The quests didn't present much of a PvE challenge even to a resto druid two levels under the quest level.
However, on a PvP server, I've had a friend get ganked while doing quests like these. I went to help him only to find I can't help since I'm in the restored town and he's still trying to restore it.
Also, while most of us at Slashdot are adults, there are kids who play these games. Sometimes, it's just nice to lend a hand when someone needs it. Thought I still really enjoy the phasing aspect, it would have been nice if Blizzard made it possible to revert to an older phase in other to assist a party member.
Admittedly, I don't know everything about LBP's distro system, but I'd like to point out that both Sims 2 and Spore had built-in distribution systems where content you created was uploaded to a Maxis server and made available to other users.
You've got to give us time. It's an election year and there's a financial crisis going on. Plus, although I haven't heard anything about them in the news in the last few months, I'm pretty sure we're still fighting two wars.
I don't know about indie games, but I bought Orange Box the day it came out and haven't had to spend a dime on all of the new weapons and maps for Team Fortress 2.
Because of Valve's free add-ons, I haven't bothered with any company's FPS. Clearly, there are better ways to keep you playing their game than charging you for things that should have been in the release.
I think he was referring to the definition of pragmatism found on either Wiktionary.org or Dictionary.Reference.com rather than the full explanation of the term found in the Wikipedia article (as pragmatism, like most -isms, is far more complicated than any one-line definition can explain).
I hope you can understand his (or her) confusion.
Oh god, no. I'm not voting for McCain. I'm just not voting for Obama either. I live in Massachusetts, though, so it doesn't matter if I vote for him or not. However, unlike Obama, I will stick to my guns and vote against him anyway.
I will most likely abstain from the vote. Or vote for Nader or Paul. To be honest, I've never voted in a presidential election before so I'm not sure how it's done.
I 99% sure you're just being funny, but for that 1% possibility, I want to point out that Obama's vote on the telecom immunity was the straw that broke my back. Because he did not stand up for something he said he believed in, I will not be voting for Obama in November.
Since when is quoting the Constitution trolling? If I had to wager a guess, I'd say, "when truth is worth less than opinion". Typically, that's what political news articles tend to be on Slashdot.
Indeed, political posts anywhere tend to devolve into opinion-based arguments, but, for some reason, when this happens on Slashdot, I'm always a little disappointed.
But then, your question was probably rhetorical.
An RFID anything has a range measured in inches normally.
I don't think you need to look further than Defcon to see the fun things you can do with RFID tags. In fact, if I recall correctly, at Defcon 13, they read an RFID token from at least 69 feet away.
From TFA:
In April, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the government's power to conduct searches of an international traveler's laptop without suspicion of wrongdoing.
"Microsoft just released a new, more powerful, XBox-Super-Elite 360 for twice the cost, but it only adds 10% more detail to all your games. The original 360 is doomed!" It's not as crazy as you think. First, you have the late adopters like myself who can't buy the version of a system they want (60g PS3 with full backwards compatability because Sony stopped making them when they came out with a new one with a shiny new bell). Then, you have the early adopters who's 360 red-ringed and was out of hard drive space because a 360 hard drive costs what? Three times the cost of a PC hard drive?
I'm not saying it would be easy, but Microsoft should make PC and 360 games work cross-platform when possible. My copy of World of Warcraft can be installed on a Mac or PC so I can't imagine MS couldn't find a way to make games go PC to console.
They can remove the copper lines from your home IF you're getting the "total package" and you sign off of the form giving them permission to do so. I'm not a fan of fine print, but I've seen the contract personally (at least the copy the service tech brought to my house) and it was pretty clear what they were going to do even before the tech brought it up. I opted out and still have my copper.
What are the tags for this story. Let's see... science, space, starwars, moneyshot, and cumshot...
Wait a second... what the heck does this story have to do with Star Wars?!
If your comment doesn't get modded up, I don't want you thinking you're wrong. You're not; it's just that this isn't really news to most of us. I'd wager that most of Slashdot's readers are middle class Americans who see neither the tax breaks the Republicans give the rich nor the free rides the Democrats give the poor.
I'm just worried that any anger we should be using to act is instead being defused by bitching on our blogs and laughing at the satire news shows.
Interesting article. The part that I found most interesting is below.
...Vogel and Koster referred to themselves as "gamers," by which they
seemed to mean not just that they liked to play computer games but
that they didn't really see them as games. I wonder what she (the author) believed these "gamers" felt they were playing.
Thank you for thinking exactly what I was thinking.
1. create obscure pay-to-play game
2. spread scandalous news regarding game
3. instant publicity
4. ????
5. profit!
He's important because no matter what he does that's absolutely crazy, people still pay attention. He still shows up on news programs and quoted in articles and, more importantly, after numerous frivolous lawsuits, he's somehow still a lawyer.
We, the video game playing community, need to hire someone to follow him around with a sign that says, "Do not feed the trolls".
Either that or seek to get him disbarred.
While what you said makes sense, it's really a cold comfort when you consider the personal information at risk. The hacker could have posted it in the forums just to cause chaos or for a hundred other reasons. If it was merely used as a warning that eBay's security is lacking, they could have done it through an e-mail to the administrators or to a reputable news site.
