February 2010
135 posts
A really great game missed the mark
I am foaming at the mouth because I am sick and tired of putting up with the really shitty bartering/commerce mechanism in Mass Effect 2. There is simply ZERO excuse for Bioware to come up with such a shitty mechanism unless they simply were running out of time and decided to cut the feature.
Buying things in Mass Effect 2 is a pain in the ass. Resource gathering is a huge pain in the ass, why in...
Microsoft, Amazon strike patent deal covering... →
More fuel to my argument that Google isn’t the devil. The real devil is Amazon.
“Sing ho, for the glories of bimetallism! With South Caroline on the side of Free...”
– Lawmaker Seeks To Ban U.S. Currency | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
WatchOutlet Regulator Video on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
The problem with this approach is that it relies on a timer, it would be better if it could actually measure usage and let that decide when to eject the cable.
Incredible
staff:
According to Andrew - at peak times, Tumblr is pushing more than 3000 pageviews per second. I guess that’s what all those servers are for!
Have we told all of you how much we love you, lately?
These next features should. :)
You should be checking into why we get hit with such bad latency when posting before you brag about how many page views you are serving. If you piss off your...
HijiNKS Ensue – Geek Webcomic – Updates Monday,... →
There is no sanctuary. Seriously.
Slashdot Apple Story | The Worst Apple Products of... →
I can play this game too:
The last two generations of Apple keyboards. These are the ones with the transparent bodies, and the current generation that uses a full aluminum body and laptop keys. Both are shit. Don’t even dare to sneeze on these because they have zero resiliency, and even an eyelash is enough to get them stuck.
The track ball (nipple?) on the Mighty Mouse. Good luck...
Slashdot Technology Story | Does Microsoft Finally... →
Not a very good day to anyone that works at Cupertino. I imagine Steve is impersonating Ballmer and throwing chairs through the windows.
This is Microsoft at its finest: they had a good thing which they let go stale. Then Apple comes out of nowhere and proves that people will pay a lot of money for a phone (disclaimer, I have owned the first two versions of the iPhone, and recently switched them...
“Professor Jones also conceded the possibility that the world was warmer in...”
– Climategate U-turn: Astonishment as scientist at centre of global warming email row admits data not well organised | Mail Online
Yeah, and then everyone that decries the cult of fear perpetuated by the media is condemned as a tinfoil-hatted lunatic. Why is the US press not covering this scandal?
“Studies show that shoveling snow increases your risk of heart attack. So do your...”
– FARK.com: (5021363) Studies show that shoveling snow increases your risk of heart attack. So do your heart a favor and stay inside all winter eating pork rinds and Funyuns on the couch
I am sure my boss and some of my coworkers (the ones that shoveled snow last week here in DC) are going to get a...
