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  1. Re:Ah, Gamespot... on Gazing Back and Looking Ahead in Gaming · · Score: 1

    Er... the games do repeat...

  2. Re:In other news... on EA Considering Sims TV Show · · Score: 1

    Now we just have to wait for EA to get an exclusive SCO Linux contract...

  3. Re:Not new at all on Overclocking Calculators? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, not only is the copyright on the website 1996-2000, but I've visited that site before... 4-5 years ago... for a website with more information, go here...

  4. Re:Truth? on Inside the Mind of a Virus Writer · · Score: 1

    Er.. came up with the recipe, then sent it to the arsonist along with "this is r341ly c00l , dud3. 7ry 17 0ut!!!!1! 17 |3urn5!!!!"

  5. Re:The First Step... on Nanotech Research Works Toward Artificial Muscles · · Score: 1

    "conscienceness-inspiring" ?

    Hats that make the wearer extremely moral?

    or consciousness-inspiring?

    or perhaps you meant some kind of cognition-enhancing hat?

  6. Re:Linspire on Bob Cringely's Predictions For 2005 · · Score: 1

    You sir, are a complete and utter idiot. Aside form your petty misspellings and spouting of FUD, you have no idea what Linspire (the distro) is actually like (if you are already using a linux distro, or even a medium to advanced user of windows you are NOT in the target demographics...) , nor do you know what Linspire (the company) has been doing, sponsoring many open source projects, see here for more info...

  7. I believe that on What Do You Believe Even If You Can't Prove It? · · Score: 1

    "a lot" is two words...

  8. Re:nail in the coffin on Gaming in the Military · · Score: 1

    It depends on the service...

    At RTC Great Lakes our RDCs(Recruit Division Commanders) had us count down during PT, when we got to 5,4 we then called out the number for our division, then a distinctive Hoo-yah!

    Then at "A" School there was someone who had done FMF(Fleet Marine Force, navy personnel assigned to the marines) duty as a corpsman who was crossrating(changing jobs), he always used "hoorah", from the audio in America's Army we know that they say Hoo-ah. As for the Air Force... no idea...

  9. Re:Still no cure for cancer... on NASA Prepares to Launch Comet-Buster · · Score: 1

    Why, blow it up, of course!

  10. Re:And let's not forget who is funding a lot of th on New and Improved SETI · · Score: 1

    Er... not to nit-pick or anything.. (well, actually, yes.. to nit-pick) but the Nobel prize was created after the man's death...

  11. Re:It's better now than it's EVER been. on Does Linux Have Game? · · Score: 1

    subscribe to http://www.transgaming.com/,

    Once there is an x86_64 driver for the Mobile Radeon 9700, I will subscribe to transgaming again(used to have an AIW Radeon 32MB DDR)... until then I won't...

  12. Re:Commodore is so out of style on US Company Buys Commodore Brand For $33 Million · · Score: 1

    While the title is officially 'Rear Admiral (lower half)' nowadays, they're used interchangably informally within the Navy...

  13. Re:My grandfather's games... on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    ok then, nothing like shuffleboard, I thought you meant the ring was lying flat on the ground and was shoved with the stick...

  14. Re:Never use the GPL on The Semantics of Free Software vs. Open Source · · Score: 1

    I've only gotten part way into it, although I think most of what the "shredder" is saying is nonsense, the part as to where the GPL is unclear about what is being licensed in referral to the software (code/binaries/etc) may have other ramifications.... as the next line in the license dictates 'that you receive source code or can get it if you want it' Would that indicate that the software has to be available in some other form before the code is sent with it? Because of the wording, can it even be applied to something available solely as source code?

    I admit it seems a rather outlandish thought, and I invite all to tear these statements to shreds via wording elsewhere in the GPL or just clarifying through what is said in that paragraph...

  15. Re:Moralism or Methodology on The Semantics of Free Software vs. Open Source · · Score: 1

    this also depends on the definition of proprietary in relation to software, does it mean for-profit software (as you seem tp assume throughout your post) or software that the internal workings of are kept secret by the developers. As Free software can be sold, we can determine that the for-profit definition is at most inadequete, and if the other definition is correct then we also classify freeware as proprietary which may or may not be correct as the only definition of freeware is that it costs you no money to use.

    So, defining proprietary software as well as the multiple other terms being argued over is necessary for the discussion...

  16. the vice versa is not possible on The Semantics of Free Software vs. Open Source · · Score: 1

    If software is Free as in Libre, then it is not possible that the source can be unavailable as that is an integral part of being able to modify the software to suit your needs...

  17. Re:WTF on Using The Gyration Media Center Remote With Linux · · Score: 1
    don't mind if people "sellout"

    I don't see what Bruce did as selling out, but I do have a problem with the way Will smith sold out in I, Robot....

  18. Re:My grandfather's games... on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    shuffleboard?

  19. Re:WTF? on Arthur C. Clarke Reports From Sri Lanka · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He was referring to the focus on one specific person.

  20. Re:Here's your foreign 9/11 on Arthur C. Clarke Reports From Sri Lanka · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Regardless of whether the deaths dwarf 9/11 (they do) unless you have proof this tsunami and earthquake were directly caused by humans, it's not exactly a "foreign 9/11" ...

  21. Re:no DRM. on Out of Print Shadowrun Books Available as PDFs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nope, they're just plain PDFs...

  22. Re:Why 7-Zip??? on Free Windows Software Without Spyware/Adware · · Score: 1

    wow... Looks to be a very nice archiving program and it also supports the .7z format... along with a few iso formats that last I checked WinRAR doesn't support...

  23. Re:A few submissions, with linkage on Free Windows Software Without Spyware/Adware · · Score: 1

    Are you speaking of GK the codec pack, or GK the collection of encoding/ripping apps?

  24. Re:AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition on Free Windows Software Without Spyware/Adware · · Score: 3, Informative

    And don't forget Anti Vir.

  25. Re:Important Don't Do on Caveats In Reselling DSL Bandwidth To Neighbors? · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, he should sell to slashdot subscribers and then cache everything...