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  1. Re:Toys on First Robotic Drone Squadron Deployed · · Score: 2

    A more well-known analogy would be Ender's Game, which was somewhat similar near the end.

  2. Re:Cacan Yoyou Hehear Meme Nowow? on Internet Phone Start-up Goes Belly-Up · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That sorta ruins the point of VOIP. You know, being able to choose your phone provider.

  3. Re:If exploited on a ... on Adobe Flash Exploit Could Log Keystrokes · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe the buttons on the Wiimote map to a few keys (for use in Flash games) and the pointer just picks up as a mouse. That's about it.

  4. Re:The Microsoft Tax on Microsoft Patents Process To "Unpirate" Music · · Score: 1

    I think it just puts all non-DRM'd files in the bucket of "shame".

  5. Re:Metroid 3 Controls on E3 Previews - Metroid 3 and Super Mario Galaxy · · Score: 1

    MP3 won't be using the Zapper (which all it really is is a shell for the wiimote+nunchuck) because of the amount of non-shooting interaction in the game.

  6. Re:Ok so which is it? on E3 Previews - Metroid 3 and Super Mario Galaxy · · Score: 1

    By "old fans" I think he means "disillousioned NES-era gamers" who think games have gotten way too complex.

  7. Re:I will not bite! on Microsoft Patents Process To "Unpirate" Music · · Score: 1

    It's called "not using a Zune"

    -DVD Jon

  8. Re:Astroturfing? on CEO Questionably Used Pseudonym to Post Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isin't that usually just called "turf"?

  9. Re:What does this hold for AMD on Intel Invests $218M in VMWare, Preparing for IPO · · Score: 1

    If you read my parent post, you would have noticed he said that Bootcamp rendered VMWare useless. VMWare presumably started (public) work on Fusion after Bootcamp was out. Coherence is a competitor to Fusion, but I was responding to the parent's claims that Bootcamp replaces VMWare, not Coherence coming out first or any other competitors.

  10. Re:What does this hold for AMD on Intel Invests $218M in VMWare, Preparing for IPO · · Score: 1

    I knew that. Parent, OTOH, was completely oblivious.

  11. Re:1.5 percent? on Fewer People Copy DVDs Than Once Thought · · Score: 1

    Yup, the un-descrambled copies are completely unreadable. I can't fully explain why, mostly because I don't understand CSS myself.

  12. Re:1.5 percent? on Fewer People Copy DVDs Than Once Thought · · Score: 1

    Just this little thing called the Content Scrambling System. Most standard (ex: nero) burning apps have no measures to overcome CSS. Not to mention that a lot of commercial DVDs are dual-layer, and not all blanks are, so some compression is done to make it fit.

  13. Re:What does this hold for AMD on Intel Invests $218M in VMWare, Preparing for IPO · · Score: 1

    Yes, but parent was referring to how Mac users don't care about VMWare becasue of bootcamp

  14. Re:What does this hold for AMD on Intel Invests $218M in VMWare, Preparing for IPO · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, considering that VMWare has been rushing to put together a Mac VMWare long since Bootcamp came out...
    VMWare has always been targeting the Linux and Windows server markets. Abandoning AMD would be a shotgun to the foot.

  15. Re:Open source != Public Domain on CUPS Purchased By Apple Inc. · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except that Sweet required that copyrights for all code be transferred to his company.

  16. Re:RMS Proffing on CUPS Purchased By Apple Inc. · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind Apple uses GCC.

  17. Re:Don't worry on Computer Graphics With Java · · Score: 1

    Doesn't that go by the more common name of VB6?

  18. Re:wow on Nintendo - "Everyone is a Gamer" · · Score: 3, Funny

    The proper reference is Voltron.

    Or Beowulf clusters if you want to strech it out a bit.

  19. Re:Hwo dare they-POP3 on Hotmail vs Goodmail · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nope. You only see the ads in the web interface.

  20. Re:Who's hardcore? on Hardcore to Be Pushed Aside This Console Generation? · · Score: 1

    Just put it up on Launchpad (or GCode, or Sourceforge) as "World of WINEcraft" or some other catchy name. There's nothing wrong with a specialized fork of something.

  21. Re:These days, Winamp also suffers from bloat on Yahoo Downgrades MusicMatch Jukebox · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that the last 2.x has the Media Library. And you don't need freeform skins. Personally, I think just conforming to the platform's UI guidelines is much better.

  22. Re:Doing MS's job for them on Sun Releases ODF Plugin for MS Office · · Score: 3, Funny

    Depends. Anywhere from 100 to 500 (complete Office) USD for a boxed copy (I think), or a free copy with a chance to win a federally subsidized vacation :)

  23. Re:Really? on Details on Nintendo's Original Downloadable Content · · Score: 1

    The wire off the sensor bar is for power only. You could just use one of the third-party wireless sensor bars.

  24. Re:Hardhack? on Linux Computer in USB Key Form-Factor · · Score: 1

    hardhack == hardware hack

  25. Re:IM notification of posts? on Slashdot: Podcasts, IM, Improved Discussions · · Score: 1

    "New story posted" is the option you're looking for