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  1. Re:DBUS ? on KDE 3.4 goes Beta · · Score: 1

    Yep - I had the same problem as you with the remembered settings. I gave up and manually entering stuff into /etc/network/interfaces to set the details.

  2. Re:Death penalty? on Ask City of Heroes Lead Designer Jack Emmert · · Score: 1

    You could always exemplar someone - I believe all the xp gained goes straight into your debt account, and you'll get rid of the debt quicker. Also helps you toward the exemplar badge as well :-)

  3. Re:My opinion on that Superbowl halftime show.. on White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs · · Score: 2, Funny

    there were 2 shown - the other just happened to be called 'Justin' and was standing next to Janet at the time.

  4. Were cross-platform ports shown? on Universal Emulators Return · · Score: 5, Insightful

    a Linux version of Quake III -- running on an Apple PowerBook
    ...and...
    Windows laptop running the Gimp image editor for Linux

    Funny how those applications are already available for those platforms, hmmm? I'd like to have heard about something being shown that isn't already available natively.

  5. Re:Input Modifications and Radar Detectors on Insurance Companies Try Out Auto Black Boxes · · Score: 1

    ...but if you have an accident you'd better search through the wreckage and fish that modifier out or the insurance would be null and void - at the very least on the basis of 'undeclared modifications to the car'.

  6. Re:iPods ~ Cheating on Duke University Giving iPods To 1650 Freshmen · · Score: 1

    Mod +1 Young Ones reference :-)

    "That's great, Neil. You really must tell me that story again sometime."

  7. Re:Maybe? on Wearable Customizable Displays · · Score: 1

    Looks like you're going for the 'anti-marketing' dollar. That's a big dollar. Our marketing research has proven it. ;-)

  8. Re:Shirt I saw the other day... on Wearable Customizable Displays · · Score: 2, Informative

    Quite common in the clubs. Cyberdog do a few, including heart beats and EQs.

  9. Re:X-Box Media Ceter on Gateway Wireless Connected DVD Player Reviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Something I haven't seen mentioned so far in the thread - why limit yourself to using a modded xbox for xbox games? It's let me tidy away my 'oldskool' consoles so I've got an Xbox/Snes/Genesis/Media Center all in one :-)

    A rare occasion where an XBox has *saved* space.

  10. Re:Am I going to see this in UK cinemas? on Ghost in the Shell 2 in Theaters Late This Summer · · Score: 1

    If I recall, 'CAP code' is to trace screener copies (NB - it doesn't prevent them) They're red spots that show occasionally in the centre of the screen. The number of dots varies from print to print so a screener can be traced to a particular theatre.

  11. Re:Hmmm on Short Text Messages In Mid-Air · · Score: 2, Informative

    Heartily agree with you - one individual does not represent the crowd. I think the grandparent thinks of club DJs in the same breath as the 'turns' you get who play at wedding receptions.

    Instead, if you treat club DJs the same way you would a live band you'll get more out of it. Trust the DJ :-) When was the last time a live act paid attention to an individual in the crowd shouting for a song?

    If you want to hear the tunes you want all the time, stay at home or go somewhere that has a jukebox :-)

  12. Re:Atari still for sale - $18 on Legal Arcade ROM Vendor Talks Business · · Score: 1

    I was hoping that given the Namco name that ROM licensing issues wouldn't be a problem and true emulation would be used.

    *sigh*

    Back to the drawing board then :-(

  13. Re:Atari still for sale - $18 on Legal Arcade ROM Vendor Talks Business · · Score: 3, Informative

    Namco do one as well with Pacman, Dig Dug, Galaxian, Bosconian and Rally X.

    Thinkgeek stock them

  14. Re:"Progress"? on Can Your ATM Play Beethoven? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're not wrong - last time I saw/used one of these was about '93 at a student union. You didn't have problems with people looking over your shoulder as you had to get quite cosy with the machines to read the LED display.

    At least you didn't get huge amounts of burn-in with this method like you did with the 'shades of green' displays. I swear there were so many times I had to get my cash by remembering the keypresses.

  15. Re:Blast from the past on Magic Words - Interactive Fiction in the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that :-)

    I still have flashbacks to:
    Say to Thorin "open window"
    Say to Thorin "pick me up"
    Say to Thorin "west"

    ...until I inevitably got caught by a goblin and chucked back in the dungeon. Aaaaaaaaaargh!

  16. Re:i remeber something about.. on Magic Words - Interactive Fiction in the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    I believe the modes were 'tame', 'suggestive' or 'lewd'

  17. Re:excessive gaming vs excessive reading on Magic Words - Interactive Fiction in the 21st Century · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...or even more infuriating for Scott Adams adventurers:

    > read article
    Sorry, I can't do that...YET!

  18. Re:And to think on History of a Famous Star Wars Scream · · Score: 1

    I know the place you mean - keep meaning to visit it, myself. Check it out on imdb.com - used for Airwolf, Broken Arrow, Kung Fu and many others. 137 films, all told :)

  19. Re:What we want to know... on Using Spyware to Report Pirates? · · Score: 1

    ...or there was always 'Lenslok' which was a fragile clear plastic lens that you held up to your screen and it decrypted a what looked like a precursor to the magic eye pictures into an alphanumeric sequence. That's if your publisher included the correct version of the Lenslock with your game of course. More details here