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  1. Re:Aluminum Foil on Seeing Through Walls · · Score: 1

    Luckily the xenomorph don't have aluminum foil, so this motion tracker is still good.

  2. Re:Woz's Tick. on Woz Is First In Line For iPhone 4S · · Score: 1

    That's what Kilimanjaro is for. :)

  3. Re:Woz's Tick. on Woz Is First In Line For iPhone 4S · · Score: 1

    Just bought an iPhone with no queueing at Carphone Warehouse in Surrey Quays, London. I just walked up at 9:20am and there were two other people behind me, it opened at 9:30am. I don't know why people feel it's necessary to go to the Covent Garden Apple Store and queue overnight (or longer). Even the O2 store in the same mall had a massive queue. I got an O2 12 month contract upgrade.

  4. Re:Why don't Valve innovate then? on Valve Boss Expects Apple To Challenge Game Consoles · · Score: 1

    Siri, is that you?

  5. Re:iDevice on iOS 5 Update Available · · Score: 1

    Stupid Mongorians!

  6. Re:Why don't Valve innovate then? on Valve Boss Expects Apple To Challenge Game Consoles · · Score: 1

    All they need to do is draw together something combination of Mac Mini / Apple TV / App Store / Game Controller and it's job done. They already have the big publishers on the app store.

  7. Re:This is nuts on VeriSign Wants Ability To Suspend Domains Without Court Order · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You just have you realise that Goverment and Corporations are actually the same thing, then your job becomes easier.

  8. Re:Movement on First Person Dungeon Crawlers Making a Return · · Score: 1

    Haha, I've been trolled by Dr Sbaitso. Excellent.

  9. Re:Movement on First Person Dungeon Crawlers Making a Return · · Score: 1

    I haven't played any games like it and I have been gaming since 90s

    That isn't really a surprise since there were only really a handful of games that used this combination of 3rd person and movement stepping. Also no more were made after about 1994.

    To understand why things are this way, you have to consider RPG games that came prior. Most were turn based up until this genre appeared, these one contained some real-time elements, such as monster movements. Also there were limitations in graphical engines at the time, 3D wasn't very big in 1990. 3D level design tools also were not very sophisticated, probably based on a 2D array of some kind.

    Bear in mind this was all prior to Wolfenstein 3D. All the FPS (in the modern sense) dungeon crawlers came after Ultima Underworld. Hexen wasn't really an RPG, more like an action game with at fantasy setting wrapper based on the Doom engine. Hexen 2 was an action game based on the Quake engine. Personally I liked Hexen but not Hexen 2 but I digress...

  10. Re:Is it really that important? on First Person Dungeon Crawlers Making a Return · · Score: 1

    From the gameplay footage it looks it could be Eye of the Beholder 4 in an alternate universe. I'll definitely be buying it.

  11. Re:Dungeon Master! on First Person Dungeon Crawlers Making a Return · · Score: 1

    I think it was actually the first game of this type.

  12. Re:Why is JS compiling ominous? on Google Starts to Detail Dart · · Score: 1

    Dart code into JavaScript

    Yawn, we've seen this before with GWT for Java. Wake me up when it has code to convert Dart into Bacon Sandwiches.

  13. Re:That's actually very good! on Google Starts to Detail Dart · · Score: 1

    The main problem of Java and C# is that they are controlled by Oracle and Microsoft respectively

    Google is still pretty young, you haven't given them enough time to become utter bastards yet.

  14. Re:Why fit in? on How Do You Educate a Prodigy? · · Score: 2

    Also, I think trying to fit him in to the regular state school system at least would be detrimental. What are the other options? Is private schooling a possibility?

  15. Re:Thank god on Richard Stallman's Dissenting View of Steve Jobs · · Score: 1

    Do yourself and cut the cable.

    I have had enough of this Jobs/Princess Diana style bullshit, but the guillotine? I can think of better ways to to kill myself.

  16. Re:Except that... on Putting Emails In Folders Is a Waste of Time, Says IBM Study · · Score: 1

    An colleague at a previous job had a 'drivel' folder which rule diverted almost everything into. I don't think he looked in there very often.

  17. Re:Well there's your problem. on UBS: Our Risk Systems Did Detect $2bn Rogue Trader · · Score: 1

    Yeah, which is why compliance and middle-office departments exist. Really it is these people that questions should be asked of and ultimately where heads will roll.

  18. Re:Oh boy on Indian Mathematician Takes Shot At Proving Riemann Hypothesis · · Score: 2

    No more pun jabs please.

  19. Re:This ruling does not last long. on Calif. Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches · · Score: 1

    Why not just set a PIN number on your phone? Can you be compelled to give them that during a stop?

  20. Re:Note to self... on Severe Arctic Ozone Loss · · Score: 1

    I know you're being flippant, but the damage you allude to is that being 'close' to an ozone hole causes elevated UV levels. Melanoma city, man. This has been a problem in Australia for some time because of the antarctic ozone hole. And test cricket.

  21. Re:First step (or post) on Ask Slashdot: How to Exploit Post-Cataract Ultraviolet Vision? · · Score: 1

    A side-kick is necessary. But who suggested he use his powers for 'good'?

    I think your side-kick could surreptitiously beam information to nearby visible surfaces. Think answers in 'Who wants to be a millionaire' or the opposition's hand in poker.

    If you did this enough, you could easily earn yourself..... one million dollars!

  22. Re:Citigroup? on Citigroup Questions Whether US Spectrum Shortage Exists · · Score: 1

    Why only look back to January? More important is to look back to 2007. Shockingly, Citigroup's share price has dropped 95% since 2007 with 48% since the beginning of the year.

    - A former employee.

  23. Re:Sure on Outlining a World Where Software Makers Are Liable For Flaws · · Score: 1

    Time to take out software developer insurance

    As an software contractor, I already have this kind of insurance. My insurance is supposed to cover up to to £2m ($3.1m) liability in software defects that cause losses to the firm I'm working at. In the UK it is called Professional Indemnity Insurance.

    I'm sure the premiums are much lower than the equivalent medical practice insurance in the US since the UK is not yet as litigious and I only have a single 'patient'.

  24. Re:Says the manufacturer of cells on London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G · · Score: 2

    I don't know, it's looking like a lot of employers will be encouraged to encourage remote working. This is what happened during the Sydney Olympics. Whether this actually materializes into time of for people via 'shirking from home' remains to be seen.

  25. Re:Says the manufacturer of cells on London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G · · Score: 1

    No, I'm implying that 500,000 spectators with as many again attending cultural events is a million.