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  1. Story on Why Should Game Stories Make Sense? · · Score: 1

    Find the melon you want to eat which someone has taken from you!

    http://store.steampowered.com/...

    Good story! :D Such deep!

  2. Re:I still think they should have bought RIM in 20 on Microsoft/Nokia Deal Closes · · Score: 1

    How to fix Vista! (?)

    1) Buy RIM, get QNX.
    2) Add start-menu to QNX.
    3) ?
    4) Profit!

  3. Re:Ukraine on Former US Test Site Sues Nuclear Nations For Disarmament Failure · · Score: 1

    I also think "we" as in Finland and Sweden sit in a shitty position.

    If either of us started talking about joining Nato Russia would of course view that as a threat and they have already talked about possible consequences from that. I read somewhere that some .. whatever his title was .. political related to Russia had said something similar to Finland being next .. That's obviously not a nice thing to hear.

    I guess if we are neutral maybe they don't see us as a threat and don't have to feel like they have to do something about it but who knows.

    The problem is of course that we are Nato and west "friendly" regardless of being part of Nato or not and as such we may be seen as risks even though we can't rely on backup from Nato (I assume one would rather prevent WW III rather than help us and that we would have to take the consequences out of that.)

    It's a tough position. Also it would of course be nice with LESS spending in the military rather than more and that and less threat among and against everyone is what would help solving the war issue for real. The more either side builds up the more the other one will have to do to catch up.

    Would be so much better if both sides could view each others as friends.

    Hopefully some day we can all have a global well-fare state with extreme levels of individual freedom/rights and no borders whatsoever.

  4. Re:Ukraine on Former US Test Site Sues Nuclear Nations For Disarmament Failure · · Score: 0

    But lets face it.

    How forgiving is the rest of the world if a government is killing its own people?

    You can argue that the separatists shouldn't necessarily use force / take over physical property but raise their opinion otherwise and you can argue that Russia say doesn't do the same to keep the rebels in Syria free (then again I don't know whatever the government in Syria is democratically elected, if it is then maybe that could be used as an argument to not support the other side.)

    The thing in Ukraine is that Crimea is a special case and Putin already 2008 talked about annexing it and eastern Ukraine if Ukraine would join Nato. So that's what it is. As for rest of Ukraine the case is still that the previous government was a democratically elected one whereas the current one isn't and have overthrown the old one.

    That people react about that and that people with tight relationships with Russia don't want to have an anti-Russian government take control by force (or whatever) and make life harder for them is understandable.

    As for that being Russia's business, whatever, how much is US, wests or the worlds business in some other country? Some countries participate anyway. Russia and China less so but since Russia may have something to gain from this ..

    I think it's pretty all right with the separatists doing what they are doing.

    I guess from my limited knowledge of it all I would think that either going back to how it was before and accept the winners of the election or simply letting the separatists be and have their say and then let people vote both for whatever they want too and elect a new government is pretty reasonable and a better solution than using the military on a mission by a non-elected government against demonstrators.

    I think it's an unnecessary cause to start a war for. And Russia well know no-one outside of Ukraine will go to war against them for Ukraine. Ukraine isn't part of Nato and that's it.

    Heck. I wonder how hard whole of Nato would push back even if a Nato country would be attacked considering the consequences that would have. I kinda hope it would do the necessary thing because that's what would make it "work" but the decision can't be all too easy to make. Hopefully there's enough deterrent in the risk of it.

  5. Re:Ukraine on Former US Test Site Sues Nuclear Nations For Disarmament Failure · · Score: 1

    What about if one simply agree that if a country is willing to give up its military it's up to everyone else to protect their sovereignty?

    They are no treat and the more which follow the better?

  6. Re:Old phone cords? on New Shape Born From Rubber Bands · · Score: 0

    Yeah. The shape is definitely not new.

    It sounded weird from the beginning.

    Guess it may be new to someone born after 2000 though =P (If that's the place I've seen it too.. I assume it's common on that there are likely more places where one side is stiffer than the other.)

