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  1. Not much left for the motherboard to do on Intel Claims Haswell Architecture Offers 50% Longer Battery Life vs. Ivy Bridge · · Score: 1

    Soon motherboards will be just wiring for the I/O and CPU

  2. Re:I got one! on With $8.6M In Kickstarter Funds, Ouya Opens Console Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    It will also be one great emulator box.

  3. oblig xkcd on How Many Seconds Would It Take To Crack Your Password? · · Score: 2

    It actually is stronger. Dictionary attack for single words pass is effective, but for 3+ words it is not, and if you add word separators like you have, it's even stronger.

    Also, oblig. xkcd: http://xkcd.com/936/

  4. Mostly idiots? on Vatican Attack Provides Insight Into Anonymous · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Anonymous is a handful of geniuses surrounded by a legion of idiots,"

    You can probably say this about most organizations in the world.

  5. Re:Gandhi on Secret Plan To Kill Wikileaks With FUD Leaked · · Score: 1

    And then mankind will win.
    He wanted victory for everyone, not himself.
    His messages will continue to reach people over and over.

  6. Re:Feelings on Researcher Builds Machines That Daydream · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Phones more powerful than NeXTstations! on Nokia N900 Linux Smartphone Running OS X · · Score: 1

    Car analogy taken to the next level!

  8. Re:Oh God, not the bourbon. on Organ Damage In Rats From Monsanto GMO Corn · · Score: 2, Funny

    You couldn't mate with a pig, though. If you could it would be crossbreeding.

    It would also be ugly as hell.

  9. Re:Let's take that seriously for a moment on Methane On Mars May Indicate Living Planet · · Score: 1

    over the eons it would have evolved, spread, and altered the Martian environment in ways easy to see.

    Maybe it's doing just that. We need some more eons to be sure.

  10. Re:First thing I do with every game I buy. . . on Game Distribution and the 'Idiocy' of DRM · · Score: 1

    If Joe-Sixpack can't copy the disc, but don't need to have it inside to play, he'll just lend it to his friend.

    Copy protection when the media is not needed to play is useless.

  11. Re:Security questions on Most Bank Websites Are Insecure · · Score: 1

    Way to have a lax security.

    But it can also go the other way:

    I called the phone company (yeah, not a bank) to have my SIM locked because I lost my phone:

    "Please sir inform your full name and date of birth"
    *I inform correctly*
    "Now please inform your CPF" (which is an equivalent for SSN here in Brazil)
    "xxxxxx"
    "I'm sorry sir, but this number is incorrect"
    "But I'm pretty sure it's right, I'm holding my card right here"
    "I'm sorry sir you'll have to check that and call me again"
    "But i'm ALREADY checking and it's right, maybe you got the wrong number"
    "I'm sorry sir"
    "Can't I confirm with any other data?"
    "I'm sorry sir"
    "Anything?"
    "I'm sorry sir"

    She kept repeating that until I hang up.

  12. Re:5x mass = 5x gravity on Astronomers Claim Discovery of Earth-like Planet · · Score: 1

    The odds against it happening elsewhere are ... well ... astronomical.

    Isn't the universe, well, astronomical?

  13. Re:Ahem... on Microsoft DRM To Get Even Tighter · · Score: 1
    Yes, US$1 is PREMIUM PRICING considering I can buy a 12-song CD for US$15 and not only have a physical item of value, but am not physically restricted in how I enjoy the material.
    Oh yeah, and they even come bundled with rootkits! Great deal!
  14. Re:Yes on Five That Fell · · Score: 1

    I believe one of the things that gave birth to such great games was actually hardware limitation. Before, you had to have great creativity in order to pull off such amibitious goals like free-roaming worlds, nowadays you just have to code a lot real fast.

  15. Re:Is the PS3 vapor, still? on Sony Talks PS3 E-Distribution Initiative · · Score: 1

    And innovative features like real-time weapon changing!

  16. Re:Lame on Microsoft's Tray And Play Unveiled · · Score: 1

    I don't see how this can't still be possible... Just copy the whole media and use a crack or using virtual drive to boot it should do the trick.

  17. Re:And just cause the quote's funny... on Starcraft Ghost Update · · Score: 1

    The Warcraft series had a huge mythology behind all the happenings in the game. But most of it was kept away for those that wanted it.. Mainly in the cutscenes and manuals.

    Admittedly, that may be because I filtered most of it out

    And for those that were not interested, it was easy to just filter it out, making it just a no-brainer fantasy-themed war game.

  18. Battlegrounds on Ex-Blizzard lead men, Strain and O'Brian, Profiled · · Score: 1

    You're probably going to like this, then. The Battlegrounds. A battleground will basically be a special region of the map where each side must cooperate to upgrade their bases and take resources, while battling npcs and other players as well. It'll really introduce the whole Warcraft feel to the game, I think.

  19. Re:Within the meaning of the law on Electronic Arts Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    So is it okay to make people offshore work to death? Right.