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  1. Re:Stupid stupid idea on DVDs w/ Built in USB Ports for Copy Protection · · Score: 1
    CD 800 MB - cost of media in bulk 0.05
    Regular CD-Rs are 700MB. Bigger ones are harder to find, more expensive, and not guaranteed to work with all burners.
  2. to all Iron Maiden fans... on Hubble Takes Pictures of Colliding Galaxies · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "When Two Worlds Collide"
    (Dave Murray, Blaze Bayley, Steve Harris)

    - - -

    my telescope looks out into the stars tonight
    a little speck of light seems twice the size tonight
    the calculations are so fine
    can it be growing all the time?

    now I can't believe it's true
    and I don't know what to do
    for the hundredth time I check the declination

    now the fear starts to grow
    even my computer shows
    there are no errors in the calculations

    now it's happened, take no other view
    collision course, you must believe it's true
    now there's nothing left that we can do

    when two worlds collide
    the anger and the pain
    of all those who remain
    two worlds collide
    who will be left alive
    no place to hide

    when two worlds collide
    the anger, the pain
    of those who remain
    when two worlds collide
    when two worlds collide
    so who will survive
    there's no place to hide
    when two worlds collide

  3. Re:Never going to work on EU Considering Regulating Video Bloggers · · Score: 1
    I fear that a measure similar to the one mentioned in the article could be implemented in Brazil, too. We are about to re-elect an authoritarian president who loves press control and propaganda.
    And is the head of the biggest communist conspiracy ever. Mark my words: Lula's election was the beginning of the end for democracy in Brazil.
  4. Re:1999 called.... on Today's Best Dreamcast Games · · Score: 1
    The experts say you're wrong:
    "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8473838/"
    The so-called experts got debunked.
    "HIV prevalence was markedly lower among circumcised than uncircumcised men only in Kenya ... In the other countries, there was either no difference in HIV rates between circumcised and uncircumcised men or circumcised men were more likely to be HIV-positive than uncircumcised men."
  5. 1999 called.... on Today's Best Dreamcast Games · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...and it wants its radically innovative, visually outstanding, amazingly fun videogames back. ;-)

  6. .kkrieger, anyone? on Games Already Filling Blu-Ray Discs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Check it here. A fully modern-looking first person shooter, in 96kB. Procedural synthesis for teh win!

  7. Re:I'm with Taco on Jobs Unfazed by Zune · · Score: 1
    This is lame. Go for the Nomad instead.
    Yeah, I'd get a Nomad as well...
  8. Re:Stupid Americans on French Scientists Link Higher BMI with Lower IQ · · Score: 1
    Bush was elected TWICE (or allowed to take office twice, anyway)... what do YOU think?
    I think he's underrated. Here's my reason to say it:

    * George W. Bush's SAT --- 566 Verbal, 640 Math. Total score: 1206.
    * SAT-to-IQ estimator. --- that score means an IQ of 129.
  9. Re:Even better! on FCC Lets Wireless Devices Use Empty TV Channels · · Score: 1

    Radioactive toast? Was that a reference to MDK2?

  10. Re:The "Linux" License is much easier on the Consu on Vista Licenses Limit OS Transfers, Ban VM Use · · Score: 1

    Thing is, Windows sucks, but Xbox is a nice system.

  11. But is it... on New Mouse: Mus cypriacus · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...ergonomic?

  12. Re:Wow, that would be so much fun. on New Copy Protection to Make Playing DVDs on a PC Difficult · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe, if many people complain, the rental stores' managers will be the ones complaining that those DVDs are defective, and will demand the studios to send them good merchandise or their money back!

  13. She's missing, body not found yet on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    She left their kids at his home, then drove away, and vanished. Only the car has been found. Or at least that's what the article says. Who knows what could have really happened?

  14. Re:Summary on Mozilla vs Debian Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Again:

    Microsoft == a company == a single entity == is releasing a security patch.

  15. Re:Summary on Mozilla vs Debian Analyzed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Debian == a group == a single entity == does not want to include certain icons.

  16. Re:'The Quest for Bush'? on A Gaming War Between Islam and the West? · · Score: 1

    Meh. I prefer them shaved.

  17. Propeller Arena on What Are Your Top Five 'Comfort' Games? · · Score: 1

    Propeller Arena: Aviation Battle Championship for the Sega Dreamcast. Cancelled but leaked, lots of fun, great soundtrack, very high replay value.

  18. Re:I have a great idea for a name for their new OS on CEO of Amiga, Inc. Interviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mod parent funny. That was a reference to Taligent.

  19. Re:Waste of Time on Windows Vista RC2 Available · · Score: 2, Funny
    You'll regret that statement when the revolution comes.
    Our DRM-loving monopoly overlords will be the first ones against the wall.
  20. Re:He's using memory technique on Pi Recited to 100,000 Digits · · Score: 1

    A grade over 100%? Was it really college, or was it Donkey Kong Country?!

  21. Re:Try Telling That to the Coders on What a Vista Upgrade Will Really Cost You · · Score: 1
    Also, their wrists hurt and HR said we had to get them ergonomic keyboards. When we got them generic ergonomic keyboards, they demanded MS Naturals.
    That alone is the definite sign that they're worthless. A real computer geek would take nothing but the IBM Model M.
  22. Re:FUD on What a Vista Upgrade Will Really Cost You · · Score: 1
    Actually, /. people will say: Go to Linux!!!
    Not all of them. Some will say: get a Mac!
  23. Re:I sense a confusion in the Force... on George Lucas To Quit Movie Business · · Score: 5, Funny
    I haven't been more confused since, well, about five minutes into Episode 1.
    Which is, as I recall, halfway the scrolling text intro. Right?
  24. Re:How much did Steve Jobs pay to bribe MS execs? on Vista to Include Stepped up Anti-Piracy Measures · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you use Windows to monitor life-support equipment, fire alarms, large machinery, etc. -- you've already made a mistake!

  25. Re:Sony is screwed on How Important is Gears of War for Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    The Dreamcast was not a "massive failure" like the Jaguar. The launch was record-breaking, and in the end over 10 million units were sold, that's a respectable number (the Jaguar sold less than half of that). It's also a very good machine, with lots of good games (unlike the Jaguar, which had just a few).