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  1. Re:Question for you Physicists on SpaceShipOne to Attempt Second Flight on Monday · · Score: 1

    what altitude would the craft be capable of achieving?

    42

    (+5 oldnub)

  2. Is this a joke? on Star Wars TV Show · · Score: 1

    This will just make it easier for /.ers to bash star wars in the future.

    I just hope they take the Star Wars Lo Mein flash movie and turn it into an actual episode. That would maybe lift my spirit.

    Vader: But master..
    Emperor: and stop calling me butt master!

  3. Dear slashdot... on Dear Microsoft Windows ... · · Score: 1

    I wish wish you wouldn't slashdot the articles.
    Thanks for your time slashdot.

  4. Simpsons quote on Madden NFL 2005 Coming to Palm OS and Pocket PC · · Score: 1

    Now I can finally do like Homer, go to a church and scream "IT'S GOOOOOOOOODDDD ITS GOOOOOOOD!" after a game of FOOTBALL

  5. Re:got the message yet? :-) on Does Your LCD Play Catch-Up To Your Mouse? · · Score: 1

    I second this opinion on the 1760V.

    With LCD's, first step before buying is always to make sure the several reviews on it are convincing enough to give it a try. This LCD had a few things that convinced me other than the great reviews saying how great it is for games and movies:
    - 16ms pixel response
    - high contrast ratio
    - a slick look. no gay speakers.

    Well since the video is still slashdotted, I'l assume that I've seen it from the description that you've given (pretty straight forward). Only thing I can think of is the monitor's fucked. Really, when you think about it, nothing else could cause this.
    - mouse? please. give ME a break. I've used crappy mouses that never ever did anything as close as this
    - video card? If it was video card, than this effect would appear also when typing or any input device such as a tablet, camera or whatever.

    This is why I think monitor was just a bad one from the production chain. Call dell or sony or whichever brand dell bought it from.

  6. $99 card for any game? on Affordable Modern Graphics Cards · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought Doom 3 was a modern game.From what I recall, owners of 9000/9200 cards cannot enjoy D3 even at 640x480 with playable fps (25-30). A resolution lower than that simply ruins the whole effort put by id Soft.

    The 6600GT and X700XT are what people ready to upgrade should be looking for. It shouldn't take "too" long for the agp versions but I could always be wrong. Seeing how both ATI and nVidia made a fast card for a bargain price, I assume they'll work their ass off as fast as possible to be the first releasing the agp version and see the # of sales rise up like the tower of pizza.

  7. The best email you can provide on New California Law Bans Anonymous Media File Sharing · · Score: 1

    Sure. they can have my email address. It's the following and if you're lucky, it will fit in the form. It actually exists, the longest email address which you can get here

    Here Ahnold, I am not a crook
    nixonator@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefg hijklmn opqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com

  8. Finally, damn stalkers on 3G Internet Access Via PCMCIA Card · · Score: 3, Funny
    If you're tired of searching for a WiFi hotspot when you need one, this could be the answer."


    I can finally be rest assured to have less bandwith-seeking nerds entering my wireless hotspot but, IANAL.
  9. Ok what about on No Half-Life 2 on Steam? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ok since Half Life 2 seems to be soon enough (sooner than last year anyway!), how about Team Fortress 2! Only vapoware more vaporish than that is DNF.

  10. Simpsons Professor Frink's invention on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Frink: Well as you can see when the burgler trips the alarm, the house raises from its foundation and runs down the street around the corner to safety
    *house model crashes, goes in flames with the human figurines as well*
    Frink: Hah.. well the real humans won't .... won't burn quite so fast.. mohoy!

  11. You should be very afraid.. on Star Wars TV Show, And An Unmade Trilogy · · Score: 1, Funny
    I don't know if I should be happy or scared...
    Be afraid for you will see the dreaded star wars tv ads where JarJar goes "MESA WANNA STARWARS, THISA ON 8 OCLOCKA BE HERA!"

    Got only one thing to say. Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkhaaaaannnnnnn!
  12. Re:Bastards.. on TiVo, ReplayTV Agree to Limits · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Sorry, it's Friday, I'm in RantMode and I have First Damn Post.
    Here it's also friday and since I'm in a rant mode too, that is not the first post, YOU INSENSITIVE.... ah nevermind. CLOD!
  13. Steve Balmer for on Unsung Heroes of Open Source Software? · · Score: 2, Funny

    showing us that even big IT guys can get jiggy with it!

  14. Re:Windows games = Windows community on 10 Points About Transgaming's Cedega/WineX · · Score: 1

    And you do realize what you're doing is being a zealot and using old joks against M$ operating systems?

    I love it how people bash windows. It is getting really old. Yet, Me and many others who know what we're doing and we have zero problems. I got no spyware, I got no adware nor am I anything else you claimed. It's just an operating system, not a damn cult.

