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  1. Re:This is why we can't have nice things. on Leaked Letter Shows UK ISPs and Government At War Over Default Filters · · Score: 1

    So, did this happen before or after the trolls?

  2. Re:Smart guns... on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Murphy had used a smart gun, he wouldn't have been shot with his own gun.

    On the other hand, he then wouldn't have become Robocop neither.

  3. Re:Sadly on Former Valve Hardware Designer Recounts Management Difficulties · · Score: 1

    Your opinion is to me irrelevant, as I thoroughly enjoyed both the first and the second one, and would like to see a third one.

    It's a game I and friends repeatedly return to when we get tired of everything else. We've played some 70 different campaigns, and even on a bad day we enjoy it. Screw scavenge, versus and similar modes. Coop is where it's all at.

  4. Re:Another "magic" storage tech. BS, as usual. on Data Storage That Could Outlast the Human Race · · Score: 1

    I guess I'll steal this and post where slightly relevant.

  5. Re:Sadly on Former Valve Hardware Designer Recounts Management Difficulties · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter.

    But where's L4D3?

  6. Mandatory statement on British Airways Set To Bring Luggage Tags Into the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Something something about NSA keeping tabs on your luggage for you.

  7. Re:Washington Post on Beware the Internet · · Score: 1

    From your choice in hats, I am guessing you are in the market for butt ugly, so how's this for ugly?
    http://www.baldron.eu/radiation/skjerming-emf/klaer/baldron-hat-for-woman-wool-b-damelue.html

    No worries, they also carry vests and similar:
    http://www.baldron.eu/radiation/skjerming-emf/klaer/baldron-designer-vest-in-peat-for-men-b-torv-vest.html

    Or are you more of a premium nut case? Then this might be for you:
    http://www.baldron.eu/radiation/skjerming-emf/klaer/headnet-veil-of-translucent-silver-fabric-st-headnet.html

  8. Re:Washington Post on Beware the Internet · · Score: 1

    You'll have to craft them yourself.

    It's either that, or buy them here: http://www.eforchina.com/view/127946/Fashionable-Outdoor-Anti-radiation-Hat-for-Blocking-UV--Mosquito--Grey-.htm
    Organic: As in partially assembled by human worker droids.
    Sosialistic: Because made in China.

  9. Re:No need for worries. on Florida Keys Prepare For Sea Level Rise · · Score: 1

    Well, I guess they've taken water over their heads then.

    Bless the sea, and get baptized every time the flood comes.

  10. Re:Just asking questions. on Florida Keys Prepare For Sea Level Rise · · Score: 1

    I love Key West! It's the only place in the entire US I feel entirely at home.

  11. Re:Washington Post on Beware the Internet · · Score: 0

    newfag anon calling oldfag out... lol

  12. Re:Washington Post on Beware the Internet · · Score: 5, Funny

    In all truthiness, what's socialists got to do with tinfoil hats? It's the right wing teabaggers that wears tinfoil hats.

    Socialists wear organic copper threaded wool hats.

  13. City areas on Electric Vehicles Might Not Benefit the Environment After All · · Score: 1

    I live in a heavily trafficated area of our capital. It would benefit me and my environment if more cars were electrical. Less local emissions to air, and a lot less noise. It would surely help with the asthma cases in the area too.

    So even if the climate and the environment as a whole won't be beneficially affected, it sure would help in heavily polluted city environments.

  14. Irrelevant on Microsoft Office Finally Gets iOS App · · Score: 0

    There's an Irrelephant in the room.

  15. Re:But is it permanent? on Video Gamers See the World Differently · · Score: 1

    Those reactions are not directly transferable to body mechanics =)

  16. Re:Shocking... on Video Gamers See the World Differently · · Score: 1

    I see I forgot to mention those ranges are what you should consider dangerous. You would barely be able get a grouping the size of a barn from those ranges.

  17. Re:It causes bad drivers on Video Gamers See the World Differently · · Score: 1

    Gamers don't cause bad drivers. GPU manufacturers cause bad drivers.

    Without good drivers they'll crash.

    We are talking 'bout the same thing, right?

  18. Re:I have known this for over 25 years on Video Gamers See the World Differently · · Score: 1

    I just rush through the crowd, pushing everyone aside, Ezio style.

  19. Re:But is it permanent? on Video Gamers See the World Differently · · Score: 1

    I am willing to bet that years of gaming will physically change the brain, to a degree that it will not quickly subside afterwards. Not unlike the cab drivers of London learning "The Knowledge". It has been proven that the hippocampus area of their brains actually grows to a much larger size than the average population. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/08/acquiring-the-knowledge-changes-the-brains-of-london-cab-drivers/

    In myself, being a gamer, I know that I usually surpass my none-gaming friends in two areas: Reaction time, and spatial awareness. These we've even tested under atleast close to scientific circumstances. We have a museum here in Oslo called "Norsk Teknisk Museum" (Norwegian technical museum). They have an interactive exhibition providing, amongst other things, reaction tests and similar. What it showed is that the 3 of us playing a lot of games had way faster reaction times than the average.

  20. Re:Shocking... on Video Gamers See the World Differently · · Score: 4, Informative

    Depends on ammo type, but here's a little table:

    No. 2 - 330 yards
    No. 4 - 286 yards
    No. 6 - 242 yards
    No. 7 1/2- 209 yards
    No. 8 - 198 yards

    Those does not take into account the "extreme maximum" range, but rather the common range for those shots. Even altitude can have a huge impact on range.
    With No. 7 1/2, which is commonly used for trap shooting, one should have a safety range of 300 yards.

    That is provided they use shots, and not slugs. Slugs have good accuracy to 70-80 yards, and are lethal at several times that distance.

  21. Re:There's a wall in the way on Console Manufacturers Want the Impossible? · · Score: 1

    A wall is only a hindrance if you haven't got the proper tools ;)

    I do my own cabling as need arises.

  22. One question comes to mind on Xbox One: Cloud Will Quadruple the Power, Says Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Can I run SETI@home or similar on those virtual consoles? If not, they're not "mine".

  23. Re:PC + Steam on Console Manufacturers Want the Impossible? · · Score: 1

    Laptops are for peasant gamers. Farmville peasants and such.

    Use Steam "Big Picture" mode. From a proper gaming rig.
    Or haven't you figured that the PC is capable of connecting to TVs these days? =)

    Besides, my TV doesn't support a resolution of 2560x1440.

  24. Re:There's a wall in the way on Console Manufacturers Want the Impossible? · · Score: 1

    That's just bad planning.

  25. Re:Irrelevant peasant consoles on Console Manufacturers Want the Impossible? · · Score: 1

    I actually prefer keyboard, although all combos are tried. I am more precise on keyboard, than I ever were on controllers, and I've had a few. Might have something to do with me having used one for 30 years of PC gaming. Still have ps3 and xbox360, but they are little more than dust collectors.

    But biggest WIN on PC gaming is Track IR. Until Oculus Rift is out, it is the supreme POV sensor. Simulators, racing games etc. will not be the same without! The shear amount of peripherals are staggering, but Track IR is one of those little known, and nearly forgotten devices that raise the bar.