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  1. Re:do NOT judge until you see the VIDEO on Nintendo Revolution Controller Revealed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look, a mac gamer!

  2. Re:Can it be a video mixer/switcher? on Cinelerra 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    As far as I can see you can do all that with the 'Title' video effect.

  3. Re:Bitching about free software... niiice! on Free 3D Animation DAZ|Studio 1.0 Released · · Score: 1
    For how much real 3D software can cost
    Do you consider Wings 3D to be "real 3D software?"
  4. Re:To answer what will be 99% of people's question on Free 3D Animation DAZ|Studio 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    And the new MakeHuman model looks promising, but needs targets and rigging.

  5. Re:For the love of $DEITY on Google's Blog Search · · Score: 1
    that would in fact make it "some blog".
    Not if "some blog" is used in a manner that implies that it is useless and irrelevant just because it's a blog.
    please try to remember that it's pretty much only bloggers who buy into the blogging personality cults.
    Please try to remember that bloggers are not all alike, aside from that I'm not actively involved in the blogging community.
    the rest of the world still prefers to evaulate texts on their own merits, not the face in the sidebar.
    The "rest of the world" is still the celebrity worshiping place it has been for decades. And someone who does "evaulate texts on their own merits" should care about capitalization (as it eases reading) and maybe even spelling.
  6. Re:Using "-blog" on Google's Blog Search · · Score: 1

    Blogs aren't all that bad, some have useful information. The 'review' and 'user review' sites that just link to internet stores are much worse, but at least someone is working on that.

  7. Re:For the love of $DEITY on Google's Blog Search · · Score: 1
    likewise, a search for "Lawrence" had some blog at the top, and today we get Lawrence University, the Lawrence, KS newspaper, and the Lawrence Livermore laboratories.
    It's not 'some blog' it's the blog of Lawrence Lessig. And it's still the fourth result.
  8. Re:It's a good thing... on Keyboard Sound Aids Password Cracking · · Score: 1

    Computer: Please say your password.
    User: One, two, three, four, five.
    Computer: Incorrect voice or password, one atempt left.
    User: I've got a cold you damned machine. One...
    Computer: Incorrect voice or password, active laser protection activated...

  9. Re:There's worse on 20 Things They Don't Want You to Know · · Score: 1
    This results in nice words like "Preimäri" or "Mänädscha". (primary, manager)
    I can't believe someone does that... On the other hand you have c't.
  10. Re:No Nethack? on A Top Ten and A Definitive Dozen · · Score: 1

    Yes, so are Zelda, Mario and Final Fantasy. Then again NetHack 3.4.3 is less then two years old.

  11. Re:Eternal Darkness. on Nintendo Patents Insanity · · Score: 1

    It's the implentation that counts, not the subjective difference between "hallucination" and "sanity".

  12. Re:I've been using them for years.. on S3 Graphics Comes out of Hiding with Chrome20 · · Score: 1

    No, still about freedom, I was just talking about the practical benefits of it. I'm also was not happy with ATI (the damn vertex size, makes Wings 3D hard to use and there is also a problem in Blender) that is why I have an Nvidia card. I don't knock them because they are not fre, I knock them because of the problems I have had with their drivers and was expressing my wish for a free alternative.

  13. Re:I've been using them for years.. on S3 Graphics Comes out of Hiding with Chrome20 · · Score: 1
    Never had that problem.
    That's good for you.
    If its tit-for-tat you want try *not* to tell me an ATI horror story [..]
    I don't quite understand what you are trying to tell here, but I switched away from my Radeon 7000 just beacuse of the vertex size issue. I was otherwise very content with it, out of the box support with stable free software drivers.
    [..] until you or one of the other idiots creates a serious video card with an open specification that meets or exceeds the current offerings all your doing is blowing smoke.
    I'm an idiot because relieable drivers that "just work?" Because quite clear that is not going to happen with closed drivers... Fortunatly I don't need nor want a video card that doubles as a heater in winter, so if Open-Graphics "idiots" can pull of a card that runs Wings 3D and Blender smoothly I will be very happy.
    Of course its fine to flame about drivers but you don't even question the hardware...
    You are the one who is trying to ignite a flamewar here. And of course hardware is different from software, it can not be easly copied and modified. If the driver hackers have the documentation they need to make free software drivers than a piece of hardware is open enough for me.
  14. Re:If you mean like ATI's I'll stick with Nvidia.. on S3 Graphics Comes out of Hiding with Chrome20 · · Score: 1

    s/had/has

  15. Re:If you mean like ATI's I'll stick with Nvidia.. on S3 Graphics Comes out of Hiding with Chrome20 · · Score: 1

    Apparently nv had 2D acceleration, but I'm not aware of it having any 3D acceleration.

  16. Re:If you mean like ATI's I'll stick with Nvidia.. on S3 Graphics Comes out of Hiding with Chrome20 · · Score: 1

    If I'd wanted an unacelerated card I wouldn't have bought an nvidia, sadly there is not much choice if you want vertex bigger then 1 pixel (the dri radeon driver has this limitation).

  17. Re:If you mean like ATI's I'll stick with Nvidia.. on S3 Graphics Comes out of Hiding with Chrome20 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Exept when they break their drivers for months on old and low end cards. Solid support my ass, polictics are important for a reason.

  18. Re:Why don't you prove us wrong then? on Cyan Worlds Closes · · Score: 1

    And "Real Myst" looks worse then Exile, but somone who can't tell the difference between a real image from Myst and a pale imitation won't care... We could do it on our desktops for a long time, that is not the issue, but you keep on ignoring everyone who tells you that how fast people work is the bottleneck in a game like Myst.

  19. Re:EU can not be thought of as a single market on PSP Smashes Sales Records in the UK · · Score: 1
    And most people I know shun translated material anyway.
    Not in Latvia unfortunately. Rushed translations of hyped bestsellers and terribly translated voiceovers instead of subtitles are the norm here. And if you want more choiche you only get Russian translations (of varying quality), English material is uncommon. Hopefully this will change when more people with good knowledge of non-Russian foreign languages grow up...
  20. Re:The four corners of Mac OS X... on Top 8 Reasons HCI is in its Stone Age · · Score: 1

    The best part is that you can customize your corners, be it via GNOME applets or launchers.

  21. Re:IBM on GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM · · Score: 1

    I don't read minds any better then I predict the future. Anyway on what fact do you assume the article is accurate?

  22. Re:IBM on GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM · · Score: 1

    The license isn't even drafted yet so... Would you mind to share your crystal ball?

  23. Re:Taxation? on GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM · · Score: 1
    The small amount of music I buy, I prefer to have uncorrupted, on physical media.
    Good news, the GPL will certainly not deal with taxation of internet connections, however it might deal with DRM.
  24. Re:It's a 16-piece puzzle on LGP Announces New Competition · · Score: 1

    But where would be the fun in a competition like that?

  25. Re:An expensive addition... on Blu Ray Drive Will Cost $100 Per PlayStation 3 · · Score: 1

    Make no mistake, he just had modded his XBox to self destruct if someone tries to steal it...