Comment: Eggs (Score 1) 437
As someone who works at 3am on the 1st, I will be getting the eggs since lights will be off.
Comment: Re:Next week, a lot more... (Score 1) 308
Yea I am excited for Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Ep 2 as well
Comment: Re:Air Traffic Control (Score 2) 143
Same with the guys in the air. Most airlines flying anything from twin props, to A380's do a sim eval. Again, part of multi tiered hiring approach, but still exists.
And a lot of the airlines that do not have a sim eval, will frequently go one further, and do it in the real plane.
+ - How previous Windows desktop revamps failed->
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An anonymous reader writes "Every new version of Windows brings with it ‘the next big thing’ and puts a nail in the coffin of ‘the last big thing that didn’t take off.’ While Microsoft’s new Metro UI is the ‘next big thing’ in Windows 8, it’s the latest of a number of failed attempts by Microsoft to turn the Windows desktop into more than just a place to store files."
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+ - Thunderbolt: Beyond USB And eSATA->
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jfruhlinger writes "Thunderbolt isn't the first peripheral connection technology that Apple's pioneered, but this time they've got Intel's weight behind them. So what exactly is this tech's story? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols describes the basics of how Thunderbolt works — and what its adoption will mean for USB and eSATA, the standards currently duking it out in this market."
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Comment: parents (Score 1) 343
Guess 12 kids now need to call and have there parents get them lawyers.
Comment: teleportation (Score 1) 365
How long until I can say "beam me up Scotty?"
Comment: Re:What's different? (Score 1) 430
Whenever I use Windows, it always seems to shut itself down frequently when I'm in the middle of working on something. There's Blue Screens, automagic updates, and random freezes. So, what's different about this? It isn't going to change the uptime very much.
I got the retail of windows 7, never had a blue sceen, turned off automatic update (so it never reboots because of updating) and never had a freeze caused by the OS. I had the exact same experience with the RC. And, for the most part, same with the beta (minor issues, but it was a beta version)
Comment: Re:..so? (Score 1) 430
Why does this commercial product work at all without payment?
Its the release client, mostly a demo product, for people to try it before the retail version is released, so that they could go and buy it knowing that is better than Vista
Comment: wording of question (Score 1) 395
Well the poll just says "how many lines have been written" not "how many I have written." So, I think it is WELL above a million.
If it was the other way, well very very very few, to say the least.
+ - Windows 7 God mode->
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Hellswaters writes ""Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden "GodMode" feature that lets users access all of the operating system's control panels from within a single folder. ""
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+ - Dreamliner takes flight->
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Hellswaters writes "After over two years of delays the Boeing 787 dreamliner has finally taken flight for the first time and has begun its extencive flight test program. Everyone that was not aware, this aircraft has millions of lines of computer code, so this flight is just as big of milestone in aviation is it is in technology."
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Comment: Dead (Score 1) 203
Well this game is dead already. Thats the problem with no dedicated servers and mod support. People get bored of the same couple maps and toss the game into a box to collect dust.
Comment: censored content (Score 1) 321
Not going to happen until the borders are eliminated over the internet. 99% of the LEGAL (aka not torrent) content is only to Americans. Everyone else gets the shaft.
Comment: Needs a better source (Score 1) 159
I used to be on that forums and site a lot, and that's not a legit source. Its one guys opinion (and the guy is a idiot, to be honest.) If you even say EA, and bad game in the same sentence, he comes after you. Huge EA fan boy. However, I wouldn't be all that surprised if EA did make a C&C MMO, but like most of there recent games, it would be a epic failure.