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  1. Re:Good lord! on Microsoft One Step From World's Greenest Company · · Score: 0

    It's usually quite nice to use applications of some sort in a computer, in addition to the OS. Have you ever heard of, say, a web browser that only requires 0.4 ghz of memory to work?

    I know the answer; it's lynx. Have fun.

  2. Re:All too well... on Warming a Tiny Piece of Mars For Terraforming · · Score: 0

    . . . Verne? Shelley? Micromegas, by the Mr. Defend People's Right To Say Stuff himself? I've read all of those in school. Hell, I've read Asimov and Clarke in school.

  3. Campers, I tell you! on Indians Use Google Earth and GPS To Protect Amazon · · Score: 0

    Campers, all of them! They maphack and wait for our attacks, and they try to defend! I tell you, they camp and maphack and everything! That's not fair, the Amazonians defending their base!

  4. Re:Anyone... on Star Wars Virgin Takes the Plunge · · Score: 2, Funny

    This raises interesting theological questions. If one has sex, conceives then watches all 6 Star Wars movies(or, rather, is forced to watch them) in a row, then is the [possibly-resultant, as there is the chance that the simple act will automatically kill the baby]baby the second(or first, depending on your beliefs) incarnation of the Christ?

  5. Re:Irrelevant to policy makers on Internet Only 1% Porn · · Score: 0

    They have Senatorial pages, too?

  6. Approval on What Really Happened To Ubuntu's Edgy Artwork? · · Score: 1

    So lacking of red tape, they don't even care about their seniors' opinions!

    They should issue an official statement of chastisement against themselves!

  7. Re:today's maps will be historical on Google Earth In 4D · · Score: 1

    . . . Fall of Rome?

  8. Re:Spooky on The Ballpark Stadium of the Future · · Score: 1

    It's called the holodeck; did you even watch Star Trek?

  9. Re:My prediction on CCP and White Wolf Games To Merge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hell, pen-and-paper RPGs that are Dungeons and Dragons are dead, too.

  10. Re:wannaBeeNerdGirl re: pre-order PS3 for brother on Playstation 3 Sells Out At Japanese Launch · · Score: 1

    Ah, dammit. So my sources suck. It still won't work, unless you fiddle with it. And, of course, there is the being-able-to-read-Japanese part.

  11. Re:wannaBeeNerdGirl re: pre-order PS3 for brother on Playstation 3 Sells Out At Japanese Launch · · Score: 1

    Here is a rule of /.(what we call Slashdot); you do not call it a forum. Slashdot was created when the original meaning of forum was the only meaning; that is, an open-air market/political debating arena. It was created entirely before blogging. There are several components, but there is only one in truly short supply; the console itself. There is no chance that you could get a PS3, unless you live in a sparsely populated area and go to the nearest PS3-selling store in about 12 hours or so. It will not be available until the 17th in the US, if my sources serve, and the Japanese version will never be compatible with US games, at least until the PAL paradigm breaks down. That will be never, probably.

  12. Re:Sony on Walkman Creator Leaves Sony · · Score: 1

    Sony's got lines of 1,200 in Japan, at least according to Reuters.

    http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx? type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-11-11T074306Z_01_ NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-275847-1.xml

    According to IGN, however, the Wii lines are already bigger:

    http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/744/744970p1.html

    What sort of person sinks so low as to make his own ridiculous anecdotes? Cite some sources, and have them be unreliable as heck. That's the way to go about it.

  13. Re:Chicken and egg... on Delays, Delays, Delays · · Score: 1

    There are two approaches to video-gaming; the Nethack approach, which means many, many features and ridiculous dev time(20-something years and counting), and the Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, which took a few weeks to conceptualize and finish. It is a testament to the betterness of the Nethack approach that all of these delays are occuring.

    There is now only one option: Open-Source Starcraft. With everything. Including the kitchen sink.

  14. Re:What's the big deal? on Bar Performer Arrested For Copyright Violations · · Score: 1

    Do normal, paint-paintings-and-sculpt-sculptures artists paint and sculpt and do whatever they do for money?

    No; one can easily verify this because they're mostly poor as hell. Mozart wrote because he got paid performances from royalty, as well as the religious establishments and cities, and then, people could simply get the music and play it, if they had an orchestra. Mozart had financial difficulties, sure, but it would be a better way to fund music and the rest of the arts; one-time performances for one-time payments. That is also why we have 41 symphonies by him, as well as 27 piano concertos, as well as 8 violin concertos, as well as 4 horn concertos, and a ridiculous amount of his solo music. Also, many, many operas. This is from the Köchel-Verzeichnis, by the way, not Wikipedia.

  15. Re:Holding tables at the food court on PS3 Lines Already Forming In America · · Score: 1

    . . . But there is no resource yet. It will also be extremely limited; perhaps one million for 300 million people. In a time of scarcity, it makes quite a lot of sense to create some advantage to yourself.

    I do concede the stinkiness and the vagrancy, though.

  16. Re:Not really on What Would Google Decide? · · Score: 1

    Personally, I think we should pull an Australia and slap $5,000 dollar fines to people who don't vote.

    99.99% voting rate, here we come!

  17. Re:AIDS Can Fight AIDS? on AIDS Can Fight AIDS · · Score: 0

    In addition, 'thou' is informal. Despite the informal nature of all English communications today, you should still use honorifics if you wish to also use archaisms.

