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Submission + - Microsoft Flight Simulator players are flying into Hurricane Laura (theverge.com)

Submitted by CodeInspired on Thursday August 27, 2020 @10:28AM

CodeInspired writes: Microsoft Flight Simulator players have turned into virtual stormchasers this week, hunting down Hurricane Laura as it approached the US Gulf Coast. While Texas and Louisiana brace for what is being described as an “unsurvivable storm surge,” the real-time weather inside Microsoft Flight Simulator is providing a surreal spectacle for players.

This is pretty incredible. We're seeing the beginning of next-gen gaming come to life!

Comment Re:One could argue that the clue is in the name... (Score 1) 81

by Qazimov on Friday May 06, 2016 @05:59PM (#52063815) Attached to: Facebook's Newest Privacy Problem: 'Faceprint' Data

I have never signed up for FB, but my friends have tagged me in photos with my real name enough that I get auto-tagged now. I seem to recall hearing about "ghost" accounts that FB maintains for people like me who they are aware of, but have not actually registered any accounts with them.

Comment Re:All I Have To Say Is (Score 1) 437

by Qazimov on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @02:32PM (#46037703) Attached to: You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future

OnStar not optional - all I can think is: "He's got a scan blocker, means he's a car thief. Blast 'em"

Comment Max 5min on calls (Score 5, Funny) 110

by Qazimov on Friday August 30, 2013 @03:55PM (#44719601) Attached to: Mexican Village Creates Its Own Mobile Phone Service

Is it bad that I would pay extra to have this 5min rule on voice calls?

Submission + - FBI seizes servers in VA (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Axolotl_Rose on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @09:57PM

Axolotl_Rose writes: FBI seizes servers disrupting the service of several clients of a hosting company in Reston, VA including Digital One.

Submission + - Human eye protein senses Earth's magnetism 1

Submitted by chrb on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @08:13PM

chrb writes: BBC News reports that a light-sensitive protein in the human eye has been shown to act as a "compass" in a magnetic field.

Youtube Pulls Original "Rickroll" Video 97

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 25, 2010 @01:13PM from the keep-rolling dept.

@VentureBeat writes "Youtube pulled the original 'Rickroll' video Wednesday night. Don't worry, after a lot of email about the loss of such an important piece of cultural history, Youtube put it back up, saying that they're never gonna say goodbye to the video that's had over 30 million views."

NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List 189

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 11, 2009 @07:48AM from the more-or-less dept.

MojoKid writes "From October to December, the advertising departments of a thousand companies exhort children to beg, cajole, and guilt-trip their parents for all manner of inappropriate digital entertainment. As supposedly informed gatekeepers, we sadly earthbound Santas are reduced to scouring the back pages of gaming review sites and magazines, trying to evaluate whether the tot at home is ready for Big Bird's Egg Hunt or Bayonetta. Luckily, The New York Times is here to help. In a recent article provokingly titled 'Ten Games to Cross off Your Child's Gift List,' the NYT names its list of big bads — the video games so foul, so gruesome, so perverse that we'd recommend you buy them immediately — for yourself. Alternatively, if you need gift ideas for the surly, pale teenager in your home whose body contains more plastic then your average d20, this is the newspaper clipping to stuff in your pocket. In other words, if you need a list like this to understand what games to not stuff little Johnny's stocking with this holiday season, you've got larger issues you should concern yourself with. We'd suggest picking up an auto-shotty and taking a few rounds against the horde — it's a wonderful stress relief and you're probably going to need it."

Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:49PM from the type-A-negative-personality dept.

trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."

Comment I would say that fits my personal spending habits (Score 4, Interesting) 223

by Qazimov on Friday June 12, 2009 @06:06PM (#28314839) Attached to: Game, DVD Sales Hurting Music Industry More Than Downloads

I have well over 200 CD's that I paid full retail for at legitimate stores. I listen to music all day at work and for many years enjoyed my collection digitized and copied to whatever machine I was working on. That said, I haven't purchased a CD in over 3 years, and I don't download mp3s or touch any torrents of any kind.

I switched to shoutcast streams many years ago, and as of a little over a year ago I started using Pandora.com and haven't looked back.

I buy and play games for my xbox and my PC. I purchase movies (I still haven't paid more than $10 for an HD movie, MPC + HD/BR player FTW).

Anyway, that said - if you were to graph my spending over the last decade 1999-2009 you would see a lot of money going to the music industry (15-25albums /year @$15 each) dwindling down to nothing as of about 2005. Some spending on games (probably 5-8/year @ 50 each) staying pretty consistent with a slight upswing in the last 4 years. Movies, didn't buy all that many VHS, have probably 80 or so DVD's (at probably 10/year) - 20 or so HD/BR movies, all within the last 10 months.

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