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Comment Re:Pilots and Astronauts have the same fear (Score 1) 641

by SageinaRage (#44178571) Attached to: Things That Scare the Bejeezus Out of Programmers

their #1 fear isn't the rocket blowing up and getting killed, it's not fear of blacking out from G-forces, it's not fear of getting shot down, it's the fear of screwing up.

Same as the #1 fear from TFA. (fear of writing buggy code / messing up)

The official Pilot's Prayer (as handed to us by Alan Shepard) is "Lord, please don't let me fuck up".

Not "Lord, please don't let me blow up" or "Please keep me safe"

This is also the Stage Manager prayer.

Comment Re:What the hell is "Microsoft's lost decade"? (Score 1) 407

by SageinaRage (#40805807) Attached to: Microsoft's Lost Decade
He doesn't seem to get that no one accused Microsoft of collapsing as a company, but effectively coasting on previous success. And the thing about coasting, is that it means you had previously built up momentum. The fact that Microsoft kept making money just meant that they had built up a really strong market share. They just didn't do anything beyond what they already had.
Google

Google-Microsoft Crossfire Will Hit Consumers 336

Posted by Soulskill from the why-i-wear-kevlar-when-searching dept.
theodp writes "Newsweek's Dan Lyons doesn't know who will be the winner in Google and Microsoft's search battle, but that's not stopping him from picking a loser — consumers. As we head towards a world where some devices may be free or really cheap, consumers should prepare to be bombarded by ads or pay a premium to escape them. 'The sad truth is that Google and Microsoft care less about making cool products than they do about hurting each other,' concludes Lyons. 'Their fighting has little to do with helping customers and a lot to do with helping themselves to a bigger slice of the money we all spend to buy computers and surf the Internet. Microsoft wants to ruin Google's search business. Google wants to ruin Microsoft's OS business. At the end of the day, they both seem like overgrown nerdy schoolboys fighting over each other's toys.'"
Networking

Telco Sues City For Plan To Roll Out Own Broadband 681

Posted by samzenpus from the forcing-the-hand dept.
Syngularity writes 'MaximumPC is featuring an article about one broadband provider's decision to sue the city of Monticello, Minnesota after residents passed a referendum to roll out their own fiber optic system. TDS Telecommunications had earlier denied the city's request for the company to provide fiber optic service. During the ensuing legal battle, which prevented the citizens from following through with their plans, TDS Telecommunications took the opportunity to roll out a fiber system.'

Comment Re:Travian (Score 1) 460

by SageinaRage (#29719849) Attached to: Linux Games For Non-Gamers?
I enjoyed Travian until I discovered it's possible to completely paralyze someone by destroying their farms, so that it's completely impossible for them to take any actions or recover at all. Then you just become a mining/logging subsidiary of whoever is nearby.
Role Playing (Games)

Developer Explains Clone/Transhumanist RPG 41

Posted by Soulskill from the gamers-don't-like-words-that-big dept.
destinyland writes "How much would you use technology to change yourself if humanity faced extinction? In this interview, the two creators behind Eclipse Phase explain their bizarre role-playing game, which 'expands the transhuman conversation.' All the characters can be identical clones, and when you switch bodies, it affects your core characteristics while damaging your sanity. But its spookiest concept is close to reality today: the idea of universal surveillance in which 'everything is networked and equipped with sensors and all meshed together.'"

Comment Just about the most pretentious quote ever (Score 3, Funny) 164

by SageinaRage (#28481485) Attached to: Can Video Game Accessibility Go Too Far?

A statement that somehow the message of art 'degrades' as it reaches more people is something I assumed to hear from some art snob complaining about reproductions of the Mona Lisa, not about a video game starring Mario. The whole notion is insanely elitist, and I'm frankly flabbergasted that someone saw fit to print it.

Especially considering that they got the whole idea wrong - it's only a demo mode that shows you how to beat a section. In order to progress through the game, you still have to play it yourself!

Comment Open World Experience? (Score 2, Insightful) 582

by SageinaRage (#28296015) Attached to: Does the Wii Provide A "Watered-Down" Game Experience?
If Rockstar managed to release San Andreas on the Playstation 2, a piece of hardware which was inferior to the gamecube, let alone the Wii, then I somehow doubt it's impossible to release an open world style game on the Wii. This basically just sounds like they don't really know what they're doing, and are wasting processor cycles on things they really don't need.

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