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  1. I think I found it! on The Making of Bioshock · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...what went wrong...focus groups...

    Ah, nothing like developing for the lowest common denominator to screw potential!

  2. Re:Terrorism? This stuff is cake compared to befor on People On No-Fly List Can Sue In District Court · · Score: 1

    I may or may not be pleased with those happenings, but this "popular vote" concept drives me insane. There's no such thing as "the popular vote."
    In naming a *Candidate*? Maybe, debatable, but that's a party matter anyway. It doesn't exist in our system of electing a president.

  3. Re:I still don't understand on RIAA Foiled By "Innocent Infringement" Defense · · Score: 1

    There's a difference between public schooling or roads and handouts.

  4. Re:Not a good use of law on In-flight Cell Ban Advances In Congress · · Score: 1

    ...its a decision to be taken by the individual airlines based on feedback from their customers, not something they should be bound to enforce.

    Remember when no one cared about smoking bans? Yeah, that was just the tip of the iceburg.
    It gets worse from here on out. Pretty soon you won't be able to grab some in-and-out before your flight, either. Ohshi~

  5. Re:Hooray! on First Commodore 64 LAN Party · · Score: 1

    Wizard was amazing, it's the first thing I load up whenever I get a hankoring for commie lovin.'

  6. Re:Ah, I remember Windows XP on Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point' · · Score: 1

    And compared to NT4, Windows 2K was a failure from the user's standpoint.
    I don't see how that's the case. There was some niggles moving to AD, but that's nothing a user would be concerned with.
  7. Re:Much as I hate to defend Apple's prices... on Mac Cloner Psystar Ships First Service Pack · · Score: 1

    There's an easy way that Apple can keep the Mac Pro market: limit the number of PCI/PCIe slots on the Mini Tower to make it an unattractive buy for the pro-music and pro-graphics markets, and only make dual-core, no quad- or eight-core options for the same reason.

    The thing that drives me batty is that they used to do it this way. Why was it ok then but not now? A uATXish sized machine from apple with a couple slots would sell like pamcaeks.
    Even sticking a cardbus or expresscard slot on the mini would be better than nothing, then we could at least get a cage. Come on steve!
  8. Re:Horse meat is great on EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM · · Score: 1

    Pigs? They're dumber than cows.
    OTOH, I might just know exceptionally bright bovines.

  9. Re:Classical 'hero' instruments on Introducing Classical Guitar Hero · · Score: 1

    Every skin flautist is a hero in my book.

  10. Alphasmart on Have You Changed Your Opinion On eBook Readers? · · Score: 1

    I use an alphasmart dana as an ereader, works well with Plucker. I read in portrait orientation. The fullsize keyboard is nice for taking notes and it's not too pokey except for big PDFs.

  11. Hooray EA. on Spore, Mass Effect DRM Phone Home For Single-Player Gaming · · Score: 2, Funny

    We're up to, what, the fourth Battlefield game? Yet, EA/Dice have yet to successfully complete a single one!

  12. Re:You've been working for 12 years, right? on Disillusioned With IT? · · Score: 1

    Well, computers and beer anyways.

  13. Re:Yahoo answers is worse. on Wikipedia Breeds Unwitting Trust (Says IT Professor) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Me too!

  14. Re:I'd rather not buy from the likes of GoDaddy or on ICANN Moves Against GoDaddy Domain Lockdowns · · Score: 1

    I've always used changeip.com. While they are reselling NS, you don't ever deal with NS. They even let you transfer NS domains to them with no drama.
    The company has been around for a while, the prices are reasonable, the control panels sane, and the support very quick to respond. I've even donated money to them in the past (I was a longtime free ddns user before using paid services).

  15. Re:Is there a lawyer in the house? on Comcast Says FCC Powerless to Stop P2P Blocking · · Score: 1

    I'm fairly certain that it's against federal law (telecom act of '96? IANAL) for cities to negotiate with cable companies over tier pricing or content. So, it's not like the local politicians have a seat at the table anyway.

  16. Re:Tea on UK Reconsiders 1986 Decision To Ban Astronauts · · Score: 1

    It takes a lot of caffeine to squash a hangover.

  17. Re:Judging from the recent Unreal sales numbers on Unreal Creator Proclaims PCs are Not For Gaming · · Score: 1

    you cant sell a crapload of games that runs on hardware that most people dont have.
    I just didn't think D3 and Q4 were that fun. I'd wager that had more to do with it than sysreqs.
  18. Re:News Flash: bitter ex communist hates communism on Tetris Creator Claims FOSS Destroys the Market · · Score: 1

    In the future, any of us who accept having sex with robots instead of humans will die out.
    So, there's no furries in the future? Hell yea!
  19. Re:Smart Judge on Judge Rejects RIAA 'Making Available' Theory · · Score: 1

    er, what exactly is fiscally conservative about higher taxes (regardless of who is paying them) and more government spending?
    It certainly seems more fiscally conservative than modern republican's ideas of *lower* taxes and more government spending.
  20. Start praying now. on The Future of MMOs · · Score: 1

    ...maybe we can see a decent Battletech MMO...

    Crom! I have never prayed to you before, I have no tongue for it...
  21. Re:Good thing for my mother on Optimus Keyboard Starts Shipping · · Score: 1

    Why not get her a buckling spring keyboard for Mother's Day?
    Not quite a Selectric, but as close as you're going to get for PCs on the cheap.

  22. Re:Why buy music now? on Labels Agree On Free Music Downloads To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    No worries.
    Most unlimited data plans usually run between $50(with voice plan) and ~120(data only), for future reference.

  23. Re:Why buy music now? on Labels Agree On Free Music Downloads To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    1. $20 a month for an Unlimited Cell Phone Data plan

    Actually, that's crazy cheap... are there serial cables availible for these new phones?
    I wonder if they throttle soulseek.
  24. Re:FUD alert on Is Linus Torvalds Speaking for Linux Anymore? · · Score: 1

    ...you'll just throw the whole computer away when it fails.
    We've had iMacs for years.

    ...with a battery glued on.
    Have you seen the new Air?
  25. Re:2003? on FBI Sought Approval To Use Spyware Through FISC · · Score: 1

    Somebody call Alex Jones!