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  1. Re:Come on on Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Romney has crossed "Poe's Threshold", the point where it's no loner certain whether his statements are serious or facetious.

  2. Re:Sounds like an antitrust conspiracy on Advocacy Group Files FCC Complaint Over Verizon Tethering Ban · · Score: 2

    Which is ironic because it's was Google who got the 'shall not deny, limit, or restrict the ability of their customers to use the devices and applications of their choice' clause in the LTE spectrum in the first place to prevent carriers from denying people's ability to use Android devices.

  3. Re:Sorry, the movie was "meh" at best. on Tron: Legacy — Too Much Imagination Required? · · Score: 1

    Kevin Flynn is The Dude...

    From Tron:

    ---*Because*, man, *somewhere* in one of these memories is the *evidence*! If I got in far enough, I could reconstruct it.

    ---Paranoids, Matrix Blaster, Vice Squad, a whole slew of them. I was this close to starting my own little enterprise, man. But enter another software engineer. Not so young, not so bright, but very very sneaky. Ed Dillinger. So one night, our boy Flynn, he goes to his terminal, tries to read up his file. I get nothing on there, it's a big blank. Okay, now we take you three months later. Dillinger presents Encom with five video games, that's HE'S invented. The slime didn't even change the names, man! He gets a big, fat promotion. And thus begins his meteoric rise to - -what is he now? Executive VP?

    ---Like the man says, there's no problems, only solutions.

  4. Re:What next? on Apple Bans Online Sales In Japan · · Score: 1

    I agree. I actually held off on buying a backpack recently because the "add to cart" price seemed *too* good. Turns out the manufacturer had started enforcing the Minimum Advertised Price forcing smaller webshops to hide the price, this was also the reason that eBags.com had suddenly increased their price beyond the MSRP. This way eBags perpetual 20% off coupons don't run afoul of the MAP.

    Thanks US Supreme Court... :(

  5. Re:I can understand banning games on Switzerland Pursues Violent Games Ban · · Score: 1

    What drives a man to become neutral? A heart, to the core, gray with neutrality.

  6. Re:Uhhh... on Symantec CEO Says Bad Service Fix Only Temporary · · Score: 2, Informative

    Take a look at Commvault Galaxy. I've had results from it in both software and support.

  7. Re:A felony?!? on Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York · · Score: 1

    State owned? If you 'follow the money' you'll find why many simple crimes have become felonys. A good portion of state-owned prisons are privately run by contractors, who get more money for more prisoners.

  8. Re:Ha! on Possible Hole in Black Holes · · Score: 1

    Stargate International Oversight Committee: "The Universe is not a dumptruck! It's a series of tubes..."

  9. Re:It'll never pass on Telecommute Tax Relief Gathers Steam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't forget, however that they're taxing people who can't vote against them.

  10. Dell on Equipment Suppliers You Can Trust? · · Score: 1

    Dell still offers good service on thier servers with about a 4 hours turn-around if you're willing to pay for the service contract.

  11. WETA Digital on Behind the Scenes of Narnia's Special Effects · · Score: 1

    I thought at some point WETA Digital was involved in doing the SFX for Narnia?

  12. Re:They should be test subjects for new spells on World of Warcraft Interview "Responses" · · Score: 1

    "The Plague" was not a popular Live-Event in EQ2. I can't understand Blizzard making the same mistake.

  13. CVS 'disposable' digital cameras and camcorders on Refilling Ink Cartridges Now a Crime? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I assume this will effect the hacked disposable digital cameras and camcorders?

  14. Re:"just following orders" on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 1

    Please, please tell me you are actually 8 years old and haven't even had history yet...

  15. Re:You're wrong. on Valve Cracks Down on 20,000 Users · · Score: 4, Funny

    Playing HL must really suck having no shift key...

  16. Re:Regisitration Required. Slashdot Sucks. on Bartle to MMOG Players - Newbs! · · Score: 1
    If 10% everyone who had to fill out one of these bullshit registrations told huge lies, the data generated wouldn't be worth using...



    Valid point...look at the exit polls.

  17. Re:there goes any real quality on Iowa College Goes Paperless · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just remember not to loan out your Readers License to a classmate. Don't want to flunk *and* goto jail...

  18. No overlaping extras on Extra Scenes in FotR Special Edition DVD · · Score: 5, Informative
    From The Digital Bits which in short says that the extras on the two releases do not overlap so your not wasting money by buying both editions. If you want more, buy the SE, otherwise just get the August release.
    We're getting a lot of e-mails from readers asking if the special features set to be included on the theatrical edition of The Fellowship of the Ring (due on 8/6) will be repeated on the special extended version (following on 11/12). The answer is no. The documentaries and web featurettes are being included on the theatrical edition because a lot of fans have requested them. But since the special extended version includes an entirely new cut of the film, everything that will be included on that later edition is being custom created specifically for that release, for a more adult audience and to go MUCH deeper into the making of the film trilogy than what was seen in any of the TV specials. The idea is that most DVD consumers will be satisfied with the theatrical edition, while more sophisticated fans will wait for the extended edition. The most diehard fans will probably want both, as they perfectly complement each other but do not overlap.

    Also, just to clarify, each DVD version includes a SEPARATE edit of the film. The 4-disc special extended set DOES NOT include the theatrical cut of the film on a separate disc or via seamless branching. If you want the theatrical cut, you have to buy the August 2-disc set. If you want the longer cut, you buy the November 4-disc edition. If you want both, save your money accordingly and buy both. Some people may feel that this is an effort to milk consumers, but I don't think so at all. In order to include everything you'll be getting on both editions, New Line would have to create a single 6-disc release, which would be WAY too expensive for most consumers to even consider. This way, they can have DVD purchase options for everyone. And by not having any overlap between the two editions, fans who buy both are absolutely getting the most for their money. Just think... over eight hours of unique special edition material alone on these two releases, not including the films themselves! If you're a fan, I say don't look a gift horse in the mouth!
  19. Diamond Age on Peer-to-Peer Cell Phones? · · Score: 2

    Very much like the peer-to-peer communication used by nanites in Neal Stephenson's "Diamond Age".

  20. Linux version delayed on Neverwinter Nights is Gold · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the press release:

    "The PC version of Neverwinter Nights will ship to retailers before the end of June. Linux gamers can anticipate the online release of the Neverwinter Nights server at launch and the client program shortly afterward. Linux gamers will still need the Windows version of the game to register at the Neverwinter Nights community site (http://neverwinternights.com) and to import essential game resources into their Linux server and game."

  21. Re:other possibilities for the universe on Is the Universe its own Largest Computer? · · Score: 2

    Support contracts ? :-)

    Sure, it's called having a shrink on retainer. 8)

  22. Re:Clear Channel == Devil on Homogenized Music · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey Taco! Any chance of getting a "Full of Crap" moderation option?

  23. Re:Oh Lord on Transformers On the Move Again · · Score: 1

    Bob! Bob, is that you?

  24. Re:DVD, please. on Back on TV: Max Headroom · · Score: 3, Informative

    UHF will be out on DVD June 4, 2002

    Look here...

  25. Re:Good news! on New Preview of Neverwinter Nights · · Score: 1

    The toolset is windows only because it's based off of C++ builder 6. A toolset for linux will come later when the bugs are worked out of C++ builder for linux.