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  1. It's times like these on Patriot Act Bypasses Facebook Privacy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm glad a good number of the so-called sunset provisions were recently extended indefinitly. I'm sure a lot of terrorists are plotting the next 9-11 over Facebook.com.

    Yes, that was sarcasm.

  2. They better hurry it up then on Mythic To Assist Ultima Online Team · · Score: 1

    Blizz has announced World PvP and a lot of other changes to PvP dynamics (plus the Rogue talent rebalancing) for patch 1.12, which IMO will come out shortly before Burning Crusade to ensure a maximal playerbase for launch.

  3. For extra effect on Chinese Gamers Circumvent Anti-Obsession Measures · · Score: 1

    Make it silver and completly ignore him for a while - THEN go for the yellow. He's bound to be interested in a quest he just leveled enough to do because of the ph@t l3wt.

  4. Here's an idea on Chinese Gamers Circumvent Anti-Obsession Measures · · Score: 1

    After X hours, the players turn into "Obssessed Peon"s that can be hit with a special Blackjack item to boot them from all servers for Y hours.

    You could even make a quest/put in some kind of reward (honor points?) to encourage narc behavior.

  5. In other news.. on Star Wars Galaxies Emulator Test Server Hits Alpha · · Score: 4, Funny

    The lead programmer for the SWGEMU (Star Wars Galaxies Emulator) Team was found dead in his home today. Coronary exams reveal that he died of acute and forceful asphyixiation but no sign of breaking and entering was found. Police were baffled but after an anonymous tip from a young moisture farmer they are now on the lookout for a man in black who is said to breathe very loudly.

  6. You're looking in the wrong place on Interview With Bing Gordon (EA) · · Score: 2, Funny

    The creativity stems from figuring out which game developer they feel like purchasing, bleeding dry then discarding next like the financial vampires they are.

  7. Those mail admins will be one in a million on China Getting 'Serious' About Spam? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not in skill or particularity..just one in a million.

  8. As opposed on BumpTop, Pushing the Desktop Metaphor · · Score: 1

    to highly productive /. browsing and posting.

  9. Re:Papercuts? on BumpTop, Pushing the Desktop Metaphor · · Score: 1

    Can they get infected?

  10. How is that bad, exactly? on Pirate Party Comes to the U.S. · · Score: 1

    Congress-elected presidents are far closer to the ideals of Democracy than the Republic currently in effect.

  11. Two views... on U.S. Gov't Spent $30M On Citizens' Personal Info · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The classical answer would be "The taxpayer", however I believe the problem is now too far-reaching and with long-lasting implications; the correct answer has become "The taxpayer's children". THEY are the ones who will shoulder the burden of these unnecessary expenses AND of the gradual remmoval of privacy...

  12. Re:A bit torrent client? on Opera 9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    ACID2-passing capabilities, bloatware? Are you insane or just really, really sarcastic?

  13. The mind boggles on WSJ on CraigsList and Zen of Classified Ads · · Score: 4, Funny

    An analyst claiming that an advertising site could make more money...by advertising. There's some sort of feedback loop here I just can't wrap my mind around.

  14. How is WIELDING a pacemaker going to help them? on A Pacemaker Made From Your Own Cells · · Score: 1

    What, are they going to lightly jolt us into submission? A simple board with a nail in it would be more efective...unless we make them bigger, and bigger....

  15. You made a typo on Google to Compete with Nielsen? · · Score: 1

    lends itself to Google's core business: helping people find things.

    I think you meant to type "helping advertisers sell things", because Google sure as heck doesn't make money (you know, what businesses do) by helping people find stuff. That's more of a pleasant side effect. But yes, everything they do is lniked to this.

  16. Re:Woah on The Best of Xbox Back Compat · · Score: 0, Troll

    It used to, but this is Zonk we're talking about.

  17. Wrong on both counts on All D&D Books To Be Available As PDFs · · Score: 1

    How is "many" claiming it to be the best contrary to "many feel it the wordt"? These statements can coexist. Baldu's Gate 2 is indeed based on 2nd edition rules - but it's AD&D 2nd edition. This is the most complex ruleset there is and a lot of players complained it was too complex - hence the simplifying andadoption of a simple d20 system for 3rd edition.

  18. Close. on All D&D Books To Be Available As PDFs · · Score: 1

    All but the *most expensive* ones.

  19. Perfect for video games? on All D&D Books To Be Available As PDFs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then how come most 3rd ed. d&d game have performed poorly while Baldur's Gate 2 (AD&D - the "worst" ruleset according to a good many!) is widely hailed as a spectacular CRPG, if not one of the best games of all time?

  20. Horrible premonition on U.S. Joins Hollywood in War on Piracy · · Score: 1

    Bush standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier stationned near the scandinavian countries, with a banner that reads "Mission Accomplished"

  21. Well you CAN unwatch it. on New Worm Starts Munching MSN Users · · Score: 1

    I find a few hits to the head with a blunt object works pretty well. Just make sure there aren't any sharp objects around you could hit in your fall.

  22. Oh okay mods on Over 12,000 black Nintendo DS Lite Systems Stolen · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hadn't realized talking about the theft of gaming consoels in a story about the theft of gaming consoles was offtopic. My bad.

  23. Well that's just brazen..but refreshing! on Over 12,000 black Nintendo DS Lite Systems Stolen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Grand grand larceny...of GAMING CONSOLES! When's the last time you heard THAT?

  24. Re:3D paradoxes on Researchers Teach Computers To Perceive 3D from 2D · · Score: 1

    Imagine if it actually suceeded in modelling it in 3d. Now THAT would be an interesting (read: mindbending) sight.

  25. Ha-ha on 3D Realms Won't Rush Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 0

    2002 called. They want their joke back.