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  1. For consoles perhaps on Activision's Kotick Discounts Downloadable Games · · Score: 2, Insightful

    but for PCs it will become somewhat more common. I think Ive seen a few places online where you can download when you buy a game, I know Id Software does this. Although some people like paper manuals and hardcopies of the serial keys and such.

  2. They bought Netscape for the visitors... on Netscape.com Loses Its Identity · · Score: 2, Informative

    thats the reason AOL bought Netscape to get the people who were going to netscape.com AND those that were downloading and installing Netscape, so they could put those AOL links in there also. I remember years back some article on the web that AOL was getting info on what sites people browsed from Netscape 6. It was like spyware bundled inside the browser.

  3. Steve Baller Chair icon instead on Bill Gates to Step Down from Microsoft · · Score: 1

    tahts what will replace the Borg-Gates icon either that or Baller doing the sweaty monkey dance, developers developers developers...

  4. And One More Thing... on Judging The Apple 'Sweatshop' Charge · · Score: 1

    We now have a new product called iSlaves

  5. SPEND MONEY NOW!!!! on U.S. Video Game Sales Down 10% in May · · Score: 1

    Heaven forbid we put some money in the bank, pay bills, take care of other things first. Although I havent bought a game in 2yrs, since I now just play Open Source/Free ones.

  6. Pepsi Powerups? on Avatar-Based Marketing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Defeat the evil Hamburglar and you will be rewarded with the Pepsi Powerup! Invincibility magic for 10minutes when used.

  7. Terrorists on myspace!!! on NSA To Datamine Social Networking Sites · · Score: 1

    Seriously can they use that claim to track people on sites like these?

  8. It wont happen on Rumormongering - Apple Could Buy Nintendo? · · Score: 1

    Years back Microsoft tried to buy out Nintendo, back before M$ made the Xbox. Theres a story online about Shiggy laughing and saying they had no need to sell, they were profitable. Also I highly doubt a Japanese company would sell out to an American one, its just not their way of doing things.

  9. The iTunes Store of Games? on The Wii Virtual Console Hands-On · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wonder how much they will charge for each game. If they priced it rather low, $5 or less, a lot of people would buy them legally. Lets face it Emulation wont go away, and the only way to find some of the old games is to either search flea markets or download them off the internet. Miyamoto is like the Steve Jobs of the console business and the Picasso of game design.

  10. More alternatives... on The Soda Situation - Succulent Drinks w/o the Sweets? · · Score: 1

    Water, its what I primarily drink, I prefer it ice cold :) You get used to the clean plain taste after awhile few months. I gave up sodas when I was a teen, because my stomach started to feel like I was having a ulcer. Once you drink water long enough, everything else tastes way too thick and heavy. But if you must have sugar, try Kern's, they make several unique fruit drinks such as Pear, Strawberry, Banana and so on. I'm surprised no one mentioned Snapple or Gatorade either. Guess everyone here is a coffee and soda junkie.

  11. Re:Worth a watch on Colbert New Comic-in-Chief · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Indeed - with the stock market well over 10,000 and unemployment under 5%, it's an absolute disaster.

    Those numbers really dont tell the whole truth. How many of the employed, now have better higher paying jobs, or jobs with healthcare? And there never is a stat for UNDERemployment. The middle class isnt getting stronger. Those numbers dont really mean much, just like the GDP goes up whenever a tree is cut down or someone gets cancer.

  12. Amazon and eBay? on Amazon Dumping Google for Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    I dont see them teaming up, ever. Personally I think people are taking the Google thing too far, sure they are doing great on the internet, but if they try to weaken Google and somehow succeed they only make it easier for Microsoft to come in and take over like they always do.

  13. MSN really wasnt a search engine on Microsoft's IE7 Search Box Bugs Google · · Score: 1

    well at least to most people. Its more of a portal with a weak search. Although that might be changing. The difference is that most people that get Firefox, choose to install it, and if it comes with some flavor of Linux, there usually is like 3 other browsers they can pick from.

  14. Re:So they're doing it then? on DOJ To Claim National Security in NSA Case · · Score: 1

    Exactly, the news had more fun talking about stupid crap like Rush Limbaugh being arrested (I cant stand him but who cares). Thats one reason I dont watch the News and apparently I'm not missing anything good, because they dont cover the important things. What's sad is that a lot of Americans depend on them to report this information, and well they arent being told whats going on, whats really going on.

  15. Live? and this stuff happens... Drive By Farting on Live Commercials Will Save TV? · · Score: 1

    Drive By Farting
    Amazing how people will do crazy stuff when they know they can get on TV.

  16. Dave Chappelle's Political Campaign (joke)... on Are National ID Cards a Good Idea? · · Score: 1

    His solution for the American Healthcare crisis: Fake Canadian ID cards for every American...if you have a problem, go on up there and get yourself checked out.

  17. Thats not democracy, thats Capitalism on Linux Version of Democracy Player Released · · Score: 1

    Democracy is just a government framework, not an economic one. And contrary to what some believe, I dont think Capitalism has to come with Democracy.

  18. Nice try but ... on Nintendo DS TV Adapter Hands-On Review · · Score: 1

    I'd like something official that worked like the Super Game Boy did. The screenshots of the TV show a rounded black blur on the sides. At first I thought it was a an adapter to watch TV on the DS, not the other way around.

  19. No more #006666 on Slashdot CSS Redesign Contest · · Score: 1

    I hate that color. Im guessing the person who picked that color got it from Windows 95/98, since that green-aqua color is the default background color.

  20. Simplicity on Retro Gaming Hacks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not having to hit the A button 50times to get through the mandatory back story of the game. I swear I hate games that dont let you just skip that stuff. My favorite game would have to be Star Raiders on the 2600. It had unique consequences for failed systems, if you shields were damaged they would flicker on and off, if photons were hurting you might fire one out of one side or it might fire every so presses, if the engines were damaged you couldnt hyperwarp and they sounded damaged. I've yet to find any other space fighting games as fun and simple as that game, I end up spinning around in 360degrees just trying to find a enemy to fight.

  21. So what happens if FPS Doug gets one of these? on Neural Interface for Gaming Getting Closer? · · Score: 2, Funny
  22. Why dont they depreciate some of their bloat in IE on Microsoft Offers Phone Support For IE 7 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Stuff like page transitions, HTML TIME, their own proprietary tags for fancy text shadows, blur and gradiants. I realize a few rare people might use those but I think they could just use open standards instead. So many other programs out their depreciate things over time, why cant they? Thats how Firefox (phoenix) became the lightweight champ it is, it dropped a lot of the bloat Mozilla had.

  23. They have lots of deals with colleges on Windows Live Goes to College · · Score: 1

    they give them software if the college agrees to use and or teach certain languages such as .NET or ASP and such. I wasnt given the exact information on what software they give them but I'm guessing it maybe licences for Windows or Office, as well as reduced or free .NET software.

  24. ATI Radeon drivers work? on Linspire Announces Freespire Distribution · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well if those drivers work in the Freespire with all their codecs and stuff, I'll give it a try. I've yet to get those to work in anything but Windows so far.

  25. Always lost my place eventually on Interactive Fiction Then and Now · · Score: 1

    Thats one thing I didnt like, i usually ended up on the "you died" page or was given another page with more possible options, and its hard to keep track of all the backpages you came from, unless u right them down or try to put a finger in each slot in the tiny paperback. Other than that those books were great, I've always wondered why they died down, I'm sure kids today would enjoy them.