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  1. Re:One Game proves the point. on Are Consoles Holding Back PC Gaming? · · Score: 1

    I agree with you. Actually it was Activision not EA. I'm currently playing BF: BC 2. And its a blast. I think it's ironic that Infinity Ward has lost of lot of talented people due to MW2. It's crazy.

  2. One Game proves the point. on Are Consoles Holding Back PC Gaming? · · Score: 1

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Wow. That could of been the best game of all time. What an epic fail.

  3. Re:FAIL! on Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses $1 Billion Mark; Dedicated Servers What? · · Score: 1

    Agree 100%. It is that good of a game, but it could have been the best game ever!

  4. FAIL! on Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses $1 Billion Mark; Dedicated Servers What? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This could have been the best game ever created. I absolutely hate it but I still play it. They should have taken the best of both worlds. Given inexperienced players the matchmaking system, and give veteran players dedicated servers. Infinity Ward sucks my ________! This game could have been the most popular of all time!

  5. Re:no on Bruce Schneier On Airport Security · · Score: 1

    Actually the answer is Yes. We can. Just not in it's current form. Today travel is considered a right. It isn't. Instead of deciding who to keep off of an airplane. Decide who to let ON an airplane. Problem solved. I for one would sacrifice some privacy to know the person sitting next to me has done the same. Since I know this will never happen, although it should, I'll probably never fly again. I used to travel by air 5-6 times a year. It's sad that so few can endanger and inconvenience so many. sig = null;

  6. Impossible? on No Social Media In These College Stadiums · · Score: 1

    How would they tie Seat 3F Section 110 to (phone number/Twitter User/etc.)? How could they tie it fast enough prior to the game ending and finding me? Cannot believed they think this might work.

  7. Re:How hard is it for a computer to do addition? on Software Bug Adds 5K Votes To Election · · Score: 1

    This is the silliest thing I have ever heard. People are adding code snippets with vote++, etc. That's absurd. It's a vote collection system, not a calculator. Wouldn't the votes be saved in a transactional, network capable, data collection system? Maybe a Database. Then on the back end the Election officials can run reports, etc. Then tie those reports to reports run at polling centers. There would be no overcounts, lost votes, etc. And since it's transactional you can verify things down to the vote level. I've never actually worked on a system like this, but it sounds like maybe I should. Damn.

  8. Re:Corporate Bureaucracy on Cost-Conscious Companies Turn To Open Source · · Score: 1

    A couple of years ago I would have agreed with you. But I recently started using RedGate SQL Prompt. It's saves me an enormous amount of time. Now my clients pay me to create solutions not remember sql syntax and column names. BTW, does anyone know of a OSS equivalent? Code completion can save you so much time it's really not funny. I use DW cs3 and I think it's basically on overprice notepad ++. Has anyone encountered a PHP/ASP based editor with decent code completion and library integration? And I agree VI has it's merits. I grew up writing c with embedded informix sql on sco v. Would I go back to those days? hell no.

  9. Does this only apply to the PS3? on "Iron Man" Release Brings Down Paramount's Servers · · Score: 1

    I have a sony Blu-Ray Player and it's not connected to the internet. It would be very interesting if it could still connect to the servers through some kind of wireless gigabit network that I could tap into ;)

  10. Atari 2600 on Old Computer Game Covers - Collectible, Or Just Nostalgia? · · Score: 1

    I have the box, instructions and cartridge for Pitfall! for the Atari 2600. I used to a have a number of Colecovision games including the original Donkey Kong. I'm going to go out to the garage now and see if I can find them ;)

  11. Re:fucking idiots on Group Wants Wi-Fi Banned, Citing Allergy · · Score: 1

    I have the word that describes these people that you are lacking. They are simply Fucktards. I invented that word. Feel free to use it ;)

  12. Why not let the parents monitor their children? on To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring · · Score: 1

    Why is the state of Texas spending money to monitor kids that don't go to school? Why not make money from it? If the kids don't show up for school, write the parents a ticket. The more they don't go, the more the state makes. Once the bills get high enough, parents will take an active role in their kid's education. Problem solved.

  13. Re:Put all right wing anti French stuff under here on Another Round of HP Layoffs · · Score: 1

    Actually French Fries were first made in Belgium. So you are not affecting the french by calling them "Freedom Fries"

  14. Re:one of my friends works there on Inside Wal-Mart IT · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if anyone knows this but the former CIO (I believe that was his title) is the current CIO at Dell and it's the same way. The main focuse of the company is to only spend 1% of revenue on IT. Not ROI, not employee retention, not project success rate, the only important metric is 1% of revenue. I've been at d3ll almost 4 1/2 years and it's apparent the importance of the 1% mark.

  15. Re:Very long list on Complete List of Bugs Fixed in SP2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ok. i would like other peoples opinion here. Would it be possible for a hacker to look through this list and find a combination of exploits to create worm/virus/etc.? Since I definitely won't be installing this until 2.1 due to all of the issues this update causes (even to M$ applications). It's probably safe to assume that most users wont be installing this for a while (or is it?).

  16. Re:Bah to idiots on Manhunt Violence Story Sees Updates, Threats · · Score: 1

    You know I'm starting to believe that these people are right. Maybe videos games are the cause of all violence in society. I mean it has to be right. And I have a perfect example. I heard that billy the kid had a bootleg copy of GTA III and thats why he killed all those people. It's time for America to wake the f*&K up and realize that we are responsible for our actions. We have to stop blaming everyone and everything else. The day the happens, the entire world will be a better place.

  17. Re:This looks like a ... on Swedes Dominate Counter-Strike Championship · · Score: 1

    gaming != coding;