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  1. Halo 2 (PC) outranks Counter Strike?! on Nielsen's First PlayMetrics Results Announced · · Score: 3, Informative

    And 1.852% played the original Warcraft (giving it the same rank as Counter Strike; rank 8)?

    http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT= 104&STORY=/www/story/07-26-2007/0004632940&EDATE=

    Doesn't sound right if you ask me.

  2. Re:Say what now? on Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    Politics passed a law long ago that they didn't need logic.

  3. Re:Alexa's Spiders on The Real Problem With Alexa · · Score: 1

    Why are there "delete" links? Shouldn't that be buttons, or at least demand a confirmation after following a link.

  4. Waste of bandwidth on The Complete History of Format Wars · · Score: 2

    10 pages, each with an illustration larger than the text and of course a lot of advertisements.

  5. Re:Europe getting in on the action too on US and China Top List of Spam-Relaying Countries · · Score: 2, Informative

    EU is not Europe
    Just like the USA is not America

    (but that doesn't change the fact that there are 5 EU countries in that list totaling to 17.9%, less than the USA)

  6. Is 300 enough? on Too Many Linux Distros Make For Open Source Mess · · Score: 1

    I mean, how large is the Persian army?
    We might need more than 300.

  7. Left out Carmageddon too on Gaming's 10 Biggest Scandals · · Score: 5, Informative

    Carmageddon was the first game ever to be banned by the U.K.

  8. Re:Standards on Microsoft Pledges Conditional Support for ODF · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not true. The other tools for interoperability are luck and magic. But they don't work as well as standards.

  9. aweful on The History of Videogame Genres · · Score: 1

    They're 5 minute videos with 1 minute or so dedicated to the history of a video game genre. And this is not much more than a list of games in the genre. The Wikipedia articles contain more information.

  10. Re:The Real action is at the GDC on E3 2007 - A Horse of A Different Color · · Score: 1

    Couldn't agree more

    E3: Serious press event
    GDC: Serious developer event
    SpikeTV Game Awards: All the hype, crap, booth babes, etc. nobody actually cared about

  11. Re:1000 per cent jump as a result of deep discount on Sony Says UMD Is Here To Stay · · Score: 4, Funny

    OMG 1000 per cent jump!?

    That means that they sold 11 UMD movies?

  12. Re:It Could Be Rising Tech Really Is Malicious on Antivirus Vendors Headed for Court · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And on the other side of the pond you've got companies that are for sale. For all you know Symantec allows certain backdoor software distributed by the MPAA/RIAA.

    How much can you trust companies like that?

  13. Re:Brazil the movie on DOJ Accidentally Gives Lawyer Wiretap Transcript · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes it is, for me. In the Netherlands it is legal to download movies for personal use. It's not legal to upload.

  14. Re:Knifes? on UK Copyright Extension in Exchange for Censorship? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that counts as two questions.

    The glorification of an anti-learning culture is killing the ability to spell and do basic math.

  15. Printable article link on Five Ideas That Will Reinvent Computing · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=20978 3,00.asp?hidPrint=true

    Idea #6 would be: online articles without numerous page impressions.

  16. Re:All heat sink related? Probably not. on The Man Who Went Through 11 Xbox 360s · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have 20+ friends
    Oh come on, now you're just exaggerating.

    In fact, I have proof:

    Stickerboy (61554) is all alone in the world.
    http://slashdot.org/~Stickerboy/friends/
  17. POST vsn GET on Major Flaw Found In Security Products · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is that not the reason to use POST for important actions (e.g. modification to data) rather than GET?

  18. Re:For a 50 year old guy... on Blade Runner at 25, Why the F/X Still Matter · · Score: 1

    If he only was 50. Harrison Ford is currently 65 years old.
    I wonder if Indy thinks that he's "getting too old for this".

  19. Re:Not surprising on School's Out Forever at SV High Tech High · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That may be the case for you. But pen and paper and blackboards hinder me.
    There is no easy way to apply corrections to pen and paper. And a blackboard is not able to retain information.
    There are no easy ways to back up the data or duplicate it (of course xeroxing is an option for paper, but not for blackboards).
    A smartboard/interactive white/blackboard has replaced the ancient black/white board.
    Even a tablet PC and beamer is more effective. Teachers can sit behind desk and use the tablet to show stuff on a larger surface using the beamer.
    The only problem is that the technology is an expensive investment.

    Education is not about modern or old equipment.

  20. We're not consumers! on Microsoft Pleads With Consumers to Adopt Vista Now · · Score: 1

    We are customers. An operating system is not like bread or coffee.

  21. Re:No German version? on YouTube Goes International · · Score: 1

    It's probably because they didn't sign any deals with German content providing companies.

  22. Re:I don't understand on Microsoft Bends To Norwegian Pressure · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Are you new?
    Companies have been doing that a lot and for quite some time.
    Its not just Microsoft, other example include SCO, MPAA, RIAA, News Corp, ... the list goes on.
    They simply do it as long as they can get away with it.

  23. Re:Pshhh... on Safari 3 vs. Firefox 2 and IE7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    we read the HTML document raw
    After a while you don't see the code, but a women in red, a brunette, a blonde, ...
  24. Re:Some answers on Closed Source On Linux and BSD? · · Score: 1

    1. Can I do it with Linux today (GPL2) and tomorrow (GPL3)?

    You can do it today, but I think GPL3 is going to be against it. Still, until the license is released, and packages are relicensed, some time will pass.


    That's not completely true iirc. Only if you add some for of DRM or tamper resistance to the system you might get into trouble with GPLv3. But in that case you will get stuck with the GPLv2 versions of the software.
  25. Re:GCC on Xandros CEO Doesn�t Agree Linux is Patent Violator · · Score: 1

    erm... not much

    The output of GCC is still not covered under the GPL, never has been, never will be.