I resent the implication that we gamers suffer from problems with depression. I mean, with the amount of Ecstasy I've downed over the past 24 hours I should be well past carefree until Sunday, at least!
I read that as 'Lawful Evil, not the Chaotic Good'. Thus, my thoughts segued into a thought how voting must be so easy in D&D.
"Hmm... a tough choice this year, I could vote for the Neutral Good party, but the cleric seems to be pro-life, with his true-resurrection casting 4 times a day'... Ah well, I vote for Crug, the level 18 Ogre Beserker again."
"I think that you'll find considerable overlap between the smartest children and the dumbest parents."
I'm sorry, but really. If any bright kid has been denied something by an authority figure, most will try to obtain it out of stubbornness. You can either:
Have the system exceptionally high-tech (in which case parents won't bother setting it up, and the hI-Qs will still get around it).
Have the system so simple to set up that kids will be able to get around it anyway.
Back in High School, our IT administrators decided that 10mb was enough personal space for every student (this was two years ago). In order to get more space, my friends and I completely circumvented the schools network security, going as far as to add Counterstrike to the ghost image (a bad idea on reflection, with the 'audit' thing that I am now aware of). We created administrator accounts for ourselves, took over significant portions of network drives, and used the school security cameras to find out what classes all the hot girls were in.
All of this started just because the school didn't think we could be trusted with any small amount of access to the network. Well, I kind of rambled at the end there, but my $0.02
Unfortunately, this particular breed of stupidity has several clauses that ensure its survival (take THAT Darwin).
1) Procreation is your national duty.
2) If you have sex and you get pregnant, it is GOD WILLED, and if you terminate the pregnancy you are EVIL and burn in Hell, while watching the comedy stylings of Carrot Top for ALL ETERNITY.
(Actually, on reflection, these kind people are probably the ones who like Carrot Top.)
I'm assuming that the 'one billion' figure includes every computer that ever ran Windows (including reinstalls), rather than currently active PC's. This makes the 'zomg, number of Windows > number of Cars' slightly clearer.
No cars that I'm aware of have a life cycle of (approximately) 3 years. Many computers that I see do.
Of course, not many cars have a relatively easy reboot that you can in the space of a few hours to make it essentially new again.
the company is now charging for services normally taken for granted as a freebie on the PC platform.
I'm not sure the many thousands of people playing online right now would be keen to pay for traditionally free multiplayer components just so people can settle the whole "keyboard/mouse vs gamepad" debate. I like the idea of Windows Live Anywhere overall, but Microsoft are shooting themselves in the foot (for massive damage) by making the unwashed masses pay.
The point of the petition was that we don't care that the 'Terrorists' COULD POSSIBLY use our ID details to accomplish their nefarious schemes. However, we do object to the DEFINATE invasion of our privacy in order to prevent something that MIGHT happen.
Note the difference.
I'm surprised they'd keep throwing money at that disaster. What do you mean? Throwing more money at something always eradicates its deficiencies. I mean, just look at Daikatana... oh wait...
"Will ISPs still be able to throttle BitTorrent traffic now that a significant proportion of it is legit?/quote
I think someone is under-estimating the sheer amount of pr0n available on the net.
The only way to stop spam is to make it unprofitable. So if you get enough lawsuits on you Spams become unprofitable. Thus it stops. Yes, because this is the method that the **AA use to stop movie/music piracy, and as we all know, no one EVER downloads warez illegally anymore...
Ok, this guy did spend quite a lot of time playing Counter-Strike, and thus, when he kills some people with a gun, it has to be linked. Correct?
No, it isn't. Now, if I was an avid surfer (IANAS), and one day I cracked and decided to kill my classmates, I would not whack them to death with my surf board. No, I would get access to whatever knife or gun I could and kill people that way. These people are over-reacting.
Ouch... bye karma. I should never slashdot after a night drinking, I think I was trying to be funny.
Now, a serious comment, if I may. If I am correct in what this awkwardly named bill is suggesting, this is designed to severely curtail rights to operate an online radio station*, forcing the consumer to listen to the same regurgitated "Top 40" drivel that is played through the mainstream channels 24/7. These people, these **AA folks, and their politician lackeys, are the ones genericising music. Then they call us, the differentiating consumer, pirates and copyright infringers, for refusing to lower ourselves to listening to the latest pop 'sensation'. Luckily for us, these very tactics are the ones that will do them the most damage eventually.
Fantastic... now instead of lame jokes about CowboyNeal's music selention I have started to rant about the **AA. I have just jumped the gap between the two main segments of slashdot users. All I need is a "Welcome to our new Overlords" joke.
*Is it still called radio if it is not transmitted over radio waves?
Ah, yeah. The track record for video game movies isn't great (by that I mean... well... nonexistant). I was hoping that Peter Jackson's Halo would do to the Game/Movie franchise what Sin City and Batman Begins did to the Comic Book/Movie franchise.
