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  1. Re:AI is "very, very powerful" on Source Engine - In The Belly Of The Beast? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, but thats still better than it will be released next month. Opps sorry, no it will be released a year from now.

  2. Re:Unclaimed gift certficates on WA Bans Gift-Card Expirations, Fees · · Score: 1

    Also consider a pay check, they have to make an attempt to pay you, if they mail your check to the wrong address it isn't your fault. So they turn it to the state and the state looks for the person. That reminds me, I'm still pissed about the electric company check I can't claim (previous resident moved out early in the year, I moved in, local company is a co-op so they send profits back to customers and they mailed old residents check at end of year, I was like hey these people where only here a few months, but no, they check was for them, and they still havn't claimed it.)

  3. Re:That's the difference between you (and him)... on Father of DVD Gets Bitter Reward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well its pretty inacurate to say the rich "Sit" on money, most of them put it into banks or other investments, or buy things with it. This money then goes into other peoples pockets for the services that they do. Ultimatly of course that rich person still owns the money, but they rarly keep large amounts of real cash on hand. Hell I'd be willing to bet that if bill gates could get his hands on 1 billion in cash. And sat on that money, it would seriously hurt our economy to have that much money suddenly out of circulation.

  4. Re:Break-even point? on NASA Abandons SimCIty Microwave Power Concept · · Score: 1

    Well once microwave satallite is in smace, the power is basically free. Of course they will charge for it to recoup cost, but as fusion isn't going to be free, they can still charge for it.

  5. Re:buddy Report on How Good is Gmail's Spam Filter? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Problem is, most people experience a significant drop in spam when they switch ISPs, atleast when that ISP isn't selling your account.

  6. Re:SImple... but annoying on Impoverish a Spammer Today · · Score: 1

    Well personally if a spammer stamped his email I would actually be willing to read it for a half second, as they believe it is worth spending money on sending. Just as I tend to not throw away real mail without atleast looking at it.

  7. Re:SImple... but annoying on Impoverish a Spammer Today · · Score: 1

    It still think and autoreply to the ones that scored medium (the low scorers are always spam) telling them how to either stamp the message or do something special to be on a temporary whitelist is important. And it doesn't seem to be implimented.

  8. Re:SImple... but annoying on Impoverish a Spammer Today · · Score: 1

    Read the faq, so this is baynesian filtering WITH the ability for someone to stamp a message by using CPU time. What I don't understand is, why the stamping, when is it ever going to be used.
    Email from nonspammer - not going to get filtered, if it does, will send again. Isn't going to know to install stamp program, if there is an autoreply telling them to (which there isn't), they will jsut email you agian hoping to not get caught in the filter this time.

    Email from spammer - Sends you spam, filter throws it out, its gone.

    The only advantage of this, is that it provides a system where spammers can spam you if they are willing to stamp the spam. Why would I need this?

  9. Game not at all realistic. on North Korea Angered Over Ghost Recon 2 · · Score: 1

    I thought Tom Clancy's games were supposed to be realistic. Everyone knows in a war against North Koreans we will not put ground troops in the jungle, thats just plain suicide we learned that the hardway in Vietnam. Such a war will be fought with bombs. Hope the North Koreans understand that they will get their butts kicked.

  10. Re:Something you have and Something you know on Fingerprint Scanners Still Easy to Fool · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, a clever man would not use a plane, because he would know that only a great fool would repeat the same method. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose to attack with a plane. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly have to attack with a plane.
    Because counter-terrorist come from America, as everyone knows. And the America's is entirely peopled with infidels. And infedels are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can clearly not attack with a plane.
    and you must have suspected I would have known you where an infidel, so I can clearly have to attack with a plane.
    You've beaten my Sadam, which means you're exceptionally strong. So, you could have placed your men on the plane, trusting on your strength to save you. So I can clearly not choose to attack with a plane. But, you've also bested my sleeper cells. And in studying, you must have learned that terrorist are dangerious so you would stay as far away from us as possible, so I can clearly attack with a plane.

  11. Re:downhill, for x-box anyway on Tecmo Upgrades Ninja Gaiden Via Xbox Live · · Score: 1

    But you also have to remember that currently only about 10% of console users have internet console ability (don't know what the figure for xbox is exactly just quoting the sony exec from the other day, but its probably fairly accurate.) Anyways releasing a game that needs updating would be seriously shooting yourself in the foot as you really can not count on many people being able to update. Now console makers are saying that broadband will be "essential" for next gen hardware (which is why I think xbox is stupid to not include a harddrive or some large storage medium for the xbox2) so you might be seeing required updates then.

