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Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 167

It's worse than that:
People run their industrial controllers on Windows.

To be fair, the industrial processes run on PLCs (which have a propietary, more foolproof OS) and the "let's see if anything is out of the ordinary" systems run on Windows PCs. So it's not as likely that a Windows failure will bring down the industry. A hacked controller could do fancy damage, though.

Comment I really didn't like Civ3 and Civ4 (Score 1) 326

I guess I'm alone on this, but I totally hated the changes they made for Civ3 and 4. Resources? Cultural influence? No sir, I'll keep my AC, tyvm! And I couldn't even LOOK at Civ4, that 3d world and no way to zoom out was horrible, I never could get the whole picture

AC seems superior in many ways... The government options were great, the unit design was cool. And I guess we all agree that gravships with frinking lasers and planetbusters were too cool to say goodbye to :)

Comment Re:Addicted to code. (Score 1) 700

When I was taking Linear Algebra I used to dream (more like nightmares, really) of linear systems. I don't remember the specifics, but it seemed like I spent hours trying to solve the system, multiplying and adding rows, over and over again.
It didn't seem like a good night of sleep after those dreams.

I guess Linear Algebra does that to my brain :S

Comment Re:Looks like FUN (Score 1) 309

I completly agree with you. I play Urban Terror ( http://www.urbanterror.net/ ) which is a Q3 mod. It's graphics aren't super but it's FUN to play.

Also, I *hated* (and never finished) Crysis. I didn't enjoy it at all, the AI was sniping me with pistols miles away while I couldn't even see them, and if I did, I'd always miss my shots. Totally frustrating.

Comment Re:Looks Like a Paw. Brings to mind Pet Supplies. (Score 4, Interesting) 227

The original (the old old) logo was way better. And the favicon they did is worse than the one they got the inspiration from.

I don't get it, why do they keep changing it? I thought forming a brand meant keeping the same recognizable logo as long as you could, not arbitrarly changing it every 6 months!

Quickies

Submission + - Sleepy?Spend less time on the internet/watching TV (dailymail.co.uk)

Ant writes: "The Daily Mail reports people, who spend time on the internet or watching television before they go to bed, are more likely to feel like they don't get enough sleep. Even though they sleep almost as long as people who spend fewer pre-bedtime hours in front of a computer or television screen, they will stil feel tired according to a new survey... Seen on Digg."
Privacy

Submission + - England's Database Of Children COmes Under Fire (timesonline.co.uk)

Mike writes: "A comprehensive database of every single child in England is slated to go live next year amid growing doubts as to the system's security and safety. Possible misuse by unauthorized users is only one concern. Ian Brown, a computer security research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, summed it up nicely: "When you have got more than 300,000 people accessing this database, it's just very difficult to stop the sale of information." With an estimated 330,000 "vetted users" and over 11 million children listed, can there be any doubt that this database will be a virtual magnet for pedophiles, spammers, and scammers?"
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft: stuck in meetings? (nytimes.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Article about the IE team (of all groups) the effect of notebooks in meetings.

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