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  1. Re:It actually breaks Tetris on More Hints at Nintendo's Revolution · · Score: 1
    Cool. I'll probably go out and buy a snes now, just
    to check out that game. I'm one of those Sega Genesis dudes.
    Yeah yeah I know, it was all marketing.


    I played tetris worlds on my friends xbox, and
    was fairly impressed by it, not having played
    a decent tetris game in recent memory since the
    nes/gameboy original.

    Goes to show ya that snazzy graphics can make the suckiest game seem better than it really is.

  2. Re:So what was the flaw? on Witty Worm Kick-Start Methods Revealed · · Score: 1

    that seems very unlikely, wouldn't the chances of that happening be (255^255^255^255)^(255^255^255^255)?

  3. Re:Waxed? on Witty Worm Kick-Start Methods Revealed · · Score: 1

    Even more interesting is that if there wasn't a flaw in that worm, something like 50% or more computers would of been taken out!

    In my opinion Robert Tappan Morris accidentally let the worm get out, which is really sad. It may have just been some kind of network management experiment gone haywire.

  4. Re:It all makes sense! on Bram Cohen to Release BitTorrent Search Engine · · Score: 1

    Doesn't isohunt.com already do this? you can even type in the files hash, to find other trackers hosting it. I can't say it always works, though.

  5. Re:.Torrent distribution via Usenet? on Bram Cohen to Release BitTorrent Search Engine · · Score: 1

    what about creating an alt.binaries.torrents?

    Also, does anyone know why I have to type letters now to confirm I'm not a script?

  6. Re:What to Name It? on Researchers Pinpoint Brain's Sarcasm Sensor · · Score: 1

    Professor Frink: This sarcasm detector is off the charts! CBG: Ooh, that's a _real_ useful invention. Professor Frink: Uh oh! (sarcasm detector blows up)
    They Saved Lisa's Brain

  7. Free Software on Software Piracy Will Get Worse · · Score: 1

    All the more reason to stick it to the man and use open source!

  8. Re:More attention and money for MythTV will result on MythTV Links Up with Program Guide Provider · · Score: 1

    They can't touch fair use devices.

  9. Maybe WMP should have tabs on IE7 Will Have Tabbed Browsing · · Score: 1

    Considering the Best Audio Player in the World
    has Tabs.
    Also the new gui component, foo_columns, is even more
    awesomer!

  10. Re:Out of curiousity... on Free Pascal 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    TeX

  11. Re:Same old, same old on Revamping Freenet · · Score: 1

    Wait til 1.0 or 3.0, dumbass.

  12. Re:High School Systems Insecure? You don't say! on HS Students Steal SSNs to Prove They Can · · Score: 1

    No kidding. I winnuked my school's Windows NT 3.51 server. The next day at school I saw he was bumbling around saying how the network was down, and all kinds of bad stuff happened, like he didn't have a clue. And he was actually very smart. Which says that high school's need more people and money, which they won't get. Thanks Dubya!

  13. Re:And what would be better? on OpenOffice 2.0 Criticized on Use of Java · · Score: 1

    How about Synaptic line noise? Or maybe INTERCAL?

    That would be a cool name for an idm style electronic musician, eh?

  14. Re:And what would be better? on OpenOffice 2.0 Criticized on Use of Java · · Score: 1

    Go with Mono, babe.

  15. Re:What are the first two? on Xbox Unveiling Tonight on MTV · · Score: 1

    So there's strong alternatives, but are they common?

  16. Re:What are the first two? on Xbox Unveiling Tonight on MTV · · Score: 0, Troll

    There was this little court case, awhile ago that showed that indeed, MS is a monopoly. Ah yes I believe I remember now, it was the THE ANTITRUST TRIAL. Also Anakin kills the Younglings, chokes Padme, burns in lava. Padme delivers the twins and dies.

  17. iclod! on Star Wars Sickout · · Score: 1

    I don't have a job you insensitive CLOD!

  18. Re:Too Soon? on Xbox Unveiling Tonight on MTV · · Score: 0, Troll

    well yeah.

    I mean MS doesn't have unlimited resources.

    One thing about consoles is they should NEVER crash for any reason. If this gets pushed out too early it will be crash friendly like the early x-box I believe?

    You ever seen SMB3 crash? Heck no!

  19. Re:Local Newspaper on Xbox Unveiling Tonight on MTV · · Score: 1

    those numbers don't even take into account Nintendo, which will still be around. Also Nintendo still has the edge in portables, which isn't as big a market in the US.

    Wasn't their market penetration for the gameboy like around 90% until the psp came along?

  20. Re:Games on Microsoft 'under attack' On All Fronts · · Score: 1

    then run wine or win98, winme, winxp dumbass.

  21. TOR! on First Hand Look At Chinese Internet Censorship · · Score: 1
    Now, tor: tor.eff.org

    Future, freenet:
    freenetproject.org
  22. Re:How will they get in a word edgewise? on Xbox 2 To Be Unveiled on MTV May 12 · · Score: 1

    I've got ADD, not ADHD, you INSENSITIVE CLOD!

  23. abolishing DST on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 1

    Why not abolish DST altogether? It would probably help people with seasonally affected disorder too.

  24. Re:White collar vs Blue Collar crime... on Spammer Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail · · Score: 1

    people never go to jail for junk mail; the non-electronic type.

    Wouldn't fines be better? They made money, they should give it up.

  25. Re:Not quite arrested, but close on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 1

    So pay in quarters ;]