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  1. Mini me... on Laser Surgery Goes Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...stop humping the "laser". Maybe you and the "laser" should go get a freakin room.

  2. Re:Back to the Future! on Heliodisplay In Production · · Score: 1

    It will still look fake.

  3. Three words on Ask Questions of the World of Warcraft Team · · Score: 1

    Three words:

    Worlds. Of. Starcraft.

    Enough said.

  4. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA on Google to Include iTunes? · · Score: 1

    No, it's more like this: "In Soviet Russia, the governm

  5. Who gives a damn? on Server Based Slots of the Future · · Score: -1, Troll

    High tech or low tech, only two kinds of people gamble: idiots or cheaters.

  6. Boring list on MAD's 10 Worst Things about Gaming · · Score: 2, Informative
  7. Blood on the walls on DooM Remix Project - The Dark Side of Phobos · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A kickass DooM-inspired song, by the Manny Charlton band. Get it from John Romero's site.

  8. Re:Oh please on When Should You Buy Your Kid A Laptop? · · Score: 2, Funny

    : I don't think ANY child should be given free
    : acess to a spellchecker until he or she can read
    : and write at a college level. It's meant to
    : allievate your work, not do it for you.

    Ahem .

  9. Sega did it right with Phantasy Star Online on Selling Virtual Gold for Fun and Profit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Phantasy Star Online is better than any MMORPG for many reasons:

    - it's extremely easy to amass more money than you'll ever spend.

    - the really cool stuff is obtained from quests, not stores.

    - item storage is limited.

    - it is multiplayer, but not massive.

    - players can't hurt each other.

    - it is an action-RPG.

    - the viewpoint is from behind the player, not above, which is better for action.

    This way, veterans usually give away what they no longer need to the newbies. And everyone helps each other in what's actually fun: killing monsters! I think this is much more fun than all the Evercracks out there.

  10. Re:Has this been mentioned? on Jack Thompson Continues To Talk · · Score: 1

    > I had heard that Wil Wright is
    > a Christian. Wouldn't that go
    > against Wil's values if it is
    > that case?

    Why, are all christians opposed to pr0n? I don't think so! Yet, I heard the absence of violence and sex in the Myst series is because of the Miller bros' religion or something...

  11. Re:Cinematic masterpiece on New MK Movie To Double as Theme Park · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The original MK movie was pretty good actually, as it was well-written (especially if compared to that Street Fighter travesty), the visuals were right on, and the soundtrack was excellent.

  12. I don't remember who said this... on Reconciling Information Privacy and Liberty? · · Score: 1

    Something along these lines...

    A citizen can do anything, except what law forbids him. A government can do nothing, except what law allows it.

    Makes sense to you?

  13. Re:Effects of Cosmic Rays on Cosmic Rays Could Kill Astronauts Visiting Mars · · Score: 1

    And 100% get into really crappy movies. Twice.

  14. It's a trap! on Microsoft Testing Rival to Google's Start Page · · Score: 1

    Or that's what people might think, because it looks just like those fake "search engines" that only throw ads on you and sneak spyware through IE's holes.

  15. Re:Ok with me on Windows Guru Calls For IE7 Boycott · · Score: 1

    : and what do we do with all our windows software?

    You can try this .

  16. Re:No no, circumcision is cool on Handheld Gaming / Media-player Gadget Runs Linux · · Score: 1

    If women think a natural, WHOLE man is a freak, that's a cultural problem in the USA, because pretty much all women in the rest of the world think the exact opposite: cutting boybits is NOT COOL.

  17. Kudos to them on Handheld Gaming / Media-player Gadget Runs Linux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Got to respect a company that lists emulators among the highlights of their game system! Who else would dare to?

  18. Re:Let's see what googlefight has to say! on Canada and Denmark using Google as Battleground · · Score: 1

    Obligatory......

    all your base are belong to us

                        2,590,000 results.

  19. If this is a trend... on Voltron Coming To The Big Screen · · Score: 1

    If there is actually an old-toon-to-movie trend now, will someone, please, please, PLEASE I BEG YOU DAMNIT, make a movie based on the coolest 80s animated series - Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors?

  20. In-game ads done correctly - the Sega way on Full-Motion Ads Come to Videogames · · Score: 1

    Two good examples of in-game ads done correctly:

    SONIC ADVENTURE 2 - it had real ads for Soap Shoes, as well as tons of obviously fake (and funny) ads. Makes sense, since they make grinding shoes, and Sonic wears grinding shoes in that game.

    SHENMUE - it had ads for watches and soft drinks. This makes sense because such products actually existed in the world the game simulates - mid-80s Japan. It would not make sense if I found a Coke machine in a medieval RPG village, but an ad for a sports brand suits a sports game.

    And most importantly: in these examples, all the ads are very discreet. They are just objects and textures. They don't force you to wait before playing the game. Video ads, on the other hand, would probably be just as annoying as those damned ads in movie theatres!

  21. Re:Get a Mac! on Beginning Of the End For PC Noise · · Score: 1

    > Wasn't the whole point of the G4 cube that it
    > didn't need a fan? If this was so important, why
    > didn't it sell very well?

    The Cube was too expensive to woo the home users (iMac), and it was not expandable enough for the high end users ("tower" PowerMac). It was a beautiful machine, but it could not find its market niche.

  22. Bug report on Free Beer That's Free as in Speech · · Score: 2, Funny

    BEER 1.0
    If you run this app for too long, it causes system glitches (hangover) a while after quitting it.

    (ok, I know, that's not a bug, that's a feature. workaround: non-alcoholic hack)

  23. I suggest... on NASA's Astronaut Glove Design Competition · · Score: -1, Flamebait
  24. Re:Not a fan of Real's chicanery on Hacker Gary McKinnon Interviewed · · Score: 1

    Since the topic is hax0ring of military computers, I believe this quote is fitting: "The only winning move is not to play." - WOPR.

  25. Obligatory on Orkut Linked To Drug Ring Bust · · Score: 1

    Bad, bad server. No pot for you.