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Comment Re:From the No-**** Department... (Score 1) 406

Really unlikely. For one, Iran doesn't want war.

Really? Their wacko PM calls for the destruction of Israel and the coming of the Mahdi, which according the Shi'a lore can only happen and the end of days (or whatever armageddon is called). Rank-and-file Persians might not war, but it seems the official policy of the government is one of bellicosity. Meanwhile, they are engaged in an apparent proxy war against the US et al in Iraq and Afghanistan, and appear to be the puppetmasters behind Hezbollah in rocket attacks against Israel.

Comment Re:Probably not. Sorry. (Score 1) 215

If Square Enix wanted to fix the game engine, they should just throw the entire thing out and license Unreal or another game engine. Their current engine is hopeless. But it's the whole "not invented here" thing taking over, so we'll never see a capable PC game from them.
Umm...not a Square Enix fanboy, but Just Cause 2 is made by them and seems to run fine on a PC...as does alt-tabbing. Perhaps they are using a different engine (don't know for sure) for JC2, but have found it largely glitch free aside from an occasional invisible wall GPU glitch.
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IBM's Plans For the Cell Processor 124

angry tapir writes "Development around the original Cell processor hasn't stalled, and IBM will continue to develop chips and supply hardware for future gaming consoles, a company executive said. IBM is working with gaming machine vendors including Nintendo and Sony, said Jai Menon, CTO of IBM's Systems and Technology Group, during an interview Thursday. 'We want to stay in the business, we intend to stay in the business,' he said. IBM confirmed in a statement that it continues to manufacture the Cell processor for use by Sony in its PlayStation 3. IBM also will continue to invest in Cell as part of its hybrid and multicore chip strategy, Menon said."

Comment Stop F'ing Whining (Score 0, Troll) 911

To those in this thread who are complaining about this: sorry but get with the program. I've lost a good friend and a family member to separate DWI incidents (caused by others), along with some asshole illegal alien on his 4th DWI plowing into my car at a red light. Do these things blow? Yes (figuratively and literally), but that's the bloody point. Keep these assholes who are liable to drink again (or in some cases deliberately "game" the system) off the road. Is it intrusive on civil rights? No - because you have no fscking right to drive (show me that in the Constitution)...it's a privilege, which you forfeit if you get drunk and stupid and then go driving. Do mistakes happen and people screw up? Yes. Will the screw up again? Some will...this is the purpose of this annoying thing you have to blow in. Yes, I drink. Drinking 18 yo single malt as I type this...but not going for a drive later. If I need to go somewhere, use a friend or a cab!

Comment Re:Interesting Buy.... (Score 1) 92

The question is whether Dell will be able to leverage it into other areas. I'm not sure how bright the future is in government IT services these days, following the monumental clusterfucks that HP and NG have chaperoned last few years (NMCI, and VITC).

Let us not forget that EDS was once owned (and started) by H. Ross Perot. Let us also not forget that Dell is part of the current NMCI team.
And to quote H. Ross himself: ...a giant sucking sound...

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