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  1. The article forgot to mention... on Next Generation Stun Guns? · · Score: 2, Funny

    how these things are made. Smile!

  2. Ultima the reconstruction on Ultima V Lazarus Mod Gets Enhanced Demo Release · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is a good site that has most of the remakes that are currently being worked on. It hasn't been updated in a year, however the remakes that it links to are still active.

  3. Re:A personal favourite of mine from this week... on Worst Explanation From Tech Support? · · Score: 2, Funny

    i don't understand...was i supposed to email her a new mouse??

    No you were supposed to e-mail her, to tell her to reboot her computer. Duh! Some support rep you are!

  4. ...and all you need is... on Google Experiments With Local Filesystem Search · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...10,000 Linux systems connected to your local system and it will all run snappy ;)

  5. Re:Great... on Opera Settles $12.75m Lawsuit, But with Whom? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I really fail to see your argument here. Opera is a fantastic browser and generally is the first to provide new technologies (tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, mouse gestures). Mozilla and other open source browsers also eventually added them as well, however Opera pioneered alot of them. Opera is also very very stable, intuitive, and extreamly fast. The only complaint I have is that not all sites (1 in ~40) don't work exactly as they should. Not a huge deal, however as they activly fix the browser if you post up sites that don't work. Open sourceing everything isn't always "the solution" (in some cases it is), and if you plan on complaining about why they are not open source, perhaps you should also provide reasons why you think that they should be. Never complain without something to A) back it up, and B) some sort of positive solution and reasons why the solution would work.

  6. Re:old news on Student Uncovers US Military Secrets · · Score: 1

    And the us government blanked out version can be found here.

  7. Re:Cattle Prod on Build Your Own Stun Gun · · Score: 1

    Ok smart ass, now how the hell am I supposed to sneak one of these on one of our friendly airlinines huh? I mean common, look at the size of those damn things!

    Sheesh!

  8. Re:Lets see if we can /. on H2G2 Film Website · · Score: 1

    See you obviously don't belong here, as it is clearly "./ The planet". Guards, please have this trash removed.

  9. Re:Great... on The Security Risk of Keyboard Clicks · · Score: 4, Funny

    or you can just look for the smudge marks...

  10. Re:How do you tell... on Corporate Work in the US vs. Canada? · · Score: 1

    does Canada value freedom and speech in all the same ways as the USA does?

    Dude in Ontario we allow women to walk around topless. Who the fuck cares about speech! ;)

  11. Ok so lemmie get this straight on EA Cranks Up Villainy For GoldenEye 'Sequel' · · Score: 2, Funny

    Golden eye is a character who lost his eye to an unfortunate smelting accident, and he works for me now? "your nameless henchman lost an eye" and Goldfinger's techies replaced it with a gold eye, because that Goldfinger jumps at any opportunity to replace body parts with expensive prosthetics (he's got a vice, ok?). Now, Goldfinger is locked in a war with Dr. No for control of a criminal organization? So that means that Bond has to set us up the bomb before the henhmen reaches 12:00?

    (sniff)...(sniff)... I just wanna play the game mommy.

  12. Good lord on Kinetic Sculpture Race 2004 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me or did others see all the crap floating in the water? I mean I'd make damn sure that my machine is going to float. Just take a look at "One Beer Short of a Six-Pack"'s drivers face as he's entering the water. I think they captured the exact moment when he realized he was in trouble :)

    That aside, what a neat idea, some of the designs are pretty interesting. However I would have just loved to see videos of that pink poodle going in the drink.

  13. Re:Doom III = Tech Demo Redux, and Why Xbox on Doom 3 Xbox Previewed, PC Version No-Show At E3 · · Score: 1

    there is more money to be had both on the consumer and especially on the developer side with the consoles

    Not true at all. An excellent example is Nintendo based consoles. Not only do you have to pay for an proprietary development environment, but you also have to pay for: Licenses, Production, Certification, that little sticker that sais "Nintendo", and a whack load of other stuff that you don't have with PC games. Oh and if you think that you can use the third party based development tools to develop and publish your game (unless ok'd by the console owner). The tools for developing GBA games are a good example. Well Nintendo's lawyers will be all over you like a fat kid on pancakes.

