Comment Re:As my friends used to say about Battlefield 2.. (Score 1) 180
Just so we're on the same page here, would you agree or disagree that Battlefield 2 was astoundingly good when it wasn't crashing?
Comment Re:No, Seriously... (Score 1) 651
(You linked the same post twice.)
Comment Re:So? (Score 1) 148
Government?
Google Nexus Rumored To Cost $530 Or $180 w/Plan 284
wkurzius writes "The new Google phone, the Nexus One, is rumored to cost $530 unlocked and will work on any GSM network. A subsidized version is also available for $180 and will get you a T-Mobile Even More Individual 500 Plan for 2-years with a $350 termination fee. Access to the phone is supposed to be invite only at first, with January 5th being the supposed release date."
Comment Re:list (Score 1) 189
Left 4 Dead 2 has a voluntary reduced gore setting. Not password protected or anything, like some games in the past.
Danish DRM Breaker Turns Himself In To Test Backup Law 466
coaxial writes "In Denmark, it's legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It's also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100 violations of the DRM-breaking law (he ripped his DVD collection to his computer) and demanded that the Danish anti-piracy Antipiratgruppen do something about it. They promised him a response, then didn't respond. So now he's reporting himself to the police. He wants a trial, so that the legality of the DRM-breaking law can be tested in court."
Comment Re:just install linux the next time you reformat (Score 1) 932
Next time you reformat, make a ~20gb scratch partition in a non-windows-type.
Then use CloneZilla to make an image of the working system and store the archive on the scratch partition.
I did this to my parent's computer and left them with a CloneZilla bootable CD. They haven't actually USED it yet, but I anticipate that the restoration process will go much faster next time, and can probably be directed over the phone instead of them waiting for me to be next to the PC.
Then use CloneZilla to make an image of the working system and store the archive on the scratch partition.
I did this to my parent's computer and left them with a CloneZilla bootable CD. They haven't actually USED it yet, but I anticipate that the restoration process will go much faster next time, and can probably be directed over the phone instead of them waiting for me to be next to the PC.
A Mobile Phone Mesh That Can Survive Carrier Network Failure 131
bennyboy64 writes "iTnews reports that researchers from Australia and Singapore are developing a wireless ad-hoc mesh networking technology that uses mobile handsets to share and carry information. The mesh network will make use of Bluetooth or Wi-fi to swap information between handsets — even if the mobile phone network was offline. One potential scenario could be during an emergency where the mobile phone network was unavailable or clogged. In a city centre, users could set up the network to share information, video, photographs and, depending on the final client applications, even locate friends and loved ones. One benefit of developing such a technology would be that users sharing content between their devices would use the wireless communications technology already built into their phones and not bandwidth from their mobile provider. The researchers from the National ICT Australia and Singapore's A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research hope to demonstrate the technology within two years, according to NICTA project leader Dr Roksana Boreli.'This is an early stage in the research project,' she said. 'We are addressing how you would quickly establish trust between devices, how you would discover them and share the information,' Boreli said."
Comment Re:Also why are they doing it? (Score 1) 520
I've been looking all over for a way to turn my Wii into a media center extender, but everything I've found is woefully incomplete. Can you ask him what he was using?
Comment Re:Bad feelings about killing teammates (Score 1) 227
I find that I feel bad if I kill someone on my own team by accident.
In counter-strike, I used to feel bad if someone killed me and used my old gun to kill my teammates.
Comment Re:Serious answer (Score 1) 536
I've seen reproducible studies that show the same product from the same supplier, if priced significantly lower, can be less popular.
I worked at a small-time web hosting company for a while, and we ended up learning that exact lesson. We provided a lot of custom tools to help small business owners set up an online storefront, and found that more people wanted our services at $79/month than $19, $29, $39, etc.
Its the same thing you probably do when shopping for anything you don't have particular expertise on, say, carpet shampoo: sort by price, assume the bottom third doesn't work well, assume the upper third is overpriced, and pick something from the middle third that has an attractive label.
Comment Re:Kind of cool, but it made me dizzy (Score 1) 205
Can they control or limit the camera spin? It makes sense they can't right after the balloon bursts, but I would think there might be some kind of tricks they could do in the atmosphere on ascent and descent.
Seems to me it would be better to digitally scrub the video, and keep your hardware cheap.
Comment Re:Holy shit? (Score 4, Funny) 950
I don't understand why this was marked insightful. Because when I read it, I see:
The kids will learn about pulses and heart rates and fitness...
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Must be my conservative brainwashing.
Taking Showers Can Be Harmful To Your Health 431
TheClockworkSoul writes "According to both the BBC and NewScientist, showering may be bad for your health. Apparently, dirty shower heads can be an ideal breeding ground for Mycobacterium avium, a bug responsible for a type of pulmonary disease more prevalent than tuberculosis in developed countries, cases of which have risen in parallel with the rise in showering. Tests revealed nearly a third of devices harbor significant levels of the critter."
Twitter Says Your Tweets Belong To You 102
CWmike writes "Twitter has modified its terms of service to state unequivocally that messages posted belong to their authors and not to the company. 'Twitter is allowed to "use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute" your tweets because that's what we do. However, they are your tweets and they belong to you,' wrote Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in a blog post Thursday announcing the modifications. Twitter is still hammering out a set of guidelines for developers on the proper use of the company's API. What do Twitterers think of the TOS changes? Barbara Krasnoff writes, ' Twitter announces new ToS. Tweeters shrug,' noting that some appreciated the company's transparency in contacting its users and pointing out the changes that were being made."
