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  1. Re:Can we just nickname her "Mom" now? on Clinton Would Crack Down On Game Content · · Score: 1

    She wouldn't be that bad if her haircut wasn't stuck in the 1960s.

  2. Re:"Socialism" is when it's not necessary on Clinton Would Crack Down On Game Content · · Score: 1

    ... since gambling is legal here... why would we want to travel five thousand miles to do it?
    Are you sure you're an European? I mean, I'd expect one to say that in kilometers!
  3. Re:Assholes on RIAA Writes Its Own News For Local TV · · Score: 1

    Well, if it's random pop music, of course it sounds awful. How many people pirate Info Society compared to Kfed?
    True, but I heard that Information Society's new album has been selling pretty well. And it's indeed very good, by the way.
  4. Re:All I can say is on Wired's 2007 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1

    Jon St. John is the voice of Duke Nukem.

  5. Re:Good, maybe REAL artists will now have a chance on Radio May Have To Pay To Play · · Score: 1

    Also, an indie band better than Def Leppard?
    That's not much of a challenge. I like their 80s hits, but they're godawful now. Their new stuff is grating! They now sound just like every other bad pop-rock band out there, maybe because everyone's records are so damn overcompressed.
  6. Re:The ol' bum rush on Jerry Bruckheimer Teams With MTV For Games · · Score: 1

    Lord knows we don't have enough explosions and special effects in video games already.
    It's funny, but these days most action games have better plots than most action movies.
  7. Re:The Gist on Tunguska Blast Was a Small Asteroid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Michael Bay and the world's most epileptic camera will give us a headache again
    There, fixed for ya.
  8. Re:Not Quite on Startrek.com Shutting Down · · Score: 1

    Wow. This just about says it all - CBS has so completely wrecked the franchise that it doesn't even want to maintain its own franchise group. It's difficult to imagine a more complete case of mismanagement. I mean, the show has had one of the strongest, most resilient, self-sustaining cult followings for almost forty years. It's not easy to kill something like that.
    Retarded, isn't it? I'm guessing those people are so stupid, so helplessly worthless, that the Borg wouldn't want to assimilate them.
  9. Re:Dear MS, Add DX10 to XP and just get it over wi on The Advantages of Upgrading From Vista To XP · · Score: 1

    They're technically different, but serve similar purposes, so the comparison is not absurd.

  10. Just an idea... on Guantanamo Officers Caught Modifying Wikipedia · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I just had the craziest idea! How about trying an open, honest approach to it? Rather than mess with the articles, they should write in their "discussion" area. Say, something like this:

    Hello, I am [NAME], [MILITARY RANK AND CURRENT POSITION], and I believe this article is [BIASED / FACTUALLY INCORRECT / WHATEVER OTHER PROBLEM]; I would like to clarify that [STATE YOUR CASE, LIST YOUR ARGUMENTS, PRESENT EVIDENCE IF AVAILABLE]. If any further information is necessary, please feel free to contact the Army's Public Affairs division at [E-MAIL & SNAIL-MAIL ADDRESSES].
    Seriously! Wouldn't that get a lot more goodwill than those recurring fuck-ups?
  11. Re:Dear MS, Add DX10 to XP and just get it over wi on The Advantages of Upgrading From Vista To XP · · Score: 1

    Are you sure you understand the difference between WMware and WINE?
    Sure. One is a virtualizer, the other is a compatibility layer. Neither is an emulator.
  12. Re:Dear MS, Add DX10 to XP and just get it over wi on The Advantages of Upgrading From Vista To XP · · Score: 1

    Once WINE, etc.. can match the performance in gaming of native XP, this discussion will then be between XP and XP emulation.
    From what I read, VMware trounces WINE in performance and compatibility.
  13. Re:linux client please on Valve Plans For More Half-Life Beyond Episode 3 · · Score: 1

    I can't remember or not, did the orange box come out for the PS3? And doesn't the PS3 run openGL?
    Straying from your question, but that version was done by EA, rather than Valve, and is said to have nasty framerate issues. Mind you, Gabe Newell hates the PS3. He calls it a complete disaster and a waste of everyone's time.
  14. Re:Futurama Said it best on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 1

    You don't Date Robots; you own them. How awesome would it be if you owned your wife?
    BDSM, anyone?
  15. Re:Dvorak - Troll? on Dvorak Slams OLPC As 'Naive Fiasco' · · Score: 1

    Mind you, "second world" means communist countries. You know, Cuba, North Korea, and hellholes like that. The OLPC has no chance to enter countries where the government restricts access to paper and typewriters!

  16. Re:Date a Librarian on The Home Library Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    It could be much worse. She could be using MS-Office.

  17. Re:Huh? on Ogg Vorbis / Theora Language Removed From HTML5 Spec · · Score: 1

    thanks to the wonderfully crappy proprietary, closed source Flash plugin for Firefox on GNU/Linux.
    Try Gnash.
  18. Re:Hmmm. Let see on Dvorak Slams OLPC As 'Naive Fiasco' · · Score: 1

    He also thought mice would never take off.
    Mouse (animal), plural = mice.
    Mouse (device), plural = mouses.
  19. Re:Fantasy of Finality on Final Fantasy Turns 20 · · Score: 1

    Actually, Dragon Quest was made by Enix (which merged with Square in 2003).

  20. Re:another one bites the dust on Open Source 'Sage' Takes Aim at High End Math Software · · Score: 1

    I think I heard some time ago about a fork of GIMP specifically to create a more Photoshop-ish UI, but the name/link of it escapes me...anyone?
    Gimpshop.
  21. Re:We need something better than Creative Commons! on Canadian DMCA Won't Include Consumer Rights · · Score: 1

    Creative Commons is okay, but we need one site, with one license, which allows unlimited free usage and sharing.
    GNU GPL?
  22. Re:Fantasy of Finality on Final Fantasy Turns 20 · · Score: 4, Informative

    What nonsense. Hironobu Sakaguchi chose that name because Square was nearly bankrupt in 87, so he expected their next game to be the last.

  23. Propeller Arena on Twelve Game Music Tracks Worth Keeping · · Score: 1

    Propeller Arena: Aviation Battle Championship had an excellent punk rock soundtrack. And the game kicks ass! Too bad it was never (officially) released.

  24. Nanostray on DS Games for Pre-readers? · · Score: 1

    Because bullets are the universal language!

  25. Re:how, exactly on Texas Science Director Forced To Resign Over ID Statements · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's because God understands the dangers of overpopulation?
    Then why doesn't this supposed almighty simply suppress our reproductive cycle? God is even more of a heartless son of a bitch than the Combine!