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  1. The ebb and flow on Bad Press For Gold Farmers Affects Chinese Players · · Score: 1

    If Chinese players need to join groups... is there anything preventhing them with working with other Chinese players? I imagine that would be more likely due to timezone-related factors.

    There are exceptions, of course, but in these online games it is peculiar to watch the nationalies of those coming and going around you shift as the planet turns. In frequent 24-hour+ gaming sessions (on medical leave, very bored insomniac) it is quite noticable.

    Incidentally, in my experience the Chinese tend to be the most pleasant to work with.

  2. One lesson: on What Should People Understand About Computers? · · Score: 1

    "Software should be free!"

  3. Re:Noooo way on Ramp Creates Power As Cars Pass · · Score: 1

    Good, don't drive your car at all and you can save the most money. You're not loosing any more of your energy since your brakes just turn all that kinetic to heat. Also, I would think your tax dollars are paying for the lights to come on anyway, so stop your bitching.

  4. Re:Ready for primetime? on Prototype Rollable Paper-like Display Ready Early · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Polymer Vision does not intend to commercialize this concept as a product in the market. Instead, it is demonstrating the fitness of its rollable displays for use in future mobile devices."
    It's a good start. They said they'd have a prototype in 2 years, it took a few months... but it's nothing more than a proof of concept.

  5. Not so unreasonable on EFF Weighs in on Computer Privacy Case · · Score: 1

    "Customers who drop off their computers for servicing reasonably expect that their private data won't be handed over to the police without a warrant," said EFF Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl.

    Let's pretend I'm an american.. if you took your car to a mechanic it still can't be searched without a warrant. If the mechanic, in the course of his duties, finds your coke... then you're in trouble.

    The lesson for pedophiles: put your kiddie porn on an external drive before taking your computer to the shop.

  6. Personal experience on Death of Cookies, Spyware Greatly Exaggerated? · · Score: 1

    After 3 years of tech support for one internet company or another I can say in my experience only 1 in 50 of my callers clear their cookies regularily. That's half as many people as there are in the 'cookies? what are cookies' group.

    The rest of the world, it would seem, only clears their cookies out when asked to by tech support, and even then it's like pulling teeth.

  7. Re:Pathetic example of internet "journalism" on NES Controller Laser Mouse · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I weep for the state of internet "journalism" these days. Can't imagine why people still buy newspapers.

    Is it so they can all read the same reuters article printed under the same AP photo in every newspaper?

  8. Re:Even compared to other new non hybrids..... on Modded Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 MPG · · Score: 1

    If you really want to spend $6000 bettering the environment, I've gotta believe there are a lot better ways to do it than buying a hybrid car. Buy and plant 100 trees. Or donate the money to an environmental group. The possibilities are endless.

    At the end of the day, you'd still need something to drive to work. If you're going to pay a premium for a hybrid car to ease your concience then it's better than nothing but you're still sitting in traffic with the rest of the world.

  9. Re:Erm.. on Hacking the Fluorescent Light · · Score: 1

    I don't think that homeowners looking to replace bedroom fixtures is the intended use of these. Industrial/commercial installations would benefit from this light in select applications. This isn't a replacement for the common lightbulb.

  10. Re:Comments are more important than Code? on Successful Strategies for Commenting Your Code · · Score: 1

    I bet it compiled quickly, though.

  11. Re:What would be really handy... on Blank Keyboard · · Score: 1

    If you're buying a new keyboard because your old one is sticky, I'm betting you'll be going blind sooner rather than later.

  12. The rules on No Billboards in Space · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) arrive first

    2) arrive armed

    There! you own space! Works for solar systems, planets, moons, asteroids. Quite simple, really.

    I was hoping to make a fortune selling rocket-propelled 'adblockers' but now I have to think of another get-rich-quick scheme.

  13. bah! on Instant Buildings - Just Add Water · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would hardly consider '12 hours' to be 'instant.'

  14. Re:Feh on Koolance Water Cooling Kit · · Score: 1

    Bah!

    My resivoir was made from a waterproof electrical box (it had mounting screws!) and a heatercore from some POS in a junkyard. Let's see.. under $10cdn.

    Those were the days...

  15. sadly... on AOL Locks Out AIM Screen Names · · Score: 5, Funny

    AIM users might be forced into interacting with real people for a whole weekend...

    No, wait. There's still TV.

  16. Re:duplicate post on The Japanese/American Tech Deficit · · Score: 1

    That would make sense... except for the sheer volume of crap released in the north american market.

    No. They better stuff, and they get it first.

  17. Re:Uh Oh on Ask Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade · · Score: 1

    Flash is the fastest man alive and Superman isn't a man, not if you mean 'man' to be human.

  18. Re:You gotta love "experts" on Wal-Mart's Data Obsession · · Score: 1


    What's the word I'm looking for? Oh yeah - it's bullshit


    Maybe that's it! Maybe they left out bullshit in their figure. What percentage of data on the internet is bullshit?

  19. Re:A book on security from microsoft... ? on Assessing Network Security · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wouldn't that be sort of like George Bush writing an english book?

    No, this would be more like George Bush writing a book on ethics.

  20. On and occasionally serving someone on MP3 Going the Way of the 8-Track? · · Score: 1

    OK, just how are they supposed to know what's on people's hard drives? Are they running a bunch of zombies or something? Sorry, man, but this sounds like shlock.

    Umm, well there is like this thing called... uh, spyware. That's one way to do it.

    That doesn't mean the studies are in any way valid or meaningful. In fact, they are almost cetainly not.

  21. Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press! on Indymedia Server Raided by FBI · · Score: 2, Funny

    'But you get that when your foreign policy is "Fuck the earth".'

    After the earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanos... why not? That sounds reasonable. I can only hope that Bush has a sound plan to eliminate the earth as a threat.

    Something with that much power can't be trusted.

  22. Re:It doesn't much matter... on US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion · · Score: 1

    Solution:

    We will expressly forbid the knowledge of how to build and maintain the analog equipment, and make it illegal to own or operate any such equipment.

    Punishment will result in fines and death.

    You have been flagged as a threat to Copyright. Sleep lightly.

  23. Re:So basically... on Jetway PT800TWIN - Dual User Hardware · · Score: 1

    it would make it a hell of a lot easier to clean half the machines.

    Wouldn't those machines become infected twice as quickly?

  24. Re:I could see myself using one of these. on TrackIR3 Pro Head-Tracking System For Gamers · · Score: 1

    $140 isn't that much when compared to the cost of yolks, pedals, joysticks, etc that flight sim enthusiasts have been purchasing for years.

  25. Re:No! I use CapsLock as my "ESC" key on Is Caps Lock Dead? · · Score: 1

    So if we took away a key that produced all capital letters and replaced it with another key that did something else (useful, even) you couldn't remap it as well?