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  1. Re:This seems simple enough... on MPAA Looks to Sniff Internet2 Traffic for Sharers · · Score: 1

    As Slashdot previously reported, in fact there *is* evidence that untoward things *are* happening on Internet2.

  2. Re:Take a lesson on Valve Takes the Offensive on Warez Users? · · Score: 1

    Argonaut is in severe financial difficulties; I would assume that he's being sarcastic.

  3. Re:Well, Pixar will be fine... on Disney to Make Toy Story 3 Without Pixar · · Score: 1

    Ooh, I didn't know that; thank you for the information!

  4. Re:Well, Pixar will be fine... on Disney to Make Toy Story 3 Without Pixar · · Score: 1

    I have read Howl - you're right that it's a wonderful book, a book I found so gripping I'd not been able to put it down and read nearly the full book in a sitting, *giggles* I have yet t read more of her books, but I'm planning on it; Howl was certainly worth it, which makes me look forward to others of hers.

  5. Re:Safari is better... on Firefox News Roundup · · Score: 1

    I personally find that Safari is faster; for some things, most noticeably Flash playback, Firefox runs slower on my computer.

  6. Re:Well, Pixar will be fine... on Disney to Make Toy Story 3 Without Pixar · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hauru no Ugoku Shiro

    It's based off of a British novel; it's all right to call it by its English name. ;3

  7. Re:What else can play Amiga MOD files? on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 1

    Deliplayer is your best choice. It actually uses an emulated Amiga sound chip for accuracy, and can play a large number of exotic sound formats that no other Windows player supports.

  8. Re:Looking for a good WinAmp replacement? on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 1

    Try foo_looks. I've not tried it myself, but it has Winamp skin emulator, aeroAMP, which can apparently load any Winamp 2.x skins.

  9. Re:Indeed - you're full of What If's... on Fixing That Old Game System · · Score: 1

    You're right, I hadn't realized that at the time. SNES9x has supported emulation of SDD-1 for a very long time now, so I assumed that ZSNES would, too. Then again, it hasn't had a non-WIP release in over a year and a half...

  10. Re:Honey Bee Behavior on Do Honeybees Defy Dinosaur Extinction Theories? · · Score: 2, Informative

    But scientists have been able to direct bees to locations using a scentless drone imitating waggle dances, once they decoded a likely pattern; furthermore, as another poster pointed out, the dance doesn't follow quite the pattern you describe.

  11. Re:Anyone else besides me? on Do Honeybees Defy Dinosaur Extinction Theories? · · Score: 1

    That's not really true, though. Males of many species tend to have testosterone bursts at the time that surrounds mating season in order to turn on mating behaviour. For the rest of the reason, it's turned off because producing sperm takes energy; producing sperm all year around when females are only receptive one time during the year would be selected against.

  12. Re:I'm more interested in a video card on pcHDTV Card Available, Legal for Now · · Score: 1

    That missing border is perfectly normal for televisions, although the precise size varies depending on the television.

  13. Re:Images Index Old on Google Censors Abu Ghraib Images [updated] · · Score: 1

    The story claims that Google Image Search used to be able to find them, however. If that's the case, then *something* happened to remove them from the index.

  14. Re:100,00 in 1 emulators on Fixing That Old Game System · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That would be one of the eighteen million famiclones on the market in Hong Kong; they actually are clone Famicom/NES hardware. The games are invariably pirated games, pirated Hong Kong originals, or very occasionally an actually legal Hong Kong original. The claims of "100 000 games in 1" generally mean that you have a few games many times over, sometimes with different titles and slight variances in then numbers of lives, etc. Often you have many "games" that just crash the system altogether.

  15. Re:Indeed - you're full of What If's... on Fixing That Old Game System · · Score: 1

    The SDD-1 (Star Ocean, Street Fighter Zero 2) has been emulated for some time now; it works in at least SNES9x, and I believe ZSNES, too. A terribly hacky workaround used to exist, but now the SDD-1 chip itself is completely emulated.

  16. Re:MSX? on Digital Retro · · Score: 1

    Well, I *was* teasing. ;3 I'm not anti-emulation by any means. You're right that it's not only unreasonable to expect most people to get one, it's particularly so for people in North America, since basically no MSXs were released. (Just one Yamaha MSX1, briefly, I think; but I'm not terribly clear on that.)

  17. Re:MSX? on Digital Retro · · Score: 1

    Emulation, bah. ;3 I have a Philips NMS-8250 in working condition; it's a nice little machine.

  18. MSX? on Digital Retro · · Score: 2

    I find it quite odd that he claims that only one non-Japanese company made MSXs. I know that at least Philips made them, in addition, and I'm rather certain there were local companies with their own models in at least Brazil and Korea, too.

  19. Re:Simplest Ogg Streaming Clients for non-Unix Use on Canadian Public Radio Streaming Ogg Vorbis · · Score: 1

    If memory holds, one of Hyperion's screenshots of OS 4 had an Ogg player visible. I haven't used one myself yet, so I'm not certain if there's a publically-available one.

  20. Re:Get some PRIORITIES! on Shootout: 'rm -Rf /' vs. 'Format C:' · · Score: 1

    Not all of us are American. :b

  21. Re:Simplest Ogg Streaming Clients for non-Unix Use on Canadian Public Radio Streaming Ogg Vorbis · · Score: 1

    There actually is a player for Amiga, I'm fairly certain. ;3

  22. Re:Are you sure???? on Making the 'Best' Desktop Linux System · · Score: 1

    Audacity is not nearly professional quality, at the moment. It's all right for people with modest needs, but it's not in league with the Windows software mentioned. I haven't tried the other two, so I can't comment on them.

  23. Re:Boo hoo on Researcher Only High Bandwidth Network · · Score: 4, Informative

    They're both 10Gbps, but the difference is that this new one is 10Gbps per *user,* while Internet2 is 10Gbps for *all* users. That's a rather significant difference, I suspect.

  24. Re:Interesting on G4 Tech TV Reviews Three New HDTV DVRs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ostensibly? Really, you might at least check what the words mean before you post them. I realize that you're just trolling/karma whoring, but surely you might take some pride in at least making semantic sense. :b

  25. Re:My Prediction: It Won't Fly on AMD's Personal Internet Communicator · · Score: 1

    199 euros is over 250$ USD - that's a bit more of a higher price, and high enough to psychologically seem much higher than 185$.