Comment: All very interesting but can we still play Quake? (Score 1) 57
(we have to have our priorities in order)
Comment: SFML (Score 1) 331
You might want to look at SFML, its cross platform and 2D oriented and works with a number of window toolkits:
http://www.sfml-dev.org/
Comment: Abstain option? (Score 1) 750
I always vote for abstain...
Comment: Fight Back (Score 1) 429
Modify the code of Grub 2 to make Windows unbootable...
Tracking the Harm Games Do 118
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Soulskill
from the correlation-something-something-causation dept.
from the correlation-something-something-causation dept.
Every so often, video games are accused of causing all sorts of negative behavior in children, teens, and adults. These accusations are typically predicated on statistics that sound much more damning than they actually are. In that vein, gaming website Rock, Paper, Shotgun did their own tongue-in-cheek statistical analysis, complete with pretty charts and graphs. Quoting:
"As part of my research I thought to compare the sales of each GTA game with what the divorce rate must have been when each came out. As you can see each new GTA game has been directly correlated with an increase in divorces. ... An often ignored statistic (and you have to ask why it’s being ignored by the games media, don’t you?) is the sheer volume of PC games being released. We’ve all noticed the British population is abandoning the church, turning instead toward shopping, DVDs and knife crime. But few have thought to check for a connection between PC sales and the numbers of people attending their local Church Of England church on a Sunday. When you look at the data there’s little doubt left that as the publishers continue to release more and more PC games each year, our nation’s faith is being increasingly eroded. And at what cost? If only a graph could tell us that."
Adding CSS3 Support To IE 6, 7 and 8 With CSS3 Pie 142
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Soulskill
from the bringing-civilization-to-the-savages dept.
from the bringing-civilization-to-the-savages dept.
rsk writes "Internet Explorer 6, 7 and to some extent 8 have been the bane of every CSS-loving web developer for years. With the spreading adoption of CSS3's fancier rendering effects, like rounded edges, drop shadows and linear gradients, the frustration of needing to deal with IE compatibility is growing. 327 Creative's Jason Johnston has created the CSS3 Pie library to address this. CSS3 Pie adds support for CSS3's most popular rendering techniques to Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 by way of the IE-only CSS property 'behavior.' CSS3 Pie is open sourced under the Apache 2 license and can be accessed from its github repository."
Wine 1.2 Released 427
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Soulskill
from the pop-the-cork dept.
from the pop-the-cork dept.
David Gerard writes "Stuck with that one Windows app you can't get rid of? Rejoice — Wine 1.2 is officially released! Apart from running pretty much any Windows application on Unix better than 1.0 (from 2008), major new features include 64-bit support, bi-directional text, and translation into thirty languages. And, of course, DirectX 9 is well-supported and DirectX 10 is getting better. Packages should hit the distros over the weekend, or you can get the source now."
Comment: Doesn't matter (Score 1) 765
It doesn't matter. The new owner is not the lawful owner and must forfeit the laptop to the person who rightfully owns it.
It is then up to them to help you track down the thief.
Comment: I am sure it can be done (Score 1) 765
Contact the ISP to whom the IP addresses are registered, through a lawyer. Tell them that the laptop is stolen and ask them to confirm in writing that they could produce the name and address of the person using those IP numbers at the given time, if required to by law.
They don't need to give you that info, just confirm that they have it.
Then you can approach the police showing them that the only thing they need to do is obtain a subpoena for the info from the ISP to resolve the case.
ESRB Exposes Emails of Gamers Who Filed Privacy Complaints 75
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Soulskill
from the well-played dept.
from the well-played dept.
simrook writes, "Many people filed privacy complaints with the ESRB over Blizzard's recent (and afterward recanted) move to require the display of users' real life names on Blizzard's official forums. 961 of those complainants had their email addresses exposed in the ESRB's response." The response itself didn't go into the organization's thoughts on Blizzard's plan, but they explained to the Opposable Thumbs blog that anonymity isn't a huge concern to them, as long as users are given the opportunity to opt out.
"The role of the ESRB Privacy Online program is to make sure that member websites—those that display our seal on their pages — are compliant with an increasingly complex series of privacy protection laws and are offering a secure space for users to interact and do business online. ... But online privacy protection doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as anonymity. It's about making sure that websites collecting personal information from users are doing so not only in accordance with federal regulations but also with best practices for protecting individuals' personal information online."