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  1. Re:100-year shelf life, but 3 year usage life?? on The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom · · Score: 1

    Music CDs don't have the same longevity issues that CDRs have, though, as they're not dye-based.

  2. Re:Quake Rocket Jump on Highest Human Elevation Using a Rocketbelt · · Score: 1

    In the Quake series and a few other games, it's possible to jump higher than normal by firing a rocket launcher at the ground as you reach the top of your normal jump height.

  3. Try Dominategame.com on Non-FPS Network Games to Play at Work? · · Score: 1

    It's an online RISK clone with a free Windows client, or you can register and play in your browser.

  4. There is more info on their website... on Philips Demos Keychain-sized Camcorder · · Score: 1

    ...here. Looks like it will be going for 300 euros.

  5. Re:Crock of Shit on FAA Grants Sub-Orbital License to SpaceShipOne · · Score: 1
    Shouldn't that be near hit? Near miss sounds like they hit. "Look those two planes nearly missed."

    Near is an adjective describing "miss", as in "the miss was near".

  6. Re:License Requirements on FAA Grants Sub-Orbital License to SpaceShipOne · · Score: 5, Funny

    You have to be able to sing "Rocket Man" from memory.

  7. Re:Why game on a PC and not a console? on NYT: The New Breed of Gaming Laptops Get Serious · · Score: 1

    Final Fantasy XI allows PC and PS2 gamers to play on the same servers.

  8. Re:Why game on a PC and not a console? on NYT: The New Breed of Gaming Laptops Get Serious · · Score: 1

    Half-Life & Counter-Strike and X-Com have been ported to consoles as well.

  9. Re:beta access? on Reviewers Pile On World Of Warcraft Beta · · Score: 1

    Closed beta. Sign-ups ended ages ago.

  10. Re:Assembly AND Military Experience Required on Navy Jet eBayed - Some Assembly Required? · · Score: 1

    Hmm? A carrier can be had for less than four million.

  11. Re:No, it's too much on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 1
    ...

    Naturally, I own an 8000.

  12. Re:Just return the game. on 1503AD and the Rapid Erosion of End-User Rights? · · Score: 1

    For the record, AO is working swell now, though the most recent expansion still has it's fair share of bugs.

  13. Re:No, it's too much on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 1

    Whoa, since when?

  14. Re:Tattoo Assassins... on Vapor Trails - On Famously Unreleased Videogames · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also, holy ****, the GamePro article is a word-for-word reprint of a feature they published in the magazine about four years ago, with one or two games added. How lame is that?

  15. Tattoo Assassins... on Vapor Trails - On Famously Unreleased Videogames · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...is actually available as a MAME ROM now.

  16. Re:It better on Xbox 2 - The Price of Compatibility? · · Score: 1

    It has texture smoothing and faster read times, though they cause problems in some games.

  17. Re:I actually witnessed the QVC incident... on The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business · · Score: 3, Funny
    I liked this one better. The guy is hawking a stainless-steel "katana", and decides it would be wise to bang it backwards on a table:

    http://www.nihonto.ca/Knives.mpeg

  18. Re:Falcon 4.0 is still amazing on Falcon 4.0 - The Game Which Refuses to Die · · Score: 1

    It works perfectly in WinXP, even without patching.

  19. Re:Check the CD on Falcon 4.0 - The Game Which Refuses to Die · · Score: 1

    Awesome, thanks.

  20. Re:Another "IPv6 won't be here soon" article... on MIT Technology Review Slams IPv6 · · Score: 0

    Yes, actually.

  21. Re:hmmmm on Doom 3 Vaporware no More · · Score: 1

    You expect to be able to just the final product by the alpha? Do you understand the software development process at all?

  22. Re:graphics quality on Survival Horror Gets Fashion Showdown · · Score: 1
    Detailed? Dude, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

    http://www.angelfire.com/retro/lazyhound/maxpayne2 .jpg

  23. Re:it's pretty simple really on World's Oldest Puzzle Solved · · Score: 1

    ...

    You suck at the reading.

  24. Re:Blame Canada... on 30th Anniversary of the Microcomputer · · Score: 1
    Hockey wasn't invented in Canada, they brought that over from Europe.

    Er, no.

    But how many know that basketball was invented by french-canadian monks as something to entertain the orphans?

    If by monk, you mean James Naismith, and by orphans you mean guys at a YMCA, then yes.

  25. Re:I vote for... on Top Videogame Boss Fights Rated · · Score: 1

    Hmm... Don't remember the pod, but you're probably right.