posting to undo my incorrect moderation. This is a good post - maybe offtopic and it is sad that it has to be said but never the less it says what needs to be said.

It is almost as if authors didn't know that lulzsec already burns all evidence and is already scattered.

"...and here in this dark closet cleverly hidden behind david bowie poster I keep the still-sticky keyboard as well as a hard copy print out of the logs from the time i hacked into PSN"

I realize it's the right thing to do for a person of seasoned age to make jokes about how bad/dumb/noob/etc kids are these days (cause these days are so much worse than back in the good old days) but I really doubt any of them are admitting to being under 18 in any sort of online experience - be it surveys or being asked by various forms.

Meanwhile, a lot of companies will ask for your age (to protect themselves from retarded laws most likely but possibly for marketing reasons also). This includes but not limited to going to websites for demos/trailers and/or promotional websites (and also porn ofc).

  I make it a point to select lowest possible year of birth (usually 1900) because "fuk da police"

By similar token I think most under-18s will not actually say they are 18 at any stage because there's just no advantage to saying your real age while there's a very high chance of being forwarded to kids.yahoo.com instead of the good stuff.

yeah where is it now ? at the top a giant pile of money that's only getting bigger as subscriber numbers are actually increasing (even at a low point in the expansion - ie, just before next expansion)

You really think usa can just say "actually, nah, not gonna pay that debt" ?

I dare say, both international and local consequences of it would be far more devastating than actually paying it off.

2.24% above 50% is "vast majority" ?
really ?

I enjoy a very wide variety of PC games and almost always, after finishing the game in vanilla falvour, investigate a very wide variety of mods if the game allows modding. I have contributed heavily to a number of mods out there also.

The reason you don't see much malware hidden inside mods is because it is very rare for mods to be in an executable form.

Generally mods come in the form of graphics packages and scripts. It is very hard, if not impossible for graphics/sound/geometry to contain malware. The scripts sure sound dangerous until you realise that their capabilities are limited by the actual game. I am yet to see a game where script/config files have the scope to cause damage outside the installation let alone steal your password or something similar.

Now, there are a number of addons for various games (morrowind/oblivion/fallout come to mind) where mods rely on 3rd party executables.

There is a danger there - however it is very effectively mitigated by the fact that very few if any of these executables are hosted on their own servers. Almost always they are hosted by a third party hosting site (modDB for example, or *nexus or planet*). While these sites usually deny any responsibility it is generally a safe bet that if someone gets owned/hax0red/virused/etc the third party program wouldn't last very long and thus have very little effect on the broader population of users.

Another thing to note is that generally the games that allow/encourage modding do so by making their core program very robust. the main executable files/parsers/etc are all designed to allow a great/varied amount of input.

Such design generally means that to mod these games you don't have to download hacked game.exe (a great vector) in order to enjoy a mod. It means that you just download some script/graphics/etc files that go in the override (baldours gate for example) directory and the actual original game (which is presumed safe in the scope of this discussion) will accept that input and output a modded game.

if only there was "+1 want to belive this" moderation option.

am glad they did not foret about poland.

Can clouds be dramatic at all ? Do they have to be 3d or can 2d clouds also be dramatic ?

Also posting here to confirm very similar experiences.

Anyone else feel that exactly this sort of upbringing helped you to grow up into being an independent and responsible person ?

In before "omg ur so lucky u diednt get raped by bears"