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  1. Re:Gabe Newell is a liar on Valve Takes Optimistic View of Piracy · · Score: 3, Informative

    The goldsrc engine was a heavily modified quake engine, and the source engine was a rewrite of the goldsrc engine. This is not news. Everyone knew that during the release of HL2. The only thing the code leak showed us was that Valve rewrote the engine by replacing the goldsrc engine piece by piece; something that Valve told the public even before the leak. So yes, Source is Valve's creation with a structure derived from the work at id.

    And secondly, "Gabe Newell is a total programming novice"? I guess it does represent the legitimacy of your rant quite well.

  2. Re:125 watt only? on 45nm Phenom II Matches Core 2 Quad, Trails Core i7 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The later AM3s will have 95w x4's in feburary. Check your board's product page if they plan on supporting it for that model.

  3. Re:Good... but... on 45nm Phenom II Matches Core 2 Quad, Trails Core i7 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Except that AM3 is compatible with many AM2+ boards; I know mine is. AM3 has both a DDR2 and DDR3 memory controller.

  4. Re:Nuke it from space on "Smash Your Hard Drive" To Fight Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    Who says I was quoting?

    Like most comments on slashdot, that was a completely original thought.

  5. Nuke it from space on "Smash Your Hard Drive" To Fight Identity Theft · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...It's the only way to be sure.

  6. Re:2009 on Linux 2.6.28 Promises Year-End Presents · · Score: 0

    Damnit, it's not even 2009 yet and people are already jinxing it!

  7. Re:Good lesson in black market economics on What Restrictions Should Student Laptops Have? · · Score: 1

    And you stop them from pulling the CMOS battery how?

  8. why climbers die on mount everest... on Why Climbers Die On Mount Everest · · Score: 1

    ...to ensure there's never a shortage of darwin award recipients.

  9. Re:Want to be hip /.? on Why Auto-Scaling In the Cloud Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bingo!

  10. Re:I like Steam on Valve's Gabe Newell On DRM · · Score: 1

    I've logged into plenty more than 6 computers with my steam account. Either they like me much more than you, or the suspicious activity in question was something other than the installation count.

  11. For the next project, I've got just two words: on Black Mesa Nearing Completion, Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    Ricochet Source!

  12. Re:I propose a new file system.. on On the State of Linux File Systems · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, the cutoff should be 640K since 64K might not be enough for everybody.

  13. Re:And as a precaution... on Ballmer Ordered To Testify In 'Vista Capable' Case · · Score: 1

    Just bolts? You sure that's enough?

  14. Re:50 Billion dollars on NASA Exploring 8 New Space Expeditions · · Score: 1

    It doubt it was India's achievement that saddened him, but rather the shortcomings of the US.

  15. Re:To Be, or not To Be... on Ted Stevens Loses Senate Re-Election Bid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You mean it's actually possible to be more of a socialist for Alaska than Ted Stevens?!

  16. Re:shouldn't be legal on The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker · · Score: 1

    True, every voter has equal say. But those with access to lobbyists are more equal than others.

  17. Re:ESRB, AKA useless on ESRB Supplements Rating System With Summaries · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if it weren't for RockStar, Jack Thompson might still be an attorney. :D

  18. Re:Continuity problems already on First Trek Film Footage Unveiled · · Score: 1

    And why have a Korean play a Japanese character (Sulu)? WTF? I guess they are depending on the old cracker saying "what's the difference?"

    That old craker who said what's the difference was George Takei when he approved of the pick.

  19. Re:I dare you.... on IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent · · Score: 1

    Oh come on, you know somewhere out there was an asshole couple who had a daughter who said to each other, "Hey, you know what would be hilarious?.."

  20. Re:I dare you.... on IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent · · Score: 1

    Wow, a Tri-level Touche!

  21. Re:I dare you.... on IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent · · Score: 1

    Funny you mention that, I was going to add that I knew a guy named Karen; wiki's explination was that his family was probably Armenian.

  22. I dare you.... on IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent · · Score: 2, Interesting

    IBM, I dare you find a name where there's no one also by that name of the opposite sex.

  23. Re:Native Video in Firefox on Theora 1.0 Released, Supported By Firefox · · Score: 2

    It's only feature creep if it's unnecessary. Youtube proves the contrary.

    It's only bloat if they rewrite their own theora codec.

  24. Re:Disconnect on Air Force To Rewrite the Rules of the Internet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, I liked the previous version... it better illustrated the obviousness of the solution.

  25. Re:there's nothing wrong here on Air Force To Rewrite the Rules of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Better yet: the Air Force can contract out the work to the NSA.