  12. Re:Sue a Standard? on Cisco Sued over OFDM Wireless Standards · · Score: 1

    Yes but this wasn't such a case. These people created most of the stuff behind 802.11a before it was a standard. Cisco was experimenting with it and this company sued them. Cisco won saying "Oh no we havn't produced any actual products yet" Cisco went ahead and produced products while ignoring these guys at the same time. Obvious these guys should have immediently sued, it does kinda bother me that they waited some time after the product had become widespread. But on the other hand they did try to let cisco know that they expected to be payed if the product was ever released, and cisco deserves what they get.

  13. Re:Interesting Development on EU and US Agree on Galileo · · Score: 1

    Only in a 32 bit system, and its not something that is overly hard to fix, just noone is bothering because of the predicted pervalence of 64 bit by that time. I'd be willing to bet that the any system designed for use longer than that is being build with a fix.

  14. Re:Market Share on Intel Puts the Lock on Overclocking · · Score: 1

    The overclocking community is very very small when compared to the overall intel market. Though possibly it might slightly hurt their market on the high end chips that gamers buy. I really can't imagine it being a very large market of people that are going to say, no sir, if I can't overclock I won't buy. On the otherhand this market being so small, I really can't imagine why intel would have bothered waisting their time to overclock, unless they are simply testing overclock locks for some type of future in which all their chips are equal, they just clock them differently and sell them at that respective price.

  15. Re:Engines shut out early on SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully · · Score: 1

    They can't orbit, even if they get up enough speed, unlikly, the craft wasn't built with enough heat shields to survive orbital speed reentry. So they would have to carry enough fuel to reach orbital speeds, then enough fuel to turn around the slow themselves down very quickly while resisting falling and reentering premeturly. Definatly a tricky move, and generally has never been tried. Rule of thumb, don't go faster than your heat shields can handle, even if you are higher than the atmosphere, because eventually, your gonna have to land.

  16. Re:blow by blow on SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully · · Score: 1

    Yes, but countries will dictate rules on what can takeoff and or land from their territory. And your basically screwed if your up there and noone will give you clearance to land. Though personally I'd just land in any non hostile country regarless and take my chances. Space isn't very forgiving :)

  17. Re:Are they trying to... on Star Trek: New Voyages, Downloadable Video · · Score: 1

    The point was that if the guy didn't know janeway was a woman, how did he guess that they were talking about janeway.
    Cluestick...

  18. Re:Are they trying to... on Star Trek: New Voyages, Downloadable Video · · Score: 1

    How do you know he was talking about Janeway?

  19. Re:Remodeling at ratepayer expense on School Internet Program Audit Shows Fraud and Waste · · Score: 1

    So I would blame the state for not properly funding the school, not the feds. But seriously you said its finanically draining to have to comply and you still arn't complying. Sounds like it would be best not to try. But if you are getting a high score in state standards maybe its a misunderstanding of how to comply, there are more requirement than just scoring well on test.

  20. Re:I got Five Invites on Gmail in the News · · Score: 1

    Yes, I would like one.
    John Larsen
    spamjlarsen@spamfsu.edu

    remove the spam.

  21. Re:Don't get your hopes up too far. on SpaceShipOne to Try for Space on Monday · · Score: 1

    Actually it does have a mission. They are going to charge people for flights. There are rich people who will pay alot of money for this. They use that money to develop a better vehicle.

  22. Re:Few teething problems, but good overall on Less is More: Thunderbird 0.7 Review · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hu? It does ask you, its just not in available in the config but if a password is required it will prompt you for one, and remember it if you choose too.

  23. Re:Remodeling at ratepayer expense on School Internet Program Audit Shows Fraud and Waste · · Score: 1

    So why not just not accept the money if its costing you more than you get?

  24. Re:The full scale vehicle is also flying, sort of on John Carmack's Test Liftoff a Success · · Score: 1

    Is this funny because of a zerg rush, or is it funny because starcraft is really popular in asia, and kekekekeke is an asian way of laughing online.

  25. Re:Rockets Vs games on John Carmack's Test Liftoff a Success · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe you can add an armadillo easter-egg into D3 somewhere :-)

    Damn you, you just added another year to the release date.