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Submission + - SLASHDOT POLL: Should there be a Harry Potter #8?

Nom du Keyboard writes: SLASHDOT POLL
Should there be a Harry Potter #8?
Yes, Harry Potter and the Battle for Hogwarts.
Yes, other (see comments).
No, 7 are just right/more than enough.
No, Warner Brothers has already made enough money.
No, J. K. Rowling is already richer than the Queen.
No, the actors are too old.
Who is Harry Potter?

Comment No Possibility Huh... (Score 1) 854

No possibility, huh, that you might just be a better game player now than in the past? Can't give yourself a pat on the back there?

The problem is that if games continually get harder as time goes by, new players to computer games overall will never be able to complete them and quit buying them out of frustration.

If games are too easy then experienced players will quit buying them. Game makers will see the trend and increase the challenge.

Or you could just overclock your PS3..
Crime

FBI and NYPD Officers Sent On Museum Field Trip 70

In an attempt to "refresh their sense of inquiry" FBI agents, and NYPD officers are being sent to a course at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Art of Perception hopes to improve an officers' ability to accurately describe what they see during an investigation by studying art. From the article: "Amy Herman, the course leader, said: 'We're getting them off the streets and out of the precincts, and it refreshes their sense of inquiry. They're thinking, "Oh, how am I doing my job," and it forces them to think about how they communicate, and how they see the world around them.' Ms Herman, an art historian, originally developed the course for medical students, but successfully pitched it as a training course to the New York Police Academy."

Comment Sydney Opera House Too (Score 4, Interesting) 347

The Syndey Opera House Trust tries to pull the same crap, even though they are directly contradicted by Australian law on photography in public places. Seems to me that England also has a law that you can shoot any photograph you want in public, although the police there often do their best to ignore it when they are misbehaving otherwise. I would think that the Stonehenge people don't really have a case and are trying to get away with threats and bluster.

Comment I'd Be Pissed (Score 1) 304

I'd be pissed (and I don't mean drunk) if I was AMD (nee ATI) or Nvidia. Microsoft doesn't even make GPUs, yet now they've patented a way to limit one of the major uses of them and by extension, control the manufacturers of them. How long before the graphics houses need to license (i.e. pay extortion) to MS in order for their hardware to be fully utilized by end users without fear of a lawsuit? It's just another Microsoft tax by another name.

Submission + - Amazon Quietly Censoring Bookcovers 1

Nom du Keyboard writes: It seems that Amazon has embarked on a new policy of quiet bookcover censorship. It's possible that they were spooked by this hit piece in Slate, or there may be some other reason, but bookcovers featuring even tasteful nudity have been removed from the "All Departments" general search. Of course they never made this a public announcement; books just started disappearing from their general search without notice. Authors and publishers are being left with two choices: 1) Redo the cover to remove the nudity. 2) Have your title relegated to only Erotica searches for now. Their alleged excuse is that some minor might accidentally stumble upon an offending cover, but this seems to overlook the obvious fact that even with the cover changed Amazon is still selling the same unaltered content to that, or any other, purchaser. And is this only the first step for them? So far this hasn't apparently spread to other eTailers such as Fictionwise, making it possible to compare erotic titles on the two sites and see the Amazon required censorship in the changed cover art. So how do you feel about Amazon setting these rules for everyone?

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