Comment So monopoly? (Score 1) 169
Its entirely possible that they have contracted out their pricing decisions to the point that they now are operating an oligarchy, and likely a monopoly.
Comment Re: Grammer perhaps? (Score 1) 316
This photo of Conrad black is a great example of a bad photo better than none. This photo also won an award.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/media/story/2008/04/20/photojournalists-awards.html
Comment Talk to the canadian Privacy Commision (Score 2) 517
If the clients affected by this include Canadians, the privacy office can legitimately look into your concern about the company. The privacy commissioner has teeth in Canada and can reach out of country. Remember facebook??? http://www.priv.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2010/nr-c_100922_e.cfm She can and does similar things with companies that process payments.
Comment Bet it falls over from load (Score 1) 233
Common its Saturday night, whats the likelihood it get bombarded?
Blizzard Authenticators May Become Mandatory 248
An anonymous reader writes "WoW.com is reporting that a trusted source has informed them that Blizzard is giving serious consideration to making authenticators mandatory on all World of Warcraft accounts. The authenticators function the same as ones provided by most banks — in order to log in, you must generate a number on the external device. Blizzard already provides a free iPhone app that functions as an authenticator. The source stated, 'it is a virtually forgone conclusion that it will happen.' This comes after large spates of compromised accounts left Bizzard game masters severely backlogged by restoration requests."
NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List 189
MojoKid writes "From October to December, the advertising departments of a thousand companies exhort children to beg, cajole, and guilt-trip their parents for all manner of inappropriate digital entertainment. As supposedly informed gatekeepers, we sadly earthbound Santas are reduced to scouring the back pages of gaming review sites and magazines, trying to evaluate whether the tot at home is ready for Big Bird's Egg Hunt or Bayonetta. Luckily, The New York Times is here to help. In a recent article provokingly titled 'Ten Games to Cross off Your Child's Gift List,' the NYT names its list of big bads — the video games so foul, so gruesome, so perverse that we'd recommend you buy them immediately — for yourself. Alternatively, if you need gift ideas for the surly, pale teenager in your home whose body contains more plastic then your average d20, this is the newspaper clipping to stuff in your pocket. In other words, if you need a list like this to understand what games to not stuff little Johnny's stocking with this holiday season, you've got larger issues you should concern yourself with. We'd suggest picking up an auto-shotty and taking a few rounds against the horde — it's a wonderful stress relief and you're probably going to need it."
Open Source FPS Blood Frontier Releases Beta 2 113
An anonymous reader writes "The open source FPS Blood Frontier has now made their beta2 release. From the article: 'After many months of development, and massive amounts of input from the public, we are proud to present you with the new release of Blood Frontier, v0.85 (Beta 2). This new version totally redefines and improves the game in many ways, creating a whole new style that makes it almost nothing like its predecessor.'"
Comment Re:Storage Issue (Score 1) 487
We could put it back where it came from, in abandoned oil wells, and salt caverns. We already do this with natural gas storage. Se here for details http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/storagebasics/storagebasics.html
