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Unreal Tournament 3 For Linux Is Officially Dead 190

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 17, 2010 @07:34AM from the snuffing-out-long-fading-hopes dept.

ndogg writes "There is no longer any uncertainty surrounding the release of Unreal Tournament 3 for Linux. It's official: the port is now dead. No reasons were given, but no one should be waiting for it anymore, if anyone still was."

Comment Re:Somebody call the waaaambulance (Score 1) 1018

by OnB on Friday July 30, 2010 @10:55AM (#33083008) Attached to: High-Frequency Programmers Revolt Over Pay

Yeah. That's right. "Having their blood sucked from them" isn't defined by absolute value but according to the relation between how much they produce and how much they actually earn.

BioWare's Star Wars MMO To Have Space Combat 122

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 23, 2010 @06:28PM from the just-in-case-they-weren't-busy-enough dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Big news for Star Wars fans looking forward to BioWare's upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG — space combat has been confirmed for the game. Players will be able to fly around the galaxy in their own personal starships, avoiding asteroid belts, landing in dangerous territory and battling other vessels. The initial news makes it sound like a cross between Mass Effect's galaxy map and a traditional space fighting game, where players will have to find 'hotspots' on the galaxy map in order to enter a particular zone."

Comment Re:Egos don't scale (Score 1) 239

by OnB on Friday July 23, 2010 @12:04PM (#33003938) Attached to: The Scalability of Linus

Wow. You must be his psychologist. You have so much insight into his motivations.

Comment Re:Something that everyone seems to be ignoring: (Score 1) 417

by OnB on Friday July 16, 2010 @04:29PM (#32931592) Attached to: Girl Seeks Help On Facebook During Assault

I think this is an important point. You could use the internet as a media for instant communication for a long time, but only recently has it been integrated significantly into mobile devices. Which is why social media (and also Instant Messaging, for that matter) has become a simple way to call for help in emergency situations. This makes an online emergency service a good idea (cut out the middleman). It also means parents will have to start teaching their kids how to call for help through the internet.

Comment Uh-oh. Patent infringement. (Score 1) 54

by OnB on Friday July 16, 2010 @03:56PM (#32931036) Attached to: Researchers Synthesize Real-Time Fracture Sounds

Ke$ha already did it.

Girl Seeks Help On Facebook During Assault 417

Posted by samzenpus on Friday July 16, 2010 @11:24AM from the emergency-status-update dept.

A 12-year-old girl who was being assaulted by her mother's ex-boyfriend used some quick thinking by sending a message on her iPod to a friend's Facebook account for help. The friend was able to contact the girl's mother who then contacted the police. 42-year-old Raymond Ernest Cesmat was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. He is being held at the Dakota County Jail on $175,000 bail.

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