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  1. Re:Secondary Audio Program? on FBI Watching Oracle-SAP Trial · · Score: 1

    Ugh PFW...only one site left to switch to SAP...PFW is a PITA, would've been tolerable if they'd at least used a REAL database backend.

  2. Re:Can get even worse on The Binary Code In Canada's Gov-Gen Coat of Arms · · Score: 4, Funny

    I got this tattoo on my forehead that says "poor impulse control"

  3. Re:Title failure on How Star Wars Trumped Star Trek For Scientific Accuracy · · Score: 1

    As opposed to slowing down time if you feel like it?

  4. Vaccuum ships? on The Second Age of Airships · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If Helium rises because it is less dense, would it be possible to force a balloon open, using some sort of supports, and end up with essentially a balloon filled with nothing, and thus able to rise? Or is this beyond current material science?

  5. Re:They didn't fix a lot of things on BSOD Issues On Deepwater Horizon · · Score: 1, Insightful

    As opposed to the Democrats?

  6. Re:Figures on Last Roll of Kodachrome Processed · · Score: 2, Informative

    A viewmaster?

  7. Oh no! on Why Designers Hate Crowdsourcing · · Score: 5, Funny

    But...the unwashed masses might PICK THE WRONG FONT...the horror...the horror...

  8. Re:Bah humbug on Breakthrough In Stem Cell Culturing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whoops had to comment to remove the accidental -ve modifying (mouse wheeling the dialog instead of the page)

  9. Re:My government doesn't listen to me on CRTC Approves Usage Based Billing In Canada · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Bell is like Oh Noes our backhaul can't handle all this evil traffic! But at the same time, guess who's launching their own TV-over-IP services?

  10. Re:Got it on CRTC Approves Usage Based Billing In Canada · · Score: 1

    And there is one of the big problems with the CRTC allowing this. So sure, wholesalers that don't even use Bell's internet pipe, but provide their own, must play by the rules, but Bell can offer their retail customers a deal for $5.

    Personally I'd like to see last mile run as a utility, then you find your own ISP.

  11. Watch out for Aviads! on Japanese Spacecraft Bringing Back Space Rock · · Score: 1

    They've been wandering around there lately.

  12. Re:Lame on An Early Look At Next-Gen Shooter Bodycount · · Score: 1

    That sounds like Red Faction:Guerilla, though you can't assemble things - but it does have all the structural stuff you're referring to.

  13. Re:so long... on Toshiba Ends Incandescent Bulb Production After 120 Years · · Score: 1

    CFL only lighting ignores certain negative factors, like three year olds obsessed with light switches....install $5 light bulb that's supposed to last a bazillion hours...leave the room. click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click poof....install $5 light bulb that's supposed to last a bazillion hours...leave the room. click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click poof

    I don't think I'm saving money or carbon emissions this way.

    And if you take a break from bending over to enjoy your own farts you'll realize that CFL's are in fact quite harsh at times and not nearly as pleasant as the evil incandecsent bulbs.

  14. At least there's less bitching on Genre Wars — the Downside of the RPG Takeover · · Score: 1

    One positive, though I miss visiting regular servers, is that you don't log into some new server only to find all these arbitrary limitations on what equipment you can use. (No martyrdom here pal, oh and no "noob tube", oh and if you kill us with anything else we'll ban that too...)

  15. Uh what? on Review: Eufloria · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Reading that review was kind of like reading and reviews or something, I give it a 5 out of A. If you like games then the review. But it was good.

  16. Edge on Rest In Print, Gaming Journalism · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think I got stung by the cancellation of like 3 gaming mags, each worst than the last, when I actually tried to subscribe to one. So I gave up for awhile.

    Then, after the third month in a row, buying this "Edge" magazine deal from the UK for like $18.95 at Chapters, I finally pulled the trigger and subscribed. (expensive still but a lot cheaper than chapters)

    Worth a shot if you're on this side of the pond and looking for something to read on the crapper!

    Edge is the best gaming magazine I've read in years, it reminds me of the old Next Gen, but is probably better than that. You get previews where they, GASP, actually dare to say a game looks like it's probably going to suck. The reviews are well done, and they seem to use the full 1-10 scale. Plus you get long interesting articles on a variety of game industry stuff; retrospectives of older games, in depth looks at various game houses etc.

    And it's actually more than a 10 page flyer! And not stuffed with ads.

    It's just so expensive (like $80-$90 per year in Canada), but on the other hand it's pretty much the only mag I buy.

  17. Re:I said this... on Electronic Gaming Monthly Coming Back · · Score: 0, Troll

    Have to have something to read while taking a dump!

  18. Re:For fuck's sake, people! on The Sims 3 Racks Up Over 180,000 Downloads Prior To Release · · Score: 1

    Wow you are like so rebellious and really stand out from the minless zombie sheep! I applaud your individuality! Thank you for saving us from the scourg

  19. Re:Amusing story on US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016 · · Score: 1

    That's 5.6 liters/100km in Canada. A lot of cars seem to be in the 7-9 range. I wonder - are they going with silly existing measurements? Our family vehicle was rated at 8.8 lt/100km, and after a year or so the real mileage seems to be 13.4 lt/100km. It might get 10 on an extended highway drive at a reasonable speed.

  20. Re:Convert? on Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think most complaints are about the Federal Government. State governments can be bad as well, but when you get down to the municipal level, things can get a lot more efficient.

  21. Re:This just screams "tourist trap" on Florida To Build Solar-Powered City · · Score: 1

    I want to move there and live there, but immigration would be an issue I assume (as a Canadian). So i'll probably have to wait until retirement and live their P/T like all the other snowbirds :)

  22. *sigh* on Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In · · Score: 1

    I forgot today was don't-bother-going-on-the-internet-day!

    Though come to think of it; it's Zero Punctuation day, on April Fool's day. Wonder if we'll get something fun!

  23. Gimp is good! on Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional 2nd Ed · · Score: 1

    I've been using Gimp (on Windows) for quite awhile, even use it for some 2D games and such. It's actually fairly easy to use. Now I've actually managed to click with Blender...tried it a few times over the years and I just couldn't quite "get it". But now that I'm rolling along with that it's quite exciting to be able to do so much for free! Especially since Autodesk seems to own everything else; so it doesn't look like affordable commercial packages will be out any time soon. I may have to donate to both of the projects, assuming they take donations. I own Zbrush 3, which looks like to will work well with Blender now that I know what I'm doing (somewhat). Yay OSS! Still using Windows there, so :P

  24. Re:management doesn't enable him, they fear him. on Are Quirky Developers Brilliant Or Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    And we should wear robes, with hoods! And carry staffs...glowy ones (maybe wifi enabled?)

  25. Re:In Canada on VoIP Legal Status Worldwide? · · Score: 2, Informative

    In theory it is free; in practice (Ontario anyways), Bell is the gate keeper. And they don't really keep their gates fixed up very well, actually the gates are more like doggie doors and you can only fit half a person through per month (then they charge you extra). There are also a few cable companies - they have garage doors, but they might only let one person in at a time. (Fortunately we still have some resellers of DSL to help out, they'll give you a few gates and generally distract the gatekeeper while you get your stuff through...though Bell is on to them and with the help of the CRTC they might just close that "hole")