I like it when games run uncapped since it allows me to adjust the quality settings much easier.

If you're going to be vulgar at least be witty, please.

You can mod past five, it may not be perfectly reflected in the score but he does get the karma.

Article's first paragraph is a much better summery:
He was thought to be the oldest man in Tokyo - but when officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato on his 111th birthday, they uncovered mummified skeletal remains lying in his bed

Drink some water, it should help with the after taste.

...ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense

I do too, it's not everyday you get to interact with people capable of killing the internet, and then make jokes out of their comments.

FYI, you can use the blockquote html element on slashdot,

Like thus

Sadly I cannot show the exact code since pre does not work.

L4D may have strong multiplayer but it also has strong single player.

Now if Valve wanted to steal customers they would have given them Team Fortress 2. At which point they wouldn't have needed to reverse the bans since the players would be too busy collecting hats to notice.

Actually sir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

I can say that I'm in charge of maintaining the software that terminates all HTTP traffic for Google. Draw your own conclusions.

You're head of R&D for a supervillain's start-up attempting to kill the internet?

The G20 meeting was in Canada this year. To clarify, Canada is not a part of the "US".

Now with that said I too doubt such a weapon was really used. Although considering how much the cops messed up, I wouldn't put it past them.

It should be mentioned that MediaCoder is in the ffmpeg hall of shame: http://www.ffmpeg.org/shame.html (I cannot link any more direct because ffmpeg's bug tracker uses a self signed cert)

Judging from the related bug tracker the author appears to almost be playing dumb.
I agree that it is a fine program and I myself have suggested it to non-tech savy friends, but that doesn't mean I feel good about doing so.

No, none of the Sims or Sim City games looked like that. It looks like an infomercial game. Notice the oil tanker, the game is likely a BP marketing asset. Now lets try and guess if the placement was deliberate.

Judging from the quality of the 'shop it could have been a MS Paint job.