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  1. Re:World="US and Europe" on Full Guitar Hero: World Tour Set List Released · · Score: 1

    Airbourne is Australian too.

  2. Re:Not a valid comparison on Facts and Fiction of GPU-Based H.264 Encoding · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but x264 is one of the very best h.264 encoders out there. You could compare it to most other CPU based encoders and it would also come up trumps. Does this mean encoding on a CPU is better than encoding on a CPU?

    Man I wish it was LGPL instead of GPL though.

  3. Re:Most of the old games were crap too on Will Modern Games Stand the Test of Time? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not to mention Civilization, Doom, Dune II, The Secret of Monkey Island, Prince of Persia (89 is close enough). There are tons of games from that era that I will go back and play on occasion.

  4. Re:Gamers shall... on The Gamer's Bill of Rights · · Score: 1

    I thought they got rid of trailers with DVDs. I've only got 1 DVD with anything but the movie and special features on it, and that was an ad for Movie World at the start of The Matrix.
    Now I don't have mountains of DVDs, but I have quite a few. Maybe its just an Australian thing?

  5. Re:The summary is misleading on RealNetworks To Introduce a Simple DVD Copier · · Score: 1

    What on Earth is my laptop doing at the US border?

  6. Re:Slashvertisement on RealNetworks To Introduce a Simple DVD Copier · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It comes from a semi-legit company and probably doesn't have too many spyware and popup modules included.

    When did we stop talking about Real?

  7. Re:Folding@Home on Prions Observed Jumping Species Barrier · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your email isn't shown publicly, so I have decided to reply instead.
    There is a very insightful comment here

  8. Re:False DNA Assumptions on Tabula Rasa Promotion To Send Gamers' DNA to Space · · Score: 1

    If the aliens get hold of my DNA, they might be able to control me, even though my blood type isn't A+.

  9. Re:The Dunning-Kruger Effect on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    ... I really hope that's not the real reason. /. doesn't look like a hockey stick. And it looks even less like an ice-hockey stick, which given the largely North American audience, I assume is being referred to.

  10. Re:That's impossible on Facebook Blocks Users From Mentioning BugMeNot.com · · Score: 1

    This is why I hate karma. Everyone views it as the horror of horrors if they get modded down. The second comment SHOULD be modded redundant, because it is. This eases reading the thread as now I don't have to read the same comment multiple times. I don't care what time the post was made, just that I've already read it. Besides, karma is easy enough to come by. The odd downmod every now and then isn't gonna hurt.

  11. Re:Confused on Every Satellite Tracked In Realtime Via Google Earth · · Score: 1

    Get John Carmack onto it. He'll make it more black.

  12. Re:MIPS will make it a hard sell on Sub-$100 Laptops Have Finally Arrived · · Score: 1

    And only one non-zero. Making it 80% zero, and 20% non-zero.
    int total = (0 * 0.8) + (2 * 0.2);

    So there we have it. 20,000 == 0

  13. Re:ehh.. on Blu-ray Gone In Five Years, Samsung Claims · · Score: 1

    But then Blockbuster will miss out on lucrative overdue fees.

  14. Re:Red Ring of Death Now Cheaper! on Xbox Price Cuts Confirmed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hear from an anonymous coward claiming to be a walmart higher-up

    I'm not sure who I trust less - an anonymous coward or a Walmart higher-up.

  15. Re:Another one free? on Red Alert 1 Released As Freeware · · Score: 1

    Well Christ is meant to be God, and God is meant to be omniscient, so despite the fact he wasn't involved, he should be able to answer the question.

  16. Re:C&C: Total Failure on Red Alert 1 Released As Freeware · · Score: 1

    Releasing the game as freeware is also useful for those who bought the game when it was first released and lost the CDs.

    That would be me. They're not also releasing the audio CD with all the music on it as well are they?

  17. Re:It's clear why they are doing it on SPORE Released 5 Days Early In Australia · · Score: 1

    It's not 5 days early anyway. It was always going to be released here on the 4th, so only 2 days early.

  18. Re:Too expensive. on SPORE Released 5 Days Early In Australia · · Score: 1

    Not the stores, but the distributors.

  19. Re:the fire is in war on China Sets Sights On Rail Record · · Score: 2, Informative

    Somehow I don't see UAV's and IED-proof light armored vehicles benefiting mankind as a whole.

    UAVs are being used to track bushfires in California

  20. Re:My domains start with a on Zebras Get Less Spam Than Aardvarks · · Score: 1

    nobody ever expects the non-alphanumeric character.

  21. Re:Great sentiment... on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    A few plans charge excess usage fees. Generally those with very low download quotas. Excess usage is usually 15c/MB. Most plans shape (even Telstras!). Most shaped plans are shaped to 64Kbps, with Optus being odd at 28.8Kbps. Most plans only count downloads. Telstra plans count uploads as well, as do iiNet Naked ADSL plans, and probably a few others.

  22. Re:Great sentiment... on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 3, Informative

    Likely they'll cut your speed down until the end of the month. That's what most (if not all now) ISPs do in Australia. So you can still email and surf most stuff, just no youtubing or radio streaming.

  23. Re:Makes a lot of sense on Corporate Gaming Is Good For Business · · Score: 1

    A spoon full of sugar does indeed make the medicine go down

    A spoonful of sugar, sure. But a wristband? What the hell do I want with a wristband?!

  24. Re:Serious issue! on What To Do With All of My Gadget Chargers? · · Score: 1

    It does raise a serious issue of why the flying fuck in the sky don't gadgets simply have the same bloody connectors for charging?

    Or at least so long as they use the same voltage and whatnot. Otherwise nasty things may happen.

  25. Re:I found a vulnerability... on LHC Fully Documented Online · · Score: 1

    Plywood? Are you mad? This is a job for gaffer tape!