Tried to find it here http://patft.uspto.gov/, but couldn't locate it. Anyone got the patent number?

It was a foregone conclusion that lucene would trounce the others, if you ask me. And comparing sqlite vs lucene is slightly absurd, since most people with a clue already uses lucene on top of sqlite (and mysql as well) to get good search results.

Yes, that's why I said you can use SQL syntax, but it's not a proper SQL database -- far from it. It's the simplest things that give it away, like the fact that you can define a CHAR field with 10 chars, and SQLite will happily store 255 chars in the field anyway ;)

But it is fast. Very fast. I've measured it, and compared it to proper databases. For my main web site http://www.magicode.org/, I use SQLite 3 with prepared statements. It's lightning. (Comments are stored in mysql5 though, as I access it through my admin, which is on another host, and I would have to ftp download and ftp upload the sqlite-base if I wanted to admin it remotely).

It's an alternative, and a pretty good one, I think.

Well, that's why I am so in favor of SQLite. While it does use SQL syntax, in reality you're simply rummaging through a flat file with superspeed. I use SQLite on all my simpler web projects that doesn't need the advanced functions that you get with a fully fledged relational database.

You loved Armageddon? Sheeeeesh

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Yeah, but the no dying part made it more repetitive than it could have been, because you'd constantly try the same thing over and over until you succeeded. I say meh, the previous three were excellent, and I was really looking forward to the new one. A shame.

You can take it too far as well. The new Prince of Persia is going too far, in that you really can't ever die, and that gets boring real fast. Pity, because the previous Prince of Persia games were rather good.

Haha, yeah, but it's still scheduled for release next week. And it's open source and free, so I'm not sweating about budgets or marketing.

Having kids (5 and 9), I would have to say this is fantastic. Games like Super Mario Galaxy are too hard for my youngest, and I constantly have to step in and help with the levels. Now, Super Mario Galaxy is quite fun, but any game gets quite dull after having to go through the same stuff over and over. Let's have cheat/demo modes and let the kids have fun. :)

By the way, my youngest have no problems with Super Mario Sunshine - it is a much easier game for kids. Maybe it's the controller?