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  1. Re:Science text books on Man Who Downloaded Bomb Recipes Jailed For 2 Years · · Score: 1

    Well that does add some pretty incriminating context.

  2. Science text books on Man Who Downloaded Bomb Recipes Jailed For 2 Years · · Score: 5, Informative

    I am guessing the people who brought him up on charges have never actually read a science textbook. Sure its a little winded and takes a while to get to it, but by reading the average science textbook from jr high and above you can figure out how to create some pretty dangerous chemical reactions that should scale fairly well. Knowing about something and being jailed for it it thought crime. Trying to set limits on the human condition of curiosity and interest could pave the path of a dangerous road.

  3. Cart before the horse on Microsoft Readying Massive Real Time Threat Intelligence Feed · · Score: 1

    It would probably be better if the focused their energy on closing security holes and doing their best to stop their consumer operating systems from being the low hanging fruit for botnet makers. I have heard than an ounce of prevention is better than a massive security project to remove the ass of a tick or something to that effect.

  4. Godaddy are still bad hosters. on Go Daddy Reverses Course On SOPA · · Score: 1

    Go daddy is still a bunch of aholes with questionable hosting practices and one of the worst customer portals focused on upselling rather than delivering services. I moved all my domains from them quite some time ago. Recently they were acquired and they have created artificial dns brownouts to sites experiencing additional queries because they have a boost in traffic. They are using this to sell additional services. If you value your internet service you will move away from them even if they no longer support sopa.

  5. Maybe... on Microsoft Says Goodbye To CES · · Score: 1

    Have they actually had anything to show at CES worth looking at? Seems like throwing good money out to show bad products is a bad idea. It makes sense that they should make better products, but it looks like they are just going to focus on saving money.

  6. Stanford experiment? on MIT To Expand Online Learning and Offer Certificates · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love it when the words stanford and experiment are used in a sentence, it gets so much better when the word prison is also added.

  7. Re:Obligatory on First Look: Oracle NoSQL Database · · Score: 1

    I actually know a guy who wrote a nosql distributed datastore 10 years ago.

  8. Blind OSS users use orca. on Ask Slashdot: Building an Assistive Reading Device? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Open source screen reader http://live.gnome.org/Orca This package can be used to operate a computer for people who are totally blind, read content etc etc.

  9. Took them long enough. on Xbox Live Players Targeted In Denial-of-Service Attacks · · Score: 4, Funny

    XBL has now just caught up to PC gaming in 1995.

  10. Prior Art on Google Maps To Add 'Friend' GPS Tracking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are many applications that do this for people already. I would rather go out of my way to turn this functionality on, rather than go out of my way to turn it off.

  11. I just want OSX ala carte on Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if OSX was sold and supported as a product separate from their hardware. I am using a macbook right now, the hardware is adaquate but the operating system is the reason I bought it. If apple had a hardware logo certification ala novel, a logo cert that actually meant something I would be more likely to continue using osx as my primary operating system on non apple hardware. Apple hardware has almost completely lost its draw for me. The RMA process is slow and clunky, their corporate hardware support is abysmal and their hardware has one of the highest failure rates (second only to sony vaio laptops) I have ever experienced. Hardly what I would consider worth the premium. On top of that there is the mousing options. For that much money I would expect to have a hardware interface that is intuitive. Removing all mouse buttons from the laptop is the exact opposite direction I was hoping they would take. So far I am unimpressed with this hardware revision. I hope the next iteration of OSX becomes a bigger selling point because the look and feel of the hardware is nowhere near worth the price.

  12. Re:Make's Take on Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air · · Score: 1

    I have seen a number of iphones that have a cracked glass surface from being dropped on the corner when impacting cement. My previous phone was a motorola razr and I had it in the closed position and I stepped on it a number of times. The razr and the iphone are both in good working condition to this day. The UI of the iphone and delicate uncovered glass display seems like it will break before the razr with average usage and the occasional drop. The razr also was the best mobile phone I have ever had for actually using as a phone. I have the odd feeling my next phone will be a phone with blue tooth tethering options, flip style like a razr and my next remote admin system will be a nokia n8xx.

  13. Re:Support for Mac? on Mythic Launches Warhammer Online · · Score: 1

    The video support for spore on mac does not include the intel gma 950 chipset, which is in a a great deal of macbooks sadly including the one I own. However it is supported in windows, go figure. To be honest, I use my windows pc at home as my gaming system, and my mac laptop as my day to day work machine. When the new line of macbook pros hits the street some time in oct/nov I will be getting one of those and using boot camp. I hope eamythic does port a version of warhammer to osx, but I am not holding my breath. I know for me boot camp will be the best option for a while and for others it might not be. As of right now, if I wanted to play spore on my macbook my only option would be bootcamp.

