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  1. Re:And did I mention the MUSIC? on Anachronox Movie Finished · · Score: 1

    Maybe you already know, but the soundtrack and the dialog is in the game directory as mp3 files, look under Anachranox\anoxdata\MUSIC\MP3 and Anachranox\anoxdata\SOUND\DIALOG. At least that's where it is on my computer. And yeah, the soundtrack is probably the best I've ever heard in any game. Especially the Sender "Cold Sweat Sex Machine" theme ;)

  2. Microsoft has been Decimated on Ellison: Linux Will Soon Decimate MS Windows · · Score: 1
    Microsoft has been Decimated

    Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered MS community when this month Oracle confirmed that MS accounts for 10 percent less servers than expected. Coming on top of the latest Netcraft survey which plainly states that MS has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. MS is collapsing in complete disarray.

    You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Microsoft's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Windows faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Windows because Microsoft is dying. Things are looking very bad for Microsoft. As many of us are already aware, Microsoft continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. Windows 2003 Server is the most endangered of them all.

    Lets keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

    Last year, after the lackluster release of the Windows XP operating system, 10% of all Microsoft employees were bludgeoned to death by Roman soldiers in full view of the whole Redmond Campus. This effort to boost productivity of the remaining employees was ineffective at best. This directly correlates to the 10% market share loss by Microsoft.

    All major surveys show that Microsoft has steadily declined in market share. Microsoft is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Microsoft is to survive at all it will be among OS hobbyist dabblers. MS continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Microsoft is dead.

    Microsoft has been Decimated

    note: the above is Entirely True and I did not make it up.

  3. Re:Fourth post! on IPv4 Headers Investigated · · Score: 1

    The sixth will be called sexdupe.

  4. Re:I'm sure everyone's knees will jerk. on Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved · · Score: 1
    Thanks for showing how trivial it is to uninstall an unwanted app in Windows

    He was describing how to write an uninstaller, not how to uninstall a program.

  5. Re:What does "supporting the troops" mean, exactly on Strike on Iraq · · Score: 1
    For some, "supporting the troops" does mean that they will be successful in their objectives. For others, it means that they wish the troops didn't have to be there. For many others, its a thing to say so others don't think you are Anti-American. For everybody, it means we hope they will be safe.

    * Warning, rant below *

    Personally, I wish they didn't have to put their lives on the line over this stupidity. I'm an American, and I support the Iraqi troops just as much as our own. Oooh, I bet that'll piss off Supreme Commander George W. Bush and his Orwellian Friends: Mr. Tom Ridge and D. Rumsfeld.

  6. Nice place to live? on Strike on Iraq · · Score: 1

    Strange thing to say, but after seeing all of the footage of Baghdad and Kuwait City over the past couple of weeks, those places actually look like beautiful cities; even the live footage on CNN right now. Its a shame that some people seem to enjoy bombing them.

  7. Re:Not necessarily the war yet on Strike on Iraq · · Score: 1
    I think when the fighting starts those anti-war protestors should switch to SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS! I know if I was over there I wouldn't want to hear about protests at home, I would want to hear about support.

    Why can't you understand, that if somebody protests the war, they can also support the troops. I protest the war BECAUSE I support the troops. I don't want my friends to die for nothing.

  8. Re:Match the president to the company on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 1

    Fun! But I'll substitute Gerald Ford for Ronald Reagan, because dead men don't do well in board rooms.

    Ford --> IBM, it just seems to fit, I think he even wore the proper colored suit and tie for the job ;) Reagan would have fit as well.
    Bush --> Sun, probably not, but I could see him here more than at Redhat. Besides, Bush is big, old, and not evil, which is basically how I'd describe Sun
    Clinton --> Redhat, Redhat will stop releasing their distro, and patent their new high-speed porn distribution technology...(hey, if we can still make jokes about Gore inventing the internet, we can also joke about Clinton's willy)
    Bush Lite --> Microsoft, ALL YUOR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!!!11

  9. Re:warning signs on Alternate Reality Games Grab Mindshare · · Score: 1

    I read 'library guards' as 'liberty guards'. Maybe I should see a psychiatrist, because that means gta3 is starting to bleed into my real life.

  10. Re:Don't trust 'em.. on Corporate KDE · · Score: 1
    Don't worry, France is between us and them. There's no way Germany could get past the French, right?

    I guess that means Suse and Mandrake will duke it out. Very Interesting...

  11. Re:Apples & Oranges? on A Preview of Ximian's Gnome 2.0 Desktop · · Score: 1
    Although you would expect this from SlashDot, it's been my observation that there are no "editors" here who are full-time Gnome users.
    Its kind of funny to hear someone say that. I remember a couple of years ago when nearly everybody here at /. loved Gnome and despised KDE. Whenever there was an article about KDE, it was comparable to the current articles about Microsoft, with everybody saying how bad KDE looks in comparison to Gnome, and how crappy the apps are, and how its not free. Meanwhile, the few KDE users who read /. would complain about how everybody rags on KDE without giving it a chance. You can probably guess what kind of a situation it was.

