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  1. I have some answers on Sandbox, an ACM Videogame Symposium · · Score: 1

    Only time will tell. But story line has always been around, ever since Marathon:Infinity. Also HL2 seems to answer number 4 in the affermative.

  2. Re:Finally proof!! on ATI Radeon X1800 GTO Launched · · Score: 1

    Tribes was amazing. To bad it died. Try Castle Wolfenstien: Enemy Territory. That game is the heir to Tribes, but free.

  3. E.A. on Aussie Techs Threaten Chaos · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This looks a lot like the E.A. games problem, with an added twist: Aussie law penalizes staying at work if negotiations take long.

  4. Re:You shoot it on Black Review · · Score: 1

    Nope. That's how cops do it. They use a special shot, granted, but blast it with a shotgun is close enough.

  5. Re:May be risky, but... on EU Says Microsoft Still Not Compliant · · Score: 1

    Nope. Pulling out would result in a panic, and when most of your money is in stock you want to avoid a panic as much as possible.

  6. Re:Panty Bind on Gauging Google's Gaffes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If more compainies start doing this, analysists will be out of a job, and need to learn calculus first. A lot of analysists just do seat-of-the-pants based on reports. Google isn't giving them any material, which stabalizes GOOG.

  7. Re:I don't have a problem with this IF... on Vonage Files Regulatory Complaint Over QoS Premium · · Score: 1

    Maintaining a network is expected. This is basically extortion, Mafia-union style.

  8. Re:Secured eMail on Security Flaw Discovered in GPG · · Score: 1

    Straight From the Doghouse.

  9. Re: 10 Tbytes? on IBM's High Performance File System · · Score: 1

    Heavy Petabyte that is.

  10. Re:Best book on The Science of Secrecy · · Score: 1

    Ciphertext-only proves nothing. Sadly, most historic codes could be broken that way *cough*Enigma*cough*

  11. Re:Couple of things here... on Linus on GPL3 In Forbes · · Score: 1

    Simple: use the "or later" clause the GPLv2 has.

  12. Re:Military applications on Yet Another Violent Games Ban · · Score: 1

    Neither is Dr. Breamer when you kill him, so HL-2 fans rejoice. Although, he is an authority figure.

  13. Re:No. on Is Visual Basic a Good Beginner's Language? · · Score: 2

    As a great coder once said: "Teaching BASIC should be a capital crime. It ruins a programer forever." All beginners should learn something simple with C-like syntax like perl.

  14. Re:CIOs, come on, go(ogle) for it! on Google Copies Corporate Data to Google's Servers? · · Score: 1

    If you do any work at a company in SOX compliance, you learn that giving unknown outsiders access is a big no-no. The EU's data protection laws could also burn you, and these are not just fines we are talking about.

  15. Re:Right. on No Backdoor in Vista · · Score: 1

    I belive, but IANAL, that if Microsoft was to put in such a backdoor and claim Vista is secure that they would be liable for damages due to their false advertising. Also sacking an employee for refusing to do something unsafe or illegal is a crime in the Netherlands

  16. Re:Sadly, not a lotta FPU hardware. on Octopiler to Ease Use of Cell Processor · · Score: 1

    MMIX!. 256 general purpose registers, 32 special purpose, simple calling convention, and bitwise matrix multiplies. All we need is some real sillicon.

  17. Re:Multicasting to the rescue on Video Usage Creates Traffic Jam Worries · · Score: 1

    IPv6. That's the solution to Multicast problems, but ISP's hate having to make major upgrades.

  18. Re:1. What is Darwin? on Will MacIntel Kill Apple Open Source Efforts? · · Score: 1

    That's not a correct biblography. A better version would go [1] Apple Computer. Porting UNIX/Linux applications to Mac OS X: Glossary.

  19. Re:Design the language with the application in min on OpenGL Shading Language 2nd Edition · · Score: 1

    And when the guy with the BFG comes sneeking up, you get a garbage collection. No thanks

  20. Re:Games and divorce? on The Family That Games Together Online · · Score: 1

    It's called group marriage. It works.

  21. Re:How long on Windows Bumps Unix as Top Server OS · · Score: 1

    x86 has architecture issues though. SPARC, MIPS, and PPC are all more elegant. And don't forget MMIX.

  22. Re:I thought we settled this with hyperlinking? on Razorback2 Servers Seized · · Score: 1

    Link to jaywalking segment please? I find it hard to belive. Anyway, law boils down to who has the trigger of the gun. If it's someone you like he is a leader, else he's an extortionist.

  23. Re:OpenGL a big win on Fedora's OpenGL Composite Desktop · · Score: 1

    Amen. And if Microsoft has their way, neither will OpenGL.

  24. What about X11 acceleration? on Fedora's OpenGL Composite Desktop · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How does this relate to the ongoing accelerated X11 efforts?

  25. Re:Problem with these ratings systems... on Japan's New Games Rating System · · Score: 1

    And if the game has no ESRB rating? Think small developers and illegal monopoly suits.