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  1. Re:Seriously... on Xbox Live Goes Online · · Score: 1

    I like to rent games, beat 'em, and buy them if I feel they have EXCELLENT replay value. I can't do that with PC games.

  2. Re:Uruks from Iraq? on Saddam's Inbox Hacked · · Score: 5, Funny


    Send this message to Saddam:

    Uruk Hi!

    Somebody set us up the bomb.
    We get signal.
    What happen?
    Main Screen, turn on.
    It's you!
    How are you? All your base are belong to us!
    You are on the way to destruction.
    What you say?!?
    You have no chance of survive! Make your time! muhahah muhahahaha!
    You know what you doing!!!
    Move oil for great justice!

    Sincerely,
    George W. Bush

    Sounds like something from a GW press conference :).

  3. Nice trend there on Microsoft's Political Lobbying Record · · Score: 1


    Pays more to the dems while lobbying to expand technology sector. Pays more to the pubs when they want to get away with business malpractice.

  4. Games Released on both Xbox and PS2 on PS2 Vs. X-Box: Winner Emerging? · · Score: 1


    Audio (dolby 5.1 surround for xbox) and graphics are both better on the xbox. I have to admit that I prefer graphic/ audio quality over earlier release date for console software. Sure, PS2 gets some warez first- but they look and sound better on the xbox (although some PS2 games support 5.1).

    Play Halo with a Sirroco crossfire speaker system (a 4.1 system- you downmix the 5.1 to exclude the center channel). OMFG!!! Or set up another nice home audio theater with dts/DD 5.1 and see the difference in the immersive quality of the gaming environment.

  5. Wow, there it is... on The Huntsville Concrete Rocket · · Score: 1

    Ok, I see it now... rocket launch

  6. Concrete Canoe... on The Huntsville Concrete Rocket · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, I didn't find the rocket. I found a concrete canoe. And a part of the article mentioned that the concrete could be used to make a rocket.. COULD...

  7. Re:OS may help! on Globalism, Corporatism and Open Source · · Score: 1



    Bill Gates says "Don't you mean %20 of the global population?"

  8. As Usual, this will help on ISP Forced Out of Business by DoS · · Score: 1

    Every time someone attacks some group, or something that affects the economy in some way- people band together and defend the economy. Attacks help develop a stronger system with the initial intent of defending against the attacks- but eventually the benefits of the system being stronger are felt throughout the whole system- not just in the ability to defend against attacks.

    Atari!!!! (translation:prepare to be attacked)

  9. Makes you wonder about the stars on Search for Terrestrial Intelligence · · Score: 1

    I wonder if you got a map of the stars, rated a star as a one, and empty space as a zero and opened up the text map you ended up with spacing at various widths (127, 255,1023,2047,4095, etc..) if you would find some deity graffiti? Something along the lines of: j00 r 0\/\/N3|> - 60|> .

    Someone should check it out. I think if you take the stars (spaced at 80) that make up orion you get "B33r is gooD!".

  10. not to work up the penguins out there on XBox Defects Draw Ire · · Score: 1

    Maybe MS saved money on the consulting from these firms because the firms have had poor track records in the past.

    DNFTLinuxTroll

  11. Piracy is only piracy to the powerful on U.S. Penalizes Ukraine for Abetting 'Piracy' · · Score: 1

    This is another blatant attempt by the powerful to keep the poor from having the same opportunities as them. When someone can afford to buy a CD, they will. When someone does not have the resources to afford a CD, they should not be denied the opportunity to burn the CD or DVD/divx that they desire too.

    The only thing that these laws do is prevent the poor from enjoying the same media / entertainment that the rich do. If you are poor, you still deserve the chance to watch the same movies, read the same books, and listen to the same music as the rich. Unfortunately the rich enjoy being the only ones able to have these comforts, and do not like the idea of a member of a lower class having the same perks that they do. If someone cannot afford to buy software, they should be able to copy it off someone else. If someone cannot afford to buy a DVD they should be able to copy it off of someone else. If someone cannot afford to buy a CD they should be able to copy it off of someone else. If someone does not have money to spend on a product, there is no profit lost when they copy the product. This person cannot afford the product anyway, so they would never even enjoy the product unless they have the opportunity to copy it.

    There is only one reason that the DMCA exists: rich people want to oppress the poor and keep them from having the same joyous lifestyle that the rich have.

  12. Re:Trivial? What will happen with a "real" virus? on Why Worm Writers Stay Free · · Score: 1

    Who do you think is sending the anthrax? Its a bunch of old school computer geeks who used to hang out on the illuminatus BBS from 88-92. Check the ficticious return address on the Tom Daschle letter (the only one of the first 4 letters with a return address). That return address is a direct reference to "teenagers from outers space" campaign that was hosted on the illuminatus BBS around that time period. There is no greendale elementary school, and the 4th grade is obviously and obfuscated reference to the 4th school that the campaigners were all from. Check this site out. Not to mention the fact that the illuminati trilogy mentions breaking the walls of the pentagon in order to free the demon trapped inside. I wonder how the campaign is going, and what the GM is gonna have the players do next for experience.

