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  1. Re:how good a programmer is he, really? on Bill Gates to Finally Receive His Harvard Degree · · Score: 1

    Well, Pole Position was extremely realistic at that time.
    please see also my next post.

  2. Re:how good a programmer is he, really? on Bill Gates to Finally Receive His Harvard Degree · · Score: 1

    I'm back: this is the link
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DONKEY.BAS
    Now, it was 1981 and, well, Atari was doing just a little little little better than this, with very very very less-powerful machines, you know? ;-)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A2600_Pole_Posi tion.png
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A2600_Breakout. png
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A2600_Space_Inv aders.png

  3. Re:how good a programmer is he, really? on Bill Gates to Finally Receive His Harvard Degree · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't think so.
    Recently somewhere I read that there was a 'driving game' in some msdos distribution, and that it was awful (at best). Well, BillyG thought it was good enough to stamp his name in the credits for programming.

  4. Mayans? on The Digital Bedouins and the Backpack Office · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, mayans had developed wifi technology? ;-)
    This explains a lot...

  5. The LOGO on The Commodore Comeback at CeBIT · · Score: 2, Interesting

    At least, they didn't mess with the logo and butchered as Atari (the new Atari) did.
    Look here

  6. too bad... on The Commodore Comeback at CeBIT · · Score: 1

    too bad that it looks like just another PC clone. Well, a very good clone, it seems, however...

  7. Re:allinone on Palm Responds to the iPhone · · Score: 1

    I think that GP refers to iTunes Music Store, not iTunes the application

  8. Re:It's not the software. on "Very Severe Hole" In Vista UAC Design · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, this is *exactly* like the latest "get a Mac" ad. Maybe even funnier!

  9. Re:Number of movies on Sony Set to Market Blu-ray as Winner of Format War · · Score: 1

    maybe this time is the other way: industries are in a "push" attitude more than ever.

  10. Why? on Sony Set to Market Blu-ray as Winner of Format War · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why is this article here in the games section?

  11. I wonder on Launch of OSS For Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this is just going to be some "tech experiment" or maybe something that people will be actually able to use. In real life, I mean

  12. Classic gaming? on The Fundamentals of Gaming · · Score: 1

    Maybe I am a little too old, but Super Mario happened already *after* the fundamentals were defined, let alone Castelvania!

  13. Re:No One Would Ever... on Windows Chief Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus · · Score: 1

    You are right! And I can tell you, that my Atari Mega4 STE has got a 20 MB hard disk and it is not full yet. (Yes, it is a working computer doing some basic stuff (browsing, doc writing, ...)

  14. Re:Err... on Microsoft's IE Team Leader Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    I actually did this on a couple of relatives' computers, including my father's. It worked great. However, time ago (and only once) it happened that my father had a problem with a link on a website (it was work-related) so he called the website's support people and he was told to go to the configuration menu... (you can imagine the rest of the story)

  15. Re:My Top 5 Games on What Are Your Top Five 'Comfort' Games? · · Score: 1

    Do you mean the Plasma Pong you find in Breakout2000 for Atari Jaguar?

  16. Re:Hmmm... on Spaceballs Animated Series in Production · · Score: 1

    Did anybody say: "Silent Movie"?

  17. Re:DRM is a hassle on iPod Users Buy CDs, Shun iTunes · · Score: 1

    quote: it shows noticable degredation vs. PCM on my 7.1 home theater setup. /quote

    Well, let me tell you that using a 7.1 home theater setup in order to discuss audio quality is a little off, to say the least.

  18. Re:Drop it. on Trouble on the Debian Front? · · Score: 2, Funny

    strange: number three result is :"Gates says Linux best OS ever". Really. try it yourself

  19. Re:LaserDiscs on Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD · · Score: 1

    Wanna sell?

  20. Re:Warning: may induce vomiting on Developers React To 'Wii' · · Score: 1

    may I reply with:
    weee!

  21. confused on Is Apple Trying to Take Over iPod Accessories? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but I do have this FM transmitter, and it's from GRIFFIN, and it does have interface integration, does have equalizer adaption, and such.
    Is the Griffin FM transmitter made by Apple? Or maybe I missed something here.
    Sorry, but the EU market is not as big as the US one in terms of accessories...

  22. Re:Real Irony. on 30th Anniversary of Gates' Letter to HCC · · Score: 1

    You mean like the GIMP?

  23. Re:Liked it on IT Crowd On-line · · Score: 1

    However, I must add that the "hello? Computer" joke comes straight from Star Trek. And you geeks should know when it happened! ;-)

  24. Re:c64/amiga scene on The Return of the Commodore? · · Score: 1

    ...and if I might add, the Ataari scene is alive and kicking as well.

    You nostalgic geeks should have a look at the Amiga or Atari (true Atari, that is) stuff

    http://www.atariage.com/ or http://www.atari-forum.com/ are a good place to start with

  25. Re:Would be nice, but not really... on The 3 Billion Dollar Typo · · Score: 1

    But you should know that there are NOT-dumb applications, where the apply and the cancel buttons DO different things. Let my make an example: Papyrus (a great office suite) Since it was developed on a platform different from Windows (on Atari platform, that is) it has been built with non modal dialogs and a smarter sense of the interface.