Comment: My favorite game genre (Score 1) 112
Nothing like trying to rescue a polar bear cub in a snowstorm
Comment: Re:Verizon FTL (Score 1) 308
Welcome to Verizon.
Foistware/crapware & crippled phones have been standard practice there for years.
Comment: Just a thought (Score 1) 1173
Remember, these are the same things that even New Jersey finally woke up and declared a bad idea.
Even the (in)famous Airport circle outside of Atlantic City is going away. The diminutive Rt40/Pole Tavern circle is still...around, as is the ever entertaining Red Lion circle. Watching the Somers Point circle "fade" away along with the 30's era bridge into Ocean City has been an amazing example of gov't waste in action.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traffic_circles_in_New_Jersey
Comment: EQ2 (Score 1) 329
Yep, let's not forget building up a "defining" game/userbase w/EQ and then trying to divide it (or whatever that was) with EQ2.
Then again, it did fit in with the attitude of "the user/customer is the enemy" which they seemed to have finely honed over the years.
Comment: Re:Whatever happened to (Score 1) 341
Regrettably correct.
Comment: Interesting, but wrong at least 1x (Score 1) 241
The June 7th 1960 BOMARC incident was initially reported to have release "minimal" contamination. This was later found out to be wrong to the extent where everyone involved denied any intentional "misdeeds".
Comment: Wait! (Score 1) 93
Just wait till they find out that "Have a Nice Day" is inscribed around the muzzles of some
Comment: Effectiveness? (Score 1) 121
The FCC has effectiveness? (not joking)
They're more like one of the examples of "lack of".
The timelines they use for decisions & the resources they use are & have been for years generally the models of "How Not To Do Things".
The Perfect Way To Slice a Pizza 282
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from the equal-distribution-of-the-pie dept.
from the equal-distribution-of-the-pie dept.
iamapizza writes "New Scientist reports on the quest of two math boffins for the perfect way to slice a pizza. It's an interesting and in-depth article; 'The problem that bothered them was this. Suppose the harried waiter cuts the pizza off-center, but with all the edge-to-edge cuts crossing at a single point, and with the same angle between adjacent cuts. The off-center cuts mean the slices will not all be the same size, so if two people take turns to take neighboring slices, will they get equal shares by the time they have gone right round the pizza — and if not, who will get more?' This is useful, of course, if you're familiar with the concept of 'sharing' a pizza."
Comment: Re:Sony Hit A Homerun With Free Realms (Score 1) 77
Sony...Bug Free...I'm speechless. Utterly, even sarcasm fails me.
On the other notes, SOE has always struck me as a perfect example of how NOT to run online gaming. It took quite a bit of effort to eliminate the lead Everquest had, but by splitting the market & alienating players, they managed to do it. They seem to have followed this pattern more than once as well.
I'll prob dl the game just to use Smed's/SOE's names as obscenities again.
(edit after 1st preview)
Ok, I just actually looked at the game...I can't even stomach the intro movie, I don't want to see gameplay. World of Goo is suddenly a compelling deep game with an interesting plotline.