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  1. Re:Open disk on SMPTE Adoption Of WMV9 Hits Some Snags · · Score: 3, Informative
    From TFA:
    Others believe that political infighting might make VC-1 a short-lived, interim industry standard that eventually gives way to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. That specification is an open video compression standard jointly developed by the International Telecommunication Union and MPEG members.
  2. Re:DRM'ed? on Tiger Early Start Kit · · Score: 1

    Only Apple isn't that concerned with people pirating songs they got off iTunes. After all, iTunes doesn't make much money, its point is to complement the iPod. Their main impetus for music DRM is that it's the only way they could possibly get contracts with the record companies.

  3. Re:Me too stupid to understand the stockmarket on Google Reports Increased Profits · · Score: 3, Funny
    Stock broker: Okay, now before I execute this order, are you sure you understand the risks of stock ownership?

    Homer: Absolutely!

    Zoom into Homer's brain, with a bunch of people in a dance line singing "We're in the money." Curtains open, revealing a roaring King Kong.

    Homer: You heard the monkey, make the trade!

  4. Re:Good on Google Reports Increased Profits · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would argue that Google's credo has helped them to make money far more than it has hindered them. Not pissing off your customers and planning on succeeding in the long run might be a radical idea in today's business world, but it hardly constitutes a breach of fiduciary duty.

  5. Re:G5 64bit hype and lies on Tiger Early Start Kit · · Score: 1
    Maybe you would know if you would have read the next sentence:

    This is because the PowerPC architecture has always been defined as a 64-bit architecture with a 32-bit subset, allowing a seamless migration between 32-bit and 64-bit hardware.

  6. Re:Rampant Music! GASP! on Bootlegged Music in Russia · · Score: 1

    In fact it is believed that he said the Greek words, "Kai su, teknon?" (And you, my son?)

  7. Re:Umm on Human Gene Count Slashed · · Score: 1

    Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!

  8. Re:Yeah yeah on Tiger Early Start Kit · · Score: 1

    Plenty of programs use "right-clicking," but you can either control-click or simply hold a single-click. Safari even opens a link in a new tab if you click the middle button.

  9. Mouse gestures for Dashboard? on Tiger Early Start Kit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does this mean that Tiger will support other forms of mouse gestures?

  10. Re:As Martin Luther King Jr. Once said: on The War Of The Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1

    Someday, someone will create a board so large with a nail so sharp that you will destroy yourselves!

  11. I love what? on I Love Bees Coming to an End · · Score: 1
    Hey kids:
    • Do you hate "viral" advertising?
    • Do you love beer?
    Then perhaps you should check out ilovebeer!
  12. Re:I like it on Online Gaming Ad Network Launches · · Score: 1

    There's already an ad for nVidia when you start up Unreal Tournament 2003 or 2004.

  13. Bold? on VCF 7.0: BBS Bonanza in Bay Area · · Score: 1
    Vintage Computer Festival 7.0 ...

    Has /. switched to the Wikipedia convention of bolding the title?

  14. Re:little endian vs big endian is huge issue on Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86 · · Score: 1

    Wasn't this feature removed from the G5?

  15. Re:summary on Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86 · · Score: 1
    EULAs are not tested in court.

    Really?

  16. Re:How is this diffrent? on Zero-emission Power Plants Proposed · · Score: 1

    We've been starving for 30 years, just ask Paul Elrich.

  17. Every time you build a quantum computer... on German Scientists Create 5 qubit Quantum Register · · Score: 1

    ...God may or may not kill a kitten.

  18. Re:You know on Saitek Maestro Travel Chess Computer Review · · Score: 2, Funny

    If a Cray sucks at Go, I don't think a Gameboy will do particularly well.

  19. Re:Chess computers have ruined the game of chess. on Saitek Maestro Travel Chess Computer Review · · Score: 1
    The last two major Man vs. Machine matches (Kramnik - Deep Fritz and Kasparov - Deep Junior) were draws, actually. In both cases, the humans demonstrated their ability to play better chess than the computer can. The computer, however, never falters in the slightest. While it is a bygone conclusion that computers will someday surpass humans at chess by a large margin, this has yet to happen. Computers are getting better at chess, but so are people.

    Though I do prefer playing against people :)

  20. Re:I'm not a developer on Microsoft Can't DRM Docs Fast Enough · · Score: 4, Informative

    Programming for classic MacOS was hard. Programming for NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP was easy. Programming for OS X is easy. Certain the implementation of Cocoa isn't given away, but the interface and excellent documentation is. Besides, with protocols and categories it is often unnecessary to subclass objects, thus making understand them less necessary. It's also nice that GUI code is unnecessary in most circumstances.

  21. Re:Newsworthy, yes; Discussion needed? hmm . . . on Halo 2 Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    I prefer sonnets.

  22. Re:control-North Korea. on China Rewards Porn Snitches · · Score: 1
    Welcome to North Korea.

    Many of my fellow /.ers might disagree, but things like eating enough food generally take a higher priority than internet access.

  23. Re:Huh? on Missing the 'Whole' Point in Game Development · · Score: 1

    It's not the whole movie, just the one fucking line. I'd really like to punch whoever put that in there.

  24. Re:The strangeness of ilovebees on Blogs, Games and Advertising · · Score: 1

    The real treasure is the audio drama, it's really quite well-done.

  25. Re:GTA does NOT promote killing cops on GTA Blamed for Columbine-style Massacre Planning · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sure there is--grab the cop uniform so you can sneak in, and then run the hell out. In fact I tried and failed at that mission many times before I realized that blasting your way through is nigh-impossible.