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  1. Re:WWII for Denmark: The Quick Edt on The Unfriendly Side of German Game Development · · Score: 1

    I never thought digg existed back then ;-)

  2. Re:No, you didn't learn any lessons... on The Unfriendly Side of German Game Development · · Score: 1

    > That countries like Germany ban denying the Holocaust, and that as a result it's
    > impossible to objectively examine the facts.

    That is simply complete bullocks. You are very free to examine the facts. Proclaiming "there was no holocaust and these were really just douches" is not examinig the facts, it is denying the facts.

  3. Re:EMCA - Javascript, Actionscript, JScript on Microsoft Wins Industry Standard Status for Office · · Score: 1

    You might have heard of some ECMAScript (ECMA-262) implementations. Like Javascript (not only used in browsers, but also for scripting in PDF and Photoshop), JScript and Actionscript.

  4. Re:Germany Launch, Saturn Hansaring? on The Wii Hits the UK · · Score: 1

    You were at Saturn Hansaring in Cologne? Because that was where I got at 10:15. Six Wiis left on the pallet, no line, no land-rush in sight, must have cleared off fast enough. When I left a couple minutes later, there were still four left.

  5. Re:You lucky git. on The Wii Hits the UK · · Score: 1

    Sorry to hear you had so much bad luck. This is how it worked for me in Cologne, Germany: I walked into "Saturn", a big electronics store that opens at 10 o'clock like all of them, by 10:15 (I overslept). A couple of guys in the Wii section, six consoles left on a pallet. I picked one. No sweat, no queue, when I headed to the checkout, there where four left and noone rushing to grab them.

    I was quite surprised and very lucky, I guess. It is the head store of the chain, so they obviously got a few more systems than other places. Maybe people thought they would not be able to grab one and did not bother showing up. And it was raining :-) The kids seem to be orderly enough to not play truant, it seems. Now this is probably the biggest surprise today.

  6. Re:Why the First Amendment is Important on German Minister Seeks Jail Time For FPS Players · · Score: 1

    No, they do not ignore it. The cited passage is just paragraph 1 of article 5 of the constitution. paragraph 2 reads:

    These rights shall find their limits in the provisions of general laws, in provisions for the protection of young persons, and in the right to personal honor.

  7. Re:The other way round on Corporate America Not Ready For Vista · · Score: 1

    Oh yes, sad but true :-(

  8. Re:Sounds complicated... on Unpiloted Passenger Jet Tests · · Score: 1

    Hmm? Don't get it. Is that suppose to be complicated?

  9. Packaging on iPod Has Nothing To Fear From Slow-Starting Zune · · Score: 1

    Curiously enough, they did not do the things in the famous "MS redesigns the iPod packaging" video but tried to pull of the same coolness look the iPod package has :-)

  10. Cheat? How is that? on Slate Pans the Wii, Slate Loves the Wii · · Score: 1

    'Going back to Wii Sports, it is supposed to be incrediably easy to "cheat" in all the sports games, greatly reducing the fun level.'

    Say, if you play on your own, you cheat on yourself and deprive yourself of the fun. Unless you are into sado-maso, why would you do this? And if you are playing with some folks in your living room, there will quickly be a social consensus about acceptable moves. I do not see a problem here.

  11. They look native, but they don't behave native. on Cross-Platform Development For Windows and OS X · · Score: 1

    Opera does not behave like a native application in OS X, unfortunately. E.g. you cannot drag text or images from a webpage (and you miss all the Cocoa goodness). Might be something Opera borked up though.

  12. Re:Wii isn't underpowered except - GOOD POINT on The Wii's Brain Exposed · · Score: 1

    Yeah, good points about CPU/GPU power. We will see how this will turn out. The Wii being similar to the GameCube architecture-wise might be benefical. The developers already know how to program for it.

  13. Re:Pipelining on Optimizing Page Load Times · · Score: 2, Informative

    Pipelining is not the same as keep-alive. Although pipelining needs a keep-alive connection.
    Pipeling means "multiple requests can be sent before any responses are received. "

  14. Re:Germany's New Internet License Fee on Germany's New Internet License Fee · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is 6 Euro now. But it will triple to the TV fee soon enough. I don't own a TV set or Radio. I listen to some internet music stations from live365.com. And still, I will now be required to pay. Furthermore. businesses have to pay for each of their stores. Take the big consumer chains. ALDI, Lidl, REWE. They have thousands of stores. Also anyone self-employed has to pay twice now.

  15. Re:About the german internet fee on Germany's New Internet License Fee · · Score: 1

    It does not matter who is the legal owner. You can't say the TV is lent to avoid the fee.

  16. Re:Germany: Nice Place to Visit, But on Germany's New Internet License Fee · · Score: 1

    Obviously. The church-run schools, kindergardens and homes for the elder are just a rumor. And nevermind that you can leave the church and not have to pay anything.

  17. Confirmed: Python is dead !!!1! on Google Code Search Reveals Dark Corners · · Score: 1

    There you have the proof. No one uses Python :-)

  18. Thompson's Second Take on Suit Blames Videogames for Homicides · · Score: 1

    Interesting piece at http://gamepolitics.com/2006/09/26/youthful-killer s-lawyer-doesnt-buy-gta-made-me-do-it-defense/ about the case.

    Thompson already tried to make Cody Posey's defender put the blame on GTA. But he did not go for the "GTA made him do it" defense, but went for the physical and sexual abuse Cory suffered from.

    Quote:
    Other witnesses testified that Delbert Posey crushed Cody's fingers with a pair of pliers and held a hay hook to his groin. Cody told the court that on the night before the murders his father tried to make him have sex with his stepmother and burned him with a heated metal rod when he refused.

    Nevermind, it is the games!!!1!

  19. New poll on Poll Says No Voter Support for Net Neutrality · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nice poll. I believe it should be verified with a second one. I propose a proved question type:

    Do you support net neutrality or do you support terrorism and child pornography?

  20. Re:And it still doesn't support my friggin' bank on Opera 9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    > So you get readirected from server.domain.com to server33.domain.com for example.
    > Opera shouldn't see that a security hole. You are being redirected within the same
    > domain to a different subdomain.

    This is not generally true. See foocompany.co.uk -> badone.co.uk

  21. Flawed analogy on O'Reilly and CMP Exercise Trademark on 'Web 2.0' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The LinuxWorld example is flawed. Of cause they cannot name their conference LinuxWorld. Preventing anyone from using "Linux" in the name of their conference about Linux, now that is the right analogy to what O'Reilly is doing.

  22. Re:SS7 and Telco sanitising of CIDs? on Caller ID Spoofing Becomes Easy · · Score: 1

    They can check. And here in Germany, they have to.

  23. Re:Isn't it his job to teach his students? on Professor 'Packetslinger' Assigns Questionable Task · · Score: 1

    "Go on and scan some machines, but not the university ones or you will get your account revoked." sends exactly what message?

  24. CPU fighting with the GPU over the memory bus? on Apple Announces Wonderful Toys · · Score: 1

    Correct my if I am wrong, but doesn't shared memory mean that the CPU and the GPU will compete on access to the memory, making the bus a potential bottleneck? And as very much of the eye candy of OS X is done by the GPU, this is not something one wants, if I understand the ars technica article correctly.

    http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/ 13
    http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/ 14

  25. Re:A reasonable man walked into a bar... on Liability for Data Breaches are Minimal · · Score: 1

    When carrying sensitive data on a laptop, wouldn't a reasonable man in the profession ensure that if he looses the data, it can not be abused? Like by using strong encryption, readily and easy available. I would think this is a diligence that can be expected from anyone working in such position.