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  1. hmmm on Alternative Uses For an Old Satellite Dish? · · Score: 1

    make a barbeque

  2. Re:I have a serious question: on IBM's Eight-Core, 4-GHz Power7 Chip · · Score: 1

    nope. it wasn't a troll

  3. Re:I have a serious question: on IBM's Eight-Core, 4-GHz Power7 Chip · · Score: 1

    Lol. I love literalists.
    He hasn't designed an OS? Or studied it in a class?

    Maybe he was just giving a very simplistic explanation to try and answer the question at hand?

    But oh noes, not enough detail was provided.

  4. Re:Robots also top humans at arm wrestling.. on Robots Aim To Top Humans At Air Hockey · · Score: 1

    decent vision? black puck moves across white surface... sounds sort of boolean to me

  5. Re:Right... on The Next Browser Scripting Language Is — C? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    primary? ummm... I thought the primary point of layers is so that you can do a lot with only a few simple function calls

  6. sorry on Prominent Mathematicians Rebuke Recent Riemann Hypothesis Proof · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you got pawned

  7. Re:16 steps? on Managing the PlayStation 3 Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 1

    exactly. The PS3 is a kitchen and sink device. If you want the extras its a very good deal. Don't forget that wireless is built in to the ps3. For the 360 that will cost you extra.

  8. can't resist on VIA Introduces the Nano Processor · · Score: 1

    10e9 or 1e9 ?

  9. Re:yay on Microsoft Demos "Deep Zoom" Technology · · Score: 1

    Damn, I'm the 4th CSI joker

  10. yay on Microsoft Demos "Deep Zoom" Technology · · Score: 1

    didn't I see this in CSI ?

  11. yeah right on Seven Failed Foot-Based Game Controllers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    #2 the Arcade Mx body force. They say it was only demonstrated at CES.
    yes lets make a top xyz list of silly ideas and mention items that weren't ever sold? wtf. Companies are allowed to experiment, granted it should have been obvious on paper it wouldn't work.

    These top 10 (or 7 or 8..) lists always seem to make stretches so they can have content.

  12. Re:Power Pad? on Seven Failed Foot-Based Game Controllers · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article specifically mentioned one version of the DDR pads. it wasn't about them not being as cool as the arcade machines or cost. they were too slippery and would move about the floor.

  13. Re:thats what I was expecting on Ninja Gaiden II Needs to Level Up the Camera Work · · Score: 1

    Yes I did know that it originated from God killing a kittens out of anger over masturbation. I'm surprised its degenerated into a euphemism for masturbating. From now on I shall use '... makes me want to eat toby' but that might be a bit too vague.

  14. thats what I was expecting on Ninja Gaiden II Needs to Level Up the Camera Work · · Score: 2, Informative

    In the previous one whenever you go through a door, once on the other side the camera is no longer behind you. The camera now faces you with the door behind you. Really wonderful if you enter a room full of enemies that you can't see.

    Crap like that makes me want to kill a kitten. (new favorite catch phrase)

  15. haha on Russia Announces End to Space Tourism in 2010 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bet this is just marketing.
    sort of like how disney keeps saying that they are going to lock such and such title up in their vault for 50 years and not ever let it see the light of day.

  16. Re:Perhaps we don't really need HDTV? on Comcast Puts the Screws To HDTV · · Score: 1

    maybe he took screen captures to _demonstrate_ it?

  17. ok dokey on New Wave of Fusion and Robot Innovation at MIT · · Score: 1

    how do you create tags? I'd love to see something like 'MITlove'

  18. Re:DON'T BLAME OTHERS for your own acts on Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Watching your children 100% of the time is not feasible. Not that I have any, but If an adult harasses a child of mine yeah I'm going to try to sick whatever law I can on them.

  19. Re:And the problem is? on Samsung Sued Over "Defective" Blu-ray Player · · Score: 1

    Well since you mentioned apple:
    http://www.macworld.com/article/3272/2002/01/g3osx.html

    OS X for the G3 did not support DVD playback or openGL hardware acceleration that was available with OS9.

  20. after one movie on Carbon Nanotubes Can Exist Safely Inside the Body, Help Treat Cancer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So is iamlegend the new replacement for whatcouldpossiblygowrong ?

  21. Re:A Second Game! on Heavenly Sword Demo Out · · Score: 1

    You can get quite a nice hdtv for less than a $1000

  22. Re:Trolls and Orcs on 360 HD-DVD Add-on Dropped to $179 · · Score: 1

    The ps3 is very quite. I sit ~5 ft from it and don't hear it

  23. Re:It's short...red light. on Heavenly Sword Demo Out · · Score: 1

    >'hit the button during the action scene'

    Is there a name for this yet? How about "cut scene wackamole"
    You're right it was very sloppy. There was no challenge to it.

    If you let her stand still she'll block automatically. Watch for a guy to go blue and hit [triangle] to counter. Then pick other buttons to continue as a combo. Starting combos with [square] (which doesn't counter) is more problematic, you'll need to make sure no else is within range, or that they dude you're going after isn't too close.

  24. Re:not going to happen... on Wal-Mart Begins Massive Push For HD DVD · · Score: 1

    Sort of pedantic, but in my area (Grand Rapids, MI) the music channel thetube is broadcast in 480 interlaced.

  25. its not that hard on Language Learner Looks for Leads in Learning? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Once you learn one language (self taught or in school) you should be able to teach yourself any other. What I didn't like about college was being forced to attend class to pass. (where the silly professor taught from power point slides.) And I really hated in-class tests where I had to write code with pen on paper. Projects are the best way to learn.

    Did you really learn from blogs or books, or was it the practical application on some project that taught you what you know?