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  1. Re:I remember the power glove on The Fall and Rise of Motion Control For Games · · Score: 1

    Trivia (because I forgot to include it:) What N64 game am I talking about?

  2. Re:I remember the power glove on The Fall and Rise of Motion Control For Games · · Score: 1

    It doesn't change core gameplay. Did you buy the expansion pack for the N64? I did, because I wanted to play with bots, but my cousin never did because he only played when we came over (and therefore didn't need them.) The game wasn't changed, it was merely an option.

    The WM+ doesn't change how the game is played, it merely allows for greater precision. Some hardcore gamers care about this. Your local 6 year old relative will still bowl a turkey before you!

  3. Re:I remember the power glove on The Fall and Rise of Motion Control For Games · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why not? If it wasn't ready then it's not like the original product didn't work. You choose if you want to upgrade by spending the money or not. I don't see why people don't PREFER options, vs. abhorring them.

  4. Re:Spaz down, Sparky on MS Issued a Fix For Its Unwanted FireFox Extension · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're right. Nowhere among the Additional Resources pages (kb or readme) do they mention Firefox. On their own MSDN page it's even tagged as malware!!!

    I didn't even realize it was in my addons list until I just checked...right now.

  5. Re:Hell yeah - R2-45 on Church of Scientology On Trial In France · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and then I pull OUT MY GUN!

  6. Re:Pay more attention to comics and movies... on Virus Tamed To Attack Cancer, Cancer Drugs To Treat Alcoholism · · Score: 1

    Or did he?
    I Am Legend is much less likely than a straight up pandemic, but it's a neat idea. At least in IAL (vs. The Omega Man) it wasn't just dude's in rainjackets.

  7. Re:Now If We Could Just Get ... on Dell Indicates Windows 7 Pricing Will Be Higher · · Score: 1

    Microsoft sells bulk licenses for much less than $200. You might get $30 back from somewhere like Dell.

  8. Re:Avoid Firts Post on What Should Be In a Technology Bill of Rights? · · Score: 1

    Woah I replied to the wrong one. See: "Let's see..." for relevancy.

  9. Re:Avoid Firts Post on What Should Be In a Technology Bill of Rights? · · Score: 1

    You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have ... Rickrolling? I suppose we shouldn't disallow the dissemination of art. Or whatever goatse calls itself these days.

  10. Re:Chose a sense on Hacking Our Five Senses and Building New Ones · · Score: 4, Informative

    I thought we had 11 senses...
    Why do we keep teaching that we have 5!?!?!

    Example: what direction is "down?"

  11. Re:In other news... on Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking · · Score: 1

    How deliciously on topic. Apparently Quantum Theory may (or may not, which I find hysterical) predict this.

  12. Re:Useless Information on Audio Watermarks Could Pinpoint Film Pirates By Seat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I appreciate the apology. I read about it a year or two ago and now I HATE going to the theaters. Those red dots are really distracting, and take away from the movie experience. Granted, they are only a small flash every few minutes, but it's enough to just BUG me!

  13. Re:Clear example of directional selection... on Reversing Undesirable Fish Evolution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Eeeeexactly. Reverse evolution is like "reverse discrimination" *cough*BULLSHIT*cough*

    Evolution is evolution... Just because we might be the primary environmental factor OR we might BECOME the primary factor doesn't make it "reverse."

  14. Re:In other news... on Microsoft Windows, On a Mainframe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obligatory bash post:

    http://www.bash.org/?244321

    <Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
    <Cthon98> ********* see!
    <AzureDiamond> hunter2
    <AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
    <Cthon98> <AzureDiamond> *******
    <Cthon98> thats what I see
    <AzureDiamond> oh, really?
    <Cthon98> Absolutely
    <AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
    <AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
    <Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
    <AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
    <Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
    <AzureDiamond> awesome!
    <AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
    <Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
    <AzureDiamond> oh, ok.

  15. Re:It's Bull Shit (TM) from the Wintel People. on Firefox Exec Says Windows Bundling Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    If a leetite* were given Windows with IE and Firefox icons right on the desktop, and told to get on the internet, it seems a lot fewer steps than "click on IE, go to getfirefox.com, download the file, run the installation, then remember to use the orange icon instead of the blue one from now on."

