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  1. Re:Why compare to Google on Microsoft Testing Rival to Google's Start Page · · Score: 1

    Because it works exactly like google's with draggable widgets and all.

  2. Re:Not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth... on Friday Means Free Games · · Score: 1

    I do know at one point there were lots of games pulled so to complaints.

    So yes they are illegel, but if anyone who mattered cared they would not be there.

  3. Re:More like "ObviousDad". on Parents Need To Be Informed · · Score: 1

    I always thoguht they were called ambitions or goals.

  4. Re:More like "ObviousDad". on Parents Need To Be Informed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know of a few that hve trouble distinguishing reality to a point.

    ex 1: wrestling real vs fake. I had arguments into highschool about that one (in fact I be tthe person still thinks it is real)

    ex 2: own strength vs professionals. I have an uncle that in a fund raiser paid $20.00 to fight a boxer for a minute (one of the big namesforget who). He said he was getting beet up but thought he was holding his own and very proud. 5 seconds fromt eh end of the time he hears "bite hard" and the next thing he remembers is gainin conciousness. The uy could of KO's in a matter of seconds if he wanted. As a follow up my little brother thinks that his little legue team could field well enough to play agains pros (as long as they had a pitching machine). This was expressed to me in complete sentances.

    ex 3: when young and watching Macuyver I thought a lot of stuff that was going on was possible, possibly into my early teens even. That is a clear bluring of the lines of fantasy and reality.

    less specifically: younger people do play these games and do get distorted perceptions of reality. There is definatly a bluring between game vs simulation and people do play these games thinking they could easily do such and such.

    The problem isn't that people are goingt o play games/watch movies and think it is real, the problem is that people will see the same movie cliche over and over and think it is practical.

    I am sure we all know/knew people growing up that watched some movie with a foul mouthed cool protagonist and they thoguht that was cool and appropriate too.

    I would like to add that Hot Coffe is fairly innocuous and that they can take my adult oriented TV/movies out of my cold dead fingers (if the FCC takes control of cable and the Shield ends up like NYPD Blue I will become an activist). But I would not watch the Shield with my younger brother (who would probably find it boring) and I wouldn't buy him GTA to play every day after school. He is capable of seeing them both as fantasy, but they can still influence (if your fantasies don't influance your life at all you are probably a sad individual.

    I don't think playing a game once would be a problem for anybody, but becomin immersed in a rich alternate reality certainly can (even for adults).

  5. Re:Imitation on IE7 Bugs and Reviews · · Score: 1

    What features has Opera copied?

  6. Re:Apple? on AMD Hits Milestone in Server Market · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My guess is that like Motorola IBM is not focused on Desktop chips. IBM is focusing heavily on server and console chips while Motorola was working on embedded (I believe).

    Apple know that with Intel there will be a long term focus on desktop/laptop chips weather they were there or not. This saves Apple from requesting their supplier to look at their needs (like gettin laptop G5s, which are applerently comin from IBM but after a lon time).

    AMD would have met this requirement too, but Intel probably ave Apple sweetheart deal. Also AMD is still behind in the laptop area and may very well be forever now that Intel is shaping up.

  7. Re:Cool. IE7 has priveledge seperation on Windows Vista & IE7 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 1

    No,

    The browser does not run with the users level of access except in special cases, this allows it to protect the critical files of a single user machine (personal info).

  8. Re:Oh, so now we're getting into an oldest... on AMD to Adopt DDR2 Next Year · · Score: 1

    My question is more along the lines of where can you output that kind of quality, and what original had that kind of detail.

    The only thing I can think of that would require (or even benifit) from 2400 dpi over 1200 dpi at that size is showing an extreme detail to analize how ink soaks into paper, but even then it seems excessive.

  9. Re:Wasn't this obvious? on Butterfly Unlocks Evolution Secret · · Score: 1

    Some XYY do survive (.1 to .2 percent of live male births).

    They are tall and often have "disturbed behavior". I read in a book (but could not find on the internet) that they are often violent and end up in jail.

  10. Re:Oh, so now we're getting into an oldest... on AMD to Adopt DDR2 Next Year · · Score: 1

    The RAM upgrade was for picture editing and scanning, I actually could not scan a picture because I didn't have enough RAM @ 1GB!!!

    what were you doing?

    a full page at 1200 dpi is less then 400MBs.

  11. My Proposal. on One Step Away from Changing Daylight Savings Time · · Score: 1

    I propose that we eliminate "bad" daylight savings day (spring) and increase the frequency of "good" daylight savings time to be weekly (every Sunday after the bars close).

    then once a month after the time becomes 4 or 5 hours off we can adjust things by turning the first Monday of every month into a Holiday and making it either 19 or 20 hours to reset things.

