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  1. What about the engine? on Register, Others Call Plagiarism in "Limbo of the Lost" Game · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I started to wonder how they got rips of all of those games in to their engine. Then I started to wonder if they just stole the engine. I did a search and came up with this page:
    http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:GTYHJgCqVCYJ:www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl%3Faction%3Dviewthread%26threadid%3D88482+%22Limbo+of+the+Lost%22+engine&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

    I'm still wondering how they were able to import all those assets and levels so flawlessly into their own engine?

    That must have been a tremendous job just to write the different converters but then again I don't understand why Steve Bovis, was not able to code a simple CD check into the main menu??? ...this was the follow-up to that question:

    They didn't.

    "Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical âoepoint&clickâ adventure games, both traditional 2D ones and modern 2.5D games (3D characters on 2D backgrounds). The kit includes the runtime interpreter (Wintermute Engine, or WME) and GUI editors for managing and creating the game content (WME tools) as well as the documentation, demonstrational data and prefabricated templates." - http://dead-code.org/home/

    All the backgrounds they stole are screenshots from other games. They made a 3D character to move (with scaling) on 2D backgrounds.
  2. Mod UP part Deux on Register, Others Call Plagiarism in "Limbo of the Lost" Game · · Score: 1

    This link needs to be added to the original post. It's just priceless given the current revelation.

  3. If I had the money... on Google's Brin Books a Space Flight · · Score: 1

    If I had the money, I might do it, but since I don't...what an egomaniacal, opulent ass.

  4. Not the real value prop. on Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes · · Score: 1

    Real time bid/ask would be so much more tantalizing. I could cut my brokerage fees in half if Yahoo or Google would offer real time bid/ask.

  5. Re::-( Insurance on Huge Leap Forward In Robotic Limb Replacement · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm a vet and I smell trollage. "name of our country" - WTF?? Branch of service would do for a start. Marine Corps, honorably discharged in 1992 after the first war in Iraq. My comment had nothing to do with trolling. It's sad that he had to lose his arm performing a completely selfless act for his country.

    The most he ever received from the VA was a limb with a hook on the end. The three insurance carriers are from his three different employers from then until now.

    What makes you think his insurance carriers are not responsible for a pre-existing condition when his prosthetic needs replaced or is damaged? Sure they replace it, but not with anything worth a damn.
  6. :-( Insurance on Huge Leap Forward In Robotic Limb Replacement · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can't tell you how excited I would be if any insurance company on the planet would actually pay for this. I have a friend who lost his left arm fighting in the name of our country. So far three different insurance carriers have all denied him any kind of advanced prosthetic. It's sad...

  7. No lawyer on Federal Court Says First-Sale Doctrine Covers Software, Too · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wow, that guy has some rocks. In the second link, you find out he sues them without a lawyer. That's not an easy thing to do in a US District Court.

  8. Welcome to last year. on Greenpeace Complains Game Consoles Aren't Green Enough · · Score: 1

    I read this article on Joystiq about 6 months ago.

    http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/12/greenpeace-targets-game-industry/

    Nobody gave a crap 6 months ago and no one gives a crap now. It won't matter how many press releases they issue or how often they issue them.

  9. It always depends on the individual on Is Help Desk a Launchpad or a Dead End? · · Score: 1

    This is going to sound very cliche, but your success is what you make of it. Help desk can be either, or. 13 years ago when I got my start, it was definitely a launch pad. I imagine the landscape of the help desk has changed quite a bit since then, and may even require a little bit more effort, but it can still be a launchpad.

  10. Re:Differences on Fedora 9 Preview Cleared for Launch · · Score: 1

    Distro Kombat!!
    dundun..dundun..dundun..dundunDUNdun

    Fedora
    Ubuntu
    Slackware
    Gentoo
    SUSE
    Yellow Dog
    etc.

    dun.dun.DEN.dun.DEN.dun.dun.DUN
    Distro Kombat!!

