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  1. Re:Same with 1080p on Users Want Matte LCDs While Glossy Screens Dominate · · Score: 1

    Aspect correct full screen without black bars is better than aspect correct full screen without black bars. Both are far better than stretched fullscreen.

  2. Re:Things are looking good for the PC on id Software's RAGE To Ship With Mod Tools · · Score: 1

    At least the wired version does. Whenever I see a post about gamers complaining that their Xbox 360 controller is not working for some game, 90% of the time it's the wireless version.

    The other 10% of the time they're trying to play a PS2 / PS1 / Xbox 1 port.

  3. Re:Welp on Sony Running Unpatched Servers With No Firewall · · Score: 1

    Well THERE'S your problem.

    Yes. Do not worry though, Sony is on top of the issue. I hear they are already deploying their most expensive lawyers to go after those irresponsible individuals who leaked information about the unsecured servers, so that this type of thing never happens again.

  4. Re:My $1650 HP TX1100 tablet failed on NVIDIA Gets Away With Bait-and-Switch · · Score: 1

    Honestly, it's the class action lawyers' fault. They're the ones you need to sue.

  5. Re:Thank god for extended warranties... on NVIDIA Gets Away With Bait-and-Switch · · Score: 1

    If an extended warranty made sense, they wouldn't sell it to you.

    Wouldn't that apply for health insurance and auto insurance as well? I hope to god I never need to make a $200,000 claim for an accident, but it sure as hell makes me feel better to know that I can if I need to.

  6. Re:Call me Crazy... on Man Unknowingly Tweets the Osama Raid · · Score: 1

    I honestly doubt Hitler was some record holder for being evil. He is simply the record holder for being successful at acting on his evil nature. I'm sure there are at least dozens of millions of people in the world who'd happily slaughter hundreds of millions of other humans if they had the means and thought they'd get away with it.

  7. Re:I don't think it would matter even if they coul on GPS Maker TomTom Submits Your Speed Data To Police · · Score: 1

    First off, at least in the United States, police cannot prosecute for a retrospective crime.

    Wait, what now? So the only way to be charged with murder is to kill someone in front of a cop?

  8. Re:Anonymous represents something new on Sony Blames 'External Intrusion' For Lengthy PSN Outage · · Score: 1

    It's basically a Stand Alone Complex.

  9. Re:guilty eh? on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 2

    Not anymore. Blitzkrieg raids have become SOP for anything more severe than unpaid parking tickets, and will probably remain that way until more citizens start greeting these home invasions with kinetic resistance.

    Which would lead to the SOP preemptive kinetic pacification of any residence about to be raided.

  10. Re:Glad someone is challenging this on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 1

    While 50% is a fraction, it's a pretty big fraction.

    And actually he was 3 mph over the effective speed limit. Have every tried going exactly the speed limit on any moderately busy road?

  11. Re:All I see is on Elderly Georgian Woman Cuts Armenian Internet · · Score: 2

    No, it's obviously copperright infringement.

  12. Re:...liabilities on StunRay Incapacitates With a Flash of Light · · Score: 1

    Why would they need a change in policy when they're told that tasers are harmless?

  13. It's all true on Vatican Warns That Internet Promotes Satanism · · Score: 1

    This is one of the first things I came across while surfing the web back in high school.

    Of course it doesn't really promote Satanism, but whatever, close enough :)

  14. Re:Primary Source on 12-Year-Old Rewrites Einstein's Theory of Relativity · · Score: 1

    Let me put it like this. What if the kid was a whiz programmer, and they said he had taught himself "C, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Lisp, Prolog, and x86 assembly in a week"?

    He didn't learn another language. It's more like teaching yourself "Object oriented programming and functional programming in a week."

  15. Re:Unless you are a professional gamer... on GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon HD 6990 Face Off · · Score: 1

    I don't know about $700, but I bought an 8800GTX when they were top of the range at ã320 ($640 at the time). It's been 5 years since then, and I can play Bioshock 2, Crysis, CoD:MW2, Prototype, loads of games which came out in the past year (hell, month) at native 1920x1200 at over 40fps (I'd call it a day at 30).

    There's no way a 8800GTX can get a relatively steady 40fps on Crysis at 1920x1200 unless you lower the settings to Medium. Maybe even a mix of Low and Medium.

  16. Re:Request for a new video card benchmark on GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon HD 6990 Face Off · · Score: 1

    According to this review, the 590 is actually pretty quiet.

    The clock speeds were purposely lowered in order to keep the acoustics in check. This differs from AMD's explanation of down-clocking the core clock speed in the Radeon HD 6990 in order to keep power levels down within spec. AMD has focused majorly on power efficiency this generation, and NVIDIA is focusing on acoustics. To this, I will say that NVIDIA has succeeded. At idle and at full load while gaming, I simply could not hear this video card.

  17. Re:Haven’t we been here before? on Why Doesn't Every Website Use HTTPS? · · Score: 1

    So instead they sniff the sessionid of your Yahoo account, and get use it to get the password reminders of all those other sites.

  18. Re:Kind'a on Potentially Great Sci-fi Films Still Due In 2011 · · Score: 1

    1. StarDust. An excellent movie that did not get even a fraction of the marketing and any of the awards Hollywood hands out to all kinds of cr*p.

    Actually I saw plenty of TV trailers for Stardust. The problem is that they were not representative of the actual movie at all. I saw the movie on a whim, expecting some generic fantasy attempting to hitch a ride LotR's coattails. Instead I was blown away by the humor and energy of the film.

  19. Re:Lets face it on Potentially Great Sci-fi Films Still Due In 2011 · · Score: 1

    Along with I, Robot. Just, completely ignored the real point

    Actually while the I, Robot movie ignored the plot, it got the point pretty well - the entire short story collection was about the unforseen consequences of the Three Laws. And robots developing on their own the "Zeroth Law of Robotics - Protect Humanity", which supersedes the First Law, was taken from the last Robots novel - Robots And Empire.

  20. Re:Which one does the President really believe in? on Obama Calls For New Privacy Bill of Rights · · Score: 0

    It's quite simple - Obama wants the monopoly on spying on US Citizens. If an advertising firm wants private information on you, they should pay the Feds premium $$ for it.

  21. Re:Social Engineering on Book Review: Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking · · Score: 1

    I don't think that actually works...

  22. It's just a lynch mob on Should Cyber Vigilantes Be Cheered Or Feared · · Score: 1

    Occasionally, when the justice system fails, a lynch mob does in fact go after the right person for the right reasons.

    Does that mean lynch mobs should be cheered?

  23. Re:A better heading on No P = NP Proof After All · · Score: 1

    Well if you prove that A = Not A, you're certainly going to give mathematicians and physicists everywhere a heart attack.

  24. Re:Already seen it on Frictionless Superfluid Found In Neutron Star Core · · Score: 1

    Be glad your universe doesn't have black holes...

  25. Re:Zork on King's Quest III Remake Released · · Score: 2

    From the disclaimer:

    This site is not commercial and in no way affiliated with the current rightholder of Infocom copyrights, Activision, Inc., and does not claim to have any rights pertaining to any and all articles by Infocom and subsequently Activision, Inc.

    So I'm not sure they have the right to be offering those games for free.