  18. Re:Remind anyone of another, older regime? on Cyber Bullying Destroys Anonymity · · Score: 0

    22 million machines in South Korea have the game 'Cart Racer'. Out of some 30 million.

    Nerd and Normality are one in South Korea.

  19. Re:sweat out their credit reports? on CEO Nabbed for Identity Theft From Own Employees · · Score: 0

    WSJ did a story on this the day before; it's because they have to mail the check to a central bank to use the lightning-fast systems.

  20. Re:Commercial rasons? on Microsoft Considers Pulling Out of China · · Score: 0

    It takes money to reach out to 1.3 billion people, and quite a lot(Mongolians, Tibetians, etc) of people simply don't want anything to do with computers because they don't have electricity yet. I remember my mother telling me of a stereotype of the Chinese(I am Korean), saying that they just mend stuff; why? Because the nearest electronic/clothing store is usually some hundreds of miles away.

  21. Re:Excellent! on More Voting Shenanigans in Florida · · Score: 0

    Link to the thing, so we can do this thing called 'cross-referencing'. There are conservatives in universities, you know.

  22. Re:Can someone post the list? on Wii Virtual Console, Launch Titles Finalized · · Score: 0

    The list, posted here verbatim:

    NES Games (500 Wii Points)
    * Mario Bros.: Mario and Luigi punch turtles. * The Legend of Zelda: The original Hyrulean adventure. * Donkey Kong: The game that put Nintendo on the map. * Donkey Kong Jr.: Not quite a classic, but its cameo in Yoshi's Island DS is pretty boss. * Ice Hockey: Fat guy, normal guy and skinny guy hit the ice. * Pinball: Mario moonlights as a paddle in this one. * Soccer: Another early NES sports title. About soccer! * Tennis: Simple but effective volley action. * Urban Champion: An early, and not particularly good, brawler. * Wario's Woods: A falling-block puzzle game starring Wario. * Baseball: Yet another early NES sports game. * Solomon's Key: A surprisingly difficult puzzle-action game.

    SNES Games (800 Wii Points)
    * F-Zero: A futuristic racer that reinvented the genre. * SimCity: Make your city awesome and you'll get a statue of Mario!

    N64 Games (1000 Wii Points)

    * Super Mario 64: The template for 3D platform gaming.

    Genesis Games (800 Wii Points)
    * Sonic the Hedgehog: Spiky guy, attitude, goes fast. You know this one. * Altered Beast: This bestial brawler will make you wise fwom your gwave! * Golden Axe: One of the best multiplayer brawlers ever made. * Columns: Before Bejeweled, there was Columns. * Ecco the Dolphin: Save the ocean in this beautiful (but difficult) adventure. * Gunstar Heroes: The action/shooter/platformer/brawler that made Treasure a hardcore fave. * Space Harrier II: A fast-paced shooter featuring super-scaler action! * Toe Jam & Earl: A funky and oddly mellow adventure. * Ristar: Sega's less popular 16-bit mascot. * Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine: (Psst, it's actually Puyo Pop.)

    TurboGrafx 16 Games (600 Wii Points)
    * Bonk's Adventure: Carnivorous caveman antics. * Super Star Soldier: Superlative space shooting. * Victory Run: Slick racing action. * Bomberman '93: Explosive multiplayer mayhem. * Dungeon Explorer: Classic RPG combat.

    Nintendo / First-Party
    Excite Truck
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
    Wii Sports (bundled with the Wii console)
    Third Parties
    Activision
    Call of Duty 3
    Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
    Rapala Tournament Fishing
    Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
    World Series of Poker
    Atari
    Dragon Ball Z Budokai: Tenkaichi 2
    Atlus
    Trauma Center: Second Opinion
    EA
    Madden NFL 07
    Need for Speed: Carbon
    Konami
    Elebits
    Midway
    The Ant Bully
    The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
    Happy Feet
    Rampage: Total Destruction
    Sega
    Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
    SNK
    Metal Slug Anthology
    Tecmo
    Super Swing Golf
    THQ
    Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Barnyard
    Cars
    SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
    Ubisoft
    Far Cry: Vengeance
    GT Pro Series
    Monster 4x4: World Circuit
    Open Season
    Rayman Raving Rabbids
    Red Steel
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
    Vivendi
    Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
    Then again, I recall that the great devil, Websense, blocks /., too. . ..

  23. Re:because you can't? on Fastest Waves Ever Photographed · · Score: 0

    How would a magnified image of a photon reflect light? The proper picture would be:

    -->

    (Magnified for easier viewing, even though you can't see the damn thing)

  24. Ram! on Sony Under Investigation by DOJ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ram is going to get cheaper
    Hooray! Ram! Ram! Ram! Ram!
    Cheaper, faster, bigger, smaller
    Hooray! Ram! Ram! Ram! Ram!
    Now that people aren't makin' it expensive
    Hooray! Ram! Ram! Ram! Ram!
    It's gonna get cheaper!

  25. Re:Hello on Pentagon Reveals News Correction Unit · · Score: 1

    Frenching refers to the method of preparation; it's an archaic term for slicing into a million lengthy pieces. The thing is, though, you still have to pee in a cup to work in a video game retailer in England. Also, the only thing they really have, written down, is habeas corpus, no excessive fines and no cruel or unusual punishment. Yes, you have more than two parties, which is a frigging excellent idea. No, you do not have constitutional guarantees of individual rights. This is why we can elect idiots and just scoff it off, as opposed to you guys, who can't elect idiots for the fear of destruction of your rights. Of course, idiots are the only contenders for election.