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  1. Re:Length or time played? on The Importance of Game Length · · Score: 1
    "A well-designed RPG has huge replay value."

    Most definately... for me that has been Fire Emblem (both of 'em, but especially the second). The graphics surely don't make this a hit; for me it is the grind gameplay. There is enough choice IMHO to justify replaying this game many times. To each his/her own.

  2. Re:God on Scott Adams Suggests Bill Gates For President · · Score: 1

    Agreed... while I would see the obvious conflict if Bill ran, I believe an Atheist should run for president. I noticed some people touched on the issue of morality of atheists. The biggest difference is simply that atheists do not have anything to base their morality from; it is not that they don't have morals and sometimes have better ones than some religious people. In the reality of the U.S. an atheist would not win. Which really sucks because IMHO atheists tend to be more objective about things. Of course, all it takes is one person to screw up the ideals of an entire group - so let's hope we pick the right one.

  3. Re:Don't like change? on The Hacker Profiling Project · · Score: 1

    "You can't fight what 99% of the population accepts as the definition"

    You mean Wikiality? :-D

  4. Re:Software firewalls suck on New Windows Attack Can Disable Firewall · · Score: 1

    At one point I had 'borrowed' a Cisco 2600 and used that for my home connection. That with a sensible access-list and NetFlow to easily check up on things seemed to work well for me :-D I also noticed how many russians liked to poke and prod at my router, grrr...

  5. Re:Another check on How MythTV Detects and Flags Commercials · · Score: 1

    Yes, unfortunately that would only filter out the really bad spellers that make commercials :-D

  6. Re:I just did a dapper-edgy upgrade... on Upgrading to Ubuntu Edgy Eft a "Nightmare" · · Score: 1

    I had same problem with X breaking because of custom DRI to support my S3 Twister K on HP laptop. I moved the file as suggested. Ran apt-get -f update and apt-get dist-upgrade until all was satisfied. Everything now is working minus... gksudo (I think): When I try to open something that would normally require root priviledges instead of asking me for a password, it just errors out. I haven't taken the time to fix that yet, but I'm sure it won't be too difficult. My DRI is still working with no additional work so I'm happy.

  7. I think the answer to the question is simple: on YouTube Removed 30,000 Japanese Videos from Site · · Score: 1

    yes. :-D

  8. Re:It may be an homage, true on Google Gets Slack with Software Updates · · Score: 1

    When I read this I said what, 'Google provides updates?'. Then, 'And they're getting slack with putting them out!'. Only drug-induced reasoning provides confusion like that... sigh Well I guess I better get over this damn cold so I don't have to drink anymore sizzurp. :-D

  9. Re:Not hiring! on French Scientists Link Higher BMI with Lower IQ · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, that also goes the other way... My stress / anxiety causes me lose appetite; on the other hand, I feel smarter every day :-D

  10. Re:Ever read a raw manuscript? on Bloggers or High Schoolers, Where is the Literary Talent? · · Score: 1

    "He told me to rewrite the script...I said fuck it! I'll just make a copy." -Mitch Hedberg

  11. Re:Ok, it HAS to be said... on Intel Pledges 80 Core Processor in 5 Years · · Score: 1

    But does it have hyper-threading support? eh? eh? :-D

  12. Re:Pfft. Nothing New Here on U.S. Lobbied EU Over Microsoft Fine · · Score: 2, Informative

    yes I believe Sun Tzu said: 'Generally in warfare, keeping a nation intact is best, destroying a nation second best... ' and also this may be pertinent: ' Therefore, to gain a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest excellence; to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence.'

  13. Article notes... on Google Public Service Search Makes for Easy Phishing · · Score: 1

    to be cautious when signing in to any google services with '/u/servicename ' in the url. I can see how this could be potentially bad; even people checking to see if it was google.com in the address bar would not see anything to merit phishing.

  14. Safety on DC Power Saves 15% Energy and Cost @ Data Center · · Score: -1, Redundant

    If it can't electrocute someone, then it's not good enough for me :)

  15. This seems a bit misleading... on The Black Hat Wi-Fi Exploit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The current exploit was intentionally vague so that attackers would not have the upper-hand. The previous researcher mentioned was arrested for something prior to his presentation; I do not correlate the actions together.

  16. Re:QA at Ubuntu? on The Business Model of Ubuntu · · Score: 1
    I would say that is pretty dependant on hardware. In my case, wireless was tricky until 6.06 came out. Before I had to run through the GUI, set gateway manually, edit text files, etc. Now, it works automagically - I'm impressed. Good job dev / support team!

    Wireless: Netgear WG511

    Side note (not ubuntu related, more xfree86/xorg): my HP laptop came with a TwisterK graphics card and that was a lot of fun getting DRI working. If anybody else had/still has this problem, let me know and I will help you out.

  17. Re:Post your favorite 'nerdcore' artists! on Review: Nerdcore Hip-Hop Compilation CD Project · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think my favorite was Weird Al... not that there are too many examples, but those shine (especially All about the Pentiums)

  18. Let me be the first to say... on Google Explains ISP Rumors · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All right, giggity giggity...

  19. Re:YAY! on Futurama Returns · · Score: 1

    We can look forward to important life lessons like that hold true in today's time...

    "The best way into a girl's bed is through her parents. Have sex with them, and you're in."

  20. Re:FTFA on Microsoft Unveils 'Vista Premium' Requirements · · Score: 1, Informative

    And I think the 'base' requirements should be:
    *better hardware than what you have now
    *no cares about privacy or freedom
    *etc, etc

  21. Re:Bad vendor policy = bad devices drivers on Hifn Restricts Crypto Docs, OpenBSD Opens Fire · · Score: 1

    And it seems to me that the only way that HiFn will make any reaction to this, is if we have actual customers (not developers) complain about the situation. Tell them it makes you uncomfortable (as a customer) to use their hardware which may not be supported in the future.
    I think they would have to respond to that.

  22. Re:True story on Reporting Vulnerabilities Is For The Brave · · Score: 1

    Indeed, seeing how this article is about vuneralibilites this fits. However anyone who knows anything about setting up an email server would not allow relaying such as that. Now if you already know someones email address in that company then...

  23. Re:AVG here.. on Best of the Free Anti-virus Choices? · · Score: 1

    Interesting... I've also used the network edition and I have one question for you: were the clients XP SP2? If so, you needed to open ports / program access in your firewall. I know because the push feature does not work with the default firewall turned on. Other than that, my experience has been wonderful with AVG. I've only seen a few viruses that it couldn't clean, and at least in those cases it detected them so that I was able to manually remove them.

  24. Re:netscape products on Spy Sweeper, the Next Netscape? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I agree with parent to a point. But my personal take is this: if you only make one product, but make it exceptionally well then what's the problem? I think this could be a 'risky' approach; but if nothing else, I believe this would drive them to make a best product possible. Just my 2 cents.

  25. Re:Do I see a pattern? on UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So basically IT security experts can't test their own networks? I'm sure that will go a long way towards making the Internet more secure! Yeah I see a pattern, it's called ineffective and ignorant legislation... it seems to be quite popular these days.