Comment Re:Oh, look! (Score 1) 888
No really, there are staff constantly patrolling with huge brushes capturing all the litter.
Yes because most people are not as considerate as you. Not because they *want* you to throw it on the floor.
Comment Re:Ted Alvin Klaudt (Score 0, Redundant) 527
Ted Alvin Klaudt? Ted Alvin Klaudt. Ted Alvin Klaudt.
Comment Re:Time Machine (Score 1) 441
Norway is only one of the countries in Scandinavia.....
Comment Re:So? (Score 1) 221
The issue is that in the beginning we where told that nothing you could buy for "real money" would give you an advantage over non-paying players. Now the currency you get for playing is worth a lot less than it used to be so it's almost impossible to claim that this is still true.
I still think it's a fun game when I can play ("Error 3" - I'm looking at you) and bought some snazzy clothes and two weapons for my soldier.
Comment Re:BF a dead franchise (Score 1, Informative) 221
Battlefield and Battlefiled 2 has almost nothing in common with Battlefield Heroes.
Submission + - How to start a new venture with no resources? 1
An anonymous reader writes: I have an amazing idea to create a product that would revolutionize a subset of the computing market. I have absolutely no funds of my own, and I am not eligible for any government grants from my home country. I don't have my product developed, although I am able to demo the essence of the technology in action, and sell the fact that it should be ported to other platforms with the changes that would make it profitable. I have a detailed business plan with financials and descriptions of everything along the way. What I would like to know, is how I can go about finding investors to set this up? Angel investors and VCs are no good from what I can tell, since they all want to invest in already established companies.
This would be a technology company, based on OSS technology and giving a whole lot back to the economy and field. The idea is not patentable, so all that I can do is hope to get the product to market before bigger companies come out with their own versions of the product.
The market my product I would be competing in is reported by many reputable sources(forbes, wsj etc) to not be affected by the current economy, and may in fact benefit from it, so I see that as a good sign. I am not a US citizen, but feel I need to target the US market if I want to succeed, and hence setup a US based company. I have no company registered since I don't see the point without yet having a product, something impossible without funding. I would also like to retain control of the company I wish to setup after obtaining funding. My question is, what can I do in this situation? How can I find investors I can convince just on my idea alone without having collateral or an established company?"
This would be a technology company, based on OSS technology and giving a whole lot back to the economy and field. The idea is not patentable, so all that I can do is hope to get the product to market before bigger companies come out with their own versions of the product.
The market my product I would be competing in is reported by many reputable sources(forbes, wsj etc) to not be affected by the current economy, and may in fact benefit from it, so I see that as a good sign. I am not a US citizen, but feel I need to target the US market if I want to succeed, and hence setup a US based company. I have no company registered since I don't see the point without yet having a product, something impossible without funding. I would also like to retain control of the company I wish to setup after obtaining funding. My question is, what can I do in this situation? How can I find investors I can convince just on my idea alone without having collateral or an established company?"
Submission + - LCD Motion Blur: Fact and Fiction (extremetech.com)
WesternActor writes: ExtremeTech has a story written by Raymond Soneira, the president of DisplayMate that addresses whether motion blur is still the problem with HDTVs it's always considered. He set up an elaborate test over several months to measure motion blur, and goes into a lot of detail about the process and his findings, some of which run counter to a lot of what you hear about HDTVs. It's very interesting to read about how this one-time problem has been distorted by both time and the manufacturers themselves who are trying to "market" around the "problem," and only end up making things more confusing for everyone.
Comment Stuff confiscated, not all innosent (Score 1) 4
The police reports this was a raid on an illegal club, thy were primarily interested in illegal sales of alcohol.
In addition to the stuff taken mentioned in Hackerspaces post http://forskningsavd.se/2009/11/29/i-can-haz-moar-bout-teh-reid/
Stuff confiscated.
* 860 beers, 33 cl cans.
* 39 bottles of booze.
* 66 liters wine
Other illegal or "problematic" things found and seized
* 6 improvised explosive devices. Of low explosive force, mainly used to make a big bang.
* 3 high power green light laser pointers. May need a permit depending on power.
* 4 Spring Billy Club or Collapsible Batons. Illegal in Sweden
* 3 Cans of pepper spray. Illegal in Sweden.
* 1 High Power Slingshot. Illegal in Sweden.
* 2 Items of police uniform. This cannot be bought legally
* 2 Devices for making keys and key raw-materials.
Comment Re:Deplete our Fresh Water supply? (Score 1) 262
I suggest you stop renting out your brain. You're missing out on a great joke.
Comment Re:Mac gamer (hold the sarcasm) (Score 1) 452
+1 Insightful
(for lack of mod points)
Comment Re:I literally LOL'd watching the intro movie (Score 1) 43
Works just fine with firefox
Comment Lack of options (Score 5, Insightful) 249
Seriously
Comment Re:yes the WoW community is different - (Score 3, Insightful) 245
Naaw.
They are just like me. If i'm going to stare at my avatars behind running around for hours on end I want it to be as pretty as possible.
They are just like me. If i'm going to stare at my avatars behind running around for hours on end I want it to be as pretty as possible.
Comment Re:No Love (Score 2, Interesting) 245
Well you're on slashdot so your anecdotal sample is hardly typical of the world at large.
My anecdotal sample goes the other way, of the 10 or so wow players I know only one has played another MMO besides wow (everquest).
Throwing Out the Rulebook For MMOs 245
MMORPG.com's Dana Massey asks about the possibility of throwing out the rulebook for MMOs, suggesting that the next blockbuster title in the genre will be one that ignores many of the features and conventions that have come to be standards over the years. Quoting:
"Who said that MMOs require hot bars? Who proclaimed that it's not a proper MMO unless you have quests? Blizzard took a formula that almost all MMOs had been using for years and distilled it down to addictive perfection. Love or hate WoW, it's a polished, polished title. It's no coincidence that on hardcore MMO sites, like this one, WoW is not the most hyped or trafficked game around. It's not that it's bad, but veteran MMO players don't have the same love for it, simply because we've all seen some variation of it before. The WoW community has always been a bit apart from the larger MMO community. Based purely on the number of subscribers, WoW articles should statistically annihilate every other game on this site, but they don't. A huge percentage of people who truly love WoW, I've always believed, do not know or particularly care about this whole world of MMOs out there. They're WoW players and that's it."
