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  1. Re:What is the point of scanning at such a high re on 600 PowerMacs Make One DVD · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I guess having a crazy high-res version will help when they scale it down for DVD/VHS/Broadcast.

  2. whynot.net? on Open Sourcing Innovation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because the site is down!

    Or...Because using .NET is embracing the Beast!

  3. Re:this is probably just stating the obvious, but. on Conectiva Linux 9 Review · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But it's penguin cum, and that makes a difference!

  4. Re:100KB, please on First Person Shooter - Under 100KBs of Code · · Score: 1

    I'm not putting them down. I'm saying that it is not the news slashdot says it is. And I've contributed plenty in the past (to open source) and continue to do so, so go away.

  5. 100KB, please on First Person Shooter - Under 100KBs of Code · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This game is dynamically linked to DirectX, which is a large program library. 3D Winamp visualizations are also small, because they don't have much rendering code in them either, but they're also not optimized very well (like a *real* engine such as Quake 3 or UT2004). Just because *your* "hello, world" is statically linked to the C++ library and mine isn't, doesn't make mine better because it's smaller.

    And procedural textures? The demo scene guys have been doing this for ages.

    This has left me underwhelmed.

  6. Re:What the...? on TUMIKI Fighters Takes Free PC Shmups Higher · · Score: 1

    For what it's worth, it runs quite well under WineX.

  7. Re:Use the RUNAS service on New Windows Vulnerability in Help System · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But that isn't a solution, it's a workaround for shitty software! In Linux I don't have to su to run UT2004 or Half-Life.

  8. Re:Privilege level on New Windows Vulnerability in Help System · · Score: 1

    And so how is that secure?

  9. Re:User settings storage in win32 on Zero Install: The Future of Linux on the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    If you build packages from source, there's often an option you can give the configure script to change where the program stores its system and per-user settings.

    Try ./configure --help next time and see if what's available.

  10. Poor guy on Loud Metallic Noise Heard at ISS · · Score: 5, Funny

    *BANG* Let me back in you assholes! This isn't funny!

  11. Re:Lets hope Corel doesn't screw this up. on Corel To Test WordPerfect For Linux · · Score: 1

    Agreed. If Windows ran on PPC I'm sure there'd be games for it.

  12. Re:Lets hope Corel doesn't screw this up. on Corel To Test WordPerfect For Linux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is just a guess (I'm not a game developer) but most Linux game ports do NOT work on Linux, they work on x86 Linux. I guess it's much easier to port a game to a different OS on the same architecture than to a different OS on a completely different arch.

  13. Re:This guy needs to lay off the marketing pills.. on Xbox Price Drop To $149 Now Official · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate to be a spelling nazi, but you misspelled pwned.

  14. Re:Here is a tip for the creators of this language on Prothon - A New Prototype-based Language · · Score: 1

    It's a pre-alpha software, so there's no tutorials or documentation written yet. So saying that you need a background in Prothon's parent language isn't such an unreasonable requirement.

  15. Re:What about simple drawing functionality ? on Gimp Hits 2.0 · · Score: 1

    I agree with your arc comments, but...
    1) The line drawing is nicer in photoshop because it gives you a better visual IMO.
    2) The circle selection/stroking method works well in Gimp 1.3/2.0, but it didn't seem to give you very good quality on =1.2

  16. Some good ideas... on Sun Wants to Make Linux 3D · · Score: 1

    ...but the flipping-through-your-cd-album is a bad idea. One of the nice things about computers is their ability to display lots of information, like a list of albums, on screen at once. This seems to be a much slower way of navigating your record collection.

  17. Re:Switch!!! on Nasty New Virus Variants · · Score: 1

    Actually, even virtual machines are exploitable. There was a really interesting article in Dr. Dobb's about utilizing flaws in the JVM to break out of Java's sandbox.

  18. Re:32% are any good? on Only 32% of Java developers really know Java · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps he considers C "functional" in that the basis for blocks of code is a function, as opposed to Java's basic block the class. Better words are procedural (as you say) or maybe function-oriented :)

  19. Re:And just what does this say to the Interviewee? on Only 32% of Java developers really know Java · · Score: 1

    Yes, what on earth is that problem supposed to say? In the first post I realized that some people who are new to Java don't know that you can't store primitives in collections. But with the longer explanation I'm thoroughly confused.

  20. Re:Cars, DVDs, what's the difference? on Congress May Force Revealing of Car Computer Secrets · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But if it is *my* car, why am I not allowed to know all the specs?

  21. Re:openoffice on Design a Virtual Office with Open Source? · · Score: 1

    I understand what the grandparent post means. My company does a lot of data analysis, and the tools are just not available in Office (Open* or MS*). We deal with lots of electrical data (currents, voltages, conductance, etc.), and so I've had to write various plugins & plugins to make the work go quickly.

  22. Re:You could waste even more time... on Pictorial and Written History of Bell Systems · · Score: 1

    The web site is called phone LOSERS, and you couldn't even spell the text of your link! Saints preserve us!

  23. Re:I carry wallet and keys. That's it. on What's in Your Gadget Bag, Cory? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, only less of a man.

  24. Re:Xen and opensource on Google, Amazon, and Beyond · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can you elaborate more on object vs document? I've always thought of my documents as objects when I code.

  25. Wow, misleading. on LGP brings back Loki, Kind Of · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is a very, very misleadingly titled article. Shame on you editors!