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It takes longer to start up from Hibernate on my netbook than doing a fresh boot. :-/Still glad I didn't get one of those-Deozaan (February 16, 2011, 12:01 AM)It's totally not worth the annoyance.
-Ath (February 16, 2011, 01:40 AM)
-they give a hole new meaning to "you can leave your hat on"!-Curt (February 15, 2011, 02:57 AM)
And Rhapsody is the first to say NO. The model can't work and keep content providers in business:
http://news.cnet.com..._105-20032119-1.html
Our philosophy is simple too--an Apple-imposed arrangement that requires us to pay 30 percent of our revenue to Apple, in addition to content fees that we pay to the music labels, publishers and artists, is economically untenable.-zridling (February 15, 2011, 11:01 PM)
ICO + SOTC, didn't know they had remastered it for PS3. Those games =
-f0dder (February 15, 2011, 09:49 AM)
You're humanity's last hope, because you're the last of humanity. You're given a single chance to reclaim the galaxy, and there's one giant, obscene obstacle in your way: the AI. Think Terminator or the Matrix; think any sort of sci-fi where the computers take over and you've got yourself the premise of AI War. Except this time, the battle is fought over the entire galaxy, over dozens of them. You've got to take it all back and the AI can stop you at any time. You've just got to piss it off enough to think you're a genuine threat.
This is Buckaroo, only the stakes are a little higher, and the scale is cosmic. Each little piece of detritus you're littering over that angry donkey is a star system, a data bank, a factory. At any point, you might well take one thing too many, and suddenly, in the top left of your screen, a little message is going to pop up. It's not going to be a pleasant sort of message. It will read something like this:
"30,000 ships headed towards your system in 5:00."
That timer at the end is going to start ticking down and you're going to frantically start to build up your defences, except somewhere, in the back of your mind, you're going to know it's not enough. It'll never be enough. You recall all your ships, from everywhere, to try to mount some kind of realistic defence, but somehow they seem to be moving slower than usual, or maybe it's just because this is so much more urgent and your mind is wanting, no, needing, them to move faster. And oh God the AI ships are here and we're all going to die.
That's AI War at its climax. Well, one of its climaxes. This happens so often, with you barely scraping through each time, that if you aren't a frayed mess of overloaded nerve endings, you're probably just as much a machine as the one you're fighting.
who cares about relationchips? It's all about Fast I/O!-f0dder (February 15, 2011, 06:17 PM)
Can result in a short circuit!-cranioscopical (February 15, 2011, 06:55 PM)
However, Apple does require that if a publisher chooses to sell a digital subscription separately outside of the app, that same subscription offer must be made available, at the same price or less, to customers who wish to subscribe from within the app. In addition, publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a web site, for example) which allow the customer to purchase content or subscriptions outside of the app.
I really shouldn't make a snit over this. Companies should just charge Apple users a 30% tax on everything they buy. In fact, double it to 60% and make 30% off Apple's back. Problem fixed. If Apple users complain, give them Steve Jobs' iPhone number.-zridling (February 15, 2011, 05:31 PM)
Publishers who offer out-of-app subscriptions, though, also have to offer in-app subscriptions and the price has to be the same or lower than for subscriptions processed outside of the app. Apple will take a 30% cut from these in-app transactions.
Could still lead to a long-term relationchip.-cranioscopical (February 15, 2011, 05:15 PM)
Would you like to share some bits with me?-cranioscopical (February 14, 2011, 07:56 PM)
There are so many nice things about it that I get excited just thinking about using it!-Josh (February 10, 2011, 05:20 PM)
I think that only happens if you pass mouser.-app103 (February 09, 2011, 05:35 PM)
Mouser seems to have a monopoly on high numbers. Is there any truth to the rumour that if you pass him you can collect $200, or do you go to jail?-cranioscopical (February 09, 2011, 09:45 PM)
If you pass him you'd better see a doctor-timns (February 09, 2011, 09:46 PM)
+1 - Don't forget to mention that all repairs/service/software faults of the system will be handled by the manufacturer of the system.-4wd (February 10, 2011, 04:55 PM)
That said, Logitech has a new trackball available for pre-order which has stuff in logical places. I, for one, cannot wait for this device!
Logitech Wireless Trackball M570-Josh (September 22, 2010, 07:51 PM)
Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Sounds awesome! It will be so nice to finally be able to go wireless with a trackball with stuff in its logical place.
I don't think I'm going to pre-order though. I bet I could buy it new off Amazon when it comes out and get free shipping.-Deozaan (September 23, 2010, 01:21 AM)
If you've never played Amnesia: The Dark Descent, don't watch this video before playing, it'll ruin it.
If you have played it, and got scared out of your wits, watch this and have an heart-rate calming giggle at your own expense.
(Warning: lots of swearing)
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=loSzpvq73FY
P.S. If you're just too chicken to play the game, well...-Edvard (February 10, 2011, 02:11 PM)
No videogame (or movie) is that scary.I'm REALLY curious to see what Dell and Archos and other tablet makers do when Android 3.0 comes out. I expect Dell will provide FW updates to 3.0 to their exiting line; I expect Archos will cap their Gen8 (Current line) tablets at 2.x and release 3.0 on theirGen8Gen9 devices in the fall. I WISH they'd update the Archos 5IT to Froyo (or even better Android 3.0!) but I doubt it will ever happen.-Darwin (February 09, 2011, 11:16 PM)