Hamo - Slashdot User

Comment Re:At least for smoking (Score 1) 299

by Hamo on Thursday June 02, 2011 @04:23PM (#36324434) Attached to: Why We Have So Much "Duh" Science

In fact, this cultural attitude is a part (a small one, granted) of the reason I do smoke. I'm not exactly a rebellious person, but its kinda fun to give a giant "F*** you" to our culture.

Wow, you sure showed us!

Comment Re:A modest proposal (Score 1) 489

by Hamo on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @03:34PM (#35012208) Attached to: Four Outrages Techies Need To Know About the State of the Union

Wow, a less informed rant is hard to find.

No it's not, just turn on Fox News and wait 5 minutes!

Comment Re:Raiding (Score 2, Informative) 175

by Hamo on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @04:35PM (#34042192) Attached to: Greg 'Ghostcrawler' Street, Lead Systems Designer For <em>World of Warcraft</em>

Seriously? Icecrown Citadel was introduced in patch 3.3 which came out on December 8, 2009, almost 11 months ago. I really don't think it is that unreasonable for raid leaders to expect raid members to know basic encounter mechanics which have been in the game for almost a year when all it takes to learn them is about 5 seconds of googling. Furthermore, with the current (up to last patch) badge system, you can get a 5K gearscore on a fresh 80 in a weekend by running heroic 5 man dungeons through the use of the Dungeon Tool you just mentioned. So if you mean it is nigh impossible to completely unreasonably get carried in a PUG raid, I suppose you are correct.

Comment Senate (Score 1) 625

by Hamo on Friday October 01, 2010 @12:46PM (#33761014) Attached to: Senate Votes To Turn Down Volume On TV Commercials

You guys arguing about "government shouldn't get involved" this and "free market" that are missing the real issue here... that the Senate unanimously passed a bill! Personally, I am taking the rest of the day off in celebration of this historic event.

Modern Warfare 2 Not Recalled In Russia After All 94

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 20, 2009 @04:14AM from the it's-the-thought-that-counts dept.

thief21 writes "After claims that console versions Modern Warfare 2 had been recalled in Russia due to complaints from politicians and the gaming public over the infamous airport slaughter scene, it turns out the stories were completely untrue. Activision never released a console version of the game in Russia." Instead, they simply edited the notorious scene out of the PC version. They did this of their own volition, since Russia doesn't have a formal ratings committee.

Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows 68

Posted by timothy on Friday November 20, 2009 @03:36AM from the what-would-the-kids-look-like? dept.

eldavojohn writes "Both the EU and US are using a strategy to merge what used to be two separate searches: the search for exoplanets that may harbor life and the search for dark energy. In an effort to develop 'robust, low-risk missions that maximize the scientific return,' the article analyzes how, without any changes, a space-based dark energy telescope could also check for microlensing events indicating an exoplanet."

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