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  1. Re:HOLY COW 100 new quests on Turbine Expansions And Turnovers · · Score: 1

    If the new quests are like the older quests then 100 is alot. Most of the quests in old AC2(quit about 7 months after release) were huge things that could take multiple levels to complete. So a single quest of this type would be equal to 15-20 quests from EQ2 or WoW.

  2. Re:Next step, taxes on Mythic Rips SOE a New One · · Score: 1

    EQ2 servers are located in san deigo, CA and in Virginia. In addition to the various international sites, but I doubt that they will be putting one of theses new types of servers there.
    For billing and tax purposes they are in CA. For example on how taxes are handled look at ebay, since that is all this system is going to be like.

  3. Re:Make leveling a positive experience on Mythic Rips SOE a New One · · Score: 1

    Grinding has always been in the mind of the player. If you want to get to a different level and go somewhere else then what is currently available to your character then you have to grind in order to get that.
    At level 40 in EQ2 I don't feel I have ever had to grind to advance my character, something I felt I had to do in WoW to advoid ganking. I have always had huge amounts of quests for both solo and groups and can easily solo for decent exp.
    The biggest problem has been I have far to many quests I want to complete, and some that are bordering on grinding because I want to get the reward to decorate my house but the mobs no longer are worth any exp.

  4. Re:Free anit-virus? on Spyware or Researchware? · · Score: 1

    Still free as of last month.
    However I stopped using it because the thing does a full virus scan over all files every day. Once a week is enough to capture files. Provided the system is continually monitored.

  5. New really scary think tank. on Paul Graham on PR · · Score: 1

    New really scary think tank that is being setup.
    A group of millionares and billionaries are setting up to fund it.
    There plans are to use thier money to create and fund the new think tank and then use it to spread thier hate filled and mean spirited views.
    They had thier original meeting back in April, under the name Phoenix Group, where over 70 millionaries and billionaries attended; the names of them were kept secret.

  6. Re:Is it April Fools Day? on Offshoring to a Ship in International Waters · · Score: 1

    That is correct, most cruise ships that stop in the US are registered in other countries such as, The Bahamas, Holland, Panama or places like that.
    There are some reason that ships cannot be registered, US laws require that for a ship of that size to be flagged under the US flag it must of been built, or assembeled, in the US.
    Also as you mentioned if they were flagged under the US Flag they would be required to obey all US employment and union laws and wages.

    Currently there is a big set of lawsuits of cruise ship and weather they should be required to apply with americans with disability act(ADA) since they do do business in the US.

  7. Re:MS Paint on Why Did Adobe Buy Macromedia? · · Score: 1

    Longhorn is suppose to ship with a flash/web form like design capability. Where you will beable to create and share basic applications.
    Microsoft has been tring to hold off macromedias development in this area by only inluding older versions of the flash runtime and not the newer one that expands this type of capability.

  8. Re:Holy Hell! on Sony Online To Sell Virtual Property · · Score: 1

    No need to change anything in EQ2.

    Most quest rewards are already defined as NODROP.
    However all player crafted and loot treasure in the game requires that you "attune"(attuning makes it so only the person who attuned it can use it, also cannot be given away) it to a character before you get the benefits in combat.
    The attuning system is alot better then bind on acquire because you can put on the item see what your character will look like and see what your stats will be like. Then if you want it you attune it, if not you can trade or sell it.

  9. Re:Idea For Next Show on TrekUnited Campaign Ends · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be better to call it Bay Watch: Vulcan?
    That way the bay watch crowd would think it is some fantastic beach.

  10. Re:More BS on Is Cheap Broadband UnAmerican? · · Score: 1

    What hotels are you staying in Taiwan?
    The ones I tend to stay in only offer it for an additional fee if at all, but then again I don't stay in business class hotels(I can pocket the difference in what is paid vs what is allowed for hotels).

  11. Re:Just imagine... on IBM to Hire Firefox Developers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except that IBM itself has proven that marketing to management works.
    In the late 90s one of there boxes was not selling, so they pulled all tech ads. Instead they just advertised in CEO and management type magazines.
    Sales of that box increased.

  12. Re:National sales tax now on Tracking Your Taxes · · Score: 1

    So because you are jealous of paris hilton, family farmers who just want to pass the family farm from generation to generation have to pay a huge amount each time someone has the misfortune of dieing?

    Because of are envious of someone else is no reason to create a bunch of laws that hurt other people.

  13. Re:Indian, Pakistani, Ukrainian, Nigerian on Offshored Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    It may be wrong, but a quick search on H1-B sites should how it could legally be done, but how is it racist?

  14. Re:I used to be an H1-B and I paid taxes & SS on Offshored Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    According to the people who claim this it is really easy to legally not pay taxes as a H1-B, this has been discussed for a while.
    Basic process:
    You hire into a company.
    That company sub-contracts you out.
    sub-contract company pays your company, in your country of origin.
    Your company then provides housing and an amount of spending cash. All of this is tax free.

