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Comment Not just the carriers... (Score 1) 103

I personally asked my carrier, Virgin/Boost mobile to block these. I did not ask for them, they are unsolicited messages coming from a campaign for a person I do not want messages from; Not that Trump thinks he has to ask permission, but I'm sure that plenty of other people got these messages block too because they are, put simply, spam - in reality and in metaphor.

China Bans Gold Farming 293

InformationWeek is reporting that the Chinese government has declared a ban on the sale of virtual goods for real currency. This move is poised to shut down a several billion yuan a year business that has been growing by leaps and bounds every year. "The trading of virtual currency for real cash employs hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and generates between $200 million and $1 billion annually, according to a 2008 survey conducted by Richard Heeks at the University of Manchester. He estimates that between 80% and 85% of gold farmers are based in China. [...] Game companies typically forbid gold farming but committed virtual currency traders find ways around such rules. Some game companies have recognized the futility of trying to ban the practice and have built virtual commerce into their game infrastructure."

Comment Re: (Score 1) 417

HP seems to be making the argument, that if it can't sell gaming PC's, then gaming must be dead, or something...its all straws.

The market isn't going to suddenly shift to consoles and not PC's like a snap of your fingers. Look at VHS! The last major VHS distributor closed shop, and VHS format has been around for almost 32 years, DVD format debuted in 1993, and we're only now phasing out production on VHS.

But the DVD replaces the VHS, here's the biggest difference. Console gaming doesn't replace PC gaming and vice versa, both methods can coexist just fine. And even with all the home gaming around, places like Gameworks thrive on their arcades. Arcade gaming will die before anything IMHO

Comment Re: (Score 4, Informative) 225

Where I work if a project gets shelved we separate any useful functions from the code and copy those for future use. and then the code gets archived and a document of its code printed out on paper for reference and as a hard backup. Basically its recycled, although we've had clients come up after 5 years wanting to restart the project, and are surprised that we still have it.

Comment Re: (Score 1) 1123

I don't have time to troll through all the responses to see if I'm repeating anything, but I offer my wisdom. Its more difficult to get a job without a degree, but not impossible. Some employers only care that you have that piece of paper, and could care less if you actually knew the stuff. The trick lies in finding one that knows that the talent behind that paper (or that would be behind it) is way more important than the paper itself.

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