Posts by FreekyOne

Not sure this is a great idea

So, basically it is being suggested that kids are given a rule saying they can troll/hate/abuse online all they like and not worry about the repercussions? Can't see that going wrong. Glad government is looking after this one and not, say, parents.

(Also, did I see something about 'a right to be forgotten' a little while back? Does that cover this?)

Anti-competitive pay day coming!

So it seems the nails are finally going in the coffin after everything Intel did (and done) to shutdown AMD with anti-competitive practices when AMD really were far better/cheaper/faster. And though Intel eventually got some fines, none of that money went to AMD. Now it seems despite what the politicos like to tell us, being outrageous in your anticompetitive actions really does pay off. Well done Intel! So, ARM next?

I remember the day...

Servers were loved, (yes, I shared a gamer server once) playing gaming like CS, Quake, UT, BF1942. Lag was your problem but you could easy choose your server, finding one with everyone between 10 - 40ms. Now days I occasionally play on a friends xbox, and even though it refuses to tell you what your lag is (just connection strength which appears to mean nothing), I can tell its bad. Little signs like people lurching and bouncing around the map, punching opponents who then hit you before running through you and dying. Yet I am informed this is normal. Hence, I haven't bought my own xbox and won't pay for internet a second time from M$ just to get their substandard service/servers. I really hope this isn't the future. My guess is rather than tighten SLAs they are just waiting for the internet to get faster, possibly reaching FTL speeds.