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  1. Re:Do Life and Evolution always go together? on Prions Evolve Despite Having No DNA · · Score: 1

    Evolutionary Computation, the use of evolution in computing, has been around since the 60's. Nothing inside those programs is "alive", so I would say you are certainly on the right track.

  2. Re:Random question on Games Fail To Portray Gender and Ethnic Diversity · · Score: 1

    Except there have been surveys and studies that show that Japanese people actually relate to those images, seeing them as themselves and distinctly non-caucasian, so I think you're reading too much into it. They may be racist, but not in this way.

  3. Re:Thanks for proofing you are wrong on Games Fail To Portray Gender and Ethnic Diversity · · Score: 1

    Lol, way to fly off the handle for nothing (and misspell "proving"). He was pointing out that the only black character was a thug gangster - in other words, hardly representative of actual diversity as it is in and of itself a giant stereotype.

  4. Re:Only works for really big stars... on "Burning Walls" May Stop Black Hole Formation · · Score: 1

    Observe! The Overuse of Capitalization and Exclamation Points!

  5. Re:For the Masses on Sniffing Browser History Without Javascript · · Score: 1

    And some of us use the much (MUCH) faster Chrome.

  6. Re:Another interesting stat on One Fifth of World's Population Can't See Milky Way At Night · · Score: 1

    Which is less simple than 2/5. Don't remove your foot just yet ;)

  7. Re:Oh com'on! on Publishers Want a Slice of Used Game Market · · Score: 1

    What if I told you that I thought that Deus Ex 2 was better than one, Jedi Knight was a crappy game, and Twilight Princess was better than Ocarina of Time? Nostalgia does a lot to make crappy games (Jedi Knight? Seriously?) look wonderful.

  8. Re:What's Next? on Publishers Want a Slice of Used Game Market · · Score: 1

    For some reason or another, everything is different when it becomes electronic. Nobody knows why this is, but we, for some reason, need to remake all our laws and regulations, just because this time it's digital.

  9. Re:devil's advocate on Publishers Want a Slice of Used Game Market · · Score: 1

    So what? Many modern games work perfectly without a CD. In fact, on some older games, it was a feature that you could install it on multiple computers. "Oh no we're not making money" is not an excuse. Besides, do you know what you get back on a used game sale these days? Maybe 10-20%? Totally worth it man!

  10. Re:Sounds normal to me on SOE Pulls the Plug On The Matrix Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    The second one was notable for its fight scenes and soundtrack. Worth a viewing for at least that.

  11. Takes me back... on Google Adds Scripting Capabilities To Google Docs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I seem to remember that programmability was the exact reason so many security experts despised the MS Office Suite. How long until the first Google Docs based malware installation?

  12. Re:Vista is not slow! on Windows 7 Hard Drive and SSD Performance Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Only power users that consider Vista to be slow are the ones who use XP cause they've never used Vista.

    Or those of us who use Vista everyday. But not ignoring us would destroy your point.

  13. Re:Windows XP does not support SSDs like this.. on Windows 7 Hard Drive and SSD Performance Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Is that so? Anybody got a link to a guide of some kind? I've got a netbook running on an SSD, and I (and I'm sure many others) would love to know how what tweaks to apply.

  14. Re:At last on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 1

    Steam has already been largely broken. This is a moot point.

  15. Re:i had it on Allegedly Rigged Product Demo In SAP Suit Goes Missing · · Score: 3, Funny

    You bastard. You made me click "parent" just to see what you were replying to.

  16. Re:Mass Christian Wikipedia Edits on Wikipedia Bans Church of Scientology · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I note your assumption that, in order to find that cover offensive, one must be Christian.

  17. Re:capecitabine on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 1

    -1 Woosh

  18. Re:D&D for the unimaginative on Understanding Addiction-Based Game Design · · Score: 1

    originally

    Your whole post is a huge slam at D&D 4th, and I have one thing to say: a massive portion of the D&D population has stayed with 3.5 (or earlier!), and have no intention of moving on, for the exact reasons you mentioned. "If I wanted to play WoW, I'd play WoW. I want to play D&D."

  19. Re:They're trying to prevent people from pirating on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So, question, if anyone knows the answer: I own a working cart of Chrono Trigger for the Super Famicom. Am I therefore "allowed" to download an image of the same game from the internet and use these rom patches to theoretically play this? Or is obtaining a copy from somebody else of what I already own illegal?

  20. Re:Nonsequitor in the summary on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    Any idea how much an original Chrono Trigger fetches?

    700 yen. The cart works fine, too.

  21. Re:You're doing it wrong. on Ten Features To Love About Android 1.5 · · Score: 1

    ...why are you Ctrl-Clicking? The "click" was to "select the text", if you didn't get it. I know I didn't say "drag", but that really doesn't deserve its own step.

  22. Re:Obligatory XKCD on Ten Features To Love About Android 1.5 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Click
    Ctrl-C
    Ctrl-T
    Ctrl-V
    If you're not used to doing that on the internet by now, you're probably doing it wrong.

  23. Re:Greed is Good on College Threatens Students Over Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    So I'd like to know the definition of "other restaurants" that plaintiff claims are serving cooler coffee. It is very telling that they do not cite any coffee- or restaurant-industry standard for coffee serve temperature.

    So, to use your logic just a bit further, it would be OK for McDonalds to serve coffee far too hot to be safe, if only it was an industry standard?

  24. Re:Wouldn't it have been better.... on Speaking With the Devs Behind a 7-Year Game Mod Project · · Score: 1

    there are 100 people who don't like it and just sit around bashing the project, despite never having gotten one off before.

    Knowing what is quality and producing something that is quality are completely unrelated skills.

  25. Re:Wouldn't it have been better.... on Speaking With the Devs Behind a 7-Year Game Mod Project · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to lie. I read the summary, I watched the trailer. This mod looks stupid. I'm sure it's very "deep" and whatnot, but it looks to be not worth my time in the least. It may have taken 7 years, but that doesn't mean you produced anything of worthwhile quality. If you've got 7 years to make a trailer to hook me (a lover of Deus Ex) into playing it, and you've failed, doesn't that say something?