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  1. Re:If I could change the resolution on New Details For StarCraft 2's Zerg · · Score: 1

    Well, my starcraft discs, original and expansion, both support windows and mac. They were bought individually.

    Though, I did buy them fairly recently as those "classic games" sort of dealie. They look the same as my old ones though.

  2. Re:Okay, other options on LHC Fully Documented Online · · Score: 4, Funny

    My house is rather small. Perhaps I could build a Medium, or even a Small Hadron Collider?

  3. Re:Exciting news, but on A Turning Point for Touch Screens, Says the NYT · · Score: 2, Informative

    The iPhone's screen looks horrible after using it for a few moments - I bought a matte screen protector that reduces glare and also smudging. Now It's hardly noticeable.

    Customers shouldn't have to rely on a third party addition for this though.

  4. Re:Not exactly surprised... on One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP? · · Score: 1

    Oooh, thanks for that, prior to this I hadn't really known of (or, more like, bothered to look for) a way to use custom XP themes that didn't involve windowblinds or similar...

  5. Seriously? on SOE Announces New Expansions for Everquest, Everquest 2 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Everquest? I mean, I suppose it's nice that they're still supporting it, but does anyone really still play that?

  6. Re:Same here. on Google's Streetview Seen As Culturally Insensitive In Japan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's a difference between me linking you my house and it being up there for people to look at. When you pass by my house on street view, unless you're specifically looking for it, you don't know it's my house.

    Personally, I love it, and my mum was thrilled with being able to find her house on street view. One great use that immediately comes to mind is using it to show people which house is mine on invitations and such, since it can be hard to find...

  7. Re:I guess on Reporters At Black Hat Get Bounced For Hacking · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ah, uplink. Good times, good times.

    Don't forget Dark Signs either.

  8. Re:And the site is down for maintainence on Road to WAR Website Launched · · Score: 1

    DAMNIT SLASHDOT! I was trying to use that site. The sudden lack of response all makes sense now...

  9. Re:I've done a few of those (upgrades) on Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment" Teaser Site Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Aye, I have a HP tablet laptop, and I can't go back to XP without half its features being rendered useless...

    I'll probably eventually buy another laptop and whack linux on it for everyday use and just use this one for its intended purpose.

  10. Re:What astonishes me... on Firefox's Effect On Other Browsers · · Score: 1

    I haven't had a memory leak since 1.5.

    Ah, those were the days, opening my task manager to find my browser was using 1GB of memory.

  11. Re:Wow... pretty late development there on First Commodore 64 LAN Party · · Score: 1

    I think you're thinking of Dig Dug

  12. Re:hmmm on First Images of Solar System's Invisible Frontier · · Score: 1

    I came here fully expecting to see nothing but a huge, transparent .png...

  13. Re:Impressive on Magazine Photos Fool Age-verification Cameras · · Score: 1

    My fondest memories of Japan are the beer vending machines. Mmmm. Beer.

  14. Re:WoW on Children Concerned By Parents' Web Habits · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're making the mistake of assuming it's all about the game. I recently quit after playing for three years (god, it sounds like I'm talking about smoking addiction...) and the thing that kept me playing wasn't the game - while fun, after levelling my second character and exploring the whole game world, plus plenty of end-game, I quickly tired of the actual gameplay. What kept me logging on night after night was the people I played with - they were interesting, funny, intelligent, and we could have enjoyable conversations about things I couldn't talk about with my less-geeky regular friends. My guild even had a few real-world get-togethers, barbecues mostly.

    Now, as for rejecting a BJ, I know there are times for me personally where the need for mental stimulation easily outweighs the desire for physical... But I would still reject a game to be with someone I care for.

    Now excuse me while I go ponder the possible ramifications of a combination of a BJ and end-game raiding...

  15. This is excellent news! on Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    But is there any word on the biker mice?

  16. Re:Amusing, but a problem for one in ten men? on Multicolored Keyless Entry System · · Score: 1

    Considering that between 7% and 10% of men are red-green color blind (other types of color blindness at a few percentage points). This kind of lock could pose serious problems for a significant part of the population.

    WHAT! Approximately one in ten men can't tell I'm dressed up in Christmas garb?

    THIS IS A TRAVESTY!
  17. Re:why is your blood boiling? preconceived notions on Programming As a Part of a Science Education? · · Score: 1

    Hey! Don't underestimate logo!

    I made an aquarium. I'd like to see you fancy-pants edumacated fellas do that with yer snakes and coffees.

  18. Re: Screw the OLPC on OLPC's XO As a Wireless Hacking Tool · · Score: 1

    Plus, Sugar'll lead to tooth decay. That's hardly ideal.

  19. I won! on The Smartest Browser and OS · · Score: 1

    Starayo is #1 Adelaide, Australia That's great, but... I'm in Sydney. :(
  20. Re:"Best", yes, but only 0.1% better than XP... on What's the Solution To Intellectual Property? · · Score: 1

    My new laptop, twice the power of my old one, came with vista. The old one with XP performs, well, everything faster.

    Oh, sure, vista is shiny, and has a few features I do really like (like the native per-application volume control), but as far as I'm concerned it's a downgrade.

  21. Re:Nothing is moving, Apple is handing him his ass on Ballmer Says Vista Selling Really Well · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'll admit that I did hate on vista for a while before ever trying it, but when I got a new laptop with vista preinstalled on it, after removing all the garbage that vendors throw on there, the sheer sluggishness of it...

    My old XP laptop with half the specs does things faster than vista. I had some hopes for SP1, but so far I've seen no real improvement... As far as I'm concerned, vista made things shiny, added a few handy but hardly necessary features, and slowed down my machine.

  22. Re:Sounds like whining on The Changing Face of World of Warcraft · · Score: 1

    Personally, my account runs out this weekend, and I'm not renewing because I'm sick of the game... Sigh, it's going to be a long wait for WAR.

    I didn't much mind the removal of attunements, but then my guild never did down Vashj or Kael. :P Going into mount hyjal and 1-shotting rage winterchill was pretty exciting at the time, though. And let's not forget the fun hinted at by the possibility of a BT pug! :D

    As for kara, it was a great change for people with lots of alts. No more long key quests, as long as someone had the key...

  23. Re:And don't paint it just like every other car... on Some 12% of Consumers 'Borrow' Unsecured Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Hah, I had something similar happen, when my mum's computer was having troubles with the internet. It would begin load pages and then stop, the speed was drastically slowed, and many other issues I can't recall off the top of my head...

    After about an hour of head-scratching from myself and another who has experience in these matters, I logged into the router from her computer and dug around in the settings for about fifteen minutes before I noticed the SSID was different... It was the same model router, so it had the same config page. XD

  24. Re:Obligatory joke on Computers Emulate Neanderthal Speech · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wé can't?

  25. Re:Google is NOT EVIL on Yahoo to Take on Google Analytics · · Score: 1

    Or, maybe it's sarcasm.