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  1. The future is here! on Bicycle Riding on Square Wheels · · Score: 1

    n-gonal wheels

    Hmm... Sega and Namco racing games from the early 90s. Daytona USA anyone?

  2. Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point on Spammer's Porsche Up For Grabs · · Score: 1

    Amelia Marcos

    If you're referring to the wife of deposed Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos, her name is Imelda Romualdez Marcos.

  3. Makes sense... on The Web Won't Topple Tyranny · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can't have a technological solution to a social problem.

  4. Retail CS comes with a valid HL cd key. on Counter-Strike - Condition Zero Finally Released · · Score: 1

    You can go grab yourself a warez version of HL and use your CS retail key to play as normal.

  5. Re:Vanderpool? on Intel 32/64-bit Nocona CPU · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the skinny on vanderpool.
    http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns999 94215

    It actually seems a really interesting technology. The CPU itself can generate virtual machines that can run different OS's simultaneously. Kinda like hyperthreading but on a much lower level.

  6. Whoa buzzwords! on Intel 32/64-bit Nocona CPU · · Score: 5, Funny

    In anticipation of intel's move away from MHz numbers and confusing names, I predict the nonoca will adopt the name "Intel Xeon Championship Edition."

  7. EA wants a piece of the pie... on How Important Are Mature Videogames To The Industry? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure it's only 11.9%. But if GTA accounted for 90% of that 11.9% that's a lot of sales. Fact is there aren't many popular M-rated games.

    Might be better than duking it out with the hundreds of other titles.

  8. Bitsetting to the rescue! on DVD-RW Incompatibilities? · · Score: 1

    If you've updated your drive to the latest firmware, liteon released a bitsetting utility for use with +R/+RW discs. You can set the booktype to any format. Set to DVD-ROM for maximum compatibility.

    Links:
    Liteon Utilities
    Firmware Downloads

  9. not really on SNK Dropping Traditional NeoGeo Hardware · · Score: 1

    24bit came about because it had a secondary CPU, but that's more marketing rather than fact -- it can't actually address 24bits of memory.

    12MHz Motorola 6800 16bit
    4MHz Zilog Z80 8bit

  10. Absurd! on Yahoo! Switches Search Engines · · Score: 1

    The phrases used are far too general, to the point that they ought not to be copyrightable... Having all the phrases together might be a bit more questionable, but honestly i would give the same advise to anyone looking for better results on any search engine.

    Imagine if a company trademarked
    print "hello world";
    and started charging for its use...

  11. I played three screen quake before! on ATI PCI-Express Devices Revealed · · Score: 1

    3 rigs
    1 im playing on
    2 set to observer. one viewing an important location, the other one following my enemy.

    reel in the frags!

    oh wait.. it's cheating?

  12. what was that spell again? on 30 Years of D&D Extravaganza · · Score: 3, Funny

    ahh FIREBALL!

  13. Actually, that can be a good thing.... on Mars Rover Rolls And Turns · · Score: 1

    If it rolls and *burns* it would almost certainly mean there's plenty oxygen in the atmosphere...

  14. Re:Not just cameras. on 4GB HD in Under an Inch · · Score: 1

    Almost but not quite. Because flash drives are shock resistant, unlike microdrives. Dropping that drive can mean losing 4GB of data.

  15. Trogdor! on Best Original Games of 2003? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Trogdor!

    beautiful 2d graphics and a fresh viewpoint to knights vs dragons

  16. By gosh... on New Bacterium Could Herald Bio-Batteries · · Score: 2, Interesting

    environment it wasn't intended for

    If someone hooks you up with a life's supply of food in exchange for taking your crap what would you do?

    I'd say the bacteria would be happy being in a battery.. They get to feed and we get our volts. It's a win-win situation!

  17. Re:Evolution on New Bacterium Could Herald Bio-Batteries · · Score: 2, Informative

    If something can be eaten, it will be. Survival of the fittest doesn't only mean competition with peers, it also means adapting to make use of resources.. If this bacteria evolved because of exposure to a redionuclide rich environment, then that's evolution at work for you.

  18. Flight sick? on The Future of Flight · · Score: 1

    I've read about the hypersoar before, and it's supposed to skim along the surface of the atmosphere. While the specs are impressive, i'm sure this means alternating between positive g, negative g and weightlessness. Great for the rollercoaster generation, but obviously not for everyone.

  19. Re:maybe SSE is working now? on Athlon 64 Motherboard Triple Threat Round-Up · · Score: 1

    previous AMD motherboards

    my bad! I meant previous AMD cpus. Dyslexia....

  20. maybe SSE is working now? on Athlon 64 Motherboard Triple Threat Round-Up · · Score: 1

    According to some hardware sites the SSE code in Quake 3 didn't work properly for previous AMD motherboards. Considering the game obviously makes very good use of SSE it could mean a big difference if the extensions are working properly for the Athlon64.

  21. Re:Korea's population is shrinking ... coincidence on Korean Gaming Still Dominated By Blizzard · · Score: 1

    therefore MMORPGs are the last hope of the species! re-introduce social interaction into a form the "de-socialized" are familiar with =)

  22. benign in software on Why Virus Writers are Useful · · Score: 1

    A non-malicious demonstration of an exploit in question, perhaps?

    White-hat are the innoculants of the software world. Of course, it's up to the company on the receiving end whether they patch up their servers or sue the good samaritan under the DMCA.

  23. the BORG solution... on Building a Better Bomb · · Score: 1

    They'd be trying to kill us no matter what we did. If we withdrew from the Middle East they'd hate us for our cultural influence. There are always more reasons to hate for people like that - trying to appease them is useless.

    And this, my friends is why the BORG are really the enlightened ones. By accepting all peoples into their own society they are slowly, but surely ensuring a galaxy without war or hate.

    It's not too late! Learn the ways of the BORG now!

  24. Anyone wanna take a guess? on AMD, Transmeta Edge Up In Market Share · · Score: 1

    How long till "classic x86 DOS" shows up when we search for "emulator" and "romz"? I miss prince of persia...

  25. Memory stick! on No KOTOR For PS2, Darth Vader Playable? · · Score: 1

    Sony shot itself in the foot not making the PS2 compatible with their own memory sticks... Those things would've taken care of all your savegames, maybe even hold a few games!