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Comment Re:What's next and how will it continue? (Score 1) 820

Some potential spoilers so don't read further if you don't want to know.

Yes, it will be entertaining, but not enough to carry the franchise forward long term. It will kind of look like an Enterprise redux - Enterprise was good at the start, but then the temporal war thing got to be too much.

Lousy writers and having Berman and Braga producing is what killed Enterprise. The series got way better toward the end, but the audience was already lost. A lot of retconning took place in Enterprise, which damaged the franchise more perceived damaging that this movie created.

Remember the movie takes place in an alternate timeline so the events that we know have taken place throughout TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY will not have occurred as Kirk and crew took command way too soon. The timeline that we know from the series is still in tact, otherwise future Spock would have no memory of any of the events that he experienced.

Some people are pretty pissed though about the design of the Enterprise in this movie because it doesn't look like the TOS Enterprise. The fact is, because of the technology we have now, having a ship controlled by knobs, switches, and buttons won't make you believe it's the future.

Comment I'm pretty sure Blizzard is smart about this (Score 1) 111

Since they went so hard after Glider in the US. I'm pretty sure they realize that going into a joint venture with a Chinese company leaves them open to be totally screwed if they decide to leave them. It's happened many times with other companies. The Chinese don't recognize US intellectual property, and government officals are easily bribed to look the other way.

Comment Re:Don't pick on Time Warner! (Score 2) 210

I have Verizon FIOS now and I'm relatively happy, other than their pact with satan (i.e. MPAA / RIAA) and the three strikes policy.

Verizon was one of the few ISP who stood up with the RIAA, and I don't believe they have a three strike policy. I might be wrong about that though, but a quick google search turns up nothing.

Comment Re:How about DRM? (Score 1) 243

Except I'm pretty sure the PC game publishers wouldn't let them open the boxes.

Then, get those plastic cases that you need to unlock at the counter. (Yes you could still steal it, but it would be a bit more noticeable)

or lock them all up behind a glass case. (It would require employees to actually do something while working, but sacrifices need to be made somewhere)

Comment E74 happened to me. (Score 1) 346

Back in Decemeber, I got the E74 error. My warranty had already expired, so I'd have to spend $100 for Microsoft to fix it. Rather than give them 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of a new 360, I figured I'd try and fix it myself.

There are numerous guides out there for the X-clamp fix. This requires opening the console drilling bigger holes in the metal casing where the GPU sit, and using bolts rather than flimsy x-clamp that Microsoft uses, to attach the heatsink to the board, and then running the console for about 10-15 minutes with no cooling on the GPU to heat it up so the GPU reconnects to the board. Overall, it cost me about $10 for the fix.

I don't know how long my console will continue to work, but I know Microsoft sends you back a refurbished console which had problems before it would get to me, and from what I've read, many times, that console will fail eventually too, perhaps the same day it's received.

3 Bots Win Pentagon's Robotic Rally 81

An anonymous reader writes "We've got a winner in the Pentagon's $3.5 million all-robot street rally, the Urban Challenge. Three, actually. Wired reports that 'bots from Stanford, Virginia Tech, and Carnegie Mellon all completed the course within the six-hour time limit. The robo-cars had to complete different missions taking varying times, so the flesh-and-blood judges will take a day to figure out who takes home first prize."
America Online

NJ Spammer Gets Two Years Jail for AOL Spam Scam 73

Tech.Luver writes "A man from New Jersey has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for sending more than a million spam messages to AOL users. 'Todd Moeller was sentenced ... after he was caught making a deal with a government informant to send junk e-mails advertising a computer security program in return for 50 percent of the profits ... Moeller told the informant via instant messaging he could conceal the source of the e-mails through his access to 40 different servers and had profited $40,000 a month from other spam e-mail scams that promoted stocks, prosecutors said.'"
Role Playing (Games)

EVE Online's Linux/Mac Client Goes Live Tuesday 205

The official EVE Online site has details of upcoming patch 'Revelations 2.3'. Along with a number of bug-fixes to the PvP-focused Massively Multiplayer Online Game, this game fix will offer up compatibility with Mac OS X and Linux. Though the Mac client is a native port, Linux will require the used of Cedega. The post suggests that if you'd like a preview of what the game will be like on your rig, you can download the client and tool around the test server. System requirements are also listed, as are the distributions of Linux they are specifically supporting: Ubuntu 7+, Suse 10+, and Linspire 6. Update: 11/04 14:32 GMT by Z : Fixed implication of native Linux client.

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