Comment Re:"Quantum Entanglements in Spaaaaaaaace" (Score 2) 209
And Miss Piggy?
Comment Re:Bullshit (Score 1) 447
...don't pretend someone else forced you to take their cookie because they wouldn't share it.
And, by that, you mean "don't pretend someone else forced you to make a copy of their cookie because they wouldn't share it.", of course. Right?
Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress 397
Orome1 writes "The number of IT professionals considering leaving their job due to workplace stress has jumped from 69% last year to 73%. One-third of those surveyed cited dealing with managers as their most stressful job requirement, particularly for IT staff in larger organizations. Handling end user support requests, budget squeeze and tight deadlines were also listed as the main causes of workplace stress for IT managers. Although users are not causing IT staff as much stress as they used to, it isn't stopping them from creating moments that make IT admins want to tear their hair out in frustration. Of great concern is the impact that work stress is having on health and relationships. While a total of 80% of participants revealed that their job had negatively impacted their personal life in some way, the survey discovered some significant personal impact: 18% have suffered stress-related health issues due to their work, and 28% have lost sleep due to work."
USPS Discriminates Against 'Atheist' Merchandise 1121
fish waffle writes "Suspecting that their strongly branded 'Atheist' products may be treated differently by more religiously-oriented postal regions, Kickstarter success Atheist Shoes conducted an experiment. They sent 178 packages to 89 people in different parts of the U.S., each person receiving one package prominently branded as 'Atheist' merchandise, and one not. The results: packages with the atheist label were nearly 10 times more likely to be 'lost,' and took on average 3 days longer to show up when they did. Control experiments were also done in Europe and Germany — it's definitely a USPS problem."
Comment Re:Tactical Nuclear Memes (Score 1) 219
Didn't you know? "It doesn't matter if you're black or white!"
Comment I think I'll... (Score 1) 79
... pass.
Comment Re:This was proven years ago... (Score 1) 173
Yes, they are both illegal, but one requires physically breaking into a car, and moving it to another location where you must either strip it for parts or sell it to someone else, and the other can be done from your couch.
More importantly, stealing a car deprives the original owner of their car. Downloading music leaves the source data completely intact, depriving no one of anything except for "potential" profit.
Comment Re:Same-screen or LAN multiplayer (Score 1) 303
So why don't they get pissed that a game doesn't offer same-screen or LAN multiplayer, which has no strict need to connect to the publisher's server?
Personally, it irks me to no end that games that could easily offer LAN multiplayer do not do so. Torchlight 2 does. I bought it because of this fact. Outside of the MOBA/MMO genre (for resaons I presume are obvious), I have not bought a multiplayer game that doesn't support LAN in quite some time.
Comment Re:Ooh, exciting! (Score 1) 351
Currencies are as real as your ability to spend them. By that standard, USD is very real and Bitcoin is not.
I know of a couple of Mincraft server hosts that accept Bitcoins as payment.
Comment Re:if it's all about women's protection... (Score 1) 853
Congress shall make no law...
That says nothing about local municipalities.
Comment Re:Sounds like a story I heard before. (Score 1) 511
+1 Relevant
Comment Re:"Always on" is "Mostly Unusable For Several Wee (Score 4, Informative) 511
It didn't sell to me either. I did, however, buy a 4-pack of its primary competitor, Torchlight 2 for $60 (the cost of 1 copy of D3) so that I could play with 3 of my friends. Torchlight 2, incidentally, was developed by the same team that developed Diablo 1 and 2. Funny how things work like that sometimes.
Comment Re:EA at it again (Score 4, Interesting) 569
There's been a good reason that I haven't bought any EA games for a long time.
These issues have been A SECOND good reason for a somewhat less long time.
I personally see no need for online requirements for a single player experience. EA, Blizzard, or any other developer/publisher/whatever doesn't matter - the point is I won't buy games that require an online presence for a single player experience.
Comment Re:Die Prenda Die! (Score 5, Funny) 219
As far as I know, speaking German isn't illegal anywhere...?
Comment Re:Just what we need right now... (Score 1) 582
Tell that to the MAFIAA.
