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  1. Only $5.95!!! on Internet Hunting · · Score: 0

    This costs $5.95 for a round of shooting! That's about an hour's pay for burger flippers. I figured it would cost an exorbitant amount, and I really wish it did. Any sick 8-year-old can lie their parents into thinking this is a cool online game, bum $5.95 off them, and shoot deer from the safety and comfort of their own living room. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?

  2. Re:Link anyone? on Internet Hunting · · Score: 0
  3. link to site on Internet Hunting · · Score: 0
  4. Re:Hedging their bets on Microsoft and SBC Team Up on IPTV · · Score: 0

    Microsoft is not getting out of the operating system. More people get fishhooked on their garbage every single day, so why give up on it? They are not giving up on 'doze, they are using the booty from 'doze to do this.

  5. Does this mean... on Microsoft and SBC Team Up on IPTV · · Score: 0

    Will we be able to get the signal on our computer? (Paying the monthly fee of course.)
    How much do you want to bet Firefox is mysteriously "unsupported" if it is possible?

  6. Re:It won't work. on Netscape Reborn? · · Score: 0

    The game was Call to Power II.

  7. Re:It won't work. on Netscape Reborn? · · Score: 0

    Nope. Wasn't either of those. The community is currently documenting the code and plans to eventually make a sequel. And it all needs the original CD to play. Brilliant idea by the IP-owners

  8. Re:Great move back in '98 on Netscape Reborn? · · Score: 0

    No, it's not a good idea. Cross-apply my argument a little higher up in the page (if you are reading on 0)

  9. It won't work. on Netscape Reborn? · · Score: 1

    There have been some occasions in the past in which a company released the source code to their product, expecting some kind of profit later. This doesn't work! Although it does make their product hugely better because of the free code they can later put back to use, the free product is generally even better than theirs. Look at Netscape/Firefox. Yes, I know the Mozilla project didn't use much NS code, but the point is that NS started them down the road of making a browser, with the intention of profiting.
    1. Open Source
    2. Take whatever people make from it
    3. Profit
    Just doesn't work.
    Another (better) example is OpenOffice.org. They got most of their code from Sun's proprietary StarOffice. Now Sun puts OOo code back into StarOffice. But who wants to buy it now that OOo is free. That's why MS doesn't release the source to Office or Windows. It never works. Software companies need to realize that you can either be charitable or profit. You can't make money from your charity. It never works.

    There was, however, a game that is still being sold commercially whose source code was released, but you still need the CD to play. Best world for everyone. If anyone remembers what this is, please reply and tell me.

  10. Yes. on Is The Lone Coder Dead? · · Score: 0

    How can one (wo)man ever hope to compete with legions of coders working together?

  11. Re:What does this have to do with our rights onlin on MPAA Sues Movie-Swappers · · Score: 0

    Troll? Are you KIDDING ME?

  12. Re:Bittorrent block? on MPAA Sues Movie-Swappers · · Score: 0

    Oh, I see what you mean.

  13. Re:Bittorrent block? on MPAA Sues Movie-Swappers · · Score: 0

    How could they do this, noting the fact that BitTorrent is completely decentralized? AFAIK, that is the entire point of a decentralized network. The RIAA can't stop it. Also, why would they do this anyway, because movies are hardly ever shared as ISOs, and music even less so?

  14. What does this have to do with our rights online? on MPAA Sues Movie-Swappers · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since when do we have the right to swap movies (or music for that matter) online? This does not violate our rights. So why did the editors put it under "your rights online"? Yes, okay, if "you" means the music company owners. But it doesn't. Copyright laws clearly make this sort of thing illegal. However stupid these laws are (Which yes, I agree, they are stupid,) we have no right to violate them. The music companies should be commended for protecting their rights.

  15. Re:Usability on Bringing Open Source To The Classroom · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's why they developed KDE. Windows==You double click on something and it comes up. 5 minutes later it crashes. CLI or X11 with WM==You type something and it comes up. KDE==You double click on something and it comes up. So, how is Windows more usable?

  16. Re:Opera is a great browser on Opera Facing Losses While Firefox Usage Grows · · Score: 0
  17. Re:Opera is a great browser on Opera Facing Losses While Firefox Usage Grows · · Score: 0

    Yes. Basically anytime you want to do something non-standard, the standards-compliant way is to use CSS.

  18. Re:It makes no difference. on Meet Millionaire Spammer Jeremy Jaynes · · Score: 0

    Get Mozilla Thunderbird.
    www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird

  19. Peoply who respond to spam... on Meet Millionaire Spammer Jeremy Jaynes · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Don't deserve to keep their money. This guy should be commended for teaching the idiots of the world a valuable lesson. I'm sure he did all this in the name of public service.

  20. Re:Google embraces Firefox on Opera Facing Losses While Firefox Usage Grows · · Score: 1, Insightful

    and http://www.google.com/unclesam
    What these do is narrow your search.
    (theoretically) if you search on google.com/linux, you will only get results pertaining to Linux. Ditto for all the other options. This has been around for a long time, it's not some conspiracy.

  21. Re:Opera is a great browser on Opera Facing Losses While Firefox Usage Grows · · Score: 0

    *AHEM*
    PROPRIETARY ATTRUBUTES:
    leftmargin
    topmargin
    marginwidth
    m arginheight
    height
    bordercolor

    At this point I got sick of reading the *long* validator output. Okay, they aren't tags, but proprietary attributes are just as bad. Also, there is a lot of misnested stuff and omitted end tags.
    End the tags!

  22. Re:Opera is a great browser on Opera Facing Losses While Firefox Usage Grows · · Score: 0

    Have you ever looked at the HTML behind slashdot? It borders on disgusting to those of us who respect standards. BTW, turn off the OSTG toolbar and you'll see even more horrors.

  23. Re:Opera is a great browser on Opera Facing Losses While Firefox Usage Grows · · Score: -1

    Try not to use proprietary tags. Why should a tag invented by the makers of IE or Netscape be expected to work in Opera? That seems pretty silly once you think about it.

  24. yay faster bus. on New Intel Chipset and Extreme Edition CPU Tested · · Score: -1

    Intel is finally seeming to realise that the bottleneck nowadays is the bus.

  25. p2p is dying. on Interview With Lucas Gonze of Webjay · · Score: 3, Interesting

    P2P is becoming viewed more and more like warez. Whether or not there are thorny legal issues, it will still die. Joe User doesn't know his rights, he just listens to the propaganda.