No, they're not. The.us domain IS the US domain. The.com/.net/.org/.edu are international domains.
Or are you suggesting that a multinational corporation should have to register a different domain in every country where they operate? If I want to go go IBM's main web site, which country should I pick?
If they WERE simply US domains, they would require a US address to register them.
You have to create an account and log in if you want to save your game. Not because it saves your game 'in the cloud', but because it refuses to let you save if you aren't logged in.
It's yet another layer of DRM, and is the reason why I doubt I'll ever buy another Rockstar game.
Well, that and the fact that GTA4 is boring as fsck compared to Saints Row 2.
What is his point? That he is a supporter of piracy by making sure the main reasons for it are found on Steam as well?
I don't believe any of these things apply to Valve's own games, other than Steam itself, which is pretty tame as DRM goes. He's only responsible for his own games, not those he sells for others.
I was about to buy a copy of GTA IV on Steam during the sale they've got going. With credit card in hand, I found out in some reviews that the PC version requires Games for Windows Live for saving and installs SecuROM. Dealbreaker right there and I never purchased.
Yeah, GTA4 requires you to log into Steam, then asks you to log into some Rockstar thing, then requires you to log into GFWL. It's an absolute abomination, which is why I now check very carefully for a GFWL infestation before I buy any games on Steam.
Best part is that after you've logged into Steam and then skipped the Rockstar login and then started the game, GFWL will demand to update, which forces you to exit the game and do the whole thing again. What were Rockstar thinking?
Once prices for 1 TB SSDs drop to something nice, HD will be shown the door.
For most people who don't play games and don't store big video files, current sub-$100 SSDs are good enough; 40-60GB will store the OS and office apps and some documents and pictures. For most people who don't fit in that category, 1TB is not enough.
The manufacturers knew what they were getting into, when they built their factories on flood plains. The burden for that mistake should not be born by the customer.
There aren't enough hard drives.
You basically have two choices:
1. Keep prices the same, so when you have an urgent need for a drive to keep your company's servers operating there won't be any available to buy because they were all sold to people who want to download more movie torrents. 2. Increase prices so people who don't really need a drive right now don't buy it and you'll be able to buy your urgently-needed drive for twice the price it would have been a few months ago.
Lefties prefer option 1, where they keep prices artificially low and then complain when there's nothing available to buy. Sane people prefer option 2.
It is rather unique in the industry that no insurance company is willing to insure nuclear power plants. The reason is most probably that when the risks are properly estimated the bill increases nuclear electricity to prohibitive, non-competitive levels.
More likely, that the risks are impossible to quantify. Insurers could have made plenty of money insuring reactors for the last few decades, but it would only take one Homer Simpson to really ruin their day.
All Fukashima proved was that building a nuclear power station next to the sea in an area prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, then building a defence wall that might be a little bit low and placing the backup generators at a level that would be "below sea level" if the wall failed is a bad idea.
And that, even then, the tsunami caused far more harm than the damage to the reactor.
The anti-nuclear nutters could save more lives by demanding that no-one is allowed to live in a tsunami zone anymore.
Why build one when you can have two for twice the price?!
Didn't they switch to only building one in the 'smaller, faster, cheaper' days because they could just build a replacement at low cost if the first mission failed?
The problem is that this mission is neither smaller, faster or cheaper.
It's like those old SF stories where the astronaut who trains hardest for the mission is left behind on Earth because he failed some psychological testing while the slacker is sent into space instead. Hopefully the second rover doesn't chop the first up with an axe on launch day and then sneak on board in its place.
Grow up. You've got the attitude of a bitchy spoiled brat.
Yes, that's the normal communist response when people say they don't like their Glorious People's 'utopia'.
Back when I lived in the UK, twice in one week I had to sit on a stationary train for the best part of an hour while the train crew waited for the police to turn up and remove some drunken louts who were making trouble. But I'm the one with an 'attitude problem'.
If I remember correctly, the rolling truck stops in 'Judge Dredd' would pick your car/truck up with a crane when you wanted to 'stop' to use their facilities and then put it back down on the road when you were done.
So that's another option. It would be much cooler too.
