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  1. Re:Throw out $400 PC vs Keep $500 MacMini on Got Spyware? Throw out the Computer! · · Score: 1

    Replacing your computer with another Windows one in order to fix malware problems is like beating yourself in the head to fix a brain tumor.

    Nah its like removing a brain tumor and putting a microwave emitter in to fill the gap.

  2. Re:I Never Use Remote Desktop on New Batch of XP SP2 Holes · · Score: 1

    WHY ?

    They are not supplied with windows turned ON by default. Theres also more trust in ssh, vnc and X whereas you know a microsoft program for remote access to a desktop tied into the OS is going to cause a problem at some point... especially when its on by default.

    What is it with windows having so many services turned on by default. *eugh*

  3. Re:If this was IIS 5.0 getting hacked... on Firefox Community Site Hacked · · Score: 1

    drupal != linux. There was available patches for 11 days. i don't like to point the blame, ok i lie, but it IS the admins fault for not patching. If it was an IIS patch the blame would still lie with the admin. He should be aware of publicly known vulnerabilities in the software he runs. It is a community site and I doubt he recieves any money from it so i can't be too harsh. It can be done but drupal being OSS has nothing to do with this.

  4. Re:The Middle East Is Everywhere on Body Scanners for the London Underground · · Score: 1

    It didn't look like he was bragging to me. It looked like he was sad at the way his country is at the moment.

  5. Re:Mixed Feelings on Revolution Downloads To Recieve Graphic Upgrades · · Score: 1

    You don't rock. Someone already put forward the idea of having original and updated sets for download in the linked article.

  6. Similar True story on Write Down Your Passwords · · Score: 1

    I'm a SysAdmin and at one place I worked, I noticed someone had written 'bbbbb' on their monitor. They wern't at their desk at the time, so I sat down, hit ctrl-alt-del and typed 'bbbbb' into the password field AND IT DIDN'T WORK. interesting eh.

  7. Dupe on A Peek at Personalized Google · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah its nice and all but i already know about it from the last time u told me.

    First ?

  8. Re:Moderate: Unfunny on Hitchhiker's Guide Reviewed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Being inside the head of a newly born whale as it plummets to earth is funny, but watching a graphic of it hit the ground isn't funny." I'm not so sure. I laughed out loud when the graphic of the whale hit the ground came up. The whole scene of the whale talking about the ground and wondering if it would be its friend made it funny. You knew what was going to happen but the whale did not. I have never read the books and have seen only one episode of the TV series. I wasn't the only person laughing when there was a thud.

  9. mod parent up on Writing with a Nanoscale Fountain Pen · · Score: 1

    if i had my 5 unused points still i'd mod you up myself. rolands site adds nothing to the discussion except ads.

  10. Re:Bandwith on Valve Releases Hardware Survey Results · · Score: 1

    the data was collected automatically and shown to the user. the only two questions asked were 'what is your connection speed?' and 'is it ok to send this data?'.

    not much you could mess with unless you want to run your steam account on an older pc u have for a few secs.

  11. graphics whores on Interest in CS as a Major Drops · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Computer Research Association says that the popularity of CS as a major among freshman has dropped
    Maybe thats because all these freshmen are playing cs:source instead... oh.
  12. GameSpot page renders badly in firefox on Alternate Reality Game for Xbox 2 E3 Unveiling · · Score: 2, Informative

    anyone else have a problem the text overflowing the normal area over advertisements and the background making it hard to read (firefox 1.0.2/win32 Gecko/20050321)

  13. Re:MSN is sponsering Mensa. Get in Mensa easily! on MSN Sponsors Mensa · · Score: 1

    which self respecting /.'ter would PAY for pornography. this porn star needs a better target audience.

  14. Re:People Could I have your attention? on A History of Icons · · Score: 1

    the links could be in the fashion

    corallink [*]

    or something similar. ofcourse the link[domain] protection isn't in 'news' summaries.

