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  1. Re:Common knowledge? on Hacking Vodka · · Score: 1

    actually the biggest reason for hangover is dehydration.

  2. Re:Detroit on Stern Will Jump To Sirius In 2006 · · Score: 1

    Dahl is horrible. Boring unfunny. His old partner though Gary Meier was great. Will agree about Buzz though. Really I dislike the "shock" jocks like Stern and Mancow. But Dahl is not a good counterpoint to showcase actual funny.

  3. Re:Stop the Hate on FFXI / ISP Incompatibility Shuts Users Out · · Score: 1

    and I am sure SOE also does not mind people migrating from SWG to EQ2 when it comes out... they still get cash

  4. Re:Well Blow Me Down! on Spinach May Soon Power Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Are they any worse than alcohol addicted ones?(yes I realize alcohol is also a drug). Addiction of any substance is not a good thing, but is pot any worse than any of the legal drugs we pump ourselves full of on a regular basis? (Alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, Rx meds, OTC drugs). The problem with your drug addicted teens is not the drugs. Even if drug enforcement worked these kids have other problems and would find some way to escape their problems for a while, like self mutilation or DIY narcotics like huffing paint.

  5. Re:Makes perfect sense... on Audio Processing on Your Graphics Card? · · Score: 1

    I am guessing that you read all of your PDF files in internet explorer. When using the plug in for IE, yes the pages take forever to draw. It is very snappy though if you download the file and let the regular exe open the file.

  6. Re:Mortal Combat on Acclaim Entertainment Files for Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    Uhhhhhh Mortal Kombat is owned by Midway. Acclaim did some of the ports in the early console days.

  7. Re:Okay, maybe Mark Cuban was right on Movie Playback From 1TB Holographic Disc · · Score: 1

    I do not think you are giving 5.1 a fair shake. I currently have a 5.1 setup, and no it is not a "home theater in a box". Stereo sound is fine for most DVDs and music but there are some soundtracks that are done really well and convey decent directional sound. It can really envelope you instead of the full frontal assualt you get from a pair of speakers in front of you. A really good example of this is not a DVD but the SACD 30th anniversary of Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. The multichannel area of the disc is stellar and proves it is more than a gimmick.

  8. Battlefield Earth on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 1

    Followed closely by Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

  9. Re:DDR - spinoff on EVO2K4 Competition Shows Off Crazed Street Fighter Skills · · Score: 1

    No it did not. I played the original SF for a very long time. It has the joystick and the six push buttons, the same setup as SFII etc...

  10. Re:Ah... I can't... oh no... on Doom 3 Reaches Gold Master, Due August 5th · · Score: 1

    yeah when I first loaded the map without tweaking I got about 5-8 FPS with nothing going on. Then when MObs showed up it dropped to total slideshow. Tweaking the conf files bumped it up to 20 FPS but still tanked when MObs appeared

  11. Re:Ah... I can't... oh no... on Doom 3 Reaches Gold Master, Due August 5th · · Score: 2, Informative

    uhhhh....I played that alpha also with an Athlon XP 1800 and an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro with 128 MB of RAM. It was nowhere near playable. Best I ever got was 20 FPS until more than one MOb got on screen then it dropped to 1 FPS. So it seems really odd that you found it playable on a celeron 400 and a Geforce 2 MX

  12. Re:"Surfboards?" on Star Wars Episode III : Birth Of The Empire · · Score: 1

    I'm going to complain about the scene where the Power Puff Girls come riding in on three identical My Little Ponies and shoot frickin' lasers out of their eyes at C3P0....

    Now do not start giving Lucas any more ideas, he might just use them.

  13. Re:Furthermore ... on Anti-Frostidigitation: Heatpipe Gloves · · Score: 1

    But what better way to go than warm and fuzzy ;)

  14. Re:Bad Idea on id Says 60fps Is Enough For Doom III · · Score: 1

    Most ppl can notice the flicker of a fluorescent lamp and that's like 100-120Hz (depending on AC).

    Actually a fluorescent light runs at 60Hz. The voltage is in the 120 range. Try setting a desk lamp on your monitor.

  15. Re:200,000 Million? on Google Turns 5 · · Score: 1

    Actually if you are Chinese its "Mu"

  16. Re:slashdotted already on Chinese "Dragon" Chip On Sale · · Score: 1

    Good thing most of us are not in mainland china ;)

  17. Re:Magic spells on Square Enix Standalone TV Sword Mayhem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I drunk yet?

  18. Motorcycle on What's Your (non-tech) Hobby? · · Score: 1

    I love riding through back roads that twist and turn. Oh, and cute women LOVE guys on bikes. ;)

  19. Re:Not my Honda... :-( on 42-Volt Autos · · Score: 1

    How well does it still run?

  20. Re:More accidents? on 42-Volt Autos · · Score: 1

    I have seen far worse. On Rt 88 in morning rush hour traffic I witnessed someone eatin a bowl of something(oatmeal, cereal, malt- o- meal).

  21. Re:Redundant??? on QBASIC Programming for Dummies · · Score: 1

    Wow your school sucked I also graduated in 95 and we had Basic, Pascal, and X86 ASM.

  22. Re:Maybe not such bad news for NetFlix on Wal-Mart Enters NetFlix's Business · · Score: 1

    It was pretty popular for Wal-mart when opening new stores in small towns, before they were busted for it.

    They still do it. When the Super Wal-Mart opened in my are they were selling cases of Dr. Pepper for $4 until most of the smaller grocery stores either could not compete with the prices or had to go out of business entirely. Now the prices are on average $6.

  23. Re:The only problem is on PeltierBeer · · Score: 1

    And suppose I were to buy some Guinness...how the hell else would I drink it? They only sell it in cans!

    Nope. Guinness can also be purchased in bottles

  24. Re:PSP UMD vs. GameCube Mini-DVD on Sony's PSP Handheld Storage Media Pictured · · Score: 1

    Actually there was. The standard mini disc holds 140 MB of data

    minidisc.org

    The data side of the format seemed to catch on less than the audio side did(which is not much anyway, sadly)

  25. Re:Backlight? on GBA Afterburner Creators Announce Stealth Link · · Score: 1

    Two things about install.

    One: you do not need a triwing screwdriver you can pick up a 1/16" standard screwdriver from Sears hardware for $3.

    Two: Installation without a Dremel is possible if you have a sturdy utility knife. A Dremel would speed up the install.