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  1. Re:Changes in billing and useage of Kari on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    Or "Troi or Yar?"

  2. Re:Technology Pot Pie on Sneak Peek at IBM 'Viper' DB2 Release · · Score: 1

    As of Notes 7, you can use DB2 as the underlying data store, and have a fully relational database.

    FYI.

  3. Re:why? on Microsoft Proposes RSS Extension · · Score: 1
    This spec doesn't reinvent calendar or contact-list wheels.

    If you bothered to read the specs, this extension adds simple synchronisation logic for two or more feeds with OPML / RSS items, no more, no less.


    In other words, it reinvents the SyncML wheel?
  4. Re:Oh this is an easy one... on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    There's also been a lot less Scottie, though. Maybe they just don't have as much stuff that needs serious welding any more?

    So in the absence of Scottie, can we have more myths that involve Kari in a bikini being smeared with stuff? There must be some jello wrestling myths out there...

    And I'm still disappointed that Adam and Jamie turned out not to be a gay couple.

  5. Re:Oh this is an easy one... on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    Except the results showed that she clearly isn't kinky.

  6. Re:They're both not worth the dough on Should You Wait For The PS3? · · Score: 1
    I AM really tired of things like FIFA 2023 and Splinter Cell XVII.

    As opposed to Super Mario Revolution, Metroid Prime Revolution, Legend of Zelda: Revolution, Pokemon Revolution, Donkey Kong Revolution, Resident Evil Revolution, F-Zero Revolution, Mario Kart Revolution and Harvest Moon Revolution?

    (I own a GameCube.)

  7. Re:First Contact hater on Space.com's Top 10 Space Movies of All Time · · Score: 1

    I disliked First Contact too, because of the lousy cinematography. It looked like a TV episode projected on a big screen.

  8. Re:The list compilers are on drugs. on Space.com's Top 10 Space Movies of All Time · · Score: 1

    Include "Airplane II"? That's exactly what they'd be expecting us to do!

  9. Re:Actually on Real Story of the Rogue Rootkit · · Score: 1

    According to the reports I've read, it gives you an EULA--but then installs anyway even if you click that you don't agree.

  10. Re:Bias is OK on FEC Rules Bloggers Are Journalists · · Score: 1

    If you think FOX will "just present the news", you really need to read more media analysis. Same goes for all the other corporate media outlets, though usually to a lesser degree.

    Just because what you see on screen is largely factual reporting, doesn't mean that the channel isn't hopelessly slanted due to selection bias, prominence bias, and bias through concision.

    (Personally, I consider all US TV news to be a waste of bandwidth. Even the best of it is ghastly.)

  11. Re:Wait a minute on Rare Gambles On Dark Discs · · Score: 1

    It's even more bizarre an idea than that: Microsoft checking for bugs, finding them, and refusing to ship the product because it's crappy and full of bugs.

    Yeah, like that would happen.

  12. Antaur on Jobs Offers Free Mac OS X For $100 Laptops · · Score: 1

    VIA Antaur. Designed for laptops. Has free open source drivers for every piece of hardware.

  13. MEPIS on Jobs Offers Free Mac OS X For $100 Laptops · · Score: 1

    If you're gonna consider Kubuntu, you might as well go with MEPIS. That way you can actually use the entire Debian package tree.

  14. Re:Games reached a dead end on Loyalists Preserve Past Through Text-Only Games · · Score: 3, Informative

    The problem is that natural language comprehension and real-world reasoning are difficult problems to solve in software.

    There have been advances in the engines--look at Glulx--but the problem is that there haven't been the kinds of advances in AI needed to really open up the game world.

  15. Re:most fuel-efficient? on The Math Behind the Hybrid Hype · · Score: 1

    Possibly. You can also get a 4mpg boost for the Prius by inflating the tires more (but still well within their stated range).

  16. Re:concern? on A Flu Pandemic? · · Score: 1
    One thing that bothers me about all this sudden talk of pandemics, how much cause for concern is there for the average American citizen?

    Quite a lot, given that the average American citizen has no medical coverage.

  17. Re:most fuel-efficient? on The Math Behind the Hybrid Hype · · Score: 1
    The VW Jetta TDI (diesel) gets consistently 55-60 mpg -- about as good as the best hybrids out there.

    Not according to the head-to-head comparison of Jetta TDI and Prius done by Automobile magazine. They had the TDI getting 34mpg in traffic, 43mpg on highways--significantly worse than they (or I) got in the Prius.

    http://automobilemag.com/reviews/0409_prius_jetta_ comparo/index1.html

    Also, the point of the Prius is not economy--it's minimizing environmental impact. That's why Toyota tunes the engine for minimized emissions, not for maximized MPG. They build the car using recycled, recyclable plant-sourced plastic, not the cheaper oil-made plastic.

  18. Re:Depends where you live on The Math Behind the Hybrid Hype · · Score: 1
    And also...why do they make the hybrids so fugly? Man...can't they design a good looking car these days? What happened to sporty, eye pleasing designs?

    Personally, I love the design of the Prius. My family commented that it looked very sporty, not what they were expecting. A hybrid Celica would be nice, but hey, I'll live.

  19. The problem with J2ME on Consortium Tackles Linux Mobile Phone Standards · · Score: 1

    When I start a native Symbian application on my phone, it starts instantly.

    When I start a J2ME application, even a trivial one like a world clock, it takes 5-10 seconds.

    Until that problem is fixed, J2ME is not going to be the answer.

  20. Re:Java "import" considered harmful on Initializing all Java classes at Start-Up · · Score: 1

    If the import can be generated automatically, WHAT IS THE POINT OF IT? It doesn't do me any good, and it apparently doesn't do the compiler any good.

  21. Re:Um. Okay. Yay... uh.. Tron. on Kingdom Hearts 2 - Now With Tron · · Score: 1
    Hell, I remember this great movie about this guy's (Apple?) that got jealous of him and tried to take revenge on him and his girlfriend and eventually the computer gave up and committed suicide.

    Electric Dreams. Soundtrack included Giorgio Moroder and Phil Oakey.

    I still like TRON.

  22. Re:Ratchet's Decline on Review: Shadow of the Colossus · · Score: 1

    #2 was the high point, I thought, particularly for the soundtrack. #3 just wasn't quite as good.

  23. Re:OpenSolaris on OpenSolaris-based OSes a Threat to Linux? · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Want games? on Revolution Least Expensive Next-Gen Console · · Score: 1
    Ask any gamer who owns a Gamecube and another console and they'll tell you they spend more time on the Cube.

    I own a GameCube and a PS2. I spend way more time on the PS2, because that's where more good games are.

  25. Re:Want games? on Revolution Least Expensive Next-Gen Console · · Score: 1
    ...you're not a Nintendo fan...

    On the contrary, I have a GameCube and a Game Boy Advance SP.

    ...there wasn't a Donky Kong game on the Gamecube...

    Apart from Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, Donkey Konga, and Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade.

    ...there has only been one console Animal Crossing game relesed to a home console ever...

    I was thinking of Harvest Moon, in fact, which is the same kind of idea. So make that Harvest Moon Revolution if you like. As for Pokemon, I was thinking of the endless GBA Pokemon games.

    It's not so much that I feel they milk the franchises, it's more that the predictability gets tiresome. And I found Wind Waker far too similar to Ocarina of Time; it's basically the same game for the first half, and then there's way too much ocean wandering.