Comment Re:Whats the fun? (Score 1) 594
I think this pretty much sums it up for Diablo and Wow: http://www.psychologyofgames.com/2011/04/the-psychology-of-loot/
Comment Re:NewFail (Score 1) 594
I've got it today and I've played it for a while.
It seems the servers are in maintenance now.
Comment Re:I thought this was settled science! (Score 1) 436
Yeah. I don't agree with this 'gravity' consensus either. These so-called 'scientists' think they know everything.
Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 1, Informative) 330
Sarcasm went waaay over the moderator's head.
Comment Re:Foruc on different parts of game (Score 1) 167
*keeps
Comment Re:Foruc on different parts of game (Score 2) 167
Did this research notice if there were any deaths caused by getting discracted when you jumped and the camera got into such position that you tried to get a nippleslip or see the panties?
Just what we need... surround ourselves with ourselves. That will challenge us and cause us to grow into intelligent, tolerant and well rounded individuals.
/. just keep getting weirder and weirder.
Comment Re:Does it take nudity into account? (Score 3, Funny) 167
How about the naked Lara Croft modders? Which slot do they fall into?
Tricky question, don't you think?
(Insert 'you must be new here' joke now)
Comment Re:Things like this will never change (Score 1) 225
I just noticed I said the exact same thing you already said. Damn, sorry.
Comment Re:Things like this will never change (Score 1) 225
I think the most reasonable solution is an eletronic device that prints the vote so the user can cast it on a ballot. You can still count the votes in a fast way, but when any doubt is risen, you can double-check it with the paper votes.
Submission + - Copyright wars: everyone is wrong (spiked-online.com)
An anonymous reader writes: British website Spiked says both the media industry and its critics are wrong when it comes to the copyright wars.
"Everyone and their dog knows that the media is being torn asunder by the forces unleashed by the internet. Almost every movie ever made is available on BitTorrent, half of television's history is easily accessible worldwide courtesy of copyright-flouting Chinese video websites and, despite the success of legitimate services such as iTunes and Spotify, illegal downloads continue to dwarf online music sales."
The article argues that it's not illegal downloads that are destroying the media but instead it's the fault of industry as a whole retreating from production.
Interesting comparison to free and open source software. Slashdot gets a mention also.
"Everyone and their dog knows that the media is being torn asunder by the forces unleashed by the internet. Almost every movie ever made is available on BitTorrent, half of television's history is easily accessible worldwide courtesy of copyright-flouting Chinese video websites and, despite the success of legitimate services such as iTunes and Spotify, illegal downloads continue to dwarf online music sales."
The article argues that it's not illegal downloads that are destroying the media but instead it's the fault of industry as a whole retreating from production.
Interesting comparison to free and open source software. Slashdot gets a mention also.
Comment Re:Also, when you don't find... (Score 5, Funny) 103
Now, we just need to find an online activity that balances cuddling and sex.
I'd say 'posting in
Comment Not classifiable (Score 2, Funny) 103
...the author talks about how smart people need to find a certain amount of intellectual challenge from day to day. If they don't find it in their workplace, they'll end up playing complex, 'smart' games, like Civilization IV or Chess
Well, I always try to find challenging games during work hours, so I don't think I classify in either category.
Comment Re:Ideally... (Score 1) 756
Homo sapiens may not be the ideal kind of advanced life form either.
I'm a little late, but Neil deGrasse has already made that point in a very funny way. After all, we breath and swallow through the same hole!
Submission + - The Future of Farming (popsci.com)
eldavojohn writes: With hunger being a major problem in the world, PopSci offers eight innovations in farming that are currently being tested and implemented. They are: farming the desert, soil sensors to cut fertilizer/water waste, genetically engineering rice, using nitrogen collecting microbes in place of fertilizer, gathering extensive data on land to improve usage, robot labor, biochar (nutrients for plants while sequestering carbon) and supercrops like a super resistant, super nutritious bioengineered cassava (also known as yucca). While some of the estimates on these things are five or six years into the future, many are already in place and available.
Submission + - Spanish news site shows porn photo in main page
Andr T. writes: "It seems a Spanish news site called Diario Barcelona has inadvertently published a porn photo in the main page for ten hours (spanish site). The programmer in charge approved the photo (submitted by a trainee) and went to the beach, turning his cell phone off.
Google's (terrible) translator version of the page can be read here."
Google's (terrible) translator version of the page can be read here."
