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Comment Re:Where is the fun? (Score 1) 854

by EsabaCZ (#34030504) Attached to: Are Games Getting Easier?
I can see you point, and I also get pretty peeved when I get mocked by 14 yr olds that haven't hit puberty yet. However, I have found that just turning off all team chat makes a bit more enjoyable. When I first started playing COD:World at War (after being pretty bad ass back in the day at half-life Death match) and had my ass handed to me over and over at first just about made me want to rage quit. However, i toughed it out and figured out how to stay alive a little longer. Also, in the beginning (after being mocked a few times) i turned off all voice chat. Sure I couldn't talk to any what, but I didn't really fucking care. I couldn't hear them be jerks, so it didn't really bother me. So, step up turn off voice chat, I don't know about you, but I could fucking care less to "socialize" with 14 hr olds still living at home. Also, if you do a bit of looking sometimes you can find servers that will flat out ban people of shit talking and being a jerk. For COD: World at war, there use to be a guild out there MOF or house of something, can't relay remember, but they wouldn't stand for any of the shit talking that 14 yrs try to do and would flat out ban them after one warning. True, these types of servers are still few and far between , and I'm not sure if they ever existing on the console, but do a bit of poking around and you should be able to find one. Basically, my two cents, turn off voice chat and simple ignore the young fucks who want to be dick heads. I mean, after working all day, do you really fucking care about being able to talk with someone else? IMO, voice chat is what makes MP games irritating
The Almighty Buck

Report Indicates Widespread H-1B Visa Fraud 397

Posted by kdawson from the imagine-our-surprise dept.
Vrst1013 notes a Business Week account of a government report examining fraud in the H-1B program. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services just released a report to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee examining issues with fraud and technical violations within this program. Based on a sample size of 246 H-1B petitions, 13.4 percent showed fraud and 7.3 percent showed technical violations, for an overall violation rate of 20.7 percent. There was slso evidence of payment below the prevailing wage, offers of non-existent jobs, and fraudulent documentation. "'The report makes it clear that the H-1B program is rife with abuse and misuse,' says Ron Hira, [a professor] at the Rochester Institute of Technology ... However, both Presidential candidates, Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain, have said they support expanding the program."

Comment I don't give a damn (Score 1) 1730

by EsabaCZ (#22337894) Attached to: Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia
I don't give damn if it's insensitive to Muslims. The last time I checked, no body gives a damn about being insensitive to anyone much less offending any other religious group besides Muslims, why should they get special treatment because they act like childern and uncivilized heathens when they get "offended?"
  If you don't like something printed or said: turn the channel, visit another site, stop buying that particular paper, but don't try to hinder OUR right to free speech!

And if this "offends" you, stop reading slashdot and log-off the internet immediately. Life is about being offended, so if you can't get used that that notion you just need to seal off the rest of the world and never emerge from your "safe bubble." If none one is being offended, then we are all just sheep in the cosmic continuum.
Biotech

Controlling Computers With the Brain 253

Posted by kdawson from the telepathic-smileys dept.
Killam0n takes note of a story in CNN Money on progress in controlling computers via brainwaves. From an aspirin-sized implant a quadriplegic is now using to play computer games, the article extrapolates out to a near future in which we will all be wearing headband computers and IM'ing one another as if telepathically. "Two years ago, a quadriplegic man started playing video games using his brain as a controller. That may just sound like fun and games for the unfortunate, but really, it spells the beginning of a radical change in how we interact with computers — and business will never be the same. Someday, keyboards and computer mice will be remembered only as medieval-style torture devices for the wrists. All work — emails, spreadsheets, and Google searches — will be performed by mind control."
Netscape

Submission + - First peek at Netscape Navigator 9

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lisah
lisah writes: "Netscape released a beta version of Navigator 9 today that includes several new components while giving some old ones the boot. This release will no longer ship with mail or composer but does have URL correction, a pre-populated RSS feed menu, and a neat clipboard in the browser's sidebar that will hold links to websites you want to visit again but not necessarily bookmark."
Programming

Submission + - Intel updates compilers for multicore CPUs (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Threaded
Threaded writes: With multicore CPUs becoming the norm, Intel has announced major updates to its C++ and Fortran tools. The new compilers are Intel's first that are capable of doing thread-level optimization and auto-vectorization simultaneiously in a single pass. 'On the data parallelism side, the Intel C++ Compiler and Fortran Professional Editions both sport improved auto-vectorization features that can target Intel's new SSE4 extensions. For thread-level parallelism, the compilers support the use of Intel's Thread Building Blocks for automatic thread-level optimization that takes place simultaneously with auto-vectorization... Intel is encouraging the widespread use of its Intel Threading Tools as an interface to its multicore processors. As the company raises the core count with each generation of new products, it will get harder and harder for programmers to manage the complexity associated with all of that available parallelism. So the Thread Building Blocks are Intel's attempt to insert a stable layer of abstraction between the programmer and the processor so that code scales less painfully with the number of cores.'

The 10 "Inconvienient Truths" of File Sharing 587

Posted by Zonk from the how-the-burn-turns dept.
54mc writes "The IFPI, an international recording industry organization, has released a list of Ten "Inconvenient Truths" of file sharing. Though the group has a vested interest, it's still an interesting read as it tears apart some of the most common arguments in favor of file sharing. Ars Technica follows up with a more thorough explanation of some of the points. 'Point five is an attempt to turn the "innovation" argument on its head. For years, pundits outside the music industry have accused labels of pandering to teens through boy bands and "manufactured" celebrities instead of being concerned with finding, producing, and releasing art. The IFPI suggests that the labels could (and would) be doing exactly that if file-swapping went away. And then there's point seven, which isn't an "inconvenient truth" at all but more of a rant against those who prefer giving copyright holders less than absolute control over reproduction rights. An "anti-copyright movement" does exist, but most of the critical voices in the debate recognize the value of copyright--and actually produce copyrighted works themselves (Lawrence Lessig, etc.).'"
OS X

HardOCP Spends 30 Days With MacOSX 708

Posted by Zonk from the i'm-going-on-several-thousands-of-days-with-xp dept.
boyko.at.netqos writes "Hardocp.com has published "30 days with MacOSX" — with the same author from "30 days with Linux" and "30 days with Vista" doing the evaluation. Ultimately he likes the stability and security but other concerns keep him from recommending it. From the article: 'The hardware lock-in and lack of quality freeware makes owning and maintaining a Macintosh an expensive endeavor ... Mac OS X has some amazing capabilities, but you spend a lot of money. Indeed, it seems the preferred method for solving Mac computer problems is to buy your way out of it. Slow computer? Buy a new one. Want to convert a file? Buy a utility. Want to do simple tasks? Buy a commercial program. Peripherals don't work? Buy replacements.'"

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