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Hyouko

Bio: I'm a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, studying Computer Science and Interactive Media/Game Development.

Nintendo MotionPlus adds gyroscope to Wiimote, extra cost to the full Wii experience

July 16, 2008 8:25am

Most of those extra peripherals aren't actually required for the majority of games - even Smash Bros Brawl can be played with just the basic remote. That said, it is getting slightly out of hand, and I expect that they will start integrating the MotionPlus into future remotes.

Test reveals: highest IQs use Firefox on MacPPC, lowest use Firefox on Win98

May 23, 2008 8:11pm

@21 - Mozilla is actually both the name of the broader organization (hence the branding of Firefox) and of their original suite of net applications, which took after and updated the Netscape Navigator design. Some people still use the all-in-one Mozilla suite, as it's still updated to this day; it integrates email, web-browsing, chat, and other functionality into one package.

Or, more accurately, Firefox, Thunderbird, Chatzilla, and several other Mozilla projects are based on de-integrated (disintegrated?) Mozilla Suite components.

Anonymous vs. Scientology protest in LA today

February 10, 2008 9:27pm

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Honestly, not this time. I hold no hate for any members of Scientology (outside of the program's upper echelons, at least), but I observe the "religion" itself to be a fairly transparent scam, and a scam that has driven numerous people to bankruptcy, corruption, and death at that. You're right that protest will only reach an insignificant segment of the members of Scientology in a direct fashion. Most are too brainwashed by the auditing process to be reachable.

What protest will do is draw public attention to the group's highly questionable history of crime and abuse. That attention can provide a modicum of education that may prevent additional people from falling for Scientology's false promises (and providing it with the money that fuels its machinations).

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