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  1. Zu Warriors? on Review: The Time Machine · · Score: 1

    The best part of Time Machine was the preview
    for Zu Warriors. Looks kinda like a sequel
    to Hidden Dragon...can't wait till it comes out!
    I could find almost no other information about it
    in Google though...

  2. Mozilla and NS 6.2 interchangable? on Mozilla 0.9.6 Released · · Score: 1

    I've been using NS 6.2 and it works ok..with a few
    annoying bugs. Can I run NS 6.2 and Moz interchangeably, as in mail/news/preferences changes by Moz will be seen by NS 6.2 and visa-versa?

    Thanks,
    Ben

  3. Just crashed gnome for me. on Anti-Aliased Fonts For GNOME · · Score: 1

    I just installed it..and all I get is a big ole
    gnome core file in my home directory. Fortunately, it uninstalls (rpm --erase ...) fine,
    and I'm back to running again..

  4. Re:Tends to != Guarantees on Study: Playing Computer Games Makes Kids Smarter · · Score: 1

    Actually, more people that have used computers are alive than dead, so you have no proof that all computer users will die!!

  5. Re:He's certainly on target about age discriminati on Is There REALLY an IT Worker Shortage in the US? · · Score: 1

    I won't argue that people who do more, regardless of the hours, should not be duly compensated. I think that is exactly how things **should** be. However, just because someone is 15 years older than me, or has 10 years more experience, does NOT mean they do more or better work, only that they have lived longer.

    You completely contradict yourself in the first paragraph. By doing more, I don't mean doing more crap, I mean doing more good work. I could give a rats arse how many lines of code that translates to.

    Also, there are good bosses and bad bosses...and the same can be said of engineers... Don't assume the entire world looks just like the piece you think you've seen.

  6. Re:He's certainly on target about age discriminati on Is There REALLY an IT Worker Shortage in the US? · · Score: 2

    Many people complaining about age discrimination seem to feel that they are automatically entitled to work less hours and get more pay than the younger croud. And then they complain that the employers will hire the young ones, who will work more, at potentially less pay. If the employer needs a code monkey, and the young guys can do more in less (calender) time, for a competitive wage, why should they hire someone else? Maybe we should just get rid of the assumption that you will always make more money as you get older, and realize that your pay should be related to your worth to the company...

    --Ben

  7. Question on the Binary HASH key (re: netrek). on Open Source Quake Causes Cheating? · · Score: 1

    How can the server verify the HASH key? If the
    server is asking the client, then it would be
    easy enough to fake the response??? I have never
    seen a good idea for client-server gaming where
    the server puts *any* trust into the client.

    Thanks,
    Ben (greearb@candelatech.com)

  8. Background radiation on Oil Isn't from Dinosaurs & Other Iconoclasms · · Score: 1

    Actually, though scientists had hoped to find background radiation uniform across the backdrop of space, they found embarassing clumps instead. There is speculation that the instruments just aren't subtle enough to do a good enough monitoring job yet. I don't remember the specifics, but check out Scientific America, they often have good articles on this kind of thing.