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  1. Re:It's a Mature game +18 why warn parents? on GTA Sex Game Debate Intensifies · · Score: 2

    If the parents are letting a child play GTA before they heard of this so called 'sex scandal' then why should they be worried about this game now? They obvously don't give two craps about what the child is doing.

    The only things these so called warnings do are increase sales and informing people that would have never heard about this mod in the first place.

  2. Yawn on Across the Atlantic with string and wood · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm guessing by the lack of posts in here that this is getting a big yawn from the crowd.

    Is anyone fascinated by recreating events that happened a long time ago?

    Should we be impressed by people that do things like this? It's been done folks, and there are alot better ways to do it now.

    Is there any event that you would like to see recreated? I suppose someone trying to recreate Magellan's voyage around the world(almost) would be pretty impressive.

  3. Re:Obligatory Simpsons... on 83,431 Recited Digits of Pi · · Score: 1

    Pie is exactly 3.14!!!! Sorry it had to come to that... Glaven.

    I don't know who to feel more sorry for, the guy who did this, or the guy who had to sit and listen to it for verification.

  4. Re:Not Subject to Gadgetitis on 10 Gateway Games · · Score: 1

    I totally agree with the puzzle games, they seem to have the best effect on getting my wife to play. Does anyone know if they make puzzle bobble for the PS2? When I worked at a movie theatre, none of the girls on staff would go near the video games, until they brought in Bust-a-Move. You couldn't pull them away from it...

  5. Doesn't matter on AP to Charge Members to Post Content Online · · Score: 0, Troll

    Duke will still suck
    Your dog will still want steak
    AP will get a UFIA
    Kitten's will still die
    It will still be a trap
    Fb- will still be the father
    There will still be no cure for cancer
    Hilarity will still ensue
    Frnace will still surrender
    (Insert favorite cliche here)
    In Soviet Russia, AP links you!

  6. Obvious on Improving the Windows XP User Interface? · · Score: 1

    Go to an all command-line interface.

  7. EB is the WORST! on The Art of Purchasing Used Games · · Score: 1

    These guys have terrible prices for used games. Usually they are only $10 less than new! I find flea markets the best place for used games, I picked up my sega Nomad and several games for cheep cheep! In Canada there is a store called Microplay that sells used games, they are usually priced well.

  8. Ho Hum. on U.S. to Require Passport To Re-Enter Country · · Score: 1

    Who cares.

    I already bring my passport with me whenever I travel. I show it leaving and entering the country if it is required or not. I find it makes travelling that much easier.

    If you don't want to go to the US without a passport, then don't.

  9. Have some fun folks! on Tiger Woods Signs Deal To Be Apple Spokeperson · · Score: 1

    Why is everyone biatching about the April Fools stuff? It sure beats reading the real news out there. Have some fun and lighten up, you'll live longer.

  10. Put in new furnace on How Are You Conserving Energy? · · Score: 1

    We got one of the goverment subsidised energy audits. The main this he recommended was putting in a new high-efficiency furnace. Which we did, one of those 93% jobbies. This enabled us to keep the house at a lower temperature while keeping the sasme level of comfort. It's supposed to cut at least 30% off our natural gas bill.

  11. Re:Encrypted PIN on credit cards? on Magnetic Stripe Snooping at Home · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not really... As said earlier the 'PIN' on the card is not actually the PIN at all. It is merely an offset which is used along with a DES key and the PAN to calculate the real PIN. Your bank may either store the real PIN on their host system or use this offset calculation method. The PIN is transmitted over the line during a transaction (unless the ATM verifies for you). It is either DES or TDES encrypted, so technically that could be brute-forced.

  12. Re:Missing Information on Magnetic Stripe Snooping at Home · · Score: 1

    Actually it is possible to do this, and some places do. A language flag can be imprinted in the track2 data (card number) for the terminal to read.

  13. Re:IBM Thinkpad on Laptops w/o Trackpads? · · Score: 1

    Toshiba does not use the 'nipple' anymore. I also have the same problems with the trackpad. I don't know why the trackpad won out over the nipple. The nipple is easier and far more practical.