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  1. Re:and also should be worth mentioning on Commander Keen: Keen Dreams Source Code Released · · Score: 1

    You know what never stops being weird for me? The fact that Ultima Underworld is older than Wolfenstein 3D.

  2. Re:and also should be worth mentioning on Commander Keen: Keen Dreams Source Code Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It is weird, looking back from a time when they're so closely associated with another kind of game.

    There are other good examples - such as The Lost Vikings, made by none other than Blizzard. And before Epic became all about shooters and engines they made Jazz Jackrabbit, Tyrian, One Must Fall 2097 and Epic Pinball.

  3. Re:The 'evironmentally-friendly' fuel propane on Researchers Harness E. Coli To Produce Propane · · Score: 1

    Note that the FTA's bacteria eats fatty acids, not cellulose as I used in my example, but the same principle applies.

  4. Re:The 'evironmentally-friendly' fuel propane on Researchers Harness E. Coli To Produce Propane · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A environment-friendly way of producing something does not mean that the product is suddenly environmentelly-friendly to begin with.

    Not in general, but it does if the production is the main reason why the product isn't environmentally-friendly to begin with. If you have - just as an example - grass which captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make cellulose, which then gets fed to bacteria to create propane, which gets burnt to produce carbon dioxide (and short-lived carbon monoxide) then you have a cycle with no significant net effect on the atmosphere. This is more environmentally-friendly than digging up fossil fuels, shipping them across the world, and burning them, which pumps into the air carbon which had until then been sequestered underground since before recorded history.

    At the end of the day octane is octane and propane is propane, but what matters is whether it can be produced/consumed in a carbon-neutral manner or if we're just digging up more crude oil.

  5. Re:Bizarre on Julian Assange Plans Modeling Debut At London Fashion Show · · Score: 4, Funny

    My money's on Hans Reiser.

  6. Re:Anybody please! on Firefox 30 Available, Firebug 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Well, I already mentioned that it let's you control whether tabs appear on top or below the address bar, but there are also pages of other options too. Just go to the addon page - there's a big list right there in the description.

  7. Re:Anybody please! on Firefox 30 Available, Firebug 2.0 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Classic Theme Restorergives you the option to put the tabs below the URL bar. I recommend it, even if you like Australis, because of all the nice customisation options it gives.

  8. Re:2 tons? on SpaceX Cargo Capsule Leaves Space Station For Home · · Score: 1

    True - that's the term consistent with the current SI definitions, but I'd personally prefer calling it a kilograv :p

  9. Re: 2 tons? on SpaceX Cargo Capsule Leaves Space Station For Home · · Score: 1

    The word "pound" can refer to mass, weight, or currency. To disambiguate, terms such as "pound-force", "pound-mass" and "Pound sterling" can be used instead, but otherwise the meaning is often clear in context. In particular, the ton is defined in terms of the pound-mass (2000lb or 2240lb, depending on who you ask), although officially the various "ton" units are defined in terms of the kilogram - also a unit of mass. And of course, the metric ton is 1000kg.

  10. Re:Don't care on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 1

    I doubt Mozilla was responsible for, or even wanted, that scandal. If they didn't want him to be CEO then all they needed to do was... not make him CEO in the first place. Whether Mozilla pressured him to leave because of the scandal (not "perfectly fine" at all) or whether he chose to do so of his own accord is something that you and I can only speculate.

  11. Re:as fast as Chrome? on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 1

    What we need are window managers that handle the "tabbing" natively. This whole thing with every application having to implement its own non-standard tab system is completely stupid. Not only will it simplify applications, but they'll also all be the same.

    Like Fluxbox? I loved that WM :)

  12. Re:What kind? on The Witcher 3 and Projekt Red's DRM-Free Stand · · Score: 1

    Fairly easy - the hard part is getting the game out of the installer. You'd need to use something like innoextract or WINE. But fortunately GOG is busy working on adding Linux support right now, so sometime in the near future it should be as easy on Linux as it is in Windows.

  13. Re:What kind? on The Witcher 3 and Projekt Red's DRM-Free Stand · · Score: 2

    Did retail copies bought in Poland have SecuROM, or any DRM at all? Those are the only copies that were published by CD-Projekt. In North America Atari had publishing rights (later, Warner Bros. took over), Europe and Australia had Bandai Namco, and Japan had CyberFront. It was the other publishers, not CD-Projekt, who added DRM to retail copies. CD-Projekt responded by arranging it so that if you bought The Witcher 2 from anywhere then you could go here and get the game DRM-free from GOG at no additional cost.

