Comment Re:Define "people" (Score 1) 274
Thats no way to talk about your wife...
Comment Re:I like living in the future. (Score 1) 384
I have to disagree. Or at least I am an outlier. I have been playing video games since pong (my school had a pinball machine (cost a dime!) and a pong cocktail table game in the HS student lounge and I would play every day after school (this is late 70s). During the 80s I lived in the local arcade, owned most every home console system (and still do plus all the ones in between). I have been playing video games for over 3 decades now. And I have been playing WoW pretty much since launch. I have been a hardcore raider and I have been a purely casual player ( and I currently sit somewhere in between). WoW makes plenty of sense to me, but then again, I also have an extensive pen and paper RPG background as well.
Comment Re:Call me a fanboi or whatever but... (Score 1) 563
What part of 'Beta' did you not understand?
Comment I should get royalties for this... (Score 1) 204
... after all, I did this in a RIFTS campaign years ago to set up a global communications network for our group
Yes.. I am a huge geek. Thanks for asking.
Comment If only we had... (Score 2, Interesting) 217
A reusable space vehicle which could be launched to retrieve or repair the satellite...
Cassandra and Voldemort Benchmarked 45
kreide33 writes "Key/Value storage systems are gaining in popularity, much because of features such as easy scalability and automatic replication. However, there are several to choose from and performance is an important deciding factor. This article compares the performance of two of the most well-known projects, Cassandra and Voldemort, using several different mixes of access types, and compares both throughput and latency."
Comment Re:Lovely. (Score 1) 462
is that all? I have about 12,000 hours in World of Warcraft over the last 5 and a half years
Comment So much for my Choice... (Score 1) 110
I am still waiting for my Call of Duty: Grenada.
Comment Re:Much more primitive than we expect (Score 1) 648
Actually we could get to the another solar system like Alpha Centari with current (either existing or in testing) technology, but it would take a while (like a century or two) and be almost 5 years before any data came back after that.
Comment Re:William Hartnell & Patrick Troughton (Score 1) 379
Sorry.. Tom Baker was the best Doctor... Troughton was good, too.
Comment Re:post title (Score 1) 379
Tennant was ok, but only about #3 or #4 on the list... I put Tom Baker at #1, Patrick Troughton #2 and probably Tennant, but if he keeps up, Matt Smith might just take #3 or even the #2 spot.
Comment Re:Watched it, impressed! (Score 2, Insightful) 379
I think the new Doctor will work out fine. He reminds me a bit of my favorite Doctor, Tom Baker (the 4th). And all through the new series with Eccleston and Tennant, there really wasn't a 'Fuck Yeah' moment (as far as I was concerned). This had that. I don't want to give anything away from those waiting for the BBC America showing, but you will know it when you see it.
Comment Re:It's the freeloaders time (Score 2, Interesting) 1051
As far as I am concerned, its not about the ad, its about the safety. I only block ads because they are a vector of infection. Can you guarantee that ads are safe? No? Then get off your self pretentious soapbox. If content costs so much, then the creator will either find an revenue stream that doesn't include ads (and honestly... this is 2010. Who clicks ads anymore) or they will fold.
Comment But still no x64 Flash... (Score 1) 192
Thats nice, but where is my x64 (NOT Linux) Flash? Its been 3 years Adobe!
Forrester Says Tech Downturn Is "Unofficially Over" 130
alphadogg writes "The US IT market will grow by 6.6% as high-tech spending rebounds in 2010, according to Forrester Research's latest estimates. The research firm based its projections on data reported for 2009, though its fourth quarter numbers are incomplete. Forrester says hints of a recovery surfaced in the third quarter, and now the company expects the global IT market to grow by 8.1% in 2010. Forrester's US and Global IT Market Outlook: Q4 2009 reads: 'The tech downturn of 2008 and 2009 is unofficially over, while the Q3 2009 data for the US and the global market showed continued declines in tech purchases (as we expected). We predict that the Q4 2009 data will show a small increase in buying activity, or at worst, just a small decline.'"
