Comment Hmmm, Perplexing... (Score 0) 273
Study shows that people with jobs on the line tend to care more about said job.
Stop the presses.
Comment Re:Tobocco? (Score 1) 404
I wonder if it's anything like Tomacco.
Comment Well... (Score 1) 659
I don't give a fuck what THEY believe.
MY RECORDS == MY PROPERTY
MY RECORDS == MY PROPERTY
Comment Ugh (Score 0, Offtopic) 84
The slashvertisments are getting less and less subtle these days.
Comment Re:Stability? (Score 1) 93
I know it isn't traditional to do so, but you did read the articles and look at the pictures, right?
You mean did I read the article with TWO pictures (neither of them are good) and the body of text that just had a bunch of "we want it to do x" in it?
Yeah, I read it. Didn't find it terribly informative.
Comment Stability? (Score 1, Offtopic) 93
Why is the one wheel at the front? What's going to happen when this thing goes around a turn?
All I can see is a very expensive reliant robin.
Comment Re:Enter the modern world of ... (Score 2) 418
I disagree. I think this will hurt sales more than anything.
I don't own an ipad for this very reason and I won't be the owner of a surface pro either, apparently.
Comment Youtube a social network? (Score 1) 150
I'd say that's a bit far-fetched. But then again, this practice has been employed throughout the ages.
If you're losing at a game, change the rules. (The rules being the definition of 'social network').
Comment No more (Score 1) 218
No more multi-function consoles, please. Please refocus all energies into Half Life 3 / 2 - Episode: 3.
That is all. Thank you.
That is all. Thank you.
Comment Tracking (Score 3, Insightful) 67
While it says that it will come free from advertising, it DOESN'T say that you won't be monitored while connected.
I'm certain they will recoup costs this way. Nothing is ever free.
Submission + - Patent troll targetting users of scanners; wants $1000/employee (arstechnica.com)
earlzdotnet writes: "A new patent troll is in town, this time targetting the users of technology, rather than the creators. They appear to hold a process patent for "scanning a document and then emailing it." They are targetting small businesses in a variety of locations and usually want somewhere between $900 to $1200 per employee for "infringement" of their patent. As with most patent trolls, they go by a number of shell companies, but the original company name appears to be Project Paperless LLC. Joel Spolsky said in a tweet that "This is organized crime, plain and simple...". I tent to agree with him. When will something be done about this legal mafia?"
Comment Re:Who needs WiFi? (Score 1) 80
A lack of network access is a sure fire way to ensure you pick a game that's not reasonably completable without a faq. So many games during the NES and SNES era just didn't give you enough information, so you'd have to buy the guide or subscribe to Nintendo Power. These days it's GameFaqs.
Yes, it's cheating. But I play games to have fun, and looking around for hours and hours without making progress is no fun at all. I do always give myself a couple hours to really make sure I'm stuck.
I would agree with that for most of the NES games that required thought, but most SNES games could be completed without them. Sure, you may not have gotten all of the special easter eggs and whatnot (and yes - there ARE some outliers that are baffling without some sort of guide -- the latter Lufia 2 puzzles used to piss me off).
Comment Re:Who needs WiFi? (Score 1) 80
My entire point was that BECAUSE this access exists, people find shit that they "HAVE" to do.
Your world will not end if you are cut off from the Internet for a few hours.
If you can't get that stuff done before you get on a plane, then you probably have more issues with time management than anything else.
Your world will not end if you are cut off from the Internet for a few hours.
If you can't get that stuff done before you get on a plane, then you probably have more issues with time management than anything else.
Comment Who needs WiFi? (Score 1) 80
When you have emulators?
Any kind of cross-country (or rather anywhere) flight and I break out my cheap ass laptop and open up ZSNES.
I highly doubt that any of these planes utilize QoS properly anyway. So the second anyone uploads a file or attempts to sync their e-mail, the entire connection comes to a screeching halt.
Sometimes people should just take the x hour ride as a chance to relax and catch up on your sleep/reading/video game time. Lord knows that the workaholic middle class could use it.
Any kind of cross-country (or rather anywhere) flight and I break out my cheap ass laptop and open up ZSNES.
I highly doubt that any of these planes utilize QoS properly anyway. So the second anyone uploads a file or attempts to sync their e-mail, the entire connection comes to a screeching halt.
Sometimes people should just take the x hour ride as a chance to relax and catch up on your sleep/reading/video game time. Lord knows that the workaholic middle class could use it.
Comment Re:links to patents (Score 1) 166
That's called a run-on sentence.