    Sorry to veer so far off topic, but its just interesting to see how much /.s views have changed.

  12. Re:segways on hills on Segway Banned In San Francisco · · Score: 1
    But you don't have to go that fast. Most cars have top speeds well in excess of 100mph...so does that mean we have to ban cars from the street? No. It means we put restrictions on speed, or 'Speed Limits'. Just let Segway users recieve tickets if caught speeding. Have a registration system so that the people couldn't get away with not paying. Anything. Just not an ignorant ban before any interesting injuries even have the possibility to occur.

    What the hell, do you expect to have little Segway Cops roaming the sidewalks with radar guns on their segways, just to give these people tickets?

  13. Re:The 2008 Operating System Review on Programming Languages Will Become OSes · · Score: 1

    If Perl OS is the future of Linux, and nobody cares about Python OS, its time for me to throw away my computer and never look at one again. :)

  14. Re:Python best fits my needs on The Year in Scripting Languages · · Score: 1

    Supposedly the next version will be Python 3000. According to the powers that be, it won't be released "for a loooooong time -- although you won't quite have to wait until the year 3000." You can find out more here: Programming Python's Forward by Guido van Rossum. Also, there's a lot of details of the changes coming to Python 3000 here: Python 3000. ;)

  15. Re:I don't think we're angry in general on Do Cell Phones Make Us Stupid? · · Score: 1
    I think the mentality of disliking SUVs is something like this... If I have a small car, and you have a small car, and we collide, then we both get a bloody nose. If I have a small car, and you have an SUV, when we collide, you kill me and you get thrown around a little bit.

    And if we both have SUVs, we're a lot worse off than we'd be if we both had small cars. Trucks (SUVs and Minivans) aren't required to meet the same standards as passenger cars. As these things get bigger and bigger, they lose structural strength. Suburbanites who drive these things think 'Ooooh this thing is built like a tank! Nothing can hurt me and my children while we go to soccer practice!' when in reality they're relying on the fact that they'll probably hit a car that is smaller.

  16. Re:Gentoo. on The Importance of Being Debian · · Score: 1

    http://cran.seul.org/~anand/linux/openssh.shtml

  17. Re:Why two ethernet controllers? on nForce2 Preview · · Score: 1

    I have 2 ethernet controllers in my workstation. Why? I have 1 connected to the LAN. I use the other with a crossover for configuring firewalls, etc. Very very convenient. I can also just crossover to my laptop if I want to snag a few files, but I don't have an open port on the switch to plug in to. There are tons of uses for a second interface, and if it just costs a couple of bucks to add one, I don't see why not.

  18. Re:Ahh! on You Look Like You Need a Guinness · · Score: 1

    actually, stout is a subset of porter, which is a subset of ale. it used to be called 'stout porter' way back in the day.

  19. Re:Is it just me...? on Flip-Pad Voyager: Dual-screen Laptop · · Score: 1
    I have very strong memories of transforming vehicles from my childhood and we called things with 2 hinges and a swivel "Go-Bots".
    That's pretty funny. Didn't you hate it when your parents got you a shitty Go-Bot for Christmas instead of the Optimus Prime you wanted...
  20. Re:Thnk that's funny? on Geeks and Chefs, Unite · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Actually, its possible that supermarkets, food companies, etc. will eventually be able to buy advertisements on these fridges.

    "I see you're out of tater tots. There is a sale at King Soopers(TM) on Ore Ida(TM) Tater Tots. Would you like driving directions? (y/n)"
    y

    Later that day...

    "I see you've just purchased Ore Ida(TM) Tater Tots. You may also be interested in Ore Ida(TM) Curly Fries. Would you like to see more SmartFridge.com(TM) recomendations, Dave? (y/n)"
    y

    "King Soopers(TM) Specials Today:

    • Ore Ida(TM) Curly Fries are only $5.49
    • Greasy(TM) Chicken Wings $8.99/lb
    • Hot Hot Hot(TM) BBQ Sauce $6.87/16oz Bottle
    • Stinking Fatty(TM) Cheddar Bratwurst $5.99/6
    • Sweet Sweet Coronary(TM) Lard Nuggets $9.99/doz
    • Little Powdery(TM) Donuts $7.49/doz.
    next page ->"
  21. Re:SDSU != South Dakota State University on SDSU Students Create Sporty Hybrid Vehicle · · Score: 1

    Bah! At least over at BH we have girls!!!

  22. Re:sunux? on Sun Works to Converge Linux and Solaris · · Score: 1

    Lunaris - For Lunatics.

  23. Re:BRITNEY BOT!! on Will Robots Cheer Up the Elderly? · · Score: 1

    Willowbots? You must really like those midgets, huh?

  24. Re:DeCSS on Deep Algorithms? · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, that thing that takes cascading style sheets out of web pages. I think I have a copy of it on my drive. Very useful.

  25. Re:more to feed the machine on Red Flag Linux: Real, and Reviewed · · Score: 1
    ...much as we wouldn't brag about the knowledge that the KKK used it to keep track of lynchings

    Or that the Church of Satan used it.