XenophileJKO - Slashdot User

Comment Depends on who you have... (Score 1) 547

by XenophileJKO on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @11:45PM (#33284676) Attached to: ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds

I have to say it depends on who you have... I have charter cable and they advertise upto 25mbit down and 3mbit up. It obviously depends on where I am trying to download, but I get consistent speeds of between 23-30mbit down and a pretty solid 3mbit up. I'm not a huge fan of charter cable, but they have always been right at or above what they advertise for me.

How Will Contemporary War Games Affect Veterans? 288

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @01:10AM from the serious-business dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently, video game developers have begun to make games about current conflicts the world over. Many veterans and current military personnel now take an active role in the video game community. Are game companies running the risk of walking into a public relations disaster when making games about current wars? More importantly, how will veterans react to playing games about a conflict in which they have participated? From the article: 'To portray conflict in a way that not only accurately depicts the acts of war, but does so in a manner that takes into account the sacrifices of soldiers within some sort of moral framing is a complicated matter. Now add to this the idea that such depictions are essentially created as entertainment and to make money. It is certainly mind numbing when looked at from a social perspective. ... Now try and apply this dynamic to a more recent conflict such as the Vietnam War or the current conflicts in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Considering that the latter wars are still in progress, the ability for a game developer to accurately gauge the morality of such a conflict is limited at best. To make a game that takes these factors into account while trying to create something that is both entertaining and capable of mass appeal among the gaming community is near impossible.'" We caught a glimpse of this last year with the reactions to Six Days In Fallujah.

Comment Re:Kinesis Advantage (Score 1) 425

by XenophileJKO on Monday March 08, 2010 @01:38AM (#31397664) Attached to: Correcting Poor Typing Technique?

I'll second this.. it forces you to learn touch typing. what is interesting is that this skill still transfers back a bit when you use a "flat" keyboard. However.. once you start using one I'll warn you that you won't want anything else. Only note is you will want to keep a regular keyboard of a gaming keypad around for games.

Submission + - eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million

Submitted by Miasik.Net on Thursday September 13, 2007 @06:00PM

Miasik.Net writes: A lawsuit has been filed in Federal Court (US District Court for the Western Washington District C07-1189 JLR) that alleges Autodesk, Inc maker of the industry standard AutoCAD software and their attorney Andrew S. Mackay have devised an illegal scheme to have used copies of their software removed from the eBay site using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Finally someone decided that non-transferable licenses must be stopped.

Comment Re:You're not testing what you think you are (Score 1) 518

by XenophileJKO on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @11:23PM (#20582991) Attached to: Believe the Occupational Outlook Handbook?

Probably should have tested myself on grammer and spelling....

Submission + - when Macs break

Submitted by

cyber-dragon.net

on Monday March 05, 2007 @09:38PM

cyber-dragon.net writes: "I have long been a staunch supporter of Apple and Macs, bordering on but not quite a fan boy. My recent experience with trying to bring them into my department at work has been dissapointing. We had a Mac Pro (the big quad processor monster) die after four days. Ok, it happens, everything else has worked flawlessly. I even delt with the inevitable teasing about the siny new Mac being a lemon.
Well after almost four hours dealing with Apple Care, three hours dropping off and picking up my computer at different stores as per thier instructions trying to get this done quickly... I am beginning to wonder if Apple really wants business customers to rely on these machines. Much as I may dislike Dell like the rest of you... when my Linux box died it was fixed in four hours and I spent maybe 20 mintes of my time setting up the repair. I have spent seven hours of my time so far on this Mac and it still will not power up. Is this just me or have other people lost critical business machines to the depths of Apple Care inefficiency and lack of business level support?"

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