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Comment: Re:Neat UI after Battle.Net changes (Score 1) 244

by ADT7 (#31270720) Attached to: Steam UI Update Beta Drops IE Rendering For WebKit

Assuming you're close enough to the exchange for ADSL to not suck, switch to O2. They've been the best ADSL provider I've had here in the UK.

No caps, no "peak-time" and the speeds are close to as advertised (I pay for a 20Mb line and get 18Mb, with BT it was down at 12Mb, on the same telephone line as well, so figure that one out)

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Are Complex Games Doomed To Have Buggy Releases? 362

Posted by Soulskill
from the where-did-my-face-go dept.
An anonymous reader points out a recent article at Gamesradar discussing the frequency of major bugs and technical issues in freshly-released video games. While such issues are often fixed with updates, questions remain about the legality and ethics of rushing a game to launch. Quoting: "As angry as you may be about getting a buggy title, would you want the law to get involved? Meglena Kuneva, EU Consumer Affairs Commissioner, is putting forward legislation that would legally oblige digital game distributors to give refunds for games, putting games in the same category in consumer law as household appliances. ... This call to arms has been praised by tech expert Andy Tanenbaum, author of books like Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. 'I think the idea that commercial software be judged by the same standards as other commercial products is not so crazy,' he says. 'Cars, TVs, and telephones are all expected to work, and they are full of software. Why not standalone software? I think such legislation would put software makers under pressure to first make sure their software works, then worry about more bells and whistles.'"

Comment: Re:Where's the tricorder (Score 1) 99

by Archades54 (#29701447) Attached to: Nanomedicine Kills Brain Cancer Cells

When people start paying 2grand per visit to pay off all the diff machines needed.
Hopefully though we'll see the costs come down in the future, the doctors can take the symptoms and do their best guess at what it may be, but its not always easy to spot. If they can find out enough to know where the problem may be, send u off for a blood test etc, see a specialist, whatever, then the treatment process can begin.

Comment: Re:Personally I'd rather you were honest with me (Score 1) 344

by sodul (#29700775) Attached to: When Do You Fire a Headhunter?

I don't write cover letters anymore but I do get interviews at big name companies usually followed by a strong offer; to name a few: Apple, Google, Mozilla, Netflix, Palm, Yahoo.

A few years ago, when I was still writing cover letters since I was 'junior' I did send a cover letter to Palm ... I said I was thrilled at the idea to work for Apple, oups. I got the job anyway and it convinced me that cover letters are a waste of time. Also it is quite frequent when interviewers do not bother to read the resumes because they're too busy with their work to prepare the interview.

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