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  1. Re:Anyone got a BitTorrent link for this demo? on Game Sites Rebel Over Exclusive Demos · · Score: 1

    Answered my own question:

    http://www.filerush.com/torrents/Call_Of_Duty_De mo .exe.torrent

  2. Anyone got a BitTorrent link for this demo? on Game Sites Rebel Over Exclusive Demos · · Score: 1

    As the subject says... inquiring minds want to know.

  3. Re:pressure sensitivity on Major Tablet PC Running Into Problems? · · Score: 1
    But they are pressure sensitive. Only the Compaq / HP tablet is not... all the others have essentially the guts of a Wacom tablet built into the screen.

  4. Re:I saw this on Programming PHP · · Score: 1

    Hi Rasmus! Good to see your name after almost ten years since UW. I've been following your success with PHP from a distance and I really do mean to learn it sometime. Maybe this book is a good chance to do just that. Matt Manuel SD93.

  5. Re:This is like on NYTimes Looks at Warez · · Score: 1

    What's the URL for that special $40 XP promotion?

  6. Don't stay - go to the new job on Is it Wrong to Accept an Employment Counter-Offer? · · Score: 1
    A situation just like this happened at my old employer a couple of years ago. The guy in question accepted the counter offer: more money plus a title promotion. Even though the president of the division personally made the offer, she regretted it everafter. When time came for cutbacks, he was one of the ones to go. And the president harbors ill will to this day.

    I agree with the posters who say it will ruin your current relationship with your employer. Start fresh and have no regrets.

  7. Re:GeForce GOs from a User's Perspective on Mobile Gaming At Desktop Speeds · · Score: 1
    You wrote:
    But if you don't like it, there is a hot key that displays the image 1:1 on the screen, centered, with a black border around it for non-native resolutions if you want.

    What's the hotkey for that? Where do I set it? I've often wondered why it sometimes scales and sometimes does 1:1 display.

  8. Ob. Grammar correction on Staggeringly Amazing Church of Lego · · Score: 2, Informative

    For the (hopefully) last time:

    Lego is the plural of Lego. Lego is the company. If you must add an 's', use "Lego bricks." The bastardization "Legos" grates on any true fans nerves. Please don't use it.

  9. Sodaplay.com - little web physical simulation on Creative Games sans Violence? · · Score: 1

    Check out www.sodaplay.com for a cool little physical simulation game.

  10. Re:Battery life? on New Sony Clie: PalmOS Is Back in Style · · Score: 1
    I have a Visor Prism (the colour Visor.) It's built-in Li-ion rechargeable would probably last for 6-8 hours of continuous usage. The above post confuses continuous use with real-world use. I don't think the Visor Deluxe would last 3 weeks if it were always on.

    The other great thing about the Prism is that I just pop it in the charger every night (or at work during the day) and I never have to worry about it running out of juice. (Nor memory effects of the batteries.) I have not used it enough in one day yet to wear down the rechargeable.

  11. Re:Smuggler's Run on PlayStation 2 Software Synopsis · · Score: 1

    I concur. I made two purchases with my PS2 - Smuggler's Run and Silent Scope. I'm pretty happy with SR (especially the two- player mode, which is a blast!) but I don't like Silent Scope. I'll probably try to finish Silent Scope and then trade it in for a newer game. Other than SSX there are no other games on PS2 that interest me right now. (I already own UT for PC.)

  12. Interesting (misleading) figures on H1 B's Get To Change Jobs More Freely · · Score: 1
    The Business 2.0 article states:

    "According to a report by the General Accounting Office, the average H-1B worker makes a salary of just $45,000; a bargain in comparison with the average salary of $53,814 for a programmer in Silicon Valley, according to Salary.com. "

    Isn't this interesting? They are comparing America-wide salaries to Silicon Valley salaries to make a point. They call this journalism? Not in my book, it's not.

  13. how much software does RIAA / MPAA pirate? on The Software Police vs. The CD Lawyers · · Score: 1
    Wouldn't it be interesting to see the result of a software audit of the RIAA / MPAA offices? I'd be willing to bet they wouldn't come out completely clean. People in glass houses...

  14. Re:It also works in Windows Me and 98 on Multi-Head Gaming · · Score: 1

    > I believe the restriction was only on OpenGL -- AFAIK, you can have Direct3D acceleration using
    > multiple video cards.

    > I've seen demos, for example, of the Matrox Dual-Head cards running D3D games in
    > accelerated mode, and I don't think that's any different than this.

    Actually the Matrox cards with Dual-Head look like one adapter to the OS. That's why D3D works on both monitors. If you have two separate adapters only the primary can do acceleration.

    I tried this at home on the weekend with Unreal Tournament. I set up a 1200x600 window and spread it across my ATI Rage 128 and Voodoo3 3000. It was definitely not accelerated as the frame rate plummeted to low single digits. Even software mode in UT did better than D3D mode with a window spread across two monitors.

  15. Re:It also works in Windows Me and 98 on Multi-Head Gaming · · Score: 3

    >Not like too many people in slashdot uses Windows Me and 98 but I want to note that they
    >support multihead/multi-videocards. I tried it in 2D but I'm not too sure about using it in 3D.

    Windows98SE and presumably ME only provide D3D or OGL acceleration on the primary video card. A Voodoo3 can provide Glide compatibility when used as a second video card. This limits the fun for gaming with 3D acceleration.

    I hadn't considered trying to run in SW mode with UT before. I'll try that tonight when I get home. I have a Rage128 AGP as primary and Voodoo3 3000 PCI as secondary on my home machine.

  16. Plural of Lego on Lego Institutes Bulk Ordering · · Score: 1

    Please don't use "Legos" as the plural of Lego. They are called Lego bricks. Lego is the company; bricks are the product.

  17. Lego is the plural of Lego on Legos for Hackers · · Score: 1

    Well, I don't know if it's a regional thing or what, but I grew up referring to a collection of Lego building blocks as "Lego" not "Legos." I see and hear "Legos" being used as the plural fairly often and it really looks and sounds wrong to me. Does anybody know the official word on which is correct? (And if it's Legos I don't want to know!) ObLegoTestament: I largely credit all those hours building with Lego for leading me to an engineering degree.