Comment Well then (Score 1) 93
Comment How is it "slop" ... (Score 2) 82
Comment But ... but ... (Score -1, Offtopic) 47
The warning comes after hackers targeted more than 30 municipal water facilities in Minnesota in an attack that had hallmarks of Iranian meddling, according to a law enforcement official.
Gee, how could Iran find allies in Minnesota, lol
Comment Of course (Score 1) 77
Comment Re:The evidence (Score 1) 49
b) contacted eBay directly, which had a security team respond in good faith, and the whole plan unravelled.
Oh
I had dropped in to mention that, about the misleading headline.
Comment Eh, well, why not? (Score 0, Troll) 192
I mean if you can get a degree in "gender studies" or whatever, then why not?
This isn't any less real than all that.
Comment Yikes! (Score 1) 222
Comment Re:Who would have thought (Score 1) 227
Now back in reality, there was no "police raid". There were two duty officers executing a warrant at the house of Niehoff, which they promptly decided to *not* actually do after a sensible discussion with the guy. The house was never searched, and the reason behind the granting of the warrant was investigated and determined to be invalid.
And
Comment So ... (Score 1) 91
Comment idiot savant (Score 1) 106
Comment Re:The US strategy (Score 2) 120
10 million people within spitting distance of America who now have a *renewed* reason for revenge. This administration is filled with geniuses.
You mean, the people who are willing to ride a piece of driftwood across the freakin' ocean because they'd rather live here than in their communist hellhole? Okay.
Comment Carmack makes a good point (Score 4, Insightful) 56
To continue being produced long term, games need to succeed, not just be beloved.
Comment Yeah, *that's* the big problem right now (Score 1) 103
Time for some C.S. Lewis.
The game is to have them running about with fire extinguishers whenever there is a flood, and all crowding to that side of the boat which is already nearly gunwale under. {...} Cruel ages are put on their guard against Sentimentality, feckless and idle ones against Respectability, lecherous ones against Puritanism.
The big problem of our civilization and age right now isn't that we are going to get too harsh or guard too much against people who rip off stores.