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  1. Re:Something is missing here on Pacific Trash Vortex To Become Habitable Island? · · Score: 1

    Hundreds of years ago it seemed like lunacy to dry out land with big fans, but the Dutch figured out a way to do this.

    Windmills do not work that way!

  2. Re:w/r/t Windows on The Amazing World of Software Version Numbers · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I was the performance test engineer for Vista update services during the initial release of Vista" Shouldn't you have posted this anonymously?

  3. Not dead yet on Deal Reportedly Reached In Writers' Strike · · Score: 2, Informative

    Although it would appear that the strike is likely on it's way to being over, it's not quite over yet.

    Here's the WGA's timetable for the next few days which may result in the actual end of the strike.

  4. Re:And? on Anti-Game Candidates Do Poorly in Iowa Caucuses · · Score: 1

    Who said that it did? The article is just making a point to say that it did happen.

  5. Defend patents on Hard Drive Imports to be Banned? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Isn't there a requirement that you actively defend your patents?

  6. Re:"Games for Windows" = MS Monopoly push on PC Games On the Rebound · · Score: 1

    I'd like a branding of "Not a Game for Windows". Developing a PC game with all the limitations of a console tends to be a bad thing in most cases, a la Deus Ex Invisible War.

  7. Re:Maybe IPv4 is the solution to spam. on (Almost) All You Need To Know About IPv6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, good suggestion. Let's try out IPv4 and see if we still get spam.

  8. Re:Wouldn't happen under a libertarian government on US Pennies To Be Worth Five Cents? · · Score: 1
    http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/index.cfm?flash=yes &action=busguide&sub=Altered Incorrect. Click the link for 18 U.S.C. 331.

    Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States; or whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered, defaced, mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled or lightened - shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
    (Emphasis added.)
  9. Re:Wishful Thinking on Harmonix Confirms New Company Project · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I believe so. It would have to be more than just a new 'instrument' in a different genre to warrant the "bigger and more ambitious". I would say that's just hype, but if they are abandoning an extremely popular format with a guaranteed audience for a sequel I'm expecting something bigger. Possibly a combination of multiple instruments into a single game, an entire band experience perhaps. Though instrument cost seems to make that less likely.

  10. Fear not on Shortage of Electricity Drives Data Center Talks · · Score: 1

    "Shortage of Electricity Drives Data Center Talks" Fear not, next week we'll start rounding up those Elebits and we'll fix this right up.

  11. Hardcore players demand turtles on World of Warcraft and UDE Point System Fiasco · · Score: 1

    The CCG was released 5 days ago from today. I'm not certain when the UDE exchange prices were listed but it hardly qualifies as a "long time" between in my opinion.

    And also, the FAQ about UDE points, released October 2nd (weeks before the card game), uses 50,000 points as an example twice...that should have been some indication of the scope they were looking at.

  12. Re:Delayed? Date was never announced... on WoW Burning Crusade Delayed until January 2007 · · Score: 1

    Q4 2006 was announced for release. Last I checked January 2007 isn't in Q4 2006.

  13. embargo on Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

  14. Happy October 1st on The GIF Format is Finally Patent-Free · · Score: 4, Funny

    October 1st came early this year...

  15. Re:Folks always forget the VAT on Nintendo Announces Japanese Wii Price · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gas tax is included in the US because A: It's totally different than sales tax that is applied to everything else. B: American's would probably cry if they saw a number that big for tax.

  16. Re:Secondary Effects on Certified Email Not Here to Reduce Spam · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There are some users who might not notice that, but some aren't s obviously bad as that. What if they used http://bankofamerica.secure.com/ , do you expect everyone to realize that there is a huge difference between http://secure.bankofamerica.com/ and http://bankofamerica.secure.com/ ?

  17. Re:I read about this... on Lab-Grown Bladder Transplanted · · Score: 2, Interesting

    NPR had the story this morning, can't find a link to anything but I believe critics said the results didn't show definite improvement in the patients.

  18. Re:you sound like a candidate for web-only service on How Long is Too Long to Update? · · Score: 1

    ...this isn't even relevant.

  19. Coral Cache on 200gb Hack for iPod Nano · · Score: 1

    Coral Cache Stop breaking Uncyclopedia you heathens.

  20. Re:DUPE on Keyboard Sound Aids Password Cracking · · Score: 1

    *cough* . The article details that their methods did not require a 'training text' in order to calibrate the conversion algorithm as has been used previously. *cough* Good try though, you at least read the titles...

  21. Re:[OT] crashing on Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available · · Score: 1

    Reposting while logged in. Personally I don't want things messing with my clipboard data, but here you go. Use Grease Monkey with Mozilla and install this . You may need to navigate to about:config and changed signed.applets.codebase_principal_support to true in order to allow Mozilla to let a script mess with vital bits like your clipboard. And it may prompt you on every page it tries to run on. May be a way to fix that, didn't look. But the end result is what you want. Be warned though, granting access to scripts from an entire domain to mess with this data is probably a dangerous idea. Note: copy function stolen from http://www.krikkit.net/howto_javascript_copy_clipb oard.html