Comment Re:What's the catch? (Score 2, Funny) 402
I tried that it didn't catch on...
Chip Allows Blind People To See 231
crabel writes "3 blind people have been implanted with a retinal chip that allowed them to see shapes and objects within days of the procedure. From the article: 'One of the patients surprised researchers by identifying and locating objects on a table; he was also able to walk around a room unaided, approach specific people, tell the time from a clock face, and describe seven different shades of gray in front of him.'"
Comment Re:Deceiving naming... (Score 1) 116
check again, you were undoubtedly looking at 5770s, not the 5870s. and then that is correct, 5770 -> 6870. which as noted, doesn't make a lot of sense when the 5870 performs better.
they should have really just started their base line at the 6660, obviously...
Comment Re:I still can't understand how this all came to p (Score 1) 217
Why so much worship, hatred, and jealousy over this?
Money. Facebook logs the most human hours of any social website, and two months ago passed Google in the US. Not sure where it ranks globally right now.
Also in regards to Zuckerberg's opinion: I doubt it has to do with the creators having difficulty wrapping their heads' around a concept. It's more likely that no one wants to see a movie about somebody who "might build something because they like building things." That and the movie-makers would much rather wrap their hands around a boat-load of money.
Comment Re:IQ test (Score 1) 465
If I drape a jellyfish over a Roomba it isn't a cyborg.
...OR IS IT...dotdotdot.
Comment Re:AD 2200 (Score 1) 606
Flying Cars... I think you meant green (or maybe brown) screen of death.
Unless your making an ocean flight... then yes, it's a Blue Screen of Death.
Comment Re:competition? (Score 1) 775
I don't know much about PayPal, but wouldn't that be a viable option instead of keeping say... 600,000 pounds in PayPal?
from Notch's Blog:
Just to clear things up: I withdraw everything from paypal every week. They limited my account just as sales started spiking, so this money has accumulated since they limited the account.
from minecraft.net stats:
In the last 24 hours, 11837 people registered, and 4485 people bought the game.
4485*9.95 Euro = 44625.75. thats in 24 hours. it would only take about 2 weeks to accumulate over 600k.
Comment Re:Wow! (Score 1) 228
It's ok, the poll is unneeded and nit-picky but it's something to do for 5-10 minutes.
Comment Re:Zombie rappers? (Score 1) 320
shuffle and flow?
Comment Re:because it's stealing (Score 1) 106
To take (the property of another) without right or permission.
So whether this counts as stealing all really comes down to whether we are going to allow intellectual property to be a type of property. Sounds like and interesting debate but it is still a complete waste of time.
I agree with the general emphasis and message of your post. However, you failed to notice that "take" and "copy" are two different words with different definitions.
Comment Re:RIAA (Score 3, Funny) 437
Except that they skip right to the second part.
Comment Re:Very Smart (Score 1) 190
burn the clothes, but keep wearing the helmet. it would be a great defense. "if i had just robbed the bank as dressed as vader i wouldn't be stupid enough to keep wearing the helmet!"
Comment Re:Free (Score 1) 164
um not only did u not read the article, you didn't even read summary, but for a FP not surprising. They wrote THIS version of the game to run on the source engine.
but just as a note: when you license a game engine it's not required that you must charge money for the products you create with said engine. obviously it would be sorta stupid because you do have to pay for the license, but you know, maybe recoup those fees by asking for donations? just sayin'
Comment this article (Score 1) 961
it's full of lies, don't believe it!
Comment Re:The circle of (virtual) life (Score 0, Redundant) 495
and fanatical users from each front fuel the fire of forum flame wars.
it's a beau-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFNERDRAEGXZ11
