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Well I can't read whatever language the web page is in.

Clearly it's in Hollish.

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Besides, hardware is going to be free* in the future anyway so who cares right?
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It seems that all I hear about obstacles to Linux challenging MS for the desktop revolve around Linux being cryptic and too hard to use. Pardon my saying so, but does anyone else see a relation to not having everything run graphically and beautifully (read memory consuming)? If not then I am way off base, but as I see it, for all of your eye candy to work with the average user, you need to have everything available graphically, and there is only so much that you can drop into swap before things get clunky.

Some may say that making the desktop leaner would alleviate this memory footprint, but at what cost? Would it make things harder for a new user?

You can't have it both ways. If you don't like the way that KDE, Gnome or whatever are going, don't use them. That is the wonder of OS. However, major distros are going to attempt to appeal to the new-to-linux crowd.

Personally I find that galeon and evolution use so much more memory than my WM that the whole argument is academic; I need more memory than that anyway.

Besides, hardware is going to be free in the future anyway so who cares right?

Huh. Reminds me of this.

Just a couple months ago Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow was released with a bug that would crash the system if you stayed in the game browser for more than ten seconds. Hard to imagine how that one got missed...

Perhaps now some penis oven mitts?

Or a wang hanger?

Oh, there were massive differences between the Iliad and Troy. I was mostly just baiting you.

Then you Sir, are a master baiter. But not as much as the other guy who replied to my post. Now HE is funny (from a distance).

Anyway, as you clearly know what you're talking about and you still liked the movie, then perhaps I will go and see it... although I think I prefer this version.

The first paragraph of Ken Brown's response (About how he didn't intend this to be accepted by pro-linux people) strikes me as eerily reminiscent of this Penny Arcade strip. It's as if Brown is saying that his book is not "for" the sort of people who are able to refute his statements.

perhaps this one is more appropriate to the current discussion MS

"Now, remember, until weve got those ad dollars, Linux is crap, buy XP"

M$

My gift to you

Well, damn!

Don't fret Txiasaeia, you just have to change karma mines. Try typoing two random words in response to any games.slashdot post and link them to a random PA cartoon. Sit back, and watch the karma check in.

Pocky is the bomb. Especially strawberry.

Pocky is the bomb. Especially strawberry.

I've been watching TechTV for years on Dish network now, and I don't think that the G4 merger is that bad for several reasons:

• The Screensavers was not the same without Leo hosting it, and I also enjoyed with Megan, Morgan, and Jessica were all on TSS. For me, the show hasn't been the same since then.

• Call for help hasn't been the same post-chris perillo.

• TechTV was still on a relatively short programming loop. I recall watching a rerun episode of TSS and seeing it again that same day before the new one aired! It would always work the same way: TSS, TechLive, Freshgear X-Play, rinse, repeat. That and did anyone else notice the ultra-long blocks of Robot Wars? Frequently would I turn to Channel 191 (dish) only to go "oh look.. robot wars again... oh, look, already saw this one..."

• Not all of the G4 shows are crap, I for one like ICONS and ARENA, did anyone else dig the ICONS show on Final Fantasy? They actually talked about FF3 (FF6 US)! I also really like all of their E3 Coverage.
  

For all it's worth, I think that the merger has expanded the tediously short programming schedule. I for one enjoy watching less repeat episodes of Robot Wars.

Just my 2.18997 Japanese Yen

Apropos.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-03 -08

Everybody says MMORPGs need to try something new, but we all forget that they did try something new with PlanetSide, the MMOFPSRPG. I would say that it failed. Maybe it could be attributed to its bland-looking environments, or maybe to the fact that everyone was fighting a war with no purpose (at least there is some purpose to real wars.. whether the reasoning be right or wrong). Everyone was fighting each other only to gain more zones -- only to have those zones taken away after you log off because, for some reason, your army put no defenses on the base you just took.

I'd say that something different being done is City of Heroes. I'm not farming items because there are no items except for power enhancements, which aren't given consistently. I'm not killing rats or some other worthless creature, because the only enemies in the game are thugs and other criminals. When you start the game, if you let yourself be involved with the role-playing aspect, you feel like you're making a difference in Paragon City. When I played FFXI, I wondered what the point was of killing the poor little rabbits of doom. I know that "arresting" a thug should make a difference in the city, so I don't feel like a useless level-grinder. Plus, there are so many missions I can do, if I get tired of killing random thugs, I can do an instanced mission and fight a boss, though the bosses occasionally appear on the street, too.

