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A Look At the Warhammer Community 169

Posted by Soulskill on Monday October 06, 2008 @09:13PM from the greenskin-buddies dept.

Gamasutra is running a story examining the development of the Warhammer Online community since its recent launch. The author explains how the gameplay and rules tend to affect social interaction. GamerDNA has a related piece looking at numbers for actual players involved with Warhammer's launch, and how it's affecting populations in other MMOs. "Getting on the computer to play WAR apparently reminded the WAR fanatics that they had a computer, because overall, their gameplay went up as a whole. They logged in more often to titles like COD4, Oblivion, and even AOC. But the MMO bug bit hard, and logins to LOTRO and EVE more than doubled after the launch of WAR."

24 Hour Laptops From HP? 205

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 10, 2008 @08:57AM from the i'll-believe-it-when-i-can-fly-to-tokyo-and-back dept.

daveyboy79 writes "This article from the BBC shows HP's new laptop, the HP EliteBook 6930p. Configured with several options, such as the 80Gb SSD and the mercury-free LED displays, it allows users to get 24 hours of non-stop computing." The real question is, are we talking 24 hours of word processing? Or 24 hours of actually using your computer?

Submission + - Wal-Mart's $200 Linux PC Sells Out (ecogeek.org)

Submitted by

hankmt

on Sunday November 11, 2007 @04:49PM

hankmt writes: "About a week ago Wal-Mart began selling a $200 linux machine running on a 1.5 ghz Via C7 processor and 512 megs of RAM. While the specs are useless for vista, it works blazingly fast on Ubuntu with the Enlightenment Window Manager. The machine is now officially sold out of their online warehouses, and the product sales page at WalMart.com is full of glowing reviews from new and old linux users alike."

Submission + - Finding an IT job without formal education 2

Submitted by Pensive Idiot on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @08:39PM

Pensive Idiot writes: I entered into college with high aspirations of getting an economics degree in 3-3.5 years, but the more I try to get my degree the more I begin to believe that knowledge is a commodity reserved for the rich. I just started my second year in school and I am beginning to think/worry that this will be the last year I can afford. I have been working with computers since I was in high school and in an IT position (part time) with a small office on campus for the last year, but I am not formally trained in any way. I notice that many individuals in IT are self taught, but they have all been in the industry for at least 10 years. I am very knowledgeable with Linux, Windows, Servers, Desktops, Networking and a list of programming languages, but it seems that everyone wants a CS/MIS/IT degree, or a list of certifications, neither of which I can afford.
My question is simply, does the self-taught individual still have a chance in today's IT job market, and if so, what skills do I need to be competitive and how can I prove to a potential employer that I have them?

Submission + - 5 USB Thumb-Drive Software Tricks

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 17, 2007 @08:20PM

An anonymous reader writes: Want to run software off of your thumb-drive without using Sandisk's proprietary U3 platform? Then see Put Your USB Drive To Work: 5 Strategies For Going Mobile. The tips, of middling but useful technical intensity, include where to get robust encryption for your thumb drive for free (hint: Try TrueCrypt); where to find free application suites and individual apps (try the OperaUSB browser); and how to run a standalone operating system off your USB drive. For the latter, the article shows how to use BartPE, a utility that builds a copy of Windows's Preinstallation Environment from an existing Windows install. With tools like this, do you think USB drives are about to finally fulfill their promise as mobile repositories which make the concept of maintaining separate PCs at different locations obsolete?

Submission + - RFID Passports Cloned Without Opening the Package

Submitted by

Jeremy

on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @04:01PM

Jeremy writes: "Using some simple deduction, a security consultant discovered how to clone a passport as it's being mailed to its recipient, without ever opening the package. These are the kinds of things that people need to understand are possible now that our governments are trying to use wireless technology (inherantly insecure) for security."

Submission + - Matt Groening On Futurama and Simpsons Movie

Submitted by

keenada

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @02:56PM

keenada writes: "Though The Simpsons has declined in popularity in recent years, it still has a cult and popular following worldwide. Matt Groening (rhymes with raining) sits down with Crave to discuss his new movie, and the future of Futurama."

Submission + - OS X unable to write to large volumes using Samba?

Submitted by

groovemaneuver

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @03:58PM

groovemaneuver writes: "I'm the IT Manager of a small/mid-sized college network that consists mostly of GNU/Linux servers with a near 50/50 split of Apple OS X and MS Windows XP workstations. We have a Samba-based file server with a 4 TB RAID, and the WinXP boxes connect, read, and write normally. However, the Mac boxes can connect and read, but they see every share that is hosted on the RAID as having 0KB available, and refuse to write. As a test, we created an identically-configured share hosted on the server's OS drive (about 80 GB), and the Macs connected just fine. We also have a few GNU/Linux workstations, and they can all connect to the shares without issues. Is there a limit to how large a Samba share can be before Mac clients crap out? Are we the only ones dealing with this? Is there a known solution? (my Google skills are usually pretty good, but I couldn't find anything)"

Submission + - Virtualisation VMWare vs Parallels vs KVM

Submitted by on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @01:35PM

An anonymous reader writes: Hey, I am a developer and am about to move to a Linux (Ubuntu for now) Machine, even though I develop in Windows XP. So I would like to get everyone's opinion or thoughts on which is better and why out of Parallels for Linux and VMWare and KVM. My main concerns are speed and data integrity... I would like to have share virtual hard drives so multiple machines can use the same data. I would like Speed as I will be developing inside of these virutal machines... Any help would be appreciated. Regards C

Comment Re:Why not delicio.us? (Score 1) 210

by elemental23 on Friday December 09, 2005 @07:26PM (#14224426) Attached to: Yahoo! Buys del.icio.us

$ grep \.icio\.us$ /usr/share/dict/web2.0 ausp.icio.us avar.icio.us capr.icio.us del.icio.us inausp.icio.us injud.icio.us jud.icio.us mal.icio.us meretr.icio.us off.icio.us pern.icio.us susp.icio.us v.icio.us

Journal Journal: Let's do this again 2

Journal by No More Trolls on Monday September 27, 2004 @10:37AM

My foes list has a bunch of trolls on it. Some are new. If anyone has suggestions for names to add or names to take off, please post a comment here. Oh and please link to examples of why it should change. Thank you.

Comment Re:You're being a bit overzealous, don't you think (Score 1) 18

by No More Trolls on Tuesday August 27, 2002 @04:18PM (#4151565) Attached to: Suggestions are always welcome

This is pretty typical Flamebait and Troll both:

You nimrods. (Score:-1, Flamebait) by Wakko Warner on Tuesday August 27, @04:00PM (#4151400) Why is this story such a big deal?? How many of you wolf-crying 'tards have ever paid a dime for your MP3 encoders? Fraunhofer has been charging a license fee for them since the very beginning, but I don't ever remember having inserted a quarter into the coin slot on my PC when I ran LAME. Do you honestly think you're gonna start having to pay for your copy of XMMS? Of mpg123? Do you think the copies you have now are gonna quit working in a few days? Stop acting like such irrational little 12-year-olds... Moderation Totals: Flamebait=2, Overrated=1, Total=3.

(It is flamebait for sure and I think it is Troll because it didn't take very long for Google to find out he was just being stupid.)

You might be right about FortKnox. I have not decided yet.

I took /dev/trash off the list.

Comment Monterey Bay (Score 1) 611

by sprinklerhead on Tuesday May 14, 2002 @01:47AM (#3515124) Attached to: 5.2 Earthquake Shakes Up SF Bay Area

I felt it here in Monterey. News said it was based just NW of Gilroy.

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