Comment Re:Well (Score 1, Funny) 543
They need a better gimmick if they want me to buy it. No server = no buy!
You wouldn't buy it anyway, you dirty PC pirate.
Comment So dismissive. (Score 1) 792
Damn, everyone's really dismissing this out of hand.
But just think: if such a tax DID pass, it could raise as much as $154.5M!!!
Comment Re:Lie to me! (Score 1) 439
I find it interesting that a website filled with people who are normally outraged at the idea of video surveillance in a public place with everyone's knowledge is so accepting of the idea of audio surveillance in a public place without everyone's knowledge.
I find it interesting that after reading a website constantly filled with talk of restricting government power and expanding personal freedom, you don't see a difference between government power and personal freedom.
Comment Re:Eek. (Score 1) 163
for me, as a married guy with a kid, a hobby done in moderation means once a week, tops.
Your posting history shows that you post more than once a week. Is that part of your chores, or part of your job?
Comment Re:Eek. (Score 2, Funny) 163
Why is there this sense that we have to be busy doing things all the time?
Please remain in your location. A squad will be sent over shortly, and you will be "optimized".
Comment Already out of date. (Score 1) 590
"There's nothing game developers can do to stop them."
Really? How much are you selling your used copy of Battlefield 1943 for? About the same amount you sold your used copy of Castle Crashers for, right?
This rant is years out of date. Game publishers are already figuring out all sorts of ways around the used games "problem". Rather than pursue the legislation red herring, they're trying market-driven approaches: lower prices; downloadable games; free content for registering; purchaseable downloadable content; long-lived multiplayer modes; "freemium".
Strangely, by pursuing market-driven solutions instead of lobbyist-driven solutions, it looks like both the publishers and the gamers will benefit. Weird.
Artist Wins £20,000 Grant To Study Women's Butts 202
Sue Williams has been awarded a £20,000 grant by the Arts Council of Wales, to "explore cultural attitudes towards female buttocks." Sue plans to examine racial attitudes towards bottoms in Europe and Africa and create plaster casts of women's behinds to try to understand their place in contemporary culture. And here I've been studying the issue all these years for free like a sucker!
Comment Re:Sounds good... (Score 1) 451
Stolen property. If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.
Since piracy is stealing, I don't have to pay taxes on anything I pirate as long as I seed long enough for the RIAA to download a copy?
Submission + - New Theory Explains Periodic Mass Extinctions
i_like_spam writes: The theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid impact, the K-T extinction, is well known and supported by fossil and geological evidence. Asteroid impact theory does not apply to the other fluctuations in biodiversity, however, which follow an approximate 62 million-year cycle. As reported in Science news, a new theory seems to explain periodic mass extinctions. The new theory found that oscillations in the Sun relative to the plane of the Milky Way correlate with changes in biodiversity on Earth. The researchers suggest that an increase in the exposure of Earth to extragalatic cosmic rays causes mass extinctions. Here is the original paper describing the finding.
