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Comment Re:I believe it (Score 1) 58

Some are accusing Billy of using the save state feature in MAME on those runs. Still, even then, it's impressive. Just doesn't belong in the high score list for either original hardware or MAME. Even if he didn't abuse MAME features to achieve the score, still doesn't belong in the original hardware high score list.

It was wrong to try to pass it off as an original hardware run, and taints his other records.

Comment Re:Watch "The King of Kong" (Score 1) 234

"The King of Kong" was great, but "Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade" gives a better insight into the community and the different personalities. KoK is a better film, but Ghosts covers a wider selection of the people in the community. Both those behind Twin Galaxies and the arcade player record holders of the 80s. Some of then are very cringe worthy.

Comment Re:I already sent one set back (Score 1) 150

In fact, there was a marking "Do not use for Sun glasses".

Not saying the glasses were legitimate or not, but that warning would actually be good for real eclipse glasses. With actual eclipse glasses, you can look at an unfrosted incandescent light bulb, and all you'll see is a faint glowing filament surrounded by black. Using those as sun glasses would be a good way to crash your car.

Comment Re:How to avoid these vulnerabilities (Score 5, Insightful) 126

If you want to ensure that you don't fall victim to these vulnerabilities, there's an easy way to be sure you're safe. Don't break the law by pirating content and software. If you refrain from piracy, you will be safe. Hope that helps.

You are quite wrong, on all accounts.

I download spanish subtitles for movies we've legally purchase all the time, because they did not come with those subtitles. So, you are wrong about legal purchases negating the need for these subtitles.

I've also gotten computer viruses from legally purchased and authentic software. Got one from a game I bought at Gamestop, back when games came on floppies. Anti-virus caught it as soon as the disk went into the drive. So, you are wrong about legal purchases keeping you safe.

Remember Sony's root kit debacle? Sometimes you're not safe from the corporation you're buying from.

Comment Re:Fringe Area (Score 1) 198

Not true. It may be true for you, but not for me. I live in the 11th largest city in the country, and the number of stations I could pick up after the digital switch doubled. Half are Spanish language, which you're just as likely to hear spoken in my household as English, but it was that way before the digital switch as well.

Your mileage may very, but cable is no longer a necessity. Cut it.

Comment Re:Almost cut the cord (Score 1) 198

If it wasn't for my wife wanting to watch The Bachelor the second it comes on I would have cut the cable a long time ago.

Cut! Cut now!

The Bachelor is on ABC, which you can get over the air. Unless you have one of the very early HDTVs, you've got a digital tuner in your set. You can rig-up a wire clothes hanger into the coax input and pick up free broadcast over the air HDTV, which will be your local stations. That includes ABC, so your wife can watch that crap show as soon as it comes on.

Cut! Cut now!

We haven't had cable in almost a decade now. The only channel my wife even misses is Investigation Discovery, and there's a local channel that broadcasts over the air that has similar content.

Cut! Cut now!

Comment Re:Bears can be bipedal (Score 1) 173

Bears can be quite bipedal, but this 'thing' grabbed a branch and swung on it.

If all it did was meander across the screen on two legs, then I'd say it could possibly be a bear. However, as you pointed out, the movements it makes rules a bear out.

It didn't make any movement that would rule out a human walking around in the forest. So, I'd say your bitcoins are quite safe.

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