  15. Re:Indian, Pakistani, Ukrainian, Nigerian on Offshored Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    So a site whoes comment when some US contractors were killed was to call them "mercenaries" and people could just "Screw them" is a credible news source?

  16. Re:SAT, ICT and Smoke Tests on Would You Pass the Information Literacy Test? · · Score: 1

    It was not racism it was the science of the day aka eugenics.
    Some AC posted this but the guy mentioned in the post that was plagerized, denounced his book and what it stood for a few years later, I guess he then went on to be one of the heroes in removing this science. This was before he Harvard started using tests he developed for admission.
    The SAT and all theses others test do discriminate against thoses with a lack of education, and in a few exceptional cases do a poor job telling if the person would do poor in college.
    If you come from a two parent family with educated parents who enforce teaching and reading then you will probably do well on the test no matter your race. The problem is some minorities do not come from that background and it is considered racist for me to have mention that.

  17. Re:Indian, Pakistani, Ukrainian, Nigerian on Offshored Identity Theft · · Score: 2, Informative

    FYI, Lou Dobbs was called a racist by Al Franken for using the term, better close your eyes, "illegal alien".
    Another group of people are mad at him for writting "People who come to the US with H-1B and L1 visas don't pay any taxes, and they return home with all the money they earned here. They are all cheap foreign labor."
    If you think thoses are racist terms then don't click on the link to slashdot.

  18. Re:I don't get it on Offshored Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    I don't consider the story to be that the info was stolen by foreigners but that it was an organized setup and operated as such.
    With it being done this way it should of been made a story(not on /.) no matter where it happened.

  19. Re:What Al Gore said... on Al Gore Invents Internet TV · · Score: 1

    And except for a few jokes made at his expense that would of been it, if he had corrected what he meant.
    However what he did after that was send people speaking for his campaign to show such as charlie rose, etc, and say he meant that he was talking about the commercialization of the internet and that was what he had helped was talking about initiating. That also failed so they then tried the same thing with putting the government on the internet, that was also a failure. All the while inidcating he had taken a active role in what was done.
    When thoses did not catch on, so they went with the current thinking they are selling today. It is an interesting idea that with the current blog situation, you would of seen the liberal blogs take it as truth that he had initiated the commercialzation of the internet. So if they had been around would that be still be the current selling point?

  20. Re:hah on U.S. to Require Passport To Re-Enter Country · · Score: 1

    The state law has alot to it, but the part that is brough up in theses cases basiclly allows the hospital's ethics board to sign an approval saying that nothing else can be done to the patient, this then allows the hospital to go through a procedure to stop care. There are numerious other safe guards that any family member can do to stop this.
    This law that Bush pushed through had the backing of various right to life groups and medical ethic groups. Before this law hospitals would of just pulled the plug with not much the family could do about it, and Governor Bush actually had previous vetoed a law making this the state policy.
    While it is a sad story, what killed this kid was that she was born with a fatal form of dwarfism. The liberal are beneath contempt for bring up this red herring in thier continue bush bashing.
    Funny thing about it was the Governor Bush was heavly criticized by various liberal groups because he allowed religious and right to life group in the meeting to help get the language for the bill.

  21. Re:what about when the shoe is on the other foot? on U.S. to Require Passport To Re-Enter Country · · Score: 3, Informative

    The funny thing about your statement is most other countries are far worse then the US, and the US is just protecting its borders.
    Goto places in Europe and alot of asian countries and you find things like the requirement to carry your passport with you all the time, or the hotels take and sometimes keep your passport the entire time you are staying with them. The hotels photo copy the passport and it is sent to the police.

  22. Re:Mexico, Eh? on U.S. to Require Passport To Re-Enter Country · · Score: 1

    Using birth certificates for identification is worthless.
    I had/still useing one for my entire life for jobs, previous passports, licenses,etc. Then a few years ago when I went to get a new passport I was told it not an offical birth certificate but one the hospitals gave to the parents. It looked all offcial and everything with stamps and seals but was not issued by the state.
    The reason the passport agent knew was she use to work for that state and was familiar with them, since it fairly common at that time to give them out.
    Been meaning to get an offical birth certificate but not worth the hassle.

  23. Re:Photo Age on Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps · · Score: 1

    Egads all the conspiracy theories.
    The reason they use old images is because they are cheap or even free. The newer images have value and are available for purchase; maps a few years old have no practical value.
    Same reason google shows 20 min old stock data.

  24. Re:judicial activism? on New York Court Says Telecommuters Must Pay NY Tax · · Score: 1

    The President cannot send bills to Congress, as suggestions or anything.
    What happens is that the President, as head of thier political party, will give it to someone in thier party who will become the sponsor of it. Yes they are slighty the same in action but significantly important in capability.

  25. Re:Hmmm on Draft Guidelines for Space Tourists · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Airplane 2" of course.