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  1. Re:Oh, it's a lot older than that. on Simulations Back Up Theory That Universe Is a Hologram · · Score: 1

    and not so much older http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_on_a_Wire

  2. Re:Great!! on Enter The 2160p HDTV · · Score: 1

    Cool! But there is no need for a "HD" antenna. Any old pair of bunny ears will work. A lot more depends on how many stations broadcast OTA HD in your area and how far they are from you. Check this out and see what you've got. http://www.antennaweb.org/

  3. Battery life? on iPhone, Apple TV Headline MacWorld Keynote · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Any word on battery life on this thing?

  4. Re:Really, what is the point? on Virtual Console Christmas is Retrotastic · · Score: 1

    You forgot the ability to save anywhere, anytime. ;)

  5. Really, what is the point? on Virtual Console Christmas is Retrotastic · · Score: 0

    Every single NES/SNES game has been available since 1997. Anyone with a PIII and 128 meg of ram can make their "virtual console". Heck I can even play my NES library on my DS if I want. There is nothing exciting about Nintendo's virtual console. I cannot imagine waiting with baited breath for word on which games will be the next to be released.

  6. Help a brother out on Almost Complete Set List for Guitar Hero II · · Score: 1

    Can someone please cut and paste the whole list for those being trapped behind the great wall of Websense?

  7. I don't get it on Penny Arcade's CGW Interview · · Score: 0, Troll

    PA is about as funny as any other comic strip one would find in their newspaper. They just happen to concentrate on games.

    I wonder if the people who laugh at PA are the same people who make Two and a Half Men the "number one" sitcom in America. Judging from the overwhelmingly corny forum posters I would be inclined to say yes.

  8. Avoid the Boards All Together on How To Manage A Large-Scale Online Community · · Score: 1

    Here is what I see as a World of Warcraft player:

    I would love to play an MMO where the developers constantly monitor and respond to player input. However, due to the size and complexity of many of these games this is all but impossible. The main problem is that players invest way too much time into MMOs, making each and every change a personal matter. Developers cannot win here. The majority of posts will be whining and complaining. Players routinely flame, berate, threaten to quit, claim that they are quitting, threaten to call their local better business bureau etc..It's far too much for a company to handle.

    The single biggest mistake a MMO can make from a customer service perspective is to include PvP in the "finished" product. Class/racial balancing is a NIGHTMARE. No other issue will provide the most complaints. Instead of learning to deal with certain inadequacies or *gasp* create a new character, players will expect changes to be made for them and them only.

    The biggest motivator for a developer is revenue stream. Your endless whining on a community board will not change anything but canceling your account just might. Just don't clog up the board with yet another "I'm leaving but let me tell you in 10,000 words why I'm going" tirade.

  9. Re:Sandy and John on Masters of Doom Excerpts · · Score: 1

    I remember picking Sandyman's brain at Age of Kings Heaven. Lots of fun.

  10. Re:I liked naming my players anyway on Licensing Likenesses For Sports Games · · Score: 1

    Ya it can be fun. Want a laugh? Go back to Baseball Stars now and see what was on your mind 15 years ago. Baseball Stars was ok as far as putting names in because there weren't that many teams. Try doing it for an NFL game that has 45 man rosters or an NCAA football game that has 100+ teams (yes I know there is no NCAA license for player names, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been done!)

  11. Re:Ending on Half-Life 2 Coverage Appearing · · Score: 1

    Which I guess in a way sets up a sequel perfectly. At least that is what I was thinking the first time I saw it.

  12. Re:Good riddance on The Tick to be Cancelled · · Score: 1

    Seriously, if I don't like the show, does that mean I shouldn't comment? I just feel that the program was not funny. I wanted to like it, wanted it to succeed, but just couldn't get into rational criticism of everything? Practically everything was somebody's baby at one time, does that mean we should walk around on eggshells?

  13. Re:My entire company is going on Review:Fellowship of the Ring · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tell Mr. Jackson I loved the movie.

  14. Re:Saw it last night too on Review:Fellowship of the Ring · · Score: 1

    I guess the trolls aren't only in the movie.

  15. Liv Tyler on Review:Fellowship of the Ring · · Score: 2, Funny

    The movie is amazing and I'm not gonna go into it. (Just see it)

    But Liv Tyler gets on my nerves. How dumb can somebody look? Her elvish was annoying and really took me outta the movie.

  16. Re:Obvious solution to this on Universal to Copyprotect All CDs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Get a life. The manager is gonna get pissed off at you, not the disk maker. You are only gonna succeeded in holding up a line full of people and embarrassing a clerk.

    You can't change the world by acting like a jerk. A monster perhaps, but not a jerk.

  17. Re:Amen on Dump Broadband, Dig Out Your Modem! · · Score: 1

    Oh man I know exactly what u are talking about. The other night on 347 bikers were holding up traffic and doing crazy stunts all the way to the Northern. Then there is the "Ruff Ryder" crew next door...but that is another story.

  18. Re:civ3 on Civilization III Is Out, And It Rocks · · Score: 1

    CIVII had a FMV every time a new wonder was build. Great classical music played in the backround- it was pretty cool.

  19. Re:IBM 3130's.. on Slashdot Ghost Stories? · · Score: 1

    It was the ghost of all the print jobs "lost" forever.

  20. Re:huh? on Ellison's ID Card Plan Gets More Attention · · Score: 1

    At Waldbaulms supermarket you need an instate (NY in my case) license to buy beer.

  21. This stuff Sucks on Beyond The Cell -- Journalists' Video Phone · · Score: 1

    Its not worth the effort, too grainy.

  22. Re:It's not only the fuel on Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft == Anti-Terrorist Device? · · Score: 1

    What do enviornmentalists have to do with asbestos? Asbestos has more to do with occupational heath than the enviornment. And if the chief design engineer was on record for saying that, then maybe the building shouldn't have been built to enormous proportions. Hmmm...now there's an idea.

  23. Re:Personally I'd think... on Free Speech, Porn And Internet Controls · · Score: 1

    shhhhh....Please don't give lawmakers any more ideas when it comes to reasons to shut down p2p networking. "Protecting the children" has become synonymous with shutting down anything we don't like. Your point may be right on.....but keep it to yourself!!!

  24. Re:Huh? on Colleges Work To Block Net in Class · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here is the above posters life story:

    Frank Grimes, a correspondence school graduate with a degree in nuclear physics, is a pathetic loner recently hired at the Springfield power plant. His no-nonsense attitude brutally conflicts with Homer's extraordinarily lazy style, and he instantly deems them "enemies."
    Homer, in an attempt to win over the seething and friendless "enemy," gives him the pet name "Grimey" and invites him over for dinner. Upon seeing Homer's wife, children, house and car, Grimey declares his extreme jealously for Homer, a man who has everything, including a 10-year-old son who (in a left-field sub story line) has his own factory.

    But the next day when Grimey attempts to humiliate Homer in front of his co-workers, and Homer is instead revered, Grimey accidentally kills himself while acting out in a bitter rage.

    At Grimey's funeral, Homer once again steals the show when, as Grimey's casket is being lowered into the ground, Homer is fast asleep and snoring loudly. The entire funeral turns and laughs at Homer during Grimey's last (and first) moments of public recognition. The credits appear and viewers are left stunned at the sheer darkness of the laughter at the poor guy's funeral.

  25. Re:Massive Attack on ClearChannel Plays It Safe · · Score: 1

    Too bad its unfinished...:-)