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  1. Re:Both game developers and artists need money on The Nuking of Duke Nukem · · Score: 1

    I have a different sort of example for you: Team Fortress 2. This was a game that was originally slated for Jan. 2001 and was going to be the type of game Battlefield 1942 ended up being (except without the aerial combat). The major difference is that Valve continued to have a secondary source of revenue (first HL1, then CS, both of which made tons of money) while TF2 went through multiple dev cycles.

  2. Re:Love the spin on 22 Million Missing Bush White House Emails Found · · Score: 1

    if you will take the time to read the Constitution, you will learn that it is not the executive branch at all that controls the economy, but the legislative branch.

    I'm glad you cleared that up. It seems to have been a bit of a matter of contention for the past 120 or so years. Never mind "sharing of power" or "checks and balances".

  3. Spin on Windows 7 Share Grows At XP's Expense · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why is this being reported as some kind of loss for Microsoft? Isn't this *exactly* what they wanted? XP users who didn't switch to Vista to switch to 7?

  4. "Active accounts" on Second Life To Remove Free Content From Web Search · · Score: 1

    "Active accounts" for slashdot is pretty meaningless when 90% of the site's regular visitors likely do not have an account. SL has no equivalent to an unsigned-in consumer of content.

    Having said that, 750k beats out the vast majority of MMO's, so it's got that going for it.

  5. Re:They flipped Finnish data upside down on Climatic Research Unit Hacked, Files Leaked · · Score: 3, Informative
  6. Re:Pussy. There, I said it. on Vulgar Comment On Newspaper Site Costs Man His Job · · Score: 1

    That depends on the nature of the anonymous comments. They usually fall into 3 categories:

    1. "Insider" or "whistleblower". These should genuinely not be outed.

    2. "Asshole" or "troll". Debatable. You're generally not going to be in legal trouble or trouble with your employer just because they find out you act like a douche when you think you're anonymous. They might reconsider giving you a promotion, however.

    3. "Sociopath", threats of violence, or illegal activity. These are the ones that deserve to be outed. Using anonymity as a shield to protect you from the law undermines the genuine/useful aspects of anonymity on the internet.

  7. Re:Wow. on NASA Attempts To Assuage 2012 Fears · · Score: 1
  8. Conclusion on Evolution's Path May Lead To Shorter, Heavier Women · · Score: 1

    I don't think the conclusion can be generalized beyond saying that women in the Framingham area are evolving to favor these attributes.

  9. Re:Wrong audience on What Happened To the Bay Bridge? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the engineer assumed such a pilot would ditch in the river.

  10. Re:Works okay for me. on Wait For Windows 7 SP1, Support Firm Warns Users · · Score: 1

    Upon further investigation, it looks like Nvidia may be the one who broke Quake 2 for you, rather than Win7. Try the fix here.

  11. Re:Works okay for me. on Wait For Windows 7 SP1, Support Firm Warns Users · · Score: 1

    Quake 2 and derivatives do not run

    Works for me in XP SP2 compatibility mode.

  12. Re:2220? on "2012" a Miscalculation; Actual Calendar Ends 2220 · · Score: 1

    And that stops them from making another sequel how?

  13. Re:What I found amazing... on "2012" a Miscalculation; Actual Calendar Ends 2220 · · Score: 1

    In the 2012 film that will premiere this month, killed the cities and continents in droves, as the world decays. Yet just a pity that research has shown that the "end times" of December 21, 2012 probably more than two centuries two.

    Is English not your native language? Because this translation is still pretty bad.

  14. Re:Show me a bullet list on A Tale of Two Windows 7s · · Score: 1

    The only reason I upgraded from Win2K to XP was for remote desktop functionality that I needed for work.

    Then you'll probably be forced to upgrade to 7 for the always-on VPN feature.

  15. Re:Vodka on A Tale of Two Windows 7s · · Score: 1

    The difference is that in Windows you don't need to know Win+E or Win+R to access basic functionality at a supported minimum resolution.

  16. Re:What's the point, then? on Michael Dell Says Windows 7 Will Make You Love PCs · · Score: 1

    Did you just admit to being trolled?

  17. Re:Back in high school creative writing class ... on The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Fate · · Score: 1

    Hey, I remember that show being pretty decent.

  18. Re:Could happen on The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Fate · · Score: 1

    Oblig. - And if the universe doesn't care that our degenerate friend Fry is his own grandfather, then who are we to judge?

  19. Re:Misconceptions.... on Battle.net Accounts Becoming Mandatory For WoW · · Score: 1

    Uh, no. I've done it. It works fine.

  20. Re:Makes sharing Accounts problematic on Battle.net Accounts Becoming Mandatory For WoW · · Score: 1

    Huh? You can have multiple accounts linked to one e-mail address. There's a UI element to select which account to play after logging in. Or is this the case that you don't want to allow the children access to your account?

  21. Re:Buggy on Battle.net Accounts Becoming Mandatory For WoW · · Score: 1

    It requires they have your password. You friends were either paying for power leveling services at some point or on bought accounts, and the original owner (or a previous seller) simply used this as an opportunity to take the account back or they simply had their passwords stolen, likely duped by a pretty obvious phishing ploy. Or maybe they got keylogged. The point is, their account would have been stolen with or without the battle.net account system, because your friends/guidmates are dumb (or at least bad at the internet).

  22. Re:Of course, I didn't RTFA on Battle.net Accounts Becoming Mandatory For WoW · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The difference is Blizzard currently has no delusions of destroying the game publishing companies like Valve did. Battle.net 2.0 is more like their own version of Facebook for their own games only.

    I wouldn't expect to ever be able to buy a non-Blizzard game on Battle.net, and I wouldn't expect any more interoperability than Facebook and Myspace currently have (i.e. none). I could always be wrong, though!

  23. Re:Original slashdot readers review on Revisiting the Original Reviews of Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    Whoooooooooooooooooosh

  24. Re:How can sexism even be an issue in FOSS... on FOSS Sexism Claims Met With Ire and Denial · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So it's sexist to take the actual ratio of men and women (you know, FACTS) into account when trying to use one of the two as an example of "less plausible"?

    This is often the trap that accusers of sexism, racism, homophobia, etc. run into when making their accusations. People are not going to ignore the reality around them and change their language to just assume that all people are equally represented when they are not, and to expect them to additionally do it in the midst of a discussion about that very imbalance is just moronic.

    Talking like balance already exists does not achieve balance.

  25. Re:Ted Dziuba on Ted Dziuba Says, "I Don't Code In My Free Time" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is the post that should be +5 insightful. I'm sure there's some brick layers who really do LOVE building things, and have sheds and grills and decks and god knows what else in their back yard to show for it. And there are others who just go home and relax. Period.