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Slashback: Armed, Cracked, Cables
Nearly anything is better than ribbon cables. aibrahim writes "In the recent /. article about Serial ATA some people wanted to know where SCSI was going, and if Serial ATA could deal with some higher end workstation and low end server requirements. Apparently it has been decided that Serial ATA 2 (pdf doc) and Serial Attached SCSI are the answers."
Because being an American is all about first-person shooters. and i starve writes: "For any of you FPS fans out there who have been champing at the bit to see the newest product of our very own government's attempt at a multiplayer video game since Marine Doom your day has final come. America's Army, which utilizes the Unreal Warfare engine was created and designed by the United States Army and is TOTALLY FREE! go grab it off of File Planet right now!"
Before you hit your "JINGO" button, though, An anonymous reader cautions "In typical Army fashion the release of America's Army is a bust. All the servers are either full or down and the way it's set up, you can't play past the basic training without completing some of the training online. Since you can't connect to any of the servers to complete that training you basically can't play the game at all. What a waste of taxpayer money."
Nobody needs to make any cracks about this. Anonymous Coward writes "According to this CNN Article, [some cracks were] found on Space Shuttle Columbia this week, possibly delaying missions for the remainder of the year. This crack is similar to the crack found on Columbia's sister ships, Atlantis and Discovery. "
Worst pun in relation to this gets no prize.
Jingoism, indeed.
"I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots." - George Bush
Can I take a crack at it?
Why does the army not release America's Army for the Mac or Linux? Is this an even against all of what a government stands for, they are promoting a single company, which actually has been convicted of anti-trust (M$).
The army needs to figure out they are doing something against the law by promoting a company that was convicted of anti-trust.
does anyone else find the choice of venues rather strange?
however I'll be at a family reunion that day so it's a moot point for me.
------ Work is so much easier when you don't
I love the Orwellian double-speak above the pic on the front page of that link:
Operation: DEFEND YOURSELF ?
Maybe someone should tell the US Military that 'offense' is *not* defense...
Its funny how the US calls its armed forces 'defence forces' and such - when in reality, the US Army is the most offensive force in the world. There is virtually no chance of armed conflict in North America (oceans as natural barriers), but American military is not meant to 'defend' themselves - its meant to goto war around the world. Just look at any of the 70 armed conflicts USofA has been involved in since WWII.
Defence my ass. Warmongers -- and this "Video Game" is patent jinogism (inspite of the editors non sequitor).