FunPika - Slashdot User

Comment Re:You won't have to use Steam to benefit from thi (Score 1) 183

by FunPika on Friday September 28, 2012 @06:02AM (#41486173) Attached to: Valve Blog Announces Dates For Steam Linux External Beta

So that's why Steam went with OSX after Apple's own app store was already in place? Your theory goes against the evidence.

Steam for OSX was announced on March 8, 2010 and released on May 12, 2010. The Mac App Store was announced on October 20, 2010 and released on January 6, 2011. So Apple's App Store was released several months later unless you are counting the iOS Store as something Valve would have been concerned about.

Comment Re:Anyone else first read "External" as "Eternal"? (Score 1) 183

by FunPika on Thursday September 27, 2012 @09:01PM (#41484291) Attached to: Valve Blog Announces Dates For Steam Linux External Beta

Knowing Valve, the time between beta/final release will be (close to) eternal anyways.

Comment Re:Don't be evil corrolary (Score 1) 134

by FunPika on Monday September 24, 2012 @03:23PM (#41441259) Attached to: Iran Blocks Google, Moves Forward With Domestic Network Plans

Apple/Microsoft/*insert Google competitor here* fanboys will still spam the Firehose with "OH MAI GAWD GOOGLE IS EVIL" stories until one of the editors posts it. So "no slashdot discussion" is probably a lost cause.

Comment Re:Linux has no advantage over windows.... (Score 4, Informative) 242

by FunPika on Saturday September 15, 2012 @08:34PM (#41349131) Attached to: Are Commercial Games Finally Going To Make It To Linux?

Valve has been getting faster FPS (but not by a huge amount) in Linux than in Windows.

Windows (DirectX): 270.6 FPS
Windows (OpenGL): 303.4 FPS
Linux: 315 FPS

Comment Re:Is Steam itself required? (Score 1) 130

by FunPika on Friday September 14, 2012 @02:45PM (#41338133) Attached to: <em>Black Mesa</em> Released

Steam is only a 1.5MB download (probably a bit more after actually being installed), nothing compared to the disk usage of the Source SDK (I think that is about 1GB) and Black Mesa (about 8GB).

Comment Re:Uh oh... (Score 1) 166

by FunPika on Sunday September 09, 2012 @05:00PM (#41282789) Attached to: 4chan Undergoing Major Revision, Getting Public API

Because 4Chan has never shown up on Slashdot before, right?

Comment Re:Nintendo great producer of PLASTIC crap. (Score 1) 192

by FunPika on Monday June 25, 2012 @06:15AM (#40436665) Attached to: Nintendo's Big-Screen 3DS XL Meets Lukewarm Reception

And even worse the GP was modded +1 informative.

Comment Re:SOPA (Score 4, Insightful) 224

by FunPika on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @04:18PM (#40313869) Attached to: Comcast Refusing To Comply With Piracy Subpoenas

Shutting down an ISP as large as Comcast and leaving 17 million people unable to connect to the Internet. Somehow I doubt our government, while pretty dumb, would be dumb enough to cause a shit-storm that massive.

Comment Re:That's it for me and Blizzard, man!! (Score 2) 540

by FunPika on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @05:25PM (#40301167) Attached to: <em>Diablo 3</em> Banhammer Dropped Just Before RMAH Goes Live

I imagine he is expecting that immature brats will go on the forums and be like "OMFG I CAN'T CHEAT ANYMORE BLIZZARD U SUCK IM UNSUBBING (from WoW)" on the forums.

Comment Re:Reddit reruns (Score 1) 219

by FunPika on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @12:50PM (#40297371) Attached to: Gamer Keeps Civilization II Game Going for 10 Years

This is Idle. I don't know why weird stuff from it occasionally shows up on the main page, but there is a preference to get rid of Idle articles somewhere if you want to use it.

Comment What? No room for students? (Score 1) 223

by FunPika on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @06:54AM (#40217701) Attached to: My primary work is ...

How about "Computer Engineering student working a near-minimum wage job to support their education"?

Comment Re:Can the phone call for help? (Score 1) 277

by FunPika on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @07:07PM (#40094797) Attached to: Ten Cops Can't Recover Police Chief's Son's iPhone

Apparently the "Find my iPhone" app they were using has the ability to start playing a loud alarm.

Comment Re:WHAT'S STOPPING US? (Score 2) 585

by FunPika on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @05:55AM (#40074411) Attached to: BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates

Wrong, 99% is sufficient. ;)

Journal Journal: Geeknet plans to "Maximize Shareholder Value" of Slashdot, other websites.

Journal by FunPika on Saturday May 12, 2012 @07:49AM

"Geeknet, Inc. (Nasdaq:GKNT), the online network for the global geek community, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company and its advisors to explore strategic alternatives with respect to its online media business, including the SourceForge, Slashdot and Freecode websites. The Company and its advisors will evaluate a range of options to maximize shareholder value, including, but not limited to, a potential sale of the Company's online media business, investing

Comment What did you expect? (Score 1) 7

by FunPika on Saturday May 12, 2012 @07:28AM (#39977805) Attached to: Slashgodz notably irritated

When you made a comment that was effectively "FREE KARMA PL0X!!!"?

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