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  1. Re:No prefered treatment! on City of Vancouver Adopts Open Standards · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not about the best app for a given job, it's about avoiding vendor lock-in. When it comes to government documents, total format openness should be obligatory.

  2. Re:It is a part of fallen human nature-- the Bible on Google Earth Raises Discrimination Issue In Japan · · Score: 1

    And as soon as you realize there is no god, "sin" becomes a completely void concept.

  3. Re:Nostalgia on What Made Those Old, 2D Platformers So Great? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think I saw that video. The nerd complained that the moonwalk move is useless - which is incorrect. In the last stage you can use it to walk on conveyors without losing speed.

  4. Re:Mod a PC game on More Americans Play Video Games Than Go To Movies · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think you're forgetting about this one: [Duke Nukem 3D]

    Almost... DN3D's Build engine was pseudo-3D.

    (the Sega Saturn version, OTOH, was actually 3D, as it used the SlaveDriver engine)

  5. Re:Prediction on Right-to-Repair Law To Get DRM Out of Your Car · · Score: 4, Insightful

    However, the large numbers of parties ensures that governments, when they are formed, consist of large, weak coalitions that are often unable to accomplish anything for fear of causing an allied party to go into opposition.

    And that is bad... how?

  6. Re:flag-waving? on Cory Doctorow Draws the Line On Net Neutrality · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is red plastic flag burning patriotic? Unpatriotic? Communist? Anticommunist? I'm confused.

    Burning plastic... anti-environmental, maybe?

  7. Re:A better idea on Robot Warriors Will Get a Guide To Ethics · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who said enemy casualties are a bad thing?

  8. Re:VR, why not AI? on Top 10 Disappointing Technologies · · Score: 1

    Except, you see, the Virtual Boy was not actually a VR system.

  9. Re:VR on Top 10 Disappointing Technologies · · Score: 1

    Just because they don't wear bulky helmets they're disqualified?

    Yes. It's about immersion. VR means a first-person 3D environment with a display device that responds to your head movement.

  10. Re:I stopped reading... on Top 10 Disappointing Technologies · · Score: 1

    Using a Mac is no easier than using a PC.. in fact, the vast majority of people find it so much harder because they're not familiar with Macs..

    You made me facepalm so hard that my face hurts now.

    I mean, OF COURSE you're going to find something harder to use if you've never tried it before and you have a lot of experience on the alternative. That's normal. What's sickening -- and it's pretty much the situation you've mentioned -- is when people "learn Windows" and think they "learned computer"; so whenever something different comes, they panic, think it's hard, because it's not the "computer" they know.

  11. Re:Oh this is gonna be fun :) on Scientists Discover Common Ancestor of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless you are Wittgenstein. I doubt the author of the comment is.

    I agree: the author of the comment, most probably, is not Wittgenstein.

  12. Re:Soap box, ballot box, and jury box have failed. on ASCAP Starts To Act Like the RIAA · · Score: 1

    For that matter, as part of my "boycott", should I stop singing Happy Birthday?

    Yes. That's what I do. Not because of any boycott, but because it's a shitty, stupid song.

  13. Re:But does it work? on Court Orders Breathalyzer Code Opened, Reveals Mess · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oops, I moderated the wrong tag by accident.

    Browsing under the influence, I see.

  14. Re:From the horse's mouth on Intel Receives Record Fine By the EU · · Score: 1

    No, it's more like... well, imagine I have a fast food joint.

    Burger: $ 5.
    Special offer: 3 burgers for $ 10.

    Now, that is fine. What Intel did was more like:

    Burger: $ 5.
    Special offer: 3 burgers for $ 10, as long as you swear to not buy anything from that other restaurant across the street.

  15. Re:Damned Disney on Girl Who Named Pluto, At 11, Dies At 90 · · Score: 3, Informative

    By buying laws that make sure their stuff won't ever fall into public domain.

  16. Neat on DOJ Nixes Lax Policy, Hardens Antitrust Enforcement · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can we finally have Microsoft cut in two now, please?

  17. Re:Hide all the menus... on OpenOffice UI Design Proposals Published · · Score: 1

    Next you'll probably want an IBM model M keyboard emulation mode that plays a springy sound every time a key is hit.

    Mind if I fix that?

    You want an IBM model M keyboard.

    There. I would love to get one, except international shipping costs almost as much as the keyboard itself.

  18. Re:While Sony & MS battle... on Why Game Exclusivity Deals Are Feeding the Hate · · Score: 1

    I played Ghostbuster on the Commodore 64 when it first came out. No way in heck will that ever be AAA title. :P

    Man, that's really crap-looking. On the other hand, Ghostbusters for the Sega Genesis was pretty good.

  19. Re:About time on Duke Nukem For Never · · Score: 3, Informative

    I never did get the Duke Hype, it was outdated as soon as it was released.

    The gameplay was very far from perfect, and the pseudo-3D engine looked bad compared to Quake's actual 3D (which came out a few months later). But it did have some cool bits... strippers, a wicked sense of humor, and a badass theme song.

  20. Re:RIP DNF on Duke Nukem For Never · · Score: 1

    It's a shame, because Prey had a longer history than DNF I believe in that it was originally announced before Quake 1, but eventually Prey came to fruition, and personally I thought it was an absolutely superb game - I might even go as far as saying I thought it was worth the wait!

    I'll disagree. It was pretty good, but not really that great. After a while, it felt a bit like a chore: much like Doom 3, the levels were mostly so bleak and similar that I didn't feel like I was really going anywhere. Also, the resurrection system felt more like a quick fix to poorly balanced challenge than anything else.

    The Art Bell segments were genius, though.

  21. Re:I sense a serious hand-slapping in Merck's futu on Merck Created Phony Peer-Review Medical Journal · · Score: 5, Funny

    My Mom's house doesn't have a basement, you inconsiderate clod! I live in her den!

    Your mom's a furry?

  22. Re:Travesty? on Klingons Cut From Final Star Trek XI Movie · · Score: 1

    Weren't the Klingons in TOS basically just bad-tempered humans? They didn't develop the weird growths on their foreheads until much later.

    We don't discuss that with outsiders.

  23. Re:Elections and online voting. on Using the Internet To Subvert Democracy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know what they were trying to prove, but I learned that day how stupid most people are.

    THAT is what they were trying to prove.

  24. Re:Why didnt TomTom look for this stuff? on OIN Posts Details of Microsoft's Anti-Tom Tom Patents · · Score: 1

    That made me think of a better method. Send them a piece of paper with only this written:

    "Read this word out loud: Candlejack.".

    As soon as they do, they're going t

  25. Re:$200 plus $300 sales tax = $500 on Taking Gaming To the Next Billion Players · · Score: 1

    Thank you, Captain Obvious. OF COURSE this should happen. Now go tell that to the politicians! Left-wing populist shit, I tell you... really... you know those people that say Obama is a communist? Well, in comparison to the shit that infects all of Latin America, Obama is almost a Milton Friedman clone.