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Comment Re:High Average (Score 1) 96

I'm amazed at the high average donation this time around. IIRC the last few Humble Bundles I bought into had an average of around $2. At the time of writing the average on this bundle is $3.98. I guess these games offer pretty good value.

Depends on when you buy it in the bundle's lifecycle, too. I know the average for the last Bundle I bought (before this one) was like 4 or 5 when I purchased it. I was glad to drop 10 bucks on it at the time. This one? I had Uplink already, on disk. I'll GLADLY buy it again, get all the other things, and so on. And I got source code? Well freaking awesome. I'd say these Bundles are awesome. They're cheap enough I don't even blink, and they quite often offer much more than one would expect.

I got the one with Baird, Revenge of the Titans, etc in it before this. Just a tonne of fun. I don't play the games every day, but they scratch an itch when I feel like toying with them.

Comment Re:Do something. Feel better. (Score 2) 139

It becomes debatable whether "Facebook" can be classified as something productive, however... but I would agree with you. I cannot see how sitting, staring at a blank computer monitor is a good control. Perhaps browsing normal websites not pertaining to oneself, or reading email, would be a better control. You know. NORMAL activities.

Comment Re:Writing (Score 1) 375

He's pointing out how people misuse the phrase. I've seen people write out "for all intensive purposes" when people mean "for all intents and purposes". It's what happens when folks hear something, don't quite comprehend it, then decide they've got to use it, too.

Comment Re:After reading that story three times (Score 1) 163

Funny. News for Nerds.

When a rather large provider like this is shut down, I'm sure many nerds care, as they might actually be using their services. I don't, and I find this whole thing interesting, at the very least.

You have some kind of case against them, it looks like. Bad experience? Did they touch your dolly someplace bad? Chill out. You don't like it, move on.

Comment Re:4th amendment point (Score 1) 325

Do you seriously think this, or are you just trolling for a reaction on the internet? Do you truly believe the government must GRANT you the right to move around freely, for you to own it?

Would you much prefer to have to ask a government official for permission to move from one state to the next? Would you like to present your papers, prove your "NEED" to be there? Because that's where we're moving. And now they want to place these scanning systems in train and metro stations.

Is this so hard to understand that our rights, YES, rights, have been eroded to this degree? That because of simplistic views such as the one you present right there, we're wildly throwing away what was beautiful and wonderful in this country, and what at one time made it unique?

It's simply very sad how poorly educated we are about what a "right" is these days.

Comment Re:4th amendment point (Score 1) 325

So, in other words, you support the police state, and don't mind having your rights trampled.

We have a right, as a supposedly free society, to travel and do what we please as long as it does not harm others. Or we used to. This is America, the 'Land of the Free'. This is the place that was supposed to do away with the despotism, with the forced torture of innocence, and all that.

Guess what? You're one of the people who seem to be in support of all that is going wrong in this country, the decline of the personal and societal freedom that has been happening for decades. Why? What does it get you? You're not any safer than you were pre-2001. Nothing's changed to make things better. We're not less likely to have terrorist attacks.

However, we're MUCH less likely to go about our lives without being molested or in some way violated by some quasi-state official. Why? Because it suits some greedy politicians and empowers government more. Welcome to the future of checkpoints that keep us from travelling easily, that make our lives more expensive, and return VERY LITTLE to nothing to us. When its made illegal to go from state to state without crossing through border checks, when you have to present your papers to travel, remember these times, my friend, and remember how you supported them.

Comment Re:DUDE! (Score 1) 158

Ok, I agree. I was about to disagree, then I realized they said this thing went 90k FEET up. Ye gods. Only 27.4km? 100km is considered space by most space agencies, though NASA considers anyone who goes above 80km to be an astronaut (thus some Blackbird pilots are actually Astronauts). Why do these articles keep, with such huge inaccuracies, keep getting posted?

Comment Re:Bout time... (Score 1) 157

Okay, so I'll agree with you on that point, definitely. I'm not saying good graphics make a game bad. I'm saying graphics aren't the ONLY selling point to a game, and this shows itself in reality. A *good* game is a good game, and what we all consider good varies based on our own personal needs. Graphics are merely one factor, and sometimes they even get in the way of a good game.

(If you feel you can't make that awesome game idea of yours because you can't do good enough graphics? Yeah. That's getting in the way.)

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