cflannagan - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Punch Out is a good example (Score 3, Interesting) 251

by cflannagan on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @09:19AM (#28527147) Attached to: In Defense of the Classic Controller

Very few people use motion based controls after the first few levels? I'm in the middle of title defense series and am still using motion based controls, and don't see any issues with it (yes I'm familiar that motion recognition can and do suck for other games, but not this one for me at least). How did you determine that very few people were using it after the first few levels? Not doubting you, I just wanted to make sure you reached that conclusion through some polls or some scientific means.

LoTR Fan Film — The Hunt For Gollum 157

Posted by timothy on Thursday April 30, 2009 @07:57PM from the is-gollum-even-in-season? dept.

stevedcc writes "This weekend sees the release of The Hunt for Gollum, a Lord of the Rings fan-film. It'll be available on the web for free. The BBC are running an article about the making of the film, with a budget of £3,000 (spent mostly on costumes and make-up). There were 160 contributors involved, many over the internet." I hope it lives up to the trailer (linked from the BBC story); the finished film is approximately 40 minutes. memoryhole supplies links to YouTube for both the full trailer and a second trailer. Reader jowifi adds a link to NPR's story on the film, writing, "NPR discussed the legality of this type of creation with EFF lawyer Fred Von Lohman, who said it's not clear if such a production violates the copyright for Tolkien's work."

Comment BackBlaze? (Score 1) 669

by cflannagan on Saturday December 13, 2008 @01:24PM (#26103939) Attached to: Long-Term Personal Data Storage?

I'd rather not pay yearly rent on a server or backup/storage solution.

Well, I guess I cannot recommend BackBlaze then. I pay only $5 per PC monthly to have every file backed up, at a remote server.

Very, very easy to set up. I installed it from their website, and that's it. Simplicity is key.

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