You could buy a vintage Battlezone, the first FPS, designed in 1979 by Ed Rotberg for Atari. It's an elegant design. No dials, but the control schema of the sticks are beautiful to behold. Most of the XY technology used in those early Atari vector machines are nearly identical to the tech described in this video. The math required for real time manipulation of XY displays is far simpler than what Jim Blinn was doing around the same time. He was a wizard for sure.

If the choice is to charge us appropriately for the medium, believe me, they will!

My understanding is that government guidelines that define a "safe" waveform are produced by averaging the width & height of said waveform. Some systems, like Doppler radar or the Navy's Pave Paws system have been cited as possible causes of Ewings Sarcoma. The high & narrow spike waveforms produced by these systems meet government defined safety averages for permissible exposure limits, but only at a defined distance from the array. Litigation has been successful in removing the Pave Paws system from communities -- despite the Navy insisting that their system is "safe" (as long as you keep a safe distance from the array). What surprises me are the snarky comments made here that completely dismiss the possibility of harmful exposure -- or at least dismiss the possibility that this guy is simply doesn't want a large microwave producing device right next to him and his family, and is smartly using the organic excuse as a legal reason to keep it off his farm.

Star Raiders was the reason I purchased an Atari 800 computer over an Apple ][. It was a magnificent game -- especially coming in the wake of the original Battlestar Galactica & first Star Wars. Star Raiders came bundled, and was a huge attraction to the systems. It showed how expansive feeling a game could be. I still play the game to this day (my Atari 800, btw, still boots up as if it were the 80's -- talk about rugged design!).

Steve Jobs!

A one-way trip would presume the need to send along the materials required for subsisting on Mars and maintaining a foot hold. Anything less would be a denial of the spirit of exploration that has come to define the better virtues of humanity.

Why would they target state governors' offices? Well, they'd presumably be easier to pwn than, say, the Department of Defence or the CIA, and a good starting point for setting up pieces.

Worse still is the possibility that this wasn't a just starting point, but mid-to-late in the distribution scheme. I imagine I would begin with corporate contractors and end up with government itself.

Is it just me (and forgive me if I haven't read all of the 400 comments on this post), or is this movie an unauthorized adaptation of Half Life 2?

Considering the latest story on Bing's biased search results, I wonder if it's possible that M$ would hardwire Windows to drain Mac batteries faster. The ultimate Malware -- a MalOS?

Apparently you didn't see Drag Me To Hell, where Raimi did go back to his roots -- and with great success. It's an awesome movie.