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  1. Re:BZZZZT WRONG on Novelist Blames Piracy On Open Source Culture · · Score: 2, Informative

    Right, so books end up being ruined like this. No thanks.

    Well, considering that most of the books and novels written during the eighteenth and nineteenth century were published as serialized on journal in a similar fashion ( stuff like Ulysses and most of the novels by Poe; not just "pulp" stories) , It's debatable the idea of "dilution" or otherwise worsening of published contents if they were published this way.

  2. Re:What's the point of Flash today on Decoding Adobe's Big Device Push · · Score: 1

    Any of these Demos:

    http://lab.andre-michelle.com/

    And even if some of these could be theoretically reproduced with Canvas + Javascript, they would require at least 3 times the manpower to be developed.

    What can be usually done by just a graphic designer with a good knownledge of Actionscript would require at least 3 javascript coders and 2 graphic designers with a good grasp of the "XHTML/HTML5 + CSS" limitations.

    Unfortunately, this is not trolling but my personal work experience.

  3. Re:GUI editor for Theora: LiVES on Working With Ogg Theora and the Video Tag · · Score: 1

    with all the due respect, it's like replying with "wordpad" to someone who is asking for a substitute to emacs or VI.

    Consider After Effects like photoshop, but for whole video reels rather than still Images.

    Maybe the OP was thinking of Final Cut, and even in that case we're still talking about very different products, especially if you're using FC with some proficiency at professional level.

  4. Re:+1 on Danger Mouse Releases Blank CD-R To Spite EMI · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sure you did. It's the DJ / producer behind Gnarls Barkley,that made the song "Crazy" some time ago.

    He even collaborated with the band "Gorillaz", which you "may" have heard in some iPod ad.

    Oh, he even took part to the documentary "Good Copy Bad Copy". He's not new to such statements.

  5. Re:Prediction.. on Nvidia Mulls Cheap, Integrated x86 Chip · · Score: 1

    It would be like taking the trailer off the cab of an 18 wheeler and hitching it to the back of a ferrari. Yes, its theoretically doable, but none of the ferrari's strengths are suited for the purpose of hauling freight and the end result would be comical.

    Well, that's exactly what the Chrysler did with the Dodge Viper. from the wikipedia:

    The team asked the then-Chrysler subsidiary Lamborghini to cast some prototype aluminum blocks based on Dodge's V10 truck engine for sports car use in May.

  6. Re:My advice - don't look for satisfaction in game on How Do Games Grow Up? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They said the same for Cinematography, Photography , Theater and even written books, starting from Plato.

  7. Re:The main issue is lying liars. on Scientology's Credibility Questioned Over Video Channel · · Score: 1

    Hi, let me introduce my friend, the syllogistic fallacy

  8. Re:Bologna. on Does It Suck To Be An Engineering Student? · · Score: 1

    Art, modern art anyways - is a load of rubbish. It's the emperor's new clothes.

    Of course it is.basically it is the whole meaning of it.well, at least for the pioneers during the 60-70. probably now the actual "artists" get the joke no more.

    The reinassance painters stood outside their windows, looking around ,drawing what they saw, more or less freed from the "reality" imposed by the Catholic church during the dark ages.So we have their studies regarding proportions, colors and perspective.

    In the '70 Andy Warhol does the same, but outside of his window there is just Wal-Marts shelves, the media craze for the celebrities and their life, and the morbid interest for their deaths.

    The same can be said for Picasso, regarding the Guernica.Or Jackson Pollock, regarding the whole Abstract Paiting. If your reality is basically composed of images of the Cold War and Nuclear Explosions, or the WWII genocides, I really doubt that your opinion for the future could be anything more than complete chaos.

    Now, the whole artistic "avant-pop" movement has became nothing more than a parody of himself.More interested in the private life of pseudo actors and personalities, but instead of being shocking , it has become just sad. Someone called Bansky is actually explainig that pretty well.

  9. Re:if truecrypt.org is still down on TrueCrypt 5.0 Released, Now Encrypts Entire Drive · · Score: 2, Informative

    Too Bad that for some reasons they refuse to upload any files on the sourceforge server. There is only a "the files are only on truecrypt.org.html" available.

  10. Re:Subversion? on Introversion On Staying An Independent Games Studio · · Score: 1

    Well, you actually described the back story of Rez. The gameplay ha basically no relevance with it, except somewhat for the tron-like atmosphere.

  11. Re:A writing tool for writersEXCEPTION TO THIS RUL on Goodbye Cruel Word · · Score: 1

    AArgh. Missing Link.

    http://www.celtx.com/
  12. Re:A writing tool for writersEXCEPTION TO THIS RUL on Goodbye Cruel Word · · Score: 1

    For Screenwriting you could use Celtx, which is based of Gecko rendering engine. It's Free, but it requires to create an account and connect to some server in order to generate a pdf. And it's missing from the repositories of every major distro, so it's quite difficult to install for the novices.

  13. Re:That's ridiculous on See Who Is Whitewashing Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    No, He just said "the Chinese government killed student protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989."

    Whatever other interpretations were deducted by you, by your cultural background and some values that you, in a completely subjective way, append to such words. He never said that the students were "innocents" , or that they were right. Your point is the same kind of such "political correctness" that is being used by politicians and PR to make any assumptions void and transform every kind of confrontation and situation in a useless rhetoric exercise.

