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  1. After a week.. on Game To Play During Lunch? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    After a week of doing hardcore DDR, you'll be able to do it for 15 to 30 minutes without breaking a sweat. If you stop your diet of donuts and coffee then you'll become fit very quickly.

  2. This is fantastic! Communities will flourish! on More Details On Civ IV Moddability · · Score: 1

    They have obviously learned from the experiences of games like Stronghold and Stronghold 2 that it is necessary to include such moddability. Indeed, the inclusion of the map and scenario editors will allow for online modding communities to form and flourish. This in turn will lead to increased sales of the game, and increased profits.

  3. Re:Patent "meta-moderation" system: a horrible ide on No PodBuddy for iPod lovers · · Score: 1

    It's not so much that the War Machine inherently is better at providing technical innovation than the Innovation Machine is. It is just that historically, the War Machine has had literally millions of times the amount of financial resources available to it.

    Like I said, if a qualified patent reviewer was hired at the cost of a single US$75000 missle used to blow the legs off of some innocent Iraqis or Afghanis, then the system would improve. The Innovation Machine would flourish. Do that hundreds of times over, and the Innovation Machine will be a glorious success.

  4. Re:Available in retail outlets? on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: 1

    No, in England the word is cockfoolery. And cockfoolery is ordering from little known online merchants. Had you bothered to read the previous posts, like a responsible, intelligent person not guilty of your cockfoolery would have done, you would know that specialty keyboards such as this are not available from "reputable online retailers". That is why you are forced to buy them from little-known, unreputable retailers. I will not partake in such cockfoolery as that.

  5. Re:It's not about the price, stupid. on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am calm. LOL, it looks like you're getting worked up if anyone is! I was merely pointing out the fact that mapmaker is a moronic cockbaiter. But I digress.

    The real issue at hand is that an increase in the popularity of these alternative keyboards will lead to competition within the keyboard market. And such competiton will not only lead to further innovation, but also to lower prices for traditional and ergo keyboards. The lower prices will benefit all computer users. Indeed, the already low cost of a Dell system could be reduced even further by reducing the price of the keyboard.

  6. Re:Patent "meta-moderation" system: a horrible ide on No PodBuddy for iPod lovers · · Score: 1

    Indeed, the lack of funds necessary to run the system properly is disturbing. For every missle used to blow apart an innocent child or woman in Iraq, the US could probably fund three or four full-time researchers to properly assess patent applications.

    The voluntary nature of involving professionals would be very beneficial. But more beneficial would be allocating funds away from the War Machine and instead towards the Innovation Machine.

  7. Re:Available in retail outlets? on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: 1

    I did not say that never happens. Indeed, they may not return your money. But at least you still have the good, which you may in turn sell to people willing to buy faulty goods. That is not the case if you have to ship your good back to an online retailer before they will consider giving you a refend. When it comes to speciality keyboards, you often cannot deal with a more reputable online dealer, since they don't carry such products. You must instead deal with the keyboard manufacturers directly, and that is often very risky business! I will not partake in such cockfoolery. But I would purchase the specialty keyboard if my local digital boutique were to carry such products.

  8. DDR! on Game To Play During Lunch? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    DDR is a fantastic game for lunch breaks. We all head down to the local arcade and have dance competitions. It builds stamina and comraderie like no other game does. We have tournaments every month, and everyone has a great time. A Korean guy won it last month, but it looks like Jenkins from Finance will win it this month.

  9. Re:Patent "meta-moderation" system: a horrible ide on No PodBuddy for iPod lovers · · Score: 1

    It's a noble idea, I will give you that. However, it sounds far too complicated to work well. Many of the problems with the patent system are due to the fact that it's a complicated beast. Complicating such a system even more will only result in further exploitation of the inherent flaws.

  10. Re:Available in retail outlets? on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: 1

    It's called a "return policy."

    Yes, and return policies only work well if there is an actual, physical store you can return the good to. That is not the case with online retailers. You return the good, and they claim they'll send back your money. Sometimes they do, but there is always the risk that they will not. And considering the cost of these keyboards, that is a very extreme risk.

    Some online retailers have been known to say that the returned good was "lost in the mail", even though it most likely arrived back and they wish not to offer a refund. I have no time for such cockfoolery! That is why I shop at reputable local retail outlets.

  11. Patent "meta-moderation" system: a horrible idea. on No PodBuddy for iPod lovers · · Score: 1

    Notice how poorly the metamoderation system works here. It is every so often abused by collusion on behalf of groups like the GNAA and others. They gang together to corrupt the system. That is surely what will happen to such a system involving patents rather than Slashdot postings. Not only that, but such peer review will lead to patent infringery. The reviewers, especially if professionals of the trade, will proceed to incorporate the innovations described by their patents into their products, and then will reject the patent so as to avoid being liable for patent infringery!

