Comment Tautological ! (Score 1) 300
This just in... Fish prefer water.
Comment I just got a note from Hari Seldon... (Score 1) 165
He says to send all my money to Nigeria.
Comment It's a *Game*. It's supposed to be *Fun* (Score 2, Insightful) 275
Way I see it, I bought it, I should be able to do whatever I want with it. "Cheat" only applies when competing on uneven term, e.g. online play.
Also a "Cheat" can just as easily be a quick fix to bypass a poorly play-tested or unbalanced portion of a game. Games are designed by people, not infallible game-creating Gods.
Comment Re:Subscription services and auto-renewal are new? (Score 1) 194
Yes, if you don't call them. Exactly what I was thinking about too.
Submission + - Best Laptop for Going Around-the-World? 2
mitbeaver writes: I'm planning a round-the-world trip. 6+ months in developing countries, including Everest base camps 1 & 2, the deserts of Namibia and lots of places in between. I want to bring something to write (blogs or the Great American Novel) and burn DVD photo backups to mail home. I don't really need much in the way of power. But I do need it to survive the altitude, dust, moisture of tropical locations, and being hauled around non-stop for the better part of a year.
I will be carrying my life in my backpack, so every pound counts. It looks like some "semi-rugged" ultraportables exist, but the truly "rugged" are all pretty heavy. These are pricey, and the risk of theft is non trivial. A smaller laptop is easier to keep on my person more often, which is safer (in most countries) than leaving it in the hostel/hotel. Still, the rugged guys are 2x the price — almost worth buying a cheap one and planning an on the road replacement purchase. Help!
Any Slashdotters out there have a favorite backpacker-laptop? Any other advice?
I will be carrying my life in my backpack, so every pound counts. It looks like some "semi-rugged" ultraportables exist, but the truly "rugged" are all pretty heavy. These are pricey, and the risk of theft is non trivial. A smaller laptop is easier to keep on my person more often, which is safer (in most countries) than leaving it in the hostel/hotel. Still, the rugged guys are 2x the price — almost worth buying a cheap one and planning an on the road replacement purchase. Help!
Any Slashdotters out there have a favorite backpacker-laptop? Any other advice?
Master Diebold Key Copied From Web Site 100
Harrington writes "In another stunning blow to the security and integrity of Diebold's electronic voting machines, someone has made a copy of the key which opens ALL Diebold e-voting machines from a picture on the company's own website. " Update: 02/06 17:40 GMT by Z : We previously discussed this story, early last year.
111 Years Ago, Indiana Almost Legislated Pi 379
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "On February 5, 1897, 111 years ago today, the Indiana legislature very nearly passed a bill 'introducing a new mathematical truth,' that would have erroneously established pi as the ratio 'five-fourths to four' or 3.2. The story explaining the rationale behind the bill and how they were prevented from legislating it when a real mathematician intervened is quite interesting, because the man who discovered the 'new mathematical truth' wanted to charge royalties, which could have made pi the first form of irrational property."
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