User satisfaction is important, and that's what could end up busting Facebook at the bank. The users are their commodity. If they are unsatisfied and stop using the service (which they will when the next big-splash social site opens), Facebook finds itself with less and less value to offer their customers. Not concerning yourself with the users is a great model for a turn-and-burn, but not for sustaining a business. Zuckerberg comes off short sighted enough that he either doesn't get it, or doesn't care because he can cash out with a big sale before the critical event.

Sure, congress bends over when it comes to passing favorable copyright laws, but that's a long way from acting as enforcers of private property rights, which the *AAs seem to be indicating here. When it the feds have to pay their own money, you'll see far less bending over going on.

Someone actually found a viable real-world application for Segway that isn't a publicity gimmick.

Eh, you win some, you luge some.

we luge.

Is this some new cleric ability in D&D 4.0? Back in my day clerics could only turn undead.

Flagship, not mythic. That's what I get for trying to write two rants about games at the same time.

It didn't help that Mythic was completely unable to produce a viable business plan to support an ongoing MMO game. The ongoing profitability was tied to subscriptions, but they provided no mandate or even an incentive to subscribe. "Subscribe if you'd like, but you really don't get anything out of it," combined with a need to have the subscription income is just foolish business practice.

Good riddance to Mythic, and now we get the joy of seeing Bill Roper able to ruin Champions Online and Star Trek Online with his insane business and game design ideas.

You're seriously understaffed, and it's normal.