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  1. Re:Holy buttons! on Gamepark Releases the GP2X Wiz · · Score: 1

    Look back at what the GP2X has done, and you'll see that they hold up to the 'open' promise.

    But if you want a real open device, then go here: http://www.openpandora.org/ Inspired by the GP2X, and everything that was wrong with it.

  2. Re:Ouch on Gamepark Releases the GP2X Wiz · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wireless is an addon module, details not yet released. If you want a 'everything in 1' device, then wait a bit longer for the "open pandora". Which is inspired by the GP2X and everything that was wrong with it. (I own a GP2X and it's an nice device, but the "open pandora" will greatly surpass that)

  3. Re:1994 Floppy Disc on Flash Drive Roundup · · Score: 1

    (secretly awaits any tips on easy slipstreaming)

    "make menuconfig"

  4. Re:Hilarious Overkill on Java Program Uses Neural Networks To Monitor Games · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Except on everything not x86. The speed you currently see on desktop/server java is only accomplished by very good JustInTime compilers. Which are tweaked for x86. So everything else runs java like crap.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture And that includes a few bilion ARM prosessors used in mobile phones. Sure they can run java, but it's nowhere near as fast as C.

    Java is nice, but the 'runs everywhere' feature is the least interesting one of them all. I can run an emulated a full blown x86 on a 8bit microcontroller, but that does not make it useful.

  5. Re:All Versions of Windows affected on When Hacked PCs Self-Destruct · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't need any commands for that. Just let it run for a while.

  6. Re:On Bribing the DM on Legitimizing Real Money Trading In Games · · Score: 2, Funny

    That said though, trust me when I say, "You CAN'T afford a +5 Sword!"

    Unless you have boobs.

  7. Re:First Amendment on EFF Sues Apple Over BluWiki Legal Threats · · Score: 2, Funny

    I ate beans yesterday.

    We know.

  8. Re:Find me Free alternatives to these on Windows 7's Virtual XP Mode a Support Nightmare? · · Score: 1

    Everywhere. Just enter 'homebrew' with your favorite console name in google, and you'll find it. Wii for example: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Main_Page And then we have the handheld consoles build around the oss concept (gp2x, open-pandora, wiz)

  9. Re:Digg This! on Digg Backs Down On DiggBar · · Score: 1

    Embedded PDFs? Just like embedded office files? Wait, don't move, or go anywhere. You must be the guy who came up with that idea, let me call the firing squad. If you have a document in that format, let me download it and view it full screen, not in some 200x200 pixel frame with browser crashes and insane loading times.

  10. Mac ad? More like microsoft ad. on He's a Mac, He's a PC, But We're Linux! · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It looks more like those microsoft ads, where they show white drawings on top of real life video.

  11. Re:FAT on How Does Flash Media Fail? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Even with wear leveling devices still can fail easy. A single power failure during a write can ruin a perfectly good SD card. It took me a single try.

    Most devices that do hardware wear leveling are not power fail safe. And get corrupted beyond repair, random data corruption may follow, or an unreadable device.
    (I've done extensive testing with SD and Compact Flash devices in power fail cases. Because not all manufactures deliver what they promise)