Kithran - Slashdot User

Comment How many counties are still in halfway house stage (Score 1) 2288

by Kithran on Thursday April 21, 2011 @05:36AM (#35891056) Attached to: Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements?

The claim that only 3 countries use imperial is misleading - I'm curious as to how many countries are in a halfway house stage. What do I mean? Officially metric but plenty of things (both offical and matter of daily use) imperial.

For example in the UK you have:

Speed limits (still mph)
Road signs (distances still miles)
Lots of food/drink (e.g. milk sold in 4 pint containers, have to be labelled 2.273 liters but still referred to as pints and also have pint amount on label)
Petrol is priced by the liter but everyone refers to their car's mpg
etc.

Comment Re:ok i'll say it (Score 4, Informative) 620

by Kithran on Monday August 09, 2010 @05:00PM (#33195644) Attached to: <em>EVE</em> Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game

However there is also no need to ever undock with one PLEX never mind 74. You can apply them to you account (ie use the item to add 30 days to your subscription) from anywhere in the game. Yes he dies trying to get to the main trading hub in the game however he could have gone to any other station in the system and had no problems. Also he was an absolute fool for flying in a very fragile ship when another group had declared war on him (thus was able to be attacked even in the main trading hub system without interference).

Kithran

Copyright and the Games Industry 94

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 04, 2009 @03:51AM from the your-super-mario-toilet-paper-is-probably-illegal dept.

A recent post at the Press Start To Drink blog examined the relationship the games industry has with copyright laws. More so than in some other creative industries, the reactions of game companies to derivative works are widely varied and often unpredictable, ranging anywhere from active support to situations like the Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes debacle. Quoting: "... even within the gaming industry, there is a tension between IP holders and fan producers/poachers. Some companies, such as Epic and Square Enix, remain incredibly protective of their Intellectual Property, threatening those that use their creations, even for non-profit, cultural reasons, with legal suits. Other companies, like Valve, seem to, if not embrace, at least tolerate, and perhaps even tacitly encourage this kind of fan engagement with their work. Lessig suggests, 'The opportunity to create and transform becomes weakened in a world in which creation requires permission and creativity must check with a lawyer.' Indeed, the more developers and publishers that take up Valve's position, the more creativity and innovation will emerge out of video game fan communities, already known for their intense fandom and desire to add to, alter, and re-imagine their favorite gaming universes."

The State of UK Broadband — Not So Fast 279

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday November 26, 2008 @06:29AM from the but-you-have-actual-competition dept.

Barence writes "The deplorable speed of British broadband connections has been revealed in the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics, which show that 42.3% of broadband connections are slower than 2Mb/sec. More worryingly, the ONS statistics are based on the connection's headline speed, not actual throughput, which means that many more British broadband connections are effectively below the 2Mb/sec barrier. Better still, a separate report issued yesterday by Ofcom revealed that the majority of broadband users had no idea about the speed of their connection anyway."

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