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  1. Re:Keep It Fun & Exciting on How Do I Talk To 4th Graders About IT? · · Score: 1

    I say fuck it. Explain every single subtle nook and cranny that is your career and leave their heads spinning. It'll be fun for you, bewildering for the class, and your son will learn more about what his father does for a living... sorta.

    But he'll still probably just say you work for NASA or something. You know kids.

  2. Re:Still waiting for... on No Space Porn (For Now) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You and I should be best friends.

  3. Re:SDHC? on Nintendo's Wii Storage Solution — SD Cards · · Score: 1

    I said there's one out. But I was wrong. There's actually two, and the second one is much more capable than the first. Both of them are actually backup loaders, not ISO loaders. I haven't seen any true ISO loaders in the wild, yet. But I also haven't been looking. Thanks for the heads up!

    </piratetalk>

  4. Re:SDHC? on Nintendo's Wii Storage Solution — SD Cards · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, this is incorrect. The only (publicly available and misleadingly named) ISO loader still requires that you burn the game to a DVD. Even with a chipped Wii you still have to burn the game onto a DVD. Like GP said, a 2 gig SD card can hold a lot of WiiWare and VC games which can be downloaded and installed illegitimately, not to mention the homebrew WAD manager can install from USB storage devices.

    What I'm getting at is that an official external hard drive for the Wii won't change anything, period, because anything it wouldn't one to do anything that can't already be done.

  5. Re:SDHC? on Nintendo's Wii Storage Solution — SD Cards · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean a 512 meg hard drive? Your example is over 3 times bigger than the Wii's NAND.

  6. Re:blah on Nintendo's Wii Storage Solution — SD Cards · · Score: 1

    Yes, but GP isn't talking about normal SD cards. The Wii doesn't support SDHD cards.

  7. Re:Image from the shonen jump on New Final Fantasy Game Coming To Wii and DS · · Score: 1

    "Mii" and "DS" are both in the text. Maybe some kind of DS version of Miis.

    </mostlikelystatingobvious>

  8. Re:Let me guess... on HD Wii By 2011? · · Score: 2, Funny

    This argument is kawaii desuuuuu~~! ^_^

  9. Re:Let me guess... on HD Wii By 2011? · · Score: 1

    If you don't under stand why when romanized uii is three sylable's instead of two, the conversation ends here. You haven't studied Japanese and we are talking on two totally different levels. Learn about syllables.

    It's worth noting that in this particular instance it's the grammar surrounding vowels specifically, not just syllables. "Iie" is three syllables (unless I'm mistaken) for the same reason. Not doubting your knowledge, just adding to the conversation. Promise. Obligatory: ^_^

  10. Re:Let me guess... on HD Wii By 2011? · · Score: 1

    It can also be "it's." For example, " desu" means "it's " when identifying yourself to someone else. It can also be used when identifying someone else, like, say, if they're approaching you and you want to point them out. "Hey, it's !"

  11. Re:Let me guess... on HD Wii By 2011? · · Score: 1

    Well, the -esu suffix is really lightly pronounced. So while it might be "dee-esu," it would still sound like "DS." This is apparent in anime when a character says "desu." It usually sounds like they say "des." The ending "u" is more of a strong exhale than an actual letter.

    Lots of quoted quotable quotes in there. And you can quote me on the quote-unquote.

  12. Re:Finances & Conflict on Blizzard Awarded $6M Damages From MMOGlider · · Score: 1

    I prefer taurens myself.

  13. Re:Finances & Conflict on Blizzard Awarded $6M Damages From MMOGlider · · Score: 1

    There are in fact zero-player RPGs. IdleRPG comes to mind.

  14. Let me guess... on HD Wii By 2011? · · Score: 4, Funny

    The HDii? Hurr hurr.

  15. Re:Biased much? on SDK Shoot Out, Android Vs. IPhone · · Score: 1

    And how long will THAT last? =]

  16. Re:Kernel Panic!!! on The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, I've had "ERROR: No error" before. I'm going to have to say that's much more frustrating, especially when it prevents the program from continuing.

  17. Re:Are they really that naive? on EA Patches Spore, Eases DRM · · Score: 1

    0) people download and play game, and see how unfullfilling, widdled down the game really is after all the hype

    +

    Seriously, Spore is one of the two most over-hyped games of this year.

    +
    DRM
    =
    Opposite effect.

  18. Re:Are they really that naive? on EA Patches Spore, Eases DRM · · Score: 2, Informative

    And it was promptly usurped by the HBC and WadManager (and Wii ports of FCE Ultra, Snes9x, etc). I'm not sure about the 360, but there's a similar case with the PS3 as well. Just because downloads are being pushed doesn't mean they're selling. Obviously they are, but the point is one doesn't necessarily equal the other. Just a thought.

  19. Re:oh boy on EA Patches Spore, Eases DRM · · Score: 1

    Not likely. It doesn't benefit EA's public relations to raise the install limit by a measly two installs. Essentially, those outraged by a three-install limit are going to be outraged even at a million-install limit. Even though that's feasibly improbable, it's still a limit being imposed on something that should be limitless.

  20. Re:Easier to keep on To Purge Or Not To Purge Your Data · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be cheaper to just company-wide subscription to all those porn sites than it would be to spend $1.25 million every year backing up all the saved pictures and videos from preview pages?

  21. Re:Erm... on Gamers Are Fitter (and Sadder) Than You Think · · Score: 1

    One part of the article is tr... wooow... look at these... these colors, duuuude.... I'm totally riding a dragon, maaaan.

  22. Re:Did the editor read the last paragraph? on City Sues To Prevent Linking To Its Website · · Score: 4, Funny

    Go eat the earth flag.

    Not the one made out of skin, of course.

  23. Re:Visual Studio on Best Cross-Platform, GUI Editor/IDE For Python? · · Score: 1

    Actually, the one time I tried it, it managed to break everything and not work at all. But I had C Python installed in parallel, so that could have been the reason. However, C Python + Jython doesn't have that problem, so who knows.

  24. Re:Very Very sad on David Foster Wallace an Apparent Suicide · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess there's not enough bridges being trip-tropped tonight.

  25. Re:Windows XP Activation made me a Linux user on What Modern Games Are DRM-Free? · · Score: 1

    I had the Half Life I:Game Of The Year Edition and my key got keygen'd.

    Actually, no it didn't. The same thing happened to me and my GotY edition. A little research turned up that Valve actually invalidated all GotY keys themselves, then expected me to pay $10 to get a new one! Since then I refuse to pay for software.