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  1. Re:Finances & Conflict on Blizzard Awarded $6M Damages From MMOGlider · · Score: 1

    Sorry to disagree here (well, not that sorry).

    You know very very well that repetitively killing a mob to get its horn to get xp to get more horn-needing quests will not get pass the Kara level of brain you need to do raid. Heck, put five of those people together and they won't even finish Steam Vault regular (I've been /rw "Kill the tanks! Kill the tanks!" way too much). Put some of them on Supremus and you'll have 20 players who want to quit ("stay out of fire!"). We're not yet talking about Archimonde and Gorefiend, damnit!

    The fact that those guys didn't buy or bot their 70s doesn't guarantee they have the brain. It doesn't even guarantee they understand their own class (I've never played hunter and I know what clipping is...). So yeah, I'd bot an alt anytime if I could get some of the classes we need in the guild to 70, and I'd still be considered a good player. I don't want to force myself 5-10 days /played time to get there, I have other things to do (IRL or not, raiding takes time).

    Gimme the possibility to start a char at half the level of my highest char and I wouldn't consider botting. I'm not doing it (don't want the ban hammer), but I can understand why some would.

  2. Re:And the reason is... on Apple Allows Lotus On iPhone (After Banning Competitor) · · Score: 1

    And talked with Apple about its ideas first.

  3. Re:oh goody. on C# In-Depth · · Score: 1

    Check out the Programming paradigm page on wikipedia which has a good load of information on what differentiate a language from another. Java is absolutely not the same as C++.

    The fact that not much people actually writes C++ (as opposed to, say, C with class) has something to do with the common belief that Java is alike, but look further than mere structural construct and you'll see why they are worlds apart.

  4. Re:very cool, but... on New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record · · Score: 1

    Yeah don't worry. I never said Carter made a bad decision (zippthorne did), I'm much more real than that. The blame would fall on every administration (Dems or Reps) who was too scared of opening that old scroll since we've made enough advance around the world to recycle the waste and build much more efficient fission power plant. And the blame will still stay on the whole country as long as the next administrations won't realize (and make voters realize) fission can be controlled much more efficiently.

  5. Re:I wonder if... on Guitar Hero World Tour Won't Allow Copyright Infringement · · Score: 1

    And you just wasted it :P it's not a rick roll anymore if you say it's a rick roll....

  6. Re:Yes but on Guitar Hero World Tour Won't Allow Copyright Infringement · · Score: 3, Funny

    Guys guys. Let's not talk about Guitar Hero 5 DLC business plan right away, okay?

  7. Re:I wonder if... on Guitar Hero World Tour Won't Allow Copyright Infringement · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, this is the best I've seen in a while.

    Dude. Dude! Dude, dude... I guess you have a point.

  8. Re:very cool, but... on New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps it is time to re-evaluate that decision with the advance we've made since then. Been a couple of years now...

  9. Re:refund on Wal-Mart Ends DRM Support · · Score: 2, Funny

    What city are we talking about anyway? Cause we have some roads here where two lefts are needed to make a right. Just sayin'...

  10. Re:Biased much? on SDK Shoot Out, Android Vs. IPhone · · Score: 1

    Although you are right about Java and its platform, I've seen quite a large group of C++ project that didn't need an API framework to work (aside the standard library, which is part of the language anyway) - just look at sourceforge. I don't see why you quote Qt though...

    And thanks for correcting me about the origin of Objective-C. I'll correct you in turn: Elogant isn't a word; Elegant is what you meant

  11. Re:Hallelujah! on Jack Thompson Disbarred · · Score: 1

    Define "sudden", please, since the supreme court was on the case since february 2007...

  12. Re:Biased much? on SDK Shoot Out, Android Vs. IPhone · · Score: 1

    NextSTEP created Objective-C for their OS and API (which became Cocoa later on). So, it's not uncommon per se, it's merely created for that purpose. Although you can code on Windows with Objective-C (since gcc supports it on all platforms), without Cocoa it wouldn't be a seamless adventure. TBH I'd be surprise if anyone does any serious works with it outside of anything apple-related.

