Comment Misquoted (Score 5, Informative) 116
The actual quote was "Houston we've had a problem".
Treading the Fuzzy Line Between Game Cloning and Theft 235
eldavojohn writes "Ars analyzes some knockoffs and near-knockoffs in the gaming world that led to problems with the original developers. Jenova Chen, creator of Flower and flOw, discusses how he feels about the clones made of his games. Chen reveals his true feelings about the takedown of Aquatica (a flOw knockoff): 'What bothers me the most is that because of my own overreaction, I might have created a lot of inconvenience to the creator of Aquatica and interrupted his game-making. He is clearly talented, and certainly a fan of flOw. I hope he can continue creating video games, but with his own design.' The article also notes the apparent similarities between Zynga's Cafe World and Playfish's Restaurant City (the two most popular Facebook games). Is that cloning or theft? Should clones be welcomed or abhorred?"
Comment Actually... they don't! (Score 0) 311
At least according to our local newspaper
Comment OpenStreetMap (Score 0, Redundant) 327
What about OpenStreetMap?
Some areas are done quite well, especially in the UK, by the looks of things, US mapping is going well too.
