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Comment Re:IT IS A BAD! (Score 1) 124

Video gamse are bad for your health, and they are a disservice to our Nation's morals. Anyone who plays video games should have to do equal time community service washing my cars. Everyone knows I am right so don't even bother modding me down or flaming me you pathetic nerd vergins.

Kinda sad that the guy who modded you a troll did not recognize bilious sarcasm.

Comment Re:What about Sony et al? (Score 1) 543

When Sony announced the forced arbitration agreement, with an option to opt-out, gamers everywhere were furious. When Microsoft introduced forced arbitration, I didn't hear a peep about it. I found out only by actually reading the new EULA (and fully rejected it. Now, some of my downloaded games no longer work).

The quantity of evilness has little to do with reputation. Sometimes it just depends on who moves first.

True - And actually, on Slash-I-love-Microsoft-and-the-360-and-hate-Sony-dot, there was no mention of the forced arbitration on the 360 (even though, with MS, there wasn't even a choice to opt-out via snail mail).

Comment Re:EULAs (Score 1) 384

You obviously didn't read it carefully, as if you send this in, your PSN account is immediately closed and you forfeit any money you have in your PSN wallet.

Welcome to Slashdot, home of the anti-Sony trolls, where even the most outrageous lies about Sony will be welcomed with open arms, and has a 99.99 % chance of being modded "Informative", "Insightful" or "Interesting".

Carry on, my trolling friends, both posters as well as the Mods.

China

Submission + - Patriot missiles found on China-bound ship (bbc.co.uk) 1

schwit1 writes: The Finnish authorities have impounded an Isle of Man-flagged ship bound for China with undeclared missiles and explosives, officials say.

"Actually in our investigation at the moment, we have got the information that we found 69 Patriot missiles on the ship and around 160 tonnes of explosives," said Detective Superintendent Timo Virtanen from the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation.

Technology

Submission + - Sorry, IT: These 5 technologies belong to users (infoworld.com)

GMGruman writes: "The BYOD (bring your own device) phenomenon hasn't been easy on IT, which has seen its control slip. But for these five technologies, it has already slipped, and Forrester and others argue IT needs to let go of them. That also means not investing time and money in all the management apps that vendors are happy to sell to IT shops afraid of BYOD — as this post shows, many just won't deliver what IT hopes."

Comment Re:EULAs (Score 1) 384

"Anti-Sony stories are one of Slashdot's most common page-view drawing tactics, so I'm always a little suspicious of any stories Slashdot posts....it's a well-known company that Slashdotters love to hate. Strangely, Nintendo gets a lot of love even though it has a history of being even more evil than Sony.

True. No one on Slashdot reported it when Microsoft added the no-sue clause with no way to opt-out (not even snail mail ala Sony) in their latest dashboard update. Probably 360 fanboys like reporting anti-Sony stories.

Comment Re:First (Score 1) 275

which is why I don't buy Sony anymore...

I presume the 360's proprietary and ridiculously expensive hard drive, proprietary and ridiculously expensive WiFi adapter, and proprietary component/composite cables in the original launch 360s - didn't bother you at all, right?

Troll - both you and the haters who modded you "Insightful".

Comment Re:Hilarity (Score 1) 434

Valve would also have to do the following "to be on Sony's level":
7. Offer up to 4 free games
8. If Valve had anything like a premium subscription offering, offer their customers up to 2 months of free premium sub.
9. Offer a month of free movie and music service.
10. Offer a year of free ID Theft protection.

Nice of you to forget all that though.

Comment Re:Hilarity (Score 2) 434

Well, the PSN network requires you register a credit card to make any real use of it (like playing games online, for example). This card must be registered directly with Sony

Ah, a lie from someone who has never played a game on PSN. Not sure if you are a 360 fanboy or just your standard /. Sony-hater, but FYI, Sony does NOT require you to register your CC for playing games online.

Comment Re:Ah, Avatar... (Score 1) 132

3D was a brief fad in the 1950's, with another brief fad in the 1980's.

We're already at the "it's 20 years later" stage and I could argue that what you say has actually happened to some degree; the current influx of 3D movies has already lasted longer than either fad, and the technology to make them is *much* better than it was back then.

Yes, and during each of those phases/fads, they tried some things, and found that when technology/expense didn't work, it fizzled out. This time around, the tech has progressed somewhat, and the quality is better, Better, but it could always be even better. But folks seem to be saying that one day it should no "no 3D" and then there should be only R&D for 3D without any returns for the next 5-10-20 years or so "until we are there", and then suddenly we should get "perfect 3D". I don't think it works that way. We will always go through iterations until we reach relative perfection. And those iterations may be spread apart by decades, or may be contiguous.

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