Comment Power (Score 0) 813
Removing moderation.
Comment Re:Hmmm .... (Score 1) 858
As far as I can see, it's really close to being in the W-290 WARNING area; perhaps the MOA was hot?
Comment Re:Part deux (Score 4, Funny) 466
Andre... you've lost another submarine?
Comment Re:Got it (Score 1) 381
You should look at your gas bill. Mine has a "connection charge" and a "usage charge".
Comment Re:Ayn Rand, do you hear me? (Score 4, Interesting) 290
The Dwarf Fortress guy made $16k last month. And his game is donation-only. And the donations aren't required.
Comment Steam (Score 1) 438
LaLa Hey Hey Kiss It Goodbye
Comment Re:Thats supposed to be obvious? (Score 1) 204
Most of them will start printing the copies of a multipage document as it is still going through the document feeder; and they'll keep printing the copies long after the last page was scanned.
That information has to be stored somewhere, even if there is no UI to get to it.
Comment Over IPv6 I still saw "Google" (Score 1) 84
Heh. IPv6 is immune to the fools?
Comment Re:Benefits of DNSSEC? (Score 1) 100
Remember that StartSSL.com gives out free SSL certificates. There's no reason to be running self-signed certificates anymore.
Comment Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 (Score 4, Interesting) 338
Then why does your user name have 2009 in it?
Comment Re:Old Games on Faster Computers can be tough (Score 1) 367
You've obviously never played the OpenGL accelerated majesty that is Dwarf Fortress.
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=40349.0
Comment PCP? I luves the Peacy P! (Score -1, Troll) 24
You're going to microwave the baby!
CSIRO Settles With Tech Giants Over WiFi Patent Spat 92
Combat Wombat brings news that the legal battle between the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation (CSIRO) and a host of major tech corporations has come to end, with a large settlement going to the CSIRO. The fight was over a patent on wireless LAN technology, which already earned the CSIRO a victory in court over Buffalo Technology and a settlement with Hewlett-Packard. The remaining 13 companies, which include Dell, Intel, Microsoft and Nintendo, have now chosen to settle as well. "[The CSIRO] will use the money won from a Wi-Fi technology patent battle to fund further research. ... It is unclear how much money has flowed to the CSIRO, but experts say the technology would be worth billions of dollars if royalties were paid on an ongoing basis."
Submission + - Microsoft's WGA servers dead, fix days away
Downgrade writes: Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage system is offline, so users who are attempting to validate their installs are getting notices that their copies of Windows are not legit. The company is now saying that it is working to have a fix not later today, not tomorrow, but on Tuesday! Ars says that users who are hit by the outage should avoid rebooting their computers, because WGA failures will result in Aero being disabled. Way to punish your customers, Microsoft!
Submission + - Microsoft WGA servers down (boingboing.net)
MarkByers writes: "DRM bites again: the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage servers (which every XP and Vista install phones home to) all failed sometime earlier today.
The result? Every single Windows XP and Vista installation — except possibly those with volume license keys — is being marked as counterfeit when it tries to check in. Installations which are flagged as counterfeit switch to a "reduced functionality mode" which results in features like Aero and DirectX being disabled."
The result? Every single Windows XP and Vista installation — except possibly those with volume license keys — is being marked as counterfeit when it tries to check in. Installations which are flagged as counterfeit switch to a "reduced functionality mode" which results in features like Aero and DirectX being disabled."
