Comment Funding (Score 1) 37
How do you get funding for a project like this? I would have loved to be in the room when someone pitched the idea. I am sure everyone was on drugs when the idea came up. Love it
UK Video Game Tax Cuts Sabotaged? 123
ninjacheeseburger writes "Develop recently published an article claiming that the UK government was put under pressure by one of the biggest game companies in the world to cancel planned tax breaks for video game developers. This company had apparently viewed game tax relief as a measure that would have given the UK an unfair advantage over other nations."
Seinfeld's Good Samaritan Law Now Reality? 735
e3m4n writes "The fictitious 'good samaritan' law from the final episode of Seinfeld (the one that landed them in jail for a year) appears to be headed toward reality for California residents after the house passed this bill. There are some differences, such as direct action is not required, but the concept of guilt by association for not doing the right thing is still on the face of the bill."
Facebook Mafiosi Go To the Mattresses vs. Zynga 102
sympleko writes "Zynga has the lion's share of traffic in Facebook applications, and Mafia Wars is one of their most popular social games. Collapsing under the weight of over 26 million users, Zynga has been scrambling to thwart hard-core gamers who reverse-engineer URLs or script the game to optimize their enjoyment. Many of the workarounds have annoyed users who were accustomed to various game features, and even worse, the hastily-deployed changes have resulted in many players losing access to the game, in-game prizes, or statistics. Fed up with a software company seemingly bent on discouraging people from enjoying their product, a number of tagged players have organized a boycott of all Zynga games. The first 24-hour boycott on Sunday 12/13 resulted in an 11% decline in Daily Active Users, and an emergency thread on Zynga's forums (from which most of the flames were deleted). The current boycott, extending Wednesday through Sunday is being supported by a 428K strong Facebook group. At issue is the social contract between software companies and their devoted user base, as well as the nefarious tactics Zynga has used to raise cash."
Comment Re:Move to Arizona (Score 1) 755
I can see why you feel that way living in the US, but most of the people in the world live in another country than you. Here in Norway I see a huge benefit of DST. When I get up at 7 in the morning it's completely dark outside, and when I leave from work it's on it's way to become dark again.
We are changing the clock again this weekend (one week(?) before you in the US) and it's going to help a lot in the mornings. Evenings will get even darker, but the hardest parts is always to wake up during the dark times. It's still going to be worse the next months (the days are getting 6 minutes shorter every day now), but DTS helps a bit.
DST does definitely have it's place, but maybe not in every country of the world.
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