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  1. Re:Killer App: Pets on Genetically-Modified Everything · · Score: 1

    That's #1 on my list of scientific advances I want to see. Cute fluffy permakittens.

  2. Re:Sorry.. on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 1

    I thought the point of 64-bit was bandwidth, not memory addresability. Just me?

  3. Re:Just wondering on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 1

    People said the same thing about the Flat-panel iMac. I think Ives designs takes some getting used to. I think it's slick, a co-worker thinks it's only a step below a tablet, and they should have gone the whole way. That, and the specs aren't much better than the Flat-panel iMac.

  4. Re:SUVs on A Flying Leap for Cars? · · Score: 1

    It is part of Usenet tradition, not part of the original Godwin's law.

    You Nazi. :P

  5. Re:SUVs on A Flying Leap for Cars? · · Score: 1

    It determines the winner after the argument is over, and it doesn't end the argument, even by that definiton of the law.

  6. Re:SUVs on A Flying Leap for Cars? · · Score: 1

    And if you read the wikipedia entry you linked to, you'd realise it just states the probability of a conversation involving Hitler or Nazis over time. It has nothing to do with stopping conversations

  7. Re:Where's the cross-project support? on POV-Ray 10th Anniversary Contest · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Try this in blender:

    1. Create a level 3 icosphere
    2. Go to the object edit tab
    3. Set it to smooth
    4. If that is not smooth enough for you, enable subdivision surface, and bump it to 6 (not the editor value, but the render value.

    That should look close to a povray sphere primitive. Also, if you texture the planet, you can add a deform to that (high point due to subdivision) mesh you just created are really get a lot of bang out of your sphere.

    Blender can't do volumetric stuff just yet. Tough, with as far as it's come since 2.3, it won't be long. The open-source Blender is way better than the closed source one, and getting better at a faster rate than POV. Then again, I think POV is perfect, so you can't improve on that very easily!

  8. Re:No, no...GIANT Robots. on Epson's 12 Gram Flying Robot · · Score: 1

    The Power Rangers solved this particular logistical problem by teleporting all of the other rangers to the head when they created the Zord. Obviously, the Japanese have done a lot of thinking on the subject and engineered an acceptable solution.

  9. Welcome on 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Optical Storage · · Score: 1
  10. If you want offensive.. on Racial Issues Alleged In GTA San Andreas, Other Games · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you want offensive, something worse. In other words, get over yourselves, people.

  11. Re:Hygene on Perseid Meteor Shower This Week · · Score: 1

    yes, but I hear they are darn good scientists.

  12. Re:Yet another flop to be. on AlphaGrip's 3D Keyboard Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    I type dvorak, and I switch to qwerty rather easily, thanks. The problem is not with my typing, but rather with my thinking lately. For some reason I am unable to think at greater than thirty words per minute qwerty or dvorak.

  13. Glue? on Sony Endorsing Open Graphics Format For PS3 · · Score: 1

    'Colada' is Portugese for 'Glue'... Co-incidence?

  14. Re:thats it? on Doom 3 System Requirements Revealed · · Score: 4, Funny

    MacIntosh? You have to be kidding. That's an apple, but not an Apple.

  15. Re:Day of the Tentacle on On The Secret Life Of Videogame Voice Actors · · Score: 1

    I loved the comment of surprise he makes (Ejole!) and his general smooth mannerisms. I'm still surprised that GF was LucasArts' only game to take a loss. Sad, really, since it was absolutely perfect like only Sam n Max and the first two Monkey Island games were.

  16. Re:One of the first really effective uses of 'voic on On The Secret Life Of Videogame Voice Actors · · Score: 1

    That would be Mr. Bill Johnson. The guy really made a mark on my mind as the Guardian. He even did so despite the "suck" of VIII and IX.

  17. Re:Day of the Tentacle on On The Secret Life Of Videogame Voice Actors · · Score: 1

    Both Fandango and DOTT have a warm spot in my heart. Especially Hoagie and Thomas Jefferson. "Thomas!" And I swear the pound-keeper tentacle was making fun of Pittsburghers with that accent. He sounded exactly like a skit from a local radio show about the idiotic accent of my hometown.

  18. Re:I love this quote... on Jumping From Computer To Computer · · Score: 1

    It doesn't stop me from using screen because I have to LOG IN first.

  19. Re:Pimsleur on Foreign Language Learning Software for Arabic? · · Score: 1

    exactly, a foreign language. My cousin was fluent in Japanese, and they taught her Arabic in their Carmel school.

  20. Re:Kudos to KDE on KDE 3.3 Beta "Klassroom" Released · · Score: 1

    Kute.

  21. Re:OR IT COULD BE COINCIDENCE. on The Software Politics Of 2004's Presidential Race · · Score: 1

    We cast votes by blowing out candles in my home town, you insensitive clod!

  22. Wizball on 'Head Over Heels' Game Cover Artist Quizzed · · Score: 2

    You had to be stoned to understand wizball. But it was still entirely enjoyable, especially when one picks up the catball. And the metal riffs! Who could ever forget the metal riffs?

  23. Re:everquest on Ultima X - Odyssey Development Cancelled · · Score: 1

    Lineage 2 is something I spent about $65 on, played for two months, and dropped yesterday. NCSoft North America has no say in its development or timelines, and they customer support generally sucks. The fact that nobody but Koreans are allowed to play Korean servers, but Chinese are allowed to play NA servers and collect in-game money for sale on eBay is just one of many things wrong with the game. I had a level 20 character, after my first 'career change' and I found the game to just be a long treadmill with a broken economy (you can level before getting a new pair of BOOTS in this game) and I'm giving up until I hear what they do in Chronicle 2.

  24. Re:What Star Trek needs on Babylon 5 Creator Pitches Trek · · Score: 1

    Mira was perfect as a Minbari because English was her second or third language. A perfectly smooth-talking alien ambassador wouldn't make much sense.

    I thought Pat Tallman was pretty bad. And sometimes Richard Biggs didn't perform well, but he was almost deaf, so I can't blame him much for that.

  25. Re:Good on Virtual MMO Currency Trading Crippled By Fraud · · Score: 1

    Actually, a lot of the time, these people who collect in-game money, sit amongst 2 or more computers whilst macros take care of most of the work for them. I don't think this is the same as your friend working for you. Also, these people make the game experience unenjoyable for people who like the leveling treadmill.

    Adena Farms Inc© is a good explanation of how this hurts the gaming experience.