The most annoying thing about taking the train (or a public bus or subway, for that matter) is when it stops to let other people on or off.
No, the most annoying thing about taking a train is being crammed in a metal tube with people I would normally pay good money to avoid being near.
In the UK back in the late 1800s/early 1900s I believe that trains often used to drop off carriages as they passed stations so the people going to that station would roll into it and stop while the rest of the train carried on. So it's not such a new idea.
People rag on apple for selling expensive products. The perception is largely because, while Apple's products are generally priced roughly the same as similarly spec'd products from their competitors, Apple doesn't typically sell low-end or budget devices. That is to say, their product lineup starts in the mid-range to high-end. So, they're expensive, yes, but not overpriced.
My Toshiba i5 laptop cost $1100. The closest comparable Apple laptop I could find at the time -- if I remember correctly it had a slightly faster CPU and Firewire, but a smaller hard drive and 2/3 as much RAM -- was $2500.
Put it another way: you paid a lot for that big battery in your car. Why use it only when driving? Why not make that investment earn money for you while it is sat outside your door?
Because I bought the car to drive, and want it charged whenever I need to drive it?
I do find the many conflicting faces of slashdot amusing
You do realise that Slashdot is a web site where thousands of different people post their opinions and not a single person, right? And that one person who thinks A is probably not the same person who things not-A?
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.com and .net ARE simply US domains.
No, they're not. The .us domain IS the US domain. The .com/.net/.org/.edu are international domains.
Or are you suggesting that a multinational corporation should have to register a different domain in every country where they operate? If I want to go go IBM's main web site, which country should I pick?
If they WERE simply US domains, they would require a US address to register them.
Add to that a civilized landing rather than a terrifying rescue at sea.
I think you mean 'terrifying near-crash with no chance of survival if you missed the runway'.
Yeah, I always buy from GoG if they have the game available.
You have to create an account and log in if you want to save your game. Not because it saves your game 'in the cloud', but because it refuses to let you save if you aren't logged in.
It's yet another layer of DRM, and is the reason why I doubt I'll ever buy another Rockstar game.
Well, that and the fact that GTA4 is boring as fsck compared to Saints Row 2.
Steam as the only authentification method).
What is his point? That he is a supporter of piracy by making sure the main reasons for it are found on Steam as well?
I don't believe any of these things apply to Valve's own games, other than Steam itself, which is pretty tame as DRM goes. He's only responsible for his own games, not those he sells for others.
I was about to buy a copy of GTA IV on Steam during the sale they've got going. With credit card in hand, I found out in some reviews that the PC version requires Games for Windows Live for saving and installs SecuROM. Dealbreaker right there and I never purchased.
Yeah, GTA4 requires you to log into Steam, then asks you to log into some Rockstar thing, then requires you to log into GFWL. It's an absolute abomination, which is why I now check very carefully for a GFWL infestation before I buy any games on Steam.
Best part is that after you've logged into Steam and then skipped the Rockstar login and then started the game, GFWL will demand to update, which forces you to exit the game and do the whole thing again. What were Rockstar thinking?
Once prices for 1 TB SSDs drop to something nice, HD will be shown the door.
For most people who don't play games and don't store big video files, current sub-$100 SSDs are good enough; 40-60GB will store the OS and office apps and some documents and pictures. For most people who don't fit in that category, 1TB is not enough.
The manufacturers knew what they were getting into, when they built their factories on flood plains. The burden for that mistake should not be born by the customer.
There aren't enough hard drives.
You basically have two choices:
1. Keep prices the same, so when you have an urgent need for a drive to keep your company's servers operating there won't be any available to buy because they were all sold to people who want to download more movie torrents.
2. Increase prices so people who don't really need a drive right now don't buy it and you'll be able to buy your urgently-needed drive for twice the price it would have been a few months ago.
Lefties prefer option 1, where they keep prices artificially low and then complain when there's nothing available to buy. Sane people prefer option 2.
You're forgetting that a significant number of Americans want to start WWIII in the Middle East so they will be 'Raptured Away'.