  13. End the need for government on French Government Online-Why Isn't the U.S.? · · Score: 1

    Have instant internet votes on all issues. Design a secure voting network- it will be as trustworthy as the pen and paper network we have today (probably more so- no more floridas). Eliminate the need for an elite ruling class.

    w00t

  14. Jackass, this isn't about hatred of the U.S./U.N. on War: What Can Technology Do For Us? · · Score: 1

    Osama just wants power. He is pretending anger with the U.S. because of the stability the U.S. enforces upon the region. This stability prevents revolutionaries from rising in power. Mao Tse-Tung appealed to the young and foolish in China with his "idealistic principles", when all he really wanted was control/power. Osama just wants to use the U.S. as a rallying point for his own rise to power. Do not be fooled by his fake Hatred. He loves the fact that he can play the underdog and rally uneducated idiots to his cause.

    He wants to start a revolution, he does not care where, as long as he ends up in charge. You can be sure that he will destroy/suppress all opposition if he manages to gain power. He will be another third world dictator that maintains power by keeping people poor and uneducated.

    Every action this Jackass makes is calculated. Don't be fooled by his false display of emotion. This man is a complete liar, like most people who pursue power at any cost (innocent lives).

  15. Re:prior art? :) on Copyright Claimed on Telephone Tones · · Score: 1

    "The number in State College has been out of service for probably 18 years now. I think every student there (including me 8 years ago) has tried it at least once."

    Wrong,

    My friend's girlfriend and her sister had that phone number sometime around the 96/97 school year. They lived in lenwood. We would get other people to call them when we were wasted and harass them.

    They kept the number for a couple months, before requesting a number change. I think the local telephone service keeps assigning the number to incoming students, who eventually pay the extra dinero to get the number changed. :)

  16. Stimpy, DONT PRESS THE BUTTON!!! on The Next Big Particle Accelerator · · Score: 1

    The jolly candylike button. Oooh its so tempting....

  17. Read the Articles on GeForce3 Titanium Reviews · · Score: 1

    The titanium series of cards is basically the same, except a slight increase in speed for the Ti500 and a less expensive manufacturing process (more efficient).

    They will be cheaper.

  18. Re:Definition of "Real Soon" on British Researchers Say Fusion Is Close · · Score: 1

    Let's teach 'em all Pashtun and send them off into Afghanistan to find terrorists - they might succeed at that, whereas they surely haven't with fusion. If they fail, well... there's several hundred millions of dollars we're not wasting on "fusion research" i.e., welfare for well connected politico-physicists.
    Why try to put the Sun in a bottle when we've got a good one already up in the sky? Use that energy instead of trying to capture the genie in some lab. We should be putting research into solar generating satellites with microwave power links to the surface, surface solar power, geothermal, ocean tidal and wave power, wind power, etc. Instead, we're wasting billions on fusion research welfare for a few academics who spend entire careers doing it, and retire handsomely with no useful results! Gee, I hope they all enjoy their pensions earned by achieving nothing of any use to anyone: thanks a lot!


    I am glad that there are those of us who still think research is worthwhile. I wonder how many "impossible" projects have been completed by dedicated scientists? Brings to mind the manhattan project.

  19. Sentencing for 93 WTC bombing 9/12/2001 on Further Updates On Terrorist Attack · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the sentencing for one of the perps of the 93 WTC bombing today?

    Economic attack anyone? Maybe the WTO opposition had something to do with it.

  20. Hackin vs. PLayin by the rules on Diablo 2 Items Bringing Home the Bacon · · Score: 1

    Yah, and some of us enjoy the game of hacking and selling illegitimate items. We find our game more challenging and exciting than the game that the rest of the people are playing. Hackers are the real players. Everyone else is playing a game that is designed for you to win. Hackers are playing a game that has been set up for them to lose. When a hacker wins, it is real. When a 69th level sorc kills Diablo with static/orb- haha.

  21. Freedom vs. Leeches on Felten & Co. Present SDMI Findings, Finally · · Score: 1

    The corporations are looking out for their own interests, not the interests of the artists. The artists would be better off if fans could directly contribute to what they enjoy, instead of the the blatant theivery of the corporate world. I love to see the DMCA supporters try to argue that their thievery is supported by law- they wouldn't need laws if people agreed with the issues they bring up.

    Laws should be there to protect us from groups taking our freedoms, not for groups to take our freedoms away. Don't sell your soul to the DMCA.

  22. Osborne computers (CPM) on Cashing In On Antique Computers · · Score: 1

    I have an original model-1 with the little screen. :) Osborne portable computers kick ass.

    And TRS-80, and timex sinclair- 1000 with the 16k ram upgrade.

  23. Re:And what is power? on The Rise Of The 15-Year-Olds · · Score: 1
    Kids have no power of their own until they have both a job (income) and their own place to live. Until then, any "power" they have is leased from adults.
    And then it is leased from the government and other adults. Any "power" anyone has is given to them by a network of people. Someone has "power" as long as other people are willing to support that person. This leads us back to the power that children have over society as a whole :p.
  24. Fame, I'm gonna live forever! on Iceman Murdered by Arrow in the Back · · Score: 1



    This guy got a lucky break in the cosmic scheme of things. How many people care about specific individuals from 5000 years ago?

  25. Of Course on Another Nasty Outlook Virus Strikes · · Score: 1

    Curiously, the virus resides in the recycle bin... If you don't run Windows, no worries ;)



    Windows is the biggest target because it has a larger percentage of users than other OS's. Of course information warfare specialists attack windows. More hosts for virus= more destruction. w007! 1337 h4>0rz and 5r1p7 k1dd13z!!!!