Comment Re:Read through his posts... (Score 1) 419
They don't delete the photos from your computer, nor do they stop letting you view them. If that were the case, it would be just as wrong.
Comment Re:An unfair fight is the point of war (Score 4, Insightful) 644
If you're firing RPGs, you're not a non-combatant, no matter how wrong you think the invasion is.
Comment Re:This is a violation of my privacy. (Score 1) 1582
We shall see! I for one, welcome...
Sorry, I can't do it. Unless there is an achievement for posting a formulaic joke...
Comment Re:I'm getting old, I don't understand the New Mat (Score 1) 342
The tab/title bar works the same on Windows.
Comment Re:Adding games to Steam (Score 1) 193
This can cause a large performance hit for some games/computers though. On my 2 YO computer, running UT3 with the steam overlay cost me ~25% of my FPS without it.
Comment Re:One way to get more registered voters (Score 2, Informative) 1088
This is thanks to what the ACLU calls the Constitution-Free Zone: http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/areyoulivinginaconstitutionfreezone.html
As a resident of Washington State, I've been lucky not to see this kind of thing yet but I may have to do the same as you if it ever happens to me.
Comment Re:How to Lie with Statistics (Score 1) 630
99% of all names are made up anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Comment WarCloning? (Score 4, Funny) 154
WarDriving = Driving around finding open APs.
"WarCloning" = Driving around cloning RFID stuff.
Shouldn't it be "CloneDriving" or something else? Though I suppose all of them are equally dumb. So nevermind...
Submission + - Microsoft details plans to extend Live game servic
rupert0 writes: Quote from article:
h nology/2003617917_webgames14.html
Microsoft detailed plans today to extend its successful Xbox Live online video-game service to personal computers running the Windows Vista operating system. .....
Microsoft plans to have three titles available for the PC online gaming platform in 2007, and they're all designed to run on its new Windows Vista operating system.
Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstec
Submission + - Virgina Bans "Imposter" Bands
NoVA writes: "Virginia passed a state law banning "imposter" bands. Basically the law states that no group can perform under the name of the original band unless there is at least one original member performing in the group. Exceptions to this rule are if those performing own the rights to the band name in question. This is a fine able offense of $5,000 to $15,000 per infraction. This law will more than like effect older bands that still tour under their original name while many of their original members are deceased or have since left the group."
Konami Slot Machines Flashing Subliminal Messages? 208
shadowspar writes "A Canadian province has pulled several models of Konami slot machines out of service after a news investigation revealed that they briefly flash a jackpot result on the screen every time they are played. Konami claims that the 'subliminal' jackpot images are unintentional and the result of a bug, but other US and Canadian jurisdictions are looking at pulling the machines as well."
Journal Journal: AJAX 404 scripts?
My organization just rolled out its new site design (which includes a good chunk of moved pages), and I just upgraded my copy of Danny Goodman's _Dynamic HTML_ to 3rd edition ("updated for Ajax and Web 2.0"). So I quickly realized we should have an AJAX script on our 404 pages. Parse the given URL, apply some heuristics, test a half-dozen candidate addresses, forward user to the best match.
