Comment: Re:Not sure about this (Score 1) 295
Final Fantasy had new single-player games after their MMO offering...
Comment: Re:So... (Score 2) 265
They normally tell a third of the truth?
Comment: What does "net new jobs" mean? (Score 1) 271
I keep seeing various statistics about where all (or some percentage of) the "net new jobs" come from, but I'm not sure I understand what it means. Are they just saying "Internet startups (or whatever) added 100 more jobs than they lost, and the economy as a whole added 100 more jobs than it lost, so all the gain came from internet startups"? That doesn't seem like a legitimate claim (any number of other categories could have had the same net job gain, as long as enough jobs were lost from at least one other category...)
Comment: Re:What a country! (Score 1) 1065
If that was the case, why would she not be paying capital gains taxes on the appreciation before his death when she sells them?
Comment: Trolls? (Score 5, Interesting) 417
The author seems to be using "troll" as a term for "someone posting in an inflammatory manner," but I thought "troll" specifically referred to posters doing it to get a rise out of people. Responding in a reasonable manner isn't going to help if the other party isn't interested in taking the conversation seriously.
EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely 341
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Soulskill
from the sixty-dollar-yearly-fee dept.
from the sixty-dollar-yearly-fee dept.
Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"
Therapists Log On To WoW To Counsel Addicts 187
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Soulskill
from the sometimes-an-elf-is-just-an-elf dept.
from the sometimes-an-elf-is-just-an-elf dept.
eldavojohn writes "So, you can't find the time to leave the World of Warcraft to seek help for your World of Warcraft addiction? Sounds reasonable. Well, addiction therapists are coming to meet you so you don't have to quit playing as they counsel you and your addiction. From the leader of this initiative, Dr. Graham: 'We will be launching this project by the end of the year. I think it's already clear that psychiatrists will have to stay within the parameters of the game. They certainly wouldn't be wandering around the game in white coats and would have to use the same characters available to other players. Of course one problem we're going to have to overcome is that while a psychiatrist may excel in what they do in the real world, they're probably not going to be very good at playing World of Warcraft.' Send in the level 5 counselor and let the games begin!"
What happens when the therapists become addicted?
Comment: Re:It's a blend (Score 5, Insightful) 308
From that analysis, it almost sounds like it's the real world that's doing it wrong, not WoW.
Comment: Re:I did the same thing at Office Max (Score 1) 417
Wait, so....they gave you an extra $12 for selling someone a $5.99 warranty? How's that work? Did you start offering to pay for the $6 plan yourself and pocket the extra $6?
Comment: Re:Retarded (Score 1) 874
With a EULA you gain the right to run the software.
What is the theory under which you _don't_ have the right to run the software you've legally purchased, absent any EULA?
If you don't have such a right without a EULA, then presumably, you could distribute (for free, with no EULA) some useful utility you wrote, then turn around and sue anyone who runs it for copyright infringement?