Comment Re:Stock photography sucks (Score 1) 171
Stock photo indeed (via TinEye): http://www.inmagine.com/bld087/bld087082-photo
Comment Re:In numbers I can understand, please (Score 1) 120
Why would Balmer be upset by that? Oh, you meant superior.tell Steve that the guy said the iPod was inferior to the Zune.
Submission + - Valve Reevaluates Episodic Gaming
Dr. Eggman writes: CVG has a recent article on Valve and it's Episodic Game plan. According to the article after the third episode's out, Valve plans to sit down with the community and figure out what's working and what's not. Newell also wants to spend time with Telltale Games and Blizzard, both developers of episodic and episodic-like game content. The question is: monolithic game development like Half-Life 2 or Episodic development like the trilogy. "We just want to sit down with three examples in front of us and talk it over with gamers to find out what they would like us to do next."
Submission + - Sony's solid state 2.4lb laptop reviewed
An anonymous reader writes: Last week Sony finally launched its super slim, super sexy TZ series of laptops in the US. If you've been waiting to get your hands on one of these, check out this first review of the top drawer TZ12VN, complete with solid state hard disk. It's a lot of money, but it sure looks sweet! http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/200 7/07/23/Sony-VAIO-VGN-TZ12VN/p1
Submission + - Most Powerful Star Explosion Observed
necro81 writes: The NY Times is reporting a discovery from a team of researchers about observations of the cataclysmic explosion of a 100- to 200-solar-mass star — the brightest stellar explosion ever observed. The researchers believe that the explosion is similar to the death spasms of the first stars in the universe. Rather than create a black hole, the super-massive star's collapse is believed to have been so energetic as to create unstable electron-positron pairs that tore the star apart before it could collapse into a black hole — seeding the universe with heavier elements.
You Can Oppose Copyright and Support Open Source 378
kfogel writes "I'm submitting 'Supporting Open Source While Opposing Copyright' as a response to Greg Bulmash's piece from yesterday. I think there were a number of flaws and mistaken assumptions in Bulmash's reasoning, and I've tried to address them in this rebuttal, which has undergone review from some colleagues in the copyright-reform community."
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