Real golf is quite fun. Although I don't have enough money to play it a lot. When I first started, I thought it would be easy -- not to play well, but just to play. Boy, was I wrong. I had no idea of the physical effort needed to swing those clubs. And I'm a pretty fit person. I'm usually sore for a day after I play.

Gabe's your neighbour? Just be glad it's not Tycho the Psycho.

Interesting that this game should come out around now, because Tetris: The Movie (starring Al Pacino as "L") was always supposed to come out in Summer 2004.

Shame I wasn't on Slashdot yesterday, when I could have legitimately said "The Day After Tomorrow comes out the day after tomorrow". Oh well... never get to use that line again...

Mmm, while most of PA humor is gamecentric, I can still show examples of not swearing not gaming and totally random things

It's not their main branch, but they can do other things too

Mmm, while most of PA humor is gamecentric, I can still show examples of not swearing not gaming and totally random things

It's not their main branch, but they can do other things too

Mmm, while most of PA humor is gamecentric, I can still show examples of not swearing not gaming and totally random things

It's not their main branch, but they can do other things too

--j

The poster is arguing from the faulty logic that runs counter to both OSS and the facts of the Internet's history.

I invoke the Penny Arcade 'Greater Internet Fuckwad' theory.

NOT creating viruses would be short-sighted. They're like an inoculation- without the constant minor threat to keep us alert on security, we'd grow complacent and vulnerable.

One of the great myths that the early internet and oopen source software debunked was this very issue. The early internet was open and standards compliant. Nothing was private. If you misbehaved, you could be easily discovered. Commercial entities, coming from the conservative privacy-for-themselves-only club are fostering closed systems that enable people to misbehave without detection. This is MUCH worse.

Social vulerabilities like SPAM derive from flaws in the system, not the the openness. If the global email system were closed, nothing could be done to fix it. Since it is open, a lot of ideas and work is going on to fix the 'problem' of Unsolicited Commercial (for certain values of commercial) Email. This work is the only hope we have as citizens of a global Internet.

If there were no viruses, worms, or hackers in general, then the software running the internet would stay insecure, and would accumulate more and more holes over time.

Hackers are good, proactive explorers that usually help the system. Crakers are the people we would like to see put behind bars. They neigther help nor seek to improve software. Crackers want your software to be buggy and develop more holes over time. Fortunately for them, the closed commercial world group-thinks the same things (Cost, lock-in and forced obselecence verses un-upgraded 'stable' platforms and no money from accounting to develop fixes for which customers won't pay.)

Some people are reactive. Some are proactive. People who are proactive seek to improve and repair the systems they own. In the past companies and people who are too lazy or scared to upgrade or invest in the future dot the roadside. The only forces needed are the only forces that work: internal motiviation like mores, morals and personal values.

With or without 'virus writers' and their ilk, the proactive people will continue to survive and excel. The reactive people would die by natural selection without the need for the 'virus writers.' These people certainly aren't doing much now with them.

Then someday, a homicidal maniac with nothing to lose would find it easy to take over the world' computers and begin a reign of terror.

You cannot plan and execute theft or damage in public (doesn't stop the stupid from trying, but hey.) You need a private place to ensure surprise. Without surprise, you planning only serves, much like the super-virus discussions at securityfocus.com, as a way to proactively improve software and systems. It is a foolish baker who leaves bread in front of children who talk of nothing by stealing that bread.

Without surprise, the flight attandants would only have to take YOUR box cutters away before the flight begins. Everyone else, who weren't planning a highjacking, could keep their own.

The need for privacy of the individual and the need for publicity of the group is a complex matter. Reasons for privacy exist outside of any argument based on genetic traits for territoriality or fear-responses. Unforuntately, we need to make mistakes to learn. Often this as to take place in private, otherwise penalties imposed by 'well meaning' passerbys will effectily pervert or terminate the lesson. Other times it is too difficult to filter the outside world. Thus we turn to private comtemplation.