  12. Maybe it's not even a fan. on The Neuron Drive · · Score: 1

    Perhaps thinking it is a fan is finding too much depth and symbolism in it. Maybe it's really just chunks of plastic and wire, along with pieces of magnet and a metal axle. Indeed, perhaps thinking of such things as "wire" and "magnet" is putting forth too much symbolism and depth! They are in the end just collections of subatomic particles.

  13. Re:It's not about the price, stupid. on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: 1

    Indeed. You are exactly correct, unlike that cockbaiter who goes by the alias mapmaker. I would like to see the keyboard in real life. I would like to have a store to take it back to if it fails to work, or if it breaks soon after purchase. That is something that cannot be done as easily when dealing with untrusted and potentially unreliable online dealers. But unfortunately, many of these newfangled keyboards are not available in stores, but only online, hence my nonpurchase of them. Thanks for understanding what I was saying. It seems that mapmaker fucking struggles with such an easy concept.

  14. Re:Available in retail outlets? on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Were you not a cockbagging moron then you would have noticed that that was EXACTLY the point that was being made.

    What he seemed to be saying (to me anyway) was that he had already made up his mind. He wanted it, but refused to buy it unless it was sold by a big box retailer in his area. That's what didn't make any sense to me. - mapmaker the cockbagger

    Yes! I would like to buy the keyboard. But it is not available in any retail store in my area, and I do not want to purchase it online. Jesus, is it really that difficult to understand? I, like many other buyers, will only buy from genuine retail stores. We do not like to purchase goods online because it is too risky.

  15. Do the fans represent the spirality of our minds? on The Neuron Drive · · Score: -1

    I can understand the neural data storage connection with the hard drive, but it is fans that baffle me. When I see them, I feel imagery of spinning and rotation. A melting of the mind, if one may say. Indeed, I feel the fans represent extreme contrast to the hard drive: the hard drive is a method of data retention, while the fans represent the opposite. I liken the fans to Alzheimers or other neurocentric deficiencies of the mind. They are insanity and confusion, a spiraling of the thought process out of control.

  16. My cousin works with special needs children. on The Neuron Drive · · Score: 0

    My cousin works with special needs children. Sometimes she shows me their work. It far exceeds this. At least their artwork looks recognizable, even if it is a very poorly drawn pony or lighthouse.

  17. It's not about the price, stupid. on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Did you even bother to read the comment? It's not about the price, moron. I want to buy these keyboards, REGARDLESS OF PRICE, from an actual store, where I can see the actual good. I do not want to order from some Internet site, REGARDLESS OF PRICE. Indeed, and you cannot find anything beyond normal or traditional ergo keyboards in contemporary retail outlets. Such keyboards will never be popular unless they are easily purchaseable by the masses.

  18. I prefer the term "videobloggery". on CVS Disposable Camcorder Hacked · · Score: 1

    I prefer the term "videobloggery", because it offers a very descriptive description of what the activity itself is. "Voging" sounds like something you do when watching Madonna's Vogue music video.

  19. Re:Available in retail outlets? on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Market economics dictates that in order for the cost to go down, more people must purchase the good. But then more people won't purchase the good unless it's at a lower price. Indeed, this may very well be a case of market recursivity.

  20. Available in retail outlets? on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I always hear about these great keyboards, and I'd love to try one out, but they're never available in retail outlets like Circuit City or Masters Electronics. I always see your typical rectangular keyboard there, or those ergo keyboards. But never any of the really innovative ones like this! If they could get these sold in larger retail stores, then perhaps people would actually start transitioning to them. As long as I have to order them online, I won't buy them.

  21. Re:Excuse me, but on The Virtual Planet Explorer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And the rendering below, from this very software, is of a fully naked man, penis included!

    http://www.crs4.it/vic/data/images/img-exported/da vid1mm_2px_full_crop.png

  22. Why are you bitching to us? on The Virtual Planet Explorer · · Score: 1

    If you don't like this political policy, then don't bitch to us about it! Get out your pen and paper and write a letter to your EU parlimentary representative! Demand an investigation, my good man. Do you duty!

  23. Are you a King Kong terrorist? on The Virtual Planet Explorer · · Score: 1

    Why do you want to destroy buildings and grab planes from the sky? Are you a King Kong terrorist?

  24. Re:I've always had excellent service at Apple Stor on Setting the Bar for Customer Service? · · Score: 1

    Incompetence is never an excuse for politery! This young man was performing a job and he was not qualified. I am glad I knew enough to know how wrong his claims were. I feel sorry for the poor folks who just dumped thousands of pounds or dollars on a computer system only to find it does not meet up to their needs because the vendor did not know what he was talking about, because he was a fool! He was a moron, and I let him know it.

  25. Oh my GOSH! It can even render penises! on The Virtual Planet Explorer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can't believe this! This software is even capable of rendering lifelike penises, as seen by this image of the Statue of David:

    http://www.crs4.it/vic/data/images/img-exported/da vid1mm_2px_full_crop.png