Suppose they could just charge a monthly access fee like Microsoft does for Live on the PS4 and they won't have to do this anymore.

Suppose if it's a LAN party you already need 2 copies of the game though for the game to work over system link,

To play LAN over PS3 you still need the physical disc in the machine to play so it's not like you can just quickly burn off a copy of one of the games your friend brings and play it LAN.

I understand they want to go after the used games market but they have no way of differentiating same household or friends having LANs with their PS3s so I don't really support it, although if they could apply it purely to the used games stores somehow then i'd be all for it as they hurt the industry a lot.

If you press start and type 'cmd' you have to wait for the start menu to finish searching for it before it will let you launch it via enter. You will find it's more productive to press Windows Key + R and type cmd and hit enter and you get it up instantly.

If you goto the properties of the taskbar on Windows 7 and change "Taskbar Buttons" to "Combine when full" your task bar will be vista style =)

Start - Settings - Power - Shutdown
I shit you not.

I never had to do work involving the actual cash inside an ATM but I had a short time doing a job upgrading ATMs 2 years ago. Some ATMs are still using dial-up modems, others are using 3g modems. I imagine the protocols they use are probably public/private key encrypted though. I think the easiest way to steal money from an ATM would be to go into the admin menu and change it so that it thinks the $50 tray is actually the $20 tray and then withdraw $40 a couple times. Not really worth it though, especially considering how easily you can get caught.

On Android if you get your code wrong a certain numbers of times it will require you to log back into your google account to prove ownership. While a useful feature by design, it's incredibly frustrating if it happens when you are in an area with no data coverage (or roaming) and you can't get back into your phone.

Someone needs to make an emulator for blowing into cartridges :P

With duke you can get JFDuke, a modern source port with support for high resolution content packs

They effectively killed xbconnect, xlink kai and the other freebies by enforcing a 30ms ping limit for system link/lan games. Now it's not that people are more willing to pay, just they no longer have an alternative. That said, the new XBOX Live is a world apart from the original one and is much better value.

I'm guessing iPod Touch, it's a smartphone without the phone

What's interesting about that theory is that if you are running it offline it should have no idea there is a new version available. I think the most important thing to do is make sure you sign on with "remember my password" ticked if you think there is a chance of you losing your internet.

Then start Steam, it'll detect there is no internet connection available and ask to start in offline mode. Since you only prefer singleplayer games you should be able to run them no problem, if Steam says the game is unavailable leave the Steam window open and go into Steam\SteamApps\Common, look for your game folder and run the exe directly - it should work fine :)