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  1. Re:Force Field? on Mysterious 'Forcefield' Tested on US Tanks · · Score: 1

    Great links on the page in your sig. That Tower Toppler is a hell of a lot nicer than a Castelian .nes rom.

  2. Re:coming next on Let Goofy Track Your Children · · Score: 1

    Since nobody else seems to be doing it, I thought I'd say it sounds like you're doing a good job.

  3. Re:Who cares what we lose... on What Would We Lose From a Regionalized Internet? · · Score: 1

    Y'all ain't got no sense of humor.

  4. Who cares what we lose... on What Would We Lose From a Regionalized Internet? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...if it keeps those Chinese commies from taking our freedom away? Where are your priorities, people?!

  5. Re:coral cahced on Windows Vista 5342 Screenshots · · Score: 1

    Firefox needs a p2p anti-/.ing plugin that will share the site while you're reading it.

  6. Re:Involve players in the epic storyline on What Are Some of Your Favorite RPG Quests? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anything automatic will eventually become boring to players.

    Like Nethack?

  7. Re:Also, the future will have rocket-powered ponie on State of Multi-Monitor Gaming? · · Score: 1

    Who says that multiple displays have to be used to cheat? Can't the one that displays the rear view be behind you?

    These days you can get great game pads for the pc. Some people prefer them--some people use them even when they're less efficient, because they like them. Point stands.

  8. Re:Desktop for the other monitor on State of Multi-Monitor Gaming? · · Score: 1

    You can do either with a very basic multiple monitor setup. A lot of video cards have three outputs (dvi, vga, s-video, typically), and you can two at once. It's easy to run a game on one and leave anything else open on the other, or even clone the displays so the video appearing in a window on your monitor also appears full-screen on your tv. It could definitely be better, though, because a lot of games minimize when they lose focus, and changing the desktop size shifts window positions. The latter isn't a problem if the resolutions are the same, of course, but I rarely run games as high as the desktop.

  9. Also, the future will have rocket-powered ponies. on State of Multi-Monitor Gaming? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    270 degrees would be more immersive. What's more intuitive for looking to the side: mouse right, or head right? It would be about as unfair as the advantage keyboard+mouse players have over joypad players. The cost of that makes it seem unfair now, but sooner or later it will be cheap enough that everybody has seventeen monitors and a telepathic controller, and they'll give you sideways looks when you say you've only got one screen on your gaming rig.

  10. Re:Re shhhhh!! on iPod Shuffle On The Way Out Already? · · Score: 1

    Switching over to itunes after you've manually renamed and de-tagged all your mp3s blows. Oh god, how I wish I'd adopted itunes, like, six or seven years ago. :(

  11. Re:Re shhhhh!! on iPod Shuffle On The Way Out Already? · · Score: 1

    In my experience, it has to do with the order you put them on. If you put ten files on, it will play them in the order you add them--usually alphabetically. If you remove #2, song #11 will take #2's slot. If you want to re-alphabetize them, copy off, reformat/delete all, and copy back on. Most file explorers move files alphabetically, but if you want another order, some explorers will transfer files in the order they're displayed. I think 2xplorer and tabexplorer transfer by sort order rather than alphabetically.

    This is coming from a few months with a Sandisk and a year or so with a generic flash player.

  12. Re:I'd buy that for a dollar! on Unlimited Legal Music Downloads for $3.95 a Month? · · Score: 1

    Jeez! Thanks for the help. All of my searches included "download" or "midi" or "mp3," and that must have obfuscated it...

  13. I'd buy that for a dollar! on Unlimited Legal Music Downloads for $3.95 a Month? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If it actually rendered all mp3s legal and copyright liability-free, I'd be happy to pay that tax. I hope it would make music easier to find, too. I can't even get my hands on the Mister Rogers theme song. How sad is that?

  14. Re:The Five Characteristics on An Insider's Take on Steve Jobs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bono?

  15. Re:Reminds me of a joke on An Insider's Take on Steve Jobs · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's like when the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus," except this time only 2% of the market agrees.

  16. Right... on Election Officials And Crackers Challenge Diebold · · Score: 1

    ...and then they'll give you a flying pony for being a good citizen.

  17. Re:Google is very ballsy these days on Google Won't Pay Bell South · · Score: 1

    Chuck Norris can't be bought with your petty dollars. Roundhouse incoming in five... four...

  18. Re:iTunes Payola on iTunes Credited with Boosting Primetime Ratings · · Score: 1

    Early Monk is better. It's gotten absurd, lately. Very contrived.

  19. Re:Eyeballs on iTunes Credited with Boosting Primetime Ratings · · Score: 1

    Nah. Eyeballs are what count--otherwise you're just sitting near the set, letting the terrorists win.

  20. Re:When will they get the Daily Show?! on iTunes Credited with Boosting Primetime Ratings · · Score: 1

    It's a special format (H.264 or mpeg4, at certain bitrates and resolutions), but more and more content shows up on the torrent aggregators preformatted for the iPod. I couldn't get Clone Wars any other way. What doesn't is trivial to convert with free utilities.

  21. Trucker humor on Safe Options for Surfing While on the Road? · · Score: 1

    What Does A Schneider Truck & An Orange Barrel Have In Common?
    They both have a dirt bag in them!

    Ohhhh... comedy gold!

  22. Re:But on Sci-Fi Channel to Pick Up John Doe · · Score: 1

    The producer spilled the beans after it was cancelled. I'm not going to spoil it in an open forum, but it should take you all of five seconds with Google to find the explanations.

  23. I could see it working... on SWG Timeline Moves Forward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...if they played it out in the game, rather than arbitrarily advance it all at once. I think I'd enjoy enlisting in the big movie battles and playing them out.

  24. Re:Vaporware on iBook Converts to iTablet · · Score: 1

    There are several these days, if you're looking for a PC. The Toshiba m200 series is pretty good, but the plastic mask over the LCD is fragile and costs $150 to replace.

  25. Re:European Price? on MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop · · Score: 1

    No, no, complaining is exactly what you do when it's not worth opening the checkbook and fixing. If it's worth opening the checkbook, you do that instead.