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  1. Well damn on The $500 Gaming PC Upgrade · · Score: 1

    I feel silly for spending $1500 or so for a brand new build this January. Granted I decided to go midrange (don't upgrade very often - so want a good utility-price balance).

  2. Re:Meanwhile, .FLV yawns, streams another video on The Uncertain Future of BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Oh I dunno, if you want to watch it whenever, independent of your connection's status. Or, well, if you're downloading an application. :)

  3. Re:If you dont like it... on Court Upholds Internet Deregulation · · Score: 1

    I always thought writing was. Oh well.

  4. Hmm on Free Phone Calls... If Advertisers Can Eavesdrop · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the ads managed to influence the conversation to have "What's with these @#$@ing ads?!" :P

  5. Re:Pigs. on University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally · · Score: 1

    You prefer if those four cops had just beat the scrawny kid into submission, given the question you lead off your post with.

  6. Re:hypocrisy on Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session · · Score: 1

    24 hours up straight is bad but sometimes a necessary evil, and I've done that before back in University. And I'm sure those in the MS competition didn't keep going even when they started to feel ill. 72 hours straight to the point of death is something else entirely.

  7. Re:Back in the day... on How Students Are 'Evolving' With Technology · · Score: 1

    Funny how the "inferior" way has produced competent students for a long time.

  8. Re:They're taught to keep their beliefs on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    So...conservatives are the soldier-fanatics of the God Emperor ? :P

  9. Re:This is what we did in the UK at age 14... on High School Students Forced To Declare A Major · · Score: 1

    Ah, the human being as a cog in the machine.

  10. Re:What about future cross breading? on Humans Evolved From a Single Origin In Africa · · Score: 1

    Hm probably not, I doubt they even had the wherewithal to make bread,let alone trade it!

  11. Re:Just my opinion.... on E3 Previews - Fable 2 and Fallout 3 · · Score: 1

    Well that's what E3's for I guess. Hype and interest.

  12. Re:Appeal? on Court Orders Dismissal of US Wiretapping Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Not well versed on the US legal system, but can't the court hear "secret" evidence but in some kind of closed session? Granted it's not much better, but this case involves some serious infringements of liberties.

  13. Re:Whine, whine, whine. on MS Moves R&D To Canada Due To Immigration Problem · · Score: 1

    Complaining and thinking something's bullshit doesn't mean you're not going to adapt.

  14. Hmm on Mike Godwin hired by Wikimedia Foundation · · Score: 1

    He'll need to make a law about jokes about Godwin's Law :P

  15. Re:I had the exact opposite experience on Explaining the Special Effects Behind Transformers · · Score: 1

    I always find it odd how people enjoy mindless entertainment. Nothing wrong with a movie that has a plot..that's not that deep but isn't asininely crafted (Star Wars' plot was kinda..meh, and it was fun to watch, for example). You can find a decent medium. But, meh, Bruckheimer and Bay put this crap out and people pay in droves to see it.

  16. Re:From TFA on The Current State of the Malware/AntiVirus Arms Race · · Score: 1

    Or at least it's partly because Windows has a larger user base. More targets justify the time to attack, after all. Interesting read though, this must be interesting work for, well I guess both malware and anti-malware app authors. :P Not liking the ads on the site though

  17. Re:This sucks. on Day of Silence On the Internet · · Score: 1

    What are you complaining about, a torrent gets you what you want waaaay faster than some tiny little stream. Flooding is a worry though.

  18. Re:How about the $$$? on Firstborn Get the Brains · · Score: 1

    Well. You've just convinced me my life is a failure. Suicide booth here I come!

  19. Re:I'm Canadian on House To Vote On Paper Trail and OSS Voting Bill · · Score: 1

    Well India handles it (over several weeks I think..) so paper ballots can work well. The US they vote on a lot of things, so I'm guessing that might be a lot of paper though but eh, better to have it take a long time and be accurate. Ah, and surprise that a fellow Canadian is lecturing US folk on stuff, hehe :P

  20. Re:What about Ron? on New Monkey Island Rumoured, False · · Score: 1

    Bah, CMI was the best of the series for me. Was very funny, introduced Murray! Come on, have to love it for that diabolical talking skull :)

  21. Worst summary...EVER on 1 Billion PCs by End of 2008 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Does ANYONE proof-read these things ? *boggle*

  22. Ahhh... on Massive Cave Found on Mars · · Score: 1

    So THAT'S what happened when Beagle 2 landed.

  23. Re:Meh on Blizzard Announces StarCraft 2 · · Score: 1

    Ohhh SupCom's great fun. I'm waiting on my friends to upgrade so I can play with them, hehe. Different style of games, I always found SC to be something bordering on tactical with all the micromanagement possible. With SupCom and the large armies you can field, things get more strategic.

  24. Meh on Blizzard Announces StarCraft 2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Was never taken with Starcraft, liked TA much better. Will be worth trying at least.

  25. Re:Duh, it's the olympics. on 2012 Olympics Security to be Chosen by Sponsorship · · Score: 1

    Well your point aside, there was a major conflict in that region, if I recall Sarajevo saw some action (how I learned of the place as a kid actually :P)