    So I think The Witcher 2 is an excellent example of the lengths they'd go to against DRM.

  14. Re:Please change the name! on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    I don't disagree. In fact, I love that idea for a name, and will be delighted if they decide to use it. LibraSSL is very awkward; LessSSL is slick.

  15. Re:Please change the name! on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or they could go with MoreSSL, which sounds delicious.

  16. Re:Swiss gun laws are nothing like the US on Retired SCOTUS Justice Wants To 'Fix' the Second Amendment · · Score: 1

    Sorry if that meme response was immature of me :/ It probably was. I do feel much the same as you - that having everyone armed means you need to enforce diligence or face unpleasant consequences - the need for child-safe storage of firearms is one obvious example, and having untrained people walking home from the pub at night with pistols in their holsters would be a boon for robbers (and a hazard for anyone else in the area). The regulations are extremely strict, but they don't seem to be anything the populace isn't capable of following, and it seems to be working well for them.

  17. Re:Swiss gun laws are nothing like the US on Retired SCOTUS Justice Wants To 'Fix' the Second Amendment · · Score: 1

    In Swiss law use, storage and transport of weapons is VERY heavily regulated. Everyone is armed, but you don't get to walk down the street with your SIG 550 or leave it propped up in your hall closet. There are sane rules on ownership, storage and transfer, and the penalties are incredibly severe. There is no comparing the US and Swiss systems. Anything but bolt-action or single-shot weapons (beyond your militia-issued weapon) require special permits.

    ftfy

  18. Re: This is very exciting for indie devs on Unreal Engine 4 Launching With Full Source Code · · Score: 1

    I agree. The old UDK licence was absolutely wonderful as long as you didn't hit the revenue threshold - then suddenly became crippling. Meanwhile, Epic earned nothing until the threshold was hit. This is a definite improvement for both Epic and for commercial licensees... although the subscription fee does add a barrier for hobbyists and freeware-authors compared to the old arrangement.

  19. Re:LOL, e19 might take until 2019 to be written :) on Enlightenment E19 To Have Full Wayland Support · · Score: 1

    12 years, in fact. But E18 was only 1 year. I doubt they are eager to do another ground-up project like E17 any time soon, so E19 may well be ready in a reasonable time like E18 was.

  20. Re:Just call the credit card company and tell them on Google Sued Over Children's In-App Android Purchases · · Score: 1

    Or simply add a checkbox to the authorisation form, which must be ticked to enable the 30-minute window.

  21. Re:Next we should sue the US treasury for issuing on Google Sued Over Children's In-App Android Purchases · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Monetary bills are already child-proof in this regard. If I give a child $1 this doesn't cause any other money I may have to spontaneously teleport into the child's possession every time the child approaches a toy or sweet within the next 30 minutes. If the child wants more of my money then he/she will need to ask me again.

  22. Re:Blah. on Github Rolls Out New Text Editor Atom · · Score: 3, Funny

    However, the first text editor I learned to use on Linux has changed my perspective somewhat. We all know which one it is most likely to be.

    ed?

  23. Re:They still have not caught a single terrorist. on TSA: Confiscating Aluminum Foil and Watching Out For Solar Powered Bombs · · Score: 1

    ...wow. You're right. The TSA line is relatively vulnerable, and is a more effective target in the first place. There's no reason why a bomber intending to cause terror would even want to get on the plane itself. Hijackers would certainly want to get on the plane, but they wouldn't be using bombs.

  24. Re:Browsing history? on Report: Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) Scans Your DNS History · · Score: 1

    Not browsing history.

    Run cmd.exe and in the command prompt type "ipconfig /displaydns" (without the quotation marks). That's your DNS history, and that's what Steam is looking through.

    To clear that, type "ipconfig /flushdns".

  25. Re:Time to switch to Pale Moon on Mozilla To Show Sponsored Links To First-Time Firefox Users · · Score: 1

    To be honest, with [Personal Titlebar](https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/personal-titlebar/) and [Status-4-Evar](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/status-4-evar/) installed I like the interface more than older Firefox or any of the other browsers. But that's just my personal preference; thank you for sharing a link to Pale Moon - it's good to know about what's available.