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So Lummo the Magnificent linked up this article that my old cohort Joe Blancato wrote for The Escapist.

It’s all about how CCP, magnificent overlords of Excel Online, not only had their own little GM Darwin problem, though to a slightly lesser degree. Only slightly, because it can’t be proved that there was anything more going on than in-game bonuses being given to his friends and cohorts.

The problem being that apparently the person responsible for everything, t20, hasn’t been fired. He actually posted his first and only dev blog, helpfully titled On Recent Allegations. In it, he admits that the only allegation that is true is that he handed over original blueprints to the Flameburst Precision Light Missile, the Phalanx Rage Rocket, the Havoc Fury Heavy Missile, the Bloodclaw Fury Light Missile and blueprints for what appear to be two ship chassis, the Spike L and the Sabre.
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That figures. I come back from my honeymoon and I find that I’ve been meme-tagged.

Something about “he needs to update this thing more.” Funny how it works. So…five things that most people don’t know about me:
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So last night in #hate I asked a rhetorical question: should I upgrade my laptop to Vista? I had my hands on the full Vista Business Edition after all.

There was a resounding raspberry from the entire channel. I did it anyway.

About an hour after I started the upgrade, it was ready for the final reboot. It comes back…

and bluescreens, with an auto reboot.

It does this about 10 more times without me actually noticing it’s done it.

The one thing Microsoft’s gotten right with Vista so far is that it doesn’t nuke anything during an in place upgrade. I successfully rolled back to XP Pro and went back to living in the now.

Eff Vista.