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  1. Re:Behold... on Falcon's Eye: a Make-over for Nethack · · Score: 1

    The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind comes close. It is one of the few games I know of that you can spend many, many hours running around and completing quests without advancing the main plot. Also a good bit of potion-making, spell-making, weapon-/armor-/clothing-/jewelry-enchanting, etc. The one thing that I miss is kicking open doors.

  2. Re:Or better still.... on Falcon's Eye: a Make-over for Nethack · · Score: 1, Funny
    You mean it will have a crappy control scheme, crash often, have no plot, and be short, poorly designed, buggy, but damn pretty?

    Yes, I know there are a few decent Windows games, but most of them seem to have been of lower quality in all but looks.

  3. Re:Can we turn gravity off? on Slashback: Iridium, Synthesis, Drives · · Score: 1

    From what I have read, it is not so critical that they are not observed, as it is more important that the net change in energy is 0 when all is said and done.

  4. Re:Okay, answer me this: on Slashback: Iridium, Synthesis, Drives · · Score: 1
    F=ma.

    9.82m/s^2 is gravitational acceleration.

    If a 100kg falls, it will be subject to a force of about 982 Newtons (Newtons being the SI unit of force). The 982 Newtons would be a gravitational force.

    Additionally, when they talk about g-force in relation to rollercoasters or aircraft, what they really should say is that the person inside is moving faster than 9.82m/s^2. The actual force exerted on their body is proportional to their mass.

  5. Re:a fantastic troll on Carping Over Creative Commons · · Score: 1

    He was talking about the created content, not the content creators, being sewage. It is also said that 90% or so of everything is "sewage". Watching TV or leafing through the bookstore, sometimes I think that might be a rather accurate statement.

  6. Re:There's nothing like.. on SCO Has "Made No Decision" On Linux IP Claims · · Score: 1
    If you want, you can go and download the ISO disk images for the CD's of the latest Redhat distro (possibly others, I haven't looked) for free. If you pay for a boxed set, you also get service, support, and preferential treatment on their update service. These commercial distro companies have also made it a damn sight easier for someone new to Linux to install and mantain Linux.

    Furthermore, Linux is like Unix, but Linux is not Unix.

  7. Re:VB has one of those debuggers on How Would You Improve Today's Debugging Tools? · · Score: 1
    Anyone who can learn to use a command line can learn to ./configure && make && make install. Compiling a linux kernel does take some knowledge of hardware and how the OS works. But it would take a programmer to go in and fix a random file when something goes wrong.

    Most of my time is spent using a ./configure && etc bit, occasionally, I scribble out some code in Emacs (I use vi for config files). But I have used VB for somethings. VB does have its uses, like everything else (Just not under linux)

  8. Re:Debuggers cause problems and are IDE-dependent. on How Would You Improve Today's Debugging Tools? · · Score: 1

    Try printf(), or its equivalent. Quick, easy, and informative. No new IDE. And with C/C++, you could (ab)use the preproccesser and write a macro wrapping printf that could be turned off with a #define, or command line equivalent.

  9. Re:Perhaps.++ on How Would You Improve Today's Debugging Tools? · · Score: 1

    Just to clarify, you are saying the program debugs itself, or is at least capable of displaying its own state?

  10. Re:Perhaps.... on How Would You Improve Today's Debugging Tools? · · Score: 1

    printf() debugging is a time honored tradition, and my prefered method of debugging.

  11. Re:Upset Christians? on Slashback: Disputes, Clones, Audio · · Score: 1

    I have read the entire trilogy (though it was a while ago) and if I recall correctly, "God" had gone utterly senile, and the show was being run by the angels. The father of the main character introduced in the first book was gathering an army to overthrow the heirarchy of angels. But beyond that, I cannot remember with any reasonable degree of accuracy.

  12. Re:Fallacy in "Areas for Concern" on Slashback: Disputes, Clones, Audio · · Score: 1

    If you do not mind, I would appreciate it if elaboration on Aristotle's mistake was made.

  13. Re:Media a semi-willing participant in clone fraud on Slashback: Disputes, Clones, Audio · · Score: 1
    If you want truth, facts and knowledge, you go to non-profit organizations, public broadcasting and "alternative" media.

    Does this include Slashdot?

    My point being, every source of news will put some spin, however slight, on the truth. I have yet to find a single instance of "real truth", and I think if I did, I would be incapable of recognizing it, if only because I am human.

  14. Re: "Viral" GPL FUD. on Slashback: Disputes, Clones, Audio · · Score: 2, Informative
    a lowly developer (either not knowing or not caring about the license problems) grabs some GPL software to solve a problem, without upper management knowing about it. The project that the developer was working on gets turned into a product and sold. Two years later, the FSF notices that the product has GPL software in it, and starts lawsuits firing.

    In this case, the company should have noticed beforehand, and then fired and sued the developer and the manager(s) too for incompetence, conspiracy against the company, lying to superiors, and whatever else their lawyers can come up with.

  15. Re:Gnostic Heresey on Slashback: Disputes, Clones, Audio · · Score: 1
    Where did you get this idea? The Jews specifically rejected Jesus as the Messiah. This is still the case today.

    I beg your pardon, but I once met a Messianic Jew, or a Jew who did believe that Jesus was the Messiah (my opinions on this, are an entirely different matter).

  16. Re:This is NOT the standard HTTP 1.1 keepalive on Why IE Is So Fast ... Sometimes · · Score: 1

    I may be wrong, but from what I've read, WinXP dropped NetBeui.

  17. Re:What's wrong with hierarchical systems anyway? on newdocms: Beyond the Hierarchical File System · · Score: 1

    I've noticed. A fair number of them seem to have been reading this thread...and posting to it.

  18. Re:God No! on Microsoft's Reaction to OSS Adoption · · Score: 1

    I think most people here will be long dead by the year 20003.

  19. Re:More radical please on newdocms: Beyond the Hierarchical File System · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Disclosure. I wasn't that impressed with the book myself. Movie here

  20. Re:Commercial Innovation on newdocms: Beyond the Hierarchical File System · · Score: 1

    I think the point is that open source makes innovation far easier for far more people.

  21. Re:What's wrong with hierachical systems anyway? on newdocms: Beyond the Hierarchical File System · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've noticed about three main types of people in the world of open source: those who fix things, those who try to improve existings things (i.e., make it run faster, smaller, etc.) and those who like to tinker and make new stuff. This person seems to fit in the third category. As far as I can tell, this person is not so much trying to "fix" the file system, but to make a new and different version and/or approach to it. This may be a good thing. But if you don't like it, don't use it.

  22. Re:Responsive!? on Microsoft Next Generation Shell · · Score: 1

    I have also seen items in the news that suggest Microsoft would like to eliminate the FSF, Linux, and related items. They may do what they wish with their software so long as they leave me my right to choose.

  23. Re:wonder what this means on Microsoft Next Generation Shell · · Score: 1

    But it will take a good bit of work to get Windows to the point where you can do a truly minimalist install.

  24. Re:Our list on Return of the Independent Game Developer? · · Score: 1
    Contra is back, also try Duke Nukem: The Manhattan Project. There is also a Jazz Jackrabbit 2, which is almost as good as the original, but a good sidescroller in its own right.

    There are thankfully a few decent sidescrollers left

  25. Re:802.11 is broken on Fixing Wireless Security By Pulling The Plug · · Score: 1
    Of course, WEP can be broken by any hacker worth his-or-her salt, and filtering based on MAC addresses doesn't work because you can spoof MAC addresses.

    I belive the term is "cracker", not "hacker".