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Not as many who understand what malware is. And won't best be pleased when told they read that a game they are thinking of buying will make their expensive PC more susceptible to it.

I have so many questions. At the very least I respect them for being willing to do something nuts like this. I think I may be more forgiving overtime of the harsh design if it the super tough exoskeleton idea that the designs seems to have been derived from ends up being very compelling from a...

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Is that really true? That sounds rather wild. Germany *must* choose 365 simply because it's hosted in the EU? Why can they not say that LibreOffice suits their local needs better?

Surely their not being explicitly excluded. Just that they are being chosen after being considered.

You may find Microsoft trying to force countries and regions to change their laws so that they can continue selling products to them may not be very wise in the short term or long term. In any case privacy laws within the EU are quite strong and getting stronger. Microsoft would be wise to...

Seems hard to imagine that DF would fully develop a PS4 version of Psychonauts 2 but only release them to crowdfunding backers. Minecraft after all is pretty aggressively cross platform under microsoft.

I rarely post on these forms, but I just want to chime in here to offer my support to the Ars staff during this difficult time. Ars is one of the very few websites that I really care about in part because it's clear it's a company operating with a staff of truly passionate writers, and a...

Does posting something your doing on twitter 6 times mean you can't be doing it for genuine reasons? Musks response was inappropriate of course, but the Unsworth guy was making some strong attacks on Musks character. While he shouldn't have called him a pedo, he was within his right to not be...

There were other divers and experts who said the sub might work and encouraged musk to build it. Some said it wouldn't work, stating it wouldn't fit through the cave. Though musk claimed they had worked with the divers to ensure it would fit through. There were many different opinions on the...

In fairness to Musk, I don't see much evidence that the giant aluminum penis wasn't built with pure intentions. It's very easy to accuse anyone of trying to help as "only doing it for attention". He obviously shouldn't have called the guy a pedo though.

To clarify. These are just the simulations they made to help them know what they might expect to see.

What a salty response. Musk claimed nothing more than that the Raptor beat the RD-180's max chamber pressure. Which was correct. This whole response amounted to "Technically he was right, but here's a bunch of stuff to respond to stuff he didn't actually claim.".

I'm sure you know more than me, but weren't the milestones just effectively ways of paying the contractors their fee as they got the job done. Like hiring someone to build a patio, agreeing to a fair price up front, then paying them that full amount over time as they achieved "milestones". The...

I recall that SpaceX does not file patents. At least they didn't. Elon claimed it would be effectively giving instructions on how to build Space tech to the Chinese. I'm not sure what benefit SpaceX would get from licencing their landing technology to anyone. It's not like there's anyone (that...

I'm not sure what you mean by "already available services". What practical difference would it make if SpaceX had fully developed the F9 + Dragon with other funding before or after they won the contract? Either way they had to provide a market competitive price for the service and make a...

Well that's my point exactly though. The headhunting would be purely to shake up the culture. Government entities like to operate in the most conservative way possible that is still viable. It's becoming clear now that Arianespace will no longer be viable in the future. The rules of the game...

That seems inaccurate. For one, the price NASA paid SpaceX for the space station resupply missions was competitive. They didn't pay a reasonable price + the money for them to build everything they needed. The also paid for many supply missions, they didn't only need one and paid SpaceX for many...

I'd wonder if the situation could be improved by Arianspace headhunting some talent from SpaceX who'd be capable of shaking up the culture there. Perhaps that's not feasible, but I do wonder what options there really are.. or is SpaceX simply too far ahead now.

Outbid how? If SpaceX couldn't offer a lower launch cost, given that the contract price is fixed like you said, then why would the military choose them when they have a launch failure rate higher than ULA?