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  1. Re:Okay, WTF on Nintendo Revolution Renamed 'Wii' · · Score: 1

    OR it could mean it'll be a caddy system. Anyone else remember those? Put CD in case, insert case into machine as if it were an 8-track, etc.?

  2. Re:Puh leaze on New Xbox Live Pricing Revealed · · Score: 1

    How was that insightful? XBL is an add-on to the console, the price of the console is assumed to be a generic entrry cost. That's as insightful as saying that internet access will cost you $620 for the first year ($500 for the PC and $20/month for the ISP)

  3. Re:My GameCube already boots copied games on First Mod Chip For GameCube · · Score: 1

    That's because the GBs aren't region locked, and the GBP is just GBA hardware with a boot disc to allow the upscaling and TV output.

  4. Re:Why... ?! on Serenity Pushed Back to September · · Score: 1

    Because they're network exec a$$hats? Oh, wait, that was redundant, wasn't it?

  5. Re:heh on Serenity Pushed Back to September · · Score: 1

    maybe more accurate to say "Starts somewhere between 9 PM and 12:07 AM (Friday eve/Saturday morn), depending on how the MLB game went, whether our programming director remembered to put it in the rotation, and what the chicken entrails and Magic 8-Ball told us"

  6. Re:oh oh on Serenity Pushed Back to September · · Score: 1

    ... somewhere between Tyrannosaurus and soul crushing Black Hole lies... Star Wars Marketing

  7. Re:Security Diversion on Google Desktop Search Under Fire · · Score: 3, Interesting

    On NT based machines (yes, NT4 -> XP and Server 2003), you just have to set the user account up with a mandatory roaming profile (ntuser.man instead of ntuser.dat) Changes are not saved past the current login session, whether to the registry or the users profile file system.

  8. Re:I can think of another... on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Missing the point, methinks. It's supposed to look overly stylized.

  9. Re:Fluff. on Windows Laptops Ship With Linux Media Player · · Score: 1

    RTA. This is an embedded player that sits OUTSIDE OF THE INSTALLED OS.

  10. Re:Don't believe the hype. on Active Directory on Win2k or 2k3? · · Score: 1

    Universities get VERY preferential pricing. (Think full Office Premium licenses for under $70 US)

  11. Re:That is so silly. on iTunes For Linux, Thanks To CodeWeavers · · Score: 1

    Must... not.. succumb...force of logic...on /. making head explode

  12. Re:Winamp playlist on iTunes For Linux, Thanks To CodeWeavers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If that's what he wants, it's relatively easy (just requires a CTRL+A, then Delete to refresh)
    Set a Smart Playlist with, say, Random 25 songs from library, Live Updating, and (for grins) Only include checked songs. When you want to refresh, clear the contents and the playlist will regenerate to fill the criteria. As long as Live Updating is turned on, this works for ALL Smart Playlists, the only caveat being if you use one of the "Not played in..." criteria, in which case it works no differently than the Party Shuffle.

  13. Re:You know... on North Korea Angered Over Ghost Recon 2 · · Score: 1

    Command and Conquer: Generals

  14. Re:You know... on North Korea Angered Over Ghost Recon 2 · · Score: 1

    you forgot starving, corrupt, and unpaid

  15. Re:SnapStream on Streaming Your Cable TV Over the Net? · · Score: 1

    Snapstream (now BeyondTV) has native support for webcasting of streams from the primary tuner. Unfortunately, it's restricted to webcasting via WMV.

  16. Re:kinda chunky... on E3 - First Nintendo DS Pic · · Score: 1

    Looks to be about the size of the original GBA. If their using a built-in rechargeable battery like the SP, it may end up being, even with the flip case, just a more rectangular GBA once folded.

  17. Re:Spybot on start-up works fine. on Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem · · Score: 1

    It's called Network Management software. In this particular situation, I'd fire up my build VM, install and configure SpyBot the way I like, and build out a new package from the change file. Once that's done, it's a simple matter to set up the push to clients.

    Any company with multiple hundreds of machines should have some kind of network client management software, even if it's just published MSIs using Active Directory.

  18. Re:Like the 1950s on Xbox-Exclusive Games a Growing Trend · · Score: 1

    1) Substitute "Console Makers" for Microsoft, since Sony, Nintendo, AND MS are (and have been) doing this.
    2) Insert rant re: preference for single-console development with later ports over concurrent multi-console development(read "lowest common denominator development") here
    3) ...
    4) Profit!

  19. Re:Pro's and Con's chart idotic on OpenOffice.org, MS Office 2003 Compared, Evaluated · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry. I must have been confused during my install of MSOffice, thinking that the entire dropdown section on converters existed. Since there's no OO.o converter, there must be no other converter plugins in existence.

    Note made for future reference, thanks

  20. Re:Awesome! on SNK Adds PS2 Metal Slug, KOF Compilations To Xbox Ports · · Score: 1

    Differences between the European/Australian version, the US version, and the original version.

    Original
    Bounce Factor = 1
    Blood Factor = 1

    US
    Bounce Factor = 0-0.5
    Blood Factor = 2-3

    European
    Bounce Factor = 5
    Blood Factor = -2 (ooh, look, they ooze candy!)

  21. Re:Nonsense! on The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom · · Score: 2, Funny

    but, but, but... what happens when a random chad disappears from your punch card, and suddenly you're childhood Little League victory becomes an ignominous pummeling by a one armed transsexual in a wheelchair?

  22. Re:If you like this sort of thing. on Zelda - The Four Swords Adventures Rated · · Score: 1

    It's like Crystal Chronicles or Pac-Man Vs. Stuff gets moved to the GBA so it's not cluttering the view of the other players (In CC it's MAP/status views and menus. In PMvs, the PM player has a full view of the map on the GBA, while the Ghost players have limited fields of view on the TV. The PM player randomly changes between rounds)

  23. Re:Really? Awesome. on Silicon Knights, Nintendo Cease Exclusivity Deal · · Score: 1

    ...and * Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain * Cyber Empires * Dark Legions * Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem * Fantasy Empires * Fantasy Fest! * Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes ED and MGS:tTS were just their biggest titles. They have also been working on the (rapidly approaching Duke Nuk'em Whenever status) Too Human.

  24. Re:Mugging on iPod: This Season's Must-Have for Muggers · · Score: 1

    Nitpick time The linked Sony headphones are also in-ear. I don't think there are any in-ear headphones that match the iPod, other than that Sony model and the official ones.

  25. Re:Warning! Link should be removed on Playing Games Seen as Brainless Hobby? · · Score: 0, Troll

    WTF?@? A /. reader who admits to using IE??????