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Comment Re:Printed books (Score 1) 331

by Saethan (#45542191) Attached to: 62% of 16 To 24-Year-Olds Prefer Printed Books Over eBooks

Sure, battery life in a ebook reader is finite, but it last literally weeks. Unless you are shipwrecked in a deserted island, thats a non-issue for most of us.

Don't forget solar chargers for low-powered usb devices are in the ~$40 range, last I checked, in case you want to take your whole library on a cross-country camping trip or whatever. :)

Submission + - Spam fighters call for "parking tickets" on unsafe servers (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by Barence
Barence writes: Anti-spam outfit, Spamhaus, has called on the UK government to fine those who are running internet infrastructure that could be exploited by criminals.

Those who leave open Domain Name Server (DNS) resolvers vulnerable to attack should be fined, if they have previously received a warning, said chief information officer of Spamhaus, Richard Cox. When Spamhaus was hit by a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – the biggest ever recorded at more than 300Gbits/sec – open DNS resolvers were used to amplify the hit, which was aimed at one of the organisation’s upstream partners.

"Once they know it can be used for attacks and fraud, that should be an offence," Cox said. "You should be subject to something like a parking ticket... where the fine is greater than the cost of fixing it."

Submission + - Online Shopping: Hazardous to Junk Food's Health (reuters.com)

Submitted by Rambo Tribble
Rambo Tribble writes: Reuters is reporting that the trend toward online shopping is reducing the sales of impulse-purchase items, most notably candy and snacks often displayed at the checkout counter. As even grocery shopping shifts online, junk food producers are feeling the squeeze.

Submission + - Comet ISON: The Comet that was suppose to be 1

Submitted by BugNuker
BugNuker writes: Comet ISON has been speeding towards the sun, and while doing so, it has been getting brighter. There was hope that ISON would be 'Comet of the Century' material, but its not looking good. Recently, ISON has undergone some outbursts, making it a near naked eye object. As ISON approaches perihelion, there are reports that it might be disintegrating. For now, we can keep watching the STEREO spacecraft images for more evidence, but in the meantime, what awaits Comet ISON?

Submission + - Jury: Newegg infringes Spangenberg patent, must pay $2.3 million (arstechnica.com) 1

Submitted by qwerdf
qwerdf writes: Newegg, an online retailer that has made a name for itself fighting the non-practicing patent holders sometimes called "patent trolls," sits on the losing end of a lawsuit tonight. An eight-person jury came back shortly after 7:00pm and found that the company infringed all four asserted claims of a patent owned by TQP Development, a company owned by patent enforcement expert Erich Spangenberg.

Comment Re:Everquest Next (Score 1) 555

by Saethan (#45495125) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: MMORPG Recommendations?
LGuk was a scary place until the joys of PBAoE. We'd claim everything from Lord to Frenzy with one group(and manage to hold it all)... pissed off a fair number of folks. :D

How about breaking in to PoFear only to have your whole raid wipe... and begging another guild to rescue you before your corpses rotted?

Comment One of Them (Score 3, Insightful) 555

by Saethan (#45494981) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: MMORPG Recommendations?
... seriously. There are so many MMOs now you really expect a single answer from /. that will make up your mind? Go do free trials, read some reviews. Sign up for some betas. I've played probably 20 or so MMOs since I first played Everquest in 1999 and they've all had upsides and downsides.

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