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  1. Re:Looks like a fake on Titan Missile Complex Up for Sale · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The parent should have been modded Funny!

    C'mon, who buys such property based on pictures on an online auction site? If you were at all serious, you'd call the number listed and arrange for a tour. Pictures are only useful for curious web users as something to gawk at as most of us average citizens are already priced out of this offering.

  2. Re:Come on guys... on Apple Sued in France for iPod Music Royalties · · Score: 1

    Well, think of what audience all the articles are aimed at. Microsoft, their business tactics and the costs of dealing with waves of virus attacks, are all very close to the vast majority of readers of this website. The editors are matching their analogy with what is relevant to the crowd.

  3. ideas on Bloggers' Plagiarism Scientifically Proven · · Score: 1

    "Wired has up a story about HP, as part of a larger drive to figure out how ideas ideas 'infect' large groups"

    Perhaps through repitition?

  4. patented idea? on Gyroscopic Wireless Mouse · · Score: 1

    They have the audacity to patent this? This is hardly a groundbreaking, original thought. These companies are really grabbing for straws when it comes to intellectual property. I guess they need something to show for the money they expand.

    But, c'mon. Don't they have such motion sensing in some higher grade virtual reality goggles?

    While they're at it, they should patent a contour, shaft-like device designed to fit comfortably in one's hand.

  5. Re:'Quotes' on Do Your $20 Bills Explode In the Microwave? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quotes like

    We then wrapped our cash in foil and went thru the same monitors. No monitor went off.

    make me want to travel to the location of the web server and smash it with a hammer.

  6. Re:I can't wait for GTA: Boise on Rockstar Announces GTA San Andreas · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think they should license the engine from the "Driver" series and incorporate it into the game, or write an updated engine similar to that one. Cars in GTA felt too much like cardboard cutouts. With a better engine, GTA would be utopia.

  7. Re:The question is... on Thief 3 Website Goes Live · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not if they don't see or hear you stealing it.

    When you try to lift the loot, pick a softwre store that is very poorly lit and has soft, sound-absorbing floor covering. Somethig along the lines of carpeting or wood.

    If you cannot avoid walking on granite or other hard stone, take a moss arrow or two with you.

    Finally, the club might come in handy in case a kid, of which there are a plenty at any games shop, draws attention to you.

    Don't kill anyone.

  8. Re:The original game was cool on Thief 3 Website Goes Live · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then again, the first one also had the zombies which didn't really work for the game.

    I think that most Thief fans at this point are hoping the new game resembles either one of its predecessors.

  9. Re:Heh. on Last Great Internet Bubble Auction · · Score: 1

    And what about the weights below the Fat Boy? Cmon, no geek is interested in physical exercise. They look newer and less used than the brand new set at my local sports store.

  10. Re:FBI?? on Too slow! FBI Shuts Down Hosting Service · · Score: 1

    I only with they could do the same to ambassadors here in New York who, being high on their delusion of power, think they can park anywhere, go anywhere, and tear up tickets in cops' faces.

  11. Re: New Cast Information For 'Hitchhiker's' Movie on New Cast Information For 'Hitchhiker's' Movie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait a minute. That second single quote be escaped.

    New Cast Information For 'Hitchhiker\'s' Movie

  12. Re:Anyone ever seen well written english? on Virus Writers - The Enemy Within · · Score: 1

    I was never able to find out what [sic] means. Anyone have an idea?

  13. Re:About time on FCC Supports Neighborhood Radio · · Score: 0

    Man this looks like a lot of text... wait, did I see a reference to hot girls? No... that said hot grits... You expect us to read all of this?

  14. Re:Oh, come on! on Crack the Pepsi iTunes Promo Code · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And when they get all hopped up on caffeine and start acting hyper, we hit them with Prozac. Big business wins twice. It's genious!

  15. Re:Western Digital on More on IBM 75GXP Drive Fiasco · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We've had worse luck with WD. Every month it seems we have to send back a drive after diagnosing a problem with it with WD's software. We've moved to Seagate and Maxtor as a result.

  16. Re:I guess one could say... on Tom's Hardware Reviews Multi-Display Gaming · · Score: 1

    Wow, I am drawing a blank. Wasn't it ^H?

    Regardless, you can suspend your erudition and laugh (or not) at the joke.

  17. Re:Sore muscles on Tom's Hardware Reviews Multi-Display Gaming · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe multiple displays aren't designed for the game you were playing.

    The best fit that I can think of for this would be racing sims like Grand Prox Legends. A 3-headed display would give you lots of peripheral vision to see cars that got along side of you, but you wouldn't have to turn your head to see the car in detail; the mere glimpse of a car's presence and position would be enough.

  18. I guess one could say... on Tom's Hardware Reviews Multi-Display Gaming · · Score: 1

    that Flight Sim: A Century of Flight spans multiple decad^M^M^M^Misplays.

  19. Re:Musical Keyboard on Computers Replace Musicians In West End Musical · · Score: 1

    Hibbert: Is the alien carbon-based, or silicone-based?
    Homer: Uhhh... the second one. Zillifone.

  20. Re:Statistics on Desktop Linux Share Overtaking Macintosh · · Score: 2, Funny

    avoid relying on [surveys] too heavily. (Unfortunately govt.s often ignore this).

    I find the above statement highly dubious. Do you have a survey to support this?

  21. Re:If its a notebook on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 1

    It depends on the LCD. If you have a cheesy XGA LCD, you will see ghosting, but I don't see that issue on my PowerBook's LCD and I think current PC-land LCDs are starting to get close to Apple's.

    CRTs are better for games, but more in terms of color depth. For example, playing Thief on an LCD I had a hard time distinguishing objects in shadows, and there was no detail in objects and areas that were completely black.

  22. Re:Gaming laptops on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe you should move your head to a respectable viewing distance away from the monitor. Like, say, more than your current 5 inches.

  23. Re:DVI output on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 1

    Apple's PowerBooks have DVI output.

  24. Re:That is a LOT of money! on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 1

    And with UNIX underneath the GUI, you can add to that library the classic and venerabe nethack.

  25. Re:New Yorkers rejoicing with this news... on Linux Duracell CPU Load Monitor · · Score: 1

    Those meters are only painted on. I supppose you could instead buy a bunch and paint the yellow meter at different levels, then try flip them like an animation book to get "live readings".