Comment Re:Wrong topic (Score 1) 256
the piracy threats might not be a treat to you but they are to the people who work on making games.
Comment Blame the Hackers (Score 1) 256
I have a PS3, (CECHExx) I have never had any problems with the software. Once the OS option was removed there were more annoying updates, but I still have no problems with the system. For the annoying constant updates I blame the people who keep hacking there PS3's and then posting it all over the net. Don't blame Sony for defending it's investments. They put allot of money and hard work into making the PS3 and it's games. If you tell every one how to steal games then you can't be surprised when security measures are taken against you. On a similar note I feel the hackers should be rewarded with payments for there work, as long as they do it respecting the company who's software / hardware they are having fun with (not go posting it all over the net).
Living In Tokyo's Capsule Hotels 269
afabbro writes "Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 once offered a night’s refuge to salarymen who had missed the last train home. Now with Japan enduring its worst recession since World War II, it is becoming an affordable option for people with nowhere else to go. The Hotel 510’s capsules are only 6 1/2 feet long by 5 feet wide. Guests must keep possessions, like shirts and shaving cream, in lockers outside of the capsules. Atsushi Nakanishi, jobless since Christmas says, 'It’s just a place to crawl into and sleep. You get used to it.'”
Less Is Moore 342
Hugh Pickens writes "For years, the computer industry has made steady progress by following Moore's law, derived from an observation made in 1965 by Gordon Moore that the amount of computing power available at a particular price doubles every 18 months. The Economist reports however that in the midst of a recession, many companies would now prefer that computers get cheaper rather than more powerful, or by applying the flip side of Moore's law, do the same for less. A good example of this is virtualisation: using software to divide up a single server computer so that it can do the work of several, and is cheaper to run. Another example of 'good enough' computing is supplying 'software as a service,' via the Web, as done by Salesforce.com, NetSuite and Google, sacrificing the bells and whistles that are offered by conventional software that hardly anyone uses anyway. Even Microsoft is jumping on the bandwagon: the next version of Windows is intended to do the same as the last version, Vista, but to run faster and use fewer resources. If so, it will be the first version of Windows that makes computers run faster than the previous version. That could be bad news for computer-makers, since users will be less inclined to upgrade — only proving that Moore's law has not been repealed, but that more people are taking the dividend it provides in cash, rather than processor cycles."
French "Three Strikes" Law Gets New Life 193
Kjella writes "A little over a week ago we discussed the EU's forbidding of disconnecting users from the Internet. But even after having passed with an 88% approval in the European Parliament, and passing through the European Commission, it was all undone last week. The European Council, led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, removed the amendment before passing the Telecom package. This means that there's now nothing stopping France's controversial 'three strikes' law from going into effect. What hope is there for a 'parliament' where near-unanimous agreement can be completely undone so easily?"
Comment Re:It's a draw (Score 1) 359
Just watched a Game that ended in a draw. Here are the moves:
1.11-15 22-18 2.15-22 25-18
3.08-11 29-25 4.09-14 18-09
5.05-14 25-22 6.04-08 24-19
7.11-16 28-24 8.16-20 32-28
9.06-09 19-16 10.12-19 24-15-06
11.01-10 22-17 12.08-11 26-22
13.11-15 17-13 14.07-11 13-06
15.02-09 30-26 16.09-13 23-19
17.15-24 28-19 18.11-15 19-16
19.14-18 22-17 20.13-22 26-17
21.18-22 16-11 22.15-19 17-14
23.10-17 21-14 24.19-24 14-10
25.22-26 31-22 26.24-31 22-18
27.20-24 10-06 28.24-28 06-02
29.28-32 02-06 30.31-27 18-14
31.27-24 06-10 32.24-19 14-09
33.32-28 11-07 34.03-08 07-02
35.08-12 09-05 36.12-16 05-01
37.16-20 02-07 38.20-24 10-14
39.24-27 01-06 40.27-32 06-10
41.32-27 14-18 42.19-23 10-14
43.27-32 18-27 44.32-23 07-10
45.28-32 10-15 46.32-28 15-11
47.23-19 14-10 48.28-32 10-06
49.32-27 06-09 50.27-23 09-14
51.23-27 14-17 52.19-23 11-15
53.27-24 17-14 54.23-19 15-18
55.24-27 14-10 56.19-23 18-15
57.27-24 10-14 58.23-27 14-18
59.27-32 18-23 60.24-27 15-18
61.27-24 18-14 62.24-27 23-19
63.32-28 14-10 64.27-24 10-15
65.24-27 15-18 66.28-32 18-22
67.32-28 22-17 68.28-32 17-13
69.32-28 13-09 70.28-32 09-06
71.32-28 06-02 72.28-32 02-07
73.27-31 19-23 74.31-27 23-26
75.32-28 07-11 76.28-24 11-15
77.27-32 26-22 78.32-28 15-18
79.24-19 22-26 80.28-32 18-23
81.19-15 26-22 82.15-10 22-18
83.10-06 18-15 84.06-01 15-19
85.01-05 23-18 86.05-09 19-24
87.09-05 18-14 88.32-28 24-19
89.05-01 14-18 90.01-05 19-15
91.28-32 18-14 92.32-28 15-18
93.28-32 18-23 94.32-28 14-10
95.05-01 23-19 96.28-32 10-15
97.32-28 15-11 98.01-05 11-07
99.28-32 19-23 100.05-01 07-10
101.32-28 23-26 102.01-05 26-22
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