Comment See you in 2025 (Score 1) 106
Most data points to a 4 to 5 year recovery of consumer confidence and flight levels seen in 2019.
Comment Well that certainly is different (Score 5, Insightful) 509
Not sure I like it or would buy one, but it does look cool.
Comment Re:Funny thing is (Score 4, Insightful) 120
Its certainly appreciated, however when its for a $2 roll of tape that is where its silly.
Comment Don't like the Results or Blame the Bot (Score 2) 572
I would bet this is a case of folks not like the results of what is really out in the world vs. what is wrong with the bot. However it could just be a manipulation and intended for the lulz.
Gamer Plays Doom For the First Time 362
sfraggle writes "Kotaku has an interesting review of Doom (the original!) by Stephen Totilo, a gamer and FPS player who, until a few days ago, had gone through the game's 17-year history without playing it. He describes some of his first impressions, the surprises that he encountered, and how the game compares to modern FPSes. Quoting: 'Virtual shotgun armed, I was finally going to play Doom for real. A second later, I understood the allure the video game weapon has had. In Doom the shotgun feels mighty, at least partially I believe because they make first-timers like me wait for it. The creators make us sweat until we have it in hand. But once we have the shotgun, its big shots and its slow, fetishized reload are the floored-accelerator-pedal stuff of macho fantasy. The shotgun is, in all senses, instant puberty, which is to say, delicately, that to obtain it is to have the assumed added potency that a boy believes a man possesses vis a vis a world on which he'd like to have some impact. The shotgun is the punch in the face the once-scrawny boy on the beach gives the bully when he returns a muscled linebacker.'"
Comment Power Play by Consumers Union (Score 0) 588
This seems like a power play to provide more relevance to Consumer's Union than a specific attack on Apple. I am by no means an Apple fan but this issue seems potentially overstated.
Comment Re:Joomla is so simplistic (Score 1) 69
I have been using Joomla for about 2 years and what you just wrote would have been nice to know up front. It is not simplistic if all the documentation seems to skip over very basic but important concepts. Joomla has come a long way but the non-intuitive naming of all the various components of a website make it near impossible for a novice to use without a lot of work.
