Comment The hivemind has many mouths (Score 0) 449
"Government regulations are nearly always outdated and too cautious."
Next up on Slashdot: "Polar ice caps melting slightly faster than expected! Quickly, to the Regulatron!"
Which is it guys?
Comment Re:Keyboards no, $750 RAID cards yes (Score 1) 338
Man, I remember Northgate keyboards -- "with the F-keys on the left, where they belong!" That was the original layout of the 84-key XT keyboard, and F-keys-on-the-left gained proponents because of the muscle memory of Lotus 1-2-3 users.
Good keyboards. Good machines. Northgate's last hurrah was some sort of nerfed desktop/laptop aimed at teenagers called the Hip-e. After that flopped (who saw that coming?) they went out of business.
Comment IgNobel (Score 1) 52
I think I smell an IgNobel Prize in the offing...
Comment Re:Good Point Here (Score 1) 136
Is this a troll? Not even Lisp implements bignums this way...
Comment Re:Sven and Ole Found a Trading App (Score 1) 136
The Swedes in TGWTDT practically lived on aquavit, alongside coffee and sandwiches.
Then again I think those books were more about Stieg Larsson's much more exciting, thriller-screenplay Sweden than actual Sweden.
Comment Re:Dude, its not going to the moon... (Score 4, Funny) 249
Bag it. Tape it. Pad it. Box it.
Technologic.
Technologic.
Comment Re:it worries me (Score 5, Informative) 398
No, Obama solved an important problem: as President he needs to look impeccably dressed. But he doesn't want to invest much more time in getting dressed in the morning than throwing on the first thing that comes out of his closet. So what he did is arrange his closet so that the first thing that comes out is one of a few very nice suits. That way he gets the best of both worlds: he can look Presidential without having to fuss over his wardrobe.
Practical, I'd say.
Comment The law of money hats (Score 1) 134
Microsoft just plowed a lot of money into BN. The law of money hats virtually guarantees us a Windows 8 Nook.
Barnes & Noble's Nook HD Tablets Face iPad, Kindle Fire HD 134
Nerval's Lobster writes "It's proven a busy month for mobile-device releases. First Nokia whipped back the curtain from the Lumia 820 and 920, its first Windows Phone 8 devices. The very next day, Amazon unveiled its new line of Kindle devices, including the Kindle Fire HD. Not to be outdone, Apple executives took to a stage in San Francisco the next week to show off the iPhone 5, complete with a larger screen and faster processor. But September's not over yet, and the releases keep coming: Barnes & Noble has launched a pair of HD tablets, the Nook HD and Nook HD+, designed to maintain the bookseller's toehold in the tablet space. The question is whether the Nook, even with upgraded hardware and new services, can successfully punch above its weight against the iPad and Kindle Fire, which are widely perceived as the dominant devices in the tablet market."
Nook HD specs (Android 4.0, Dual 1.3Ghz Cortex-A9, 1G RAM), and HD+ specs (1.5GHz Coretex-A9 and a larger screen). Nate the greatest writes with a job posting that may indicate B&N is defecting to Windows 8, or at least hedging their bets.
Comment When it hits 88 miles per hour... (Score 1) 130
... you're gonna see some serious shit.
Comment Just think... (Score 1) 167
According to H.G. Wells, Mars would have been the first to send vehicles to fire laser beams at us...
Comment Apple hardware doesn't work with non-Apple OS? (Score 1) 780
Comment Re:Does the game allow the buyer to edit the keys? (Score 1) 62
+1, THIS!, etc.
WASD is for n00bs. I'm ESDX all the way.
TI-99 4-LiFE!
Comment Re:We developers knew this for a long time.. (Score 1) 274
Naughty Dog I can see, as they are a Sony-exclusive developer.
I'd be interested to know who is developing Windows games on Linux. Everything I've read seems to suggest that most game developers consider Visual Studio an unparalleled toolkit (in particular with a debugger that's leagues ahead of Linux), and Direct3D a superior API in terms of performance, hardware feature support and ease of use.
Comment Re:Strange comments ... (Score 1) 375
To be fair, Romero is in a relationship with a grown-up now -- Brenda Braithwaite, who's actually a year older than him and a game designer in her own right. (Both the video kind and the kind involving actual pieces you can pick up.)
It's not like his last two girlfriends -- skanks he found on a game server and spent a lot of money case-modding.
