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  1. Re:You mean... on MPAA Sends Linux Australia Dubious Takedown Notice · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not to mention "speed." I just read that one guy recieved a letter from MPAA for downloading Super Metroid speed run.

    Quote from the letter: "Also, we hereby state, that the information in this notification is accurate and that we are authorized to act on behalf of the owners of the exclusive rights being infringed as set forth in this notification."

  2. Re:Regarding handheld systems. on New PSP Titles to be Unveiled This Week · · Score: 1

    I am sure that most of the games will be garbage, as most games have been garbage for the past decade.

    Sturgeon's Law. 90% of everything is crap.

  3. Re:I wonder if these are the same as... on New PSP Titles to be Unveiled This Week · · Score: 1

    And every game on the list is categorized as "action adventure", games like Darkstalkers 3 and Ridge Racer.

    Action, yes. Adventure, no way. Unless you count driving around the race track an adventure.

  4. Re:Waiting for PSthree on Smaller Playstation 2 Theorized · · Score: 1

    Interesting ideas? Yes. Complete horse shit? That too.

  5. Re:Hmm, not too fond of Redmond? on AOL Will Not Support Sender-ID · · Score: 1

    Why the fuck would I get involved in your pyramid scheme for a GMail invite? If someone can't get a GMail invite for free, they're retarded.

    No, seriously. Every time GMail is mentioned (and a lot of times it isn't), people are handing out GMail invites to people who reply to their posts of send them an email. I got two for two tries. GMail invites are not rare!

    Do not fall for pyramid schemes. They don't work for anyone exept the top few layers.

  6. Re:You could always on Replace Your Windows With LCD Panels · · Score: 1

    Even better: duct tape and aluminum foil.

  7. Re:Okay, admit. on Dave Barry on Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    Your question assumes that I sometimes cease picking my nose.

  8. Re:My keyboard isn't broken, why fix it? on When Emulation Isn't Enough · · Score: 1

    No no no, that's the spinning piledriver back breaker ball buster kick.

  9. Re:Is that just electrical shock... on Lexmark Recalls 40,000 Laser Printers · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's just electric shock.

  10. Re:1998 Called on California AG Says He'll Sue Diebold · · Score: 1

    It wants it is joke back? Whaaaaa?

  11. Re:Monsters, and summons/spells, too. on Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Impressions · · Score: 1

    Oh yes, Malboro. He's a badass. Especially in FF8.

  12. Re:You want a gmail invite? on A GMail-based blog With 1000 MB of entries · · Score: 1

    Send me one.

  13. Re:Holding out hope. on Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Impressions · · Score: 1

    Actually they have the same monsters. Their looks may be a little updated, but there's always Bombs and Behemots and Cactuars in the games.

  14. You expect me to pay for this? on Absentee Ballots by Email? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

  15. Re:This is a case where it can work on Half-Life 2 Preloading from Steam · · Score: 1

    It won't matter much at that point. Every game gets pirated the moment it is released.

  16. Re:Spelling on Revolutionary Spam Firewall Developed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Only if the bayesian filter sucks. Or rather: Only if the tokenizer of the filter sucks. Bayesian filters don't have to treat the message as a raw string. They are free to parse it to, for example, remove comments, use image urls, or the difference between the foreground and background color in html mails as words.

    You can make a tokenizer that not only treas a word written like this: 't.r.i.c.k.y', as the word 'tricky', but also as a "pseudoword" like 'trick:dottedword.' So the "bayesian part" of the filter would see these two words: 'tricky' and 'trick:dottedword.'

    And there is of course loads of information that can be extracted from the headers of the mail.

  17. Re:Heh... on Peeping Tom Worm That Uses Webcams · · Score: 1

    Nice way to sneak malware in to the peepers' machines.

  18. Re:It all comes down to game base on DS vs PSP - Developers, Press Sound Off · · Score: 1

    Most parents probably don't have a clue how many games a system has, and don't care. They either listen to little Timmy, or look at the price tag. At most the parents will ask a clerk which is the one that plays Pokemon day-glo purple.

  19. Re:Whatever. on Real Cuts Prices for DRM-Restricted Music · · Score: 1

    I admit, I haven't been on the page lately, but I have been on the page multiple times during the last 5 years, and even with experience, I've had trouble finding the correct links.

    If they've made downloading the free player easier, good. It sure took a while...

  20. Re:Whatever. on Real Cuts Prices for DRM-Restricted Music · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, I forgot one other thi...BUFFERING.

  21. Whatever. on Real Cuts Prices for DRM-Restricted Music · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Real, have you looked at your player software?

    And is there an easy way of downloading your free player without you trying to get me to download your non-free player every step of the way?

  22. Technological solution to a social problem on Anti-Phishing Tools · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I thought the general consensus was that technological solutions to a social problems don't work.

  23. Do people honestly think these look good on Accelerated PowerPoint? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do the people who make Powerpoint presentations honetly think the sweeps and other effects look good? Because I've seen many presenters getting embarassed about the letter flying around the screen when they're trying to make a point.

    And if you just have to use some transition effect, pick one. Do not use a different random one on each page.

  24. Re:What I want to know... on XP Starter Edition Examined · · Score: 1

    Once again limitations that only screw the people who actually pay for their software. Who would pirate this version?

    Just like copy protection that renders games unplayable on machines with a certain cd-rom drive, while it does nothing to stop warez-versions from spreading...

  25. It won't replace the desktop on On the Possible Handtop Paradigm Shift · · Score: 2, Funny

    It won't replace the desktop at least as long as my fingers are not ultra portable as well.