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  1. Re:space opera... Uhhhhhh.... on Joss Whedon Is Creating a Sci-Fi Drama For Fox · · Score: 1

    They tried that... Wild Wild West. 'nuf said.

  2. Re:agreed... Me Three! on Slashback: Gaping, Wristwear, Screenies · · Score: 1

    Opera is cool. If you take a few minutes to explore it's nifty features, you'll be a happier person.
    Plus... it's small, fast, compatible with most webpages, and, not microsoft.

  3. Teletubbies wallpaper! on al Qaeda Hacks XP? · · Score: 1

    That would explain the Teletubbies wallpaper.
    Teletubbies, like the al Qaeda (sp?), live in a cave-like dwelling!
    They have funny things on the tops of their heads!

  4. Re:Carmageddon on Physics For Game Developers · · Score: 1

    Carmageddon is great. The physics are real enough (i.e., if you fall really far, you get hurt). Plus, there are some fun powerups, like helium-filled zombies, which tweak the physics aspect as well, or Gravity From Jupiter, which makes your car very heavy. This is all on the pc version, I don't know (or care) about console version.

  5. Then, Than. on Swaying CPU Fans · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They move less air then the traditional fan,
    Here are some examples to help clarify the correct usage of Then and Than: 1. If you're ugly, then you're not pretty. 2. My dog is nicer than yours. 3. Back then, we had to eat bugs to survive. 4. More often than not, Sally would skip breakfast. Thanks.

  6. Moderator is retarded on Uber-patch for Internet Explorer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whoever moderated this is retarded.

  7. Re:13th POST!! on Uber-patch for Internet Explorer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Agreed. Zeppelin kicks all ass and makes Bill Gates seem extremely insignificant in the scheme of things.

  8. Magic Latern in Patch? on Uber-patch for Internet Explorer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    My suspicion is that the government will say "Hey Microsoft, we'll lighten up on the lawsuits if you can slip this Magic Lantern into one of your Critical Updates."

  9. Re:Buy an Apple... on Digital Rights Management Operating System · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's great, until you want to upgrade your processor or such. It must suck to have to buy new (whole) computers all the time.

  10. Where or Were? on Future Trends In Home Computing · · Score: 1

    Here are some examples of proper usage of these words.
    1. I told you where to put the fish!
    2. We were going to eat a pie, but decided not to.
    3. Where are my keys?
    4. The people were drinking.

  11. Re:Slander? on Another Gaping Microsoft Security Hole Goes Unpatched · · Score: 1

    I agree. The article is entirely different than the slant given by "michael".
    Perhaps people like this should spend more time making a better operating system, rather than taking any opportunity to bash MS. I'm not an MS fan either, but I tire of this continual MS bashing, especially when there's really no better alternative for a desktop OS on a PC.

  12. Re:OT Rant : Commercialization of LOTR on The Hype of the Rings · · Score: 1

    They do this for money. They know there are millions of imbeciles out there who get a boner when they think about fictional creatures speaking with British accents.

  13. No... it's the apps on Making Linux Look Harder Than It Is · · Score: 1

    Say you do an install from a friendly distribution of Linux. A month later, you discover that there's a newer version of one of the apps on the internet. So you download it, and try to install. You discover it requires about 3 other programs to be updated before it'll install. So you go to the websites for those, and discover that they too depend on updated versions of other files. Then, you also risk breaking everything else that still depends on the old versions. Ok, you can simlink your various versions, but really, who wants to do that?
    With Windows, everything is standard enough that you just download an update package, install it, and maybe reboot, that's it. You don't have to seek out and/or compile the latest dll from vendor x, and everything that it depends on...
    As much as I like Linux, it just doesn't offer the ease and flexibility of Windows. That's just the way it is. Maybe if the developers spent more time addressing this fundamental flaw, Linux would make inroads quicker (should it wish to do so).

  14. Re:An LDS view... on Ancient Sunken City Discovered Off Shores of Cuba. Maybe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ok. They should find a corral there, where Jesus had the rodeo, like in the funny color pictures in the middle of the Book of Mormon.

  15. LAZY ASS! on Is Hacking Cars a Thing of the Past? · · Score: 1

    Really, come on, do you really need to remotely start your car in the first place? Are you afraid someone is going to rig up a bomb to it? That, and maybe if you're an ambulance driver, fire-truck driver, etc, I can see. Otherwise, suck up and manually start your car like everyone else. Crypes. There are children in China who don't even have cars!!!!

  16. Re:3000 Songs!? on Treó 10: Another Portable Mass Storage Device · · Score: 1

    Crap: 97%

  17. Big Magnifying Glasses on Battlefield Lasers · · Score: 1

    Next is the Mighty BMG, allows you to burn your enemy to a crisp. Only works on sunny days though.

  18. Arm the cats on Battlefield Lasers · · Score: 1

    Better yet... strap a remote-detonated bomb to the back of the cat, so when the cat is where you want, blow them up.

  19. hard part on Battlefield Lasers · · Score: 4, Funny

    The hard part will be making the lasers make a cool zapping noise like on Star Wars.

  20. Is that necessarily Bad? on Fighting the Scourge of Gaming Addiction · · Score: 1

    The assumption is that this is bad. But, is it really? Is it any worse than sitting in front of a tv when you're home?

  21. Re:Wonder if they will try it here first on Insect Robots For Mars Exploration · · Score: 1

    I believe the moon has a much, much thinner, if any, atmosphere, than Mars. So it would be pretty hard to test there.

  22. Hole-ines. Like Saltines, without the salt. on Slashback: Highness, Hominess, Hole-ines · · Score: 1

    But with holes.
    Yum.

  23. Re:Not an outlook worm, an outlook express worm on Latest WinWorm Spreads Via ICQ And Outlook · · Score: 1

    That's crazy.
    The one good thing about using Groupwise is that it isn't Outlook. heh.

  24. Also look at.... on Latest WinWorm Spreads Via ICQ And Outlook · · Score: 1

    "run" key in registry, and startup group(s). A smart virus writer would exploit these.

  25. Re:Symantec's writeup is wrong.. on Latest WinWorm Spreads Via ICQ And Outlook · · Score: 1

    Yeah... a business full of Macs wouldn't get any work done though because they would spend all their time telling PC users how great Macs are.