Comment where do I go to cash in my beenz (Score 3, Insightful) 124
or can I just feed them directly to farmville animals
Comment To hell with those codecs; the real story here is: (Score 1, Interesting) 686
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Not even apple thinks xserves are worth a shit
I freaking knew it
Comment And nothing of value was lost. (Score 4, Interesting) 98
Access owns PalmOS, Access owns BeOS, WebOS was a failure, and it's a damn shame, but Palm hasn't done anything worthwhile since the Treo 650. I loved my Treos, and I loved the Kyocera 6035 I had before them, but the only value Palm provides these days is nostalgia.
Comment Dr. Who on the Net? (Score 2, Interesting) 379
I don't keep a television in my house. Is there anywhere on the net to watch Dr. Who streaming that anyone could recommend?
Comment Re: LOCKED!! IT'S FOR YOUR OWN FUCKING GOOD!! (Score 1) 624
Perhaps the GP meant that Microsoft is the only alternative to Apple, and that Russian programmers can easily circumvent Windows security. That still doesn't explain how they would get into my Linux box.
Comment Re:Correlation != causation (Score 1) 776
The real reason could be as simple as the sample size is fucking tiny.
Comment goes to show.. (Score 4, Funny) 776
Old people can't use computers. Even if it involves lightly pressing on the accelerator.
Comment Phoning home (Score 2, Interesting) 251
Does it still send unknown encrypted data back to google at will?
Thanks, that's all I need to know about this browser.
Comment Re:Nonsense. (Score 1, Funny) 349
This is artificially recycled urine and sweat, you twit.
Comment Hilarious (Score 5, Insightful) 230
This guy's worried about "narrowing the ways in which developers think about and write networked applications" in a world where people are reinventing wall(1) as twitter, IRC as friendfeed, and other web 2.0 'innovations.' You want to widen developers' thinking about networking? Leave sockets alone and close off port 80.
An In-Depth Look At Game Piracy 504
TweakGuides is running a detailed examination of PC game piracy. The author begins with a look at the legal, moral, and monetary issues behind copyright infringement, and goes on to measure the scale of game piracy and how it affects developers and publishers. He also discusses some of the intended solutions to piracy. He provides examples of copy protection and DRM schemes that have perhaps done more harm than good, as well as less intrusive measures which are enjoying more success. The author criticizes the "culture of piracy" that has developed, saying. "Fast forward to the 21st century, and piracy has apparently somehow become a political struggle, a fight against greedy corporations and evil copy protection, and in some cases, I've even seen some people refer to the rise of piracy as a 'revolution.' What an absolute farce. ... Piracy is the result of human nature: when faced with the option of getting something for free or paying for it, and in the absence of any significant risks, you don't need complex economic studies to show you that most people will opt for the free route."
