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Comment Re:Going to have a hard time topping modern remake (Score 1) 173

I was a fan of Elite on the C64, I tried Oolite, and it is indeed an excellent port of Elite. I also found it to be no fun at all: requiring time I don't have anymore and lacking the richness I'm used to find in games nowadays. The other game I loved on the C64 was paradroid, there is also an open source port (free Droid), same problem. My expectations and sense of fun have changed in 20 years.

Comment Re:How does an expensive SMS make them money? (Score 1) 111

You would still have to prove that they are responsible for the hack. The fact that their legitimate (if silly) business benefits from some hacked code does not prove they are responsible for the hack.

Or turn the problem around: if one provider of telecom services is ever condemned without any other proof than the fact they benefit from a hack, the bad guy just change their business model to extortion.

Comment Negative feedback (Score 5, Interesting) 183

Cool, an ad where we can leave feedback! Well, I had a scottevest and I found the material to be poor quality, some of the pokets were torn after less than a year, which never happened to me with any other jacket in that timeframe (it usually take 5 years of heavy usage). Also the vest is heavy even when empty. I'm better off with a normal jacket and a small backpack (which is more convenient to store/retrieve things from than trying to remember you put thing Y in pocket 2364263426).

Google

Submission + - Thrown off Adsense, and he's not sure why (duckworksmagazine.com)

rhyder128k writes: Dylan Winter, freelance writer, broadcaster and film maker, has built a business around making high quality, niche films on the subjects of sailing and trucking. He gives an outline of how much money he makes, who his customers are and how, by working with organizations such as Adsense, Yahoo and Amazon, he was able to turn his creative endeavors into an income. He was a walking, talking (and filming) example of how creatives, trained in traditional media production can profitably re-orientate themselves towards engagement with the Internet age.

However, things went wrong when he awoke one morning to discover that he had been thrown off Adsense. The moral: if you're thinking of building a business that relies on Adsense, bear in mind that they have a user contract that allows them to throw you off the service on a whim. Maybe the user experience would improve if Google had a bit more competition in this area?

Businesses

Apple, RIM, Google All Bid On Palm 117

imamac writes "It seems HP was only one of many bidders for the struggling Palm. The others included Apple, RIM and even Google. You may now commence speculation on why the various companies wanted Palm."
News

Submission + - Is the Internet Destroying our brains?

proudhawk writes: "Andrew price brings us news that the internet may be bad for your intelligence and reasoning.
see article here: http://www.good.is/post/is-the-internet-destroying-your-brain-try-this-test/?gt1=48001
take tests here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/07/technology/20100607-distraction-filtering-demo.html
and here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/07/technology/20100607-task-switching-demo.html

I found myself at odds between the tests. the first one indicates that I have the same focus as a low multitasker (or single tasker type)
and that the second reveals that I have the same inability to switch tasks rapidly in much the same way a high multitasker would have.
What does this make me, I wonder?"
Games

Submission + - Aaron Ardiri ports Lemmings in 36 hours (zdnet.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Aaron Ardiri challenged himself to port his classic PalmOS version of Lemmings to iPhone, Palm Pre, Mac and Windows. The porting was done using his own dev environment which creates native C versions of the game. He live blogged the whole thing and in the end has an iPhone version and Palm Pre version awaiting submission, and free versions for Windows and Mac available on his blog.
Education

Submission + - Kahn Academy Delivers 70,000 Lectures Daily (physorg.com)

eldavojohn writes: Over fifteen hundred mini-lectures have made available by Salman Khan to educate the world right from the comfort of his own home. Kahn Academy amounts to little more than a YouTube channel and one very very devoted man trying to provide education the way he wanted it. With 70,000 video views a day, the man is definitely making a measurable difference for many students young and old. In his FAQ he explains how he knows he is being effective. What will probably ensure his popularity (and provide a legacy surpassing that of the highest paid educators) is that everything is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 and his only requirements are his time, a $200 Camtasia Recorder, an $80 Wacom Bamboo Tablet and a free copy of SmoothDraw3. While it may not be Feynman quality lecturing, it's a great augmenting resource for learners who can clench their fists and thank KAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHN!
Idle

Submission + - Need a friend? Rent one online (skunkpost.com)

crimeandpunishment writes: Housewives, college students, and others....working for a website that charges users an hourly rate for their companionship. No, it's not an escort service....at least it's not one "with benefits". It's a site called rentafriend.com, that's trying to carve out a niche in the "everything's available online" business world. The seven-month-old site, patterned after hugely successful sites in Asia, has nearly 2,000 members who pay either a monthly or yearly fee to check out the pictures and profiles of more than 160,000 potential pals.

Submission + - Tattoos for the Math and Science Geek 7

An anonymous reader writes: I've been thinking of getting a sleeve of math and science tattoos for quite a while now. With the money saved up, the only question remaining is, what equations/ideas should I get? I know for certain that I'm going to include some of Maxwell's equations, and definitely Ohm's Law. So, if you were going to put a tribute to the great math and science minds on your body forever, which ones would you choose?
Role Playing (Games)

Fallout: New Vegas Coming This Fall, Trailer Released 100

Bethesda announced today that Fallout: New Vegas is scheduled for release sometime this fall, and they released a trailer as well. Details are scant yet on the official site, but they had this to say: "Experience all the sights and sounds of fabulous New Vegas, brought to you by Vault-Tec, America's First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation. Explore the treacherous wastes of the Great Southwest from the safety and comfort of your very own vault: Meet new people, confront terrifying creatures, and arm yourself with the latest high-tech weaponry as you make a name for yourself on a thrilling new journey across the Mojave wasteland. A word of warning, however — while Vault-Tec engineers have prepared for every contingency,* in Vegas, fortunes can change in an instant. Enjoy your stay. (* Should not be construed as a legally-binding claim.)"
Linux

Submission + - OpenShot Video Editor - Version 1.0 Released! (openshotvideo.com)

An anonymous reader writes: After only one year of development Jonathan Thomas has released version 1.0 of his impressive NLE for Linux. Based on the MLT Framework, OpenShot Video Editor has taken less time to reach this stage of development than any other Linux NLE. Dan Dennedy of Kino fame has also lent a helping hand ensuring that Openshot has the stability and proven back-end that is needed in such a project.

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