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  1. Kind of like sex?? on Sims 2 Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    First off, sex can be bad... really bad. Second off, I think that, when it comes to games, it has less to do with "really fun" and more to do with minimalism. Include what's necessary and don't bog the game down with what's unnecessary. Look at CS, the sims, etc. They're all so perfectly simplistic. This, again, is very different from sex, where doing the bare minimum is likely to get obnoxious and tiring, quick. ;) that's just my 2 cents, of course.

  2. Re:Shift? on Windows Laptops Ship With Linux Media Player · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't the GUI BIOS just be another type of OS? This just sounds like another pitch for opensource, riddled with all the same pros and cons as every other opensource comment to me. I do see what you're saying about the difference in structure, but there will always be a need for some common ground to start from before loading the application in mind... even if that starting point is DOS, it's still going to be some sort of OS.

  3. Re:The THUD on Interview With Chernobyl Engineer · · Score: 1

    where the hell have you been?? War began 3 years ago!

  4. I just can't let this go on Virtual Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    The two genders evolved to perform different functions and the conflicts between them can be attributed to their differing needs and goals.

    That, my friend, is precisely the problem. Our society is correctly labeled as infantile because of our ability to rise above our differences and accept each other for who and what we are, rather than what we feel and how that makes us react. This doesn't justify "gender warfare" anymore than it justifies sexism.

  5. Re:What a week for women's rights on Virtual Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    Men are so dumb. ;)

  6. Re:Male/Female Imbalance? on Virtual Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    I think it's interesting that by choosing to have a male as their one legal child they're actually promoting the cessation of their population quicker than planned.

  7. wow, how pathetic. on Virtual Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    It's like a tomagachi, only pathetic and boring.

  8. Re:I want to be a Men class. on Turbine Starts The Spin For Middle-Earth Online · · Score: 1

    Wow, your comment rocked. Thanks!

    I feel like picking the Silmarillion back up after my 5-year (or so) hiatus from it.

  9. Re:History repeats itself on Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? · · Score: 1

    How can you'sa say there'sa only seventeen'sa fans, with'sa memorable characters like me'sa?! /me crawls back under his rock and hides...

  10. Re:worse than the prequels on Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    that would be an AWESOME idea!

    Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

    Spielberg already asked if he could and George said no!

    (quote)
    Steven Spielberg wants to direct Episode III

    "I've asked him. He won't let me do one." These are the sad words of Steven Spielberg regarding his requests to direct Star Wars being turned down. For years, the director has begged George Lucas for a shot.

    "I wanted to do one 15 years ago, and he didn't want me to do it. I understand why - Star Wars is George's baby." He mentioned he's still very interested in helming a story that takes place in a galaxy, far, far away.
    (/quote)

  11. Red vs. Blue? on Red Brains vs. Blue Brains? · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about Bad Brains?

  12. Re:I would feel safer if... on Judges Junk Jailcam · · Score: 1

    I was referring to getting my ass kicked or molested by bubba... =P

  13. I would feel safer if... on Judges Junk Jailcam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I ever ended up in jail and I knew there was a jail cam. It's like putting a mirror next to an item that's commonly stolen in a store. If a person feels like they're being watched, they're a lot less likely to try anything 'funny'.

  14. Re:flipping the bird on The Dark Side Of DefCon's Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    he's obviously demonstrating a modified version of the shocker . That's two for the pink and one for the stink, in case you didn't know.

  15. Re:Here is a related article... on Slate On Worms That Plug Security Holes · · Score: 1

    Note that, for liability reasons, good viruses would have to be very nearly perfect. To have them mistakenly delete a recently patched copy of Microsoft Word could be very inconvenient.

    *scratches his head*... must be a typo...

  16. Re:huh?! on Celebrity Casting For LOTR · · Score: 1

    No there isn't, it's down!

    Have anymore bright ideas??

  17. You seem a little emphatic my friend on Macaque Monkey Goes Totally Bipedal · · Score: 1

    there's no question among scientists as to whether evolution/darwinism/run-a-way sexual selection, or what-have-you actually exists or not.

    Furthermore, I highly doubt scientists will discover anything 'fascinating' or even slightly out of the ordinary regarding the Macaques brain, simply because it walks on two legs instead of four. The change is comparable to losing your left hand or going blind. The brain will restructure itself in a way to support your new living habits that is both mundane and predictable (ie. in the case of someone going blind, auditory cortex will begin to take over parts of the visual cortex that are no longer being used... more so for someone who's still young and exhibits cortical plasticity, than for an adult, who's brain is less plastic).

  18. Re:Tin Foil Hat Time... on Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors · · Score: 1

    you're just going to have to get used to it. It's only a matter of time before privacy is a foreign idea. I think it's an exciting idea, though. People will have to learn to love each other and themselves for who they really are. If they can't accept, then they're going to suffer. What do you think?

  19. Re:Hrmm... on Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors · · Score: 1

    from a quantum perspective, its existence is not determined until your senses (most likely your eyes in this case) give measurement to it. *shrugs*

  20. Re:Secure communications? on Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors · · Score: 1

    It can hack into anything that's not quantum and it can stop anything that's not quantum from hacking into it.

    I wonder what happens if you try to hack a quantum-encoded transmission using a quantum decoder?

    Quantum computers have unlimited processing power. I wouldn't be surprised if quantum technology was solely responsible for altering the way mankind perceives the world.

  21. Re:What kinda sounds on Using Plants as Speakers · · Score: 1

    I can see the look on my dogs face as it goes to take a leak on mr.neighboor's garden and gets yelled at by the flowers...

  22. Re:Security? on Security evaluation of 802.11i · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that.

    I suppose I'll stick with the WEP for now, too. The only thing I'm really worried about is people getting access to my router. But to fix that, I don't broadcast. When I first set up my wireless my neighboor was broadcasting. It would have been so easy to hi-jack his connection, kick him off his own network and change the password on his hub... but then I wouldn't have a reason to use any of the equipment I just paid for ;).

  23. Re:Security? on Security evaluation of 802.11i · · Score: 1

    Everyone keeps saying WEP is so breakable... So, having just installed a wi-fi network at home, do you have any suggestions on what I should use? I already don't broadcast my signal, and I've been using WEP. My router has Radius security as an alternative to WEP (along with a couple others, including some sort of Radius blend). I'd appreciate any input =)

  24. Re:Security? on Security evaluation of 802.11i · · Score: 1

    I thought some of the point of this was to keep people from being able to steal bandwidth from your wlan connection by gaining access to it (and using it for god knows what). When I first installed my wi-fi network at home, I noticed my neighbor's connection. It was broadcasting its name with no wep encryption. Had I been a better bastard I would have logged onto it, checked to make sure the default router password was the default (I'm sure it was), secured the network (so that only I had access) and changed the password on the router. But, then I wouldn't have any use for my own wi-fi router, now would I...? Anyways...

  25. Re:What's the 'i' for? on Security evaluation of 802.11i · · Score: 1

    I'd rather have no sex than bad sex. ugh.