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Comment Re:Really??? (Score 1) 585

Furthermore, are we really willing to put them all in the same category? mobile gaming platforms against consoles? In that case, Nin is competing against itself which makes no sense to me. I'd have been more inclined to be on this chart's bandwagon if they separated the two matters, and, yes, provided stats for the years they overlap.

Comment Am I the only... (Score 1) 413

...who thinks one can simultaneously quietly smirk and feel sorry for the guy? i believe the feelings are mutually exclusive. (I've seen enough people watching Jackass-type stunts who wince, laugh and are appalled by the idiocy, in the same breath.) Recognizing and acknowledging coincidence doesn't make you de-facto evil- it's in how it's expressed. but above all, my strongest reaction is.. who the hell tests a vehicle near a cliff?! wait..who let's the _head_ of a company test a vehicle..near a cliff?! doesn't some common sense, protective mechanism, insurance policy, sense of self-preservation kick in, at some point?

Comment Re:No credibility to this story (Score 1) 203

I would have been more skeptical had I not already been made aware, this morning, of an ongoing attack against my Pop's workplace, via a zero-day PDF vulnerability. Forgive me if i don't name-drop the company, but I'd definitely confirm any public statement they make at some later date...
OS X

Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X 246

Trailrunner7 writes with this snippet from ThreatPost: "Apple's first Mac OS X security update for 2010 is out, providing cover for at least 12 serious vulnerabilities. The update, rated critical, plugs security holes that could lead to code execution vulnerabilities if a Mac user is tricked into opening audio files or surfing to a rigged Web site." Hit the link for a list of the highlights among these fixes.

Comment Damned Statistics (Score 1) 321

I was not one of those people who followed the beta testing and wheel out of iGoogle. I discovered it one afternoon when I tried to reload iGoogle from that morning, it changed. When I expressed surprise, my coworker who uses Google.cn was like, umm, my iGoogle always looked like that.. I wonder if she is aesthetically blind or this was just a migration.

But do you imagine that everyone would like changes? Thousands of annoyed users might sound significant except when we consider the millions? of iGoogle users. Google isn't going to base it's decisions on .0001% of its population. I will admit, though, it might have been nice to offer a) the option/ability to revert, b) left-hand navigation minimization

To be honest, I am one of the happy users with this interface. I do not think the navi takes up such a significant part of the screen and on my laptop real estate is an issue. I do not understand why ppl dislike how the GMail gadget operates because the last one was about intolerable. Privacy is an issue? I would have top open a tab to read an email, in order to keep iGoogle open, and it would occupy larger, more obvious/readable screen area than its behavior does now. How huge is your monitor and font that someone could innocently glance part of the 1st line of your email body? Do all of your friends open emails with "f#(k1n $h1t!!!"? What am i missing? :P

As for updates- Adobe, Firefox and iGoogle routinely clash anyway. Stuff breaks, they fix it. Ppl complain that things don't work as though we should believe that this would be a permanent situation. Give them a minute, get some air. It will work, and probably, in short order.
User Journal

Journal Journal: An idiot marked me down???

Say it ain't so journal! Ah made a post t'day, and some ol' idiot marked me as off-topic. I felt a little hurt, and betrayed. Now I can only wonder, 'does this mean I am NOT loved by these uber-'intelligent' Slashdotters??

OMG! This is so bad! What will ah do? And now mama says my hoobeedoo is gettin even worse. Boo-hoo :(

Education

Submission + - Online Game Education or College?

An anonymous reader writes: My cousin is about to graduate high school and wants to enter the game industry. I told him to get a day job (possibly QA in a game studio) and get an online degree like DeVry's Game and Simulation Programming degree or The Art Institute of Pittsburgh's Game Art & Design degree. I have a BS and MS in computer science and I've only found what I learned mildly useful for my game programming hobby. Should he suck it up and get a 4-year degree or is taking online courses focused on game development the way to go? Has anybody gotten one of these degrees and done well for themselves?

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