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  1. marfig

    Blog: Why the PC is Not about Piracy

    Gabe Newell does say a lot more than that, hence why I was less than impressed at his words (to put it kindly). But yes, definitely he's right about that particular issue.
  2. marfig

    Blog: Why the PC is Not about Piracy

    Really liked it too Kayden. Excellent job exploring this ugly falsehood and exposing many of the weaknesses of the arguments used against PC gamers as a whole. I must say that as a pure breed PC gamer I've never felt so insulted as by many of these companies and the people behind them (many of...
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    Apple patents "slide to unlock"

    I'm unfortunately not very good with good responses. I can only think of bad responses to give to this piece of news. Let me put it this way: I implicitly know how to code a small program that unlocks a mobile device with a mouse gesture. Inside my head, at this precise moment, without ever...
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    The State Of Western Digital Overseas & Here At Home

    It's disgusting, isn't it? Their stock buy price remains unchanged. Even if their stock method involves an average buy price, they are still raising the sell price based on future supply. Not on the current average buy price value. It's all the more insulting because of the step increase...
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    Thecus Unboxes its Powerful N8900 8-Bay NAS Server

    Absolutely gorgeous! Forget all about businesses. I'd want this baby at home, hehe. Some personal drooling points: - Redundant PSU (one fails, it stays online with the other) - 3 Ethernet ports off the box, with more if we take advantage of the expansion slots. - The i3 Sandy Bridge CPU and...
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    Free Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars at GOG.com

    Oh? Then I definitely need to email GoG.
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    Gabe Newell Talks About the Effects of Steam Sales

    I'll post here the same comment I've made somewhere else. -------------- Oh Jeff Vogel, Jeff Vogel! I wish you were Gabe Newell and Gabe Newell was you. Then, he might sing a different tune; Not serve hypocrisy with a spoon. A wise man once said: Be yourself and not too bad. But don’t tell...
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    Free Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars at GOG.com

    I can't believe it. Gog removed the game from my list! I didn't download it then. And so they removed it. So much for Free... EDIT: Ok. Nevermind. I'm dumb. The offer was to download the game. I didn't until the offer expired. My loss.
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    Resurrecting Mediaeval

    Nah, not gonna happen. Not interested in a browser game. The game will stay true to multiplayer server-based grand strategy PBeM games of old. Will be a modern rendition for sure, with a modern client. But a play-by-email game nonetheless, down to the protocol. Players can choose to configure...
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    Intel Releases i7-2700K; Lowers Price on i3-2120 & Two Pentium Models

    Ok. I guess. I won't argue with you guys over 100 Mhz *hint* :p
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    Battlefield 4 Trailer. Too soon?

    Brilliant video, indeed! Gave me goosebumps. That said, I must confess I will never be cheering for a game like that. Games, to work for me, will always have to steer away from a photo-realistic look. I need to have a sense of palpable fantasy. Current 3D technologies (and upcoming ones for...
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    Orcs Must Die! Review

    Thank you both :) There's already one DLC announced that is planned to go on sale tomorrow (October, 25th) on Steam. It's however a content-oriented DLC. The announced price is $2.49 and it will include: * Floor Scorcher: A floor fire trap * Alchemist’s Satchel: A weapon: Acid Bombs. * Shock...
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    Intel Releases i7-2700K; Lowers Price on i3-2120 & Two Pentium Models

    Given the 2600K overclockability (new word!), I must confess I'm not sure I understand the idea behind this product. 100 Mhz is what you get from just one increase on the default multiplier (100x) of the 2600K.
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    Resurrecting Mediaeval

    Hello everyone, Sometime around late last year, I started to think seriously in my entry into game development as a side-business to my main activity as software developer. In July this year, when it became evident I required another source of income, I've pretty much decided for it. Ever...
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    Processes won't terminate

    Never talk with that guy again! He's dangerous! :eek:
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    Razer Announces Long-Overdue Peripheral Settings Cloud Service

    The issue is that what some overly excited marketing department likes to call Cloud, we call it server-client relationship and network data storage, which is older than dirt. When the press follows up with this travesty, we have yet another term being artificially introduced and misused to the...
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    Processes won't terminate

    It's one of your drivers. When a user space application can't be killed by sending it a kill signal, this is so because one of its execution threads is on waiting mode on a kernel mode driver. This caused by a bug in the driver itself in which one or more IO requests aren't being handled...
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    Has Blizzard sold its soul to the Devil Diablo!!

    Wow! (no pun intended) They really are desperate to keep WoW going. What's the matter Blizzard? Your chicken with the golden eggs is dying? Oh poor, poor, poor boy. Thanks for the heads-up Doomsday! Hope it benefits someone in here. I'm just watching WoW losing all its spark and wondering what...
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    Antec Soundscience Halo 6 LED Bias Lighting Kit Review

    You make a good point there. We can go and investigate the publicly available USB 2.0 standard. But, in any case the current implementation of this Halo 6 led device already places itself squarely as a USB Decoration device and the claim for USB standards adherence loses value as a result...
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    Antec Soundscience Halo 6 LED Bias Lighting Kit Review

    What confuses me is how they planned for people who want to turn the lights off during the day, or simply because they want to illuminate the room instead? Removing the USB cable from the back of the computer case?
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