  11. Lobbyists on Virgin Media CEO Says Net Neutrality Is Already Gone · · Score: 1

    He knows that the principals involved have already been bought and paid for. Now it's just a matter of time.

  12. Re:Sound Cards on $90 Asus Sound Card Whips Creative's Best · · Score: 1

    I'm laughing inside. You said...Bose.

  13. Hey Creative... on Creative Backs Down on Vista Driver Debacle · · Score: 1

    ...you suckas got served!

  14. Free upgrade? on How Microsoft Plans To Get Its Groove Back With Win7 · · Score: 1

    If I cry like an iPhone user, can I get a free upgrade from Vista?

  15. Re:Anyone with tagging power? on Calculating the Date of Easter · · Score: 1

    Weird how your opinion doesn't map to everybody, huh? The world is crazy like that. I suspect your troll hole is not entirely metaphorical.
    The hilarity continues... When is your next club date so I can be sure to get tickets well in advance? Back to my troll hole I go.
  16. The FUD is deep today. on Does IE8 Really Pass Acid2? [Updated] · · Score: 1

    n/t

  17. Re:Anyone with tagging power? on Calculating the Date of Easter · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, I didn't realize calculating the date of Easter was such an interesting topic to you. I'll go back to my troll hole and keep not giving a shit.

  18. Re:Does anyone actually use Vista? on University of Penn. Recommends Against Vista SP1 · · Score: 1

    I run it on several systems. Most of this crap is total FUD.

  19. Anyone with tagging power? on Calculating the Date of Easter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Feel free to tag this one under the whogivesashit category.

  20. Re:And the problem is...? on Windows Vista SP1 Meeting Sour Reception In Places · · Score: 1

    Three PCs, two laptops, and two virtual machines. No problems whatsoever.

  21. What about the victims? on FTC Puts $1.9M Kink in Phone Bill Crammer's Wallet · · Score: 1

    It seems like the govt. agencies involved are always collecting and pocketing the fines? What about the fucked over consumers? Do they get their money back?

  22. Re:Oblig. on 10,000-website Strong Malware Maze Created by Criminals · · Score: 2, Funny

    IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND! is a meme started from the annie may Dragon Ball Z, where characters would use scouters to detect power levels. It was cuntpasted many a time for the win. No topic goes without it. It's worth noting that in the original man gay, Vegeta noted Goku's power level as being "over 8000", "9000" is a product of Funimation Faggotry.

    From: http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/9000 Cuntpasted? Is that what the kids are doing now-a-days?
  23. Re:Inside Edition on "DonorGate" Is Latest Scandal To Hit Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Damn, she's only 33? That picture on her wiki makes her look like she's 53. I'm not even half way kidding about that.

  24. Re:You shouldn't be supporting standards on IE 5.5 Beats IE6 and IE7 On Acid 3 · · Score: 1

    Stick a fork in you, you're already done.

    Your attitude is just like that of a guy we fired not too long ago. He went through with a little script and deleted all the comments out of his code that he never bothered to check in to source control. It was his thought that we would come crawling back to him because we couldn't maintain his crappy spaghetti code. It was okay though, we threw an intern at it and all was well in under a week.

    If you are worried about monkeys (or kids for that matter) taking over, you've already lost. Now...where is my t-shirt about replacing you with a shell script?

  25. Kind of what I have been saying... on Microsoft Internal Emails Show Dismay With Vista · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't mind Vista, I have been using it for a while at home since I do a lot of gaming. My machine is completely capable though. The hardware vendors did a very shitty job of preparing their drivers for Windows Vista and some to this day are plagued by horrible drivers. For the same reasons I would imagine that they have horrible driver support on Linux.

    Fault lies with Microsoft in this case because they bowed to the pressures of the OEMs, namely Intel. That was a horrible move on their part and will lend a lot of credence to the recent class action lawsuit. I still place a lot of blame on the hardware vendors and their terrible drivers.