Comment Actual Picture? (Score 1) 139
I get a "security error" when I try to view the actual picture from that website...anyone have another link?
Are Complex Games Doomed To Have Buggy Releases? 362
An anonymous reader points out a recent article at Gamesradar discussing the frequency of major bugs and technical issues in freshly-released video games. While such issues are often fixed with updates, questions remain about the legality and ethics of rushing a game to launch. Quoting:
"As angry as you may be about getting a buggy title, would you want the law to get involved? Meglena Kuneva, EU Consumer Affairs Commissioner, is putting forward legislation that would legally oblige digital game distributors to give refunds for games, putting games in the same category in consumer law as household appliances. ... This call to arms has been praised by tech expert Andy Tanenbaum, author of books like Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. 'I think the idea that commercial software be judged by the same standards as other commercial products is not so crazy,' he says. 'Cars, TVs, and telephones are all expected to work, and they are full of software. Why not standalone software? I think such legislation would put software makers under pressure to first make sure their software works, then worry about more bells and whistles.'"
Comment Re:Wrong story label (Score 1) 441
source?
Comment Re:Student effect on economy (Score 1) 344
Students already pay for the "services" we use...a huge number of CMU and UPitt students live off-campus after their freshman year, which means all utilities/etc are taxed normally. These schools also charge their students $40/year (which goes to the city) to allow students to get onto city buses for "free" anytime. Student life is hard enough as it is, This is just an asinine short-sighted attempt to make some quick cash. If this gets enacted universities and students are going to remember it for a long, long time. I'm sure the damage to the city's reputation is going to take a much worse hit than the simple increase in revenue.
Comment Re:Termination Fees (Score 1) 520
I think a major reason they did this was because of customers abusing buy-one-get-one-free offers on smartphones. Under the old fees structure it was possible to buy two and resell/terminate on one device, thus leading to a net profit at the expense of Verizon
Comment Re:It's humbling that I could be killed by 3.2kbyt (Score 1) 300
They've been doing that on Celebrity Jeopardy for years!
"I'll take Catch the semen for $800"
Comment Re:Homebrew Wii-ns again (Score 1) 251
this sounds a lot like what happened to the direcTV hackers, actually...
