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Sweden Considers Adding "Sexism" Ratings To Video Games 642

An anonymous reader writes A government-funded agency in Sweden is considering creating special labels for video games based on whether or not the games' portrayals of women are sexist. From the article: "Avoiding sexism and gender stereotypes in video games produced in Sweden will become a key goal for the association, which has been given a 272,000 kronor ($36,672) grant by Sweden's government-funded innovation agency, Vinnova. Inspired by the Bechdel test, which looks at whether fictional films or books feature at least two women talking about a topic other than men, Dataspelsbranchen will work with several game developers to analyze how Swedish video games portray female characters and gender issues.

Comment redistribution FYI (Score 1) 217

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Comment Oracle Single Sign-on (Score 1) 168

Disclaimer: I work for Oracle but not in sales nor in any branch related to this product.

At the office (where I work as a senior iOS / OS X native app developer), we have Oracle SSO running on all of our internally-deployed apps, including web sites, desktop apps, mobile.

OP talks of holy grail of IT so, while I dont know of alternatives, based on my experience, it's quite possible to have a decent single sign-on system.

Obviously, Oracle's offering is not free (as in beer speech) at 85$ a seat. It's best to contact the sales rep to see if any bulk or student pricing apply (I do not know as I'm not in sales).

Comment Re:If the cause of the crash... (Score 3, Informative) 165

It's precisely NTSB that pointed out the (deceased) co-pilot pulled the feather lock lever to OFF position.

But they also pointed out this should not have deployed the feathers on its own: another level is required to rotate them in position.

This points to a mechanical failure of sort but will take months to confirm.

Businesses

Some Virgin Galactic Customers Demand Money Back 165

schwit1 (797399) writes News reports suggest that — following last week's SpaceShipTwo crash — more than thirty of the seven hundred people who placed deposits with Virgin Galactic to fly on SpaceshipTwo have pulled out, demanding their money back. "In response to the claim that more than 30 customers are considering their position in the aftermath of the crash, a spokesperson for Virgin Galactic admitted a number of people have asked for their money back. 'We can confirm that less than three per cent of people have requested refunds,' the spokesman said." This is not a surprise, nor should it be. A company can only survive a crisis like this by responding honestly, quickly, and directly. If Virgin Galactic does this, finding the cause of the crash and fixing it, they will likely hold onto most of their customers. If they don't, those remaining customers will leave. This week's cancellations are the first immediate response to the crash. The future of the company, however, will be determined by what happens in the next six months.

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