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  1. Re:OCR on Semacode - Hyperlinks For The Real World · · Score: 1

    I guarantee Joe Sixpack will have a phone with the CPU power for OCR before he is convinced to carry a barcode scanner, or anyone is convinced to deploy barcode signs.

  2. OCR on Semacode - Hyperlinks For The Real World · · Score: 1

    You could do that, or you could just use plaintext URLs and equip your cameraphone with OCR capability.

  3. Re:google translation - have fun. on "Decryption" of Bush Memo · · Score: 1

    The result of its efforts - "conduits on a purely deprived basis"

    A self-referential comment by the translation software?

  4. Walmart on On Retailers And Videogame Pricing · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think part of the higher prices at Walmart is that they don't mark down older games, or wait much longer to do so. New games go on the shelves at similar prices to EB or Gamestop, but when the others have long since marked down titles to $20-30, Walmart still has them at $50.

  5. GFFX 5200 on Energy Efficient Graphics Processors? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Most versions of the Geforce FX 5200 (non-Ultra) run fanless, which should speak to its relative energy efficiency. It also runs about as fast as a Geforce 3, unfortunately.

  6. huh? on Passwords That Should Never Be Used · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Q54arwms is a commonly used password? Is this some part of the collective unconscious I'm unaware of? Half the things in the list seem like they came out of a random generator, yet they are common?

  7. Kahn! on Chopper Pilots Train to Catch Space Probe · · Score: 4, Funny

    The stakes are high, because if the probe touches down it will destroy all life on Earth before reterraforming the planet.

  8. too mature on U.S. Snubs China's Offer for Space Cooperation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm fairly patriotic, but someone needs to take stock of things and notice our space technology is so mature it's falling apart...

  9. My list on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    Not sure if it counts as an installation, but before anything else I go into the registry and completely disable remote procedure calls over TCP/IP. Why rely on the patch when you have no use for the feature to begin with? Then,

    All the fixes from windowsupdate.com
    Mozilla
    Office
    mIRC
    AIM
    Win Zip
    SSH
    XWin
    Visual C++
    PowerDVD
    The Gimp

    Then the real reason for having a computer, all my games :D

  10. Safety on Laser Vision Offers New Insights · · Score: 1

    I'll wait for the clinical trials on the effects of using these long-term.

  11. translation on EverQuest 2 Beta Confirmed, Producer Quizzed · · Score: 5, Funny

    EQII is a game that will focus most of our content on the individual and smaller groups, while EQ's endgame encourages large raid forces to play the high-level content.

    Translation: the EQ2 client/server chokes on large number of people in the same place at the same time.

  12. How Christian is Christian? on Christian Game Developers Conference Plans Gathering · · Score: 1

    Although extreme Bible-thumping explicitly Christian games thus far have been rare and poorly-executed, there's no shortage of mainstream games with religious over/undertones, symbolism, or commentary. Deus Ex, Xenogears, and Alpha Centauri come to mind. Can someone name more?

  13. Re:point-five past lightspeed on Star Wars Galaxies Takes Jump To Lightspeed · · Score: 1

    You shouldn't admit to that kind of thing.

  14. Re:This is what I dislike about MMORPGs on Star Wars Galaxies Takes Jump To Lightspeed · · Score: 1

    Refer back to my post.

  15. Re:This is what I dislike about MMORPGs on Star Wars Galaxies Takes Jump To Lightspeed · · Score: 1

    Lineage 2 is still in beta. When they have a lower than expected subscriber base and need an infusion of cash to continue operating, then we'll see what expansions will cost.

  16. Why on OS Independent Games? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why isn't it done? Because most people would feel inconvenienced by having to reboot, but only a few people become aroused at everything involving Linux.

  17. Why fight it? on EFF To Fight Dubious Patents · · Score: 2, Redundant

    pop-up windows, targeted banner ads

    Maybe it would be better if these were locked up by patents.

  18. no duh! on Silly Product Instructions? · · Score: 1

    I bought some nail polish a few years ago that was labeled "for external use only." More recently I bought a plastic tablecloth that warned "do not iron."

  19. Jedi on When Videogames Know They're Videogames · · Score: 1

    Jedi Academy comes close with a line that, to anyone who played Jedi Knight 2, pretty obviously makes fun of JK2's nonsensical puzzles.

  20. Re:And surely... on Xbox Emulator Plays Retail Game · · Score: 1

    Emulating the Xbox consists of basically nothing other than defeating DRM. The machine itself is already just a standard, albeit crippled, PC.

  21. English on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Glows With Chernobyl Radioactive Link · · Score: 1

    I hope the English translation of the game is better than the English on the game's website.

  22. Nothing big on Microsoft WiX Code Released to SourceForge.Net · · Score: 1

    Microsoft can use or make OSS when it fits a larger profit-driven strategy just like IBM, Apple, Red Hat, or any other business.

  23. Reuse on Atari Hints At Plans For Baldur's Gate 3, NWN 2? · · Score: 1

    It's not so far fetched. They can make a new graphical engine to go with Aurora as NWN2 and use those tools to make BG3.

  24. This looks like a joke, but on Usenet Audio · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This looks like a joke, but I did this back in the day. I checked out a number of bands by getting .au files UU encoded in usenet over my 14.4 connection to AOL. It took about 12 hours to get a song. And yes, I did buy the album later.

  25. Somebody does on Fighting the Forced Ranking of Employees? · · Score: 1

    Does anyone ever think they deserve a poor ranking?