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  1. Re:Open source bloat on Knoppix 3.9 Released · · Score: 1

    For both MEPIS and Ubuntu it's a single CD. And "the evil and incompetent Microsoft" does not have an Office Suite, IRC clients, and a host of other software on it.

    What was your point again?

  2. Re:Moral of the story? on Korean MSN Site Hacked · · Score: 1

    I think you mean their server. Again, this is what Microsoft 'believes', according to their own statements. There is no proof yet what happened and how.

    All that is known is that code was attached to the site. While it's most likely the result of an exploit, it could be that a disgruntled employee did it.

  3. Re:Ahh.. jumping puzzles... on A Gamer's Manifesto · · Score: 1

    That's 30 some years ago. Sounds time-tested to me.

  4. Re:Ahh.. jumping puzzles... on A Gamer's Manifesto · · Score: 1

    In the modern computing age, there is no excuse for not giving me both.

    How about time? If games take longer to release because of extra work involving research and coding and testing because of AI, are you willing to wait? Is everyone else willing to wait?

    Agoraphobic? Fear of public places?

    Everyone wants it all. But the simple matter of fact is that you can't get it all, given the finite state of resources. And the quality of graphics, for a long while now, has determined the attraction of a game.

  5. Re:Ahh.. jumping puzzles... on A Gamer's Manifesto · · Score: 4, Informative

    (Good) AI and graphics require huge amounts processing power. The fact is that good graphics attract gamers more than good AI. Look at E3 2005. The demos were all about graphics and how realistic they were.

    Games use finite-state machines for AI simply because the range or variety of moves in each game is limited. And for each move or state, there is a logical reaction, not unlike rock-paper-scissors. It's hard to move forward on intelligence without expanding the variety of plays. Black and White worked because the range of abilities was far greater than any FPS.

    However, for people like myself that prefer strategy and thinking over gfx, we still have the time-tested games of chess, go and sudoku.

  6. Re:Fine. on Illinois Game Law Passes · · Score: 1

    Just because it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things doesn't mean it should be oppressed by legislation.

    E.g. Will stopping you from freely expressing your ideas online ruin your life? It may make it unpleasant, but it won't ruin it. Perhaps someone should issue a legislation to ban you from posting online then.

  7. Re:Oh great, now movies made from blogs on SMU Lecturer Takes Heat For Blog · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, I don't see how she could have enough content for a coherent movie

    And, that'll stop Hollywood how?

  8. Re:Good on Trojan Built for Industrial Espionage · · Score: 1

    And how do you suppose they do that? With extra monitoring of your system? With more processes and stuff locked down? With the removal of ActiveX perhaps?

    Perhaps rather than companies taking even more measures to stop spyware, it's time for the users to take some responsibility too. If users can't be bothered to secure their own property, there's no reason why Microsoft or Symantec should be.

  9. Re:He found a *flower* on Extinct Wildflower Found In California · · Score: 1, Funny

    He's a Berkeley grad student. It's quite obvious what he's going to do with the flower: get Amit Singh to install BSD (naturally) on it.

  10. Re:crap on Netscape 8 Breaks IE XML · · Score: 1

    By using Gecko to view XML files instead?

  11. Re:You're outta here! on Netscape 8 Breaks IE XML · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're thinking that Netscape 8 breaking IE is a flaw, while it's clearly a feature. Hence, #3 is not a strike, it's a home-run.

  12. Re:The Inquirer on Inquirer Blasts Mozilla for Microsoft-Style Bashing · · Score: 1

    Whether or not they've blasted others and their reputation don't make their point any less valid.

    See the difference between the Inquirer and Ben Goodger is that the former is a tabloid. They're supposed to do things like this.

    Ben Goodger is not supposed to flame indirect supporters of the Mozilla Foundation. He's supposed to be encouraging it. His comments that you can get only the best Firefox releases from Mozilla.org itself, while quite possibly true, reeks of vendor lock-in, in a sense.

  13. Re:Next step on Blank Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Hey. It works in movies!

  14. Re:BS on Linux and OpenOffice save Microsoft Presentation · · Score: 1

    A. Perhaps, and if that's true, you'll see a retraction or a story about it soon enough. Until then, enjoy.

    B. Microsoft HQ, perhaps. But this is Microsoft Ukraine, which may have different policies.
    Take this, for example, which was found via a Google search on Microsoft's own site for Ukraine. While it may be from 2003, I'm guessing they'd have that 'watermark' policy for longer.

    C. Because clearly a story about Microsoft running a presentation on Linux trumps stories about al-Zarqawi's injury and the Senate filibustering.

  15. Re:This the same EU? on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft is just another company. The EU, even without its Constitution, has taken on the cosmetics and electronics industry, and won. Don't forget that the EU constitutes a larger market than the US.

    As for the EU's inability to get their member states to vote favorably on the Constitution, many believe this has more to do with Europeans' sentiments about their national leaders which are pushing the Constitution through.

  16. Re:Hmmm... on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 1

    I heard lunacy skips a generation. It's their kids reproducing that we have to worry about.

  17. Re:Hmmm... on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 1

    They'd have to take the tinfoil rubbers off sometime, and we'll be waiting.

    Regards,

    Ray Gamma,
    Brain-farking Microwaves Inc.

  18. Re:Hmmm... on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 2, Funny

    One word: sex.

  19. Re:Dvorak on Apple to Use Intel Chips? · · Score: 1

    So in about 12 hours, another Dvorak prediction will come true?

    Cue the Four Horsemen (from the Bible, not WWF)

  20. Re:Moving toward standards? on Apple to Use Intel Chips? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To get a better deal from IBM. That would lower their costs and lower the prices of the Macs.

    Essentially they're shifting part of the cost burden to IBM, while keeping their share of the profits intact, in an attempt to boost their sales.

    Also, it could be an attempt to make sure that IBM, with its focus on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Revolution, does not forget about Apple.

  21. Re:Here is what I want in a phone: on Television on your Phone · · Score: 1

    Here is what I want in a phone:
    -a good strong signal that won't drop calls
    -a long battery life
    -the ability to survive repeatedly being dropped onto a hard surface from a height of about 5 feet
    -waterproofing might be nice


    I bet you like your martinis shaken and not stirred too.

  22. Re:I obviously could never compete. on 2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship · · Score: 4, Informative

    The password for the practice test is kronos.

    There's a link to the password below.

  23. Re:Huh? on No Billboards in Space · · Score: 1

    They are following the rules of colonialism, otherwise known as claiming area for one's nation with the cunning use of flags. The US has a flag on the moon, so until someone else claims another piece of space with another flag, it's all theirs.

    For more please refer to Eddie Izzard.

  24. Re:Why it hasn't caught on there... on Asia Next Frontier in Blogging · · Score: 1

    And you base this on.. the Tianamen crackdown? The Falun Gong incident? China's censorship of the WWW?

  25. Re:Why it hasn't caught on there... on Asia Next Frontier in Blogging · · Score: 1

    Which part of the article says that the posts which had to be removed were anti-Chinese or anti-Government?

    Yes, the Gong An told them to take those posts down. But perhaps they were flaming Japanese, which became quite popular in China during that period. Perhaps more information is required (via a blog, perhaps?) before we can jump to conclusions.