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  1. Re:Does that mean it can run on BIOdiesel? on Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US · · Score: 1

    4. At highway speeds they aren't that much more efficient (since the throttle plate in a gasoline engine is more open). Americans do a lot of highway driving.

    I drive 40 miles each way to get to work in my 2002 Jetta TDI. I easily have a lower gas bill than some of my coworkers who live 20 miles away. 45+ mpg is nothing to sneeze at.

  2. Re:Introversion Software on What Modern Games Are DRM-Free? · · Score: 1

    huh. worked for me out of the box. of course, i torrented it long before I bought it. never had to validate if I remember correctly. I bought it because I realized I'd spent 20 hours playing it, and any product with that level of entertainment value was worth supporting.

  3. The most important part on New Algorithm Boosts Network Efficiency · · Score: 3, Informative

    Finally, we argue that existing link-state protocols, such as OSPF, can incorporate XL routing in a backwards compatible and incrementally deployable fashion.

    My first question upon reading the summary was, but is it backwards compatable... and they appear to answer that in the thesis statement. Looks like some good lunch reading here.

  4. Re:In the words of the Bard ... on DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation · · Score: 1

    The seed of thine loins dost indeed have the right of it.

  5. Re:But the games! on Wii Is the New US Console Leader · · Score: 1

    I still have loads of fun playing ExciteTruck, WiiFit, and Super Mario Galaxy. I pretty much view everything else is a rental though.

  6. Karl Rove on Diebold Patch May Be Evidence of '02 Election Tampering · · Score: 4, Informative

    Interesting that he's not mentioned in the summary, but several other sources seem to indicate that Karl Rove is behind this.

    Go ahead and mod me down, I've got decent karma.

  7. surprisingly absent from my default filter on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 1

    ctrl-f "gaiman" found no results.

    Stardust is arguably the best fairy tale written in the last several hundred years.

    Here is Gaiman's wikipedia page for more info.

  8. Re:learning foreign language on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    The roots of the word can be found here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_fu_(term)

    In case you thought the above poster was full of it.

  9. Re:THANK YOU! on Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you for letting our managers hire people who want to do this job, instead of those just killing time.
    ...he said on slashdot.

  10. hey! on Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars · · Score: 0

    I am not some toy to be used!

  11. Re:Why complain? on Open Source Killing Commercial Developer Tools · · Score: 1

    not quite sure how the industry standard part of my post got cut off, but meh. that's what the second link was supposed to say.

  12. Re:Why complain? on Open Source Killing Commercial Developer Tools · · Score: 1

    uh. i'd rather use that open source ide eclipse for java development. You know, Java, the .

  13. blocked by surf control on Castlevania Coming to the Wii? · · Score: 1

    anyone mind posting the text of the article?

  14. yeah i bought it on Penny Arcade Game Sees Record Breaking Numbers · · Score: 1

    to support their anti-drm practices.

  15. Re:I don't get it... on IBM Patents Putting Handprints On Laptops · · Score: 0, Troll

    But... it's a patent... about computers!! Clearly if you aren't outraged you don't belong here.

  16. Re:A good trailer on Early Review Calls New Indiana Jones Film Dreadful · · Score: 1

    You think that's something... how about the Silence of the Lambs recut!

  17. Re:Blacklist gmail on Gmail As Open-Relay Spam Server · · Score: 1

    to be fair, most of that is from two typos. if he fixes the h4 tags, everything is good.

    <h4>Red is Nagivation</h3>
    <h4>CISPCA</h3>

  18. Too little too late on EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter to me, I've already started my boycott of their products.

  19. Re:Jesus Fucking Christ enough already! on Iron Man Released · · Score: 1

    When's the last time an action flick changed the world ?

    Debbie Does Dallas.

    That movie had action aplenty. And it changed the world.

  20. Re:C/C++ is dying! on Are C and C++ Losing Ground? · · Score: 1

    well...

    you can do it in groovy like so and still use the jvm:

    println "Hello world"

  21. Re:Really? on Identify and Verify Users Based on How They Type · · Score: 1

    Or after you change your password like most of us are required to do every few months. Somehow I don't think I'll be as fast at typing in my new password for the first few weeks after I change it.

  22. announcement tomorrow on OOXML Rumored to be Approved, Announcement Wednesday · · Score: 5, Funny

    because nobody would believe it if it was made today.

  23. NSFW on What Will Life Be Like In 2008? · · Score: 1

    NSFW ads on page, oh, and why the hell is /. so broken for IE7? Some of us have to use this browser while at work you know.

  24. make the first release have less features on Game Developers Should Ignore Software Pirates · · Score: 1

    I downloaded the first release of GC2. The first release of GC2 had some usability problems... for instance, when flying my constructors around, i didn't see their area of affect - so i was never quite sure where to place them for optimal play. First update came out, and it included a feature to show that... Granted, I probably could have found a pirated version with the first update. But at that point I had already determined that it was a great game, so I went out and bought it. I'm not saying that everyone did as I did, but I was really hoping to convince the company (with my money) that there were lots of reasons to make more versions.

  25. Re:Huh? Is this the "new" English? on The Ruby Programming Language · · Score: 5, Informative

    Let me parse it for you.

    Drawings are the work of Rubyist-extraordinaire "why the lucky stiff" and technical reviewers include well known Rubyists David A. Black, Charles Oliver Nutter, and Shyouhei Urabe.

    The rest of it should be passable English.