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Comment Re:A slightly unrelated topic... (Score 1) 988

by flowwolf (#37802772) Attached to: Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android
All natural medicines do not equal homoeopathy. I use many natural remedies for boosting my immunity. Homoeopathy is a very specific "alternative" medicine type that imho is complete and utter bullshit. Acupuncture or dietary changes are not homoeopathy even in the broadest sense of the word. Steve Jobs, afaik, did not subscribe to any of that nonsense. I honestly can't blame the guy for trying less invasive treatments before electing for surgery. Any kind of decision involving getting surgery done should be weighed very heavily.

Comment Re:Steam policy on account bans (Score 1) 187

by flowwolf (#37334210) Attached to: AMD Accidentally Leaks 1.7 Million <em>DiRT 3</em> Keys
It's a little different of a situation when the keys published on the internet come from a recognized partner. AMD leaked their legitimate keys. This wasn't some illegal collection of keys. I'm sure action will be taken on any accounts that used one of these keys, but I dont think steam would suspend their account permanently. The context of this problem is entirely different than the one their zero tolerance policy describes.

Does anyone have any leads on what steam is doing in regards to anyone who obtained one of these keys? Its definatly a tricky situation for them, as man of these keys leaked were shipped with amd graphic cards already.

Comment Re:'Zero tolerance policy' - i find this funny ... (Score 1) 187

by flowwolf (#37334158) Attached to: AMD Accidentally Leaks 1.7 Million <em>DiRT 3</em> Keys
There's defiantly more to this story that "simply stating piracy exists". Getting banned from a forum is also no big deal. You can make a new forum account very easily. There are clear rules there that say do not talk about piracy. It is a reasonable request. You got banned because you defied their request, not because they're pretending the issue doesn't exist. Policy is policy.

Comment Re:Cruise ship (Score 1) 81

by flowwolf (#37334060) Attached to: Airship Company Gets First Civilian Customer
Realistically, the cruise ship market exists. Obviously they aren't trying to sell people on getting to their destination fast and they also have a much higher turn around than airliners as well. As the OP described it, it would be a leisure cruise and there is more profit opportunities in that business than just admission tickets. Business travel and leisure travel are two entirely different business models.

Comment Re:Yes, it is just a PR stunt (Score 1) 214

by flowwolf (#37281180) Attached to: Domino's Plans Pizza On the Moon
The cool part of this in my opinion, is that they are actually drawing up a blueprint to do this. I would say we are technologically capable of getting it done and the steps to produce this structure may very well be taken. Now a days private companies are pushing into space more and more. Colonizing the moon might get a swift kick in the ass soon enough.

Comment Re:False Advertising? (Score 1) 162

by flowwolf (#36504476) Attached to: Codemasters Shuts Down <em>GRID</em> Online Multiplayer
5 years isn't long at all for a game. The only reason they would have you believe it is old and mouldy is so that you rush out to buy the new $70 title. This is why I don't subscribe to the console world any longer. Developers have created a market where long term support for games isn't expected at all. You are a classic example of this perception.

Comment Re:Actually about Sony? (Score 2) 159

by flowwolf (#36345444) Attached to: Hackers Attack Nintendo, But Company Claims Data Safe
Stop pretending that the members of lulz security, operation anon, anonymous, 4chan, whatever you call them; are part of some sort of moral higher ground. They hacked nintendo get steal valuable information. plain and simple. Any other motives they pretend to have are contrary to their actions. Vigilante groups like them will just lead to harsher regulation laws that hurt people like me, the consumer and benefit corporations like the one they're supposedly fighting.

Comment Re:I wonder if the hackers would stop.. (Score 1) 452

by flowwolf (#36334458) Attached to: Sony Compromised, Again
Nobody is excusing sony for their "actions" though that doesn't make any sense. What you probably mean instead is sony's INACTION in regards to security. What is happening in this thread however is people are excusing Anon's actions within this matter. Lulz security is obviously inspired by or directly part of anon, as we can tell by the title they gave them self. I'm pointing out that there is absolutely no excuse for disclosing this kind of sensitive user information. So what you ask? You sir, are also an asshat.

Comment Re:I wonder if the hackers would stop.. (Score 1) 452

by flowwolf (#36334434) Attached to: Sony Compromised, Again

This is true. I could care less about sony though. They are a faceless corporation. Their customers however are my fellow men. This attack was a direct assault against them and hurts them more than it ever would hurt sony.

I guess anon's new prerogative is to hurt anyone who doesn't agree with them. Not just the perpetrators.

Comment Re:I wonder if the hackers would stop.. (Score 1) 452

by flowwolf (#36327328) Attached to: Sony Compromised, Again

You aren't getting it. You're blinded by biast. Responsible disclosure would've been releasing just enough of the password to prove they had and not given away 1000's of innocent people's security information. They did not do this. They released 1000's of innocent people's security information.

"Lulz Security" Is not acting from some moral higher ground here. Do not try and pretend they are.

Comment Re:I wonder if the hackers would stop.. (Score 1) 452

by flowwolf (#36327212) Attached to: Sony Compromised, Again
This is a ridiculous justification. The actions taken are clearly an attack on the customers of sony and it's clear that these kids running this "security company" are only in it for the lulz. A name says alot. There is no higher motive behind these attacks. They are being very reckless about how this data was released and don't know anything regarding responsible disclosure. Its easy enough to prove you have the data with enough of a mask over it so that it's unusable. If they simply showed the first and last letter of every password that would be enough to prove it. They didn't do this.

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