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  1. They aren't trying to prevent strategy guide. on Nintendo Sues "Daily Radar" Owners For Pokemon Shots · · Score: 1

    They have their own licensed guide that this one is competing with. Imagine stole the cover from the official one as well as other artwork inside.

    Vermifax

  2. Re:Imagine Media on Nintendo Sues "Daily Radar" Owners For Pokemon Shots · · Score: 1

    It isn't the news magazines they care about. It is the competeing product to their official strategy guide. Imagine has published a competing product in it's Unofficial guide, but they didn't do any work, they just lifted artwork and the cover whole. They then also had a copyright disclaimer saying the whole contents of the Unofficial guide was copyright Imagine media. Screenshots for news/reviews would be fair use. This obviously isn't either of those.

    Vermifax

  3. NOT A TROLL READ!!!! on MySQL FS · · Score: 1
    This is not a troll, SQL does not stand for Structured query language. This is widely missunderstood

    http://foldoc.efnet.org/cgi-bin/foldoc.cgi?SQL

    quote "According to Allen G. Taylor, SQL does *not* stand for "Structured Query Language". That, like "SEQUEL" (and its pronunciation /see'kw*l/), was just another unofficial name for a precursor of SQL. "

    Vermifax

  4. Most real musicians have gone underground-Fallacy on Free Books Online · · Score: 1

    Ok, you don't like current industry supported rock, natch. However, this says nothing about whether these people are real musicians or not. Another obvious example would be that I have seen few underground orchestras, and members of orchestras and are about as real as musicians get.

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  5. Companies are paying for subscribtion based.... on Could .NET Render An MS Breakup Verdict Irrelevant? · · Score: 1

    services. Most mainframe software is licensed by the year.

    Vermifax

  6. This is macrovision,.. on Watermarks, Holograms as DVD CSS Replacement · · Score: 2
    ...and it exists on near every DVD player not just the PS2.

    http://www.macrovision.com

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  7. Re:The X-Box Rox on Want To Playtest An Xbox? · · Score: 1

    Not to be pedantic, but don't the buttons move :)

    Vermifax

  8. Censor?!? you need to watch the video for Conker on Nintendo Buying Sega? Or Not? · · Score: 1

    I mean there are penis jokes in it and a re-enactment of one of the saving private ryan battle scenes. Watch videos at. http://ign64.ign.com/previews/13960.html

    Vermifax

  9. Let me get this straight on Student Suspended For Taking Teacher's Challenge · · Score: 2

    The teacher suggests breaking the law (even as a joke) and the kid is the only one to get in trouble. Another hypothetical teacher says well maybe you should try robbing a bank. Kid does it. I would expect the teacher to be charged as an accomplice. I expect though, the school district will hold to the line that the teacher was joking, and privately chew him out for drawing attention to the school in a bad manner.

    Vermifax

  10. Re:The French are paranoid about their culture on DVD Zoning Enforced In Law · · Score: 1

    "We have the most beautiful language" Well, French is indeed beautiful, but Gaelic is about 5 times more so, in my opinion. Especially when sung.

    Vermifax

  11. INCORRECT. MGSX is a re-done MGS one. on PlayStation 2 Software Synopsis · · Score: 1

    The creator of the game himself has said this.

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  12. why.... on Up, Up, Down, Down: Part Two · · Score: 1

    Because 20 somethings play video games? People older than me play golf, which is just another game. My retired grandma plays bridge every day with her assisted living buddies. Same activity, just different format. You need a bit more info to support the idea that 20 somethings are acting less like adults and more like teenagers.

    Vermifax

  13. Re:I believe it was... on Up, Up, Down, Down: Part Two · · Score: 1

    Gahhh.. It was (For 1 player) Up,up,down,down,left,right,left,right,b,a,start (For 2 players) Up,up,down,down,left,right,left,right,b,a,select,s tart The select just made the game two players.

    Vermifax

  14. Re:Akira != Good on Akira on DVD? It Might Happen · · Score: 1

    Just wanted to agree with your clarification of my idea and point out that I was being self-referential. ...OUR ...minds :) I too thought that Akria was God's gift to animation, and maybe it was, but I am still not hyped about the DVD.

    Vermifax

  15. Net Tetris....which one do you play? on Part One: Up, Up, Down, Down · · Score: 1

    no really....just curious.

    Vermifax

  16. Re:Correction on Part One: Up, Up, Down, Down · · Score: 1

    Nah, that's only if you want two players. All the select does is move the little widget to the 2 player selection.

    Vermifax

  17. Re:Akira != Good on Akira on DVD? It Might Happen · · Score: 1

    I agree heartily. I think much of the attraction of Akira is that it was the first movie that turned a lot of the microculture on to anime years ago. Great animation, bad story. It just simply blew away our poor little scooby-doo minds. I think a lot of people have latched on to the feeling they first had when they saw it. I can only think of it as someone who never saw a car other than a yugo, and when the first time they saw a honda how awesome that was because it was so much better than a yugo. Now, they know that mercedes exist but they still remember when they first saw a honda and think it's as good as the mercedes. Quite possibly I'm over-pretentious and full of it, however I just do not think Akira compares to some of the anime we have now.

    Vermifax

  18. Maybe I'm unclued but.... on Internet Usage Records Accessible Under FOI Laws · · Score: 1

    ...why not just have the logs expire after seven days? If you run into problems just temporarily increase expiration?

    Vermifax

  19. I'd have to dig out the sheet..... on Intellectual Property Issues In College? · · Score: 1

    ....but it said something along the lines of anything created on/with IBM time and resources. Now I'm not an R&D guy, they might have to sign over their brain upon death for all I know.

    Vermifax

  20. Re:Nader on And The Winner Is... Nobody! · · Score: 1

    Yup and CNN has shown how good the exit polls are haven't they?

    Vermifax

  21. Re:What takes up all the floor space? on IBM Takes #1 w/ASCI White · · Score: 1

    Hello, it's called picturesque speach. I am responsible for a 20 node sp as well as an 8 node sp. I was speaking strictly in dimensions for someone who has never seen them.

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  22. IBM just calls them processors. on IBM Takes #1 w/ASCI White · · Score: 1

    So 8192 processors.

    Vermifax

  23. Re:What takes up all the floor space? on IBM Takes #1 w/ASCI White · · Score: 2

    The nodes themselves are just regular tower sized rs/6000 (ok yes turned sideways) If they are wide nodes and in a standard sp frame, you can fight 8 stacked in a frame. Each fram is say 6 or so feet high and 4.5 feet square (approx.)

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  24. er multiprocessor nodes..512 16 processor nodes. on IBM Takes #1 w/ASCI White · · Score: 1

    goofed there

    Vermifax

  25. Re:PEs would be better on IBM Takes #1 w/ASCI White · · Score: 1

    There are multiple nodes...This is an IBM SP

    Vermifax