An interesting concept to note: TFA mentions they found it extends life expectancy by three years. With this, I would argue that the exercise was found to "extend your life" by more than three years.

For example, imagine I said there was a process to delay "old age" deaths by 50 years. Does your life expectancy go up 50 years? No, it goes up far less than that due to other types of death that can occur.

It's all semantics and statistics anyway, but I just thought I'd point out they were using life expectancy values.

Even if AC was the original 'Idiot' in the summary, he could still wish to keep his Slashdot account and real life names separate.

But if the price of gold were about gold's industrial and medical applications, it would cost a small fraction of what it actually does. Besides which, how do "industrial applications" provide more of a "real" value than the jewelry industry?

There's one caveat to this argument - for Blizzard game developers, it would take more time to create a single player mode*.

The game is currently developed as a client/server relationship - the Diablo 3 client intentionally doesn't have everything needed to play the game*. This is in contrast to it's predecessor, which had a very weak client/server relationship (and it's why in Diablo 2 there are dozens of map hacks and other cheats that function on Battle.net)

So sure, they could create a single player mode mode that cannot log into Battle.net that doesn't have this relationship. But it would require a lot more effort for a subset of their audience. Like Starcraft 2, I bet they decided it wasn't worth the extra development. I also bet they didn't expect such an outcry, especially since Starcraft 2 already set their precedent.

*Note - pure speculation. I have no sources. I'm just a Diablo 2 player and software developer.

I usually get my news from the New York Times. They're the "paper of record," so they typically try to keep a fairly neutral tone. So I can't tell whether it's just me, or whether there really is a hint of glee in their coverage of the scandal.

I wonder if their CEO uses "Lawrence" or "Larry" on his account.

I'm twenty-five, you insensitive clod!

I'm pretty sure that the motivation for this experiment was to settle a long-standing argument about D&D encumbrance rules.

Have you ever worked a night shift?

I let myself take an 11PM-7AM shift several years ago precisely because I considered myself a night owl. I was waking up in the afternoon anyway, I figured it wasn't really a big deal. Turned out, it was. Working nights pretty thoroughly sucks away your life-force, as nearly anyone who's done one can tell you.

Much like it's long-awaited vaporware cousin, Duke Nukem Forever, the wait will not be worth it.

I don't think you know what non-Australians are going to say. In America everything is the same except that "Medicare" is only for old people. So what I'm saying is, "Should I get off your lawn?"

$ whois fpfzxc.com

Whois Server Version 2.0

No match for "FPFZXC.COM".
>>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:06:01 UTC

...I think not.

Okay, I've never used Usenet other than looking at some of the Google archived stuff. Which has an atrocious interface. What do you people think was so great about Usenet interfaces?

Will you be laughing when the apocalypse comes, and you look back and say, "We weren't prepared, oh god, we weren't prepared...."

No! You'll be wandering the streets of Leicester, all dripping blood and rotting flesh, hungering for brains. BE PREPARED!

I clicked it anyway, and I must admit I don't think I've ever seen a picture of a penis that big before. (The picture being big, I have nothing to say about the penis itself.)

Is that you masturbating, AC? Or did you have to search for photos of guys ejaculating? It appears to be hosted on Wikipedia, but it's not actually on the wiki page.

Although, I agree, the focus isn't very good but that's some excellent timing.