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Comment Anyone remember StarCraft II? (Score 1) 591

by uptaphunk on Thursday August 11, 2011 @01:49PM (#37060268) Attached to: Reaction To <em>Diablo 3's</em> Always-Online Requirement

Didn't we get the rant out of our system already with SC2?

Comment Re:We don't need a spec (Score 1) 225

by uptaphunk on Thursday August 04, 2011 @03:54PM (#36990662) Attached to: Saudi Arabia Constructing World's Tallest Building

Actually that is a fairly common practice in agile development. You have a pretty good idea what it is going to look like but you never have the details ironed out. If they follow this paradigm - all the risky parts of the building will be spiked ahead of time.

Comment Re:PvP Arena = wary player (Score 2, Informative) 187

by uptaphunk on Monday October 25, 2010 @01:04PM (#34015336) Attached to: Blizzard Announces Final <em>Diablo 3</em> Class, PvP Arena Battles

We can look forward to PvE nerfs that hurt classes because of PvP whines. Gentlemen get your cheese knives ready!

It was stated the the PVP mechanics and the PVE mechanics are separate. While not modifying the talent to make it unrecognizable, there would be some changes to the PVP talent to adjust mechanics for balance purposes.

Submission + - Google May Blur Canadian Faces and License Plates

Submitted by KingK on Thursday September 27, 2007 @12:56PM

KingK writes: "Google is considering a Canadian launch of its Street View map feature, which offers street-level close-ups of city centers, but would blur people's faces and vehicle license plates to respect tougher Canadian privacy laws..."

Chicago Developing 'Suspicious Behavior' Monitoring System 294

Posted by Zonk on Thursday September 27, 2007 @11:40AM from the i'm-just-going-to-think-really-evil-thoughts-then dept.

narramissic writes "Over the past few years, Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) has been blanketing the city with a network of thousands of video cameras in an effort to remotely keep track of emergencies in real time. Now, with the help of IBM, the network is getting some smarts. IBM software will analyze the video and ultimately 'recognize suspicious behavior,' says OEMC spokesman Kevin Smith. 'The challenge is going to be teaching computers to recognize the suspicious behavior,' said Smith. 'Once this is done this will be a very impressive city in terms of public safety.'"

Comment Not acceptable! (Score 1) 422

by uptaphunk on Thursday May 25, 2006 @11:47AM (#15402748) Attached to: Why Buggy Software Gets Shipped

If you read the article, there is a weigh-in against RISK. For all those who say NOT IN MY INDUSTRY - NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR MISSION - CRITICAL - well no shit. That falls into the RISK category. If bugs are unacceptable for the purpose of the software - ie - patient monitoring then every effort will be made to ensure it won't happen.

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