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  1. Obligatory on New Radar Sees Through Walls · · Score: 1

    Two meters!

    That's impossible, that's inside the damn room!

  2. Re:Problem Solved on NASA Considers Mobile Lunar Base · · Score: 1

    Probably because it weighs over 7,000 tons, and I wouldn't be surprised if that's more than every payload ever launched into space so far put together.

  3. Re:Aside from being preinstalled on Shelf-PCs... on Jobs Previews Displays, Tiger at WWDC · · Score: 1

    You realize that that prediction has been made almost constantly for the past 10 years or so? Nobody's been correct yet.

  4. Re:Longhorn like requirements! on Jobs Previews Displays, Tiger at WWDC · · Score: 1

    Core Image depends on ARB_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM and a floating-point framebuffer. Any card providing that will be supported. This is certainly just an internal miscommunication and I wouldn't be surprised if the 6800 shows up on the list within days or hours.

  5. Re:A suggestion on Jobs Previews Displays, Tiger at WWDC · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Rotating the display is supported on Macs on the Radeon 9800; the retail cards can do it out of the box, the OEM cards require a driver hack.

  6. Re:Voodoo 5 had up to 4 on Nvidia Reintroduces SLI with GeForce 6800 Series · · Score: 1

    There was also the Rage 128 MAXX, which had 2 Rage 128 Pro chips. It didn't use SLI, it had the chips synchronized to render alternate complete frames. Its performance was no match for the Geforce 1, though.

  7. Re:ATI X800 advertisement on Nvidia Reintroduces SLI with GeForce 6800 Series · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah because cutting off a site's primary revenue stream is a great way to ensure they continue to provide free content for you.

  8. Re:For Rich Folks Only (marginal?) on Nvidia Reintroduces SLI with GeForce 6800 Series · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If you're getting 120fps and this rig pushes it up to 240fps, the increase in your score and enjoyment of the game is far smaller than if the jump was from, say, 20fps to 40fps. No matter how hardcore you are, there's always an upper limit beyond which the additional frames simply don't matter, and this combination will push any game on the market well beyond it.

  9. Re:We have a free market of ideas in this country. on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 3, Funny

    It does mean the movie is not a documentary. A documentary is meant to report facts- a subset of all facts which supports your view, perhaps, but if this movie does not do that then it is not a documentary. It's a getBushoutofofficumentary.

  10. Re:Available at www.allofmp3.com on Beastie Boys Respond to DRM Claims · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The legality of this site is hazy (at the very least), so it may not be the best choice if you're trying to avoid piracy for philosophical reasons.

  11. The usual question to the knee-jerk reaction on Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Camcorder Bill · · Score: 1

    Can someone explain a legitimate reason, unrelated to copyright infringement, to record a movie in a theater with a camcorder?

  12. Re:Some cautions on Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Do not taunt Happy Fun Ribbon.

  13. Re:15 years? on Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Screw him, how about the guy who hit the button for every floor?

  14. Re:My 2 cents on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and hijacked airplanes had never posed a threat to anyone outside the airplane itself before. I'm not saying I agree with the goverment's actions, but "safe and harmless now, safe and harmless forever" is no better.

  15. Re:Microsoft's Xbox Live Patching Policy on Tecmo Upgrades Ninja Gaiden Via Xbox Live · · Score: 1

    It may not be a code bug, but it was definitely a flaw in the game. I've lost count of the number of my deaths that could be directly attributed to the camera screwing up.

  16. Major omission on Mac Gaming History Remembered · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Bolo.

  17. Re:And if they ask.... on Airlines Gave More Data Than Previously Disclosed · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked, airline ticket agents were not law enforcement officers. Your tinfoil hat is cutting off circulation.

  18. Re:And if they ask.... on Airlines Gave More Data Than Previously Disclosed · · Score: 1

    Sure you can. You just won't get on the flight either. But then again, you don't have a right to fly.

  19. Re:Just my opinion... on Real Xbox Next Specs Leaked? · · Score: 1

    I agree, I make that joke all the time :) But anyone seriously listing it as a deficiency of the platform is either a dumbass or a troll.

  20. Re:Just my opinion... on Real Xbox Next Specs Leaked? · · Score: 1

    You don't need multiple Xboxes to play Halo, it supports 4-player splitscreen just like the GC.

    The Xbox is really not excessively large or heavy at all; anyone in good shape can pick it up with one hand. it's a joke dating back to before its launch that has long since been beaten into the ground.

  21. Re:More Marketing? on Real Xbox Next Specs Leaked? · · Score: 1

    I don't think you can make meaningful comparisons between a 6-month-old game and a game that won't be out for another 4 months (and which we have seen very little of).

    All the consoles can be optimized to hell and all of them can be used badly by poor programmers. They are incredibly complex machines and the limits of their capabilities are not well-defined enough to rank them in a simple sequence or even say they are equal. However, in my personal experience, developers have described the PS2 as the hardest to optimize for and the Xbox as the easiest.

  22. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong but... on Real Xbox Next Specs Leaked? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ATI doesn't have PS 3.0+ support in their released products. The work they are doing for MS (and Nintendo) may be well ahead of the X800, and may be the reason PS 3.0 support didn't make it into the X800 itself, if they are concentrating on their console development. The original Xbox also included features that went beyond MS's PC graphics standard at the time (DX8), after all.

  23. Re:Best practices,... published? on Major ISPs Publish Anti-Spam Best Practices · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Spam does not have to be made impossible to be eliminated; we just have to reduce response rates to the point where it's no longer profitable and wait for professional spammers to die off.

  24. Obligatory Ben Franklin on WinXP SP2 Sacrifices Compatibility for Security · · Score: 1

    Those who sacrifice a little essential compatibility to gain a little temporary security deserve neither- er, wait, never mind

  25. Re:Who's cleaning up the M&Ms? on SpaceShipOne Flight Not as Perfect as it Seemed · · Score: 1

    I can't wait to see the new ads for this candy: "M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your instrument panel".