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  1. The expanded universe still exists. on 'Star Wars' Franchise Crosses $4 Billion, Eclipsing Disney's Lucasfilm Price (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 2

    If the recent movies have left you dissatisfied go check out some of the novels from the expanded universe. The new movies may ignore them, but they still exist. Some of them are absolutely fantastic. Maybe some day we'll see them made into films. We can hope at least.

  2. Re:To the Moon, eh? on Quad Lasers Deliver Fast, Earth-Based Internet To the Moon · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Swiss? I think there are some holes in your theory...

  3. Re:It's ugly but it's the future of space explorat on Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo · · Score: 1

    It won't be long before we are strip mining Mars, don't worry.

  4. Unfair measurement system? on Offset Bad Code, With Bad Code Offsets · · Score: 1

    All lines of code are not created equal. In some languages one line could be the entire program.

  5. Re:Hud? on "Terminator Vision" Is Here For the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Here is one of the most interesting mobile AR (Augmented Reality) systems I have seen so far. It uses S.L.A.M. (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) to make up for the limitations of the GPS and compass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBI5HwitBX4 It is still in a very early stage, but it will progress quickly from here I think.

  6. Re:Hud? on "Terminator Vision" Is Here For the iPhone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think what you are looking for is an EyeTap. http://eyetap.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyetap

  7. Re:Assembly on The Best First Language For a Young Programmer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have no points but could someone please mod this guy up? ^^^^

  8. Re:Time to move... on Massive Martian Glaciers Found · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'll go as long as I can get internet access.

  9. Re:I hope they're removed, on Barr Sues Over McCain's, Obama's Presence on Texas Ballot · · Score: 1

    If this is accurate it does sound like he has a valid case.

  10. Re:Why all the fond reminiscences? on HyperCard Comes Back From the Dead to the Web · · Score: 1

    There was one HyperCard stack that really stands out in my memory. It was called "If Monks Had Macs". It was a collection of writings, games, and other miscellaneous bits. I would love to be able to use that again.

  11. Re:Brazil on Do-It-Yourself Steampunk Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Sorry if someone beat me to it allready. http://www.ahleman.com/Props/ElectriClerk.html One of the better Brazil based mods I've run across.

  12. I know why Apple hasn't licensed FairPlay on Apple's iTunes DRM Dilemma · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but it does still puzzle me why they don't allow artists to opt out of having DRM applied to their work. Hopefully we will see that change in the near future.

  13. Re:Another demonstration of the tolerance of the l on Political Strife Erupts in Second Life · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes." We will have to be content with second.

  14. Re:This sounds familiar... on Sony Says Nobody Will Ever Use All the Power of a PS3 · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows the last digit into a pie is the thumb (being the shortest).

  15. Re:If the individual developers have agreed..... on MacHeist "Week of Mac Developer" Causes Schism · · Score: 1

    You are forgetting possibly the most important one. 4. The Charities win. Isn't this the purpose of the whole thing anywho?

  16. Re:What's wrong with the IF community? on Interactive Fiction Competition 2006 Voting Begins · · Score: 1

    http://www.eblong.com/zarf/if.html If you will note several of these provide a java version. Also Zarf is one of the better IF writers IMHO, so this is a good starting point for a lot of people that can't be arsed to download one of the other players.

  17. This space left intentionally blank. on Google and eBay Partner for Click-to-Call Ads · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So what is going to happen to Googles proposed online payment system? Can't think of the name at the moment, but wasn't it going to be a direct competitor to PayPal? Is this perhaps a way for Ebay to keep that from happening?