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  1. Re:Consider more than the MSDOS PC on DRM Based on Trusted Computing Chips · · Score: 1

    No, it's more like incompetence beats itself. How's that joke again... if Commodore got the contract to advertise Kentucky Fried Chicken, they'd call it 'Warm Dead Bird".

  2. Re:Consider more than the MSDOS PC on DRM Based on Trusted Computing Chips · · Score: 1

    To be fair... on the tech side, Apple's System (renamed Mac OS on version 7.6) was not better than Windows 95. The Mac didn't get memory protection and preemptive multitasking until OS X, which is actually a whole new system with similar looks. Interface-wise, however, System 7 was better, far more intuitive.

  3. Here's some advice to them on Atari Selling Studios To Avoid Bankruptcy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever." - Shigeru Miyamoto

  4. McCarthy vindicated on Creating a Backboneless Internet? · · Score: 1

    It's a pity that the VENONA project was only declassified almost 40 years after McCarthy's death. It proves that he was right all along.

  5. Re:Sqrt(-1) on PC Games Giant Rouses From Slumber · · Score: 1

    That alternate use of literally is literally stupid.

  6. Re:Ronald Reagan on Alzheimer's Progresses Faster in Educated People · · Score: 1

    The results have to say... "Hey, dudes, thanks for rescuing me! Let's go for a burger... ha ha ha ha!"

  7. Re:UNIX used to be the norm on Korea Plans to Choose Linux City, University · · Score: 1
    I feel like an idiot explaining to students [...] that they can't view HTML emails in the mail client
    You can just tell them the truth: e-mails are MEANT TO BE pure text. Duh!
  8. Re:More Scared than Interested on Reinventing Gaming Addiction with 360 Achievements · · Score: 1
    And to this I ask you, how many times have you activated Windows XP?
    I use a k'ed pirate copy, you insensitive clod!
  9. *rolls eyes* on New Genres For The Revolution · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah, isn't that terrible? Games that reward skill and experience! Heaven forbid! I mean, what's the point of a game where a newbie can't defeat a seasoned player by smashing the buttons really fast?

  10. Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 on 10 Best S/F Films That Never Existed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sure, Kubrick's 2001 is awesome, but the ending is almost impossible to understand if you haven't read the novel. I'd like to see an alternate ending more faithful to Clarke's writings.

  11. Propeller Arena: Aviation Battle Championship on What Game Do You Love? · · Score: 1

    I never miss a chance to mention my Propeller Arena Fan Site . For those who don't know, Propeller Arena is a 3D aerial deathmatch shooter. It was going to be Sega's last major title for the Dreamcast; it was cancelled, but later - hoorah! - leaked to the net. It's a bit simple, the online mode doesn't work, but it's a lot of fun and replay value nonetheless! If you want to play it (trust me, it kicks ass), try this torrent .

  12. Re:they should get more pay when they make NEW gam on Industry Group to Set Video Games Work Standards · · Score: 4, Funny
    Why do we need another generic shotemup game, like Halo or Fear.
    This doesn't sound right...
    Why do we need another generic shotemup game, like Gradius or Truxton.
    There, I fixed it for you!
  13. Re:Note to submitter on FFVII Advent Children Dated · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it doesn't even look as good as Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within!

  14. Re:This is a big joke, right? on Wanted Revolution Downloads, Nine N64 Titles · · Score: 1, Funny
    Those games were worse than Hitler
    Wow, did those games commit genocide and started a world war, causing about 62 million deaths? Other than the poor taste of your comparison, just check GameFAQs: Cruisin' USA gets mixed reviews, but mostly positive. Some people do like E.T., but it gets mostly terrible grades.
  15. Re:If it looks like a duck... on Time To Stop Calling Them Games? · · Score: 1
    Next, you'll be referring to your comic books as graphic novels.
    No, graphic novels are a kind of comic books. Wikipedia: "A graphic novel is a long-form comic book, usually with lengthy and complex storylines, and often aimed at more mature audiences."
  16. Obligatory on British PC Tax to Replace TV License? · · Score: 1

    "Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." - Ronald Reagan

  17. Re:When the new releases became 'classics' on What About the Grey Gamers? · · Score: 1

    Marty McFly: Let me show you. I'm a crack shot at this. [shoots a perfect score]
    Video Game Boy #1: You mean you have to use your hands?
    Video Game Boy #2: That's like a baby's toy!

    (trivia: Boy #1 is Elijah Wood a.k.a. Frodo)

  18. Re:You've got to be kidding me! on Undisturbed Tomb found in the Valley of the Kings · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Friends on Moore Calls Game Discs Ridiculous · · Score: -1, Troll
    As Rodney King said "can't we all just get along"?
    Rodney King? You mean, that guy who was driving at around 115 MpH (185Km/h) while intoxicated, resisted arrest, attacked a policeman, and had to be knocked down? That guy who, since then, was repeatedly arrested for drug infractions, spousal abuse, soliciting a prostitute, and motoring offenses? That guy who received $3.8 million in a civil suit against the LAPD, but somehow managed to go bankrupt, and now lives in a drug rehab center?
  20. Re:Please let it be IBM on SGI Warns That Bankruptcy Might Be Year-End Option · · Score: 1
    spiffy NUMA stuff
    Ma-ia-hii! Ma-ia-huu! Ma-ia-hoo! Ma-ia-ha-ha!!!
  21. Re:Cartoons on Danish, Western Websites Under Attack · · Score: 1
    If they start defacing websites for just a cartoon, imagine what they will do if it was a offending movie/act.
    See: Theo van Gogh.
  22. Re:I work in blade development. on IBM to use Cell in Blade Servers · · Score: 1
    they are seriously fast and very clusterable.
    Just imagine... a beowu-*SHOT*
  23. Chuck Norris' tears on Possible Breakthrough for AIDS Cure · · Score: 1

    Theoretically, Chuck Norris' tears could cure AIDS, cancer, paraplegia, herpes, common cold, mouth ulcers, and hangovers. Too bad that it is impossible to make Chuck Norris cry...

  24. Dump the mouse for good... on Are Vertical Mice The Next Ergonomic Trend? · · Score: 1

    I can't believe no one has mentioned graphics tablets yet!

  25. Re:The system seems to be working on What's So Wrong With the ESRB? · · Score: 1

    Since that part of the game was not accessible without a cheat device, I don't see it as fraudulent.