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Comment Re:It was a tech meeting (Score 2) 551

by BurnTim on Thursday December 15, 2016 @12:10AM (#53487817) Attached to: Twitter Cut Out of Trump Tech Meeting Over Failed Emoji Deal, Says Report

Firstly; Facebook were invited, they're also primarily a social media site. Secondly; Twitter were invited (so they obviously were seen as a worthwhile guest initially) they just got bumped in light of events, that's the story. That's what you're missing.

Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Will Advise Trump On Business Issues (theverge.com) 244

Posted by msmash on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @11:25AM from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick have joined President-elect Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum, which will regularly meet with the soon-president to advise on business issues, the Trump transition team said in a statement. From a report on The Verge: The now 19-member council, established earlier this month, also includes Disney CEO Bob Iger and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty. Members will "share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his economic agenda," according to the transition statement. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi also joins today. The announcement suggests a new link between the president-elect and Silicon Valley, which has been generally wary of the Trump presidency, with the notable exception of Facebook board member and Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, who supported Trump despite controversy and has been working as an adviser for the transition team.

Comment Good thing he's not a sex pest... (Score 1) 555

by BurnTim on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @07:35PM (#53397443) Attached to: Trump Will Get Power To Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages To All Americans

'You up?'

Comment I have to disagree (Score 1) 126

by BurnTim on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:10PM (#53120031) Attached to: Higher-End Smartphones Make You Happier, Says JD Power Study

I'm certainly not happier having spent more money on my Galaxy Note 7.

Comment Manbang&Chill (Score 2) 162

by BurnTim on Monday August 22, 2016 @10:49PM (#52753017) Attached to: North Korea Unveils Netflix-Like Streaming Service Called 'Manbang'

'Can I invite you over for Manbang and Chill' You decide which of the two is the sexual portion.

Comment THIS JUST IN (Score 5, Funny) 457

by BurnTim on Monday March 28, 2016 @07:12PM (#51796031) Attached to: FBI Unlocks iPhone Without Apple's Help In San Bernadino Case

The FBI have confirmed that Farook had a Flappy Bird High Score of 31.

Comment Unethical Behaviour (Score 1) 263

by BurnTim on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @02:05AM (#28007793) Attached to: Do We Want ISPs Penalizing Music Fans?

ISP's should not have to be the middle man; tracking what users and downloading, this isn't there role, priority or ethical right. Let it go.

First Graphics Game Written On/For a 16-Bit Home PC 159

Posted by Soulskill on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:41PM from the it's-an-e-antique dept.

The GPI writes with a story about Scott's Space Wars, a piece of gaming history: "This game was written by the famous game author Scott Adams, who founded Adventure International, the first multimillion dollar PC game company. It was founded over 30 years ago and developed for early 8-bit home PCs, i.e. TRS-80, Apple II, Atari. Scott's Space Wars is the first graphics game that was ever written at home, for a 16-bit home computer. The original source code is available as photos of the original 1975 hand-written manuscript. The last purchaser of the manuscript paid $197,500 in 2005. A brief video shows how the game was played."

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