  7. Re:Anyone knows how it would compare to razor-qt ? on Lumina: PC-BSD's Own Desktop Environment · · Score: 2

    Razor-Qt and LXDE is supposed to become LXDE-Qt or something such.

    But so far I haven't actually run it (now I can't say that I so far haven't seen any actual release of it because currently I'm running Fedora and they didn't seemed to have Razor-Qt packages or whatever (at least I don't have it installed, you don't have to tell me "but there is Fedora packages on this and that page" because it would make sense in some being available but I would kinda had expected it to be in the regular repositories (if they aren't.))

    I guess for now it would compare like an alpha which builds and run but lacks features and have no file manager vs LXDE-Qt.

    Enlightenment work for similar purposes too about half of the times I access the menu it crashes for some reason and maybe I had some other issue with it too. For the moment I run KDE 4.x even though it use up some more resources.

  8. Re:Or.. on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    And as for LibreSSL the choice would be simple had OpenSSL not already been called OpenSSL.

    Just rename it OpenSSLeay or something and let the OpenBSD people use OpenSSL ;D

  9. Re:Or.. on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    But maybe the people behind OpenSSL want their format of the code, want their VMS stuff even if it had no use longer (if that's the case) and want their own malloc if they consider that faster.

    By doing it this way they can format the code in a way they are comfortable with reading/using and do whatever they want without anyone else complaining or not accepting their changes.

    I don't know whatever they remove usable features which just isn't used by/necessary in OpenBSD or not.

    Likely limit their burden but still allow them to fix what they may not feel comfortable using as is.

  10. Re:Missed the obvious... on Experts Say Hitching a Ride In an Airliner's Wheel Well Is Not a Good Idea · · Score: 1

    Missed? They are all in the summary.

  11. Re:Alcohol vapors and rapid drunkenness on The Science Behind Powdered Alcohol · · Score: 1

    Even with the unflavored ones, seems like a nose-ful of carbohydrates isn't really what you want

    You're waiting for the alcohol drenched beef jerky/bacon strips?

    Half and half cream and alcohol?

  12. Re:Survival rate under-estimated? on Experts Say Hitching a Ride In an Airliner's Wheel Well Is Not a Good Idea · · Score: 2

    Then again some of those may have been alive! ;D

  13. Re:Don't tell them that... on Why Portland Should Have Kept Its Water, Urine and All · · Score: 1

    I don't know which part is the reservoir.

    Here in Ã-rebro Sweden we take our water from a river which passes through the city, that water isn't all too good (you're not supposed to take a bath in it ..) and that passes the water treatment plant, after that the water is pumped to 3 or 4 what I assume would be called reservoirs and from there it passes .. hum, can't find the translate word for it, stone rich ground after which it's collected again and pumped into the water tower and then distributed outwards.

    If the reservoirs is for the treated water of course you're not supposed to mess with it. Then again a piss in 100+ million liters of water won't do much.

    Over here just a month ago the toilets at the top of the water tower had a leakage so sewage water from those had ran into the water reservoir underneath .. (there's a restaurant and one can travel up the water tower and look at the city from the top.)

    So similar issue though more nasty and a smaller reservoir and over here the recommendation was to cook the water until they had three clean samples (which the three following samples was so it became four days.)

  14. Re:I'm liking how Russia is standing up these days on Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea Debt · · Score: 1

    There's a difference in destroying property and killing people vs actually being able to hold onto the ground too.

  15. Re:Quatity is not quality on OpenSSL Cleanup: Hundreds of Commits In a Week · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And if there are that many, would a new start not be better?

    How about no?

    Also I don't see why lots of fixes would necessarily mean poor fixes. They likely do what they feel is obvious fixes / stuff they consider wrong. Or something such. What do I know really.

    Possibly they know what they are doing.

  16. Re:it's a good effort on OpenSSL Cleanup: Hundreds of Commits In a Week · · Score: 2

    refuse features, increase quality

    Excuse me while I smile and laugh inside while I think about the different projects and their view or behavior in that regard.

