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Comment: Hold your applause till the end... (Score 2) 427

by HaeMaker (#43208897) Attached to: Electronics Arts CEO Ousted In Wake of SimCity Launch Disaster

We have no idea this was the reason and I would bet EA does NOT blame DRM for the failure. Especially given the fact that the servers do little processing (as we now know). I am sure they blame server engineering for being unprepared, or the guy who didn't sign the big server check, or the team responsible for forecasting. I can almost guarantee they do not blame DRM, since your gamer brethren BOUGHT THE GAME knowing DRM was in there.

Only if DRM disappears from EA games in the future, can you declare victory.

Comment: We're not a bank, Jerry... (Score 1) 188

by HaeMaker (#43207237) Attached to: How To Bet Money On Your Future Success

Jerry Lundegaard: No, but, Wade, see, I was bringin' you this deal for you to loan me the money to put in. It's my deal here, see?
Stan Grossman: Jerry, we thought you were bringin' us an investment.
Jerry Lundegaard: Yah, right.
Stan Grossman: You're sayin'... What're you sayin'?
Wade Gustafson: You're sayin' that we put in all the money and you collect when it pays off?
Jerry Lundegaard: No, no. I- I 'd, pay you back the principal, and interest. Heck, I'd go one over prime?
Stan Grossman: We're not a bank, Jerry.
Wade Gustafson: What the heck, Jerry, if I wanted bank interest on seven hundred fifty thousand I'd go to Midwest Federal. Talk to Bill Diehl.
Stan Grossman: He's at Norstar.
Wade Gustafson: He's at -
Jerry Lundegaard: No, see, I don't need a finder's fee, I need a... finder's fee's, what, ten percent, heck that's not gonna do it for me. I need the principal!
Stan Grossman: Jerry, we're not just going to give you seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Wade Gustafson: What the heck were you thinkin'? Heck, if I'm only gettin' bank interest, I'd look for complete security. Heck, FDIC. I don't see nothin' like that here.
Jerry Lundegaard: Yah, but I... Okay, I would, I'd guarantee ya your money back.
Wade Gustafson: I'm not talkin' about your damn word, Jerry. Geez, what the heck're you--
Stan Grossman: We’re not a bank, Jerry.

Comment: Use of Stack Overflow != Bad Documentation (Score 5, Informative) 418

The official documentation and message boards serve two different purposes, The official documentation should be a complete reference to the API and structure of a language. This is necessary for completeness. Stack Overflow should be used for quick real-world examples of simple tasks to be used as a starting point, or to get help with a particularly nasty bug.

We need both approaches, and the success of one, does not indicate the failure of the other.

This is not to say official documentation doesn't fail for other reasons, but killing it in favor of Stack Overflow alone is not the answer.

I don't make the rules, Gil, I only play the game. -- Cash McCall

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