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  1. Re:Because they are useful on Why Do Games Still Have Levels? · · Score: 1

    I don't see myself playing a game where I'd sit around for hours waiting for something to happen.

    Oh wait, I played Everquest and that was mostly camping. You got a point, although I don't really know what it is...

  2. Re:Why not call a movie a movie? on Revenge of the Sith Officially Rated PG-13 · · Score: 1

    Hmm... Opera. Let's see

    Horrible plot, check
    Silly costumes, check
    Villains with insane egoes, agendas and manners, check

    Ok, so it doesn't have a fat lady who sings (I hope) but that's about the only difference.

  3. Re:Actually... on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Mathematical formulas indicate an understanding of such laws, so without that understanding, your cell phone wouldn't work.

    I believe there are quite a few inventions that have been stumbled upon without any understanding about mathematical formulas whatsoever. Amazing what can be accomplished with the old trial and error method =)

  4. Re:Nvidia and ATI on ATI Updates Linux Drivers · · Score: 1

    Would you mind telling what your problems with the Ti4200 were? I have one and am using it in Linux, TV out and all and it was very easy to install. From what I've heard in the community you must be very lucky not to have problems with an ATI card.

    I would be happy to buy an ATI card as they are cheaper and (from what I hear) run cooler than nVidia cards. But I won't go near one unless I am sure I can play Unreal Tournament and Enemy Territory in Linux with it.

  5. The proper reply to this would probably be... on Australian Prime-Minister Sends Spam · · Score: 1

    Aye matey, no worries. G'day.

  6. Yes, but... on Gosling: If I Designed a Window System Today... · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...what do you think of a person who only does the bare minimum?

  7. Gigli on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 1

    Gigli wins this title hands down. It' just horrible but not horrible enough to be funny in a Plan 9 kind of way. Worst way to spend 2 hours and pay for it, too, Gigli is.

  8. Re:No, I did not read the article... on Cell Phones Becoming Profitless · · Score: 1

    You are quite correct. If this article is true, how come PalmOne had a pretty good year again?

    Here's a quote from the PalmOne website:
    Revenue Up 23%; Operating Margin 6.0%


    Very short quote but I think it sums it up pretty nicely. Funnily enough that's exactly the same kind of info as digital camera companies are giving out. Most people are buying digital cameras instead of non-digital ones these days and it shows in the numbers.

    And yes I'm a PDA freak and yeah, I got a heavy gadget fetish. Without fetishes life would be dull.

  9. Re:Your 2.6 kernel is, and always will be, stable on No 2.7 Linux Kernel Branch Due Soon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And in the meantime, 2.4 series seem to work very well. If it ain't broke... For real, why risk your production machine with an experimental/unstable kernel unless you really, REALLY need to?

    I just finished installing a webserver and it doesn't seem to suffer from having a 2.4-series kernel. Maybe it would be COOLER with a 2.6 but I somehow doubt it. Then again, some people like to rice their cars, too...

  10. Re:Of course... on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 1

    It may be that linux would have d3d emulation if it wasnt for id :-)

    That's another reason to like id I think

  11. Re:ARRRGGGH. on iPod Generation 4 Released · · Score: 1

    I predict it'll be a long time before Christmas arrives, then

  12. Re:heh... on Unix To Beef Up Longhorn · · Score: 1

    We've already seen the ads about happy people moving away from MacOS so it's not like it'd even be anything new.

    They should make it "Services TRULY for Unix" ;)

  13. Now this is proof enough, don't you think? on More On The Open Sourcing Of Iraq · · Score: 5, Funny

    Iraq is anti-US. They code Linux stuff in Iraq. Ergo, Linux is anti-US. Bomb Linux!

  14. I think for this purpose... on Next Generation Stun Guns? · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...my tinfoil hat is more than adequate

  15. Re:Obligatory luser question on Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Released · · Score: 1

    Ok, I'll bite

    It won't take a lot of time, not with your system specs. We're talking about 30min tops. Depends a lot on what kind of modules etc you need to make.

    If you've never done it, though, you may want to a) ask someone who knows this stuff for help or/and b) read a few docs on the subject. If you don't know what you're doing, you most probably will end up with something missing, stuff like soundcard support or something. A good place to start (in my biased opinion ofcourse) would be here for instance Some googling never hurts, either.

  16. Re:Gideon Bibles on Hotel Tycoon Pushes Inflatable Space Stations · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, but the Gideons only donate the bibles, the hotel owner gets to haul it up there.

  17. Re:Gideon Bibles on Hotel Tycoon Pushes Inflatable Space Stations · · Score: 0

    ...unless, ofcourse, they were smart enough to just put them in there before it gets hauled into orbit.

  18. So THAT'S why they do it really. on New Digital Audio Formats · · Score: 1

    How come I never saw this before. Michael Jackson owns rights to quite a few recordings, eh? Michael Jackson gets arrested and... Well, you can fill out the conspiracy theory yourself. South America, I think, what about you?

  19. Re:I don't care how realistic the figures look... on Realistic Human Graphics Look Creepy · · Score: 1

    My personal favorite is ID4 where they infect the alien mother computer with a virus. Remember the movie? Don't know what they been smoking when they wrote the script but it musta been one helluva trip.

    "Aliens won't be using the same operating system we do, you know"
    "That's allright, they'll probably have MacOS, then"

    For quite a bunch of movie nitpicking...

  20. Re:Doubtful on Will There Be A Winning Autonomous Robot in 2005? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure your car tires will like hitting, say, a pointed rock at 60 MPH even if it is smaller than a watermelon. You will have to be REALLY careful about what you toss out.

  21. Uh oh! on The Aroma of Fine Wine From Your Computer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Talk about adding a whole new level to the Goatse experience!

  22. Re:logical question on Camera Vans To Photograph 50 Million Buildings · · Score: 1

    So if you want your house not to be photographed (I know, my grammar sucks) all you have to do is make your shithouse visible to the street? Or do you have to actually be there when they're taking the pictures, too?

  23. Re:Come again? on Battery Development Off The Beaten Path · · Score: 1

    Would you have preferred "respect the environment they will" or perhaps "are to be introducink before end of 2005" ?

  24. Re:Or we could switch to Hemp on Renewable Energy From Algae? · · Score: 1

    There's a few differences, though. One of them is that just as it is with oil, uranium, too, will eventually run out. It is not a renewable source of energy like the algae would be. Now if it were fusion... But it's not.

    Another difference is, ofcourse, that you really can't produce energy in the middle of nowhere like you can with oil. The longer lines you have for electricity the more of it is wasted during transportation (if that is the word I am looking for).

    Don't get me wrong, I'm all for nukelar power, but it's gotta be done right. And in my opinion the right way is to develop fusion asap. Fission can be used (and is used at least in here) without more environmental risks than in, say, transporting huge tankerfuls of oil but it's not a solution I want to live with for the rest of our lives.

  25. Re:Simple Solution for the power problem on Army Plans Overhaul of Infantry Gear · · Score: 1

    For night combat you want the rectal silencer/biogas power generator combo. Stealth and free power in the same package