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  1. Re:Can the Death Star travel at lightspeed? on The Science of Star Wars · · Score: 1

    IIRC, hyperdrives only function away from gravity wells. It is possible that the Death Star couldn't jump any closer to the moon because of the presence of the gas giant, Yavin.

  2. Re:Hopefully some other devs will take this to hea on Miyamoto Says Today's Games Too Long · · Score: 1
    Hmmm. According to my calculations 140 minute game should only run about 16.6% more than 120 minute game.........

    I think he meant 140 hours.

  3. Re:Hmm... on Another Star Wars Prequel? · · Score: 1

    There is a book that gives the black hole explanation, but the books states that it was claim of Han's piloting and navigational skills. I believe the boast was that he was able to chart a hyperspace route so close the black holes without crashing into them.

  4. Re:Possibly? on Review: Star Wars Episode III · · Score: 1
    I'm almost positive that Jar Jar softly said "'scuse me" as he walked by in the beginning of the movie.

    Am I the only one who heard (or thought he heard) that?

  5. Re:Extremes... on Review: Star Wars Episode III · · Score: 1
    A friend told me that the book explains that the key idea to this "immortality" was that the Jedi had to die in a self-less act.

    Maybe that's why Anakin had that ability?

  6. Re:Go see it in theaters on 'Sith' Already Found Online · · Score: 1
    I have to say I agree with your opinion. I even compare it to Empire in my mind.

    Sure, the movie had it's corny moments, but so did the original 3.

    I was happily surprised to see that it turned out so well.

  7. Re:I finally RTFA.... on Final Fantasy Advent Children Release Dated · · Score: 1

    Nope. I've seen that movie. I heard there was supposedly a Japanese film about FF7, but I suppose I've heard wrong.

  8. Re:All crap on XBox 360 Redefining the Console? · · Score: 1

    This page mentions some of the specs: here.

  9. Re:George Lucas's wealth on The Star Wars Money Machine · · Score: 1

    I heard that this pre-trilogy was meant to show how relationships are important, and that forbidding love was one of the factors that brought down the Jedi Order.

  10. Re:a little late? on Final Fantasy Advent Children Release Dated · · Score: 1
    They showed the trailer at E3 last year on a "360 degree" screen.

    Maybe that's what you had heard?

  11. Re:I finally RTFA.... on Final Fantasy Advent Children Release Dated · · Score: 1
    Okay, I thought I had heard that this was a sequel to some other movie that followed the game, Final Fantasy 7.

    I guess I heard wrong.

  12. I finally RTFA.... on Final Fantasy Advent Children Release Dated · · Score: 1
    and I find out that it contains the same information as the Slashdot summary (with the addition of their source).

    Isn't it true that this is a sequel to another CGI movie?

    I hope the price of the US version is a little more reasonable (whole TV series usually cost $45).

  13. Re:Not for real men! on Morse Code Faster Than SMS · · Score: 1
    Paying for incoming calls would be stupid, because you don't have any control over whether someone calls you or not - so why should you pay for it?

    You do have control. You can see who's calling (caller ID), and not answer it.

    The nice thing about the mobile phone plans in the US is that people with TOS phones can call mobile phones for free. If I like the fact that I can rely only on my cell phone for incoming calls and not inconvenience my friends.

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  14. Re:They had one before... on Sony Online Seeking Queen of Everquest II · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think they wanted a model that didn't have red eyes. :)

  15. Re:What about an OS which "can not crash"??? on Cars that Can't Crash? · · Score: 1
    yeah, now instead of the kernel constantly going down we have all the systems on top of it constantly crashing.
    And how is that different from Linux? I use Linux at school all the time. Programs crash on Linux about as often as they do on Windows, according to my experience.
  16. Re:"Nightmare Status" on Sony's Robot Attends Pre-School · · Score: 1
    It's called the "Uncanny Valley".

    I don't know about nightmares, but things like wax figures can be quite creepy.

  17. Re:They bought it? on Acquittal in Drunken Homicide via GTA · · Score: 1

    Good question. Maybe the car didn't have a working heater? The weather is cold in a lot places still.

  18. Re:I don't think it wants to be free. on Celera Opens Up DNA Database · · Score: 1
    Besides a profit, they should at least recoup their costs.

    If that has already happened, then I can see why they are releasing the information.

    ....

    Okay, I just RTA and it turns out that the subscriptions just weren't profitable to continue doing it.

  19. Re:They bought it? on Acquittal in Drunken Homicide via GTA · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I thought the following was really interesting:
    Humphrey said Alexander couldn't have interfered with DeMeo's driving because he was found moments after the crash still wearing a seat belt, his hands jammed into his pockets. He had suffered fatal head and heart injuries, Humphrey said, making it impossible for him to put his hands into his pockets after the crash.

    Meeker disagreed, saying in his closing argument that the car had been split open by the crash and Alexander could have put his hands in his pockets to keep warm.

    The article also mentions that the skid-marks didn't seem to indicate the use of the hand-brake either.

    Otherwise, I wonder that as games become more physically realistic, will more accidents result as more people try to pull crazy stunts they've done in video games?

  20. Re:Maybe it's the "iCon" title on Publisher Wiley's Books Pulled from Apple Stores · · Score: 1
    Is everyone missing that "icon" can mean an important figure in history?
    I'm sorry, Apple has us trained to ignore the 'i' in front of every word.

    Coincidently, this makes it really hard to refer to oneself in the first-person.

  21. Re:US v. Canada on America's Not So Up to Speed · · Score: 1
    The difference I see is that so many people I know don't even want broadband. Most people I know that are older than 30 years old don't care for broadband. Dial-up suits their needs, or so they tell me.

    It's not worth it for companies to provide internet to the one or two households who want it in a certain area.

    I think that when people here in the US want broadband, they'll get it.

  22. Re:Here's a way to save time. on In Space No One Can Hear You Sigh · · Score: 1

    If you use Windows, Webmon is a really nice freeware program that checks webpages for updates at regular intervals that you specify. I use it a lot.

  23. Sounds like a good movie idea. on Robotic Nanotech Swarms on Mars... in 2034 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can see Hollywood making a movie out of this idea:

    "NASA's nano-robots get out of control and take over Mars. The robots replicate and build a massive robot army with the intent to come back to Earth and kill us all."

    What I wonder is why robots in movies usually feel the need to kill humankind?

  24. Re:It's unfortunate on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 1
    Here is the law I mentioned:

    Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E- Sign), 15 U.S.C.A. 7001-7031 (Supp. 2001)

  25. Re:It's unfortunate on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 1
    IANAL, but I believe the part that makes it "legally binding" is when you have to click "accept".

    According to US law now, IIRC, clicking "accept" is counted as signing it.