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  1. Re:I can see why fundamentalists... on Review: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets · · Score: 2, Insightful
    However at the same time there are parents with seven-year-old children that are more then able to handle this movie. It's the parents' choice and don't try to blame someone else because of your parenting decisions.

    The rating on the movie is "PG", its warning you that it might not be appropriate for younger children. If you don't think your seven year old is mature enough, or has the bladder for it, preview the movie yourself first.

    ~Noodle

  2. Re:ILM on Review: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets · · Score: 2, Informative

    They split the FX deal between two firms for the first one, ILM and some other whose name I can't remember right now. If you look at the first movie you can tell fairly easily which CG wasn't done by ILM (ie. the quiditch scene). The rumour was that they weren't happy with the non-ILM effects, which more-or-less has been confirmed.

    ~Noodle

  3. Re:somewhat OT on When Good Interfaces Go Crufty · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because that is no longer the case. Its been seven years since Windows 95 was released and it's been a while since I've used a Win32 app that didn't use long file names... If you *would* bother to read the article you'd notice that the premier cause of cruft is trying to keep everything "backwards-compatible". "Program Files" is an accurate description of what in there "Applications" is not because it is not *just* applications, not to mention that not all applications are in the Program Files directory, most of the Windows Applications (notepad, calculator, etc.) is in the Windows or Winnt directory. ~Noodle

  4. Re:Video On Demand on How Could TV Survive Without Commercials? · · Score: 1

    I right now have a fairly large collection of TV shows that I have downloaded and burned onto CD. 90% of them I watched when they were on the airwaves and downloaded them simply because its a *much* more convient way of being able to find the show I want to watch. Considering how its supposed to be a "creative" industry they're methods of dealing with the problems are not very creative. I am willing to watch a show the first time through with commercials and then have it recorded for future viewing without the advertisements. If you look at this its really close to the system in place right now for those who do not have a TiVO box, the problem comes when the industry is trying to take away any appeal to the viewers.

  5. Re:Speed isn't everything on Benchmark Program Rewritten to Favor Intel? · · Score: 1

    Athlons can run up to 80c within spec, they are quite hardy and most likely you'll end up throwing the machine out long before that piece of silicon burns out.