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dirtbox··on Inventor Nikola Tesla Is Back in Tech Fashion
I wonder which will be cast as the villain in 100 years when the hip visionaries we'll be looking back on will be Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
dirtbox··on CES Wrap-Up Video [1979]
That wasn't a dot matrix printer in the TV, it was a small demon that painted on command.
dirtbox··on The greatest program ever written
Very true, but I had this game, it was one of the few that ran without the rampak. I think I used the pak primarily for Bomber and 3D Monster Maze.

Good times!

dirtbox··on Whatever happened to Second Life?
At it's peak I guess $300 to $400 a week depending on the time of year, it's quite seasonal. Really nowhere near as much work gone into it for the amount of payback I've since received, I almost feel guilty - almost. The only worry is people using a bot to copy your work and sell it on for themselves, or worse, give it out freely.

That's one area where Linden Labs really need to put a lot of work in to make it a viable business opportunity for anyone thinking of a quick buck. Filing a DMCA is far from fun, but where there's money, there's theft.

I do believe that anyone with the will to do so can still easily become successful and make a few dollars if they put a little thought and time in, also knowing most of your market is made up of bored housewives helps.

dirtbox··on Whatever happened to Second Life?
Hah, no. Believe it or not it's just regular furniture and fittings for people who like to recreate their dream home on their tropical beach resort. I've got no qualms about taking people's money if they have no imagination.
dirtbox··on Whatever happened to Second Life?
Dead or not, I still seem to make a pretty good amount of money out of it. A store I made a few years ago still earns me a couple of hundred bucks a week and I haven't added anything new since the day it went up. Certainly not bad for a dead project.

I don't use second life anymore, but it seems to me that the truth of the situation is more to do with it having evolved past the initial stages of media hype and settled into a stable and diverse online community. I'm waiting for a what happened to twitter article in another 5 years.

dirtbox··on Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid
There would be nickel, iron and rock. I think our time would be better served building bomb shelters. I trust NASA's prediction far more than Russia's attempts at "diverting" it.
dirtbox··on Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid
In Soviet Russia asteroid saves world from you.
dirtbox··on My latest flash game, Robokill 2
Bloody brilliant. Reminds me of Alien Breed personally, but has a nice balance of good stuff all round.
dirtbox··on Opera 10.5 Alpha Released, New Javascript & Rendering engine, 7x faster
Also, Opera is of course the malware writer's choice du jour because it's tighter than a pigeon's chuff.

Quite funny seeing the recent Firefox menu button being a complete rip off of the leaked Opera 10.5 build.

dirtbox··on Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed
Hey, that's just like Opera!

Again.

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