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  1. Re:Cost of games.. on Nielsen Partners With Sony For Game Ad Measurement · · Score: 1

    Right now, they don't have much revenue from it. Perhaps if they do, the game prices long-term will not go up as quickly in relation to production costs.

  2. Re:Not him, them! on Uwe Boll Has Three Picture Distribution Deal · · Score: 3, Funny

    John Rhys-Davies just wants to be a dwarf again.

  3. Re:Administratively impossible? on Microsoft Too Busy To Name Linux Patents? · · Score: 1

    Apparently I'm not in that group. Whoops.

  4. Re:Administratively impossible? on Microsoft Too Busy To Name Linux Patents? · · Score: 1

    Any geek knows that select (count *) is faster than select *...

  5. Re: Another one for the list! on StarCraft, Nothing But StarCraft · · Score: 1

    The irony of that is I have neither played WOW nor WC3.

    However, I have played Final Fantasy and Disgaea games.

  6. When they said "will run on both XP" on StarCraft, Nothing But StarCraft · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought they meant experience points...

  7. Re:A hack? on MIT Hacks XKCD Talk With AACS key · · Score: 1, Redundant

    In MIT-speak, a "Hack" is a prank.

    I can't say whether that is related to "Hack", as in to program, or "Hack", as in to exploit software.

  8. Re:Hats of to Nintendo on Nintendo Holds 20 Best Selling Games in Japan · · Score: 1

    The only one missing is Atari: the clueless blundering money-grubbing fools with a few good ideas. That must be either Vista or that Phantom.. thing.
  9. Which article? on Netcraft Shows Smartech Running Ohio Election Servers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Which link is responsible for this: "On Nov. 3 2004, Netcraft shows the website pointing out of state to a server owned by Smartech Corp."

    I'm not questioning this necessarily, but with all of the links to evidence I'm confused why there was no link for this one...

  10. Re:The big question on Google To Add Presentations · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Only if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    ... and get hit in the head with a flying chair.

  11. But... but.. on Sony Officially Dropping 20GB PS3 in North America · · Score: 1

    But I only want a 20 gig drive, and I liked the $100 cheaper price. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait longer before getting a PS3.

    (yes, I actually was planning on getting one at some point. But only the 20 gig model).

  12. The real question is... on Japanese Mileage Maniacs · · Score: 1

    How fast can this Tofu driver make it down the mountain after his morning delivery.

  13. Am I the only one? on Another Step Towards the Driverless Car · · Score: 1

    The courses he uses remind me of courses from Super Off Road.

  14. New Technology on A New Lease On Internal Combustion · · Score: 1

    Do you really think that the Big Three will adopt new engine technology?

    You can still find push-rod engines being built today...

  15. Re:Great! on Patent Filed for Underwater GPS · · Score: 1

    On a slightly more serious note, no self respecting spy submarine will emit a ping to this service ever. Maybe not, but it will tell me where I am when my boat sinks!
  16. Re:Solution on Higher Pay for Math and Science Teachers · · Score: 1

    I see no problem with the idea of differential pay for teachers in different subjects. Yes, it would suck to be an English teacher and make half as much as the Math teacher, but I'm willing to bet that we can find twice as many qualified English teachers as Math teachers. The moral of the story, pick a more in demand subject. It's this way in Universities. Business, medical, and science professors wouldn't be professors if they were paid the small amount the English and Philosophy professors are paid.
  17. Re:Solution on Higher Pay for Math and Science Teachers · · Score: 1

    If both the Union can be gutted and the school administration / states not screw with the teachers. I hear plenty of first-hand reasons why there is a union in the first place.

    That said, I also hear plenty of reasons why many teachers unions are ineffective. You'd think teachers would be smarter...

  18. Mod Parent Up on Crazy Non-Compete Contracts? · · Score: 1

    This is correct (at least, the CA part).

    Sadly, a lot of legal paperwork is actually invalid and done to intimidate or make people think that's the law...

  19. Kentucky... on Paying for Better Math and Science Teachers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and cash scholarships to students who did well on AP math and science exams. They don't say "Where education pays" for nothing.

    (it's on the welcome signs as you enter the state)
  20. Re:Bad Idea on Blizzard Exposes Detailed WoW Character Data · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trolls could find weaker players and go kill them easily. I imagine that the dwarves and night elves might try to do the same thing...
  21. Re:Stronger malware on When Malware Attacks Malware · · Score: 2, Informative

    We may even see 'anti-viral resistant' strains. Uh, don't we already see this?
  22. Re:Manager Fired too on GameStop Cracks Down on Underage Game Sales · · Score: 1

    Agreed.

    Also, at some stores (I don't know if this is the case at GameStop), managers get a cut of the revenue for their shift or bonuses based on certain performance goals. A bad manager could let his employees break the rule, then fire them when (if) they are caught.

  23. Re:The Ultimate Evercrack Killer... on MMOGs and Sandbox-Style Play · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most of us never played knight in shining armor off to rescue the princes; cops and robbers; or tag since we were kids, yet we play Mario and FF; Need for Speed and GTA; and Super Smash Bros as adults. If Super Smash Brothers is your equivalent to tag, then that must have been one crazy game of tag...
  24. Re:Jail Time on Jail for Selling Email Lists to Spammers · · Score: 1

    (though I gather that the US government has ways around that.) Yes, they build a Wal-Mart where your house once stood.
  25. Re:Axis of tech evil on Dell's Intel Bias Caused By Under the Table Cash? · · Score: 1

    Does this make Linux, AMD, and Mac the "Allies"?