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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2010-11-19 11:01 am
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[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2010-11-19 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised at how low the resolution is of those TSA scanner pics, that just makes the scanning (with that particular machine), seem like even more of a waste of time.

[identity profile] peteyoung.livejournal.com 2010-11-19 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
I expect I will be subjected to a backscatter scan tomorrow at Seattle. 'Opt-out Day' is November 24th, when men should turn up to fly wearing kilts. It's all yet another reason not to visit America unless you have to.

[identity profile] meaningrequired.livejournal.com 2010-11-19 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
I thought those scanners were a LOT more detailed? I thought they did naked pictured, rather than fuzzy black and white?

[identity profile] octopoid-horror.livejournal.com 2010-11-19 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
The Steam thing isn't [i]that stupid[/i].

You can't play, for example, Call of Duty: Black Ops without Steam, as far as I'm aware. The problem is that Steam isn't just a community site or a front-end through which to play the game. Steam is pushing you to buy games [i]there[/i] every time you play that game you bought elsewhere. Steam is a big deal, and having or not having a steam sale can determine the success of games from small studios. It's sensible for other people in the marketplace to be concerned by the way Steam have leveraged their position.

And PC game sales in retail stores are probably low enough not to matter much as well.It's also a fuss over very little. Perhaps other stores are different but all the branches of Game, HMV gaming zone etc that I've went into have had a pretty minimal choice of PC games. They're basically console game stores these days.
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