It is rather unique in the industry that no insurance company is willing to insure nuclear power plants. The reason is most probably that when the risks are properly estimated the bill increases nuclear electricity to prohibitive, non-competitive levels.
More likely, that the risks are impossible to quantify. Insurers could have made plenty of money insuring reactors for the last few decades, but it would only take one Homer Simpson to really ruin their day.
All Fukashima proved was that building a nuclear power station next to the sea in an area prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, then building a defence wall that might be a little bit low and placing the backup generators at a level that would be "below sea level" if the wall failed is a bad idea.
And that, even then, the tsunami caused far more harm than the damage to the reactor.
The anti-nuclear nutters could save more lives by demanding that no-one is allowed to live in a tsunami zone anymore.
Why build one when you can have two for twice the price?!
Didn't they switch to only building one in the 'smaller, faster, cheaper' days because they could just build a replacement at low cost if the first mission failed?
The problem is that this mission is neither smaller, faster or cheaper.
Have you heard about the instrument package??
A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff...
It's like those old SF stories where the astronaut who trains hardest for the mission is left behind on Earth because he failed some psychological testing while the slacker is sent into space instead. Hopefully the second rover doesn't chop the first up with an axe on launch day and then sneak on board in its place.
Grow up. You've got the attitude of a bitchy spoiled brat.
Yes, that's the normal communist response when people say they don't like their Glorious People's 'utopia'.
Back when I lived in the UK, twice in one week I had to sit on a stationary train for the best part of an hour while the train crew waited for the police to turn up and remove some drunken louts who were making trouble. But I'm the one with an 'attitude problem'.
Guess I'll be off to the Gulag, eh Comrade?
If I remember correctly, the rolling truck stops in 'Judge Dredd' would pick your car/truck up with a crane when you wanted to 'stop' to use their facilities and then put it back down on the road when you were done.
So that's another option. It would be much cooler too.
Hanging off a metal bar and being picked up in a net would be way cooler than a tram. You could probably charge extra for the 'Xtreme'-ness.
The most annoying thing about taking the train (or a public bus or subway, for that matter) is when it stops to let other people on or off.
No, the most annoying thing about taking a train is being crammed in a metal tube with people I would normally pay good money to avoid being near.
In the UK back in the late 1800s/early 1900s I believe that trains often used to drop off carriages as they passed stations so the people going to that station would roll into it and stop while the rest of the train carried on. So it's not such a new idea.
How about the screen and keyboard?
The Toshiba's is fine. I believe the resolution was the same but don't remembre for sure.
Does your Toshiba have an unibody aluminum design?
Don't care, but I assumed someone would say 'Dude, but for your extra $1400 you get AN ALUMINIUM CASE!'
From a quick look online, I could apparently buy about 1600 pounds of aluminium for $1400.
People rag on apple for selling expensive products. The perception is largely because, while Apple's products are generally priced roughly the same as similarly spec'd products from their competitors, Apple doesn't typically sell low-end or budget devices. That is to say, their product lineup starts in the mid-range to high-end. So, they're expensive, yes, but not overpriced.
My Toshiba i5 laptop cost $1100. The closest comparable Apple laptop I could find at the time -- if I remember correctly it had a slightly faster CPU and Firewire, but a smaller hard drive and 2/3 as much RAM -- was $2500.
I'd say that's both expensive and overpriced.
Doesn't geothermal heat largely come from nuclear decay in the core?
Indeed, cold kills. Only fools think that a planet that's 1C warmer would be a bad place to live.
Put it another way: you paid a lot for that big battery in your car. Why use it only when driving? Why not make that investment earn money for you while it is sat outside your door?
Because I bought the car to drive, and want it charged whenever I need to drive it?
And if you have electric cars, could they not charge at peak times
Great idea. So I want to drive my car and discover there's no power because the power company decided I'm not allowed to charge it right now.
In principle, this could save trillions in new power stations and power distribution.
Here's an idea. How about we actually build enough power stations to meet demand, rather than charge people more for less services?
Radical, I know.
I do find the many conflicting faces of slashdot amusing
You do realise that Slashdot is a web site where thousands of different people post their opinions and not a single person, right? And that one person who thinks A is probably not the same person who things not-A?