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  1. Re:Dear id Software, on ioquake3 1.36 Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    they are doing just that: http://www.quakelive.com/ but without the need for the CD

  2. Re:Well Colour Me Confused on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 2, Informative

    O2 are not owned by BT in any way shape or form - they bought out what used to be BT Cellnet but O2 is owned by Telefónica

  3. Re:Encryption not the magic bullet on Deep Packet Inspection and Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    all that means is the ISP bills you extra for access to encrypted data transfer.

  4. Re:Good... on Govt. Report Slams FBI's Internal Network Security · · Score: 1

    that's what they want you to think. its a honeypot trap!

  5. Jon Romero on The 100 Most Influential Women in Gaming · · Score: 5, Funny

    That John Romero chick is HOT

  6. Re:The "adventures" of Young Luke? on Star Wars 3D And TV · · Score: 1

    "and reveal how certain characters ended up together."

    i take this as meaning that they'll do a story on how han and chewie get together, which according to all the star wars fiction that has been published (that lucas pretty much raped with his prequils) han saved chewie from slavery while he was training to be an imperial pilot.

    that in itself could make an excellent story if lucas sticks to it, but no doubt he'll end up writing a story thats designed around the potential computer game spin off, where han had to jump from tree to tree and eat some mushrooms to grow bigger, then at the end rescues chewie from an evil turtle.

  7. panda? on From Carnivore to Herbivore · · Score: 1

    didnt the pandas used to be meat eaters, but made a bad evolutionary step and now have to spend 80% of their waking time chewing bamboo.

  8. local government on Japanese Govt Boosts OSS Developments · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i think its very important that local government start initatives like this, as they are able to put money back into the local economy rather than giving it to large corporations, often in the case of europe - in other countries. this is a win-win situation as far as local government is concerned, local employees providing local services. re-investing back into the community they are supporting.

  9. off the hook on Sources of Intelligent Audio for Commute? · · Score: 1

    sometimes it can be pretty pointless, but i used to listen to off-the-hook on long drives. a good way to catch up with some of the more geeky events of the week.

  10. Re:First?!? on Netscape Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    yeah but who is stupid enough to agree to a deal like that without looking at the business plan in the first place. come on if you are stupid to do a "freebie" deal then at least make sure the contract gets you SOMETHING if there is no money involved.

    i dont know the full extent of the contract or situation, but having dealt with situations like this before - its always worth making sure you think a bit "outside the box" before agreeing to "share profit"

  11. Re:Never fails on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 2, Funny

    actually, here in serbia driving a yugo means its more likely that your neighbours will break into your car to steal spare parts that they desperately need for their car...

  12. it doesnt just happen in america on Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Camcorder Bill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ive seen camjobs from all over the world. this wont stop anything, but make the lawmakers feel they are doing a better job.

    still leaks happen most commonly in the far east (when they are sent off for screenings and translations), ive seen untold numbers of cam and telesyncs from the far east.

    this really wont stop piracy at all, its just another thing thats making america even more of a police state.

  13. how is this different from my voodoo2 cards? on Running Video Cards in Parallel · · Score: 1

    i had dual voodoo 2 cards that were linked together with a special cable to make them run in SLI (scan line interlacing) mode. quake certainly ran a lot faster once i got the second one installed.

  14. Re:Testing?? on NASA Ames Research To Close Largest Windtunnels · · Score: 1
    With both of the Mars rovers practically on the launch pad (one lauches in June, one in July) isn't it a bit late to test the parachutes now? Have they found another last minute metric convertion error??


    see this is one of the reasons a windtunnel is better than software. if there is a problem in software you might never know until the real "stress test" happens, but a wind tunnel is a practical stress test - where the environment is replicated using real physics as much as possible (rather than software physics).