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  1. What the... on Internet Blackout Threat for Music Thieves in AU · · Score: 1

    When can I get in "talks" with ISPs to change their guidelines?

  2. Re:Thanks for the good reads, Kurt on Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies At 84 · · Score: 1

    I've always seen it as literature. If the Lord of the Rings is literature, I don't see how Dune isn't.

  3. Re:Nethack on The Platinum Age of CRPGs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nethack is what you make it. Most players choose the "homicidal kleptomaniac" role however. Play a Knight, and you have a code to follow. Same for Monks and Samurai (to a lesser extent).

    So there are some roles to play...but it'd be hard to justify it as a CRPG. However, RPGs have taken a different meaning from role-playing games. An RPG is more of a 'hack'n'slash' if anything else now.

  4. Re:Thanks for the good reads, Kurt on Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies At 84 · · Score: 1

    Dune?

  5. Re:Title mis-read... on LED Forty Years Older Than Thought · · Score: 1

    How did you pull that off?

  6. Re:Attaturk on Turkish Assembly Votes For Censoring of Web Sites · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Indeed they have kept Islam out of the government, but they replaced it with the Religion of Attaturk.

  7. Re:Gov't Funded Research Should Be Non-Patentable on Three University of Wisconsin Stem Cell Patents Rejected · · Score: 1

    No where did I say that; I said that if it was purely governmental support it wouldn't work, since there isn't enough money to go around. I was implying that we need both governmental money and money from patents.

  8. Re:Gov't Funded Research Should Be Non-Patentable on Three University of Wisconsin Stem Cell Patents Rejected · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These patents bring money in to the university so they can continue to do research. This supports the research, and lets more research get done. The government doesn't give nearly enough money for all this research to happen without the help of money from patents.

  9. Re:Masks? :( on NiGHTS Wii uses Forecast Channel for Game Weather · · Score: 1

    I'm personally trying to figure out how they'll integrate 20 mini-games into it...

  10. Re:Score.. on Diebold Goes 0 For 3 In Massachusetts Case · · Score: 1

    The Government of the Orange Revolution (was that what it was called?) is falling apart. President just dismantled Parliament, Parliament refuses to dismantle, etc.

  11. Re:Cool! on New Algorithms Improve Image Search · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find it disturbing that you combine porn, your daughter, and rabbits all in your post.

    You have issues.

  12. Re:"slashdot it?" on Top 10 April Fools Stories · · Score: 1

    Nope. Only you.

  13. Re:Out of this World on Serious Magnet Failure at CERN's New Accelerator · · Score: 1

    *pines for the fjords*

  14. Re:hrmm on RIAA Says Accused Students Are Settling · · Score: 1

    No one fixes a pirate and lives.

    Prepare to be boarded.

  15. Re:hrmm on RIAA Says Accused Students Are Settling · · Score: 4, Funny

    what's Joe Pirate to do :) ?

    Live a life on the seas and shoot cannonballs into the RIAA's headquarters?

  16. Re:University of Wisconsin on University of Wisconsin-Madison Bucks RIAA · · Score: 1

    Nope. University of Wisconsin - Madison is known as UW. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is known as UWM.

  17. Re:Monopoly on Internet2 and National LambdaRail To Merge · · Score: 1

    You're assuming it's a commercial service you can buy. AFAIK it's a voluntary network of universities.

    And you're assuming your knowledge is correct. If anyone wants free karma, now is the time to link to wikipedia.

  18. Re:Pronounce it "Lee-eh" on E8 Structure Decoded · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lee-eh! L-E-E--E-H! L-E-E--E-H!

    Poor mathematician. He must've been killed by Snu-Snu. Or maybe lucky mathematician...

  19. Re:What? on Global Warming Endangered by Hot Air? · · Score: 1

    First: I didn't know we could post, then moderate. Second: It was a joke. Laugh.

  20. Re:Powermanagement? on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn - Desktop Linux Matured · · Score: 1

    Also, cpufreq-info has "command not found" when typed in.

  21. Re:What? on Global Warming Endangered by Hot Air? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No it doesn't. Stop spreading lies you shill.

  22. Re:Boot up speed? on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn - Desktop Linux Matured · · Score: 1

    And I would do that, but as it is, Ubuntu doesn't reanimate after being suspended.

  23. Re:Boot up speed? on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn - Desktop Linux Matured · · Score: 1

    I do it every single day for class. On tuesdays, I boot from battery at about 11:55. This takes barely under a minute. At about 12:58, I boot from AC and this takes about 2 minutes. I time it often enough to see it isn't a "one time thing". I think it might be the mouse I use, but I don't understand how trying to find a driver for a mouse would take 50 seconds. Especially since it's the only mouse I use

  24. Boot up speed? on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn - Desktop Linux Matured · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "A positive point about the new version is the booting speed: Feisty boots in 40 seconds on my laptop, while Vista needs about 50 (with McAfee turned off)." How does the current version of Ubuntu compare to this? I have a new laptop and it seems to take over two minutes (while plugged in) to boot up. Oddly, it takes ~1 minute to boot up when it isn't plugged in. I don't understand how that works, but alright. For comparision, Windows XP boots in about 45 seconds.

  25. Re:Headline incorrect (pendantry) on New Species Of Great Cat Found · · Score: 1

    It was found out that the animal was unique. So drop a few words...and a new animal has been found!