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  1. Re:Fire your PR firm on GOG.com Not Really Gone · · Score: 1

    Anyone who left is also likely on their mailing list, so the next e-mail would've disabused them of that notion.

  2. Re:Fire your PR firm on GOG.com Not Really Gone · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because that person would also never go to /., Joystiq, Wired, PC Gamer, Escapist, Blues News... again either.

  3. Bad name? on Orion Spacecraft On the Path To Future Flight · · Score: 1

    Is it related to this Orion or did they just reuse the name?

  4. Re:Different perspective on Left-Handed Gamers Getting Left Behind? · · Score: 1

    Not only that, they were all designed the same. Joystick on the left, buttons on the right

    That's funny, your first example has the button on the LEFT.

  5. Re:So that's why the UW mail system went down on New Email Worm Squirming Through Windows Users' Inboxes · · Score: 1

    Windows still doesn't have umask or use file permissions to control executability?

    Uhh, yeah it does and has since NTFS was released. ACLs are inherited (not quite umask, but close), and you can make something non-executable with permissions.

  6. Re:What is this stupidity??? on New Adobe PDF Zero-Day Under Attack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've never heard a 700 page specification called "not highly complicated"

  7. Re:Why care? on Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down · · Score: 1

    In this case, you'd be wrong.

    Libel tourism has recently been explicitly eliminated, with UK being used as the poster child.

  8. Re:It's about time on Canonical Begins Tracking Ubuntu Installations · · Score: 1

    It's enough to say "let's do market research" rather than just doing Windows if there's a 50% split.

  9. Re:It's about time on Canonical Begins Tracking Ubuntu Installations · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you've missed the stats from here where Linux users paid more than Windows users.

  10. Re:"Presumption of innocence"? on Tennessee Town Releases Red Light Camera Stats · · Score: 1

    Exactly, which is different from the absolute claim that the photograph is the proof.

  11. Re:"Presumption of innocence"? on Tennessee Town Releases Red Light Camera Stats · · Score: 1

    No, it's not.

    Was there a police officer waving people through?
    Is the timing of the camera correct?
    Is the aiming of the camera correct?

    There have been tickets issued because of all of these factors.

  12. Re:That doesn't matter on What To Do About CC License Violations? · · Score: 1

    I think it hinges on "If a website has ads, is it commercial". Yes, they are making money off it, but no, they're not directly selling the content.

    That's something that needs to be directly addressed in the CC licenses.

  13. Re:Vectrex on Our Video Game Heritage Is Rotting Away · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can't?

    Ever see the emulations of Space Invaders that are colored? Space Invaders is black and white, the color was from plastic on the screen.

  14. Boing Boing on What To Do About CC License Violations? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Boing Boing releases all of their stuff under CC NC SA, so you may not have a case there. IANAL, but that's probably the last one you'd want to take on over other companies.

  15. Re:Hardly on Too Much Multiplayer In Today's Games? · · Score: 1

    Work on both of them to make them great.

    Considering that companies have finite resources and finite time, how exactly should this be divvied up?

  16. Re:And this folks... on WordPress Creator GPL Says WP Template Must Be GPL'd · · Score: 1

    What gotcha?

    You distribute something under a license, you obey that license. Open source or not is completely irrelevant.

  17. Is it a beer? on The World's Strongest, Most Expensive Beer Served Inside a Squirrel · · Score: 1

    Since there's freeze distillation (per here), is it still a beer?

  18. Re:Gullibility, it's what's for dinner! on Onion Story Gets Blown Out of Proportion · · Score: 1

    [Citation needed]

  19. Re:Good Idea on Leaving a Comment? That'll Be 99 Cents, and Your Name · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Thing is, online reputation and such works with pseudonymous speech; you don't need real name, you just need a consistent identity.

    I've used this nym on /. for about 15 years.

  20. Re:Isn't this just DRM in little pieces? on DRM vs. Unfinished Games · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I was originally planning for getting AC2 right when it came out. I'm still waiting for the full version.

  21. Re:Good Idea on Leaving a Comment? That'll Be 99 Cents, and Your Name · · Score: 4, Funny

    Call it a hunch but I don't think your last name is squid or quid.

  22. Re:The reason this is an issue on Deported Russian (Spy?) Worked At Microsoft · · Score: 1

    They got discovered and fixed, which is good.

    They got into production releases, which is not. They shouldn't have been in the stable release, only nightlies.

  23. Re:I love copyright law. on Copyright As Weapon In US Senate Campaign · · Score: 1

    Doesn't Google purge if you ask?

  24. Re:yes, downloads should be cheaper... on Most Console Gamers Still Prefer Physical Media · · Score: 1

    I definitely agree, and that's the main reason I don't buy downloaded (GoG being the exception on PC. XBLA / PSN games I almost never consider).

    I was just addressing the cost issue, not the value issue.

  25. Re:yes, downloads should be cheaper... on Most Console Gamers Still Prefer Physical Media · · Score: 2, Informative

    The mark up of the store combined with all the intermediaries is not negligible.