Generally speaking, in the past the announcement of the next gen product coincides with the current product hitting it's stride with the most high quality games.

Obligatory Penny Arcade link

It's almost a given that the first 24 months or so a console is out, most of the games suck, hard. Certainly their are a gem or two in the manure pile, but it takes about 2.5 years for a strong selection of high quality games to be available. By that time you can buy the console for around 1/2 the original cost, and get those few early good games on the cheap.

Without a semi-relevent Penny Arcade link.

The original comic is here. This was just after American Mcgee's Oz had been announced, so they parodied it. American Greetings, a large greeting card company, owns Strawberry Shortcake. They threatened legal action, so it was removed. Of course, this being the internet, the banned comic immediatley reappeared on countless other sites. They later parodied the company, and discussed it in the newsposts for that day.

The original comic is here. This was just after American Mcgee's Oz had been announced, so they parodied it. American Greetings, a large greeting card company, owns Strawberry Shortcake. They threatened legal action, so it was removed. Of course, this being the internet, the banned comic immediatley reappeared on countless other sites. They later parodied the company, and discussed it in the newsposts for that day.

What's the story here? American Greeting?

Has this ever happened to you?

I'm so fucking sick of you idiots thinking you're so smart then demonstrating a fundamental ignorance of basic human history or philosophy!

God, what a pathetic troll you are. Everyone who studies history or philosophy agrees with Twirlie on this, right? Wait a minute - they *don't*. So much for that "argument".

That entire post is simply more evidence in support of the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory.

Tech Support for the Family?

I have never received anything good in trade for computer services. The most I can hope for is a temporary abatement of the Maternal Guilt Ray that drags me over to my mother's PC every time she gets a new virus.

I think the best approach here is to adopt Penny Arcade's brilliant strategy.

How to get out of doing tech support for your family.

When the Answertron 2000 gets its way, there will be no need to worry about glare...

Don't forget the bears.

You mean (gulp) outside? You can't do that. There's like plants and animals out there. They eat you and stuff. And the sun! What about the sun? I'm sure you've been working on your geek tan. Why would you want to ruin that? Mine's a lovely blue. The star burns you know.

I hear there's even girls out there. Dude, it's not worth it. Trust me - I've heard the stories.

Pass the cheetos will ya?

In reply to the Tetris comments...

Gabe and Tycho have already suggested this, only they initially thought of Jerry Bruckheimer.

- Neil Wehneman

For anyone that's hacked their xbox this will enable them to play their favorite games online. A little scary when you think about it. Maybe the Kali community will even be a little friendlier than the current Xbox Live one .

Yet one more reason for me to drop money for an Xbox. Oh, $100-price-drop, where are you?

Actually, the Neo-Geo is the longest lasting game console, it was released in 1990, and just this year the last game for the system was released.

Of course, you had to pay lots of money (hundreds of dollers per game), but they had a decent following, although it never had the success of the PSOne. They're still quite expensive. Gabe from Penny-Arcade is a collector.

No really, you gotta check it out!

Check this fucking cock shit shitcock shit out!

Like this.

Penny Arcade is stuponfucious.

-- Enditallnow (F.A.O the Mod's: 'cause im getting that funny "Your a troll feeling" here is the link to the strip that started it all. )

-- Enditallnow (F.A.O the Mod's: 'cause im getting that funny "Your a troll feeling" here is the link to the strip that started it all. )

Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade fame ended their time at the Ubisoft booth early today.

Yeah, a PS2 is $300, but the GC is more like $500,000! ;)

I refer you to some sage advice for dealing with it here, although this *might* be more funny for you.

Sure, blame Nintendo for innovating a new way to play video games, that'll teach them to try anything new. In short, FF:CC is one of the most incredible multiplayer experiences I've ever had, and I cared not at all that it required GBAs to play. It's more than a video game; it's a social symphony for those who play.

I refer you to some sage advice for dealing with it here, although this *might* be more funny for you.

Sure, blame Nintendo for innovating a new way to play video games, that'll teach them to try anything new. In short, FF:CC is one of the most incredible multiplayer experiences I've ever had, and I cared not at all that it required GBAs to play. It's more than a video game; it's a social symphony for those who play.

Come on, give credit where it's due...