    I develop with iPhone and OSX everyday and I agree Objective-C is a beautiful and well-designed language, but most of the fantastic experience of using it comes from the API part, not the language by itself.

  13. Re:In case it gets slashdotted on Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Try having the start button at the bottom and the list of tasks at the top. Now you should get an idea why this wasn't possible before :)

  14. Re:Here's the thing on Judge Munley is So Out of My Top 8 · · Score: 1

    So you'd let him/her libel her director on and on without consequences? What would be the limit, then? You'd be okay if s/he starts the rumor that the last time s/he was alone with the director he raped her? I am sick of students that think they can do whatever they can without repercussion.

  15. Re:Hmm... on Debating "Deletionism" At Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Funny

    First the articles, next the summary... now we have to read the comments before replying? /satire

  16. Re:Good news! on SGI Releases OpenGL As Free Software · · Score: 1

    Pedantry coming: old nVidia cards and documents used Quads as a primitive, not triangle, so polygons can be anything, even in video cards.

    As for the whoosh, there is nothing in the reply from nawcom/Cillian, where the joke about a screen taking only 1 polygon, that says that it is in fact, a triangle. And he says, as a joke, that his screen takes ONE polygon - maybe he meant a triangle-shaped screen? So, whoosh-ever, I'm out.

  17. Re:Good news! on SGI Releases OpenGL As Free Software · · Score: 1

    A polygon isn't necessarily a Rectangle. Or, rather simply, "Whoosh".

  18. Re:New ads on Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads · · Score: 4, Insightful

    better != good. But I liked this one better too.

  19. Re:George Orwell and Grammar! on Microsoft To Announce Jerry Seinfeld Ads Cancelled · · Score: 1

    People shouldn't ignore(/try to correct) the subtleties of the English language just because they don't understand them.

    See? You're doing it again. Instead of "do not understand", you should say "do derstand". Now I feel better cause I've corrected someone on the interwebs. :) /satire

  20. Re:George Orwell and Grammar! on Microsoft To Announce Jerry Seinfeld Ads Cancelled · · Score: 1

    It cannot be goinger, not that it was be the badest...

  21. Re:Google & guns on Google's Floating Datahaven · · Score: 1

    So between more criminals (although that remains to be seen) or less-but-more-dangerous ones, which you choose? And we're talking burglars now, but what about other crimes?

    And you prove yourself that this method of thinking is wrong and why: if it gives you an incentive to kill him before he kills you, then it'd give them an incentive to search and kill you before you have even an idea they are there in the first place... and where does it end? everybody dies younger...

    I'd sleep much better in a city where there is a low (or none) rate of murder than in one where I can carry a gun. My experience (though I'd like to see some worldwide statistics about it) has shown that if everyone has a gun with them, there is a lot more murder - and it's not always the honest guy who lives.

  22. Re:Google & guns on Google's Floating Datahaven · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Uh, no. You don't shoot. You don't get mad, you don't lose your calm. That's the worst that could happen. If you can disarm the guy, you do so. If not, you give the guy what he wants, then call the police with info.

    Being civilized is exactly the opposite of what you just said. And we didn't build a civilization for 6000 years (since writing, not bible-related) to come to the point where a "sensible" reaction to violence is to create a blood bath.

    Disclaimer: I come from a part of the world which is not USA.

  23. Re:Innovation on McCain Answers Science Policy Questionnaire · · Score: 1

    Ted Stevens for president!

  24. Re:Here, I'll get the basic comments out of the wa on WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Release Date Announced · · Score: 5, Funny

    * "It won't be as good as Eve/Warhammer/etc."

    Uh, I've been playing etc online for like a week. That game was crap. Eve/WAR maybe, but etc, never.

  25. Re:They think... on Indian Woman Convicted of Murder By Brain Scan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I could kill the operator of the scanner with a thought. Simple countermeasures. Just concentrate on an imagine of a combination of Goatse, Tubgirl, 2g1c, and Lemon Party. Instant aneurysm.

    So that's what the title means with Indian Woman Convicted of Murder By Brain Scan. Murder by Brain Scan - the googles do nothing...