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  1. Re:Nice, but no ibook... on Pictures of the New Amiga · · Score: 1

    They'll probably use either rambus or PC132 (which AMD is pushing now.)

  2. Re:This is the real problem! on Feature: Ticket Booth Tyranny (Part Two) · · Score: 1

    My dad, sister, and myself went to see southpark. They asked what our ages are. I'm 22 and she's nineteen. I said, "what does it matter?" and he said "well, I just have to check"

  3. Re:Take a *geek* kid to a restricted movie? on Feature: Ticket Booth Tyranny (Part Two) · · Score: 1

    Writers have their favourite words.

    Katz also likes the word craven, but I'm not certain it's always used properly by him. He uses it in the place of "cowardly" too often.

  4. Re:wasn't this the same goverment that had ... on NASA Faces Major Budget Cuts · · Score: 1

    "Saving" social security will never be fully realised. It started out, and always will be a Ponzi scheme. Every generation supposedly pays into it, then they see the next generation pay theirs. Inflation and other issues are partially to blame, as is the fact that it exists in the first place. The government doesn't want you investing your hard earned cash.

  5. Re:Gods, that would be Awesome! on Pixar Tron Remake? · · Score: 1

    A number of TRON cast members went onto work on Babylon-5

    And don't forget David Warner (Alduous Gaijic)!
    I tell you what, that man is everywhere.

    I'd rather see a sql than a remake. I'd thought this over a lot before, and my dad and I came to the agreement that this movie could get no better. That and they should NEVER make a sql to Bladerunner. That was another form of perfection. To re-do the sfx in Tron is to ruin it. You couldn't change everything. Just like the Star-wars re-relases.

  6. Re:It's already law on US Congress Debates National ID Card · · Score: 1

    ps - the nazi tatoos were on the arm, not the wrist

    Inside forearm, and I think the previous poster was speaking of the mark of the beast.

  7. Re:Visual linux on Stormix:Yet Another Distribution · · Score: 1

    This seems very interesting. It's sorta like forms for C..

    pretty slick idea.

  8. Re:CTS and simple Joint pain. on Not All Wrist Pain is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome · · Score: 1

    yes, but fully adjustable chairs should have a happy medium. Mine at work brings my rests up and out (my normal typing position) and only the bones from my elbow touch. it's important not to rest the whole of your forearm on anything.

  9. CTS and simple Joint pain. on Not All Wrist Pain is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome · · Score: 2

    I thought I had CTS, but it turned out to be bad posture -- more of a form of RSI. The easiest way to releive fatigue Caused by this problem is to place one arm straight up and down, thumb facing straight back (you don't have to stick it out) and rotat the hand down to the left. Keeping it horizontal, rotate it forward until you are facing palm up to the right. It's amazing how much it helps.

    That and don't rest your forearm on your chair. that restricts movement in a bad way.

  10. Re:Faux Pas by salesperson on Red Hat Rivalries at Salon · · Score: 1

    If you want to get really technical,

    Linux : kernel, GNU/Linux : OS, [Slackware,RedHat,Caldera] : Distribution Channel

    and:

    NT : kernel, NT : OS, NT : Distribution.

    Mmmmn. choices choices.

  11. Re:You're using the wrong tool on Raster and Mandrake Interview · · Score: 1

    Currently some serious high-level cards like the nVidia chipsets only do 16 colors. They're working on the drivers to push them farther.

  12. Re:hoser on Raster and Mandrake Interview · · Score: 1

    Moonsihine is regarded in the us as crap alcohol.

    Just thought you'd like the know how they are refering to it. not by alcohol content, but by taste.

  13. Re:Vegemite? Come on. on Raster and Mandrake Interview · · Score: 1

    yeah, well bein a pixberger an aht ain't dat great neither. All dem people frum ahtside ar area make fun of pixburg like it's all smoky an aht. But it rilly ain't since da still mills moved out er closed up cuz of dat japanese still.

  14. Re:As soon as it gets to BC... on Microsoft Invests in Rogers · · Score: 1

    H-T-T-P-:-/-/

  15. Re:OH GOD! on The Matrix to have two sequels · · Score: 1

    Grappling is just like muai tai, monotonous, ugly and hard to watch. But it is effective.

  16. Re:Matrix on The Matrix to have two sequels · · Score: 1

    "every hit avoided is a hit avoided, every hit blocked is ten possible hits." -- simply means that if you evade, you can counter quicker than if you were to absorb a hit or block it. Situation:

    Someone takes a swing at you. You :

    A) step back and avoid the blow, blocking upwards. (self defensive, minimal effort, self preservation)
    B) block with a arm motion (Kung Fu - stylisitc, without force (remember Kung Fu is about Tidal Motion) and open to attack from not moving
    C) take the hit (body shot) or grapple (attempt at your head) (Muai Tai, reactive, open to multiple leg attacks)

    The reason they say every blocked hit is ten more his is hopefully obvious. For every hit you block, you risk getting hit many more times. Being from a muai tai tradition, I'm sure you've felt this (physically) personally.

  17. Re:Huh? on The Matrix to have two sequels · · Score: 1

    There were two "Real" ones, 1 "fake" one, and one "abhorent" one. That's in order of play. The Tim Burton version is 10x better than the latter versions. Of course Michael Keaton IS Batman, and there's nothing that will change that in my head.

    Adam West. pshaw!
    George Clooney? Val Kilmer? Such un-Batmanish actors.

    Kilmer was better as Mad Martigan in Willow, and Clooney was better in The Peacemaker.

  18. Re:Matrix on The Matrix to have two sequels · · Score: 1

    The only complaint about the movie is that the fighting in the movie was all "power" moves; however it has a lot of good blocks as well to balance the movement out. One of the styles (i think crane) states that "every hit avoided is a hit avoided, every hit blocked is ten possible hits."

    Muay Tai is very ugly, but quite effective. It's more of a Wu Shu art than a Martial one. Not much thinking, mostly acting.

  19. Re:Matrix on The Matrix to have two sequels · · Score: 1

    Anyone into the martial
    arts scene knows that that is where groundfighting skills rule supreme.


    And anyone in the Kung Fu scene knows that they have groundfighting AND the Chinese kickboxing.

  20. Re:Matrix on The Matrix to have two sequels · · Score: 1

    Incidentally, the majority of the fight sequences did use valid Kung-Foo techniques - it wasn't play-acting like many people claim. I know, because I routinely get my ass kicked at my local Muay Thai camp!

    Those were definate real wu shu arts. Very technical, and very practical.

  21. Re:Keanu & VHS/DVD on The Matrix to have two sequels · · Score: 1

    You mean Sylvester Stallone? He played a boxer, and besides he WROTE rocky.

  22. Re:Credit Cards ONLY on Promotional Freshmeat X10 Firecrackers · · Score: 1

    Seriously. I don't even have a credit card (who needs credit?) so I use my check card. It's just as functional, but has a $1000/day limit.

  23. Re:Ridiculous CD Prices on Feature:The Empire Strikes Back · · Score: 1

    This is sorta offtopic, but maybe you'd consider buying your CD's at best buy, or buy used ones. One man's trash is another's treasure.

  24. Re:Very suspicious... on Amiga to use Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    Well, it seems it was the first one. The second link to the story mentions QNX releasing data too early.

  25. Re:Very suspicious... on Amiga to use Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    Either QNX got too bellicose (or complacent for that matter) and Amiga went somewhere else, or they still are using QNX for their photon WM.