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@elduderino I think I'm going to un-whitelist engadget :( I always try to help sites that help me (reddit, joystiq, ...). I guess they had it coming.

What's up with the Flash ads preventing me from reading the article?

Not really. Since there's no real XCOM universe, they should have named it otherwise.

I could call a FPS based in a russian government experiment base along the lines of "Tetris: The Real Story" and it would have the same significance.

I just don't get how they'd think the XCOM crowd would identify themselves to a FPS based on an unknown universe (with no canon), compared to a 5-10 year old game which defined a genre. The only similarity is the name.

No the real crazy thing is that Blizzard gave half the money it received from the pet to Make-A-Wish. So they made 1.1m as well for something that must have cost them a maximum of 20k$ to develop. Some hundred of thousands of players bought a donation at twice its price in exchange for some in-game decoration. And it's not tax deductible.

If blizzard would have make all sold pets do that kind of deal, I'd have agreed with it, but I think what it did is exploit the naive nature of goodwill in their players. Did you buy this pet _because_ of the donation? Why not donate directly instead?

In Canada, the price is currently "at 499USD" (on the canadian website). I think we'll have to wait before we can get the real price (knowing apple, it will be around 549CAD).

Just so we can be clear on something: aren't rumours supposed to be NOT hard facts?

I definitely prefer smart folders to complex rules. I just classify stuff for SVN, bugtracker, mailing lists into their own folders, then use smart folders to check per projects or keywords.

Yes.

> Apple strategy is simple, find something that people will like and make a product for it.

Actually, you've proven the point that Apple has more a strategy than most companies of its size. Microsoft, up to like 2-3 years ago, didn't check what people really liked. They just made some changes and put the rest of the money in marketing so that people would like it. That's a hell of a difference.

They're changing, and it's for the best of the customer. Many companies should check what Microsoft/Apple are doing right now and try to focus on what the customer likes. Sony, Dell, HP...

Uh you probably got the express version of MSSQL, which is free since a couple version. You can only install it on your own computer and use it for development. For server and production versions, check the price (http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspx). And learn to check the facts before replying like that.