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Comment Illegal search? (Score 1) 335

by midifarm (#38866291) Attached to: Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners
The answer is simply no. Since the implement of the new scanners and security measures, the skies aren't any safer. They are about the same except that you have potentially more humiliated and angry flying citizens. For international flights and for foreign nationals, I can totally see higher level security measures. For American citizens flying within our borders, I view it as an invasion of privacy, infringement of my rights as a citizen and totally unnecessary.

Comment Re no 5th? (Score 1) 1047

by midifarm (#38802403) Attached to: US Judge Rules Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt Hard Drive
Burden of proof in upon the state. The 5th Amendment protects you from having to testify against yourself which would include giving any information like a password or any thoughts in your head. This should be clear cut and the Circuit Ct judge should really rethink his position (as a US judge). The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. The 5th protects us from ourselves, as do our lawyers. Shame on this judge for posing this dilemma.

Comment SO Many... (Score 1) 135

by midifarm (#37835662) Attached to: Loudspeakers around my home:
Pair of Tannoy PBM 6.5, ADP's, Klipsch KG4's, Polks, KLHs, M-Audio's, Yamaha NS4's, Mackie SRM 450's, Boston Acoustic HD2's, Boston Acoustic sub, B&W center, Bose surround set, Bose sub, 2 Petawatt12 4x12 cabs, PW12 2x12, PW12 1x15, 2 Avatar cabs 2x10, 2 Ampeg 2x10's, SWR 15", Ampeg 15", Crate 40w combo, 2 Roommates high end speakers, Fender Super Reverb, plus I'm sure some that are in a closet somewhere.
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Balancing Choice With Irreversible Consequences In Games 352

Posted by Soulskill from the no-takebacks dept.
The Moving Pixels blog has an article about the delicate balance within video games between giving players meaningful choices and consequences that cannot necessarily be changed if the player doesn't like her choice afterward. Quoting: "One of my more visceral experiences in gaming came recently while playing Mass Effect 2, in which a series of events led me to believe that I'd just indirectly murdered most of my crew. When the cutscenes ended, I was rocking in my chair, eyes wide, heart pounding, and as control was given over to me once more, I did the only thing that I thought was reasonable to do: I reset the game. This, of course, only led to the revelation that the event was preordained and the inference that (by BioWare's logic) a high degree of magical charisma and blue-colored decision making meant that I could get everything back to normal. ... Charitably, I could say BioWare at least did a good job of conditioning my expectations in such a way that the game could garner this response, but the fact remains: when confronted with a consequence that I couldn't handle, my immediate player's response was to stop and get a do-over. Inevitability was only something that I could accept once it was directly shown to me."

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