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  1. Warning: Biohazard! on MacGimp Reviewed, Available For Easy Download · · Score: 2, Funny

    Using GIMP 1.2 may expose you to transmission of the dreaded "Debian Syndrome", a severe neurosis which is evidenced by the refusal to declare anything less then half a decade out of date as "stable".

  2. Good. on Linux-Based Musical Keyboard Workstation Debuts · · Score: 1

    Professional audio is one of Linux's weak points. Kernel 2.6 might help by integrating ALSA completely and making MIDI less of a bitch to configure, but there is still vast room for improvement in setup and the available software packages. Hopefully, if this is a success, Lionstracs will be investing in relevant OSS (abbreviating for "software", not "digital dog turd masquerading as a sound system") projects.

  3. Re:Oh the irony on Tux Racer Makes It To The Arcades · · Score: 1

    ...I recall the creator has said he will release the source (but not the data) under the GPL after %BIGNUM sales.

  4. Re:Not Ready my ASS on IBM and Its Thoughts on Desktop Linux · · Score: 3, Funny

    There was an open-source car named the Hypercar or something, but no one manafactured it, just stole its ideas.

  5. Re:200 billion lines? on Microsoft Makes Push for COBOL Migration · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, 4 lines containing 200 billion parentheses.

  6. Re:Only a single reason to buy NVidia left on New NVidia Graphics Cards Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but if we weren't willing to make compromises in order to evangelize with our money (or lack thereof), we wouldn't be using Linux in the first place. :)

  7. Re:My graphics cards these days on New NVidia Graphics Cards Reviewed · · Score: 1

    How about the Halo trial? That card works excellently with it in my dad's box (mine will never be soiled by the foul binaries of WinXP or WineX.) Oh, and he has an Athlon 650, too.

  8. Re:Only a single reason to buy NVidia left on New NVidia Graphics Cards Reviewed · · Score: 1

    If the time comes that NVidia actually releases documentation on their card internals and the DRI Project can write open-source drivers for them, there won't be any reason to buy ATI cards anymore.

  9. Re:Missing Poll Option on The Worst Jobs in Science · · Score: 1

    That was a Mr. Stubbins Ffirth, born in 1784. Congratulations- you discovered the secret to eternal youth!

    Although I see you got fed up with the celebrity and staged your own death in 1820.

  10. Re:Why these games? on LGP Announces Three New Linux Games · · Score: 1

    Loki went out of business because they struck a deal with the wrong loan shark, not because nobody bought their games.

  11. Hmm on Sun Produces Strongest Flare Ever Recorded · · Score: 1

    If the Securities and Exchange Commission is busying themselves by estimating the size of solar flares, I guess that explains why the job market is in the pits.

  12. Re:"the... popular simulation genre" on On Selling Western PC Games In Japan · · Score: 1

    7 was. Interestingly enough... if I remember correctly, they also released the American version translated back into Japanese as "Final Fantasy 7 International Edition". I'm not sure why.

  13. Re:illegal characters? on Apple Releases Security and Xcode Updates · · Score: 1

    "(C) SCO", I believe.

    Really? My own tests suggested that it was "Netcraft confirms".

  14. Re:Open Source Fanatics on The Linux Documentation Project Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    I'll bite, out of amusement that your poorly co-opted troll claims there are cheaper alternatives to Linux. :) How would that ever work? Does MS pay you to use Windows now?

  15. Re:Game: Featureing a new wheel! on Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie? · · Score: 1

    Hrm. I was going to suggest SuperCard, but apparently it's not for Windows anymore...

    You can dig up the older, cross-platform version (3.frog-knows) if you're not concerned about OS X compatibility. It'll be quite cheap, too.

    Sadly, there's no OSS presentation software of this caliber.

  16. Re:Help me out here... on Attempting To Create A Gaming Canon · · Score: 1

    You were in a post-apocalyptic world and had to fight all sorts of creatures and people. It had a power meter thing that you had to use by hitting the spacebar at a certain point to get a powerful hit, so it factored in skill and reflexes. Tons of fun.

    I'm pretty sure that was Mutants. Great game. I've never been able to find it on a free telnet BBS... :/

  17. Re:Heh Heeeh heheehhheehee on Darwin 7.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I could have sworn the real deal was "Trollax0r".

  18. Re:About the file selector on GTK 2.3, And The Emerging File Selector · · Score: 1

    A lot of applications need specialized file selectors (with previews and such,) the old file selector can't be specialized so it needs to be reconstructed, these reconstructions usually don't take the utmost of care when conforming to GNOME UI/i18n/etc guidelines, and chaos ensues. I think.

  19. Re:Episodic? on On Videogame Length - Less Is More? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would say .hack has proven the medium's potential for success already, and with shorter episodes too.

  20. Anyone have a Microsoft EULA handy? on Microsoft Raises Security Game, Notes Shortcomings Elsewhere · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'll bet a few bucks that it does not allow customers to "indemnify" MS in any manner that the agreement could possibly defend against in a court of law, and a few that it couldn't, just for good measure.

  21. Re:44% efficiency is the best of all time -- not! on Big Mac Benchmark Drops to 7.4 TFlops · · Score: 1

    Uh, the price/performance ratio is the best of all time, not the efficiency.

  22. Re:Via is showing the way on VIA-based Mobile Robot Design For Download · · Score: 1

    Too bad their BIOS programmers make Microsoft dev teams look like bug-busting compatability fanatics. I'd buy a processor by them if it didn't come with a VIA BIOS... although the microcode is probably buggy and incompatible as well.

  23. Re:You get what you pay for. on SCSI vs. IDE In The Real World · · Score: 1

    Could you name some of those vendors, please?

  24. Re:full screen... on Windows iTunes Sells A Million Songs In 3.5 Days · · Score: 1

    Well, I do it because I find switching virtual desktops easier then switching windows.

    Do 1280x960 screens exist?

  25. Illustrator? on Adobe Makes Products Harder to Use, More Expensive · · Score: 1

    I could have sworn I posted this before, but is there a vector drawing program (preferably OSS) that comes anywhere near Illustrator?

    Sodipodi is usable, but that's about it. Last time I tried figurine and sketch they were less pleasant to draw with then dog turds.