Author Archives: Ben

Microsoft “Updates” Word By Removing Functionality

http://itnews.com.au/News/163608,microsoft-rolls-out-word-patch.aspx
http://www.ghacks.net/2009/12/30/microsoft-to-start-word-patch-delivery-in-the-us/
http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Patch-Will-Allow-Word-Sales-to-Continue/
Etc.

TF2 gets new smarter bots

TL;DR version: TF2 bots are looking good for an early release.
TF2 bots have been mindless for a long time – and I don’t mean attacking randomly. Until yesterday, they didn’t know how to do anything other than attack whatever was right in front of them, and a person would have to manually tell them to [...]

bbPress needs YOU!

bbPress is the best forum software by far. It’s open source, based on WordPress, and simple to use.
However, it is dying. Since July, it has received 46 thousand downloads. WordPress has received just under 10 million in almost the same amount of time.
The problem isn’t that bbPress is slow, or buggy, or insecure. bbPress is [...]

Why Gligatus are NOT better than Haymeen – part 2

If you’re going to keep claiming that you’re somehow stronger, better, more advanced, or cooler than the Haymeen, you deserve to die. I mean, we DID save your lives with our extreme laser skills.
Besides, it was only a giant fire breathing bird with extremely powerful feet that can kill lots of people at once.
Oh, and [...]

Why Gligatus are NOT better than Haymeen

Seriously, if you guys keep getting attacked by giant bird monsters, we’ll have to set up some kind of turret with heat seeking missiles.
… Unless it’s a cold-blooded bird reptile thing. Then we’d need to use cold-seeking missiles.
Or maybe we could just nuke one of your colonies. I mean, if you’re supposed to be such [...]