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Comment: Better than facebook (Score 5, Informative) 1223

by Saib0t (#36732062) Attached to: Google+ Already At 10 Million Users
This google+ thing is much better than facebook in my opinion.

It's like going from hotmail to gmail back when it launched.
It's sleek, doesn't get in the way, lets you do things easily. You manage your "friends" easily.

Hell, it's one service I wouldn't have any issue adding my boss and co-workers to, unlike facebook.

As a bonus, I don't get people posting asinine idiocies on my wall. Sure they can get me to eyeball their crap by mentionning me in their posts, but at least it won't bother everyone else who reads the things I write.

A negative side, not for me but for others, would be the lack of games, but we'll see...

Comment: Re:Intended Reaction? (Score 2, Insightful) 724

by Saib0t (#34325584) Attached to: <em>Witcher 2</em> Torrents Could Net You a Fine

Yes, we do go back and buy.

You have bought a legitimate license for EVERY SINGLE GAME you've ever downloaded/copied illegally?

Oh, the nice fallacy of the indivisible middle... "we do go back and buy", he said, not "we do go back and buy EVERY SINGLE TIME".

Now, if you're interested as to when, there's crap games, there's "meh" games not worth the money they're sold for and there's nice games. Those are the ones that are gone back for...

Comment: Re:No engineering? (Score 1) 542

by Saib0t (#34242456) Attached to: Shadow Scholar Details Student Cheating

"You can put whatever you want on it, front or back."

Hmmm.... it's a good thing he didn't say "and", or if I was the instructor I would have said "Nice try, but logically your exam assistant can't be on the front *and* the back of the paper at the same time".

Simply fold the paper in a moebius strip (or, more simply, fold back 2cms)

Comment: Re:Physicist speaking (Score 1) 284

by Saib0t (#33463550) Attached to: New Calculations May Lead To a Test For String Theory

As a physicist, I do get a bit annoyed at the constant attacks on string theory in public media.

Let me just state a few points please:

If you complain at string theory, then PLEASE state what you are proposing. What is the use in complaining when you have no alternative?

What kind of scientist are you? It doesn't matter if I can offer an alternative suggestion or not.

The use of "complaining" is to determine the validity of the theory. You can't test it, you can't determine if it's true. Simple enough for you?

If I were to say that invisible pink unicorns like small massive objects, you'd have every right to tear my suggestion apart without having to offer an alternative, that's the way it works...

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EVE Online channels in-game donations to Haiti-> 1

Submitted by PurpleCarrot
PurpleCarrot writes "Players in the MMORPG EVE Online have been encouraged to convert their virtual income into real monetary help for the Red Cross efforts in Haiti through donations of PLEXes, or game-time extensions. CCP, the developer of EVE Online, will forward 100% of the proceeds generated from donations to support Haiti. PLEXes (which extend a player's subscription for 30 days) are sold in batches of two for $34.99 in the United States, and are freely traded in the game's marketplace for ISK, the in-game currency."
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Comment: Re:Actual damages are 35 cents per work (Score 1) 390

by Saib0t (#30865996) Attached to: Judge Lowers Jammie Thomas' Damages to $54,000

What about the distribution part?

There was no evidence of her acting as a distributor. That would have required proof that she -disseminated copies -to the public -by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by a rental, lease or lending. There was no proof of any of those.

That's not what I was asking. I haven't checked the case, my question was wether there's a limit to monies awarded for the distribution.

The fact that the jury found her guilty of that despite the absence of proof really sucks, however the summary says the monies were awarded "for stealing and illegally distributing", hence my question.

I can read your mind, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

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