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Comment Re:What's With All The RIM Hate? (Score 1) 220

by Ravensign (#40148567) Attached to: RIM May Need To Write Off $1 Billion In Inventory

You simultaneous ask what's with all the hate, then indicate that you use an Android phone now. It's people like your very own self, people that used to love their BB's that now don't that is causing their implosion. A real one, that the "haters" are reporting on, accurately.

Is RIM supposed to make money for eternity based on what people like you "used" to love? What kind of economic model is that? If people *exactly* like you stuck with their BB's there would be no financial collapse and nothing to report on.

Comment Everyone already deals with virtual property now (Score 1) 184

by Ravensign (#29057229) Attached to: Making the Case That Virtual Property Is a Bad Idea

How real is the money in your bank account?

The money that customers virtually paid your employer with a credit card, that was then virtually direct deposited to your bank account, that you will then use to pay your ISP for internet with by automatic monthly deduction, that they will direct deposit in their employees bank accounts...

How real is money really in a system like this?
Games

The Dilemma of Level vs. Skill In MMOs 463

Posted by Soulskill from the one-does-not-imply-the-other dept.
Karen Hertzberg writes "Since MMORPGs became a mainstream medium, players have debated the two primary methods of advancement. Which is better? Is it the level-based system that is so dominant in today's MMORPGs, or the lesser-used skill-based system? This has been a strong subject of debate on many forums, blogs, and gaming sites for as long as the genre has existed. Ten Ton Hammer's Cody 'Micajah' Bye investigates the two concepts and gathers input from some of the brightest minds in the gaming industry about their thoughts on the two systems of advancement." Relatedly, I've seen a growing trend of players saying that such games don't really take much skill at all. The standard argument is that it just boils down to "knowing how to move" or "knowing when to hit your buttons." In the MMO community, people often make references to FPS or RTS games, saying they have a higher skill cap. However, the same complaints also come from within those communities, with comments like "you just need to know the map," or "it's all about a good build order." At what point does intimate knowledge of a game's mechanics make a player skilled?
Data Storage

Why a Hard Disk Is a Better Bargain Than an SSD 403

Posted by CmdrTaco from the did-this-really-need-saying dept.
Lucas123 writes "While solid state disks may be all the rage, what's often being overlooked in the current consumer market hype is that fact that hard disk drive prices are at an all-time low — offering users good performance and massive amounts of capacity for 10 to 30 cents a gigabyte. And in a side by side comparison of overall performance of consumer SSDs and HDDs, it's hard to justify spending 10 times as much for a little more speed."

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