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BioWare Targeting Spring 2011 For Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch 82

Posted by Soulskill from the may-the-force-eventually-be-with-you dept.
MTV's Multiplayer blog reports on comments from BioWare employee Sean Dahlberg, which indicate that they are aiming to release the game in spring 2011. He said, "While we have not announced a specific date, we can confirm that we are targeting a spring 2011 release for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We've got a lot of exciting updates and reveals planned throughout 2010, including the first-ever hands-on testing for the game. ... We can't wait to share more about the game with you as we progress through the year, so make sure you stay tuned to the official website for details." Recent posts to the game's developer blog provide details on the Imperial Agent and the Jedi Knight. They also released a video which gives insight into their design process for the Dark Side.
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Blizzard Authenticators May Become Mandatory 248

Posted by Soulskill from the gotta-take-off-your-shoes-too dept.
An anonymous reader writes "WoW.com is reporting that a trusted source has informed them that Blizzard is giving serious consideration to making authenticators mandatory on all World of Warcraft accounts. The authenticators function the same as ones provided by most banks — in order to log in, you must generate a number on the external device. Blizzard already provides a free iPhone app that functions as an authenticator. The source stated, 'it is a virtually forgone conclusion that it will happen.' This comes after large spates of compromised accounts left Bizzard game masters severely backlogged by restoration requests."

Comment Re:Global Warming isn't really a debate. (Score 1) 5

by draco664 (#30175954) Attached to: The Climatic Research Unit hacked, files leaked

Or at least Global Warming shouldn't be a debate. It's extremely visible in tropical climates where already meager crops are failing and entire coastal regions are flooding,

Perhaps you should email CRU and point out all this warming that they seem to have missed. From one of the leaked emails :

The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t. The CERES data published in the August BAMS 09 supplement on 2008 shows there should be even more warming: but the data are surely wrong. Our observing system is inadequate

That from Kevin Trenberth to Michael Mann.

and it's visible further north where the ice cap is shrinking at an unprecedented rate.

You do realise that the summer minimum sea ice extent has been increasing for the past two years, don't you?

Maybe it's easier to ignore when you live in temperate regions with AC and central heating, but all of the data is still there for anyone that cares to look. I don't understand the accusations that it's faked at all - what does this supposed conspiracy inflating global warming stats hope to gain by inventing it?

Have you read the draft of the Copenhagen docs to be discussed? Industrial nations will be required to give 0.7% of their GDP to the UN to disperse (minus handling charges, naturally) to struggling countries like, say, China.

There are a vast number of reasons the data should be checked and audited before we commit economic suicide.

Comment Re:hmmm (Score 1) 461

by draco664 (#29795487) Attached to: Observing Evolution Over 40,000 Generations

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My biggest issue is that, to my knowledge, there has never been a documented observance of life coming from non-life.

So, your biggest issue with a concept that explains how orgnaisms adapt to their environment is that no one saw life start? Dude, abiogenesis has nothing to do with evolution.

Comment Re:Patent trolls (Score 1) 267

by draco664 (#29754367) Attached to: Wi-Fi Patent Victory Earns CSIRO $200 Million

The location doesn't matter. If the taxpayer paid for it, I think the taxpayer should be able to use it.

Er, what?

Are you suggesting that, as a taxpayer in one country, I should have access to and use products and services paid for by another country?

What the fuck are you smoking, because it sure as hell needs to be made illegal.

Comment Re:Thats about it for me (Score 3, Insightful) 205

I've watched facebook degenerate into an oozing fest of self indulgence and crappy quizzes about peoples aura/star sign/some other mystic crap or how good they are in bed, and too many of my friends now use it to grandly announce every mundane detail of their life to the world as if they're some sort of celebrity and we're all supposed to be deeply concerned about them cutting their pinky finger or enraptured by their new haircut, etc etc.

A great many people think that their lives are far more important and eventful than those of others, without making the mental leap to realise that other people think the same about their own.

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