Comment Re:Quark gluon plasma? (Score 3, Insightful) 311
That... is an amazing analogy. Thank you.
Comment We know how this is going to end. (Score 5, Insightful) 205
Hey, Mr. Corbett? Let me teach you about a little something called the Streisand Effect.
Something tells me you're going to be very well acquainted with it in a day or so.
Something tells me you're going to be very well acquainted with it in a day or so.
Submission + - Ubisoft DRM problems remain unsolved (ubi.com) 1
ocean_soul writes: "More than three weeks after the release of The Settlers 7, with the controversial "always on-line" DRM, a lot of people still can't connect to Ubisoft's DRM servers. The forum threads where people can post if they are unable to connect keeps growing daily. The reason for the lack of fixes or responses from support seems to be that the people responsible were on vacation during the Easter holiday, despite the promis of 24/7 monitoring of the servers. The moral of this story seems to be that it is a bad idea to buy a game just before a major holiday. Something to keep in mind for Christmas shopping..."
Comment Re:and the money won't even go to Haiti (Score 1) 124
Citation needed, buddy. That's one huge accusation to make without something to back it up.
Comment Re:A serious black eye (Score 3, Insightful) 152
Certainly, they should have quality control, but I think that one of the biggest issues that is plaguing the iPhone and its developers is the sheer arbitrariness and inconsistency of the app approval process. Recall, if you will, that issue with the dictionary app getting rejected because it could be used to look up curse words, while other apps were allowed through that had far more potential to be offensive.
Comment Re:Government-granted monopoly leads to no alt. IS (Score 1) 268
"The real problem here isn't just that Comcast is doing the filtering."
Yeah, but isn't Comcast contracting them? It's not like they don't know what's going on with their own networks.
Yeah, but isn't Comcast contracting them? It's not like they don't know what's going on with their own networks.
