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  1. Re:Science Blog on The Return Of The Pop-Up Ad · · Score: 3, Informative

    Using something like FlashBlock will stop this ad from loading. Kill two annoying birds with one stone.

  2. Re:Adventure is not a True Genre on The Future Of Adventure Games Discussed · · Score: 1

    The original Metroid was called an adventure by Nintendo. They originally labeled every game with a genre on the box.

    I can't find a working link to an image of the box but you can see it in google's thumbnails. Theres a picture of a guy swinging over something in the bottom left. Mario was in a different category though.

    http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8 859-1&q=metroid%20box&sa=N&tab=wi

  3. Re:popup messages on AOL Bridges AIM and ICQ · · Score: 1

    Because one is instant and one isn't.

    Email doesn't use a direct connection, depening on the email servers used it can take messages a long time to get there(relatively speaking). Also I can't force my friends to check their email every 30 seconds especially when their inboxes are mostly nothing more than spam hutches. I still want the messages when they're sent, I just don't want them to interrupt whatever I'm doing at the time. Typing a document, reading something interesting, looking at pr0n.

    As far as conversation mode goes, I just don't like it. It's a personal preference, I don't want the program in the task bar blinking obtrusively everytime something is added. The nice and small blinking icon is all I need.

    AFAIK trillian(non-pro) only supports conversation mode?

  4. popup messages on AOL Bridges AIM and ICQ · · Score: 2, Informative

    The only reason I still use ICQ is because it's one of the few clients that lets you keep messages in the tray and have non-conversation mode messaging. I don't know why anybody would want an instant message popping up and taking the focus from whatever you're doing, or even wasting space on the taskbar. Miranda can do it too but it keeps crashing on me.

  5. Re:Yeah, Sure... on Anime Unleashed on TechTV · · Score: 1

    Are you sure about that? The CRTC also requires that a certain percentage of the content is Canadian. The time slots where the thunderbirds and max headroom are supposed to be are filled with Canadian made shows like NextTV and shiftTV. Programs like eyedrops and that robot one aren't really news like and they do get aired on techtv canada.

  6. Re:Well in Canada... on Space Wars · · Score: 1

    Canada gets the friendship of the most economically powerful nation in the world. They certainly won't nuke us (except in video games) but they can damage our economy.

  7. Re:Paramount gets it right. on Star Trek TNG DVDs · · Score: 1

    http://www.trektoday.com/news/131201_01.shtml

    It doesn't look like they plan on changing the theme. :(

  8. Re:Is it correct ? on Return of the Dragon · · Score: 1

    As long as they're not digging him up and doing a Weekend at Bernies type thing who cares?

  9. Re:...every website made for IE?? on Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft · · Score: 1

    ...or someone could just post an image in a forum with the malformed URL. The GET command will be executed.

  10. irony... on Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft · · Score: 1

    You can't view the technical details or frequently asked questions with active scripting disabled.

  11. she might be a nazi on ALICE Takes Medal At AI Competition · · Score: 1

    > Did the holocaust happen
    If it did, then I will be surprised.

  12. Re:Copy protection on Deciphering Windows Product Activation · · Score: 1

    The idea is to stop the casual user from pirating the software. To stop people from borrowing a copy from a friend and stuff. I'm sure theyre quite aware that it will be cracked.

  13. Onstream on Iomega Plans 20GB Portable Drives · · Score: 1

    Onstream already sells 30 and 50 gigabyte solutions. And the disks are much cheaper.
    View site here
    I think everyone would be better off with an IDE drive and removable drive bay. You might not be able to drop it but most of us won't be seeing if our harddrives can walk down stairs, alone or in pairs.