Comment Re:Stupid People (Score 1) 225
I read it on teh interwebs, so it must be
Comment Re:Not actually 70/30 (Score 1) 724
It's also because, with a gift card they get your money now, and have to give you goods at some later date. To look at it another way, it's the opposite of a credit card, you are lending the supplier your money, but you don't get interest or a handling fee.
Comment Re:Just greed. (Score 1) 768
Maybe, but in Valve's case adding Linux gaming is about value-add. If I can buy a game on Steam that I can then run on my choice of OS (Windows, Linux, Mac) without having to commit to one of the other (maybe it's Windows at work, Linux at home, or vice versa), then this is a huge additional choice for a percentage of the market - one that Microsoft will not be able to match. If they can ensure that cross-platform multiplayer works as expected, then they have a serious winner on their hands - buy your game from Steam and be able to play against any of your mates, without having to worry what computer they have, or buy from another app store and, well, maybe it works.
Comment Re:So it wasn't a real, live Gnu... (Score 2) 313
GNU - the OS for furries?
Comment Re:Do what with daily records? (Score 1) 540
I see what you there!
Comment Re:What you do is... (Score 1) 409
To find out how to use the data?
Comment Re:Do you know what real animals eat? (Score 1) 386
Doesn't do it for me.
Maybe "The Great Escape"?
Comment Re:God bless the free market! (Score 5, Funny) 386
I shall launch my new brand:
Fish-It
Then they can't claim they weren't warned!
Comment Re:Please explain (Score 1) 143
You seem to be unaware how TCP/IP packets work, each packet has a limited size negotiated by the transport layer, it's quite possible for the first few packets to be sent and received, and subsequent packets to be
Comment Re:Thankfully (Score 1) 212
You are getting "first world, second world" confused with "new world, old world".
Submission + - Pirate Party - Why Loz is standing in Manchester (guardian.co.uk)
Ajehals writes: "Loz Kaye of the Pirate Party appeals to voters to overcome understandable cynicism and go for the opportunities on their own doorsteps:
During this year’s local elections, there was one thing I heard time and again from people I spoke to, whether on the doorstep, in their flats or on the street:
I don’t vote, because it doesn’t change anything.
It’s this sense of powerlessness over the forces that shape our lives and the space around us that is so worrying in Manchester and the UK today."
During this year’s local elections, there was one thing I heard time and again from people I spoke to, whether on the doorstep, in their flats or on the street:
I don’t vote, because it doesn’t change anything.
It’s this sense of powerlessness over the forces that shape our lives and the space around us that is so worrying in Manchester and the UK today."
Submission + - MIT students reveal PopFab, a 3D printer that fits inside a briefcase (gizmag.com) 1
cylonlover writes: There are plenty of different 3D printers to choose from these days, from the popular Makerbot Thing-O-Matic to the budget-priced Solidoodle. These all have one drawback however in that they aren't exactly portable. Most need to be disassembled to be moved and even the fully-assembled Cubify printer isn't really built for travel. But now, two MIT students have developed the PopFab, a machine that does 3D printing and more, all while fitting inside a small suitcase. With different heads, the machine could also be used for milling, vinyl cutting, drawing, and much more, to create a wide variety of objects. The creators have also tested its portability by traveling with it as a carry-on suitcase to Saudi Arabia, Germany, and within the U.S.
Submission + - Dead Trigger Goes free on iOS as well. What is to blame this time? (paritynews.com)
hypnosec writes: Dead Trigger, first-person shooter game for mobiles developed by Madfinger Games, has gone free on iOS as well after it was made free on Android Play Store for reasons of rampant piracy on Android. Madfinger Games CEO Marek Rabas might not have the same reasons to blame when it comes to iDevices. iOS piracy rates are not high as compared to Android and when it comes to putting down piracy in numbers of iOS devices, it is just about 1 per cent of all iDevices out there. The CEO said, “the number of pirates on iOS is comparable with the amount of jailbroken devices." Rabas has spoken out through an article on GameZebo and points out to quite a few things about game developers, freemium models and piracy. Rabas says that in the past developers were more into developing games than being worried about piracy and how to defend against such a menace.
Comment Re:We're gonna lose a lot. (Score 1) 636
A PC = a computer that one person uses rather than a computer that many people share - hence "Personal Computer".
Now get off my lawn.
Comment Re:i386 (Score 2) 178
Bitrig will only target (actively developing hardware) and (architectures such as i386 and amd64)
Does that help you parse it?
