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  1. Re:4th edition?!?!? on Ask the Designers of D&D Fourth Edition · · Score: 2, Informative

    I felt the same anger for a while. I still do. But I've been reading the design/development column on their site and I agree with most of the issues they're addressing. 3.5 IS a solid game, and one that I enjoy... however, it's not without its flaws, and two of the main ones are speed of play and the unmanagability of the PC's at high levels. Challenge Ratings fall apart quickly past 14th level, with parties either being vastly under- or over-matched depending on their unique abilities.

  2. Spells! on Ask the Designers of D&D Fourth Edition · · Score: 1

    We know there will be at least 25th level spells... does that mean we'll have more individual spells to choose from, or are the spells going to scale in level? Also, will you be selecting spells as your talents or do you automatically get access to them as you level up?

  3. Re:Did you say that with a lifp? on What If Yoda Ran IBM? · · Score: 1

    Fired for buying IBM, noone ever got. I'll be here all week, folks.

  4. Re:What is fast flux DNS? on Storm Worm Botnet Partitions May Be Up For Sale · · Score: 2, Funny

    1.21 Gigabots? Why, the only thing that can generate that kind of current is... the Storm Botnet!

  5. Re:Good Job, but on Paramount Casts New James T. Kirk · · Score: 1

    You know, Weirdbeard, you may be on to something there. I've mainly seen him in comedic roles (a la Van Wilder), but he seems to be a pretty decent actor, too. Looks a bit like young Shatner.

  6. Gamma Rays!!! on Germs Taken Into Space May Come Back Deadlier · · Score: 1

    Duh, one germ can turn invisible, one germ can stretch, one germ can catch fire, and one germ is now a rock.

  7. Re:Colour Out of Space! on Meteorite Causes Illness in Peru · · Score: 1

    MOD PARENT UP!
    If you can't get modded for a Lovecraft refrence on Slashdot, where can you?

  8. Re:Note taking on How Students Are 'Evolving' With Technology · · Score: 1

    I don't know how many different OS's it is available on, but I personally use Longhand for OSX. It's quite a nice text editor style calculator, but I haven't pushed its scientific capabilities so much. I'm sure that it has them, though.

  9. Re:A defense? on Record Company Collusion a Defense to RIAA Case? · · Score: 1

    No actually, most hard drives have ventilation holes. It gets very hot in there, you see. Getting blood into them would be fairly easy, I assume. Getting blood out would be much more difficult.

  10. Re:Well Don't That Beat All. on Bioshock's Launch Aftershocks · · Score: 1

    Offtopic, I know. But you're attributing that quote to the wrong character. It's Wesley, dressed as the dread pirate Roberts, in the battle of wits against the Sicilian. I wouldn't comment, but that's the third time I've seen it so attributed this week.

  11. Re:If that's the case, then I am a dog, too! on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 1

    If it sounds too soft, it's because you're listening to Coldplay.

    OTOH, I've noticed that KMFDM albums are actually quite quiet, always requiring me to turn up the volume to enjoy them at the volume of whatever I was just listening to. They've got a good sound, but honestly it's so compressed (with a compressor, not with an algorithm) that I don't think it makes all that much difference. Just my 2cp.

  12. Re:Hypocrisy on Spore to Ship 'When It's Done' And Not Before · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I don't know how long this Anonymous Coward guy's been on here, but his account is so old he doesn't have a user ID number, and he bitches about EVERYTHING!

  13. Re:Visual Studio Orcas on Microsoft Security Makes "Worst Jobs" List · · Score: 1

    Not quite, Orcus is the bloated demon prince of the undead.
    And here I thought Slashdot was a haven for geeks.

  14. Re:Nothing new under the sun on Vista Games Cracked to Run on XP · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm not much of a code slinger either, but from what I understand of the subject, DirectX is much easier to develop for, while Open GL is faster performance-wise. Anyone care to prove me wrong or right?

  15. Re:I think Microsoft is more concerned... on Microsoft's Virtualization Stance Eying Apple? · · Score: 1

    I fail to see the big impact of running Parallels without a dedicated virtual machine window... you can already do this with many programs using Crossover Mac, which I use on my mac and love to death.

  16. Re:Which study do you believe? on Firstborn Get the Brains · · Score: 1

    If you know enough Pratchett to make the refrence, then you know it's the case. They are, however, also quite dangerous.

  17. Re:UK Schools?!!? on Holocaust Dropped From Some UK Schools · · Score: 5, Funny

    If there were no schools in the UK, Roger Waters would have written every song about his mother.

  18. Re:I'm registering Linux Toothpaste! on Who Owns The Linux Trademark? · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you make it cool your CPU too, I'm in. I'll take 100 tubes!

  19. Re:Something to put my mind off Spiderman on Transformers Full Theatrical Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    I don't think you can hold Michael Bay responsible for making a Martin Lawrence/ Will Smith vehicle suck. Maybe he's not the best director, but even Francis Ford Coppola couldn't make that movie worth watching.

  20. Re:past mistakes on Even My Mom Could Hack These Sites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    [blatantly stolen from thinkgeek.com]
    Social Engineering Expert... because there is no patch for human stupidity.
    [/blatantly stolen]

  21. Re:Need more cofee on New Square RPG Unveiled - The Last Remnant · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't forget that to power the Laundro-bot, they need YOU to collect lint from every dryer in the shop to form some kind of super-lint. Just before you collect the last piece, you'll stop (in a grand cinematic), renounce your manager, and refuse to take any more lint. That's when he'll attack you from behind.

  22. Re:Master of Orion II on What is Your Desert Island Game? · · Score: 1

    Hell yes. Until not so many years ago, Master of Orion 2 was the only PC game I ever paid for. I made up for this by burning a copy when mine became so scratched it was unplayable.

  23. Re:Site is slammed on Linux as A Musician's OS? · · Score: 1

    Well, the article does mention a wrapper program that can make linux-friendly plugins out of VST ones, but it did mention it has some problems with USB or serial copy-protection dongles.

  24. Re:Solution on Lip-Reading Surveillance Cameras · · Score: 1

    "We will be performing today's ceremony in the new latin."
    "Earlyday Elovedbay..."

  25. Re:Unwinnable on Resolution To Impeach VP Cheney Submitted · · Score: 1

    It's definitely true, but the Libertarians have their crazy side too.
    I tend to vote libertarian except in the last few presidential elections when it was so important to try to defeat Bush. However, things like abolishing the FDA make me nervous if they ever become a majority.
    Still, I think that a nice shot of Libertarianism would be just what this country needs to turn the tide of restricted freedoms and unrestricted spying on its own citizens.

    Just my 2 cp.