tanker27 - Slashdot User

Comment Dont worry about it. (Score 1) 837

by tanker27 on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @08:11AM (#30592134) Attached to: Uniforms For the Help Desk?

As someone who started on the "Help Desk" I remember what I used to wear to work, tattered jeans, t-shirts, etc. Now that I have progressed in my IT career which is to the point where Business casual and the suit are the norm. I also happen to work for a Fortune 500 company that has a healthy work hard to play hard mentality. Anyways, Our Help Desk is also visible but as I look at some of those people I tend to be judgemental by what they are wearing. I Shouldnt be I was once like them. But I guess at some point I succumbed to the corporate culture. /shrug I wouldnt be upset too much of the change. Remember you want to dress for the job you want not the one you have. :)

Comment Re:paper in your wallet (Score 1) 1007

by tanker27 on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @10:33AM (#30059916) Attached to: Best Tool For Remembering Passwords?

What is this technique called. I know there is a formal name for this.

Cryptic's Roper Explains Microtransactions For Champions Online 82

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday July 23, 2009 @02:23AM from the dollars-per-experience-point dept.

Karen Hertzberg writes "Many MMO gamers have expressed concern over the recent announcement that micro-transactions would play a role in the upcoming release of Champions Online. Knowing that MTs can be a touchy subject for fans, Ten Ton Hammer sat down with Bill Roper for an interview. He reveals more about Cryptic's take on the business model, what type of items you can expect to find through MTs, and how the system will be integrated into Champions Online come launch day. Roper said, 'The idea is wanting to be able to have things there that players can get if they want to, but they don't negatively impact the balance of the game. It's not like we're expecting players to go and purchase things through micro-transactions that then give them some huge leg up. All those things I think people get worried about, but really the focus is on having things that are fun, cosmetic or are things that are more account-wide and maintenance based.'"

AT&T, Verizon Moving Into Gaming 45

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @03:54AM from the stop-wiretapping-my-railgun dept.

Verizon announced today that they are working on a service to deliver games through their broadband service for a monthly fee. The service will begin this summer in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Along similar lines, IndustryGamers reports that AT&T is "investing millions in gaming." In addition to revamping the games section of their website, they are also working on an IPTV service and trying to find a way to unify the gaming experience across mobile platforms, computers, and consoles. "[AT&T's Executive Director of Gaming, Glenn Broderick, said,] 'What we're doing is trying to incentivize [gaming companies] to take some risks by tethering mobile games to console or PC experiences.' ... He continued, 'We're putting a ton of money into back-end systems for both mobile and the broadband site... We're making serious investments in the games space because it's now seen as a huge strategic initiative for AT&T. And before it just wasn't; it wasn't on the executive agenda.' Broderick also is optimistic that cloud-based gaming services like OnLive that provide games on demand will take off in the next 5-10 years, and he sees AT&T and its network as a big player in that."

The Quietest Sun 227

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 14, 2008 @02:51AM from the storms-a-comin' dept.

Orbity sends in a Boston Globe report on the unusual calm on the surface of the sun. The photos, many taken in more active solar times, are excellent — see the sequence from last year of a coronal mass ejection carrying away the tail of a comet. "The Sun is now in the quietest phase of its 11-year activity cycle, the solar minimum — in fact, it has been unusually quiet this year — with over 200 days so far with no observed sunspots. The solar wind has also dropped to its lowest levels in 50 years. Scientists are unsure of the significance of this unusual calm..." As if to be contrary, New Scientist mentions that the number of sunspots seem to be increasing.

Rights To Virtual Property In Games? 167

Posted by Soulskill on Monday October 13, 2008 @11:35PM from the you-stole-my-cloudsong dept.

With the rise of MMOs and other persistent environments over the last decade, the trafficking of virtual game property has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Regardless of whether the buying and trading goes on with the blessing of the content provider (or, in many cases, the owner of the account in question), the question of players' rights to virtual goods is coming to the forefront. The Escapist Magazine takes a look at how some companies are structuring their EULA in this regard, and what some countries, such as China, are doing to handle the issue. "... the differences between China and the West in this case have more to do with scale than cultural norms. So many people play online games in Asia — and play them so intensely — that social problems in meatspace society inevitably emerge in virtual worlds as well. ... The general consensus, therefore, is that paradigm shifts like the ones that have already occurred in Asia will inevitably come to the West, and with them, the need for legislative scaffolding that keeps us all from killing each other."

Comment Rules (Score 2, Interesting) 1691

by tanker27 on Thursday October 27, 2005 @09:59AM (#13888585) Attached to: Blizzard Made Me Change My Name

Blizzard made the rules. You only have two choices 1) accept it and move on or 2) Don't play the game and don't pay the fees. You accept a LUA that states pretty claerly the naming rules. I have no sympathy. The fact that you are trying to trash Blizzard even makes the situation that much worse. Get over it. It just a game.

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