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  1. Re:Design? on Declawing Windows: Impossible? · · Score: 1

    "Isn't it a mark of a good design when a system is modular?"

    when its only modular with your own products perhaps

  2. Re:Shoulder buttons did it to me on Thumbs Are the New Fingers for GameBoy Youth · · Score: 1

    ive never felt comfartable with shoulder buttons, i have, twist my hand/thumb to align the index finger perpendicular to my thumb. the N64 got it right with the "gun" style (im still suprised the press never got onto that, not that i noticed anyway) and with the dreamcast, those are much more comfortable than the gba/snes/nes/gc/proper n64 shoulders

  3. Re:Okay . . . on Shuttle SS50 Mini-system · · Score: 1

    "... serve to higher the monitor to a comfortable viewing height (I'm 6'5'' BTW) ..."

    wouldnt getting a shorter chair be easier than standing up to use your PC? ;)

  4. Re:Serious benfits? on New, Flexible CDs Arrive · · Score: 1

    i meant in the rolled up sense. a thinner CD has more obvious benifits(well, in the space consumption sense) than one that's wobbly

  5. Serious benfits? on New, Flexible CDs Arrive · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What are the real benifits of a flexible cd? we dont need jewel cases to keep them straight? they surely cant take up any less space, roll a bit of cardboard up, does it now take up less space? i thought not.

    aside from frisbee related injuries, i cant see any benifit, just as i couldnt see any point to flexible keyboards (i never had a wobbly desk, and if i did, id take a power sander to it)

  6. Re:Now we know where to land on Lots of Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    could pretty easily be converted into the second safest place in the solar system

    aside from the evil little green men!

  7. Re:Just use PINE and... on Tracking Spam to the Source · · Score: 2, Funny

    i just close my eyes and hope it goes away.

    luckily outlook crashes before i open my eyes again. (karma whoring microsoft bashing there, i find it moderatly stable nowadays)

  8. Re:A few corrections on Carmack: Lord of the Games · · Score: 1

    Bubble bobble had the best co-op i can remember

  9. finished their job. on Doubleclick Exits The Ad-Tracking Business · · Score: 2, Funny

    so, theyve collected all the information after tracking us for years. dont need any more information, therefore, stopping tracking us.

    a company that has finished business on the internet after doing what they planned? somethings not quite right...

  10. to survive on Preview the New Napster · · Score: 2, Insightful

    napster(the owners) should have sold their trademark/domain. its a VERY well known brand (a lot of generic people on the street -not literal- know the brand)

    oh well. <awaits "napster closes down" before march 02>

  11. Re:Just buy the GBA to TV Adaptor if its hard to s on GBA Getting Bluetooth · · Score: 2, Insightful

    oddly enough, the screen is pretty damn good outside (natural light). which is where its portability comes in useful. (outside)

  12. ..because 5% of domains are in netsol limbo on 5% of the Net is Unreachable · · Score: 1

    id imagine 5% of domains that expired months ago still exist in network solutions whording of expired domains, unresolveble, unregisterable

  13. i found a cheat once! on Finding Cheat Codes For A Living · · Score: 1

    a previously unpublished one for james pond 2: robocod (mega drive version at least)

    it occurerd when trying to do another cheat, but hitting the buttons in the wrong order. i assume this is what these people do for a living.

    originally i assumed it came from playtesters who found bugs, but didnt report them, and then sold the rights to the cheat afterwards ;]

  14. Re:Why is it? on 'Q' Plays US GameCube Games · · Score: 1

    and why dont we i europe get anything on time!

    lifes a bitch :P

  15. the solution for sony on Sony vs Modchips · · Score: 1

    the majority of people using modchips etc for region free dvd playback, importing games, are people in europe?

    pal problems, big tax hikes, even high import tax charges (which normally turn out cheaper than buying retail at home anyway).

    has anyone thought of releasing a system less than 6->9 months in europe after the US/JAP releases?

    if we could get our hands on games now, we would, we cant, so we find a way to get our games now (without handling...)

