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Journal Journal: Space Exploration: What's Next?

Journal by _0rm_

So the news was just broken that after 2020, the International Space Station will be sunk into the Atlantic. With the retiring of the space shuttle and the, as of yet, failing private sector, it is pretty clear where the space program will end up if this trend continues. So what can, or at least should, be done to rectify this?
Privacy

Submission + - LibertyHero neutralises Digital Economy Act (libertyhero.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: The recently introduced Digital Economy Act ended the legal right to presumption of innocence for citizens of the UK. Under the new legislation, a rightsholder will inform an ISP that a particular IP address is suspected of filesharing. After three such notifications for a given customer, the ISP is required to suspend the user's internet connection. Ultimately, the person is found guilty and punished without fair trial or evidence. LibertyHero, a new high-tech start-up has released a service to counterbalance this ill-conceived law.

LibertyHero provide free software to ensure that users are kept anonymous and secure. Once installed, each packet of information leaving the computer is encrypted using military-grade cryptography before being forwarded to a LibertyHero proxy server. The proxy server then passes the data to the correct destination with the original source of the traffic becoming untraceable.

Submission + - US to become the Saudi Arabia of natural gas? (failuremag.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: For those opposed to natural gas drilling in the United States, fracking is a dirty word. But the public needs to have a serious discussion about whether the costs and risks (like methane contamination) outweigh the considerable benefit of reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil and turning the US into an energy exporter. In “The End of Country” Seamus McGraw aims to jump start the debate by examining the issues at ground level, describing what happens when Big Energy comes to small town USA.

Submission + - Male Birth Control (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by NicknamesAreStupid
NicknamesAreStupid writes: The International Business Times reports several new forms of male birth control are concurrently being developed, including one that makes men sterile when they drink alcohol and another that makes men sterile and sick when they drink alcohol. Scientists finally may be onto something.
The Media

Submission + - James Murdoch's Defense Crumbles

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Brian Cathcart writes that whatever happens to News Corp., it will surely happen without James Murdoch,, the clever, dashing heir apparent to his buccaneer father, Rupert, who has become a liability with little hope of survival. James Rupert told members of Parliament that when he approved a payment of about $1.1 million in 2008 to settle the first lawsuit brought by a phone-hacking victim, he was not shown an email that suggested phone hacking was more widespread at the News of the World, and not limited to one “rogue” reporter. "He is saying one thing—that in briefing him they gave an “incomplete picture”—and, remarkably, in a statement Thursday, they publicly denied that," writes Cathcart. "It is a significant moment, because it is the first public breaking of ranks among Murdoch executives to have occurred in the five years this scandal has been running." All the News Corp. executives used to tell the same story but one by one as the pressure has grown these people have been cast off or have drifted away and now as the little group has splintered and scattered, and they all need to save their own skins. "It’s not just James who is done," writes David Carr in the NY Times. "Rupert Murdoch, as we have long known him, is done as well.""

Comment Re:As someone who loves games... (Score 1) 47

by _0rm_ (#36794546) Attached to: How Analytics Are Shaping Social Games

What we're looking at is what makes players tick and what they like about the game, then improving those aspects and adding a layer of extra sugar on top for those who are willing to pay for it.

But the information you provide basically tells the money people "Make them pay for this anyway.". It adds no value to the game whatsoever, and makes people like me (programmers) hate their job because we know we are doing nothing but gouge our userbase. We know alot more than you, and you are nothing without us. Remember that.

Comment Re:As someone who loves games... (Score 1) 47

by _0rm_ (#36794506) Attached to: How Analytics Are Shaping Social Games
I am glad to see an industry vet get in on this conversation. I myself am in school for game development on the programming side, and I can say that it is for this reason especially that I am frustrated by the current F2P model. Another game you might enjoy is Monday Night Combat. That is currently my favorite time-waster.

Comment As someone who loves games... (Score 3, Insightful) 47

by _0rm_ (#36781978) Attached to: How Analytics Are Shaping Social Games
I am disgusted by these; and as someone who actually likes to create games, I am even more disgusted. The only F2P model I really approve of is Team Fortress 2. Sales people need to stay out of the development cycle and focus on selling the game, not game content. And if you are a salesperson who analyzes these sorts of things, fuck you.

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