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  1. Store Credit on Settlement Proposed in iPod Class Action Suit · · Score: 1

    I just love it when class action lawsuits are settled with credit to purchasing products made by the sued company.

  2. Re:Already done??? on Microsoft Begins anti-virus Software Development · · Score: 1

    Except if you actually try to do that, Windows doesn't let you; the disk being in use and all.

  3. Re:Christian propaganda...? on Chronicles of Narnia Trailer · · Score: 1

    It might not have been directly brought about by Christianity, but the first Crusade was started by Pope Urban VII. He also promised that anyone who went on the crusade would have all their sins forgiven no matter how severe.

  4. Re:Moderate: Unfunny on Hitchhiker's Guide Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Except for the fact the book came out six or so months after the movie.

  5. Single Player on Total Annihilation Remake Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    4.14 - Will TA Spring support campaigns?
    No. TA Spring will only support multiplayer.

    4.18 - Will there be an AI or a "skirmish" mode?
    No. There is no AI or skirmish support planned.


    I lost all interest after reading that.

  6. Re:2D ban on PSP Launch Coverage · · Score: 1

    There is officially some sort of restriction on 2D games. SNK couldn't get Metal Slug released on the PS2 because of this. The 2D games that do make it onto the PS2 are do to a bending of that rule not proof that it doesn't exist.

  7. Quantum Tunneling on Escape from the Universe · · Score: 1

    On a similar note, in Hyperspace, the author notes that if the universe doesn't end and is destined to expand indefinately until every star dies, etc., it becomes a very real possibility that everything in the universe will quantum tunnel to another universe which is hopefully full of matter.

  8. Re:Animals on Make Magazine Subscription Now Available · · Score: 1

    Everyone will be an orangutan.

  9. Rumors on Halo on Gizmondo? · · Score: 1

    It's very possible that Bungie is just denying this now because nothing official has been announced.

  10. Re:Interplay is dead and gone... on Interplay Forced to Liquidate (France) · · Score: 1

    not switching their focus to consoles.

  11. Re:but TIE stands for ... on Another Star Wars RTS in the Works · · Score: 1

    It's not really called the TIE crawler. It's "official" name is the Century Tank; TIE crawler is just a nickname because the body of the tank is the same as a TIE pod.

  12. Re:Winner on Comparing Codecs for 2004 · · Score: 5, Informative

    NeroDigital was declared the overall winner, not XviD. XviD had the best quality versus encoding speed. TFA specically says

    Finally, XviD, one year after taking the crown, had to give it back. It would've won again, if it were not for ateme's AVC codecs. So, if you make DVD backups now that need to work on a standalone or slower machine, XviD is still a very good option, but I guess we'll see AVC capable decoder chips in 2005.

    and

    Looking at the encoding speed table, this was an easy pick: XviD clearly delivers the best quality per FPS and shows that high speed is not detrimental to quality at all. Also, ateme's Main Profile encoder delivered a good 31.40 fps, which is very respectable for an AVC codec, and thus it earned the 2nd place in this category.

  13. Re:idiots + crime = caught on $1.5 Million Bar-code Scheme Bilks Wal-Mart Stores · · Score: 1

    "Two may keep a secret if one of them is dead" is from Poor Richard's Almanac by Ben Franklin.

  14. Nintendo DS on Conference Brings Together Surgery and Video Games · · Score: 1

    Wasn't there a Japanese DS game being developed where you performed surgery and had to talk to the patient using the built in voice recognision.

  15. Re:NINTENDO relies on franchises? on Nintendo Running Itself into the Ground? · · Score: 1

    Technically Tales of Symphonia is a franchise game. It's the fourth game in the Tales of... series. The first three are Tales of Phantasia (SNES/PSX/GBA), Tales of Destiny(PSX) and Tales of Eternia/Tales of Destiny II(PSX). Tales of Phantasia was the only one never to come out in the US.