    PC Games, you buy a system, with your prefered development software, you pick your own producer, you also pick your own promotions with it (say you want to bundle your game with something else). Good luck pulling half of that off with a console based product. Console is "here is what you are going to pay and here is what you are going to get back", PC is "I can pick what I want and how I want to do it" (within reason, and with some limitations).

    PC gaming development is more open to the general public, vs, console is more geared to the big guys.

    Don't get me wrong, console gaming has alot of pluses that PC gaming doesn't (static hardware, known configurations), where as supporting the ten billion combinations on the PC can be a huge nightmare. However what if your game has a bug? PC you can patch it, console you have to recall the game if its bad enough (and there are games out there like that), and that costs big bucks, so generally you don't do that and noone buys your game and your screwed

  14. L00k|ng f0r @ Tr|be5 CD Key on Tribes 1 And Tribes 2 Free Downloads Available · · Score: 4, Funny

    (@n s0me0ne p05t the|r tr|be5 key. | \/\/@nn@ p|@y. Woot!

  15. Bout friggin time too! on AMD Beats Intel in CPU Sales · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't afford to be buying new AMD processors each week just to try and sway the numbers.

  16. Re:In other news... on AutoZone Responds To SCO · · Score: 1

    Ah, good point.I imagine their customers think "Linux" is some sort of disposable window cleaning towlet that keeps rain off their windshield!

    Its not!?!? Then what the hell have I been using all these years!?!

  17. In other news on Sony Hit by Drop in PS2 Sales · · Score: 2, Funny

    Olson twins shocked at poor sales of their PS2 game "Manic Mayham Mall". Sony blames Olson twins, Olson Twins blame Acclaim. Acclaim blames "Ralf" Acclaims the cuddly mascot, for peeing on the original game specs.

    Sony: "Olson twins Bad!"
    Olson Twins: "Acclaim Bad!"
    Acclaim: "Ralf Bad!"

    Bet this is exactly how it all happened.

  18. Perhaps it is time for a drop in prices on Sony Hit by Drop in PS2 Sales · · Score: 4, Insightful

    However they also have to expect that there are only so many sales out there. I mean how many PS2's does a family need? It was bound to happen. PC sales also saw a drop a few years back, no real surprise.

  19. Re:There is another SNES emmulator out there as we on Overclocking your Gameboy Advance · · Score: 1

    Cool thanks, didn't know it was a rip off site. Won't go there again!

  20. What I am interested in is on Researchers To Climb Ararat To Seek Noah's Ark · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What if this *does* turn out to be the Ark, putting asside all the arguments for why it isn't possible and what not. Wouldn't that just be the wildest thing. I mean a story (that I personally took as just a tale) suddenly becomes true. I mean holy shit, thats pretty mind blowing if you ask me.

  21. There is another SNES emmulator out there as well on Overclocking your Gameboy Advance · · Score: 4, Informative

    That can be used on the GBA.

    http://www.pocketsnes.net/ They have a few games going so far on it that have no speed issues, and they are working on fixing problems with other games. Tried it with a few games myself on my GBA, some work some don't (as expected) either case it is exciting to see these emmulators are in development!

  22. Ewwww on Summer Is Coming; Will Your Mousing Hand Survive? · · Score: 1

    Getting sweaty and frustraited but you have to get the work done or that last level played.

    Eeeeewwww

  23. Pah! on Hardware Manufacturers Making PC Gaming Too Elite? · · Score: 1

    486sx baby! They have just been optimizing the game for the last 5 years thats all ;)

  24. Not realistic on MMOG Subscription Winners, Losers Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Simply based upon the fact that the author or potentail author might like stamping on kittens and considers that fun. Where as I doubt that is what you would like in a game. Not to mention that its hard to have played all MMO games and get a fair representation of them for a comparison. Esp since you have to play for at least a few weeks to understand everything and know where to go for the action. So your comparison will be biased based upon what game you played last.

    Based upon the number of subscribers is a fair comparison for "how fun they are". The ones with the most subscribers must appeal to a larger crowd and have something that draws them to it.

    Personally I love playing WWII Online, constantly updated, they listen to the community for future updates, all around great job!

  25. Re:Disk Error - Abort, Retry, Fail ? on Miner Willy's Mega-Tree Auctioned For Charity · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the funniest part:

    I do not know what the contents of these disks are and cannot guarantee that they contain data from 'Mega-tree'

    Hmmm ya feeling lucky?