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  1. Covered in the Atlantic in December 2005. on Chess Grandmaster Kasparov Versus President Putin · · Score: 1

    It was a good read. Since their site is subscription-only, check in your library online subscription databases.

  2. Re:Unfortunatley, I must side with the extremists. on Wal-Mart Asked to Drop Christian Video Game · · Score: 1

    Amen. (Yes, I belong to a traditional sect of a monotheistic faith.) How many games have people fighting religious fanatics? C+C Generals America's Army Every modern-combat shooter Halo etc... Sometimes, Slashdot's atheism (forget secularism) can drive me crazy (but I respect their opinion).

  3. Re:One on Creative Commons Filmmaking Remixes Modern Cinema · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Just a few days ago, Jimmy Wales asked what works we should wikify for $100M. Many people listed research papers and classic novels. What they forgot is that public domain (something everything should be in after the author dies) and wikification of original works (mutilating an artistic vision by havign 20 different ones in one work) are not the same thing. Wikis are for "just the facts, maam."

  4. Two things on A First Look At Gaim 2.0 · · Score: 1

    First, will it have audiovisual upgrades for Google Talk and Windows Live. Second, why would I use it vs. Miranda?

  5. Re:MS Calls the Shots on Your License Keys? on Vista to Include Stepped up Anti-Piracy Measures · · Score: 1

    Ever read a EULA? They always do. This will just make it more likely.

  6. Re:I don't like it on Google Gadgets Come to You · · Score: 1

    I think it's fine. These capabilities first came attatched to the Google Sidebar. It takes very little programming to make them detachable. I don't see why this is newsworthy (They have been detachable for a couple of months now) or something to fret about.

  7. Re:WWII *had* an end on Traveler Detained for Anti-TSA Message · · Score: 1

    When George Bush leaves office in March 2009. The public is bored of it, and the front-runners for the next campaign (McCain/Clinton) are not war-on-terror mouthpieces.

  8. Data Corruption on Analog Revival Means Vinyl Will Outlive CD · · Score: 1

    The real reason that Vinyls will outlast CDs is that their grooves are physical, not magnetic. After 20-30 years, the CDS will no longer be playable because the magnets will weaken, ruining the data. However, the vinyl will be playable until it corrodes.

  9. Re:Own Goal on Bank Accounts of 5,000 UK Terror Suspects Tracked · · Score: 1

    I think the statstic involving Sharia law is unfair. I belong to a religion that traditionally has a self-contained court to monitor its own laws. Is an attitude where the ultimate goal to be a self-governing community by your own sacred laws undemocratic or a threat? It's an eventual hope, like the coming of the messiah. Sharia support in a self-contained community does not mean they want to impose it others.

  10. One Successful Gaming Cafe on Can a Gaming Cafe be Successful? · · Score: 1

    I go to school in Vancouver, BC, and on long days we go to the Rush Arcade in Richmond, its southern suburb. It has 250 computers with nearly every PC game released over the last two years. However, its success seems primarily due to the huge young Asian community in Vancouver, who seem to enjoy videogames more than regular Cnaadians (just like all of those stories in Korea). Is your demographic right?