Comment Re:Watch this awsome ted talk "Cracking Stuxnet" (Score 1) 125
Just watch the talk as the commenter after you did.
Comment Watch this awsome ted talk "Cracking Stuxnet" (Score 2) 125
Ralph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
http://www.ted.com/ When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS01Hmjv1pQ
In short he shows/claims US was behind it.
Examining Indie Game Pricing 188
As the second Humble Indie Bundle flourishes, having taken in over $1.5 million in pay-what-you-want sales, the Opposable Thumbs blog has taken a look at indie game pricing in general, trying to determine how low price points and frequent sales affect their popularity in an ocean of $60 blockbusters. Quoting:
"... in the short term these sales are a good thing. They bring in more sales, more revenue, and expand the reach of games that frequently have very little marketing support behind them, if any. For those games, getting on the front page of Steam is a huge boost, putting it in front of a huge audience of gamers. But what are the long-term effects? If most players are buying these games at a severely reduced price, how does that influence the perception of indie games at large? It's not an easy question to answer, especially considering how relatively new these sales are, making it difficult to judge their long-term effects. But it's clear they're somewhat of a double-edged sword. Exposure is good, but price erosion isn't. 'When it comes to perception, a deep discount gets people playing the game that [they] wouldn't play otherwise, and I think that has both positive and negative effects,' [2D Boy co-founder Ron Carmel] told Ars. 'The negative is that if I'm willing to pay $5 but not $20, I probably don't want to play that game very much, so maybe I'm not as excited about it after I play it and maybe I drive down the average appreciation of the game.'"
Comment Why not make a GreaseMonkey plugin (Score 1) 608
For all those that want wikipedia to serve adds instead of begging
Why not make a GreaseMonkey plugin that replaces the beg add for a real add for the page.
and donate the add money directly to wikipedia
Beg add gone and money coming in, all problems fixed.
and adds will only be shown to people who want them, no add block needed.
No time to make it myself, but it should be easy to make.
