Comment: And so it begins (Score 5, Interesting) 510
Give it a couple of weeks and Snowden will be labeled a pederast and it will play over and over in the news until it is true.
Comment: US shipping only:( (Score 1) 328
Could some of the more rebellious elements be persuaded to send some of the plant seeds to Europe?
Comment: I hope not... (Score 1) 379
You should spend whatever time you have left looking forwards not backwards.
Comment: Don't, just don't (Score 1) 399
Accept that a wedding is for her and about her. Ask her what she wants and give it to her.
Comment: Re:DECtalk (Score 3, Funny) 146
Neither dead nor alive! it is undead I tell you! UNDEAD cats roam the land!!!
Comment: Re:Major reasons we care about sphere packing (Score 1) 134
Not to mention that it is also cool. This is news for nerds after all:)
Comment: Who are they kidding? (Score 3, Insightful) 88
Too little, too late.
Comment: Re:In defense of Officer Bubbles... (Score 1) 594
Well he is getting paid for it. Not only is it her right to be there, the most important part of his job is to make sure she can be there.
Comment: Better title (Score 1) 779
Religion Causes Confusion Between Reality and Fiction
Comment: Learn to say 'NO' (Score 2, Insightful) 417
Learn to say no right now. It will be better for both you and you son.
The Push For Colbert's "Restoring Truthiness" Rally 703
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samzenpus
from the giving-truth-the-bump dept.
from the giving-truth-the-bump dept.
jamie writes "A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent 'Restoring Honor' event. The would-be rally has been dubbed 'Restoring Truthiness' and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own Colbert Nation.'"
Geologists Might Be Charged For Not Predicting Quake 375
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timothy
from the google-will-no-doubt-be-found-at-fault dept.
from the google-will-no-doubt-be-found-at-fault dept.
mmmscience writes "In 2009, a series of small earthquakes shook the region of L'Aquila, Italy. Seismologists investigated the tremors, but concluded that there was no direct indication of a big quake on the horizon. Less than a month later, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed more than 300 people. Now, the chief prosecutor of L'Aquila is
looking to charge the scientists with gross negligent manslaughter for not predicting the quake."
EA Introduces "Online Pass" To Get In On Used Games Market 223
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Soulskill
from the gee-thanks dept.
from the gee-thanks dept.
EA Sports has unveiled a new feature that they hope will help them get a piece of the lucrative used games market: the Online Pass. Each of their new titles will come with a one-time code that allows access to "premium" content and features. Players who buy the games used can get the same content, but will need to pay $10 for the privilege.
"According to EA, the content can include anything from title updates and downloads to features like online leagues — and even online gameplay and multiplayer modes. ... EA will offer 10-day trials of Pass content so that users can see what they would be getting. So far, EA seems to be limiting the premium add-on experiment to its sports portfolio. ... The company has apparently gained the support of retailer GameStop, which has been watching with a close eye efforts on the part of publishers to discourage its thriving used games business. According to the retailer, encouraging premium content add-ons still benefits GameStop, since it sells PlayStation Network and Microsoft Points cards. It praised EA's Online Pass as 'forward-thinking.'"
Comment: Accept or move on (Score 1) 709
Basically you can't do anything without being an asshole. If I were you, I would get another job.
Comment: Boring (Score 1, Insightful) 84
This game represents everything I hate about modern games. Apparently we want better lighting, better animations more life-like graphics. This striving for hyper-realism is driving me nuts.
The computer allows us to make everything, and yet we insist on creating worlds that are essentially no different from the one we live in. Where is the weird, the fantastic, the horrible and the wonderful? Why do we settle, when we can have anything? When do we start creating art?