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Comment Re:Starcraft 2 will not be defined by single playe (Score 1) 206

Except the fact that the game is still being played brings in a small amount of sales. Myself, and others have lost numerous CDs and CD keys over the years, especially during moves. We just buy new copies (Blizzard's new online system lets you store your CD keys and digitally download, so this will change some). I've bought 2 physical copies and one digital for both Starcraft and Warcraft III. Multi-player is the sole reason.

The benefit of having the game good enough that people play it 10 years later is that people have friends. Friends convince friends to try out this old, but really great game. That means the game still makes money while lesser games are no longer even sold.
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Submission + - What's in a Guild Name?

Shooter28 writes: I thought it might be fun to see what slashdot users thought were some great guild names, since me and some other friends are working on coming up with one right now. So I ask, what are some of the best guild names you've seen, and why?

Background: My last guild broke up while I was busy with work and life (I was the Guild Master, but stepped down), and some unaddressed issues ate away at the cohesion. Some of the old members miss the fun guild environment we had and want me to re-create the guild. We haven't decided on a name, so I'm turning to Slashdot for ideas. Previously we were a fun loving guild with a casual atmosphere, but managed to be second best guild horde side on the server. Our new guild is going to be a tight-knit 10 man guild, slowly building back up to 25 man raiding. We learned recruiting too quickly while clearing 25 man raids ends up filling your guild with people you don't want.

Comment Re:Who cares? (Score 1) 243

While I disagree with most of your statements what I want to know is why don't people get up in arms about Googles automatic scanning of emails to determine add content.

If you ever use gmail, or send mail to someone who uses gmail, the chances are that your email is already being scanned for key words.

Comment Re:Financing? (Score 1) 173

It's not entirely GM's fault, but then again they did allow some crazy things to be negotiated into contract with the UAW.

Example: One of the benefits negotiated by the the United Auto Workers was the jobs bank program, under which laid-off members received 95 percent of their take-home pay and benefits.

Not to mention the $70+ an hour they get when you factor in benefits, according to the NY Times.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAW

Comment Re:Gentlemen, it's time (Score 3, Insightful) 316

Yes, and until that image of nerds/geeks is changed, we will continue to lag behind.

It's not "cool" to be smart, and so each generation grows up caring more about popularity than tackling the hard subjects and learning something worthwhile.

Far too many people cannot even function in society with the education they receive in high school, and we still give them diplomas.

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