  16. Re:Downloadable ROMS? on SNES Portable · · Score: 1

    lik-sang.com THE hong kong importers. the actual flash stuff (most popular at least) comes from visoly.com

  17. Re:Microsoft at their best on Strong Hints On Flashing Your Xbox · · Score: 1

    "... in previous BIOS versions."

    oh dear, why would there be previous bios', because they intend to flash these things :[

    the consolepc bridge loses another step :/

  18. Done before, ish on Salon Goes For Annoying Jump-Through Ads · · Score: 1
    bananalotto have been doing this for about a year now. you pick your numbers, and to enter, click one of 3 adverts. a window pops up which processes your entry, and the main window goes to the ad.

    funded their winners, and i think theyre still going pretty strong.

    just in case anyone was wondering, ive won 3 times (x3 numbers) thats £1.50! ($2-3?)

  19. i love my job on Are There Any Fun Tech Jobs Left? · · Score: 1
    ive recently been hired by a game developer in the UK. it meant moving out, moving half way across the country and living by myself [for a while anyway] but it really is fun. our core game stuff inst ready yet (ps2 title) so i spend a lot of my day working on my own projects or doing the odd usefull demo/test/routine for something that will be used in the game (pathfinding for example)

    lunchtime is spent on cs/wolf/q3/4p game boy linkups/gamecubes. then i go home at 6, happy, get home, and spend more time being a geek (gba dev)

    i was lucky in finding my job, in the sense that the director found me (my cv through google) and hired me on a fantastic salary (twice that which an 18 year old should be on for his first job :) and i naturarlly accepted it. game dev is the most challenging and motivated work ever.

    course, i didnt have to read a book on how to code right after i was hired...

  20. sim mmorpg on Simsville Canceled · · Score: 1
    excuse me for being ignorant, in that i havent read about sims online, but they should really make a giant server (or server[s] per country) and have everyone build a city in their own country. making a world wide network of cities.

    seeing as they run themselves (or in my case, run, filled with smog and invaded by protestors) the whole "world" of cities would be for ever working, you could log on, check things, and try to steal inhabitants from neighbouring cities (other peoples own cities)

    course, it might be a bit costly to have these cities running themselves, for a long time.

    just a thought, i always wanted to move in/expand my city to the neighbouring ones (sc2000)

  21. as long as its not all cliche episodes on Combining The Simpsons with MarioCart · · Score: 1
    and has some orignallity to it, unlike virtual springfield, this might be quite interesting.

    course your always gonna get someone who says "nintendo, in simpsons kart, doctor marvin monroe runs over poochie, yet dr monroe died before poochie was invented. heh, are we to beleive this is a time traveling game? i hope someone got fired for that one"

  22. Re:Organization... time to organize. on Open Source Needs Leadership? · · Score: 1
    "We need people who are business-oriented and not technical to run the organization."

    maybe if theres a propaganda side that needs filling out, but im not sure by "leaders" he meant PR.

    i was gonna say perhaps linux needs a proper standards group to keep everyone focused at one goal. but then thats not what linux needs is it? gargh, im not sure now. i was going to say you need someone/group to work on the "desktop" and ui side of things, one on technology, etc.

    maybe i dont have a clue :]

  23. what about europe? on Nintendo Announces Gamecube Launch Numbers · · Score: 1
    once again we're left out. unthought of, the "other lot".

    no doubt half of those 1.1m unit in NA are gonna get exported to us.

    why does this go on eh?

    oh, ive just been employed by a gamedev group, and the gamecube kit is great :] (imo)

  24. brings a whole new meaning to crash on Text to Speech Software Copies Any Human Voice · · Score: 2
    genghis kahn screaming at meas windows crashes on debug again

    anyways, most dead celebrities' voices can be sampled off bill and ted's excellent adventure :]

  25. god knows where it comes from on hotmail on What Makes You "High Risk" For SPAM? · · Score: 2
    i signed up to a hotmail account the other day(and suprisingly fatgraham@hotmail hadnt been taken) to get a "passport" for the wince source, and the first piece of spam i got was from, fatgraham@msn.com... (i didnt make the effort to fnind the headers, but you get my point)

    considering i hadnt used it yet (to put in forms/pasted on a site etc) i was kinda suprised (or maybe i wasnt) that it came from me. albeit at msn.com

    although that spam was probably funding hotmail :]