Graphene this, graphene that on New Findings On Graphene As a Conductor With IC Components · · Score: 1

    Learn to use google.

    https://head.com/g/us/graphene...

    http://www.vorbeck.com/graphen...

    Samsung has develop many phone models, but there aren't off the production line yet.

    IT was made for the first time just 10 year ago. Now things are starting to come out, they have been demoed in real products outside the lab.

  17. Re:Hey moron! on New Findings On Graphene As a Conductor With IC Components · · Score: 1

    Man missuses word. claims it was a joke even though it would make no sense in the context. News at 11.

  18. Re:OT: Queue the weekly /. stories ... on New Findings On Graphene As a Conductor With IC Components · · Score: 1

    What problem? They post stories about what's going on in labs. You don't like that, so leave. Stop whining like a bitch and leave.
    It's very simple.

  19. what? on OKCupid Experiments on Users Too · · Score: 0, Troll

    That’s how websites work.".

    No. It's what some unethical douche bags do. it has nothing to do with how websites work, asshole.

  20. Re:Graphene this, graphene that on New Findings On Graphene As a Conductor With IC Components · · Score: 2

    A) If you don't want to read about what's going on in a lab, go read CNN ad comment with those idiots.
    B) There are several produce available right now and more are coming out all the time.

    Stop complaining or go away.

  21. Re:OT: Queue the weekly /. stories ... on New Findings On Graphene As a Conductor With IC Components · · Score: 0

    Then leave.

  22. Re:In Soviet USA on The Misleading Fliers Comcast Used To Kill Off a Local Internet Competitor · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Chalk up another one on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    YOu mean besides these:
    Alcatel Sparq II
    HTC Merge
    Kyocera Milano / Jitterbug Touch
    Kyocera Rise
    Kyocera Verve / Contact
    LG Cosmos 2 / Cosmos 3
    LG Enact
    LG Enlighten / Optimus Slider / Optimus Zip
    LG Extravert 2 / Freedom II
    LG LX-290 / 290c
    LG Mach
    LG Optimus F3Q
    LG Rumor Reflex S / Rumor Reflex / Freedom / Converse
    LG Xpression / Xpression 2
    Pantech Renue
    Pantech Vybe
    Samsung Array / Montage
    Samsung SGH-T301g
    Samsung Stratosphere / Galaxy Metrix 4G

  24. Re:That time is over on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    hahaha, nice. I though for sure you were going to say:

    You get a spot between the blacksmith and the punch card show.

  25. two things:
    A) You can get a phone with a keyboard still
    B) You can get a keyboard add on.

    I suspect the real demand isn't as high as this person thinks.
    Like Gyms and pools.
    Almost everyone who walks into a gym asks about a swimming pool. A majority of those people won'e even consider a membership at a gym without a swimming pool, yet the swimming pool is the least used asset in a gym for most gyms.