  15. Re:MSN is sponsering Mensa. Get in Mensa easily! on MSN Sponsors Mensa · · Score: 1
    After reading her website i've come to the conclusion that she is the perfect woman.
    Hobbies and Interests - I haven't had much "free time" in years, and I pull all-nighters about twice a week just to stay on top of things, because my pornstar career and my buttkicking website are both fulltime jobs that I refuse to let anyone else handle for me. But whenever I can sneak some time to myself, I like honing my skills in Photoshop, upgrading and tweaking my computer hardware, and having friends over for 'Unreal Tournament' fragfests on my LAN.
    Emphasis mine ;).
  16. Re:Game list as long as your arm? on Europe Sees Launch of Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    my mistake. Its a gameboy advance over here too. I was just getting used to calling my system a nintendo ds and forgetting about the explicit gameboy range.

  17. Re:My First Handheld on Europe Sees Launch of Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    Yeah i already stalked them when i bought the system. They (Game) put me on a waiting list and i got PGA GOLF DS instead with word i could swap it when they got it in. They said there next shipment is on tuesday (tomorrow) so i'll toddle along and get it then.

    On another note. PGA GOLF DS is very boring. Even with the touch screen swinging method it just isn't as fun as the xbox version. Not sure why, the graphics are fine but i couldn't do more than 2 or 3 holes before getting bored. Its multicard too. I hope EA SPORTS doesn't make all their games multicard. Wouldn't surprise me though with them being EA.

  18. Re:Game list as long as your arm? on Europe Sees Launch of Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    maybe they included the nintendo advance library. there was 15 over here too. (uk)

  19. My First Handheld on Europe Sees Launch of Nintendo DS · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Its the first handheld i've bought. The touch screen really had me interested. Just thinking of how they could use it. The battery life is great too. Its been lasting a day of a lot of play since i got it.
    Which was one of my reasons for getting it instead of a psp. I wanted a handheld game device. Not a dvd playing, graphic intensive (read: battery hog) handheld. I already have a dvd player and would buy a portable dvd player if i felt the need for one. I doubt the psp will gain the support of the film industry. How many films are actually going to get released on UMDs.
    I'm very happy with its features; wireless multiplayer + single cart multiplayer, touch screen and the microphone. I have an xbox for the more graphic intensive games. When i'm playing a handheld gameplay is much more important.
    Now i'm looking forward to the proposed internet play with Animal Crossing DS.
    My only quibble is the launch games are a bit lacking. Only mario 64 ds and wario touched interested me and wario was sold out.

  20. Re:A losing battle? on Blizzard Drops the Hammer on Gold Farmers · · Score: 1
    And lastly: if the business is so lucrative, why haven't any of the companies themselves decided to sell "special" accounts to people and cash in on the money?
    http://search.ebay.co.uk/WoW-gold_PC-Video-Gaming_ W0QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ12 49QQsojsZ1/ Just click one and look what else they are selling. Yeah, quite a few of them.
  21. Re:Cop Out? on AMD and Intel CPUs Supported On Same Motherboard · · Score: 1
    By that logic a graphics board is on the same motherboard as the main processor, too, that's all the more cool because they're completely different kinds of processors


    we already have on-board gpu's. the xbox has the gpu and cpu on the board. its been nothing special for a long time :s. the only intresting thing about this technology in TFA is that its a daughterboard to route all the mainboards cpu activity to it.
  22. Re:Dear Sir... on Datamining the NSA · · Score: 0

    Dear J. Edgar Hoover, [b]'Gain'[/b] on Yours, /. (degrading)

  23. XLink Kai on PSP to Launch with Five Online Titles · · Score: 2, Interesting

    xlink kai supports psp lan games over the internet. Need For Speed Underground Rivals Ridge Racer AI Series GO AI Series Mahjong AI Series Shogi Ape Escape Academics Armored Core - Formula Front Darkstalkers Chronicle - The Chaos Tower Dokodemo Issho Lumines Mahjong Fight Club Mahjong Taikai Minna No Golf Puyo Pop Fever Ren-Goku - The Tower of Purgatory and its rather simple to set up. just need windows/linux/mac running the xlink engine and a wireless reciever.

  24. Re:And I forgot to buy a card! on First Graphical LiveCD For The PowerPC By Gentoo · · Score: 1

    don't worry about hoary hedgehog too much. perky penguin is only 8 months away.

  25. dissapointed on Sony Admits MP3 Error · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We're growing up," and with any luck future devices won't be crippled with silly formats no one uses.

    why did the end quotes have to be there :(