Comment Flight sims (Score 1) 78
This would be great to have for flight simulators.
Comment Re:Simpler (Score 1) 204
I like the days of yore better. Computers were simpler then. The software, the hardware, the protocols, all of it.
Back then it was possible to understand everything that was going on in your system, and there is something very beautiful about that. You could know how every command worked and how it did it, down the the binary data it was sending down the serial port if you wanted. Now, even though I know what seems like an encyclopedic amount of information about computers, there are large gaps in my knowledge where I either know nothing or I have only a general idea of whats going on.
Then again I can now play Angry Birds on Chrome so that kinda sooths the nostalgia.
Excuse me, just passing through, didn't mean to step on your lawn.
Submission + - IGDA warns against Amazon's app store (wordpress.com)
ConfusedVorlon writes: "Amazon reserves the right to control the price of your games, as well as the right to pay you 'the greater of 70% of the purchase price or 20% of the List Price.'
The IGDA's bottom line is simple: under Amazon's current terms, Amazon has little incentive not to use a developer's content as a weapon with which to capture marketshare from competing app stores."
The IGDA's bottom line is simple: under Amazon's current terms, Amazon has little incentive not to use a developer's content as a weapon with which to capture marketshare from competing app stores."
Submission + - TSA Investigates ...People Who Complain about TSA
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "CNN has obtained a list of roughly 70 "behavioral indicators" that TSA behavior detection officers use to identify potentially "high risk" passengers at the nation's airports and report that arrogant complaining about airport security is one indicator TSA officers consider when looking for possible criminals and terrorists and when combined with other behavioral indicators, it could result in a traveler facing additional scrutiny. "Expressing your contempt about airport procedures — that's a First Amendment-protected right," says Michael German, a former FBI agent who now works as legal counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. "It's circular reasoning where, you know, I'm going to ask someone to surrender their rights; if they refuse, that's evidence that I need to take their rights away from them. And it's simply inappropriate." Interestingly enough some experts say terrorists are much more likely to avoid confrontations with authorities, saying an al Qaeda training manual instructs members to blend in. "I think the idea that they would try to draw attention to themselves by being arrogant at airport security, it fails the common sense test," says CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen."
Comment Woot! (Score 1) 121
But now what is woot.com going to sell?
Comment Pass (Score 1) 339
250-900 for an expensive case? Why would anyone want this. If you want a modern pc buy a modern pc, if you want a Commodore 64 then get on ebay and buy one. I don't see this selling well at all.
Comment Re:Why Drupal? (Score -1, Troll) 88
There must be something compelling about Drupal, but I've found it really confusing and troublesome to work with as compared to, say, Wordpress. Why is it chosen for big projects like this?
You just answered your own question. Our government is wasteful and inefficient.
Comment HTC Thunderbolt (Score 1) 250
I switched from ATT to Verizon and purchased an HTC Thunderbolt. I love the phone and am really enjoying building apps for it. As a web developer it has been a fun and challenging experience learning bits of Java and the Android SDK.
Comment Re:Please have a -1 Button (Score 1) 218
I know everybody just has those times they wish that they could either just "Acknowledge" that they've read the comment and care, such as a friend getting sick or being dumped or getting into a car crash, or wish that they could state that they do not like a comment, maybe they could introduce a "Wrong" button also.
And a thumb up / thumb down combination. "Just got in a car wreck and I'm ok but my friend broke their leg."
Comment Re:I don't get it (Score 1) 218
What is the point of having a positive without a negative? Are they just trying to "keep things positive?" What if a Facebook page for the KKK had 300 likes? Isn't that be misleading when you can't compare it to anything?
It's like when my kids watch Barney. Barney teaches kids that the world is perfect and nothing bad happens.
Comment Re:USE BIND VARIABLES (Score 0) 288
Because it works very well if you aren't a retard.
Comment Re:USE BIND VARIABLES (Score 1) 288
And then
while (strpos($string, "'") !== false) {
$string = stripslashes($string);
}
Comment Re:WTF (Score 1) 101
FWIW ROFL
Comment OMG (Score 1) 101
LOL!
FYI I thought this was funny.
Comment Re:Sounds like a headache (Score 1) 1306
Yeah, even in Austin my 1290 sq ft home cost $1300/mo for mortgage and insurance and taxes. When I moved to the 1800 sq ft home after the second kid was born (better school district) my mortgage was $1700/mo. Of course at that time the day care for two kids was $1900/mo since my wife still worked.
In Seattle you can rent about 200 sq ft a little over 5 miles from downtown for $2000ish / mo. You can't buy that cheaply unless you have about 80K+ for a down payment.
I live in north DFW and have a 2700+sqft house for 1300 a month with a quarter-acre back yard. I love the suburbs.
