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  1. Re:CSM elected by less than 6% of the players on What Game Devs Should Learn From EVE · · Score: 1

    No. They represent 4-6% of the players.

    to say they represent any more is a gross manipulation of semantics.

  2. Re:CSM elected by less than 6% of the players on What Game Devs Should Learn From EVE · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or maybe they trust the game developers more than some fanboys.

    What about the original point of the CSM? To act as auditors of CCP to prevent corruption. Remember the T2 BPOs given out by a DEV? CSM was in direct response to that.

    What was the latest corruption. Oh yeah a CSM trying to play the market with inside information he got from being on the council.

  3. Re:CSM elected by less than 6% of the players on What Game Devs Should Learn From EVE · · Score: 1

    Yeah because the consequences of jail time for in game murders is both sane and good for the player base. Yes that's an actual CSM member's position. You pod kill you go to pixel jail and stare at pixel bars.

    I'm sure the consequences of that will be great for the game.

  4. CSM elected by less than 6% of the players on What Game Devs Should Learn From EVE · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The only problem is the CSM has no mandate. They do not represent the players. They're elected by 4-6% of the player base.

    The whole thing is widely viewed with scorn by the player base. Election turn outs make the states look good. Most candidates are viewed as fanboys wanting a free trip to iceland.

  5. Completely derivative but pretty on Aion Servers To Merge, XP Grind Softened · · Score: 1

    Doesn't surprise me one bit. No innovation.

    It's a pretty game. That's the only good thing I can say.

    It has the exact same crafting system everquest shipped with 11 years ago.

  6. Re:Slower than current aircraft on MIT Designs Aircraft That Uses 70% Less Fuel Than Conventional Planes · · Score: 1

    Apparently neither are you. For a turbine jet engine to work it must first compress air. If the engine is running you have more compressed air than you need. Either they bleed it off as waste or they use it to pressurize the cabin. Cabin pressurization is not a hotel load.

    On average the air temp drops 1 degree per 1000 ft. The air outside the plane is much cooler than inside the plane. They don't need to cool anything. Just pipe some from the outside in. This too is not a hotel load.

  7. Re:How to pressurize it? on MIT Designs Aircraft That Uses 70% Less Fuel Than Conventional Planes · · Score: 1

    If only there were some sort of engine we could use that threw off pressurized air as a waste product?

  8. Re:Slower than current aircraft on MIT Designs Aircraft That Uses 70% Less Fuel Than Conventional Planes · · Score: 1

    With regards to pressurizing and air conditioning:

    If by mostly invariant you mean free on a turbine plane.

    If the engines are running you get these two at no cost. They are waste products of the turbine.

  9. Re:Slower than current aircraft on MIT Designs Aircraft That Uses 70% Less Fuel Than Conventional Planes · · Score: 1

    Yes both type of drag are nonlinear in respect to speed but one goes up as speed increases and one goes down as speed increases.

  10. Re:How Fast? on MIT Designs Aircraft That Uses 70% Less Fuel Than Conventional Planes · · Score: 1

    Long, thin wingspans taking off from shorter runways makes me think it's considerably slower.

    Doesn't have to be slower in flight.

    If the wings generate more lift then it can take off while moving slower. Thus requiring a shorter runway.

    On landing if the wings have more lift you can lower the stall speed and thus allow a lower speed at touch down requiring less runway for breaking.

  11. Re:Let me share this one on Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" · · Score: 1

    I call it even more bullshit.

    HR would have shut this shit down long ago. Based on that title alone the company is more then big enough.

  12. Re:Let me share this one on Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" · · Score: 1

    I call bullshit.

    One trip to a manager or HR and this is done.

    So its so across the line of any place of employment. Even the ones with really broad lines.

  13. Re:Hypochondria? on Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" · · Score: 1

    Must be quite the disease. Must be serious impact on the living conditions.

    Grandma lived to at least 90 and never even suspected she had it. That's better than most health nuts reach.

    What are the short term and long term side effects of the medication for this disease?

  14. Need a better control scheme on Apple Is Nintendo's "Enemy of the Future" · · Score: 1

    Apple's a non contender in the gaming area until they come up with a better input method. The touch screen will hold them back.

