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  1. Re:World War II Online on 3D First-Person Games, So Far · · Score: 1

    This will all be fixed when they set spawn limits for various vehicles. Right now, you can spawn any tank at any time; this leads to unrealistic battle scenarios where there are 40 French chars and a handful of infantry. I got a copy of WWiionline when it first came out. It has been a disappointment so far but I think in a few months it will evolve in to a groundbreaking title. They really rushed the release, 75% of what is mentioned on the box is currently unplayable.

  2. Anyone tried PHPnuke? on Help Test Exciting All-New Slashdot "Banjo" · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've used slashcode for a variety of projects, but then a couple of months ago I found Phpnuke It's really similar to slashcode except in PHP. Its much easier to install since you only need Apache,PHP and Mysql instead of intalling all those PERL modules. It has a lot of cool features that slashcode doesn't have so check it out.

  3. Article on TV on 'Free Sklyarov' Protests Scheduled · · Score: 1

    Whoohoo, I was just watch Tech TV and they flashed a screenshot of this very slashdot article while talking about the case. Too bad half of the colors are feces brown.

  4. It's not that hard on Congressional Hearings on WHOIS · · Score: 3
    You don't need to have accurate contact information in the WHOIS database. Generally, I find most WHOIS contact information to be out of date and inaccurate.

    On the other hand, WHOIS information can be an be an easy tool for hackers to gather info on a perspective target. It's also good for finding phone exchanges to war dial but any Jr. sysadmin should know that so I don't think its worth removing.

  5. Negative Effect on Advertisers and Hosts on Public Outcry Over Popup Ads · · Score: 1

    Is it possible that pop-up ads cause more harm than good for the potential advertiser? I always had a positive opinion of X-10 products untill I started seeing pop-up ads everytime I check out nytimes.com . Are there any studies that have compared the loss of potential sales and brand opinion with the actual gain in sales due to pop-up ads? What kind of gains are pop-up advertisers seeing in click through rates when compared to banner ads?

  6. Re:A Mac future for the PC world? on Apple Dumps the Cube · · Score: 1
    The first 386's were also nearly worthless when multitasking due to serious bugs.

    Why would the first 386's need to multitask in the first place they ran DOS?

  7. Re:A Mac future for the PC world? on Apple Dumps the Cube · · Score: 1

    The problem with the MAC is not the availablility of the programs, but the transfer of existing programs from one platform to the next. I love the new titanium powerbook, I currenty have 2 windows machines and 1 linux box. The thousands of dollars I spent on software for my windows machines is useless on the powerbook. What am I suppose to do everytime I want something to run on both machines? Cool design is not a justification for buying 2 different versions of every popular software title I use.

  8. Pay less for more on How To Make Money Online · · Score: 2
    Why by the web porn web course??

    When you can buy the Internet Toolbox that is endorsed by This Dotcom Billionare and Internet Expert.

  9. Could have helped me on Prying Eyes of Tampa Police · · Score: 1

    A few years ago I stopped in Ybor city during Spring break for a day before we left for Daytona. I was with two friends when we were jumped on a street corner by 2 men for no apparent reason possibly a case of mistaken identity. Luckily nobody was hurt too bad, the assalints appeared to be too intoxicated to fight but this is EXACTLY the type of thing these cameras could prevent. I am usually a big fan of privacy and its easy to argue against such invasions, but you never really know when a camera can actually end up being benefical.

  10. Re:Umm... yes it does work that way... on Microsoft Verdict Vacated · · Score: 1

    There is a system of checks and balances, but the fact is the executive branch of the federal government has a large say in how Antitrust policy is pursued. During the Reagan and Bush years from 80 to 92 antitrust policy was virtually nonexistant with a few exceptions of course. Even though the Clinton administration did pursue some more cases, The Sherman and Clayton acts seem to be ignored by the federal government. Part of the problem is the antitrust department is understaffed and underfunded. The other problem is that the average antitrust case takes 8 years to be completed because of the arsenal of appeals that are available to defendants.

  11. already done on Image Processing By Example · · Score: 1

    Corel painter 6 formaly Fractal painter has an auto Van Gogh filter. Fractal Painter 5 introduced the auto VanGogh filter.

  12. Re:The RIAA will see what they want to see... on Evergreens: What The RIAA's Doing Wrong · · Score: 1
    The Dave Mathews Band are the rare exceptions.

