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  1. Re:starcraft on the list? on Games That Advanced the Art of Storytelling · · Score: 1

    Uh, yes, actually. Starcraft had actual writers, plot, compelling characters, and the *way* it was told was a huge leap over anything else of the time.

  2. Re:Zamyatkin's We on An Experiment in A New Kind of Music · · Score: 1

    Oh, I know it can be beautiful. But if you've read the book, it's just chilling. Independent thought is not even frowned upon, it's unheard of. Just that sort of book.

  3. Zamyatkin's We on An Experiment in A New Kind of Music · · Score: 5, Informative
    Anyone else read Zamyatkin's We?

    Scary, scary idea. A paraphrase from it: 'Composition was once a sort of trance where slightly insane people wrote music down feverishly. Our way, based on mathematics, is much better. Regular, based on curves and graphs.'

  4. Inherent security on Dvorak Says Apple Move to Intel Will Harm Linux · · Score: 1
    Attacks on linux are created all the time. If maintained properly, it won't have the gaping holes Windows tends to have.

    IANALG

  5. Re:Uhh... what? on Which is Better, Firefox or Opera? · · Score: 1

    Does not cause a crash. I close Firefox 99% of the time by using the mouse gesture I bound to close tab, and when it's the final tab, it closes Firefox.

  6. Re:AdBlock blocker on Does Adblock Violate A Social Contract? · · Score: 1

    The point is if you have ads that people are genuinely interested in blocking...you need to find more ads. If you switch to a different business model, and it works, more power to you! If it doesn't, keep trying!

  7. Re:Shift on iTunes DRM Hole Closed · · Score: 1

    Or draw on it with a marker?

  8. Re:If Slashdot Ruled The World... on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 1
    Does the FCC have all power to regulate, in any way they choose, all communications equipment in existence?

    If so, then they probably have too much power.

    If not, then what they're allowed to regulate should be bound by what Congress has told them they can regulate, no more, no less.

  9. I, Jedi on DNA For Information Processing and Data Storage · · Score: 1

    In the I, Jedi book, there was a reference to this type of technology, wherein someone would sequence flowers with DNA that contained encryption keys to a set of data stored elsewhere. Very useful for blackmail. Seriously, though, if we're approaching SW technology, I'm happy. When're the hyperdrives and usable ion drives coming?

  10. Re:I'm glad that... on High Court Agrees to Hear File-Sharing Dispute · · Score: 1
    Which is more than libraries do, but I see your point.

    And agree with you, it would not actually hurt the programs at all, and *might* have some effect on liability. Very little, though.

  11. Re:I'm glad that... on High Court Agrees to Hear File-Sharing Dispute · · Score: 1

    You haven't read the EULA's?? They all say "Distribution and downloading of copyrighted material is illegal", yadda, yadda. I realize that the EULA isn't really read much, but neither are little yellow signs on the pillars inside libraries.

  12. Re:Much easier - "the toe test" on How to Fix U.S. Patents · · Score: 1

    The point being if you invent a device that does so, you can patent it, but the method itself cannot be. Not saying I necessarily agree with that, but there's the explanation from the previous post.

  13. Klingon on OpenOffice.org In Swahili · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seriously, though, will there be a group of people trying to translate it into any number of mildly famous fictional languages? Elvish, Klingon, etc... Just wondering.

  14. Use only subtraction and addition on Programming Puzzles · · Score: 1

    a = a + b b = a - b a = a - b Same idea as the multiplication answer, since both are commutative, but this gets around divide by zero.

  15. Fafblog! on Your Favorite Political Weblogs? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Definitely the fafblog.

    fafblog.blogspot.com

    Anyone else know of it?

  16. Re:I'm sorry, were you expecting better? on XP2 Spotted In The Wild · · Score: 1

    Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom...repeat ad finitum...

  17. Fencing on Gametrak Controller Wins Award · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now we can have games where you can actually fight with a sword, rather than just press a button to attack, another button to parry, etc...