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  1. Re:don't forget Mars is on the horizon... on Apollo 11's 35th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    No, I don't see. Your link doesn't work.

  2. Re:When I look back at 35 years.... on Apollo 11's 35th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    Because it costs a damn lot?

  3. Re:Comments from a droid engineer on Post-Anniversary, Star Wars Galaxies Analyzed · · Score: 1

    I thank you for progressing "naturally" through your profession. I'm on my way to Medic, and I'm trying the same thing. I despise tumbling for Med XP and the other lame things that go on. Medical centers are full of AFK characters all healing one guy who's constantly hurting himself for money. People with real wounds walk in, see 20 people standing around, and still don't get healed.

    I'm attempting to do my medic skills in a more natural fashion. If I'm out with my PA hunting, and someone gets hurt, I'll heal them. I'll get my XP, they'll get healed, the fight goes on. The way things should be.

    I believe the true cost of player cities, though, was the emptying of the game cities. A medic should be able to hang out in a medical center and heal stragglers that come in. But the only place where that works is Coronet, because every other city is empty.

    PAs are the way to go, IMO.

  4. Re:Ugh.. on Post-Anniversary, Star Wars Galaxies Analyzed · · Score: 1

    No, gameplay is the most important part of a game.

  5. Re:Monitoring demand on Doom 3 Gets Info On Demo, Linux, DVD, Xbox · · Score: 1

    You can't track downloads of a file? Then why am I looking at my site stats now with "number of times downloaded" by each file?

  6. Re:Monitoring demand on Doom 3 Gets Info On Demo, Linux, DVD, Xbox · · Score: 1

    In the US, the Linux version of Q3 was released months later than the Windows version, and sold for a "new" price, while other copies had already been marked down.

  7. Re:The arrogant 3% is at it again on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    Note the part where I say "their reference is how it feels outside". When people set their ovens, 350 is a nice number anyway. No problems there.

  8. Re:The dangers of money and power on ICANN Study Slams Verisign · · Score: 1

    There's no reason to switch around. OpenNIC recognizes the standard .com, .org, and .net, just like ICANN does. Once you switch, the only visible change is to add a few .something TLDs.

  9. Re:Slashdotted? on eBay Running Trial for Downloadable Music · · Score: 1

    Same here, nothing.

  10. Re:Par for the course on eBay Running Trial for Downloadable Music · · Score: 1

    Consumers do own duplication rights. They don't own distribution rights.

  11. Re:FUD on eBay Running Trial for Downloadable Music · · Score: 1

    Contact your state Attorney General. Palm wouldn't send me a rebate check one time, so I e-mailed my AG and they jumped on it for me. Took a while, but Palm ended up sending me a bunch of free merchandise.

  12. Re:You know who has even more than you? on eBay Running Trial for Downloadable Music · · Score: 1

    I don't think copyright prevents you from making a copy, or that fair use negates that in some cases. Once you have the copy, you can do whatever you like with it, other than those rights granted solely to the copyright holder. Since the right to copy is not granted solely as part of copyright, you can copy it all you want. It's distribution that's illegal, not copying.

  13. Re:The arrogant 3% is at it again on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    It's also damned convenient for measuring everyday temperatures. In general human experience, it doesn't get much below 0F, or much above 100F. So 0 is at the "really freakin' cold" end of the scale, where 100 is at the "really freakin' hot end". When people talk about temperatures on an everyday basis, their reference is how it feels outside, not the boiling point of water or absolute zero.

    Fahrenheit is just more convenient for day-to-day living, which is why people who are used to it have a hard time switching to Celsius.

  14. Re:4800 Degrees Fahrenheit? on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    Am I missing something? This is a NASA program, not a DOD one. All these comments mention the DOD and military funding.

  15. Re:why is this public knowledge? on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    What? The speed of sound increases with pressure. The air is less dense up there, so the sound goes slower. In space, there's no air, so sound doesn't go at all.

  16. Re:why is this public knowledge? on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    That was military; this is NASA. They didn't keep it a secret that they could launch satellites into space, either. It's a research endeavor, not a military operation.

  17. Re:Always a good time to mention the EFF on RIAA Sends Letter to Senate Supporting INDUCE Act · · Score: 1

    Don't send form letters to your senators and representatives. Take their points, if you want, but don't just print and mail. Write your own letter.

  18. Re:Firefox. on Mozilla Foundation Turns 1 · · Score: 1

    Actually, you don't even need the "--update". "emerge mozilla" will upgrade it just fine.

  19. Re:The catch on Mozilla Foundation Turns 1 · · Score: 1

    Like AMG. Ugh, I used to love browsing through there, but they just released their site "upgrade", making things even more obtuse and non-standards-compliant than before.

  20. Re:It's just too difficult! on Advice for Developers: Make Common Usage Easy · · Score: 1

    In my representative's office, all letters (and e-mails) are opened, read, and entered into the database, where they are later replied to and tallied. Personally-written ones get better responses, and get more attention.

  21. Re:Is he sure he knows what he's talking about? on Firefox Undocumented Settings Compilation · · Score: 1

    It's probably a typo. I doubt he sat there at his keyboard thinking "Hmm, now is this left, or is this right? Let me see..... I'll go with right."

  22. Re:Doom 3 is too close on S3 DeltaChrome S4 Graphics Chip Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Where do you see this? I went to the S3 site, and the only DeltaChrome drivers I could find were WinXP. I didn't see any source, either.

  23. Re:Mozilla support is coming on Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost · · Score: 1

    Doesn't work.

  24. Re:Yahoo on What is Your Favorite RSS Reader? · · Score: 1

    Seconded. It's far from perfect, but it's good enough for what I use it for.

  25. Re:Conclusion on StorageTek Blocks 3rd Party Maintenance with DMCA · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's a good idea, actually. I really hope someone sues Microsoft for copying their content to hand out in a board meeting or something.