  12. Re:Keyboard Navigation Mouse Navigation on Fold 'n' Drop Window Interaction · · Score: 1

    Expose's biggest problem is that the reveal desktop (F11?) does not show and updated desktop unless you click it. Why did they do that?

  13. Re:let's get this out of the way. took me 3 mins. on Play Random Sounds for E-Mail Notifications? · · Score: 1

    to add a little obvious top make this more helpful, use it with cygwin and run a cp command to copy the picked file to playthis.wav and pick plathis.wav as the sound (will need all files to be the same type). Then set it as a task to run every minute.

  14. Re:Brilliant! on Massive Business Model Wars · · Score: 1

    Another factor to consider is that MMORPGs offer a LOT more entertainment for most people than an offline title would.

    Most people do not play MMORPGs, in fact I would guess that most people don't either.

  15. Re:A brief history of Medicine on Meet Web Hypochondriacs · · Score: 1

    this artical says to avoid it if you are allergic to penicillen. It may not be true for everyone though, I just had to verify I wasn't crazy.

  16. Re:A brief history of Medicine on Meet Web Hypochondriacs · · Score: 1

    I know my dad's dpctpr perscribed him Amoxacillen. After two days he was far sicker, his wife was like arn't you allergic? and he said no that was Penicillen, well WebMD let her prove she was right and the doctor was an idiot.

  17. Re:Super Soaker rules on Summer FPS - Lazer Tag and Super Soaker · · Score: 1

    One idea for a solution is this: after a concluding a team-match a team could strip their t-shirts, hand them to the other team, and wring the loose water into buckets. Whichever team has the least, amount of water wins. And by having the other team wring them out, they have an incentive to wring every last drop. But you would want the other team to watch so that they aren't adding extra water.

    most fun with mixed genders.

  18. Re:Cheaper? on Spyware Removal: Drop PC in Dumpster · · Score: 1

    I havn't needed a floppy since '98

    yay Linux (redhat 5.2), I am pretty sure it booted off CD.

    I remember many years later ('02) trying to install W2K and being utterly pissed that I needed not one but 3 floppies to install it. Imaging floppies for install is a good way to find out your 9 year old floppy isn't at it's prime anymore. At least W2K had diskcaching during the install by deafault.

  19. Re:Why so hard to believe? on PGR3 Achieves Near Photo Realism · · Score: 1

    Doesn't PGR use the correct time of day though?

    that means light from different angles and different colors and amounts.

    I havn't played but I remember the DC game MSR used the time.

  20. Re:Ad execs: read up! Blipverts! on Women Control the DVR · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't exagerate. A little under a third of programming is commercials.

    or a little over a quarter.

  21. Re:Tricky Linux programmers on SCO Says Email Is Inaccurate · · Score: 1

    Clearly the fact that it does in this case is more evidence of the devil at work.

  22. Re:History Repeats... on Majority Of Customers Prefer Blu-Ray · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but things are different then in the VHS/Beta times.

    With VHS/Beta there was no alternative for at home video, you either got VHS or went to the theater, so porn was a big selling point in gettting new devieces. Now that people already have access to pornographic video there will not be as huge of a need to go out and buy a video recorder.

    The only evidence I have is the backroom at the video store where my girlfriend worked. The penetration (pun intended) of DVD in the porno room was far lower then in the regular movie room, implying to me that Porno users are not in general early adapters. The ratios of rentals reflected this too.

    An interesting aside, there was far more gay porn rented on DVD then on VHS. It was not uncommon for 75% of DVD rentals to be gay while 25% of VHS would be. Also old men seamed to drive the porno industry, so it is no exactly an early adopter situation.

    All of this taken from one store in a college town, so it may not be typical.

  23. Re:Reveals Darl McBride is Dirty on Unsealed SCO Email Reveals Linux Code is Clean · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And in recent days, the Financial Times has reported that illicit sales of uranium from Niger were indeed being negotiated with Iraq, as well as with four other states.

    wouldn't that be a case agains Niger and not Iraq. I do see how this helps make a case that Iraq was not the serious enemy though.

  24. Re:Third Party Politics on Clinton To Take On Rockstar · · Score: 1

    FWIW
    From now on I am voting where I want too.

    After voting gore (who I saw speak once, when Clinton was running, and it was like 30 seconds of hate for an hour) who I hated and Kerry who I was nuetral to and having both votes thrown away and wasted I figure I might as well throw my vote away on someone I like.

  25. Re:I think linux actually has an edge... on Linux and Windows Security Neck and Neck · · Score: 1

    How does un-prevelidged user protect a single user system?

    all it does is save a re-install.