Comment Re:State of IRIX? (Score 1) 107
There was that 3d filesystem navigator that was used in the Jurassic Park movie.
Comment Re:But of course... (Score 3, Insightful) 455
They have no intention of making another Chrono sequel.
So what? That doesn't allow someone to take their non-free assets and do with it as they please.
The ROM hacking community is nearly all diehard fans. Pissing them off does not sound like a good way to do business.
And the ROM hacking community probably makes up a hugely small fraction of game buyers so I really doubt Square Enix could even care less.
This decision will certainly make me think twice before buying a Square-Enix game new.
I'm sure they are quaking in their boots over that.
Comment Re:Unfortunate (Score 1) 455
Here's six wildly popular games that were vastly improved by massive modding opportunities.
But that wasn't their claim. Their claim was that "A lot of great PC games were even more successful than they otherwise might have been because they opened themselves up to the mod community".
Comment Re:Unfortunate (Score 0) 455
A lot of great PC games were even more successful than they otherwise might have been because they opened themselves up to the mod community.
A lot is a huge stretch. I doubt you can name more than a half dozen.
Comment Re:But of course... (Score 2, Informative) 455
Yes, because you aren't allowed to use someone else's non-free assets without their permission.
Comment Re:Something doesn't quite make sense, here... (Score 1) 545
You know I'd take your condescending tone more seriously if you didn't have spelling and grammar mistakes all throughout your post.
Comment Re:You're looking at it backwards... (Score 1) 219
Unless they had it disabled the Red Hat systems they used would have had SELinux enabled by default so if their linux systems really were a sieve then that doesn't speak to highly of SELinux and the NSA.
Comment Re:Linux (Score 5, Funny) 219
Whoosh!
Comment Re:Not as many? (Score 1) 219
Linus may be adamant, but the Linux kernel has plenty of its own shitty code inside of it.
Comment Re:Not as many? (Score 0, Redundant) 219
Ah yes because the Chinese government has a long history of being trustworthy and never lying to it's citizens or attempting to rewrite history.
Comment Re:Not as many? (Score 3, Insightful) 219
The programmers that contribute to OS projects are pretty adamant about good code, something Microsoft will learn one day.
And yet in practice this statement doesn't hold up because there is plenty of shit code floating around in open source projects.
Comment Re:NCCDC (Score 2, Interesting) 219
Except as the story says this wasn't even the worse they could do. They tamed down their attacks to the level of the undergraduates.
Comment Re:Dumb Idea (Score 1) 545
The bank is the one who would levvy this alleged 2 SEK fee, yet they have absolutely nothing to gain from playing along with this dumb game.
They have a 2 SEK per transaction fee to gran by playing along.
Comment Re:As seen on right here... (Score 5, Informative) 545
He wasn't just a member he was on the board of directors of one of the copyright lobby groups.
Comment Re:Fixed! (Score 1) 210
I thought maybe I could help it be a little funnier with a juxtaposition.
And you failed miserably. Good job!