  17. Re:I'm liking how Russia is standing up these days on Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea Debt · · Score: 1

    Gates's "interest in making the world better" consists of writing checks (on accounts swelled by monopoly business practices) to big drug companies so they can experiment on people without their knowledge or consent.

    Yeah he should write them to Get-a-freaking-clue Foundation, Science Whaa' and Paranoid Inc. instead.

  18. Re:Will this effect markets? on Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea Debt · · Score: 1

    Doubt it's a default if Russia voluntarily decides to do it, regardless it wouldn't matter what western financial institutes said.

    The US bankers will want higher interest rate when they loan money to North Korea?

    The loan is more or less nothing to begin with. Even less than just 10% remain.

  19. Re:I'm liking how Russia is standing up these days on Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea Debt · · Score: 1

    That being said, Obama IS a weak president. :D

    Make Bill Gates president.

    Seriously. Maybe he have some ideas about how to do what's good for companies while also having an interest in making the world better.

    I doubt other world leaders would be very upset at Bill Gates either? For what? Their XP service being discontinued?

  20. Re:I'm liking how Russia is standing up these days on Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea Debt · · Score: 1

    Joking about the US actually able to threaten Russia military I suppose?

    While US is spread all over the world I assume Russia isn't all that much so you may have to bring the war to their side.

    Even if they wasn't somewhat equal simply fighting in someone else home court likely bring disadvantages, also again people defending their home country relative people who.. Well. I don't know. ... but I've been told?

  21. Re:I'm liking how Russia is standing up these days on Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea Debt · · Score: 2

    Is the US vastly superior?

    Globalfirepower rank them about the same, though they include a lot of factors, but shouldn't all those be included?

    Sure the US have twice as many people and earn more money (but it's much more unevenly spread and less end up in the government coffins) and spend more money on the military (then again I don't know whatever Russia pay them and if so I guess they pay less and that more production may be government owned or at least be bought for cheaper.)

    US seem to have bigger navy and air force and Russia bigger army. Who got the best missile defence? Anti-air?

    Even if US is better what are their odds at Russian soil? Because if we are speaking fear of the bully I guess that's where it would be thought?

    Many of the US project seem to deliver so-so and cost way more than what was originally planned.

    I know lots of people say Russia got old gear but how much truth is there in that? Even if they do how much is newer? How much is newer in the US?

    Do F-35 really beat the better models from Russia? Is F-22 clearly superior? I assume the F-15, F-16 and F-18 maybe is more cost effective?

    I don't know whatever the SM-2, SM-3 and the S-300, S-400 and S-500 gear/systems is of similar scale but how are they really performing against each others?

    I don't really know the composition of either sides nuclear weapons.

    How hard is it to sink a carrier? How efficient is the total anti-missile and possibly torpedo defence in a carrier group?

    Who win on the ground?
    http://www.globalfirepower.com...

    I assume the US may rely on missiles from ships and air-force and sure air-plane vs artillery may be a battle with an advantage to the air-plane but this being Russia how many missiles will actually hit and how well would the planes do? Throw in a bunch of submarines in the equation too.

  22. Re:Saving Face on Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea Debt · · Score: 1

    You say that still more people cried at his dads funereal when will for say Obama ;)

  23. Re:THROUGH North Korea?! on Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea Debt · · Score: 1

    "Our great leader has been holding two sticks providing the energy output of 20 western built nuclear plants!"

  24. Yeah he's right. on Mercedes Pooh-Poohs Tesla, Says It Has "Limited Potential" · · Score: 1

    The answer I wanted to write here:

    Yeah, just look at Apple.

    Apple released their smartphone. And then Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola relased theirs. .. oh wait.

  25. Re:Useful Idiot on Snowden Queries Putin On Live TV Regarding Russian Internet Surveillance · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What say he's a buddy of them?

    "Kid" wants to stay alive / not be imprisoned and doomed for life.
    (And risked it all to tell everyone what he knew, and you people are trash-talking him for that.)

    Yay, how awful of him!