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Submission + - First NetHack Cross-Variant Summer Tournament (rawrnix.com)

Submitted by

bhaak1

on Friday July 22, 2011 @06:10PM

bhaak1 writes: "The first — and hopefully annually — NetHack Cross-Variant Summer Tournament called Junethack has started last Sunday and runs until the end of August 14th.
This tournament features Vanilla NetHack and several of its forks: SporkHack, UnNethack, AceHack and as a special bonus game — never seen on a public server before — NetHack 1.3d, the first version of the game called NetHack, released 1987. There are various achievements to gain, even for those poor souls that can't win this complex and sadistic game.
The source code of the tournament management and website software is available for hacking on GitHub if you prefer hacking code to hacking monsters."

Comment id theft fear is overrated (Score 1) 511

by tilminator on Thursday April 15, 2010 @08:33PM (#31866172) Attached to: What Can Be Done About Security of Debit Cards?

http://badmoneyadvice.com/2010/04/the-usefulness-of-id-theft-fear.html

Comment procrastination (Score 1) 195

by tilminator on Thursday April 08, 2010 @12:32PM (#31777920) Attached to: Kojima Predicts the End of the Console

Procrastination drives much of my own gaming, and I think this holds for a large share of people. The closer a game comes to my "legit" computer usage, the more likely I will pick it up. So yes, game consoles do not stand a chance with me.

Comment smile, you're recorded (Score 1) 73

by tilminator on Saturday September 01, 2007 @07:14AM (#20432583) Attached to: Entering Passwords Through Eye Movement

If the computer can accurately track my head and eyes when I'm entering passwords, I can do so all the time. Just imagine the privacy issues. Does your boss know if you are distracted or working (frequent eye shifts)? How about recognizing people by their eye movements - biometric identity theft? On the upside, you could use it to reliably research face mimics. Think about how much more $PRODUCT you could sell if you knew exactly which part of the commercial sucks.

Wind Powered Freighters Return 261

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday July 08, 2006 @03:33PM from the more-than-just-hot-air dept.

thatoneguyfromphoeni writes "It appears that sails could return to the ocean's freighters soon. Newsweek is reporting on a technology to assist with cross-ocean travel. From the article: 'SkySails' system consists of an enormous towing kite and navigation software that can map the best route between two points for maximum wind efficiency. In development for more than four years, the system costs from roughly $380,000 to $3.2 million, depending on the size of the ship it's pulling. SkySails claims it will save one third of fuel costs.'"

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