User: charlesbakerharris

Re:Games that shouldn't have been...

On: Games That Could Have Been

Civ 3, when it came out, was atrocious. Civ 4 was what Civ 3 should have been... Besides, the faux-Kenny G muzak in the modern age was nightmarish.

At the end of the day, it just wasn't very fun to play.

Games that shouldn't have been...

On: Games That Could Have Been

Interesting article - I wish they'd swapped some of those for titles like... Master of Orion III Civilization III Which games do you think should never have been made?

Re:Good thing we're not using SI units

On: Why the Coming Data Flood Won't Drown the Internet

You lost me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix

exa = 10^18, peta = 10^15.

Re:Martin Freeman Would Be Better

On: Jackson Slated to Make Hobbit Movie, Sequel

Coming this spring: Morgan Freeman narrates "March of the Ents"

Re:Martin Freeman Would Be Better

On: Jackson Slated to Make Hobbit Movie, Sequel

Am I the only one who's noticed that Martin Freeman wasn't actually in the LOTR?

Re:powers of 2 not ten

On: Why the Coming Data Flood Won't Drown the Internet

Nice try. 1000 times is perfectly correct in SI (see the title of my post).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix

Re:Good thing we're not using SI units

On: Why the Coming Data Flood Won't Drown the Internet

You're right. And in celebration of your comment, I just invented a new word: Jumanjihad!

Good thing we're not using SI units

On: Why the Coming Data Flood Won't Drown the Internet

I have to say, an exaflood really *does* sound about a thousand times worse than a petaflood.

Plasma Wakefield acceleration

On: Desktop Synchrotron to Capture Molecular Action

You can slow the atoms down as much as you want, and major league hitters still can't hit 'em.

Except Aaron Boone, dammit.

Re:Pillow pals

On: How They 3D Print Your WoW Character

Yes. What are you planning on doing with him?

Re:learn to fucking read

On: Microfluidic Chips Made With Shrinky Dinks

Who cares if she is a man or a woman? She has a penis, like the rest of us.

Fixed that for ya.

Next Week on Slashdot: DIY

On: Microfluidic Chips Made With Shrinky Dinks

Annealing with an EZ-Bake oven, followed by powder coating using perfume atomizers!

Re:Attention Ravens' fans, from an unbiases observ

On: LimeWire Antitrust Claims Against RIAA Dismissed

Morderated? Been reading too much Tolkien?

Re:Attention Ravens' fans, from an unbiases observ

On: LimeWire Antitrust Claims Against RIAA Dismissed

Well, I'm glad someone has brought some maturity to this discussion.

Re:No clone wars

On: Dinosaur Fossil Found With Preserved Soft Tissue

That's okay. I have some dinosaur DNA in my freezer if they really need some.

Choice of evils

On: Is Comcast Heading the Way of the Dinosaur?

As if Verizon's customer service somehow *isn't* atrocious. Ugh. There's no good option here.

Re:thats sexy....i guess.....

On: The History of BioWare

Oh, I don't know. Every now and then there's a throwback girl who wears tie-dyed shirts and is ready to JMP you for talking code.

Re:Wikipedia link to E8 - Still makes nooooo sense

On: A New Theory of Everything?

From the E8 article:

"It was discovered by Wilhelm Killing (1888-1890)"

I know great mathematicians do their best work while they're young, but did this guy really do all this before he died at the age of 2? I'm impressed...

Re:GUT from a surfer dude!

On: A New Theory of Everything?

Actually, that's pretty average for a surfer, and slightly above average for a dude.

They're taking the Barlogs to Microsoft!

On: God of War III PS3 Bound, Barlog Leaves Sony

"A Barlog of Mogrosoft"

"What did you say?"

Re:God, now what?

On: Tabula Rasa Goes Live

Hard core = "willing to spend all sorts of time", not necessarily "talented" or "smart".

Status quo?

On: Eleven Finalists in Pentagon's Robotic Rally

"After a series of crashes, dangerous turns, and aimless wanderings off of the course, the rest of the robo-cars in the "Urban Challenge" were deemed unsafe to compete."

So... how exactly are these cars any different than most of the drivers already on the road?

Re:Wrong character

On: DHS Injects Itself With DDoS

UR so clevar and funnay.

Re:Good grief

On: Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid

He'll have even more free time in prison.

Re:Obviously

On: "All Quiet Alert" Issued For the Sun

Wow... um, get a sense of humor. He wasn't "arguing" anything. He was making a joke. Even if it wasn't a great one, you need to lighten up, pull the stick out, whatever it takes.