Comment An Understatement (Score 4, Insightful) 299
To say I wish I had your problem would be an understatement.
Comment Please make this happen (Score 1) 614
I have had my issues with John McCain and his politics in the past, but this is just GENIUS!
Comment Waiting for response (Score 2) 342
*grabs popcorn and waits for rebuttal letter*
Considering the rates of acceptance is going up, I think the problem with the patent "industry" is the expectation that any application should just get accepted and dealt with in courts later.
Comment Where is Washinton? (Score 1) 371
Never been to Washinton before.
Comment Re:Can someone please tell me... (Score 1) 50
I meant my comment to pertain more to the private sector and not the public sector like schools and government agencies like NASA.
Comment Can someone please tell me... (Score 1) 50
why we are letting the government allow patent trolls to exist? They are a leech to the tech and innovation world. Here's a thought, you can only have claim in court to a patent infringement if you currently have or have significant evidence of working on a product that uses that patent. This would get rid of patent trolls that just sit on patents to sue people and companies.
Comment From Florida (Score 1) 614
We didn't feel nothing down here...
Comment Re:Megatexture is asinine. (Score 1) 172
I will give you the benefit that you probably have not made a game before, so you probably dont understand what MegaTextures really mean to an artist. Your statement is incorrect and too bad comments like these go out everywhere before actually doing some research into the topic. It may be slightly more work for an artist to pull off, but it also gives the artist more freedom to shape the game world that many of us will be spending hours in. Thank you Id Tech 5!
Comment Poor Poor Video Games (Score 1) 192
Why is it that Video Games are still not considered as a major source of media? Looking at the full list schema page there is no mention of a video game, even though the industry is larger than the music industry when it comes to revenue and sales. Yet music has many different new tags. Curse you evil big corps!
Comment Enough Said... (Score 1) 93
Apple's first attempt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_KxN0Nepus
Submission + - Facebook spammer fined $360 million (sophos.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Facebook has been awarded $360,500,000 in damages against spammer Philip Porembski, who phished the login details of at least 116,000 Facebook users, and sent more than 7.2 million spam messages to victims' online friends.
Facebook claimed that it received more than 8000 complaints from users as a result of the spam campaign, and more than 4500 users had deactivated their accounts.
Facebook claimed that it received more than 8000 complaints from users as a result of the spam campaign, and more than 4500 users had deactivated their accounts.
Submission + - Ford Building Cars That Talk to Other Cars W/ WiFi (allcartech.com)
thecarchik writes: Ford's technology works over a dedicated short-range WiFi system on a secure channel allocated by the FCC. Ford says the system one-ups radar safety systems by allowing full 360-degree coverage even when there's no direct line of sight. Scenarios where this could benefit safety or traffic? Predicting collision courses with unseen vehicles, seeing sudden stops before they're visible, and spotting traffic pattern changes on a busy highway.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported in October that vehicle-to-vehicle warning systems could address nearly 80 percent of reported crashes not involving drunk drivers. As such, it could potentially save tens of thousands of lives per year.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported in October that vehicle-to-vehicle warning systems could address nearly 80 percent of reported crashes not involving drunk drivers. As such, it could potentially save tens of thousands of lives per year.
