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  1. Re:Worthless store on Wal-Mart Ditches DRM, Keeps Censorship · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just because it's not the government censoring, doesn't mean its not censorship. It is just that the government is not allowed to censor, whereas anyone else is(or at least that's the impression I get, I am not American).

  2. Re:Cool. You just wrote a bug. on Beautiful Code Interview · · Score: 1

    If you were using python, you could do something like:

    while not wannabreak:
       for j in range(0, jmax):
          # inner loop
          if wannabreak:
             break
       else:
          # outer loop

    But really, breaks are worse than a goto used in this context anyway.
    A break is just a goto without an easy to find label, so the goto makes
    it easier to read.

  3. Re:The list on Top Irritating Words Spawned by Internet · · Score: 1

    Where are you getting this? I can't find anything that says an acronym needs to be pronounced as a word.

  4. Re:No... on Pressure Is On IBM To Forgive Millions In IT Debt · · Score: 2, Funny

    It would be smart for both sides to come to some kind of settlement
    You mean like agree that the school will pay it off in four $1.25 million installments starting 15 years from now? That's a great idea!
  5. Re:Win32 dev bad? NOT for Delphi/Kylix & Win32 on Linux Programmer's Toolbox · · Score: 1

    I can't stand the Delphi IDE. The Delphi debugger though is excellent, except for exception handling. Though its all personal preference anyway, plus I'm stuck using Delphi 7, which is a bit out of date now.

  6. Re:Form factor on Wii to Get New Hardware - Possibly Hard Drive? · · Score: 1

    Excite Truck can use music from the SD card, so I'd say that 3rd parties can use it, at least to some degree.

  7. Re:Carmack's opinion on id Software Working on New Title · · Score: 1

    There have already been 7. Marooned on Mars, The Earth Explodes, Keen Must Die!, Keen Dreams, Secret of the Oracle, The Armageddon Machine, Aliens Ate my Babysitter.

  8. Re:This is just. plain. stupid. on Mixed News for Nintendo, Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Heh. Now that you mention it, I paid more for my DS than I did for my TV.

  9. Re:Middle Earth Keeps going after the book ends... on The Destiny of Lord of the Rings Online · · Score: 1

    but they would have given themselves a lot more breathing room if they'd started it during probably at least the beginning of the second age instead
    They don't have the rights to the Silmarillion, so they can't do this.
  10. Re:Advanced Starts aren't new on New Civ IV Expansion Announced, Ninja Gaiden DS · · Score: 1

    I thought you could have an advanced start from Civ I, or at least Civ II. Granted, it was just the AI had a couple of turns for you at the beginning, during which time they would build your capital in some crappy spot and maybe build a second city with overlapping resource squares, but it was definitely there.

  11. Re: Wii is plenty powerful... on PlayStation 3 Launches in EU/AU · · Score: 1

    especially since they're a mere fraction of the sales of the PS2, or even of the XBox and GameCube.
    According to vgcharts, the GameCube sold 21m units, the XBox 25m, and the Wii 6m. That's a pretty big fraction considering it's only been out less than 5 months.
  12. Re:An error rate of on Victims Fight Back Against DMCA Abuse · · Score: 1

    printf("%.2f\%\n", 0.0/0.0);

    nan%

  13. Re:the mountains are our future homes on Using Google Earth to See Destruction · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, they live under bridges. So you'll be the first to go!

  14. Re:WarCraft on The Ten Most Important Games · · Score: 1

    Although Renegade isn't even an RTS, so doesn't really belong in the discussion.
    It's kinda fun though. And the faces are butt-ugly.

  15. Re:homer simpson would love it... on The Beer Tossing Fridge · · Score: 1

    Now all he needs is a couch with a built in toilet and he'll be all set...
    He already invented one.
  16. Re:Images hosted by NASA on Cassini Returns Amazing New Imagery from Saturn · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can anyone explain why in this picture Saturn obscures the rings on both the near and far sides?

  17. So... on Everything You Know About Disks Is Wrong · · Score: 1

    Nothing is wrong? Phew!

  18. Re:PS 3 sales prediction cut by 25% on Sony Open to Considering PS3 Price Cuts · · Score: 1

    Well since the European/Australian launches are in the last week of March, that should give the number sold a bit of a boost.

  19. Re:Well... on Sony Open to Considering PS3 Price Cuts · · Score: 1

    Yeah. They should have just taken the PS2 and put a clock in it.

  20. Re:Good stuff but short lived maybe? on Elebits and Warioware - Bad Wii and Good Wii · · Score: 1

    If Microsoft introduced an X-remote controller they would be hard pressed to get games with it to sell. Not enough of their market will buy one to make it worthwhile for developers to use it. Never mind that. Put yourself in a 3rd-party developer's shoes. You want to make a game that uses wiimote functionality. Why on earth would you choose to use the 'X-remote', which a small percentage of the userbase has, instead of the Wii, which 100% of the userbase has?
  21. Re:One Console = PC on David Jaffe - In Ten Years Just One Game Console · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's rare that I can buy a new PC game, and not have to make some tweaks/install new drivers/perform a rain dance to get it to run right the very first time. Am I the only person on slashdot who hasn't had to jump through hurdles to get games running? Back in the days of DOS, sure, but these days just pop in the disc, click install, and run.
  22. Re:My thoughts on PC gaming on David Jaffe - In Ten Years Just One Game Console · · Score: 1

    Second, there needs to be a framework for loading/caching game data on the fly. No more installing 5+GB of data. I want to drop the disc in and go. No thanks. Needing to change discs all the time is the thing I hate most about console gaming.
  23. Re:stupidity. on Microsoft Increases Limit on XBLA Downloads · · Score: 1
    there's no reason whatsoever for buying a 3.5 HD smaller than say 3-500GB.
    Actually, 250GB drives have the best price per gigabyte at the moment. At least in Australia.
  24. Re:PS3 in Europe on Wii Outselling PS3 in Japan · · Score: 5, Funny
    Plus the simple European folk tend to use turnips as their currency
    Oh come on. We all know only the Swedes do that.
  25. Re:4 pages of article.... on Oblivion Sequel, Wii Sims, No Bully 2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I loved the 'mini-bases' of Battle for Middle Earth 1, but I heard they got rid of it in 2, so I never got it.