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  1. Re:The bottom line on DDO's Turbine Partners With Notorious SuperRewards · · Score: 1

    Holy hell, monthly expansions? How big are they?

    I don't know about anyone else but just seems waaaay too fast. Even if it was just a dungeon or a level increase every other update, it sounds like continually having the carpet pulled from under your feet.

  2. Re:This is why I only play D&D (3rd ed.) on StarCraft Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, you'd need a different set of rules and, presumably, a DM you're comfortable with sexually (depending what you plan to be doing with said chicks).

    "k, rolling for gender check."
    "You did that already."
    "Yeah, well, after last time, I feel like rolling again. Panties of Binding +5, my ass...."
    "I didn't make the tuckback rule. You got a problem? Take it up with the book!"

  3. How about bloat? on Google Incorporates Site Speed Into PageRank Calculation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If site A and site B have the same info, then how about weighing which one has the info spread over 10 pages with 3-4 different adservers spewing flash and gifs and all sorts of javascript trickery and which one doesn't (or has less at least)?

  4. Re:Is it bricked bricked or... on Sony Update Bricks Playstations · · Score: 1

    Literally bricked! I sold mine to my neighbor who's putting in a paving stone walkway.

  5. Re:And the politics get started again on Multimodal, Multitouch Gaming Gaining Traction · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the gaming potential is going to be phenomenal.

    Except for the price.

  6. Re:I Guess That's About All That's Left on Star Wars To Air As Animated Sitcom · · Score: 1

    Big fan of Futurama here. Was a fan of Family Guy until it was brought back. Never been a fan of Robot Chicken.

    I can't imagine what sort of take they'll give it especially with Seth Green involved. Could Darth Vader do anything funny? Or is it just going to follow Luke growing up and dealing with being some sand farmer? Or, ooh ooh, will it just be in the same universe but following a completely new cast?!

    I think that if the Jar-Jar and droid humor from 1-3 is any measure, it's gonna be baaaaad.

  7. Re:Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook Crawler Speaks Back · · Score: 1

    Hmm, what's this about hacking and journalists? I haven't heard this particular facebook horror story.

  8. Re:Mad Max meets Skynet on New AI Challenge Is All About Wanton Destruction · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, it would be more entertaining than 90% of the current reality show lineups. ...or it could be an even more vapid clone of Mythbusters sans the science. I'd mention said vapid clones but luckily, I've forgotten what they were called.

  9. Re:The rules are pure idiocy on New AI Challenge Is All About Wanton Destruction · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think it would be more interesting if they kept it closer to actual demo derbies but maybe they're just taking it one step at a time.

    Things like... there's no teams but they can still communicate and decide to take out a competitor who's doing better than them or they trick others into doing the damage by pushing cars in the way instead of trying to smash 'em on their own.

  10. Re:yes, but on Decrying the Excessive Emulation of Reality In Games · · Score: 1

    Yep, takes a while. Most don't make it. A rare few do. Might I point out T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age?

    It's a Thief 2 mod, complete with its own story, dialog, textures and models, and even movies.

    Still, it's a pretty old game. Does anyone know of a similar effort for anything more recent?

  11. Re:Her teachers were aware of it and did nothing.. on 9 MA Cyberbullies Indicted For Causing Suicide · · Score: 1

    Kinda makes me wonder when the school shooting fad will hit again.

  12. Re:Another attempt at a technical solution... on Will Your Car Tell You To Put Down the Phone? · · Score: 1

    Licenses are required but people still drive without them.

    People just don't give a fuck.

  13. Re:get a small netbook... on Rugged Laptop/Tablet Suggestions, 2010 Version? · · Score: 1

    But this is a dry heat!

  14. Re:It's about time on Every British Citizen To Have a Personal Webpage · · Score: 1

    Automate what?

    I mean, if it's anything like some of the stuff I've filled out online for education, being on paper or being online won't make a difference except that your sessions online might timeout and you have to start over or log back in.

  15. Re:It's about time on Every British Citizen To Have a Personal Webpage · · Score: 1

    ...obscurity of 18th century style paperwork.

    Oh, this aspect won't go away. You'll still have to jump through hoops and feel like bashing your head on your desk trying to comprehend legalese.

  16. Re:This is total horseshit on Canada's Top Court Quashes Child Porn Warrant · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Probably for the same reason crusaders against adulterers and homosexuals are often caught doing those very acts. The more vocal someone is against something, it's because they're trying to prove they're against it.

    In this case, I think someone has a deep, dark secret fantasy of being someone's bitch.

  17. Re:5 dollar patch on BioShock 2's First DLC Already On Disc · · Score: 1

    Lord of the Rings was shot like one big movie and released in installments. It didn't feel like such a cheat since the second one was in no way complete when the first hit theaters, likewise for the third when the second was released. And when released on DVD we knew the schedule in advance, movie versions first with expanded editions later. The whole set was expensive but well worth the money. But technically this is no different from Starcraft 2. Feels different, though.

    It is different though. Imagine if one movie followed... Frodo. Just everything that happened to Frodo and he was in every scene. The other two movies would focus only on Gandalf and Sauron. Ok, with the amount of characters they'd probably have an elf one, Aragorn and his role and everything that happens at Rohan and... yeah, now it's starting to grate, huh?

  18. Re:Neither, exactly... on How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market · · Score: 1

    That still sounds like a tree only if more elaborate than usual. I'll have to point to Deus Ex and the part of the game where you're to deal with a hostage situation in the subway with terrorists who rigged the place to blow and, separately but in the same time frame, securing entry to the terrorists hideout and locating a batch of some wonder drug. Whoops, blew up the hostages. Your boss doesn't like it but it's not game over.

  19. Re:Very different than quicktime events on How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market · · Score: 1

    So are you meaning the ability to chose a response (Chase after bad guy! or Tend to the victim!) or the annoying Resident Evil 4 "phew, cutscene n- why am I dead?"

  20. Re:It's about time on Texas Approves Conservative Curriculum · · Score: 1

    Well, I mean, equipment can be tallied up easily enough but through the course of using gear, tools, and vehicles, they will wear out and can be damaged. More fires, more use, more maintenance required.

    Basically, I'm sort of wondering if them raise a bunch of money to cover costs and then some or if they simply raise just enough to cover current debts. I'm not sure how it is here and, while I was trying to make a pointed question, my curiosity has been piqued.

  21. Re:It's about time on Texas Approves Conservative Curriculum · · Score: 1

    So... how many fire fighting gigs do they budget for?

  22. Re:Hail/Rain and Multiple Stories on What Has Your Phone Survived? · · Score: 1

    Then, holy shit, he's fast!

  23. Re:Sure they can claim it on IOC Claims Olympian Lindsey Vonn's Name As Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that sounds just about right for them.

  24. Re:tax dollars for corporate capital expenditures on Pittsburgh, Seattle Announce Interest In Google's Fiber Trial · · Score: 1

    Vote Quimby!

  25. Re:more competition on Google's Experimental Fiber Network · · Score: 1

    Even if they haven't worked out the details (as repeated more than a few times in replies to your comment), it would be nice if they'd come out and say something that makes Comcast exes shit themselves.

    "Double the speed, half the price, and restrictions (download cap, etc.), if any, are shown up front."

    Fuck competitive. Knock some socks off.