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The quests didn't present much of a PvE challenge even to a resto druid two levels under the quest level. However, on a PvP server, I've had a friend get ganked while doing quests like these. I went to help him only to find I can't help since I'm in the restored town and he's still trying to restore it. Also, while most of us at Slashdot are adults, there are kids who play these games. Sometimes, it's just nice to lend a hand when someone needs it. Thought I still really enjoy the phasing aspect, it would have been nice if Blizzard made it possible to revert to an older phase in other to assist a party member.
Let's just make sure we're out of the ditch before we fill it.
Admittedly, I don't know everything about LBP's distro system, but I'd like to point out that both Sims 2 and Spore had built-in distribution systems where content you created was uploaded to a Maxis server and made available to other users.
I'm not normally the type to say this, but... This thread is made of win.
In their defence they didn't shoot him.
Yet.
You've got to give us time. It's an election year and there's a financial crisis going on. Plus, although I haven't heard anything about them in the news in the last few months, I'm pretty sure we're still fighting two wars.
We have a lot on our plates.
Clearly, you need to pitch this idea to Kate Beaton.
I don't know about indie games, but I bought Orange Box the day it came out and haven't had to spend a dime on all of the new weapons and maps for Team Fortress 2.
Because of Valve's free add-ons, I haven't bothered with any company's FPS. Clearly, there are better ways to keep you playing their game than charging you for things that should have been in the release.
I think he was referring to the definition of pragmatism found on either Wiktionary.org or Dictionary.Reference.com rather than the full explanation of the term found in the Wikipedia article (as pragmatism, like most -isms, is far more complicated than any one-line definition can explain). I hope you can understand his (or her) confusion.
Oh god, no. I'm not voting for McCain. I'm just not voting for Obama either. I live in Massachusetts, though, so it doesn't matter if I vote for him or not. However, unlike Obama, I will stick to my guns and vote against him anyway. I will most likely abstain from the vote. Or vote for Nader or Paul. To be honest, I've never voted in a presidential election before so I'm not sure how it's done.
I 99% sure you're just being funny, but for that 1% possibility, I want to point out that Obama's vote on the telecom immunity was the straw that broke my back. Because he did not stand up for something he said he believed in, I will not be voting for Obama in November.
Since when is quoting the Constitution trolling? If I had to wager a guess, I'd say, "when truth is worth less than opinion". Typically, that's what political news articles tend to be on Slashdot. Indeed, political posts anywhere tend to devolve into opinion-based arguments, but, for some reason, when this happens on Slashdot, I'm always a little disappointed. But then, your question was probably rhetorical.
An RFID anything has a range measured in inches normally.
I don't think you need to look further than Defcon to see the fun things you can do with RFID tags. In fact, if I recall correctly, at Defcon 13, they read an RFID token from at least 69 feet away.
I did the same thing... Those yanks over at Youtube have finally freed that Tibet video? Good for them! Maybe they'll help the actual country next.
From TFA: In April, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the government's power to conduct searches of an international traveler's laptop without suspicion of wrongdoing.
According to a couple sources, that's exactly what's happening. See http://www.maplight.org/FISA_June08
They can remove the copper lines from your home IF you're getting the "total package" and you sign off of the form giving them permission to do so. I'm not a fan of fine print, but I've seen the contract personally (at least the copy the service tech brought to my house) and it was pretty clear what they were going to do even before the tech brought it up. I opted out and still have my copper.
We don't dump our satellites in your recycling bin, please don't shoot your pop bottles into our space.
What are the tags for this story. Let's see... science, space, starwars, moneyshot, and cumshot... Wait a second... what the heck does this story have to do with Star Wars?!
Isn't that something Captain America said... right before he was shot?
If your comment doesn't get modded up, I don't want you thinking you're wrong. You're not; it's just that this isn't really news to most of us. I'd wager that most of Slashdot's readers are middle class Americans who see neither the tax breaks the Republicans give the rich nor the free rides the Democrats give the poor. I'm just worried that any anger we should be using to act is instead being defused by bitching on our blogs and laughing at the satire news shows.
...Vogel and Koster referred to themselves as "gamers," by which they seemed to mean not just that they liked to play computer games but that they didn't really see them as games. I wonder what she (the author) believed these "gamers" felt they were playing.Thank you for thinking exactly what I was thinking.
1. create obscure pay-to-play game
2. spread scandalous news regarding game
3. instant publicity
4. ????
5. profit!
He's important because no matter what he does that's absolutely crazy, people still pay attention. He still shows up on news programs and quoted in articles and, more importantly, after numerous frivolous lawsuits, he's somehow still a lawyer. We, the video game playing community, need to hire someone to follow him around with a sign that says, "Do not feed the trolls". Either that or seek to get him disbarred.
While what you said makes sense, it's really a cold comfort when you consider the personal information at risk. The hacker could have posted it in the forums just to cause chaos or for a hundred other reasons. If it was merely used as a warning that eBay's security is lacking, they could have done it through an e-mail to the administrators or to a reputable news site.