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  1. Re:Anybody know a good price I can get for an NDS? on 10 Million Nintendo DS Units Sold Since Launch · · Score: 1

    Ecost has refurbished Dses for 99 bucks. Not sure if they still have them.

  2. Re:junk psuedoscience on Kong Mirrors Real Evolutionary Paths · · Score: 1

    I believe Kong, the story is based on story back in the 1920s when the first Komodo dragons were imported into zoos in America.

  3. Re:Huh? on The Fortune 500's Blogging · · Score: 1

    Sprint merged with Nextel, and Boeing has sold off their Wichita plant and has been laying tens of thousands of people off for the last 5 years. Not sure if I would call them failing companies, more like beleagured.

  4. Re:Those under 18 do not have the same rights on Indiana Tries to Pass Game Law Again · · Score: 1

    I thought the provision gives the right back to the states. So states can choose whether to regulate alcohol sales. And in certain communities, it is still outright banned.

  5. Re:It doesn't matter... on Humans First Arose in Asia? · · Score: 1

    When people say Pacific Northwest they are usually speaking Seattle, Portland and Vancouver BC. But I agree, other than the I5 corridor, the rest is pretty colorless.

  6. Re:It doesn't matter... on Humans First Arose in Asia? · · Score: 1

    If want to see some nationalism, go talk to some Koreans. China didn't close in on themselves, they were one of the more open Asian trading partners. You are thinking of Korea, the hermit Kingdom or maybe Japan. Reason why there were more expansive western expansion rather than eastern expansion, is because China/Asia had stuff that weren't available in Europe like coffee, tea and spices, and the lack of religious freedom in Europe which led to colonists moving on to new territories.

  7. Re:It doesn't matter... on Humans First Arose in Asia? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I dunno about western culture. Here in the Northwest region of America, every block there is either Indian, Sushi, Thai, Teriyaki or Chinese food. If you watch movies like the Matrix, you see Asian influenced martial arts. If you play video games you are most likely playing a Nintendo or a Playstation. If you watch cartoons, you are most likely watching a Japanese animated story.

    It's a myth that the Chinese didn't use gun powder as weapons. In fact they did. In fact the idea of a Chinese person is also a myth. It's like the myth of an American person. That's why they are successful. They were one of the first places that took disparate groups and held it under one rule as one people, even though quite a few of the inhabitants spoke different languages and were of differerent "races". You might argue that the Romans did that as well, but they failed to hold on to it.

  8. Re:I think the guy's right on Microsoft's Big Bet on Online Gaming · · Score: 1

    Not too sure, Verizon DSL is now cheaper than Verizon Dial up service. Nothing says, MS won't partner up with Verizon, free Xbox Live Gold with Verizon DSL service. Of course it wouldn't be really free as, Verizon will have to pay MS a little kick back.

  9. Re:I think the guy's right on Microsoft's Big Bet on Online Gaming · · Score: 1

    I'm no MS fanboy, but I think what MS want's to do is do more than just providing multiplayer games. Eventually, with connection speeds fast enough, you can download games, music, movies, share pictures, etc with this system. MS is trying to become another America online of old, an insulated online experience. Their own private internet if you will.

  10. Re:Won't they get in trouble with the FDA? on 'Intel Inside' No More · · Score: 1

    I know you are joking, but FDA only covers things you eat. And for most people Pentiums are not delicious treats. For that they eat iPods.

  11. Re:15 minutes? on First Military Exoskeleton Reaches Prototype · · Score: 1

    We already had that war, it was called the Korean War, and then Vietnam war. And we all know those wars went really well.

  12. Re:prescription for depression year round on How Do You Deal with Depression Around Christmas? · · Score: 1

    Studies have shown that people with Bi-polar disorder get a benefit out of mary jane. However, studies have also shown that it also may contribute to schizophrenia.

  13. Re:Fast Food Analogies on Challenges To Microsoft For 2006 · · Score: 1

    Some people do not have cookware and an oven supplied, these people live in dorms or shared living arrangements without an access to a kitchen. Spices at 3-4 dollars a bottle, is going to quickly eat up your entire budget at McDonalds. People generally stop by a McDonalds on the way home from work, or eat it as lunch while away at work, so fuel costs are minimal. Either way you have to buy groceries, and that also eats up fuel costs.

  14. Re:Fast Food Analogies on Challenges To Microsoft For 2006 · · Score: 1

    But you have to invest in cookware and an oven to make that meal. Also you have to invest in things like refrigeration, spices, and other fixed costs. Windows is like McDonalds, upfront costs are minimal, you can get a PC that runs windows well for less than 100 bucks at a used computer store. Running a MacOS well, will cost you at least 400-500. But over time the MacOS will save you more money in the long run.

  15. Re:Interesting, that the refer to paul as the ... on Paul Allen the 'Accidental Zillionaire' · · Score: 1

    I believe Paul Allen was the one to convince Bill Gates to drop out of college and start a company. Bill Gates is richer because, Allen got sick and had to give up stock before the big monopoly years.

  16. Re:Interesting on Paul Allen the 'Accidental Zillionaire' · · Score: 1

    If you call a lifetime of sex with Bill Gates a reward. I suppose some could find that as a reward.

  17. Re:Maybe it's a financial decision? on Paul Allen the 'Accidental Zillionaire' · · Score: 1

    In Washington, anything made pre marriage is not subject to community property. So it wouldn't cost Allen half a zillion dollars.

  18. Re:IBM didn't make a difference; Compaq did on Paul Allen the 'Accidental Zillionaire' · · Score: 1

    They also made Basic for the Apple IIs. That's how Microsoft leveraged Apple to do stuff on the Mac, like remove MacBasic from the market.

  19. Re:hmm on More 2005 Gaming Than You Really Want · · Score: 1

    Yoshi Falls, Cheep Cheep Beach, and Delfino Square is very well made. Each track has shortcuts that unless you unlocked the ghost or play others online, you probably wouldn't know they were shortcuts. I didn't really like the clock one or the browser one or the pinball one. I like it simple and sweet.

  20. Re:It works on all the major platforms... on Dvorak Says MS Should Buy Opera · · Score: 1

    It was a result of a settlement or a contract issue, when MS bought shares in Apple a few years ago. Apple agreed to bundle Explorer in return MS agreed to develop applications for the Mac, because Apple knew that without further Office development, it was dead. Contracts are not per se illegal but theres where the GP was thinking of.

  21. Re:It works on all the major platforms... on Dvorak Says MS Should Buy Opera · · Score: 1

    MS also owns Virtual PC. Instead of selling 2 products, MS can now sell 3.

  22. Re:seriously. on Best and Worst of 2005 · · Score: 1

    That would be quite cool. You get on your Kart, get some fireballs and then drive by some Flying Koopas.

  23. Re:Anybody? on Best and Worst of 2005 · · Score: 1

    Phantom did it right by not releasing a console.

  24. Re:My 2 cents... on How Would You Design a Captcha for the Deaf-Blind? · · Score: 1

    No I was logged in, but I still had to use captcha. It might've been because they greylisted my IP or something like that. It went away after a while.

  25. Re:Purpose design decisions to make Xbox != PC on 11 Design Mistakes of the Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    Didn't the Dreamcast come with an Internet Browser, keyboard accessories and the ability to plug a VGA monitor. Worked well for Sega, wonder why MS doesnt follow suit.