Comment Re:Oh, I know (Score 1) 286
LOVE IT....and 300mil is only one plex. You heard about the other one, right?
Comment Re:Close your eyes while logo is displayed (Score 1) 510
Oh, what the hell, I'll go for the obvious joke here:
*ahem*
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Comment Three words: (Score 1) 466
Pebble Bed Reactor
Submission + - Navigating a geek marriage...
JoeLinux writes: "I am soon to marry my true love (a girl! yes! they do exist!). She is a literary geek, whereas I am a gaming/linux geek. Being the RTFM-style geeks that we are, we have been reading up on marriage, making things work, etc. Unfortunately, all of the references seem to be based around an alpha-male jock, and a submissive cheerleader-style wife. A lot of the references to incompatibility in the books don't apply to us.(neglect due to interest in sports, etc.) What are some of the pitfalls and successes learned in the course of a more geek-oriented marriage?"
Comment Re:Quick! (Score 1) 658
You sir, owe me one(1) keyboard.
In exchange, you win one(1) internets.
Comment Re:You guys are disgusting (Score 0) 658
Did you come up with that? 'cause I invented that for my facebook status update...
Comment Re:I'm calling it now... (Score 2, Interesting) 105
Seee...that's part of the suck-fest. In this one, you play a prototype Big Daddy (only done so they can explain how you can upgrade your gun/drill/use plasmids), who has to protect the little sisters from a little sister who grew up, returned to Rapture, and spliced herself into an ultra-agile big-daddy style suit (think "ninja" big-daddy).
Lame-sauce.
Comment I'm calling it now... (Score 3, Insightful) 105
Bioshock 2 is not going to be as good a sequel as System Shock 2 was to System Shock.
Virtually no RPG elements, and a tired re-tread of Bioshock with vaguely new elements (I.E. taking the one "protect the little sister" element from the first one and repeat it several times in this game). It's going to be, at most, a "meh" experience.
Comment Re:Reality Check indeed (Score 1) 873
And Gun control. I want her out (icanhzfiftycal?).
Comment Re:I love it. (Score 5, Interesting) 1055
The only issue that has ever come up is:
1) When a customer comes in, and we have to come in on our day off
and
2) Because of the increased rest on a three-day weekend, people use less vacation time, resulting in the office being virtually deserted in December.
Submission + - Meeting with a Digital Rights Management proponent
JoeLinux writes: "I just had what I thought was going to be a boring meeting with a friend of the family.
It turns out this person is a Senior VP in charge of Rights and Title Administration for Sony Pictures. (Translation: She is in charge of preventing piracy).
Over the course of a half hour, we had a conversation discussing the best way to combat online piracy. This person has obviously been seeing things from the point of view of the movie industry. (I.E. the movie industry exists on a 4-5% profit margin, Canada is to blame for most of the movie piracy, etc.)
They were surprised to learn about some of the indiscriminate lawyering practices of the RI- and MP-AA., but then quickly rallied with, "Well, if the ISPs have the logs, doesn't that prove they were downloading?" They also had no clue as to what DRM is, or its implications (I.E. they are not very geek-oriented).
While I could have argued with them for a good long time, the particulars of the evening did not allow for me to hash it out.
What I am asking for is a concise, non-trollish, "Joe Six-Pack-friendly" explanation of DRM, piracy, with plenty of numbers to back up the claims (No brown numbers please). This is our chance to educate someone in the upper ranks of Sony Pictures with our concerns regarding DRM, why we think its a bad idea, and, most importantly, propose an alternate solution.
Any geek references will have to be explained thoroughly. We are talking to someone of a more upper-management point of view. However, knowing their personally, this person does listen.
Once again, this is for someone who is willing to hear us out. Please do not troll, grief, etc."
It turns out this person is a Senior VP in charge of Rights and Title Administration for Sony Pictures. (Translation: She is in charge of preventing piracy).
Over the course of a half hour, we had a conversation discussing the best way to combat online piracy. This person has obviously been seeing things from the point of view of the movie industry. (I.E. the movie industry exists on a 4-5% profit margin, Canada is to blame for most of the movie piracy, etc.)
They were surprised to learn about some of the indiscriminate lawyering practices of the RI- and MP-AA., but then quickly rallied with, "Well, if the ISPs have the logs, doesn't that prove they were downloading?" They also had no clue as to what DRM is, or its implications (I.E. they are not very geek-oriented).
While I could have argued with them for a good long time, the particulars of the evening did not allow for me to hash it out.
What I am asking for is a concise, non-trollish, "Joe Six-Pack-friendly" explanation of DRM, piracy, with plenty of numbers to back up the claims (No brown numbers please). This is our chance to educate someone in the upper ranks of Sony Pictures with our concerns regarding DRM, why we think its a bad idea, and, most importantly, propose an alternate solution.
Any geek references will have to be explained thoroughly. We are talking to someone of a more upper-management point of view. However, knowing their personally, this person does listen.
Once again, this is for someone who is willing to hear us out. Please do not troll, grief, etc."
Submission + - Going back to Engineering...
JoeLinux writes: "I am a Systems Engineer for a Big Engineering Company(tm). I've been in the position for four years after getting my undergrad in E.E. I've finally come to the conclusion that I will never see any form of technical challenge despite the continued promise of such. The problem is that almost all engineers usually make the transition the other way (E.E. to Systems). Seeing as Systems is looked at as a possible gateway to the dark side (Management), is there any going back to "real" engineering? Have any readers successfully made the transition? How do you justify what would typically be considered a step "back"?"
