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  1. Re:still no PC on Three Metal Gear Solid Titles In the Works · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Substance and the original Metal Gear Solid are both availible on the PC. I've got a copy sitting on mine right now. It's hard to find and pretty spendy to pick up (at least on Amazon) but it's worth it--despite being keyboardically challenged.

  2. Limited Screens for Limited Means on Game Boy Micro Announced · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is this supposed to be the poor man's PSP?

  3. Re:Comparisons on Game Boy Micro Announced · · Score: 1

    Remember the Advanced?

  4. Re:The Xbox 360 Offers Nothing To True Gamers on The Xbox 360 Unveiled · · Score: 1

    At my store the PSP sells about as well as GBA SP systems. We haven't moved a DS since March.

  5. Re:Totally Underwhelming on The Xbox 360 Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Kameo is coming from Microsoft Game Studios. I doubt it was going to be on the GameCube.

  6. Re:What's so bad? on Real ID: You Can Still Fight It · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Most European countries are about the size of a state. Real ID is has a little larger scope than that.

  7. Pretty Disney Perfection on Chronicles of Narnia Trailer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sorry but it seems as though Narnia doesn't believe in dust. Everything in the trailer appears squeeky clean. One thing I particularly enjoyed about the Lord of the Rings was that pieces were dated well and you could honestly believe that this is something that exists in reality.
    Frankly there's no way an old British woman and four children could keep that house perfectly dusted.
    Furthermore, what's with the horrible choice of colors? I've never seen so many primary and secondary colors used in costume and set design in my life. If Narnia is so primitive, technologically, wouldn't it make sense that they would have to use natural dyes--frankly you can't get colors that perfect from natural dye.
    Disney just isn't selling it.

  8. Re:Now ... on A Non-Dogmatic History of the GUI · · Score: 1

    The real question is whether or not we would be worse off in that alternate universe. It seems to me that we would be in a greater position than we are now with regards to uniformity among application interfaces (this means you OSs). Apple's dedication to a standardized user-interface is what made them so popular to begin with. Each application follows a pre-fabricated set of rules and regulations that serve a dual purpose:
    1) increased efficiency in complex, non-repetative tasks that manuals may not cover
    2) lower learning curve aided by similar interface designs across applications

  9. Re:Amiga Icons on A Non-Dogmatic History of the GUI · · Score: 1

    One extention: .pif
    I'm pretty sure it not only allowed you to specify memory limitations, but icon-preferences as well in Windows 3.11. Frankly, eliminating the cumbersome hassle of managing two files as a singular unit and replacing it with embedded or otherwise OS-managed databases (Registry, et all) is far more practical and less headache causing for users in the long run.

  10. Re:No Dual Monitor in Impress on Associated Press Reviews OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    You clearly didn't read the parent. You need to display the presentation on one screen space (usually a projector) while displaying the show notes on the secondary screen space (usually the computer's head or the laptop's screen). Purchasing a larger monitor would accomplish nothing.

  11. Pie Rat on Microsoft Just Wants a Little Look · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not so much for Joe user with his activation crack. I have a feeling this is more-or-less sniffing out people who use the Corp. Edition that is activation-free and thereby never needs to be registered, etc. and can run Windows Update to begin with (I've not yet found a copy of Home or Pro that can get on Windows Update "safely").

    They may not shut down your copy but you can bet they'll look into the company that bought that strand of registration keys that you just so happen to be piggy-backing on.

  12. Re:The XBOX in our store Display on XBox Owner Sues Microsoft · · Score: 1

    We've got a Thompson drive in our display Xbox too and it's been running for 10 months now with no issues whatsoever. I use it as an example when people come in complaining that one of their systems broke. Not just that, but the controllers are hardy as hell. The Xbox gets at least 20x's more play than the Cube or PS2 and yet those two systems' controllers have broken twice while the two Xbox S controllers work perfectly fine.

  13. Re:This isnt very focused on New Apple iPod with Photo Capabilities · · Score: 1

    Right click it in iTunes and go to the properties or whatever it says on there. It lets you turn drive functionality on at the expense of it not being able to disconnect without manually telling it to in Windows (with drive off and sync on it will let you unplug immediately after iTunes syncs).

    Not very difficult.

  14. Mmmm... Foreigner on Wearable LCD Display · · Score: 1

    It's just like my favorite song, Head Games from 80's super-group Foreigner.