  14. Re:Support for Mac? on Mythic Launches Warhammer Online · · Score: 1, Insightful

    No bootcamp means: -Being stuck with blizzard games as your only gaming option -Lacking Ventrilo codec support -Not being able to play warhamer After playing warhammer and warcraft I have to say that bootcamp should be an option.

  15. Re:Lots o Fun on Mythic Launches Warhammer Online · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have been playing in different phases of beta for a little over a month now. I like warhammer so much I suspended my warcraft subscription. I am really excited about all of the new content in warhammer, and the pvp focus mythic promises is what I was hoping to get out of blizzard for a long time. Should be a healthy thing for the MMO industry to have more than a single AAA mmo title in the marketplace.

  16. FUNCOM on Ragnar Tornquist On Video Game Storytelling · · Score: 1

    Yeah this guy works for funcom, what the hell does he know about making a game that is compelling or playable? Age of Conan and Anarchy online were and are crap. This upcoming MMO of his will suffer the same fate as both of these games, good initial sales with absolutely horrid customer retention.

  17. Pax is it on E3 Continues Downward Spiral · · Score: 4, Informative

    'The video game industry is about fun and entertainment, and we should have a show that reflects it.' Yeah they have it, its called PAX. http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/

  18. Twitter is utter crap on Will Twitter Join Podcasting on the 'Net Sidelines'? · · Score: 3, Informative

    'Twitter has established itself in some quarters as a must-have communications too' APRIL FOOLS!!! right? Well sadly this line was not meant to be all that funny. Twitter is a giant pile of shit. Yes that is right you heard me. For the most part it allows attention hungry people that can't get what they need out of regular blog entries that can be easily ignored, they some how get gratification knowing that all sorts of people are now getting updates at all hours of the day that they are doing mundane SHIT. Great I am glad to know that you are are washing your toy poodle fluffy. Its also really nice to know you are alone drinking at a bar AGAIN. Yeah its nice to know that I can trim away unwanted messages at hours of the day I would like to be sleeping, but until I can find some way of defining what I want to receive updates on based on tags related to content such as social interaction request, personal chore completion, or attention grab by anorexic cutter previously ignored on livejournal I really don't think I am going to renew my deleted account.

  19. ugh.. on Scammers Continue to Wreak Havoc in MMO's · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How does second life still drum up this much publicity? Its nothing but over hyped marketing and furries looking for some sort of acceptance. If you don't talk about it, second life will disappear.

  20. Re:16-bit era fan's prayers... on Super Smash Bros. Brawl Delayed · · Score: 1

    It also seems as though this one person has their own era.

  21. Re:Scandals link on Eve Online's New Chief Economist · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like someone's frat brother needed a job.

  22. Katamari anyone? on Industry Fallout from GTA IV Delay · · Score: 1

    I purchased the PS2 a little over a year ago just for katamari 1 and 2. Once I played through these games my ps2 went into a box in my closet. The only other game I would have had any interest in playing on my ps2 was guitar hero2 I purchased that one for the 360, and have since downloaded 1 of the song packs. Soon enough the new Katamari game will be released on the 360 and possibly the wii / ps3. I plan on buying the wii when I can walk in and find it on the shelves at the stores, I have no plans as of yet to purchase a ps3, HDdvd or blue ray player. It seems like katamari being a multi system release was based on ps3s horrible market penetration, and that is just fine with me. GTA was never a selling point game for me, my attention span for this type of game is so short that playing it at a friend's place once every 3 or so months fills out my GTA quota. If a new game were released by rockstar ala original GTA overhead play style (I love me some platformers) I might consider buying it. As of right now rockstar doesn't make a game I would go out of my way to get a hold of, and I doubt they ever will.

  23. Re:Fresh ground on What is Your Favorite Way to Make Coffee? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pick up a coffee roaster, and some unroasted beams. You can even use a air popcorn popper if you would like. Coffee ground and brewed within 4 hours of its roast has the best flavor. How you brew your coffee will change specific flavor aspects along with the grind of the coffee, preference is really up to you. My favorite method is Turkish, however when time needs to be considered a manual cone filter produces adequate results.

  24. Re:Well... on Bungie Vs. Miyamoto - Fight! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good thing Square wasn't mentioned, with their tight dev schedule it would be a shame for them to make anything but over inflated graphics demos you sort of "lead" through combat. /troll

  25. Re:by definition on Why Doesn't Microsoft Have A Cult Religion? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I assume the author has never had any experience with a small ISP attempting to sell microsoft small business server. In that market you will find the people that worship the juggernaut.