  14. Re:Not somebody else's problem on Web Censorship on the Increase · · Score: 1

    Well, if the problem is created by technology,then resolve it with technology.Users creates the 'net and the users can rebuild it again, if necessary.We're still in a point where we can change how the internet "works".I mean, rewrite the entire OSI Model with something with anonymity and even more decentralization in mind, and make it omnipresent, unavoidable for anyone that wants to use an internet connection.Change the client-server structure with a peer to peer one.
    Tor and freenet are valid examples, but still too limited in their effects.

  15. Re:It's the HD DRM on Vista Not Playing Nice With FPS Games · · Score: 1

    Yes, but you are assuming that the DRM subsystem is working correctly...

    Probably there are some checks to see if an application is trying to bypass some protection, for example, if it's some kind of "virtual video driver" which just returns a "secure output path" , while instead dumping the unmodified framebuffer content to HD.

    Maybe some hack being used for anti-alising or similar post-processing effects triggers the "downscalation"(is it a word?).

  16. Re:Heh on Low Earth Orbit Junk Yard Nearly Full · · Score: 1

    uhm,Have you ever seem Planetes? basically it's an anime with a story not too distant from what you and the article say...The interesting point is the premise of the entire story, that is when the debris will become too much dangerous of civilian space flights...I am sure that Sir Richard Branson wouldn't be too happy to lose on of his space flights because of a 1960 era satellite.

  17. Re:browser on Internet2 Turns 10 and Upgrades · · Score: 1

    ..Or Better the opportunity to deploy tor/freenet servers with no noticeable effects on the connection.

    <rant>

    I always wonder why these people, or whoever else for them, aren't trying to deploy something more resistant to "external attacks"...I mean, actually seems that the entire internet is being offered to the highest bidder: Verisign and the control of the .com domain, the chinese "great firewall" and general contents censorship ,the entire "net neutrality" question, the Media Conglomerates trying to shut down every "not-approved" distribution channels, the debacle about the autority over ICANN...

    Is there any project about a fully decentralized, anonymous network over such technologies? Or we should just surrender, and accept in the future a fast ,monitored, television-like Internet2? I couldn't care less about it if I will download "The Big Brother 2012" in real time at HD but won't be able to publish a blog against the political ideas of my government.

    </rant>
    PS:No, English is not my native language, so if you are so offended by my spelling/grammatical errors, please ignore my post.
  18. Re:PS3's chance. on Third Place Is Fine By Nintendo · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe they don't care about Linux "Per Se", but surely do they like a nice PVR System... Imagine a MythTv-Based distro expressly configured for PS3...

  19. What about "Smart" Weapons? on U.S. Announces New Space Security Policy · · Score: 1

    We've already seen the precision of so-called "smart bombs" taking down hospitals and civil locations.

    Who does assure that one of such weapons instead of hitting an WMD goes crazy and destroy a city somewhere else? Or just happily go down in the middle of North Korea as an happy present for their military research?

  20. Re:Or because... on DVDs w/ Built in USB Ports for Copy Protection · · Score: 1
    The only thing that might work as an unbreakable copy-protection scheme is to have the decryption performed within the brain of the viewer, so there is never an unencrypted version of anything anywhere.[...]
    Uhmmm...Have you ever thought about writing SciFi novels ?
  21. Re:Microsoft cant win on Microsoft Agrees to Changes in Vista Security · · Score: 1
    If a means is offered for Norton, AVG, and McAfee to bypass the security then you can bet your bottom dollar that hackers and malware writers will use it as well.

    And, let me guess who is going to benefit from this...?

  22. Re:Hopefully ICANN is rational on Perspectives on Spamhaus's Dilemma · · Score: 1

    I have no idea how the Domain Servers at ICANN work, But couldn't they block the domain just for the United States, complying with the order? So the rest of the world can keep using Spamhaus services, and at the same time making the judges happy, and "some" system admin very, very, very busy for a week or two.

  23. Re:A Linux Kernel, eh? on Wii Will Have an Updatable Linux OS · · Score: 1

    Theorically Yes, if the rumors are true.

    In pratice...I really doubt it, even if they really use Linux.
    I mean , even if they say "Yes, we use linux.No, we aren't going to release the source. Have a good day." what "the community" is going to do? An online petition? A legal action from the EFF? Good luck with that.

    Sorry to sound like a troll, but recently the linux kernel and his development has changed his path...Now is a product controlled by IBM and other corporations. I don't know if it's really a bad thing, but surely it's no more what it used to be in its original concept.

  24. Re:Who is making these decisions on Gran Tourismo HD Cars Sold Seperately? · · Score: 1

    No, it will make it just more frustrating.
    Imagine racing online with an 1.50 $ Yaris while being repeatedly beaten by a rich spoiled brat who could afford a 15 $ Panoz from the beginning.

  25. Re:just incase anyone wants to SAY HI to this guy on Controversy Erupts Over Craigslist Prank · · Score: 1

    Just a sec...Are you REALLY sure that it's him?

    After all, considering he actually did, wouldn't be too unresonable to think he is just using the identity of one of his neighbours.

    Maybe now he's just having fun at the show of the real Jason Fortuny being kicked to death.