    2 inputs at once it not enough for anything but simple trivial games. Now simple trivial games are exactly what the iStuff needs. But they'll never touch the more robust systems.

    How can they? They're more powerful, look better, have better controls, cost less, and using them doesn't cause your hand to block half the screen.

  15. Re:Mandatory data plan requirements... on Sprint's $199 HTC EVO 4G Gets Release Date of June 4 · · Score: 1

    Or you could call sprint and find out that the summary is wrong.

    The $10 bumps you from a 5GB limit to no limit.

    Go check 8668667509

  16. Premium data plan is not mandatory on Sprint's $199 HTC EVO 4G Gets Release Date of June 4 · · Score: 1

    I just got off the phone with sprint. They flat out said "The premium data plan is optional." 5GB limit without it. Unlimited with it.

  17. Re:COTS = COST on US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update · · Score: 1

    I fail to see how to the loss leader aspect is even relevant.

    Either it's a crime to remove an advertised feature or it's not.

  18. Re:Copyright infringement on the crack on Rockstar Ships Max Payne 2 Cracked By Pirates · · Score: 1

    Which leads to an interesting situation where their illegal code is being illegally used.

  19. Re:Copyright infringement on the crack on Rockstar Ships Max Payne 2 Cracked By Pirates · · Score: 1

    I disagree that Rockstar holds the copyright to the crack.

    I do agree that the cracks are likely illegal if produced after the DMCA went into effect. But then again gummi bears and sharpies are both illegal circumvention devices under the DMCA.

    Which leads to an interesting situation where their illegal code is being illegally.

  20. Re:COTS = COST on US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update · · Score: 1

    Buying a loss leader does not obligate you to buy anything else.

  21. Re:Copyright infringement on the crack on Rockstar Ships Max Payne 2 Cracked By Pirates · · Score: 1

    Valve is located in the states. In the states anything you produce is automatically copyrighted. This was put into effect after studios started loosing copyrights due to paperwork errors.

  22. Copyright infringement on the crack on Rockstar Ships Max Payne 2 Cracked By Pirates · · Score: 1

    This is clearly copyright infringement.

    The group needs to sue. They're due money on every copy purchased.

  23. Re:What to do on Steam Client for Mac Launches, Linux Client On the Way · · Score: 1

    One's man 'no good reason' is another man's good reason. Provide some cases so we can judge on the merits, not your wild rantings.

    It's clearly stated in the contract. That's not ranting. But hey attack the poster and ignore the post.

    Fuck, I don't even know what this means. Start Steam-->Start Steam game != 'asking permission'.

    Then you don't understand how Steam works.

    You get to play your games. Seriously, the servers were offline yesterday, and I was quite busily shooting people in the face.

    The net is filled with problems with "offline mode". Second could you reinstall if their servers were offline? If you have no net? Can you make a backup copy?

    Like, what, forgetting your logon details? That would just make YOU stupid.

    Again simply a personal attack. Please discuss the topic and leave the insults at home.
    People make mistakes all the time. Someone screws something up and you loose access. A clerical error. You have no legal recourse.

    Spouted like someone who's never had to sit through contract law classes. Leave the hard work up to the adults, mmkay?

    You signed a legal contracts this has been decided in at least 2 circuit courts. the cases are ProCD V Zeidenberg and Blizzard V bnetd. Would you like to talk about the details or just insult me some more?

    Whoa! Something approaching a useful point. Yes, that's technically correct, but I could theoretically 'give' or 'sell' my Steam account to someone else, without any hassle from Steam, so I'm not sure how histrionic we need to be.

    What about individual games? And yet more insults.

  24. Re:What to do on Steam Client for Mac Launches, Linux Client On the Way · · Score: 1

    How is we can take your games back at any time for no reason good DRM? How is asking permission to play with your legally purchased toys good DRM?

    You have to judge DRM by it's fail state. What happens if Steam goes offline? What happens if there's simply a screw up and you loose access? You have no legal recourse due to the contract you signed. You have no first sale rights without Steams approval.

    Steam is the worst possible DRM.

  25. Re:cheating the laws on EA Introduces "Online Pass" To Get In On Used Games Market · · Score: 1

    Why are you doing business with Game Stop then?

    Obviously the pros outweigh the cons.