  15. Off Topic, I know but... on The Extinction of the Programming Species · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Has anyone noticed that the IFRAME commercials /. has have two ads in them (one visible within the viewing space and one that's below the visible area)? I put my mouse over it in Firefox and when I scroll it scrolls the ad to the second one.
    I'm just curious what sort of bandwidth the internet is wasting on commercials that never see the light of day.
    Note that /. isn't the only site that I've seen this on.

  16. Why Linux? on Centrally-Controlled Home Music System on a Budget? · · Score: 0

    iTunes is quite lovely, shares well across networks, and is easy as pie (I quite like the Party Shuffle feature).

    WinAmp features the same (lovely with some skinning, anyway) and you can get plug-ins that turn it into a web-server for controlling which song to use over the network. Sharing across the network can be accomplished with an SMB share.

    Then of course there's everyone's favorite *snore* Windows Media Player. There's really no excuse for using this.

  17. Not his fault, but... on IE Holes Not Microsoft's Fault, Says Bill · · Score: 1

    Oh oh I know...
    If he gets to blame security holes in his products on us, can we blame security holes in ourselves on him? Quid Pro Quo.
    I think I'll sue Bill for that mean case of crabs I got after using the toilet at MSFT headquarters last year.

  18. Sun Microsystems on Paypal Grinds To A Halt · · Score: 1

    PayPal has chosen Sun Microsystems to help run its global online payment solution system, making it one of the most secure and dynamic technology platforms in the world. By integrating Sun's Solaris(TM) Operating System, along with Sun's hardware infrastructure, PayPal offers over 50 million members in 45 countries one of the world's safest and most reliable real-time payment solutions.

    Really?

  19. Re:Dark atmosphere to modern sci-fi on Ask Neal Stephenson · · Score: 1

    Classic Era?
    What about things from the era of Journey to the Center of the Earth or The Time Machine or 1984. These were all dark works and most were written many decades ago.

  20. Seizures on Indymedia Seizures Initiated In Europe · · Score: 1

    Hearing about these seizures gives me seizures.

  21. Library of Congress Transfer Rates on Proposal: Put Library of Congress' Contents Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't the size of the Library of Congress what people used to use as a quantifier for the speed of high-bandwidth connections? I remember several years ago that companies would brag that they can transfer the entire Library of Congress to England or wherever in less than 2 seconds and what have you. I suppose a statement like that would indicate that there are already digital versions of the Library of Congress out there somewhere meaning it will take virtually nothing dollar-wise to put it online (since I guess it's been flowing back and forth for years).

  22. Without a Doubt on If Mac OS X Came to x86, Would You Switch? · · Score: 1

    I would be one of the first in line with cash in hand at the nearest computer store to purchase an x86 MacOS X.
    I mean, consider this:
    If I continue with Windows I have to deal with crash-ridden, hole-filled software and in a few years it will be further encumbered by DRM that could potentially keep me from using the programming tools provided by small open source operations and further limit any sort of diversity amoung applications.
    If I transfer to Linux I have to deal with flaky driver support, confusing & inconsistant interfaces, unfamiliar software, and of course administering a system that I don't know the first thing about.
    If I go out and buy (probably finance) an Apple system I'll end up tons of money in the hole and end up in the poor house for before I make any money with my 1337 graphic design skills.

    Simple answer: Mac on x86!
    Gimme gimme gimme.

  23. Re:They have a website on Corporate Identity Theft on the Rise · · Score: 1

    Too bad Florida's government doesn't seem to take anything seriously (like voting).

  24. OLED is why they're doing this on Bright LCD Patent Dispute · · Score: 1

    The reason Honeywell is sueing in the first place is because they know their implementation of LCD technology has finally reached its peak and can only decline from this point as other competing implementations for doing the same or similar things (OLED) become increasingly popular. Just as we're rounding the crest of this technology's projected life span, we'll simply sue the people responsible for its increase in the first place.

  25. Looking out for who? on FCC Internet Grant Decision Riles Congress · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What ever happened to the FCC and government in general looking out for us?
    FCC Chairman Michael Powell has said on several occasions that he doesn't know what the public wants and votes however his lobbyists want. The same thing happened with de-regulation (which allows bigger media monopolies than we have today).
    The FCC is archaic and corrupt and something needs to be done.