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  1. Re:Choices are good, but... on Oracle To Give OpenOffice.org To Apache Incubator · · Score: 1

    The red panda is not actually a panda, mind you...

  2. Re:By coincidence... on Germany To End Nuclear Power By 2022 · · Score: 1

    Hah, we'll simply build our windpower turbines on the other side of the border, and throw them in reverse when something happens.

    Obligatory Morbo.

  3. Fuck the monarchy on US Citizen Visiting Thailand Arrested For Blog Posting · · Score: 1

    I fart in king Bhumibol's general direction. His mother was a binturong and his father smelt of durians.

    Also, DUPE!

  4. Re:So if the order was for Sega Saturn 20 years ag on GameStop To Honor Ancient Duke Nukem Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    Well, my point was that the Saturn could handle DN3D... that Mega Drive version video was just trivia.

  5. Re:So if the order was for Sega Saturn 20 years ag on GameStop To Honor Ancient Duke Nukem Pre-Orders · · Score: 3, Informative

    Duke Nukem 3D could barley run on a saturn

    Barely is the wrong word: to port the Build engine wasn't feasible, and it was never done. Instead, Duke Nukem 3D for the Saturn was rebuilt from scratch using Lobotomy's SlaveDriver -- in fact a more advanced engine, capable of actual 3D levels.

    Also, if you think a Saturn is underpowered for this game... ahem.

  6. Stupid move, rms on RMS Cancels Lectures In Israel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In his place, if someone tried to manipulate me like that, I'd do the opposite -- give them a big fat "fuck you" and go meet the other side instead, even if I had to pay for the trip.

  7. Re:RMS Titanic on RMS Cancels Lectures In Israel · · Score: 1

    "Richard Stallman" is his birth name, but "rms" (all lower-case) is his chosen identity. Kinda like "Norma Jeane Baker" versus "Marilyn Monroe", or "Robert Zimmerman" versus "Bob Dylan".

  8. Re:Yeah, right. on Sony Won't Invest As Heavily In PlayStation 4 · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone ever dream of developing a console that is weaker than a mobile phone?

    Ever heard of Zeebo?

  9. Designers gone dumb on Mozilla Labs: the URL Bar Has To Go · · Score: 1

    Computers have been around for decades; many interface designs were tried, and we have a pretty good clue about what works and what does not. But lately it seems that everyone has decided to ignore this knowledge and just try to make things flashy. Those morons may think they'll attract a new userbase this way, but actually will just alienate the one they already have.

  10. Re:3.0 ? on Linus Torvalds Considering End To Linux 2.6 Series · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hal's problem was not sentience, but the fact that a paradox drove it insane. Hal was built to never distort or conceal information, yet was told to do precisely so.

    Just as well, Linux may go insane if it is commanded to contradict its core purpose, so... wait, did anyone add DRM to it yet?

  11. Re:Not to be anal on PLA Develops First Person Shooter With US Troops as Targets · · Score: 1

    Schmup

    Now that doesn't mean a thing.

  12. Re:Do You Apply Programming to Your Music? on Ask Jonathan Coulton About the Transformation From Code Monkey to Internet Star · · Score: 1

    I recall reading that Yuzo Koshiro used such a method for Streets of Rage 3. And since that was easily his worst soundtrack...

  13. Re:Not to be anal on PLA Develops First Person Shooter With US Troops as Targets · · Score: 1

    Nonsense. This is the traditional, historical, well-established definition: a "heir of Space Invaders" is a shoot 'em up, or shmup, or simply a shooter; while a "heir of Wolfenstein 3D" is a first person shooter, and absolutely not simply a shooter.

  14. Re:Let's hope for another radical GUI change! on 9 Features We May See In Ubuntu 11.10 · · Score: 1

    Another radical GUI change couldn't make things any worse, could it?

  15. Re:Why CentOS? on Microsoft To Support CentOS Linux In Hyper-V · · Score: 1

    Because CentOS is based on Red Hat, and Hyper-V already supports that.

  16. Fuck the monarchy on Volunteer 'Cyber Scouts' Censor Web In Thailand · · Score: 4, Funny

    I fart in king Bhumibol's general direction. His mother was a binturong and his father smelt of durians.

  17. Re:LA Noire on L.A. Noire 'Blurs the Line' Between Story and Game · · Score: 2

    I had to play it in French

    Since it's made by a French developer, that is the CORRECT setting.

  18. Re:Quoting the immortal words from Star Trek III.. on Apple Patents Keyboard That Knows What You'll Type · · Score: 2

    That, and the tactile/auditory feedback. When you've pressed a key, you KNOW you've pressed a key.

  19. Re:Quoting the immortal words from Star Trek III.. on Apple Patents Keyboard That Knows What You'll Type · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We don't need a newer, better kind of keyboard. We need an older, better kind of keyboard!

  20. Re:"Who Moved My Cheese?" on Developer Blames Apple For Ruining eBook Business · · Score: 1

    "Who Moved My Cheese?" is not simply a bad book, it is an evil book. Do you know what is that piece of shit's real message? It is this: when the boss runs away with the cheese, employees should shrug and move on, rather than pursue legal action against the scoundrels who ruined the company and destroyed their jobs. That's why it is so popular among PHBs, it covers their asses.

  21. Re:Try something new on Sony Could Face Developer Exodus On PSN · · Score: 1

    Um, how old are you? Multiplayer *is* new. Or at least the idea of making a game that only plays online is.

    John Daleske's Empire, 8-player networking. Turn-based strategy. 1973.
    Jim Bowery's Spasim, 32-player networking. 3D shooter/simulator. 1974.

  22. Re:smart pen, a failure? on Vintage Collection of Tech Failures · · Score: 1

    I once bought one of those "generic" tablets; it simply did not work on OSX, despite having the drivers for it. Eventually got a Wacom, cost more but works flawlessly.

  23. Re:So where is the Zune in that list ? on Vintage Collection of Tech Failures · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Most advanced linux users do really think that Windows 7 is unstable and slow. It's slow because they run it on 15 year old hardware.

    They expect old hardware to run a modern system because their modern system can run on old hardware.

  24. Re:Question.... on Microsoft Buying Skype for $8.5B · · Score: 2

    Or are all you Linux fanbois just gonna dump Skype because it's owned by MS now

    They won't have to: Microsoft will likely dump the Linux version anyway.

  25. Re:easy answer on Australian Tax Office Seeks Keylogger To Combat RSI · · Score: 1

    Yeah, try to justify the expense for an $80 Unicomp Customizer ("the son of Model M") versus some $5 no-brand junk. Of course, the $80 one is absurdly more comfortable and will last for decades, and the $5 will likely be unusable in a year or two, but people tend to be short-sighted, bureaucrats doubly so.