Comment Re:They tried this already. (Score 1) 248
Aside from a joke being modded (Score: 5, Insightful)?
Comment Re:They tried this already. (Score 1) 248
Thinking that nature thinks, and that if it does it cares at all about our survival, is pretty much the stupidest thing I can imagine.
IMO, reification is generally pretty stupid, and has no legitimate place outside of literature and poetry, where it's called "personification". It doesn't make sense to treat nature, society, government, or any abstraction as if it has a concrete existence and can think, plan, know, desire, or do anything on its own.
Comment They tried this already. (Score 4, Insightful) 248
Isn't this how we got "killer bees" in the first place?
Comment Why should Amazon do the states' job for them? (Score 1) 949
Sales taxes are supposed to be paid by consumers to the states. If consumers aren't paying the taxes they're supposed to be paying, then it's the state governments' job to enforce their own laws and collect the taxes. The states have no business demanding that Amazon act as their tax collectors.
Comment Re:Google+ (Score 1) 321
Now I feel like it's going to die a slow death with no interest from casual people.
Didn't your father ever teach you that your feelings don't matter to anybody else? You're not a Jedi. Don't feel; think.
Comment Re:So how do you install a new hard drive? (Score 1) 206
You should have one already, if you're a serious geek. Why wait until you need to replace a component?
Microsoft Wants $15 Per Android Smartphone 361
sfcrazy writes "Microsoft Corp has demanded that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd pay $15 for each smartphone handset it makes based on Google Inc's Android operating system. The software giant claims to own a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform. From the article: 'Samsung would likely seek to lower the payment to about $10 in exchange for a deeper alliance with Microsoft for the U.S. company's Windows platform, the Maeil Business Newspaper quoted unnamed industry officials as saying.'"
Comment Re:As an RPG fan, I say it's too little, too late. (Score 1) 223
I had forgotten about Ogre Battle 64, and this is the first I've heard of Ayden Chronicles. Thanks.
Comment As an RPG fan, I say it's too little, too late. (Score 2) 223
I had a SNES as a teenager, and I loved it. It had Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Axelay, Cybernator, Megaman X, Shin Megami Tensei, Wizardy V: Heart of the Maelstrom, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Super Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Castlevania IV, A Link to the Past, etc.
I skipped the N64 because the only RPG available was Quest 64, and I didn't give a shit about Ocarina of Time.
I bought a GameCube, but the only games worth playing were Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, Eternal Darkness, Tales of Symphonia, and Viewtiful Joe.
I bought a Wii, and it collects dust unless I feel like replaying Trauma Team, No More Heroes, or Muramasa: the Demon Blade.
I'm not buying a Wii U. Since Nintendo of America has no intention of releasing games like Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower in the US, I have no further use for Nintendo.
Comment Fuck Rupert Murdoch. (Score 0) 52
I'm glad his purchase of MySpace turned out so badly for him.
Comment Re:Already there (Score 1) 102
Your grandmother will die in 1-30 years. We don't give a fuck about her.
Comment Re:The invisible hand of captialism (Score 1) 300
Voluntary trade between individuals for mutual benefit.
Comment Re:The invisible hand of captialism (Score 1) 300
If we actually had capitalism, I doubt Microsoft would even exist. Corporations are an artifact from mercantilism.
Comment Re:Who does that idiot think he is? (Score 1) 651
I was back home on planet Transsexual.
Comment Re:Useful for audiophile pirates, though (Score 1) 391
There's unfortunately no word that means "normal person who wants his music to sound good without buying into the woo" [skepdic.com].
We call ourselves "metalheads".
