Reuben

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Name: Reuben Gann
Date registered: 11/30/-0001

Latest posts

  1. An illuminating trip to the Microsoft store — 12/29/2013
  2. Netflix streaming continues to founder as dozens of prominent movies are taken down — 12/28/2013
  3. Saints Row IV is the most fun I've had playing a game — 11/19/2013
  4. Statisticians need to see how experimental science really works, then shut up about it — 11/13/2013
  5. Surface Pro 2: first impressions — 10/24/2013

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Sep 02 2005

Consumer Protection

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I hate Ubisoft. One would think that after investing hours of time in playing a video game, one would actually be able to complete it. Well, if one is talking about Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, one would be fucking wrong. Now, lest the dear reader think this is from lack of effort/talent/Actionreplay on my …

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Aug 10 2005

Kansas is We Todd Ed

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General

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(from http://www.venganza.org/. Please read this link for important information about the Flying Spaghetti Monster.) Scientists have failed. We've failed astoundingly on a matter of semantics. It's all very natural to make up a unique term when one is lacking: entropy, allele, gas, electron. But when it comes to a scientifically verified fact we choose theory? …

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Jul 27 2005

Sudoku is bathroom-compatible Minesweeper

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The LA Times added a daily Sudoku puzzle to the paper recently. I had heard about its addictive qualities, but had to check it out for myself. Actually, the game isn't very hard: you fill in a 9 x 9 grid so that each line, column, and 3 x 3 section has each number 1-9. …

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Jun 21 2005

cygwin bad, mingw and msys good

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Computing

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Several times in my Windows life I've wanted to compile open-source stuff. Of course, every idiot knows that the de facto tool for doing this is Cygwin, a truly awful port of a Unix-like environment. Considering that all one wants is a basic C compiler and linker, and some basic shell stuff, one wouldn't think …

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May 25 2005

KOTOR2 getting an ending?

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Video games

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A couple months ago, I complained about the ending to several games, including Knights of the Old Republic 2. I happened upon this site on my travels thru the net today. These people are making a comprehensive mod to reinsert the endings, dialog, cutscenes, and even playable sections back into KOTOR2. Damn, this game might …

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