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Submission + - Slashdot Alum Samzenpus's Fractured Veil Hits Kickstarter
CmdrTaco writes: Long time Slashdot readers remember Samzenpus,who posted over 17,000 stories here, sadly crushing my record in the process! What you might NOT know is that he was frequently the Dungeon Master for D&D campaigns played by the original Slashdot crew, and for the last few years he has been applying these skills with fellow Slashdot editorial alum Chris DiBona to a Survival game called Fractured Veil. It's set in a post apocalyptic Hawaii with a huge world based on real map data to explore, as well as careful balance between PVP & PVE. I figured a lot of our old friends would love to help them meet their kickstarter goal and then help us build bases and murder monsters! The game is turning into something pretty great and I'm excited to see it in the wild!
Comment Antietam Alternatives (Score 1) 25
Depending on where you live (yes, in Hagerstown), you might have access options from Comcast (shudder), Telegia (wireless, LOS required), Hagerstown Fiber (chunk of the north end and out Salem Ave.) and even painful Verizon (1998 called and wants their DSL back).
What would be nice to have a hybrid solution...fiber where available, some wireless mesh to build out and figure expansion routes.
Believe Wireless (https://www.believebroadband.com/) has a nice solution for parts of Baltimore...
Comment Finally (Score 1) 25
Speaking as an Antietam (https://www.antietambroadband.com/) customer...
This is probably as much to try and fend off the growing fiber competition...as a gesture of good will.
Wish/Fishing I still lived in a neighborhood with Hagerstown Fiber (https://hagerstownfiber.com/) as an option. Guess the $10/month I'll save now... will cover VPN service.
Comment Re:Great (Score 1) 132
if/when some of these "kids" have their own 13y/o daughters, they will think differently.
funny how we old people have clear lines about nudity and age.
Comment Re: never heard of it (Score 1) 264
/me cries...
never get to play on your lawn...
rip k5...
it's monday... bah
Comment Re:Next up, Low User ID contest (Score 1) 558
looks like i've already lost.
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Physicists Create Quantum Link Between Photons That Don't Exist At the Same Time 364
sciencehabit writes "Physicists have long known that quantum mechanics allows for a subtle connection between quantum particles called entanglement, in which measuring one particle can instantly set the otherwise uncertain condition, or 'state,' of another particle—even if it's light years away. Now, experimenters in Israel have shown that they can entangle two photons that don't even exist at the same time. Anton Zeilinger, a physicist at the University of Vienna, says that the experiment demonstrates just how slippery the concepts of quantum mechanics are. 'It's really neat because it shows more or less that quantum events are outside our everyday notions of space and time.'"
Microsoft's Hidden Windows 8 Feature: Ads 635
MojoKid writes "Despite the fact that I've been using Windows 8 for the past three weeks, I somehow managed to overlook a rather stark feature in the OS: ads. No, we're not talking about ads cluttering up the desktop or login screen (thankfully), but rather ads that can be found inside of some Modern UI apps that Windows ships with. That includes Finance, Weather, Travel, News and so forth. On previous mobile platforms, such as iOS and Android, seeing ads inside of free apps hasn't been uncommon. It's a way for the developer to get paid while allowing the user to have the app for free. However, while people can expect ads in a free app, no one expects ads in a piece of software that they just paid good money for."
Comment Nice looking tablet at a nice price. (Score 2) 359
Thank god it actually has front facing speakers---I might actually be able to hear it without cupping my hands around the back of it. Shame the 32GB upgrade is $100 with no SD card slot, although for what I'd use it for 16GB should be enough as long as I don't store too much music or to many movies on it.
Comment Re:What were they expecting? (Score 5, Funny) 504
Yeah, but typing more than a sentence or two will make me go bald.
Comment Re:The one similarity that bugs me. (Score 1) 251
No, You Can't Claim 'Negligence' In a Copyright Case 108
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In one of the myriad BitTorrent downloading cases against individuals, one plaintiff's law firm thought they'd be clever and insert a 'negligence' claim, saying that the defendant was negligent in failing to supervise his roommate's use of his WiFi access. Defendant moved to dismiss the negligence claim on the ground that it was preempted by the Copyright Act, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief (PDF) agreeing with him. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan agreed, and dismissed the complaint, holding that the 'negligence' claim was preempted by the Copyright Act."
Comment Re:LOL. American made overpriced crap. (Score 1) 326
I don't mind paying a little more for something not made in China, but you're dead on about the features. It looks like it does one thing and no doubt does it very well. But the Nexus Q website seems to say that this thing can ONLY play back from the cloud. I don't really want to be upload 100 gigs of HD home video to the "cloud". Nor do I want my 60 gig mp3 collection uploaded to the cloud either. I buy most of my music now, but ~15 years ago when I was a broke college student with ethernet and napster, I didn't. I have lots of stuff that I wouldn't even know where to begin looking for it to purchase, nor do I have the time or desire to.
In short, screw the cloud, and hence, this device. This coming from someone who usually admires what Google is doing. They're just going the wrong way with TV technology it seems. It needs to be a mix of local and internet streaming services.
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