Tell me again how this is so different from prostitution?

If it's done right, it's not.

SIGGRAPH! Moving us back to 1970s scifi tech. Next? A next generation space shuttle that is actually propelled by strings and an bottle rocket.

Wrong wrong wrong.

If they want this technology to take off, they need to get the porn industry on board. Seriously, the possibilities are endless.

Having actually played my manager in Quake, I can confirm this.

A FPS, on the other hand, lends itself to predatory tactics... seeking your prey and killing them without being killed by their defensive tactics.

The only reason we see it as a hunt and kill experience is because we're pretending it is. For us, the toons are people, and we are "shooting" them with "guns".

For a mouse, the toons are just colorful moving things. This would be no different than the "find the lever, hit the lever, get the cheese" exercise, for which they evidently have no aversion. Although, I haven't seen one of those experiments with a moving lever, so maybe I'm wrong.

Intel gathering MMO:
"It seems that I lost my [microfilm] down the sewer, and I fear the [a giant rat]s may have eaten them. Go slay them and bring back my [10] [microfilm]s."

... can't wait.

I agree! Furthermore, they can take a slab of the stuff and strap it onto a soldiers arm, thus providing him a laser shield that will defend him if he's being attacked by Cobra.

...

**nerdgasm**

I fall under 4 of the 7 criteria. But I don't care.

More than anything, work gets in the way of coding fer FOSS. Chick's should dominate the field... oh well, blame the feminists. There would no longer be issue if women just stayed in the home, taking care of the kids and working on that next open source port of mahjong.


You're Welcome....

Microsoft wants to verify "something", god knows what ...

Beats me.. I have had the same pirated copy of XP running on multiple machines for years now, and WGA has not reported a problem. I don't know what that little tool is actually doing, but it sure as hell isn't looking for pirated software.

(Not successfully, at any rate).

What happened, guys???

Actually I can see Myth Busters or Bill Nye getting a prize for furthering science education and popularization.

At least they earned it.

I'll have to start a blog outlining all the things I want to do, like solving hunger, cleaning up all the pollution from the ocean, and bringing peace and love to all mankind.

If I get enough subscribers that I become famous, I can get the Nobel Peace Prize too! And I don't even have to leave my desk.

oops, someone did beat me to it after all... >_

Better hurry up and bomb the moon before the chimp starts asking why.

(How has this story gone this long without a Mr. Show reference, anyway???)