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  1. Re:I'm curious... on Maker of Postal Responds to Thompson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why make a game that simulates real life?? What's the point?

    Reset button

  2. Re:Lame. Very, very lame. on MySQL on Windows - Good Idea? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't know what the error means, I just copy and pasted from the first google hit for "mysql error"

    My beef is with websites (forums, image boards) that grovel before the altar of MySQL only to have their site completely hosed for a good hour or two every day because of some error or another. When HTML bugs up, it doesn't also take out every other server in a 40-foot radius with it.

  3. Sure on MySQL on Windows - Good Idea? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It's a perfectly solid and dependable combination. In fact, I recently...

    Invalid SQL: INSERT INTO useractivation VALUES (NULL,'1','1020133520','22381263',1)
    mysql error: Lost connection to MySQL server during query

    mysql error number: 2013

  4. Re:not really a good idea on Trauma Pill Might Help Ease Emotional Pain · · Score: 1

    Physical pain versus emotional pain.

    Physical pain hurts. Like, really bad. It also has a tendancy to be forgotten amazingly quickly after the event. By all means, hit up some morphine for that "Advance to GO" card if the experience has no redeeming qualities.

    Emotional pain? Well, if you don't remember what you did that caused it (cheated on your wife with a hooker and she finally dumped you), you're apt to repeat it.

  5. Huh? on Pluto Probe Delayed · · Score: 1

    From what I remember of physics, x and y forces do not affect each other on their own. If you roll a ball off a stair or the grand canyon, it will travel in the same parabolic arc until reaching the ground.

    So why does a horizonal force of wind have any effect on the vertical force of the thrusters? Won't the probe just end up exiting the atmosphere a few feet to the left or right, if at all?

  6. Re:Paging Dr. Pangloss on Trauma Pill Might Help Ease Emotional Pain · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but when you use anasthesia to deal with the pain of having your leg removed, you'll wake up (painlessly) and have the missing leg to remind you than using a rotary saw while drunk is an experience you would care not to repeat.

    If a young woman goes to bars alone and gets plastered and amorous on a regular basis, (let's not touch the blame arguement with a seven-foot-pol) and sometimes date-raped from these encounters, the magic pills will prevent her from learning why this behavior is not too wise.

  7. Re:not really a good idea on Trauma Pill Might Help Ease Emotional Pain · · Score: 1

    No, by all means take drugs, pierce yourself, wipe out memories on a whim.

    We're just that little voice of conscience saying: "hey! hey! I don't think is such a good idea!"

  8. Re:I've wondered about the ethics... on Trauma Pill Might Help Ease Emotional Pain · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Silly rabbit. Prison isn't about rehabilitation or safety of the populace. It's about retribution. Ask any cop.

  9. Re:It'll Turn 'Em on Trauma Pill Might Help Ease Emotional Pain · · Score: 1

    Because they let it

    Of all the species on this planet, only man receives more damage by wounds that do not physically impair him.

  10. Oh, wow. This is bad. on Trauma Pill Might Help Ease Emotional Pain · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Step 1: Barney Fife and his partner beat a man to death for Driving While Brown in the First Degree
    Step 2: Hospital required to give memory-zapping pills to distraught family.
    Step 3: Profit (or at least no loss of profit from a lawsuit)
    "Ignorance is strength" indeed...

  11. Re:First thing's first on What Should People Understand About Computers? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you got me :)

    I didn't even realize I stole the term until you mentioned it. Mysterious IRC guy has actually added to the english language, it seems

  12. First thing's first on What Should People Understand About Computers? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Design a mechanical arm that comes out from between the pages and stabs the reader in the face every time they confuse "memory" with "disk space." You'll be doing us all a great service.

  13. Re:Oh God... on Smart Elevators Coming to Seattle · · Score: 1

    So just don't put your bag on the scale :)

    This isn't rocket science.

  14. Re:Oh God... on Smart Elevators Coming to Seattle · · Score: 1

    Um, wow? So, like, what prevents you from just scanning the juicy fruit and pack of cheetos while you stuff the gourmet ham and leg of lamb in the bag without passing them over the machine?

  15. Re:A Bush Speaks the Truth on Anti-Gaming Legislation in Florida Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    Not since the time of Moses has a Bush spoken such truth as Gov. Bush did My entire cube subsection can't stop laughing at this. Bravo :)

  16. Re:'Now, children... on Teachers Want Games In The Classrooms · · Score: 1

    GTA is a strikingly accurate simulator for learning real-life skills in the Big City

  17. Woh, rly? on 26 Million Chinese Gamers Online · · Score: 1

    Online game revenue is expected to reach 17.2 billion yuan So, that's like, tens of dollar?

  18. Re:fanatics on Thompson's (Mostly) Polite Interview · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The legislators seem to disagree with you

  19. Better on Thompson's (Mostly) Polite Interview · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside.'"

    It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would beleive in a magic sky-deity. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the bible and went outside.'"

    Fixed

  20. Re:Not true on Kingdom Hearts II Preview · · Score: 1

    They sure lerned me rite in school!

  21. Back to the past on CNN On The $500 PS3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aw, hell, pretty soon all I'll be able to afford for fun will be a stick and a metal hoop

  22. Re:Big Brother and the iTunes Company on iTunes is Malware? · · Score: 0, Troll

    An old example, but it bears repeating...

    By your logic, someone can run a store, and hide a sign behind the counter saying "I get to punch anyone who enters." You walk in, get conked, and it would be completely okay, since the burden would have been on you to research the policy of the store before walking in.

  23. Re:Back to (Tiananmen) Square One? on Chinese Ban on Wikipedia Prevents Research · · Score: 1

    what does superpower status have to do with civil rights?

    People as a whole are generally more willing to tolerate civil rights abuses as long as 1) it's not visibly affecting them and 2) they're doing well economically. What's the famous saying to running a country? "Just feed 'em and keep 'em happy?"

    When other communications are suppressed by law, custom, or technological barriers, marches are one of the most effective ways to communicate with your fellow citizens.

    Communicate what, though? Everyone knows that getting thrown into prison on a whim or being executed for your religion are Bad Things, so what can a march teach them? Maybe a march accompanies with rock/mototov parties. At least that'll communicate the crucial message that "some shit is about to go down shortly, and you should either pick a side or get out of the way."

    Why do you think China suppresses them?

    They're not being rational, as evidenced by the ban on pornography. Letting your citizens watch other people do the whoopie can in no way lead to undermining the government. However, the people on top have decided that they do not like it and that is that. There's that old quote about the only things you need to successfully rule a country are to feed the population and keep them happy. Marches don't provide significant changes in the short term. Sure, they worked (a bit) for civil rights and vietnam in the US, but I can't think of anywhere else in the world where TPTB relented.

  24. Re:Haven't they heard... on Chinese Ban on Wikipedia Prevents Research · · Score: 1

    I think you're confusing their policy on not putting "original research" into Wikipedia.

    Like, for example, I edit the article on Meat to add "My Uncle Billy says eating pork makes you smart."

  25. Re:Back to (Tiananmen) Square One? on Chinese Ban on Wikipedia Prevents Research · · Score: -1, Troll

    When does marching ever solve anything? They need to get with the program and see how effective civil war has been in the past.

    Besides, the Chinese seem to be okay without civil rights, because their economy and power are growing. When they're the world superpower in 50 years or so, then they can worry about freedom.