Comment Re:Another problem I have with Sci-fi (Score 4, Funny) 708
"The Matrix movies"
You must be confusing the Matrix with some other movie -- there weren't any sequels. Shame, really.
Comment Re:The Lords won't approve this (Score 1) 294
I'm astounded, AC -- you claim to live in England and yet don't realize that Labour has pretty much a free hand to do what they like, since they know they're going to get slaughtered come next election. This isn't the last straw, not by far -- that would be the expense scandal, which not only broke the camel's back but ground the splintered vertebrae into tiny indistinguishable bits of chalk.
You also suggest that it won't get approved because the Lords have been given some very good reasons not to do so, which implies your belief that they're even capable of making rational, non-self-serving decisions. Baffling.
Comment Marvell Plug (Score 3, Insightful) 697
I think you're after a plug computer ( http://www.marvell.com/featured/plugcomputing.jsp ) and just don't know it yet. Super low power, ARM-based system that can (easily) run debian + an apache stack, along with whatever else (well, within reason) you need. http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit-us.aspx has it for $99; you can get a European or UK version as well.
Submission + - Steam Accused of Exploiting Indie Developers (gamasutra.com)
Doches writes: "While the independent game development community may still be in love with Valve's digital distribution service Steam, Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford declares that the service is actually exploiting indie developers and small studios. In particular, he cautions against trusting Valve to manage Steam impartially, given that they also use the service as the primary distribution network for their own games. "There's so much conflict of interest there that it's horrid," he says. "It's actually really, really dangerous for the rest of the industry to allow Valve to win.""
Submission + - Intuit Buys Mint.com for $170 Million (mint.com)
Doches writes: "Intuit (makes of Quicken and the DRM-laden TurboTax) just finalized a deal to acquire web-based personal finance tool Mint.com. The company promises that Mint will remain free, but users are skeptical. Another great web startup about to be wrecked by software giant?"
Comment Re:Interesting (Score 2, Funny) 122
Mostly angsty college-student sex, I'm afraid. Of the kind you probably weren't getting 20 years ago...
Submission + - BT-Phorm deal officially no more (nytimes.com)
Doches writes: "Good news from the UK (via the NYTimes): looks like British Telecom is officially canceling their partnership with the controversial advertising company Phorm. I'm sure you all remember Phorm, which builds web browsing profiles of ISP subscribers via deep packet inspection; this is great news for BT customers (e.g. most of the UK), since BT's adoption of Phorm would have basically done away with any semblance of privacy in web surfing. Don't rejoice too soon, though — apparently BT called off the deal 'because of budget limitations caused by investments in other technology, not because of privacy concerns.'"
Comment Re:Wine doesn't run everything (Score 1) 1365
With annoyingly increasing frequency I do. Makes me long for the days when companies developed the PC version first, then dumbed down the interface and ported it to consoles. Bethesda, how could you?
Comment Re:Scores vs Rankings (Score 1) 206
...I stand corrected.
Comment This is why IDLE is a category... (Score 3, Insightful) 876
...so I don't click on pointless drivel like this by mistake.
Comment Re:Wine doesn't run everything (Score 1) 1365
Probably because there's no reason for them to expend the resources to develop or support a native Linux client, especially when the Wine community is so willing to do it for them. At least, that's why CCP discontinued their EVE Online linux client -- and while Blizzard has rather more resources than CCP (Or the entire nation of Iceland, for that matter), a free port is still nothing to sneeze at.
Comment Re:Wine doesn't run everything (Score 2, Informative) 1365
Comment Re:Scores vs Rankings (Score 1) 206
The way Republicans down in Texas keep talking, saying 'The United States (California and Texas)' is akin to saying 'The United Kingdom (England and Massachusetts)'
Also, technically the UK doesn't include Northern Ireland. The 'United Kingdom' is the United Kingdom of England and Scotland; 'Great Britain' is England, Scotland, and (Northern) Ireland.
Comment Nuclear? (Score 2, Informative) 247
Is this the same 'Orion' as the old atomic bomb powered Project Orion?
Submission + - HD-DVD key censorship revolt at digg.com
earthforce_1 writes: "It looks like the founders at digg.com have received and complied with a takedown notice regarding the HD-DVD master keys, and blocking accounts of some users attempting to repost the keys. Subscribers have revolted en-masse and have reposted the keys in at least a dozen story threads and thousands of comments in countless ways. They also modded up all stories about the censored keys until at one point, every single front page story was about the HD-DVD keys! Until the original story was taken down, it was modded up over 15,000 times, an all time record.
This has been a totally unprecedented subscriber revolt against the website moderators, and at least one story thread suggests one of the founders had taken promotional money from the HD-DVD consortium."
This has been a totally unprecedented subscriber revolt against the website moderators, and at least one story thread suggests one of the founders had taken promotional money from the HD-DVD consortium."
