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Piracy and the Nintendo DS

Graffitiwriter writes "With the average DS game weighing in at about 30-60MB (well within the reach of anyone with a half-decent broadband connection) gamers now have an alarmingly easy route to free games — a fact that Nintendo is all too aware of. Pocket Gamer takes a look at how piracy affects the Nintendo DS console, along with the reasons so many gamers turn to piracy to play their games — including the slew of inferior games, availability of flash carts and industry greed."

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  1. You can take a nigger out of the jungle... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but you can't take the jungle out of a nigger!

    Pittsburgh police detectives are trying to identify a man who sexually
    assaulted two women this week in Shadyside and Hazelwood by crawling
    through open windows.

    The rapist assaulted the first woman in the early morning hours
    Wednesday and the second Thursday morning.

    "I understand its been hot and humid and people leave their windows
    open, but people need to make sure they do so in a way so that someone
    can't gain entry to their house," Pittsburgh police Deputy Chief Earl
    Woodyard said.

    Police described the suspect as a thin black man in his 20s, between
    5-foot-7 and 6 feet tall. He had braided hair and wore a do-rag, police
    said.

    In the first assault, he crawled through an open, first-floor window of
    an apartment building in the 6300 block of Fifth Avenue in Shadyside
    between 1:15 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. The woman living there was sleeping and
    heard a noise but didn't get up to investigate. He entered the woman's
    bedroom and sexually assaulted her before leaving through the front
    door, Woodyard said.

    About 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, a woman living in a multi-unit home in the
    700 block of Hazelwood Avenue in Hazelwood awoke to find a man in her
    bedroom. The man, who fit the description of the Shadyside attacker,
    held a do rag over his face as he sexually assaulted the woman, Woodyard
    said. The suspect had crawled through an open window.

    When the suspect left the Hazelwood victim's apartment, she saw him
    drive away in a tan, newerâ'model sedan. That victim told police her
    attacker smelled heavily of cologne.

    "Because the second victim didn't hear any noises, but awoke to find him
    in her bedroom, we don't know how long he was in the apartment,"
    Woodyard said. "We also don't know if anything was taken from the
    victims during either assault."

    In both incidents, the victims screamed once, and the suspect told them
    to stop. But both victims screamed again.

    Woodyard said the suspect didn't threaten either victim with a weapon.
    "It's possible he may get more courageous and strike again since both of
    these incidents happened so close together," Woodyard said.

    "Particularly since the second assault happened at a time when it's
    light outside and people are moving about."

    Police are investigating whether the suspect targeted the women in
    advance. The first victim is married, but was home alone, and the second
    victim lived alone, Woodyard said. Both victims are in their 20s.

    Woodyard said investigators are encouraging any other victims or anyone
    with information to call city sex crimes detectives at 412-323-7141.

  2. mod parent down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wat. No srsly -- wat.