Comment Re:Public access (Score 1) 47
Yes they pay about a half cent out of each tax dollar. This isn't about NASA it's about Boeing.
Comment Re:Shades of... (Score 1) 93
I was fooled once with titanfall. Glad I didn't buy into this one. In fact the free beta was so lacking in fun that I deleted it the same day. Much like I'm now deleting all the spam emails I receive from them, apparently having clicked OK on some marketing consent thing somewhere along the way.
Submission + - Amazon to Buy Twitch for $970 Million
Dave Knott writes: Amazon has agreed to acquire the live game-streaming service Twitch for approximately $970 million in cash, a move that could help Amazon bolster its position in the fast-growing business of online gaming and give it technology to compete with video-streaming rivals Netflix and YouTube. The acquisition, which has been approved by Twitch's shareholders, is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Google had for some time been reported to have interest in acquiring Twitch, but those talks cooled in recent weeks. Google was unable to close the deal, said sources familiar with the talks, because it was concerned about potential antitrust issues that could have come with the acquisition.
Comment Re:Glenn Research Plum Brook has one that goes to (Score 1) 113
Goddard has one too and you can feel the building vibrate when it runs.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/unique_resources_prt.htm
Comment Testing didn't always go so well.... (Score 1) 123
In "When the Bullet Hits Your Funny bone" http://amzn.com/1606190660
One of the "funny" stories talks about this device and a SEAL being whisked away from a card game. Unfortunately, something went wrong and he released just before reaching the plane. He flashed the bird to the plane as he fell to his death.
That was the one tale from that book in which I didn't quite see the humor. Just goes to show how routine this stuff is for those who live it.
RPG Heroes Are Jerks 119
I have to give him credit for smashing the vases to get the medicine, and finding the legendary wedding dress among the rags. However, he forgot to kill the peasants for xp and you should always check the fireplace for any remaining food.
Devs Finally Finding Success With Xbox Indie Games 65
McBacon writes with this excerpt from Wired.co.uk:
"Often dismissed as a failed venture, the Xbox Indie Games programme has earned successful man-and-his-dog developers tens of thousands of pounds from sales of their homebrew games. Wired explores the success stories of this hidden marketplace. ... now, more than a year since its launch, the Xbox Indie Games are seeing something of a revival. Microsoft has made huge strides to improve the service, games are beginning to be taken more seriously and success stories are becoming more and more common. Especially for [James] Silva, a New York-based developer, who became an impromptu Indie celebrity after his game The Dishwasher won Microsoft's Dream-Build-Play competition. He says he's 'absolutely thrilled' to have seen I Maed a Gam3 w1th Zomb1es!!!1 — his latest game — become a cult hit, for gamers to flock to it in record numbers and to have sold over 200,000 copies."
Comment cool but (Score 1) 125
He starts the article with "As an IT professional, I rarely get out of the office."
Then a wee bit further down says "...Ive gotten above 10,000 feet in the Sierra almost weekly for the past seven years."
Still, I enjoyed the read. That's some good company leading the way.
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