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  1. Re:Licenses sold... on Microsoft Prepares Rethink On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Contact the manufacturer, demand a refund for the system.

  2. Finally... on Portal Now Available On Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux users now can do cake jokes.

  3. What a name. on Cyber Vulnerabilities Found In Navy's Newest Warship · · Score: 5, Insightful

    USS Freedom.

    What a name, just like something out of a satirical comic book. Seriously, you 'murricans seem to have a fetish for the word, but the more you use it, the more you seem to forget its actual meaning.

  4. Re:He has a point, no? on Shuttleworth Calls Ubuntu Performance Art, Calls Out Critics · · Score: 1

    Drag the Applications folder to the right area of the Dock. This creates a "stack". Right-click it: sort by name, view as folder, view content as grid. That's how I roll.

  5. Sadly, it doesn't matter... on EA Repeats As 'Worst Company In America' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We hate them because they claim our hate doesn't matter as long as we give them our money.

    Guess what: it doesn't, because tons of idiots keep buying EA's DRM-laden excrement.

  6. The manly backup on Happy World Backup Day · · Score: 1

    "Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it." - Linus Torvalds, 1996

  7. Re:Chinese Win on Archos Gamepad Released In the USA · · Score: 1

    I was really tempted to get that one, until I read the rumor that JXD's new model would be a quad-core with IPS screen. If they can do that at a decent price, damn, I'm sold!

  8. Re:It's the anti-Star Trek on IRS Spent $60,000 Producing Star Trek Parody · · Score: 2

    And it's still more faithful to Star Trek than that J.J. Abrams abomination.

  9. Re:Belgium does that on European Carriers Complain To EU About Anti-Competitive Contracts With Apple · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But really who needs Apple? There just isn't a killer app for iPhone now that isn't available on Android, and usually better on Android.

    People want the brand. It's like those Beats headphones: crazy expensive, subpar sound, "all my friends have those so I gotta have 'em too".

  10. But the PowerPC... on Intel's Pentium Chip Turns 20 Today · · Score: 0
  11. Re:Sad. on Video Games and Literature · · Score: 3, Funny

    Find me a geek that hasn't uttered "... but then I took an arrow to the knee." I doubt they exist.

    Oh, I used to know one. But then he took an arrow to the knee.

  12. It's a good documentary on The Pirate Bay's Oldest Torrent Is Revolution OS · · Score: 4, Informative

    Very outdated, but still incredibly interesting and didactic. Oh, obligatory link in case you want something even easier than torrenting.

  13. Re:It's not enough on UK Government Mandates 'Preference' For Open Source · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Open Source cannot compete on bribes with proprietary software

    Fix'd.

  14. It's not enough on UK Government Mandates 'Preference' For Open Source · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Governments should be forbidden from using non-Free software. Go ahead and get your company into whatever vendor lock-in you want, but public data should never be subjected to it.

  15. Re:As opposed to actual Model Ms which are still m on Cherry's New Keyboard Switches Emulate IBM Model M Feel · · Score: 1

    Last year, I had decided to buy an Unicomp. Checked their site, no shipping option to my country; emailed, got no reply. Went to eBay, got a cheap Solidtek instead. Maybe it's the "low end" of mechanicals, but it's still much better than any rubber dome crap.

  16. Re:Not sure... on In Wake of Poor Reviews, Amazon Yanks SimCity Download · · Score: 1

    Good? On the contrary, it's a pity that even such a debacle won't kill EA.

  17. Re:give them the CHAIR on DRM Chair Self-Destructs After 8 Uses · · Score: 1

    Do you mean THE COMFY CHAIR?

  18. What is a "great relationship"? on LG Not Working On Windows Phone 8 Devices · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft's has a great relationship with Nokia

    Like a parasite has a great relationship with its host...

  19. Re:Portion of the proceeds? on For Sale: One Nobel Prize Medal (Slightly Used, By Francis Crick) · · Score: 1

    You just divided by zero, OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-

  20. Get a ruler! on We Aren't the World: Why Americans Make Bad Study Subjects · · Score: 1

    Researchers found that Americans perceive the line with the ends feathered outward (A) as being longer than the line with the arrow tips (B). San foragers of the Kalahari, on the other hand, were more likely to see the lines as they are: equal in length.

    But they are not equal in length: http://imgur.com/24V6a81

  21. Re:Controller still bluetooth ? on Sony Announces the PS4 · · Score: 2

    since the PSone

    No, John. You are the newbies.

  22. Re:Controller still bluetooth ? on Sony Announces the PS4 · · Score: 2

    Sony controllers are some of the best

    Hell, no! Maybe the build quality is good, but the Dualshock is quite uncomfortable. When I got a PS2, first thing I did was order a Phoenix Revolution, which lets you swap the buttons and sticks around. Of course, after you set it like an Xbox 360 pad, there's no reason to ever change them again. And if you have a PS3, looks like Gioteck has some pads in this same 360 style that most gamers favor now.

  23. Meanwhile, southwards... on White House Petition To Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal Needs 11,000 Signatures · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here in Brazil, it is illegal to sell locked phones.

  24. Re:The true Halo at last? on Halo Developer Bungie Reveals Destiny and Its Vision of MMO Gaming · · Score: 1

    Well, that's quite obvious, Bungie was a very Mac-centric developer back then.

  25. The true Halo at last? on Halo Developer Bungie Reveals Destiny and Its Vision of MMO Gaming · · Score: 1

    Remember the early Halo previews? It was supposed to be a third person shooter, set in an open persistent world, with massive team-based multiplayer. Then Microsoft bought Bungie, and they "consolized" the damn thing into a fine-looking but rather mediocre game. If they get rid of horrible ideas such as limited weaponry and auto-recharging shields, and have an option for third-person view, they could make Destiny what Halo should have been.

    (And seriously, Bungie: not letting the user set the FOV should be regarded as a showstopper bug.)