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Microsoft Demos Three Platforms Running the Same Game 196

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 07, 2010 @01:24PM from the pick-up-and-play dept.

suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from Engadget: "Microsoft's Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East, showed off a game developed in Visual Studio as a singular project (with 90% shared code) that plays on Windows with a keyboard, a Windows Phone 7 Series prototype device with accelerometer and touch controls, and the Xbox 360 with the Xbox gamepad. Interestingly, not only is the development cross-platform friendly, but the game itself (a simple Indiana Jones platformer was demoed) saves its place and lets you resume from that spot on whichever platform you happen to pick up."

Colorado Newspaper Looking for Marijuana Reviewer 171

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @12:26PM from the missed-this-at-the-job-fair dept.

Westword, an "alternative" newspaper in Denver, has placed an ad for a medicinal marijuana reviewer. The paper has been running reviews by a staff writer, but the writer "wanted to return to the day job," opening up the position. Applicants must write a short essay on "What Marijuana Means To Me," and a MacGyver-like ability to make a bong out of common household objects is a plus.

Churches Use Twitter To Reach a Wider Audience 169

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @03:21PM from the go-tell-it-on-the-internet dept.

In an attempt to reverse declining attendance figures, many American churches are starting to ask WWJD in 140 or fewer characters. Pastors at Westwinds Community Church in Michigan spent two weeks teaching their 900-member congregation how to use Twitter. 150 of them are now tweeting. Seattle's Mars Hill Church encourages its members to Twitter messages during services. The tweets appear on the church's official Twitter page. Kyle Firstenberg, the church's administrator, said,"It's a good way for them to tell their friends what church is about without their friends even coming in the building."

Comment Re:It WILL blow up on... (Score 1) 877

by snaildarter on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @08:49PM (#26287161) Attached to: Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano About To Blow?

God damn that joke is nerdy. God damn am I a nerd for getting it.

Comment Um no (Score 5, Informative) 877

by snaildarter on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @08:40PM (#26287089) Attached to: Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano About To Blow?

Um no, dude, you don't really get it. If Yellowstone blows, there is no volcano eruption in human history that even remotely comes close. Mt. St. Helens would look like a fart standing next to Chernobyl. Areas 400 miles away would get covered in a foot of ash. There is just nothing like it.

Here is a nice, graphical link for you to look at:

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The number of deaths could be staggering. That foot of ash, even 400 miles away in Denver, would collapse most roofs, and any with people in them would get severely injured or die. It would be the end of the U.S. as a global superpower, and there would be wars. You are naive.

Submission + - Lemon Law for PC Games?

Submitted by

Monk

on Thursday November 29, 2007 @12:11AM

Monk writes: "Recently I purchased Gears of War from Gamestop, for the PC. I liked the Xbox version, but since I don't have an xbox, and instead I have decently powerful computer, I wanted to play it without buying a console system. The first time I played it, it crashed within 10 minutes. For the next hour, I couldn't play the game for more than 10 minutes without it crashing. It seems others have the same problem as me, after reading the Gears of War forum, so I wanted to take the game back and get my money back. There's no point in paying for a game that is unplayable. When I tried to take the game back, they would only exchange it for another copy. What do I do? Keep the game and wait for a patch? Throw it away and consider it a "loss"? Is there any legal help for consumers who buy software that doesn't work? Who do I blame? Microsoft for Vista? Nvidia? Epic? Or myself for buying a console port of a game?"

Submission + - Adobe and Yahoo test ads in PDF files 1

Submitted by frdmfghtr on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @11:51PM

frdmfghtr writes: Adobe and Yahoo! are experimenting with ads in PDF documents. FTA: "The text-based ads are displayed in a panel adjacent to the content with no moving or flashing elements. Each time the PDF is viewed, ads are matched by Yahoo to the content." Next up: AdBlock Plus for PDF?

Submission + - Is EMI about to leave the RIAA?

Submitted by

NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @11:49PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "There is speculation afoot that the "Big 4" record companies may be about to become the 'Big 3'. Jon Newton at p2pnet queries whether a Reuters report that EMI, which has recently been taken over by a private equity group, is seeking to cut its funding of the recording industry "trade associations", signals that EMI will be "the first to opt out of subsidising Big 4 organised music hit squads such as the RIAA and IFPI"."

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