Comment: Re:So... (Score 1) 353
I haven't eaten bacon in 21 years, and it still smells DELICIOUS.
Comment: X-Wing or TIE Fighter game, please (Score 3, Insightful) 254
That's all I want, not another Star Wars: Battlefront game. KOTOR was great, but I don't need another one. XW and TF were 2 of the greatest games ever made. X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter was a letdown and X-Wing Alliance, while good, wasn't as good as its predecessors.
Comment: Re:So what are the exclusives... (Score 1) 435
Xbox 360 wasn't my favorite In terms of exclusives (although I did enjoy some of the XBL downloads). It was, however, hands down the best online experience of all 3 consoles. Wii was non-existent and XBL is far better than PSN. But that's just my opinion.
Comment: Re:Hyperbole (Score 2) 435
The problem isn't the "always online" part necessarily. The problem is the fact that a game disc will be tied to a single console, effectively eliminating the secondary market for used games like ebay, amazon and Gamestop.
Comment: Re:FYI (Score 1) 292
Gatorade is far from the healthiest choice of beverages to be swilling down in large amounts
It's also snake-oil. Regular water is what plants crave.
You mean the wet stuff from the toilet?
Comment: And so we begin a new Slashdot tradition... (Score 1) 295
Every month or so on Slashdot, 1997-2003: Apple is dead!
Every month or so on Slashdot, 2005-2013: PC Gaming is dead!
Every month or so on Slashdot, 2008-2013: Console Gaming is dead!
Every month or so on Slashdot, 2013-?: Microsoft is dead!
It's been a while since we had a new one.
Every month or so on Slashdot, 2005-2013: PC Gaming is dead!
Every month or so on Slashdot, 2008-2013: Console Gaming is dead!
Every month or so on Slashdot, 2013-?: Microsoft is dead!
It's been a while since we had a new one.
Comment: Re:nope (Score 1) 737
Along the way, there were numerous failings - Windows 3.0, Windows 95 (while successful, was buggy) Windows ME, Windows Vista.
Good post.So what you're saying is that every-other Windows release is successful. Sales-wise and review-wise you'd be correct. We shall see what happens with Windows 9
Good post.So what you're saying is that every-other Windows release is successful. Sales-wise and review-wise you'd be correct. We shall see what happens with Windows 9
Comment: Re:/. has servers that stay up - that's why, nerds (Score 1) 1105
I agree. As someone living in NYC at the time, none of our cell phones worked and television was knocked out for a while (I think it was CBS that was still broadcasting because their antenna was on the Empire State Building.).
A largely text-only site like Slashdot is the best scenario for such situations.
A largely text-only site like Slashdot is the best scenario for such situations.
Comment: This will get struck down (Score 3, Interesting) 228
The masses don't know about this story yet. Once the Gay Marriage debate dies down a bit (or once the decision is released) and this becomes the next big court case, you will see overwhelming popular support for eliminating gene patents.
Then again, I supposed Citizens United is very unpopular too, and that seems to have passed...
Then again, I supposed Citizens United is very unpopular too, and that seems to have passed...
Comment: Simple Solution (Score 1) 175
Someone in the hacking comminity will create a channel via Homebrewthat mimics the functions of these defunct channels. For news and weather, they will get the information from some free public RSS-type feed.
Comment: Re:How Much Does It Cost? (Score 1) 175
Lets say it costs 1 dollar.
That is 1 dollar less that they can use for something else.
If it costs $1 to keep this story off of Slashdot, engadget and joystiq then it's worth it. If it costs $10 million, not so much. That's why knowing the cost of this service would be helpful.
Comment: Re:did people really use them? (Score 1) 175
I had a surprisingly good time spinning the globe and looking at weather around the world, and zooming in and out and learning a little geography along the way. I spent a good amount of time with it, to be honest. That was the great thing about it -- it was just a really nice 3D-ish/VR-ish globe that you could zoom in and out of, like Google Maps.
I did the exact same thing. I used to zoom all the way out until you saw outer space and stars behind Earth, then I'd spin the globe around like Superman.
Comment: Re:Age old "issue" (Score 1) 426
I agree that people should be paid a living wage, but the problem is that a living wage in New York is very different than a living wage in India. Paying someone $100 for a week's worth of work may not buy food for your family of four, but it will in other parts of the world. I'm not saying that this is right, I'm just saying...
Comment: Re:OS/X? (Score 1) 189
Did you mean OS/2?
Comment: Re:People want better ads. (Score 1) 978
There's no value system anywhere that says you should.
I'll correct your typo for you: There's no value system that says you should [except the value system set up by the site owner who pays his writers to post. But I have a really great reason why that value system is stupid, so I will declare it doesn't exist. I may have a point, I may not, but I will deny that the website owners have a value system. Therefore, is it a correct statement to say "There's no value system anywhere that says you should."].
I'll correct your typo for you: There's no value system that says you should [except the value system set up by the site owner who pays his writers to post. But I have a really great reason why that value system is stupid, so I will declare it doesn't exist. I may have a point, I may not, but I will deny that the website owners have a value system. Therefore, is it a correct statement to say "There's no value system anywhere that says you should."].