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  1. Re:Shareware? on The Real Story of Audion · · Score: 1

    Uh, hate to break it to you, but I have counterexamples.

  2. Re:Shareware? on The Real Story of Audion · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not quite. In my mind, the difference between nagware and shareware is simple. Nagware produces a dialog box or something similar that whines at you until you register. Often, you must wait 60 seconds before you are able to dismiss this dialog box.

    Examples of nagware:
    -DialogView, an extension for Mac OS Classic that made your standard Open/Save dialogs look nicer, would bother you upon startup until registration
    -In Escape Velocity, Hector the Parrot orbits the outskirts of planetary systems and whines until you register. In some versions, he attacks your ship.
    -WinZip makes you click "I Agree" every time you use it!
    -GraphicConverter has logarithmic scale that relates the time you must wait for it to start up and the number of days you have gone without registration.

    Examples of shareware:
    -Senseless Violence I, a Frogger clone with babies instead of frogs, did not present a single in-game annoyance or ad. You only had a reminder to register in a readme file.
    -Zipple; another Mac OS Classic add-on that could animate your Apple, Help, and Application menus; no registration necessary. The author sent you a bunch more Zipples.

  3. Re:Shareware? on The Real Story of Audion · · Score: 2, Informative

    Winzip would be in the nagware category.

  4. Re:ea_spouse on EA Games: The Human Story · · Score: 1

    The balance will probably shift again, but it won't be back in our direction -- probably to Afghanistan or Iraq, just as soon as their bombed-out economies replace their infrastructure as Japan and Germany did after WWII.

    Afghanistan and Iraq have a very long way to go before they're safe places to do business like outsourcing. My money is on Eastern Europe and the Phillipines becoming the next budget programmer sources.

  5. Re:Soon brother, soon. on U.S. Goverment Responds to EFF's Indymedia Motion · · Score: 1

    Funny, the charter schools around here cater to low-income kids...

  6. Re:Soon brother, soon. on U.S. Goverment Responds to EFF's Indymedia Motion · · Score: 1

    i think you're confusing charter schools and private school vouchers

  7. Re:Better Idea on Rules Set for $50 Million America's Space Prize · · Score: 1

    holland is in the middle east now?

  8. Re:Radical on Examining Mac OS X 10.4's Spotlight · · Score: 1

    It's not. Check out FullPixelSearch (which might be discontinued)

  9. Re:Updates on Mac OS X 10.3.6 Update Available · · Score: 1

    as far as the c compiler is concerned you mean. there's no way to assume that j. random calculator app does everything as an int where possible.

  10. Re:What "Performace capture" really is. on Teaser Trailer for 'Cars'; Info on 'Polar Express' · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you want to see some rotoscoping in action, check out either Ralph Bakshi's "Lord of the Rings" or "American Pop".

  11. Re:4 MORE WARS on Electoral-vote.com Under Heavy Load; Attack? · · Score: 1

    mod parent funny after reading grandparent...

  12. Re:OS on IBM Smart Card OS On A 1MB Smart Card · · Score: 1

    with a 400k floppy or an 800k floppy? if it's 400k, then that's still under 1MB!

  13. Re:No because... on Why Apple Should Port Games · · Score: 1
    i'm sure such software costs quite a bit, and that many artists do not necessarily have the money for it.

    i'm also guessing that 10 years ago this was also the case.

    apple may very well be involved in your software indirectly. from http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/colorsync/

    Founded in 1993 by Apple and seven other vendors, the ICC now has a member base of more than 70 industry-leading manufacturers and software developers, including Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Creo, Adobe and Quark. Its charter is to create and promote an open color management architecture and vendor-neutral file formats.
  14. Re:No because... on Why Apple Should Port Games · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple has had a pervasive color synchronization system in place for quite some time. This makes doing print stuff easier.

  15. Re:Increased Pointer size on What Makes Apple's Power Mac G5 Processor So Hot · · Score: 1

    There is no way to load 32-bit immediate data with a 32-bit instruction word anyway!

  16. Re:Infinite resolution ? on Laser Powered Virtual Display · · Score: 1

    You will never be able to scale a bitmap without pixelisation (without vectorizing it first). I don't see how your comment really applies, other than as a karma vehicle.

  17. Re:You mean the robot from Buck Rogers? on Are we Headed for a Wiki World? · · Score: 1

    that's wickET

  18. Re:Who do you fine? on FCC's Powell vs. Howard Stern on KGO-AM · · Score: 1

    they wouldn't have fined bono anyway. the 'operator' of whatever broadcast medium is the offending party, and gets fined.

    howard stern can get fined personally because he is at the controls, and the owners of the station can get fined for letting him say bad things.

  19. Re:Again? Look, can we just take it as read on 40GB RCA Lyra: Apple Fans Needn't Fret · · Score: 1

    1.) it's ugly
    2.) no integration with iTMS
    3.) too big to fit comfortably in a pocket
    4.) doesn't play AAC

  20. Re:2.3GHz? on Virginia Tech Supercomputer Up To 12.25 Teraflops · · Score: 1

    dude, have you never seen those "property of bahdeblah sports team athletic club" shirts?

  21. Re:2.3GHz? on Virginia Tech Supercomputer Up To 12.25 Teraflops · · Score: 5, Informative

    they were sold off by MacMall at a slight discount around 6 months ago, along with a certificate of authenticity and a "property of virginia tech" sticker

  22. Re:Never heard that word before.. on SMPTE Adoption Of WMV9 Hits Some Snags · · Score: 1

    never watched gi joe, then?

    (no, i can't believe that gave the name snowjob to a kids' toy)

  23. Re:Arrrrggg! on Godless Godzilla and Godzilla at 50 · · Score: 1

    first explain how america got into that JAPANESE film.

  24. Re:Too warm? on Warm Offices Boost Productivity · · Score: 1

    no topless beaches in scandinavia!

  25. Re:Wow on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    amplified to continuously turn off any TV in a 20 mile radius? I can't wait! ROFL.

    ooo, even the ones that aren't in its line of sight? even the ones that it's *gasp* not pointed at? WUAUAWAWAWOWOWOWOW