    So why exactly don't they want to be bundled?

    leetite: technologically curious luddite

  16. Re:no soup! on $2 Billion For Broadband Cut From Stimulus Bill · · Score: 1

    Sorry for the double (triple...eek) post, but I have to stress the:
    * $16 BILLION for school construction
    * $3.5 BILLION for higher education construction

    CUT COMPLETELY

    ...just saying...

  17. Re:no soup! on $2 Billion For Broadband Cut From Stimulus Bill · · Score: 1

    Is science "pork" though? What else is (in the long term) more lucrative?

  18. Re:no soup! on $2 Billion For Broadband Cut From Stimulus Bill · · Score: 5, Informative

    More recent PDF (with some newer changes)
    http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/020209econbill.pdf

    FTA:

    Partially cut:
    * $3.5 billion for energy-efficient federal buildings (original bill $7 billion)
    * $75 million from Smithsonian (original bill $150 million)
    * $200 million from Environmental Protection Agency Superfund (original bill $800 million)
    * $100 million from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (original bill $427 million)


    Fully eliminated:
    * $55 million for historic preservation
    * $50 million for Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
    * $98 million for school nutrition
    * $2 billion for broadband
    * $100 million for National Institute of Standards and Technology
    * $50 million for NASA
    * $50 million for aeronautics
    * $50 million for exploration
    * $200 million for National Science Foundation
    * $100 MILLION FOR SCIENCE
    * $25 million for Fish and Wildlife
    * $55 million for historic preservation
    * $90 million for State and Private Wildlife Fire Management
    * $16 billion for school construction
    * $3.5 billion for higher education construction
    ~~~
    YES I read the entire link I posted (took me just over an hour) and it just seems to me that everything cut was everything Obama promised to keep, and everything kept was what Obama was against when he was running.
    OK so my actual question after all of this is this: Why are we cutting sciences yet throwing hundreds of billions of dollars towards the military still (see article X in the linked article.) I'm not an economist, I just noticed a very ugly trend in the above documents and would like someone with a bit more economic experience to explain (please!)

  19. Re:Wrong Premise on Why Sustainable Power Is Unsustainable · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've decided that the Matrix (and Joe Rogan for that matter) were correct: humans are no different than a virus. Think about it; what we consider "intelligence" or "sentience" is nothing more than a certain threshold of organization crossed.

    Now take that level on a macro level. What virii are most successful? The ones that A) don't inhibit their transfer B) the ones that keep their hosts alive long enough to be transferred (or at least enticing to another organism in death) and C) the ones that evolve when A or B fails.

    YES there is a point to this! I just think that we as humans need to find our balance. How much of a fever(1)/the runs(2) can we give the Earth? I still say the chances are the earth is going to be shot(3) or some other form of brain death(4) first anyway [/eeyore]

    1. Global Warming
    2. Volcanism
    3. Asteroids
    4. Humans exterminated due to lack of evolution/war/general stupidity

  20. Re:How's this a flash mob? on Flash Mob Steals $9 Million From ATMs · · Score: 1

    I think the group part applies to the fact a large number of people are doing it. The word "assemble" in this definition implies that yeah, more than one person in one area but given the nature of this attack I still think the definition can be bent a tad to still apply. [/pedantry]

  21. Re:And the money went where? on Flash Mob Steals $9 Million From ATMs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Agreed. This sounds more like the structure of Al-Qaeda or one of those "buy my book that shows you how to sell your own 'how to sell your own book' book!" than any sort of corporate or open scheme.

  22. Re:I thought we already had this option... on ESPN's Play To Make ISPs Pay · · Score: 4, Informative

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  23. Re:fp on More Websites Offending Thai Monarchy Blocked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

  24. Re:Just do it! on Senate Approves 4-Month Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 4, Informative

    Duh. That wasn't it. In my haste I posted a dumb link. I found a lot more info here: http://www.tvfool.com/

  25. Re:Just do it! on Senate Approves 4-Month Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 2, Informative