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  1. Re:warning on Why Japan Hates the iPhone · · Score: 2, Funny

    I once wrote an infinite loop in a Comp Science exam paper. 6 years on and I'm still waiting for the results.

  2. Re:Been done before on Will Consoles Merge Back Into PCs? · · Score: 1

    Expansion cards with consoles on them have also been done before. The 3DO Blaster was a 3DO on an ISA card which was unsurprisingly less successful than its console counterparts.

  3. Re:Galaxies? on Frozen Mice Cloned · · Score: 1

    Maybe they think they can clone a VMS Galaxy.

  4. Re:Transformers... on LHC Shut Down By Transformer Malfunction · · Score: 1

    This has got me me thinking there's something more sinister going on. The objective is not to make energon cubes but to transport energon cubes. The LHC is really a Space Bridge. It even bares a striking resemblance to it!

  5. That's no moon on Ghostly Ring Found Circling Dead Star · · Score: 1

    The ghostly ring is obviously Obi-Wan following Luke around the trench run. Did none of you hear him say "Use the force Luke"?

  6. I disagree on Is the Game Boy the Toughest Product Ever Made? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The original Game Boy has problems with the battery compartment. The battery connectors (springs) wear and it doesn't hold the batteries in securely to the point where you have to be careful you don't move it while playing and even more careful when you put it down that it does not loose power. I had my first Game Boy replaced under warranty because of this. The same problem happened to the replacement after the warranty expired. Nintendo have since addressed this and have been using better battery connectors in their more recent products (GBA, Wii remote).

    I had another problem my second GB. I'm not sure how common this is but after many years of use, on the left-hand side of the screen a whole vertical bar of pixels disappeared. This later increased to a bar three pixels wide.

    From my experience, every Nintendo product made after the GB has been far more reliable.

  7. Bad bet on Original Star Wars on DVD... Sorta · · Score: 1

    But which Original Star Wars, I bet Episode IV is in the opening titles.

    This is the original theatrical release so "Episode IV" is not in the opening titles.

  8. Re:Wii graphics will be substantial on Wii Graphics 'Better Than At E3' · · Score: 1

    I knew that. I must have been tired when I wrote it. :P

  9. Wii graphics will be substantial on Wii Graphics 'Better Than At E3' · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I still think the GameCube ports of Resident Evil 4 and the new Zelda still hold up very well compared to many of the titles I've seen for the XBox 360 and PS3. If the Wii is 2 to 2.5 more powerful than the GameCube I'll be more than satisfied.

    Let's not forget the Wii does not need to be as powerful as the other two consoles as it doesn't need to output HD. The Wii graphics should be very good in 480p.

  10. Only $100k? on Sun Announces $100k Contest for Grid App Developers · · Score: 1

    $100k may seem like a lot to most of us, but that won't even buy a fully populated V890.

  11. Ghost Recon? on 360 To Be Relaunched In Japan · · Score: 1

    They're relaunching it to coincide with the launch of Ghost Recon? Again Microsoft show they have made no attempt to research the Japanese market.

  12. OliveBSD? on 10 Best Security Live CD Distros · · Score: 5, Informative

    Although it's not a linux distribution, surely any live CD based on OpenBSD deserves a mention!

  13. Better choice I think on Half-Life 2 Gets Episode 1 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First Counterstrike, then Aftermath. I think it's unnecessary for Valve to give their games the same names as Red Alert expansion packs.

  14. Obligatory Simpsons quote on The World's Smallest Car · · Score: 1

    Now to the plant!
    <Mr Burns> We'll take the Spruce Moose
    *Mr Burns picks up model plane
    <Mr Burns> Hop in!
    <Smithers> ...but sir
    *Mr Burns cocks gun and points it at Smithers
    <Mr Burns> I said hop in

  15. Re:What's taking so long? on The Death of Folders? · · Score: 1

    You don't need labels to do this. This can easily be done with directories. Just create a hard link and you can have your bill file under *both* University and Finance directories sharing the same inode.

  16. Redundant article on A Survey of Nintendo's Game Censorship Policies · · Score: 1, Insightful

    These guidelines are well out of date. Nintendo no longer censors games and hasn't done so for about 10 years. These sort of articles really are unnecessary as they only reiterate the common misconception that Nintendo is for kids. This is the type of crap that is hurting Nintendo and may eventually lead them to the same destiny as Sega. If anyone censors games it is Sony. A fairly recent example of this is the game BMX XXX, in which the PS2 version was censored and the GameCube version stayed intact.

  17. Tekken on On The Most Boring Videogames Of All Time · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm not a big fan of 3D beat-em-ups. No matter how much I try to like them, I can't. They just don't hold the same ground as 2D fighters like Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Samurai Spirits, Killer Instinct, and more recently SVC Chaos. Of all the 3D beat-em-ups, the Tekken games have to be the worst/most boring. I've beaten seasoned Tekken players by just button bashing. I played Soul Calibur 2 for the first time the other day with some friends and won the majority of games and they didn't want to believe that I had never played it before. Not my idea of fun.

  18. F-Zero X on More Randomness, More Replayability For Games? · · Score: 3, Informative

    If anyone wants to check out a great example of randomness, I highly recommend F-Zero X on the N64. The X Cup (which needs to be unlocked) generates random tracks providing a whole new experience every time you play. There are the occasional tracks with tight corners and no walls where everyone just flies of the edge and dies, but I see it all as part of the fun.

  19. Re:Linux doesn't do Windows games. Wow, news. on WineX Install Goes Sour for LinuxWorld Editor · · Score: 1

    why should I reboot repeatedly to do things that I can do with Windows already?

    Reboot repeatedly? That sounds like something you must be very familiar with. Linux doesn't need to be rebooted every time you need to install or reinstall something.