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  1. Re:Babylon 5 Starfury on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    All the ships in B5 acted on newtonian physics. You can see Starfuries, WhiteStars, and other ships strafing appropriately.

  2. The Lost Fleet and B5 on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 2

    I recommend The Lost Fleet book series by Jack Campbell to anyone interested in realistic space battles, that take into account relativistic aspects and the speed of light. Also the 90's TV show Babylon 5 nailed newtonian physics, but the ships engaged in close battle for the sake of visual entertainment. You can see Starfuries and White Stars strafing like the Asteroids video game.

  3. Re:Transparency on Where Whistleblowers End Up Working · · Score: 5, Funny

    Campaign Obama: promises change - President Obama: changes promise

  4. After Burner II (1987 Arcade) Call of Duty (2003 PC-Mac) Descent (1995 PC-Mac) Discs of Tron (1983 Arcade) Gears of War (2006 XBox 360) Heavy Barrel (1987 Arcade) Mass Effect (2007 XBox 360) Metal Gear Solid (1998 PS1) Myst (1993 PC-Mac) Omega Race (1982 Arcade) Phoenix (1980 Arcade) R-Type (1987 Arcade) Section Z (1985 Arcade) Sinistar (1982 Arcade) Space Harrier (1985 Arcade) Spy Hunter (1983 Arcade) Steel Talons (1991 Arcade) Time Pilot (1983 Arcade) Uncharted (2007 PS3) Unreal Tournament (1999 PC-Mac) Zanac (1987 NES)

  5. First things first on US Navy Wants Smart Robots With Morals, Ethics · · Score: 1

    You got to walk before you can run. We should figure out how to create a human with morals and ethics first.

  6. Its a little late for fear mongering right? on Weapons Systems That Kill According To Algorithms Are Coming. What To Do? · · Score: 1

    The fucking CIWS has been in operation since 1980. It picks it's targets/threats. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS#CIWS_contact_target_identification I'm not scarred. We won't be just randomly letting loose killbots in the streets to clean them up. And it's not like they won have any safeties, kill switches, dead man switches, human oversight or manual overrides.

  7. Re:Legality vs Enforceability on DoD Public Domain Archive To Be Privatized, Locked Up For 10 Years · · Score: 2

    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

  8. does anyone remember arcade games? on Doom Is Twenty Years Old · · Score: 1

    Yes I am gonna be that guy. Doom was certainly one of the earliest hits of the genre ON THAT PLATFORM. The FPS Tail Gunner came out in 1979. I thought it was quite a hit. Maybe I was wrong.

  9. Police on Chinese Firm Approved To Raise World's Tallest Building In 90 Days · · Score: 1

    I assume it will also have at least one police station?

  10. Re:So I got a new sink..... on Should Network Cables Be Replaced? · · Score: 1

    its the interfaces, not the bandwidth

    Maybe for you. Some of us keep clogging up the pipes.

  11. Re:I believe that was a strawman... on Texas Vote May Challenge Teaching of Evolution · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But a lot of people don't understand that reasonable expectation is not the same as faith.

  12. pluto an asteroid? on Illinois Declares Pluto a Planet · · Score: 1

    Start calling Pluto an asteroid... and it's starts acting like one. http://www.shof.msrcsites.co.uk/pluto.jpg

  13. Re:Lame on World's First Massively Multiplayer Forecast Game? · · Score: 1

    Maybe instead of basing it on ideology they should run simulations on a supercomputer to find likely real world threats. Oops did I spoil TFA for you?

  14. Re:What do you get with knighthood? on Stephen Hawking Turned Down Knighthood · · Score: 1

    The news broke about ten years late. You think they would send something other than the form letter telling you he turned it down already?

  15. Re:Another reason... on Why Microsoft Won't Have Blu-ray on the Xbox · · Score: 1

    I am on my third 360 and all three have been loud. My quiet Mac mini is much better for playing DVDs.

  16. Re:Methane - Big Deal on Molecular Basis for Life Found on Extrasolar Planet · · Score: 1

    Be careful what you call those things. For example start calling pluto an asteroid... www.shof.msrcsites.co.uk/pluto.jpg

  17. Re:I'm not worried, because... on Unreal Creator Proclaims PCs are Not For Gaming · · Score: 1

    I agree that the controller sucks very much and that the mouse is far superior. But to say FPS can not be played at all on a controller is not a fair argument. I would rather game on a PC with a mouse and kb. But due to injury that is just not possible anymore for me. That is why I am glad I can still play on my console. Just because the mouse is so much better than the stick or gamepad does not mean that the stick or gamepad is completely useless. Maybe you should not take games so seriously and try focusing on having fun and letting other people have fun. Sorry if I pegged you wrong. That is the only reason I can imagine to have such an extreme and dismissive attitude towards the console controllers.

  18. Re:Boot Camp on Spore, Call of Duty 4 Confirmed for OSX · · Score: 1

    Virtualization works fine for basic stuff but games don't perform well in it. And boot camp is nice but avoiding a reboot is not exactly pointless in my opinion.

  19. Re:So there's only 0.5 cell phones? on Number of Cellphones Now Equal To Half the Human Species · · Score: 1

    The title also had me wondering how many species of humans there were. So what if the parent does not know the difference between there, their and they're?

  20. Re:Time speeding up on Time Dimension To Become Space-like · · Score: 1

    So is a shrinking frame of reference indistinguishable from a slowing frame of reference?

  21. Re:Thats a shame on UT3 Won't Feature Cross Play Capability · · Score: 1

    So true but we are not talking about the Xbox 360 users so I struggle to see how your comment is relevant.

  22. Re:3? on UT3 Won't Feature Cross Play Capability · · Score: 1

    Also UT99 or UTgoty used the first generation of the unreal engine. UT2003 & 2004 used the 2nd gen engine. UT3 will be using the 3rd gen unreal engine.

  23. PS3 UT3 supports kb/mouse on UT3 Won't Feature Cross Play Capability · · Score: 1

    Once again, at risk of being redundant, the PS3 players can use a mouse and keyboard.

  24. two things off the top of my head on What Do You Want In iPhone 2.0? · · Score: 1

    I don't need a lot of stuff. I would never use GPS or IM.
    What I want is a video camera and stereo bluetooth support for playing music.
    Of course a video camera would need more capacity like 32GB or more. Who would not want a cheaper price and more storage?

  25. Re:$5 says... on Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session · · Score: 1

    Makes me wonder if he dropped any good loot.