    Windows is an OS just like many linux distributions. One is better than the other in some situations. In mine, One completes the other.

    I dual boot with Slackware 10 and XP pro.

    I need Linux cause I love to tweak and learn every bit of it.

    I need Windows cause of Visual Studio, homework and when I don't want any headaches.

    I don't care if you're proud of playing a game on linux after trying to make it work for ten hours after much tweaking. I insert the cd's in and after a few minutes I get to enjoy the product.

    You can rant all you want about how "lame" it is but guess what? Who cares! Doesn't that saying say "if its working, why fix it?"? Ok... if my games work on windows, then why fix it? cuz its windoze? cuz it CAN work faster on linux but you need to break your head open in half? Ah I see.

    Linux will become a competitor as a gaming platform when more companies start doing like Epic Games, id Software and Bioware by provide native binaries. Otherwise, you're still supporting software written natively for the O/S which you love to hate.

  15. Re:Full size pngs and jpgs galore! on X.org Making Fast Progress · · Score: 1

    Some are like you and me, who just care to have a lightweight windowmanager and not care much about looks but you have to realize many, and I mean MANY people go for what looks cute n pretty.

  16. Re:Targetting new customers? on Nintendo DS To Allow Free VoIP Calls · · Score: 1

    For your information, I don't care much about consoles. I strictly game on PC since I need a good multiplayer gaming experience.

    Seeing how owners of consoles are usually teens, you have to admit the age-range of the customers targetted by nintendo with VOip in their DS is different than what it was before when their (or any Company for that matter) past consoles/devices and portable consoles were strictly for gaming. Today, I'm not even sure what a console is. All I understand is companies love to shove in all these features in the box which was made to game and boost it's price in order to profit from.

    I'm not sure if Professor Frink is a myth or if theres actually one like him but we need his sarcasm detector so the modders can mod some topics right.

    I'm sorry but I was simply pointing out how they are shifting from "teens/young people" to "everybody"

  17. Targetting new customers? on Nintendo DS To Allow Free VoIP Calls · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Seeing how many games of Nintendo are aimed at kids (ahem. CHIMPOKOMON!), is this a sign that they want to make the DS a device for all ages seeing how I can't imagine a 12 yr old calling his friend in Mongolia after playing a game of pokemon rockemon.

  18. Happy Birthday Mr. President on The Internet At 35 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Al Gore.
    Al Gore: well this calls for celebration. *ceeeeeeeelebreate good times comon*
    Al Gore: I will

  19. Re:Am I the only one that sees? on Microsoft Unveils A Designer Mouse · · Score: 1

    When you click it, you see a similar wheel like Logitech appear, except its in the shape of a pair of breasts. Then I'd buy it.

  20. Mola Ram's answer to this on PG-13 Rating Turns 20 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mola Ram: MOuuahahahahhaah
    *roll over in a rock and dissapears*

  21. Simpsons Quote on Interview With Chernobyl Engineer · · Score: 1

    Russian Model: After Chernobyl, my penis is falling off.
    Moe: And "penis" is Russian for?

  22. Now what? on Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? · · Score: 1

    A big party featuring the ewoks and the jar jars and some other new alien going "MISA FISA j00SA n00bsa!" Sure and lets add the cousins of Chewbacca to top it off.

    I see this hapenning since its all about money (always was but much more today) but I don't expect storylines like the originals where it wasn't just about some dumb kid who touches buttons and by magic destroys a whole space station with fancy effects which are suppose to enhance the experience. The way episode 1-2 progressed, I just hope for his own sake that he makes something that could compensate for episode 1-2 (can't say for 3).

  23. Re:Hmm... on A Look at the CounterStrike Source Beta · · Score: 0

    Linux Binary? Valve? What are you smoking?

  24. Re:What waffle. on Nintendo Patents Online Console Gaming · · Score: 1

    must be hard to read even the title of the article which contains the word "Console".

    Today, we know that console means the box that's hooked to your television with controllers and maybe other equip. Mentionnning PC elements such as gamespy acarade service or counter-strike is kinda redundant.

    I'm sure some of you noticed that consoles don't have much innovation when you look at what your PC has. All those things Nintendo patented appeared in the past on the personal computer.

    Consoles used to be purely about gaming. Now it's about gaming AND being an entertainment system offering features for the whole family such as DVD player.

  25. Re:Poor people could care less on The Indian Info-Rickshaws · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. Be realistic here. These guys have barely the ressources they need to survive in a somewhat-healthy state and the goverement decides "hey lets give them the internet and make them potential consumers to fullfill useless" which they can't even be. The last thing poor people need is to check out shock sites and read articles about people who live better than them.