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  1. I toyed around with WLinux around its release last month. As I was messing around with it, I couldn't shut off the Richard Stallman in my brain yelling at me about Microsoft's "Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish" business model and the importance of open source.
    Honestly the fact that you must WLinux through the Windows Store should've been enough of a red flag, but it was half price at the time.

    As an aside- someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I can tell Win16 execution using WINE requires 32 bit WINE binaries, which isn't possible on WSL which supports 64 bit only.

  2. Re:Probably didn't pay attention to the "saving" i on Your Save Data Is Not Safe On the Nintendo Switch (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Closest I can think of is the "Hold select while powering off" thing for save games.

  3. That's ~180 km/h at ~0.40 kilometers.

  4. Re:People still use Quicktime? on Apple Deprecating Quicktime For Windows, Micro Trends Urges Users To Uninstall (trendmicro.com) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say "a lot" of games. The only Windows game that I can think of that requires Quicktime is Escape Velocity Nova.

  5. Re: Not the PSUs? The actual cables? on HP Recalls 6 Million Power Cables Over Fire Hazard · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ... and Americans "yanks". Again, nobody gets offended, but there's probably more reason to be offended by those terms than by "pakis".

    Yes I'm offended by this. I'm an American, but I'm not a Yankee, thank you very much.

  6. Re:Time to switch to Pale Moon on Mozilla To Show Sponsored Links To First-Time Firefox Users · · Score: 0

    Seamonkey is a good option. It's about as fast (or as slow I guess) as Firefox, and they don't change the UI ever, unlike Firefox.
    I save like four seconds each time it asks where I'd like to save downloaded files rather than simply putting them all in a default downloads folder.

  7. Re:Apparently these guys never watched any Star Tr on Warp Drives May Come With a Killer Downside · · Score: 1

    This is what baryon sweeps are for.
    Don't forget your saddle.

  8. Greetings! on Robotic Penguins · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one would like to welcome our mechanical delphinid overlords.

  9. Re:Mixed emotions... on South Africa Rolls Out Biometric Passports · · Score: 1

    Three cheers for hammers!
    Passport RFID's worst enemy.

  10. Re:Can't wait for my first day on Fermilab Discovers Untheorized Particle · · Score: 1

    Well I don't see one, do you?

  11. Re:IMMORTAL! on FDA Testing Artificial Liver · · Score: 1

    And (seemingly major) mild electrical shock.

  12. Re:Change on US Digital TV Switchover Delayed Until June · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Change your hopes.

  13. Re:Cheat on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 1

    Japan wins; goes up to 14.

  14. Prince? on Prince, Village People to Sue The Pirate Bay · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as prince?

  15. Well... on Best Presidential Candidate, Democrats · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I for one, would like to welcome our Hillary-bashing overlords.

  16. Re:Anti-gravity tech on The Age of the Airship Returns? · · Score: 1

    Nah, all you need is the Floater from Final Fantasy.

  17. Re:Energy efficient meme on Use of Asphalt Paved Surfaces For Solar Heat · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised Al Gore didn't invent this one too!

    "We're going to take all that heat and put it into, what I like to call, a 'Locked Box'".

  18. Re:Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on What Is Your Game of the Year? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While MP3 was a superb game (especially with the controls), Metroid Prime 1 was a much better Metroid game.
    MP1 with MP3's control scheme would be wonderful.

  19. Re:100 friends is harcoded client side on Why Xbox Live Doesn't Take Exact Change · · Score: 2, Funny

    "100 friends ought to be enough for anyone."

  20. Re:Not exactly new on Hackers Use Banner Ads on Major Sites to Hijack Your PC · · Score: 1

    From the settings
    "You can specify a whitelist of websites which can load Flash content."
    I, myself, find that YTMND is annoying whether the flash loads or not.

  21. Re:Who's Gonna Buy This? on The '360 Arcade' Made Official · · Score: 1

    About the "have to buy a Microsoft" hard drive, you don't HAVE to. If you're technically inclined, you can use hddhackr to turn a standard 2.5" Western Digital Scorpio BEVS drive into a drive for the 360. I've done this on two 120gb drives with no problems.

  22. Re:Starwars: the series: The Holiday Special! on Star Wars Television Series Moving Forward · · Score: 1

    Not easy being green, it is.

  23. Re:Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert on Fantasy Author Robert Jordan Passes Away · · Score: 1

    But first they'll put out a plethora of prequels.
    We'll see the final WOT in about 10 years.

  24. Re:Never been done on How FPS Storylines Are Written · · Score: 1

    Except they're not FPS games.

  25. Re:Never been done on How FPS Storylines Are Written · · Score: 1

    My favorite:
    "Aran's Power Suit technology remains a mystery, especially the curious Morph Ball function. All attempts at duplicating it have ended in disaster: four test subjects were horribly broken and twisted when they engaged our Morph Ball prototypes. Science Team wisely decided to move on afterward."