    I must disagree on this point, DMB is highly commercial. His last two albums were so overproduced and targeted directly towards high school girls who find his voice "sexy." If your looking for an example of a current band who stands out amongst the crowd, the perfect example is Phish. Phish allows live taping of shows, Phish sells a lot of material via their website instead of an actual release with their record company. Also. and most importantly, Phish does not charge a ridicoulous amount of their concert tickets, it costs $30 to see a 3.5 hour phish show, compared to paying $60 to see DMB play for 2 hours.

  13. Re:Geriatric senators? on Slashback: VIP, Makers, RMS · · Score: 1
    So if you earn the money to buy a trophy, you earned the trophy? If you earn the money to buy a purple heart medal, you earned the medal?

    Spaceflight is not something that is holy, it can be bought as well as earned. If you beleive the research comment made by Glen, there are a lot of more important things nasa could be doing instead of sending geriatric senators in space. I don't care what he did in the past, it was a PR stunt to generate interest in the Space Program and is an abuse of the taxpayer's money.

  14. Re:You selfish bastards on Be, Inc. Says Cash Can't Last Past Q2 · · Score: 1
    A wonderful company is going down and all you can think about is "when are they going to make their software open source?"

    Its obviously not a wonderful company if its going out of business. A for-profit company's sole purpose is to increase revenue and profits.

  15. price? on GeForce 3 Demoed - Running DOOM 3 · · Score: 1

    The Geoforce 3 option will be available late march at a cost of $600 dollars! I don't think your average mac buyer is going to pay $600 to make quake look pretty especially considering most of your hard core gamers that would actually shell out the big bucks for the Geoforce 3 run windows.

  16. University Directories on Ask Carl Kadie About Censorship and Privacy at Colleges · · Score: 1
    Should it be the university's job to see that all students are aware of what personal information is available to the public?

    At Penn State every student's phone number and address is available on the web. Students can choose not to publicize their directory information, but a lot of students don't even know the directory exsists. The really scarry thing is besides the web directory, anyone on the Internet can type finger userid@psu.edu and access that user's directory info. I've heard about countless instances where the wrong people got a hold of this information.

  17. Re:Bonsai cats? Yurgh! on Bonsaikitten Eaten By Carnivore · · Score: 1
    You hvae to know you're being ridiculous

    Typos coming from a guy with a metallica domain, that's really surprising! Honestly, I think the site is in really poor taste. The average Joe Schmoe would think it is real and I wouldn't be surprised if some idiot or kid actually tried to do it. I'm not saying we should censor the Internet so kiddies don't try bad things, but this site is a lame attempt at being humorous so I don't object to the FBI investigation. I don't think anyone should do time for this or anything, you can't arrest people for having poor taste, but maybe it would encourage people to rethink their parody and humor sites. This site should at least have a disclaimer or something the tells people its all in good fun.

  18. Its about time on Anti-Aliased GNOME and Mozilla · · Score: 2

    I'm surprised this wasn't a priority a couple of years ago. I must admit that I'm a basically a linux newbie, I've only started running the OS regularly in the past 2 years, even though I played around with it for a little bit back in '96.

    I was so surprised when I first brought up the slashdot page in linux, it looks so bad without anti-alaising. Anyway, congrats to the AA team, I can't wait to download a stable version.

  19. Channel 596 on DirecTV's Secret War On Hackers · · Score: 2

    5 days and counting without Vivid TV, I will be forced to go outside.

  20. Re:Check Your Math on Pioneer 6 -- Still Alive At 35 · · Score: 1

    Never mind , I thought this was a story about pioneer 10! My bad

  21. Re:Damn, this guy must be in some pretty big troub on The Ultimate Video Game Library up for Auction · · Score: 4

    He is probaly needs the money to buy a PS2!

  22. Intel's Involvement on IBM Cancels Crusoe Laptop · · Score: 1

    According to this article from the register, Intel persuaded IBM to
    drop the Transmeta laptops using its usual schoolyard bully tactics.

    Alex

  23. Flying Cars on NASA Tests Flying Scooter For Commercial Take-Off · · Score: 1

    Its the year 2000

    I was promised flying cars!

    Where are the Flying cars?

  24. Re:AMD's stock price on A Triplet Of AMD Goodies · · Score: 1

    AMD split from 80 to 40..

  25. patent: masturbation on Enter The 'Stupid Patent Tricks' Contest · · Score: 1

    In 1991 I invented masturbation single handedly.