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  1. RE4 wasn't scary on Being Scared in Games is Needed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It has tense moments in it, but it's certainly more of a thriller than a horror game. If you want to play a disturbing video game, try Fatal Frame 1, Fatal Frame 2 or Resident Evil 4.

    And for God's sake turn off the light, otherwise it's like watching The Grudge during the day with the light streaming onto the TV screen.

  2. Re:Nice but ... on Billions Donated to Charity · · Score: 0

    How much of that money is coming from MS using it's monopoly and predatory practices?

    Seriously, that's not funny. Maybe if their practices weren't so predatory then we wouldn't have to donate so much to charity because the original companies would still be around...

  3. This topic is producing a lot of childish replies on Immaturity Level Rising in Adults · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ironically it's the ones that aren't intentional that we should be worrying about...

  4. Re:How do they store the information..? on Robot Dogs Evolve Their Own Language · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stop posting crap on Slashdot and get on with Blob and Conquer. The game's not going to code itself you know.

    Particularly if I'm spending most of my time replying to your messages.

  5. Well, at least when you're hit using a cell phone on Mobile Phones and Lightning a Lethal Mix · · Score: 1

    you can call for an Ambulance.

  6. Obligitory Yes but... on Frozen Chip from IBM hits 500 GHz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Will it run Linux?
    2. Will it run MAME at full speed?
    3. Will Word load up any faster?

    Have I forgotten any?

  7. Re:Slashdot on Vista on Details on Refining Vista's User Control · · Score: 3, Funny

    It appears that you are trying to post a comment to Slashdot.
    Please enter your Windows username and password to continue.

    Username:
    Password:


    You forgot the buttons:

    [OK] [Continue] [Cancel]

    Continue will let you carry on regardless...

  8. I don't use email in the office on The Time Has Come to Ditch Email? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I express myself verbally when "talking" to the other developers:

    FIX YOUR FUCKING CRAPPY CODE!

    I also use sign language, but I don't have much of a grasp of it and stick to the usual middle digit up in the air.

  9. Still wouldn't buy one on How iPods Took Over the World · · Score: 1
    • Reason 1: No gapless playback
  10. SourceSafe vs CVS on Open Source is 'Not Reliable or Dependable' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I bet to differ Microsoft. Why would I use SourceSafe, which is slow (checking out takes a very long time), unreliable (corrupts itself regularly) and costs money when I can use CVS which is fast, reliable and is free?

  11. Brilliant! on Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And I'll be the first to say

    May 4th be with you

    always

  12. Microsoft were going to change their console name on Both Sides of Wii · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But they didn't at the end, because everyone already knows that the Xbox 360 is shit.

  13. Wii is a terrible name on Both Sides of Wii · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not only is it worse than Xbox 360, it will confuse the French and also everyone will keep making piss-poor jokes about it.

    See what I did there?

  14. Grues on Interactive Fiction Then and Now · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll always remember the line

    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    It always excited me, as back then it was the only sort of sex I could get.

    Come to think of it, that still is.

    sigh

  15. If the tickets are so expensive on Music Downloads = Expensive Concerts? · · Score: 1

    Then why did they all sell out in half a day?

  16. Re:PS3 is irrelevent on HD-DVD's Temporary Edge · · Score: 3, Informative

    How many people seriously watched DVDs on a PS2 instead of a real standalone player?

    I did and still do. When I left my parents, I took my PS2 along with the rest of my stuff. Living in rented accomodation with no living room meant I had to watch TV on my 15in portable. I had a games console which conveniently doubled up as a DVD player. 4 years later I still see no reason to get a stand alone player while I still have my PS2 and eventually a PS3.

  17. And if Einstein is wrong... on NASA Achieves Breakthrough Black Hole Simulation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now when we observe a black hole merger with LIGO or LISA, we can test Einstein's theory and see whether or not he was right.

    And if he's wrong then all the scientists can make "loser" signs at him on their foreheads...

  18. Many usages on Dell Aims for Gamers with XPS M1710 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a dual-core processor system designed to let gamers simultaneously play three-dimensional games while encoding music or scanning for viruses.

    Or, you could use *both* cores and play a six-dimensional game!

    Makes sense to Atari anyway...

  19. Quality varies on Megapixels & Camera Phones · · Score: 1

    I had a Samsung D500 phone with a 1 Megapixel camera. The quality was superb and I was really impressed with it. The phone had to go though because that was the only good feature, it wasn't even useful as a phone. I got a Nokia 6230i with a 1.3 Megapixel camera. I'm still stunned at how bad the quality of the pictures are.

    Basically, if you're going to buy something on the strength of the inbuilt camera, make sure the quality of the pictures is actually good.

  20. What a load of crap on Microsoft Buyout of Ailing Sony Possible · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So Microsoft are going to buy Sony, which includes Televisions, DVD Players, Walkmans, their music label, their film label, PlayStation...

    Even if this was true, I expect a purchase would be blocked by one or more governments.

  21. Re:Upgrading on Fedora Core 5 Available · · Score: 0

    Who the hell modded that as funny?! I was asking a serious question!

    Stop laughing at me :(

  22. Upgrading on Fedora Core 5 Available · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I new to Linux and am still running Fedora Core 3. Am I right in thinking that to upgrade to FC5 I have to basically backup anything I want to keep and reinstall everything? Is there no easier way of upgrading?

  23. Have I missed something here? on Study Says Cell Phones Can Interfere With Planes · · Score: 1

    On every single flight I have been on, we've all been told to switch off all electronic equipment during take off and landing and to keep cell phones off during the whole flight, even ones with Flight Mode enabled.

  24. Re:Easy Workaround on Microsoft FAT Patent Upheld · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there are other ways to get around it on devices such as digital cameras and such as well.

    I guess the camera would have to be able to format the card when you insert it. Getting Joe Sixpack to format a card before he puts it into his camera just isn't going to work.

  25. Re:Facts on Slowly Pulling Facts from Black Holes · · Score: 1

    Black holes emit x-ray radiation and get smaller and smaller until they disappear, or "evaporate".

    OK.

    The gravity around the "hole" of a black hole is so strong that NOTHING can make its way back out after a critical distance.

    Haven't you just contradicted yourself?