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Comment Re:when? (Score 1) 398

by Shard013 on Friday February 26, 2010 @05:17AM (#31282834) Attached to: When PC Ports of Console Games Go Wrong

Dragon Age is a PC game that was ported to console, possibly the same for Mass Effect 1 and 2.

Virtual Currency Becomes Real In South Korea 203

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @02:29PM from the license-to-print-money dept.

garylian writes "Massively is reporting that the South Korean Supreme Court has stated that virtual currency is the equivalent of real-world money. For those of you who might not be drawing the link, the core there is that selling in-game currency for real money is essentially just an exchange of currency and perfectly legal in South Korea. This could have sweeping implications for RMT operations the world over, not to mention free-to-play games and... well, online games in general. The official story is available online from JoongAng Daily."

Comment Thirty Meter Nano-Telescope (Score 3, Funny) 64

by Shard013 on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @03:15AM (#27934339) Attached to: Engineering the 30-Meter Telescope

I was hoping for the Thirty Meter Nano-Telescope (TMNT)

Comment BASIC or Pascal (Score 1) 214

by Shard013 on Tuesday March 10, 2009 @10:22AM (#27134237) Attached to: A High School Programming Curriculum For All Students?

Personally I would recommend teaching BASIC or Pascal to high school students. Both of them were more or less designed for teaching or beginners.

Students that are not interested in computers can at least make little songs using beeps in BASIC in a few minutes with a little teaching but hopefully can continue learning more about programming or computers.

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