Comment Re:MSFT will bully the state... (Score 1) 681
But traffic would be GREAT!
Comment Re:Only a couple of problems with that. (Score 3, Informative) 681
Washington has no income tax.. That is the point..
Income tax = progressive
Sales tax = regressive
There is no 40% of people who don't pay sales tax
Income tax = progressive
Sales tax = regressive
There is no 40% of people who don't pay sales tax
Comment Re:Missing option (Score 4, Funny) 310
holy crap i learned something from slashdot today!
Comment Re:stopped playing because valve keeps nerfing (Score 1) 231
I recently gave up on L4D because Valve has broken the ability to play Versus mode on advanced difficulty
IIRC, wasn't that changed while the game was still in beta? Personally, I think that it's better this way anyway, because in Versus mode the main challenge is supposed to be the Special Infected (controlled by players) anyway, not the Horde. If you want a tougher Versus game, a tight-knit team of opponents should suffice.
They brought Advanced Versus back after they broke it the first time, it broke most recently with the update that gave us Survival mode. It's not just the quantity of commons, but increased damage from everything, including FF and fire, that made it more challenging.
Melee cooldown also pissed me off quite a bit, it's gotta be off for Advanced.
It makes it so you can't just melee-spam your way through a mob of horde. As a player I agree it's annoying, but it's annoying in the same way that being out of breath while you're running is annoying. I can see why they did it; it makes it so you have to shoot your way through a mob, or even better for the Teamplay aspect of the game, get teammates to kill the Horde that's mobbing you at the moment.
Agreed, for normal difficulty, which is all valve seems to care about.
And while I'm ranting, the lobby system sucks.
It doesn't work perfectly, but I can see why they wanted it that way; you can either join a random game with random strangers, or you can find a group of friends to play with. Left 4 Dead isn't the type of game where you want a traditional game-server model, which is best for Deathmatch and CTF, or similar styles derived from those. Instead, you want everyone to start at the same time, like in an RTS. A lobby is the best model for that.
I like the idea, but it's really really buggy.
Comment stopped playing because valve keeps nerfing (Score 2, Interesting) 231
I recently gave up on L4D because Valve has broken the ability to play Versus mode on advanced difficulty (With our own dedicated server, not one of their public ones). Normal difficulty just isn't very much fun. They have to fix this in L4D before I would even *consider* buying L4D2. Melee cooldown also pissed me off quite a bit, it's gotta be off for Advanced. And while I'm ranting, the lobby system sucks.
Comment a/v for linux (Score 5, Funny) 98
For instance, it clarifies that all operating systems associated with card processing have to run antivirus software, while many had thought this was only about Microsoft Windows.
great, now I have to run ClamAV on all my fully-patched and secured dedicated web servers that don't store CC data anyway.
I thought about writing my own AV program:
#!/bin/sh
echo "scanning for viruses..."
sleep 10
echo "no viruses found."
exit 0
Submission + - Nokia Takes Third Swing at Internet Tablet
__aajbyc7391 writes: It looks like Nokia is intent on knocking the ball out of the park with its Linux-powered Internet tablets. Today, the company unveiled the N810, its third attempt at hitting a home run with the concept. The new model adds a slide-out hardware keyboard, and also a built-in GPS receiver and FM transmitter (for in-car listening), among a number of other enhancements (such as a faster CPU and more memory). At this point, the device is positioned as an email and browsing tool, a social networking aid, a GPS, a VoIP phone, and a multimedia player (and streamer, thanks to built-in WiFi). But are the fans jumping out of their seats at this latest swing from mobile phone heavy-hitter Nokia?
