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  1. Re:No Turkey for you... on Reducing One Amino Acid Could Increase Lifespan · · Score: 1

    emphasis on "postprandial Thanksgiving sedation may have more to do with"

    There's a lot of anecdotal evidence...

  2. Re:HM on Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live · · Score: 1

    Where prepending "preview" is pretty damn... oh I can't remember the word. It makes sense.

    Nobody forces you to use http:/// either. When was the last time you use a user-oriented piece of software and HAD to type that in?

  3. Re:Advantages over just adding more FPUs? on Intel Shows 48-Core x86 Processor · · Score: 1

    They don't.

    When is the last time you installed a distro and had Adobe flash installed out-of-the-box? I thought so.

  4. Re:wtf indeed! on DX11 Tested Against DX9 With Dirt 2 Demo · · Score: 1

    I do.

    Textures are just that. Image maps applied to geometry.

    You're talking about shaders.

  5. Re:What progress! on DX11 Tested Against DX9 With Dirt 2 Demo · · Score: 1

    Yea, just like nPatches were going to be a big thing too.

    I think driver support for those dropped years ago?

  6. Re:ehh on DX11 Tested Against DX9 With Dirt 2 Demo · · Score: 1

    You mean 23.976 fps.

    Yea, NTSC is retarded in some ways.

  7. Re:Advantages over just adding more FPUs? on Intel Shows 48-Core x86 Processor · · Score: 1

    Blame Adobe for that one.

  8. Re:this is brave on Danish DRM Breaker Turns Himself In To Test Backup Law · · Score: 1

    I used to live right on the border of LA and Orange counties.

    I never had any problems when I drove 5 over the limit, ever... but I was only driving in CA for about a year and a half. I also had a car that would make an officer lean towards pulling me over ('91 Nissan 240 - popular for drift racing apparently)

  9. Re:HM on Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live · · Score: 1

    alternatively, take any tinyurl link and prefix the subdomain "preview"

    IE, like this.

  10. Re:BF a dead franchise on EA Flip-Flops On Battlefield: Heroes Pricing, Fans Angry · · Score: 1

    Yea, ranking and unlocks are usually immediate boycotts for me. I absolutely HATE unlocks, while the ranking usually turns everyone into "OMGLOLURZ I PWN U N00B" jackasses.

  11. Re:BF a dead franchise on EA Flip-Flops On Battlefield: Heroes Pricing, Fans Angry · · Score: 1

    Snipering? Wow..

    Anyways. Since you liked how OFP did it, I suggest you look at ArmA and ArmA2 - the true successors to OFP after the devs (Bohemia Interactive) gave Codemasters the finger.

  12. Re:Times are a changing.. on EA Flip-Flops On Battlefield: Heroes Pricing, Fans Angry · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you liked Quake, you'll probably like Nexuiz.

    Play that for a while, and it will make you realize we don't need those bastards like EA.

  13. Re:Only two options on German President Refuses To Sign Censorship Law · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't think anything domiantes our headlines.

  14. Re:Fuck Muahamad on Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US · · Score: 1

    Oh, gross! Will that come out in the wash?

  15. Re:Telemurder on Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US · · Score: 2, Informative

    Neither. It occurred at the "border" whether the border is real or not. There are treaties to handle such incidents, such as the extradition treaty being exercised on McKinnon.

    Whether this is right or not is an issue for the diplomats.

    If you have a problem with this, I suggest you make it known to the embassy/consul.

  16. Re:So this is how the US treats mentally ill peopl on Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US · · Score: 1

    Greed no water people dying in Liberia.

    Er, what? Could you rephrase that for us?

  17. Re:Also on Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child · · Score: 1

    If you have a "normal" water heater, it keeps the tank of water warm regardless of your use. Some newer ones heat the water "on demand" as it flows, so it only expends energy when you are actually using it.

    Incidentally they are also much smaller. Substitute the huge tank with a small 1 or 2 foot square box a few inches deep, mounted on the wall.

  18. Re:I'm an Anime fan... on Ubuntu Reaching Out To 16,000 Anime Lovers · · Score: 1

    A small part of me died, just now.

  19. Re:The next distrobution is going to be called ... on Ubuntu Reaching Out To 16,000 Anime Lovers · · Score: 1

    I don't get the Furry hate. I'm not one of them, but can identify with the idea of it. I also find the artwork to be appealing as well (and no, I'm not talking about the porn).

  20. Re:Seems like on Ubuntu Reaching Out To 16,000 Anime Lovers · · Score: 1

    The USB Audio module doesn't work very well. It's an extremely generic driver.

    At work, where I use my older SB Live 24-bit External, I get a whole four controls:

    PCM output volume, Microphone input volume, power LED, cms LED.

    Yes, while it only supports the BARE MINIMUM audio channels on this thing (which is 24-bit 5.1 with optical SPDIF and all those whizbangs) I can toggle the LEDs on and off. Well, that's certainly useful...

    However, I have no problems on my desktop with my SB Audigy 2 ZS.

  21. Re:The closed circle on Inkscape 0.47 Released · · Score: 1

    Yep. I don't use it much, but from cruising through the built-in tutorial (which is actually an editable file... so the tutorial is directly interactive) I was able to make a few things. I still don't know WTF I'm doing with GIMP. I basically use it to resize and crop - anything else is a PITA to figure out (besides basic filters)

  22. Re:The closed circle on Inkscape 0.47 Released · · Score: 1

    I've never modeled something with more than 50 polygons before. Blender was the first thing to let me make a complete complex model*, and I did it with not very much outside help.

    It took me a week to figure even the basics of Maya and 3D-Studio Max.

    I don't accept your argument against Blender, by my very own experience of that learning process.

    * - Modeled 1016 polygons, if you include edge loops for the smoothing/subsurface modifiers. The "actual" mesh is only 400 or so.

  23. Re:Great on Inkscape 0.47 Released · · Score: 1

    The difference is that illustrator is also made by the same people who make* PDFs.

    * Dur, the people who make Adobe Acrobat can probably handle editing/extracting-from PDFs.

  24. Re:Err... on Inkscape 0.47 Released · · Score: 1

    No, and unfortunately it cannot made you learn the difference in tense between "make" and "made"

  25. Re:A "must-have" package on Inkscape 0.47 Released · · Score: 1

    I hope they solved the problem where it snapped to the panel and the edge of the screen alternately when you maximized it in Gnome with a resolution of 1024x768.

    Inkscape is installed on all of our Linux PCs at home, and on the Windows PCs and VMs at work. It is one of the "must-have" applications for graphics. We all use it at home, adults & kids.

    I love how you replied to someone yet said nothing related to the parent at all.