Comment Why don't they get it? (Score 1, Insightful) 779
Boys and girls are different. Chicks don't dig computers. Period.
Comment Prototype Quadrotor with Machine Gun (Score 1) 97
How about one of these?
Future Ubisoft Games To Require Constant Internet Access 497
Following up on our discussion yesterday of annoying game distribution platforms, Ubisoft has announced the details of their Online Services Platform, which they will use to distribute and administer future PC game releases. The platform will require internet access in order to play installed games, saved games will be stored remotely, and the game you're playing will even pause and try to reconnect if your connection is lost during play. Quoting Rock, Paper, Shotgun:
"This seems like such a bizarre, bewildering backward step. Of course we haven't experienced it yet, but based on Ubi’s own description of the system so many concerns arise. Yes, certainly, most people have the internet all the time on their PCs. But not all people. So already a percentage of the audience is lost. Then comes those who own gaming laptops, who now will not be able to play games on trains, buses, in the park, or anywhere they may not be able to find a WiFi connection (something that’s rarely free in the UK, of course – fancy paying the £10/hour in the airport to play your Ubisoft game?). Then there's the day your internet is down, and the engineers can’t come out to fix it until tomorrow. No game for you. Or any of the dozens of other situations when the internet is not available to a player. But further, there are people who do not wish to let a publisher know their private gaming habits. People who do not wish to report in to a company they’ve no affiliation with, nor accountability to, whenever they play a game they’ve legally bought. People who don’t want their save data stored remotely. This new system renders all customers beholden to Ubisoft in perpetuity whenever they buy their games."
Comment Re:Latin Serbian!?!?! (Score 1) 335
Serbian and Croatian languages are similar. Until a couple of years ago, these languages were one, "serbocroatian" language. But, there are many annoying differences. For example, month names in Serbian are similar to English (Januar, Februar, etc.), but in Croatian months have totaly different names.
Serbian language has two "scripts", or as we call them, alphabets. Primary is the cyrillic alphabet and secondary, latin alphabet. I would like to see KDE in both of these alphabets, but, latin is better then nothin' :)
Serbian language has two "scripts", or as we call them, alphabets. Primary is the cyrillic alphabet and secondary, latin alphabet. I would like to see KDE in both of these alphabets, but, latin is better then nothin'
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