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  1. Re:Cynicism :-) on Skywalker Ranch Wines · · Score: 1

    Coppola produces his wines right in the middle of the Napa Valley (unless he buys his grapes from somewhere else like most "Napa" producers).
    On the other hand I never bought the whole "terroir" thing. With the recent advances in wine making (and even some old fashioned blending) it is possible to get good wines even without the best soil or climate.

  2. Re:value for the money on An Xbox Live-like Service For Open/Indie Gaming? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have been playing Basebal Mogul Online for about 3 years now. The price has stayed the same ($5 per month for one team). It only requires a browser to play and there are no updates client side.
    You can play it on a 56K connection and don't need the latest graphics card.
    There are never any guarantees but I think in a way small gaming comanies are much less likely to screw you over or get closed down by the parent company. The only risk is that they might run out of money but that is the case with any game.

  3. Re:Hate to burst everyone's bubble on Linux in Munich Followup · · Score: 2, Informative

    Did you miss the part where Munich turned down a sweetened offer from microsoft?

  4. Re:No way... on India Woos Medical Tourists · · Score: 1

    In a way I would welcome this. It may just provide enough of a public outcry that it will prompt real health system reform.

  5. Re:In the West... on India Woos Medical Tourists · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't think this is a uniquely western problem. I have several Indian and Asian friends and the pressure to become a doctor is even higher there.
    Heck a friend of mine has a PhD and works as a clinical psychologist yet his Indian parents still lament about how he should have become a "Real Doctor".

  6. Re:Negative branding? on Wizards Of The Coast Tries Star Sisterz, Duel Masters · · Score: 1

    You mean the same way they try to hook boys? "Hey this game is retarded but has chicks in bikinis!"
    It's not condescending it's knowing your target market :)

  7. Re:Soooo... on GameCube-Powered Webserver · · Score: 1, Funny

    Invite all my bitchez over and tap them azzes off course. Isn't that what every kernel hacker does?

  8. Re:evolution on Computer Game Player Gets Blood Clot In Leg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank goodness for smoking breaks. It's great for my cardiovascular system! Oh wait....Nevermind.

  9. Re:Good. on Disney's Disposable DVDs Deemed Duds · · Score: 1, Funny

    I tried that but getting the laser to read through the shink wrap was a bit of a pain.

  10. Re:Technology is a double edged sword.. on Googling For Prospective Date Unmasks Fugitive · · Score: 2, Funny

    And that's a bad thing????? Oh the money I'd pay....

  11. Re:Double-standard check please on More MyDoom Gloom · · Score: 1

    Entirely different situations. If you run an insecure OS you should patch your system, run a firewall, an anti-virus and don't fucking click on on .exe attachment.

    Clueless users do make the internet a shitty place.

  12. Before you start on Trying Your Hand at Level Design? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just play a ton of mods (Half-Life and the forementioned NWN for example). You end up with a pretty good idea what works and what does not.

    Whatever you decide to design start with pen and paper and a good idea first. Pointless mods that merely throw a bunch of monsters at you feel pointless.
    Check out some classic mods for Half Life like They Hunger for HL.

  13. Re:Bah on BBC Buys Google News Keywords In Kelly Case · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes but you can't argue with their amazing hard work and determination when it comes to investigative journalism. I mean finding an attractive British female for every issue is simply astounding.

  14. Re:Soviet cars rock. on Worst Cars Of All Time Rated · · Score: 1

    I had the pleasure of riding in a Trabant. One interesting tidbit: you could actually kick a hole through the body (it was made out of compressed cardboard sandwitched between two layers of plastic).

  15. Re:Maybe on United Linux Dead · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can definitely see SCO come back with a lawsuit. "The members of the United Linux group learned our trade secrets then pulled out. We are suing for $10 billion!"

    I should not give them any ideas....

  16. Maybe on United Linux Dead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    couldn't the other group members have kicked them out?"

    That would depend on the agreements they had signed. It might have just been easier for everyone else to pull out and just reform a different group at a later time.

  17. Re:Quick little games on Best Videogames For Enthralling Non-Gamers? · · Score: 1

    I have to second Bejeweled. I think it's the closest to electronic crack I have ever witnessed.
    Plus chicks love it: It has Jewels!!! :)

  18. Cheer on One Company's Response to SCO · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bruce Perens, a Linux cheerleader and open-source advocate

    The thought of Bruce in a short skirt and waving pompoms just made me shudder. "Give me an L!"
    Ahhhhh Noooo

  19. Re:"Hong Kong-based"?!? on UK Music Industry Stomps on Imported CD Seller · · Score: 1

    They are based in the Jersey Islands which is not part of the UK. I think they could have won in court but figured it was not worth the legal costs.

  20. Re:2 bad... on Crack the Code and Win a Million Bucks · · Score: 1

    I have always been partial to electrical shocks delivered to the gonads but hey we all have our favorite tools.

  21. Re:My guilty pleasures... on What Guilty Gaming Pleasures Do You Enjoy? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Pics plz? Thanks :)

  22. Re:Nor really on Microsoft's Security Report Card · · Score: 1

    For GPA purposes it counts as 0 points earned (same as an F). Once you take the class over you replace the 0 points with whatever you earned the second timr around.
    Still very appropriate.

  23. Nor really on Microsoft's Security Report Card · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought an Incomplete actually counted as an F.

    I think the appropriate grade for this would be an IP (in progress).

  24. Re:Stop the World i wana get off on URLs Patented, Domain Registrars Sued · · Score: 1

    My school does this too. The e-mails are name@subdomain.foo.edu

    Each subdomain stands for the different subdivisions of the school. gs for the grad school sn for the nursing school etc.
    They have been doing this since the mid nineties.

  25. Re:What is wrong with having more optional feature on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1

    subtil ??? Pot...kettle... retard....