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  1. Re:this sounds familiar on Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace Rocket Crashes and Burns · · Score: 1

    Jesus... checking out slashdot today and realizing a screwup like that one up seems like waking up after blacking out, and finding out that you blacked out and punched a hooker in the face. Well, the nerd equivalent to that. Please mod -7, brainfart.

  2. this sounds familiar on Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace Rocket Crashes and Burns · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are they sure it was a Rocket?

    Are they sure it wasn't Daikatana 2?

  3. news flash! on ODF Vs. OOXML File Counts On the Web · · Score: 1

    Office 2007 users don't like posting documents on the interweb.

  4. Re:Won't help on Watermarking to Replace DRM? · · Score: 1

    When I used to review CD's a couple years ago, the promo copies we got were all watermarked per publication. They would track the leaks that way.

  5. jeez on German Physicists Claim Speed of Light Broken · · Score: 1

    All I get when I play with microwave photons is a persistent fish smell in the kitchen.

  6. Re:FIOS is set to rule! on Bandwidth Crunch Looms for Cable Companies · · Score: 1

    I would have tried out the FIOS dealie, as its coverage is not widespread in my area, maybe it's not as congested as Comcast or RCN. For some god forsaken reason... there's no fiber lines on my side of the street.

  7. baseball games on In-Game Ads Make Products More Appealing · · Score: 1

    I find my suspension of disbelief when playing baseball games to be a bit lacking with all of the fake advertisements that replace the notable real ones (ex. the Citgo sign at Fenway Park). This is a special case, but it is something that bugs me.

  8. Re:Sounds we can and cannot hear. on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 1

    or how much of that 90% you miss when you're riding the bus to work in the morning.

  9. Re:out of date marketing methods on RIAA Campaign Against Students Hits Stormier Seas · · Score: 1

    It's a great marketing tool because you are free to use the music as you wish, on whatever device you want... and people can pirate it.

  10. Re:Welcome on 8 Million Year Old Bacteria Thaws, Lives · · Score: 1

    As I'm 2 episodes away from re-viewing the first season...

    Ice is the episode where they find the parasites that came from ancient ice cores. Darkness Falls is the ancient mites from tree rings one. Both awesome episodes. YMMV, but X-Files seasons were only $20 at my local Best Buy this week.

    Darkness Falls definitely had the best ending of any of the early season "monster" type episodes.

  11. Re:Been there, done that. on Human Origins Theory Tested By Recent Findings · · Score: 1

    And also, the bible's language is completely at the mercy of the translators of the translators of the translators... so to speak.

  12. Re:Nothing to worry about on PR And The Game Media, The Rockstar Way · · Score: 1

    As an aside, having stopped reading Nintendo Power for about 10 years, they certainly seem to have the balls to knock a bad game around. In the golden age, the good points seemed to be emphasized much more... I don't remember many harsh criticisms.

  13. Re:Plot mistakes? (spoilers) on Deathly Hallows / OOTP Movie Discussion · · Score: 1

    Technicality possibility: Dumbledore wasn't dueling with Draco, he was body binding Harry, so he was not protected from Draco. Draco still disarmed Dumbledore, so he was the owner of the wand.

  14. Just Cause on There Are No Games So Bad They're Funny · · Score: 1

    In my head, I file Just Cause under this category. The absolutely anemic "content" of the game is outweighed by insane character personalities and a complete disregard for any and all laws of physics. The overuse of motion blur, and the hilarious nature of the glitches I've run into strike me as the video game equivalent of zippers and strings in monster movies.

  15. possibly slightly off-topic on MLB Says Slingbox Illegal, CEA Thinks Otherwise · · Score: 1

    I live in Boston and love the Red Sox. I got caught spoofing my address so i could watch sox games on MLB.tv (this was against their rules, so my B), so I bought a slingbox. I don't see how steaming my slingbox from one location to another (home to work, inside my own apartment sometimes) inside the same zip code is bad kharma. I'm still inside the broadcast area. I'd like to bring to light the biggest problem with the MLB, the Hawaii MLB blackout policy. Hawaii is blacked out of Dodgers, Giants, Angels, Athletics, and I believe Mariners games. Do they show ny of those locally in Hawaii? No. Do residents of Hawaii effect stadium attendance at any of those parks? No. One of the dumbest things any current broadcaster does. Let your fans pay to see your danm games if they want to.

  16. of promise on 'Tower of Babel' Translator Under Development · · Score: 1

    this is like promising sound of futures. the translate will sense make contains great accuracy grammar.

  17. reason on Creepy Windows XP Halloween mask · · Score: 1

    if i wanted to make a creepy windows mask, i'd make a windows ME mask.

    anyone else get the chills?

  18. Re:giving back on IE Sends Cake to Firefox 2 Team · · Score: 1

    good luck getting them to share the recipe

  19. Re:High prices on Civilization Comes to Steam · · Score: 1

    I believe that the CIV 3 includes the expansion packs.

  20. obvoiusly on Canadian Music Industry Says Downloading Declining · · Score: 2, Funny

    obviously this shows that DRM and security measures are working. or that more people are lying out of their asses. or that a different group of people were surveyed.

  21. i wonder on Automatic Machinima News-Broadcasting · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if it's broadcasting about this story.

    woah META NEWS

  22. Re:backwards on 2006 Election Maps Mashups · · Score: 1

    I'd settle for a short answer question about at least one of the candidate's platforms.

  23. "reason" to buy an iPod? on iPod Cracked, But Does it Matter? · · Score: 1

    I bought mine because the student discount and solid replacement plan allow me to cheaply carry 80gb of music and video. I buy DRM-free albums from emusic, and most of what I get from Itunes I get free from AppleStudents on Facebook, so I'd care less if I lost it. The last line slag stinks of iPod hater. If anything, the article talks about even more uses for an iPod. RTFA.

  24. well on 2006 Election Maps Mashups · · Score: 1

    hopefully this motivates some of the lazier ones among us to actually crawl out of their holes and vote, instead of just complaining.

  25. doom 3 on Fraidy Cat Gamer · · Score: 1

    from the first time that you look in a mirror and see a zombie behind you, i knew doom 3 was a bad choice to play at night. I've got nothing better to do tonight, maybe I'll start Sweet Home.