Such anger. :) I'll just answer in /. fashion

Gift: something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation.

When people "Pledge" they do so with the expectation that they will 1) See the project complete and 2) get their reward. Sounds exactly like an investment to me.

So you agree with me that when projects like Oculus Rift sell out they screw their pledgers. =P

1: Start a promising buzzword based Kickstarted project.
2: Sell to large company turning everyone's Kickstarter contributions into a steaming pile of ....
3: (No ??? step, we've been here before)
4: PROFIT!!!

Go for No-IP. Been using them for years, personal and business. Exceedingly fast and their techs are awesome when you do have an off the wall issue. (Not affiliated with them in any way)

Been using No-IP for years, love those guys!

This statement always hits me as mind numbingly stupid. In general try / catch and other error managing statements are for the lazy that don't want to understand the environment and inputs well enough to write the proper code to manage them. You want rock solid code that will last for years, eliminate the errors, don't "handle them gracefully". The only exception to this rule should be when the native environment forces it upon you or there is a lack of some proper check "doesThisReallyExist()".

I learn more reinventing the wheel and there is no substitute to working with code you are sure of and know how it's going to perform.

I agree with the rest.

Seems like a rough reply for one of the few people that would openly admit ignorance on Slashdot. ^_^ BitZtream, I commend your initial bravery!

The technology already exists and is being used in Mercedes Benz and a few other types of cars. Experienced this first hand driving a rental down the Autobahn a few weeks ago, after about an hour of driving my car told me to get some coffee... it was right, I was getting tired.

I don't care if I get down modded for life, this made me lol.

Mark my words, your state constitution will be changed or overruled shortly. ;)

I fail to see why police video footage being used to help the NSA track a person of interest is a bad thing? Sounds like the most valid example of proper resource use I've heard in a while....

I giggle every time I see an apple purist claiming that they are "smarter" people. I'm sorry, itunes is horrible.

What kind of butter knife are you using that A) fits into the socket and B) has an extra prong to complete the circuit? Although, now that I think about it perhaps your analogy is correct in the sense that the virus is essentially harmless...

Considering I'm usually anti DRM anything, I'm surprisingly ok with Steam DRM. Steam itself is fast, convenient and I've never had the DRM get in the way of me playing a game when I wanted to. They maintain my collection of purchased games which I can re-download without hassle as needed. -- After struggling in the past to find old CD keys and media this is the main reason I love Steam. Your mileage may vary, and I don't care. ;)

THIS.. made me laugh. If I had mod points they'd be yours right now. =P

But after you post on the same article, all your mod points to others go bye bye... ;)