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  1. Re:Nintendo's Wii akin to Chevrolet's Nova? on Both Sides of Wii · · Score: 1

    There is such a thing as bad publicity. Remember New Coke?

  2. Re:Wii is a terrible name on Both Sides of Wii · · Score: 1

    No, they will mistaking hearing "oui" for "Wii"

    The product is eseentially called the Nintendo Yes.

  3. Re:Nintendo's Wii akin to Chevrolet's Nova? on Both Sides of Wii · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You have to imagine that the execs at Nintendo saw this as a risqué move and weighed in the possible problems they would have marketing it.

    No. This is a classic example of when no one in the boardroom has the guts to say "Sir, that is a terrible idea."

  4. Again? on Texas Senator Proposes Game Tax · · Score: 1

    Because all the previous taxes for schools, public works, and beautification projects have accomplished their intended goal. Every city in America already has adequate social servic--oh wait...

    "You are a slave, Neo."

  5. Re:ummm... on Senate Bill May Ban Streaming MP3s · · Score: 1

    Make up your mind! It's slashdot, I gotta read!

  6. Re:Fritz Lang's M on Australians to Get Compulsory Photo ID Smartcard · · Score: 1

    In this day and age, with identity theft on the rise and miscommunication and misperception rampant, and the rise of the Internet, it seems prudent to have some way to distinguish myself.

    Fact: If another copy of your personal information exists, it can only increase the chance of such data being stolen and used against you.

  7. Re:Fritz Lang's M on Australians to Get Compulsory Photo ID Smartcard · · Score: 1

    No we don't. If you're not driving a car, attempting to buy alcohol or cigarettes, or boarding a plane (and possibly, since 9/11, any other form of mass transit), you absolutely don't "need" to carry identification at all times.

    And cops don't "need" to charge you with anything to put you in jail for a night for processing, but they're certainly not going to stand for the insult of being contradicted.

  8. Re:Fritz Lang's M on Australians to Get Compulsory Photo ID Smartcard · · Score: 1

    Yes, they certainly can. And the courts will uphold it. (http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1684/)

  9. Re:Fritz Lang's M on Australians to Get Compulsory Photo ID Smartcard · · Score: 1

    I don't think you'll be arrested for not having it, at least I've never heard of that happening after WW2.

    Well then, allow me to enlighten you: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2005/11/ rocky_mountain_news_local/

  10. Re:The Letter of the Law? on Australians to Get Compulsory Photo ID Smartcard · · Score: 1

    the information will still be logged into the central database whether you take the card or not.

    I renewed my passport this year so I won't be forced into having an ID Card for 10 years! I'd strongly suggest that you consider doing the same!


    Non-sequitor.

  11. I'll bet on Bloodless Surgery · · Score: 2, Funny

    $20,000 in savings per patient

    That dull roar you just heard outside was the US's entire population of medical residents placing a revolver in their mouth and pulling the trigger.

  12. Re:Star Trek linked to pedophilia? on EA's E3 Lineup · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You seem to know alot about Star Trek, citizen. How about we have a talk down at the station...

  13. Re:Favorite 2600 hack: on Retro Gaming Hacks · · Score: 1

    My original Dragon Warrior cart had a habit of not entirely overwriting saved games when you saved over an old one as long as you used the same name. I got it to start the quest with 66535 gold, the princess in my arms, and 0hp.

  14. Re:I did a small hack myself... on Retro Gaming Hacks · · Score: 1

    You should have had an electrician for a father. All the slugs I wanted.

  15. Re:Choose Your Own Adventure Books! on Interactive Fiction Then and Now · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but that's why I never bought games unless I was sure of the difficulty (like shareware). My whole extended family grappled with King's Quest 2 and 3 until we finally got it, and happily bought the next editions (along with space quest). But clones like Teen Agent and Hugo's House of Horrors I never even considered because, like you said, the help to get through the game wasn't around yet. So it was a good thing.

    HHGTTG is just an exercise in painful, obscure syntax and frustration, IMO. And I even watched the BBC movie before I'd played the game.

  16. Sounds awesome. on Robotic Legs Instead of Wheelchairs · · Score: 1

    All you need is a whole bunch of them and a front-mounted chaingun. Then all your pesky cyberdemon cyberdemon troubles are over!

  17. Re:You would think on Oklahoma Senate OKs Violent-Games Bill · · Score: 1

    Ah, touche :)

  18. Re:Make it a crime? on Oklahoma Senate OKs Violent-Games Bill · · Score: 1

    Modern U.S & U.K law both share a common root

    Then the U.K. should start acting like it has an adversarial system and treat people as innocent until proven guilty. Banning violent games because they might cause someone to be violent themselves is not conductive to this goal.

  19. Re:What do they mean by violent? on Oklahoma Senate OKs Violent-Games Bill · · Score: 0

    I work for head of the NFL's new content division. He is intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  20. Re:Make it a crime? on Oklahoma Senate OKs Violent-Games Bill · · Score: 0

    Jesus Christ, of course it does. How the hell did you people survive World War II?

    To elaborate, most chain video game stores/movie theaters have a company policy to check (or at least pretend to) to satisfy the public that they're "good." Neither of these places are required by law to ban children from buying/watching, anywhere as far as I know.

    It's the parent's choice to allow their child to buy violent stuff (assuming they can find a store who believes the same). The only thing we go into batshit crazy denial mode on is sex.

  21. Re:Then the buyer should just get older on Oklahoma Senate OKs Violent-Games Bill · · Score: 1

    We should accept an unjust law because "it isn't a big deal?" This is a Godwin trap.

  22. Re:You would think on Oklahoma Senate OKs Violent-Games Bill · · Score: 1

    God Wah-rriors usually don't learn. The definition of insanity is "attempting the same thing again and expecting different results."

  23. As I espected on Fake Scientific Paper Detector · · Score: 1

    JAR JAR Oyi, mooie-mooie! I luv yous! The frog-like creature kisses the JEDI.
    QUI-GON Are you brainless? You almost got us killed!
    JAR JAR I spake.
    QUI-GON The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. Now get outta here!


    This text had been classified as INAUTHENTIC with a 46.0% chance of being authentic text

  24. Re:Loss of privacy on French Town Tests Cashless Society · · Score: 1

    It's downtown new york city. The pharmacy and restauraunts in the lobby take that long, the company cafeteria is a little better (credit cards, no employee debit deal). I usually just find the nearest indian or chinese hole-in-the-wall where they still accept beads and trinkets. A lot quicker, even with the extra walking.

  25. From another article (I can't read that shit) on Coalition Sounds Off on Net Neutrality Legislation · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Clarify the FCC authority to prevent Internet service providers from blocking or degrading any content or applications delivered over the public Internet."

    FCC? Prevent? Censorship? This does not compute at all!