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Comment Hoarding (Score 2) 248

My Opa hoarded after the war. His garage was so full of stuff, he even pulled nails out of old railway sleepers then put the nails in a jar, just in case he might need them one day! Upon his passing, even a garage sale didn't put a dent in his collections of nuts, bolts, nails, pop rivets, all in their own jars & labelled up. Now, in reflection on myself, I've been playing Guild Wars for ~6 years and boy have I got stuff! 9 characters with filled storage, all inventory storage slots purchased & full...But I think if I were to pass away with my children inheriting my Guild Wars account, they'd take one look at it, then go back to their Playstation 7's and their Nintendo 512's.

But in saying that, my aunties & uncles spent months reminiscing in that garage, their heart glowing with every new jar of washers opened, that jar summarizing my Opa's character, saving for a rainy day. Like physical items, I think a will & the families should have the last say of what goes to who regarding digital media.

Comment Re:they should learn from Apple (Score 1) 90

I don't believe that I've ever bought a game for any of my Gameboys that was 99 cents. Heck, even looking at games that are a year or so old are an absolute bargain on Steam (although my laptop is not as portable as a Gameboy).

Nintendo is doomed if it continues to price its games in the traditional sense.

Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 407

Real men build their own PC. Why buy a desktop in store, when you can order all the parts from the cheapest vendor online, then build the computer yourself? Here in Australia, we use;

http://www.staticice.com.au/

Spend a couple of hours reading reviews on motherboards, graphics cards etc, then hit up Staticice for the cheapest prices, and then wait a couple of days as all the parts arrive. This is much more fun than any in store bought experience.

Comment Re:Natural Selection at work (Score 1) 489

Thanks to Khan Academy, I did do that in my head in about a second!

I know division, whoa...

Khan Academy has been the absolute bees-knees for myself in MASSIVELY improving my maths skills. All the stuff I'd either forgotten from high school due to not using thus losing it, or even the stuff I never could understand, is now all making a lot of sense. Sites like Khan Academy should reaffirm hope in everyone concerned about the future of education.

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