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  1. Re:Letting Steam Off on Half-Life 2 - Aftermath · · Score: 1

    Except Steam HL2 didn't actually cost any less, so that argument went right out the window.

  2. Re:Structure on Computer Program Makes Essay Grading Easier · · Score: 1

    It would be an improvement on pumping out slashdotters.

  3. Re:Mouse and keyboards on Quake IV Confirmed For QuakeCon · · Score: 1

    That would be because it still has to translate those smooth moves you're attempting for a game that's expecting analog or pad style input.

    And frankly, on PC we don't generally have the huge allowances (and the crutch) that's usually present in the form of autoaiming on console FPS titles.

    So, suck it.

  4. Re:Defrag first, man. on Comprehensive Guide to the Windows Paging File · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's called "root" privileges. Thanks.

  5. Re:Plant Superheroes! on Plants May Be Able To Correct Mutated Genes · · Score: 1

    I have 2 (two) words for you:

    Poison Ivy.

  6. Re:Claims against what exactly? on Was the Lokitorrent Suit a Hoax? · · Score: 1
    Yeah, right.

    In reality, the percentages of people downloading any Mickey Mouse is infinitesimal compared to the number of people downloading rips of the latest releases in CDs and movies.

  7. Re:No kidding. on Overclocking Calculators? · · Score: 1

    sqrxz was actually some german asm demo PC game that somebody decided to reimplement on the TI86 asm.

    I remember this because I downloaded the original sqrxz at some point.

  8. NVidia is high, or thinks we're high on NVIDIA 6200 w/ TurboCache Released · · Score: 1

    At the price range of the TC64, one might as well just go get a Radeon 9800 Pro.

    First the SLI, now the TC crap, and the decline in quality of the Nforce chipset after the shining pinnacle that was the Nforce2Ultra, NVidia is really backsliding. Looks like I will refrain from buying NVidia products for the next while.

  9. Re:Question on Knights of the Old Republic 2 Ships · · Score: 1
    As with Doom 3, the answer to your question is only another question:
    Will the PS2 triple in power and hardware capacity soon?
  10. Re:Steam Questions on Half-Life 2 Causes Nausea, Looks Good in Doom Engine · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can even play both copies at the same time using the same account.

    The only limit comes in when you try to play the same multiplayer game with the same account at the same time. Currently.

  11. Re:I just want to see how Doom ... on Half-Life 2 Causes Nausea, Looks Good in Doom Engine · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Indeed. Each individual HL2 "maplet" is way smaller than any given Doom 3 map. A quick lookthrough in the SDK for example: some of the maplets are like a single curve of tunnel.

    And again, "outdoor" maps are just regular maps with a skybox to the engine, nothing special.

  12. Re:Wow, can they do this? on Second Dark Forces Mod Demo Out · · Score: 1

    All that is is just a skybox. Nothing to it, really.

  13. Spontaneous mutation? on Two Women Found With HIV-Immune Mutant Gene · · Score: 2, Interesting
    How much reliability is in this discovery? Is it being independently verified? Is China once again reporting something falsified as part of their inferiority complex?

    On the other hand, if this is for real, how much chance is there for this gene replicating? Human evolution may be happening in front of our very eyes!

    Are there any known negative effects from this mutation? I'm envisaging something like sickle cell anemia here.

  14. Re:Bad news ahead on Linux Doom 3 Client Released · · Score: 1

    As long as Linus et. al. refuse to setting on an ABI and API for kernel level drivers, expect none of that to solidify.

  15. But the problem was on Securing Pricelessness · · Score: 4, Insightful
    But I thought the problem was that the museum did NOT have an unlimited budget for security?

    Not to mention that when you get guns pulled on you you generally try not to get shot. Even if it ends up costing you something priceless (which still ends up as being less precious than human life, no matter how fine the art).

  16. Re:And not profit? on Halflife 2 Delayed Again? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The alternative is to let Valve even more brazenly rape them by shipping the game via Steam and cutting them out of the profits entirely.

    VU is between a rock and a hard place. On one hand they won't see the bottom line boost from the revenue from HL2, on the other Valve is ready to cut them out of the picture to the point where they might not see enough of a return to justify publishing it.

  17. Re:Steam is handy, I think on No Half-Life 2 on Steam? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    you don't have to keep track of a CD
    Nope, you just have to keep track of your account name and password. One of my friends has already been burned for having tied his old HL key to a Steam account that he no longer has access to, which is registered to an e-mail address he no longer has access to. Basically, he has no way of recovering that key for a Steam account unless and until he sends back the entire HL jewelcase (on which the original key is printed) to Valve, and he's not going to get another jewelcase back for a replacement. He's sure as hell not going to bother at this point.

    Sucks to be him, right?

    What happens when you have NO hard evidence to prove you bought a hard copy of HL2?

  18. Re:Putty and SP2 (It's a business app, really! ;) on XP SP2 Can Slow Down Business Apps · · Score: 1

    I had a problem with PuTTY being generally slow and freezing and unfreezing often but I resolved it with a BIOS update to the laptop. (go figure!)

  19. Re:How do they stand to gain? on Is That Pirated Software? · · Score: 1

    The difference is that Microsoft doesn't care if you make fair-use backups of your Microsoft install media. In fact, you're often encouraged to do so--hence the slipstream feature in 2K and XP, for example.

    Who cares? Game companies. They're the ones trying to have it both ways.

  20. Re:I want the opposite! on Fedora Project Considering "Stateless Linux" · · Score: 1

    In debian, you set up a dchroot. Still requires initial root user action, but after that it's straightforward access from the specified regular user account.

  21. Re:hmm on A GMail-based blog With 1000 MB of entries · · Score: 5, Funny

    After running that block of data hrough decryption, I've determined that block of hex is a picture of petrified Natalie Portman and hot grits.

  22. Re:I can't wait for a good CS-like mod. on Doom 3 Mod Seminar Hits QuakeCon · · Score: 1
    There, you've just confirmed it for me that CS will be the destruction of all that is good in gaming.

    When Doom 3 came out I said: "now somebody's going to make a CS out of this and that will mark the end of Doom 3 modding."

    cout << "INFINITE LOOP OF H8" << endl;

  23. Re:A nice idea... on XP SP2 Torrent Shows Legal P2P's Promise · · Score: 1

    a) remote desktop
    b) way to maintain an artificially low upload rate and thereby joining the ranks of the parasites, thank you

  24. Re:I think they forgot one small thing... on First Doom3 Tourney @ QuakeCon · · Score: 1

    I don't believe the QuakeCon page. If they're my friends then what are their slashdot ids?

  25. Re:How much do you want to bet... on Evaluating Windows XP Service Pack 2 RC2 · · Score: 1
    Windows Firewall offers solid basic protection; it's better than ICF (Internet Connection Firewall, the utility it replaces), and it's a lot better than nothing."

    Windows. Better than Nothing.

    Sure, hardware detection and support in Linux is minimal, but it's better than nothing.

    Linux. Better than Nothing.