Yes, I think the Halo movie would be very hard to pull off, but Peter Jackson was producing the Halo movie, not directing it. A nice way to have his cake and eat it too.
Changing to the Metric system wouldn't mean dropping the Imperial system entirely. In Australia, inches and feet are still used by tradies (carpenters, shipwrights and the like) as a quick and easy way of guestimating the amount of materials they need, and etc. Also, practically everyone here knows their height in feet and inches as well as centimeters.
We also still use holdovers from imperial measurements in everyday speech. For example: "Terrigal is miles away from here." It would not mean radically changing the language. America already uses the base 10 system of counting with their currency, which is very efficient, so I don't think changing would be that big a deal.
However, once again, the main factors in delaying the implementation of the metric system will be peoples ignorance and apathy, as well as a feeling of "We've always done it this way." I can understand the feeling, it is a law of physics that matter generally wants to keep doing what it is doing already (inertia I believe). Unfortunately, just because you CAN use your fingers and toes to count doesn't mean that a calculator isn't a better device for quick addition and subtraction. (That was just an example, albeit a crude one, I hope I don't get modded down by the dreaded Math Nazi's)
There we go, slash the budget for Personal Health and Development classes. The kids have already gotten all their ill-advised Sex Ed from the friendly people at Backdoorsluts9.com.
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A hijacked computer submitted this story!
Clearly our sun could collapse at any time. We should not wait until a potentially hostile star right on our doorsteps decides to attack!
I call for a premeptive strike to be made on the sun!
I resent the implication that we gamers suffer from problems with depression. I mean, with the amount of Ecstasy I've downed over the past 24 hours I should be well past carefree until Sunday, at least!
I don't know if Gas Powered Games or THQ think I'm a criminal. A lot of people think I might be because of the way I dress.
I told you that bright orange jumpsuit was a bad idea!
I read that as 'Lawful Evil, not the Chaotic Good'. Thus, my thoughts segued into a thought how voting must be so easy in D&D.
"Hmm... a tough choice this year, I could vote for the Neutral Good party, but the cleric seems to be pro-life, with his true-resurrection casting 4 times a day'... Ah well, I vote for Crug, the level 18 Ogre Beserker again."
On an unrelated note... CRUG FOR PRESIDENT!
Bill G. retires. And now Jack T. is being disbarred. Who will be the slashdot editor post about for us to all agree on in our complaints?!
Don't worry mate, the MAFIAA is still around and Fox News is still broadcasting, we have plenty of material.
Alright, you've convinced me. I'm moving to Norway.
Mind if I crash at your house for 3-5 years while I get myself established?
First person who can direct me to a copy of the full Wil Wheaton keynote video (or audio even) will win its weight in gold.
Whats the weight of a 1hour video, anyway?
"I think that you'll find considerable overlap between the smartest children and the dumbest parents."
I'm sorry, but really. If any bright kid has been denied something by an authority figure, most will try to obtain it out of stubbornness. You can either:
Have the system exceptionally high-tech (in which case parents won't bother setting it up, and the hI-Qs will still get around it).
Have the system so simple to set up that kids will be able to get around it anyway.
Back in High School, our IT administrators decided that 10mb was enough personal space for every student (this was two years ago). In order to get more space, my friends and I completely circumvented the schools network security, going as far as to add Counterstrike to the ghost image (a bad idea on reflection, with the 'audit' thing that I am now aware of). We created administrator accounts for ourselves, took over significant portions of network drives, and used the school security cameras to find out what classes all the hot girls were in.
All of this started just because the school didn't think we could be trusted with any small amount of access to the network. Well, I kind of rambled at the end there, but my $0.02
Unfortunately, this particular breed of stupidity has several clauses that ensure its survival (take THAT Darwin).
1) Procreation is your national duty.
2) If you have sex and you get pregnant, it is GOD WILLED, and if you terminate the pregnancy you are EVIL and burn in Hell, while watching the comedy stylings of Carrot Top for ALL ETERNITY.
(Actually, on reflection, these kind people are probably the ones who like Carrot Top.)
I'm assuming that the 'one billion' figure includes every computer that ever ran Windows (including reinstalls), rather than currently active PC's. This makes the 'zomg, number of Windows > number of Cars' slightly clearer.
No cars that I'm aware of have a life cycle of (approximately) 3 years. Many computers that I see do.
Of course, not many cars have a relatively easy reboot that you can in the space of a few hours to make it essentially new again.
I'm not sure the many thousands of people playing online right now would be keen to pay for traditionally free multiplayer components just so people can settle the whole "keyboard/mouse vs gamepad" debate. I like the idea of Windows Live Anywhere overall, but Microsoft are shooting themselves in the foot (for massive damage) by making the unwashed masses pay.
The point of the petition was that we don't care that the 'Terrorists' COULD POSSIBLY use our ID details to accomplish their nefarious schemes. However, we do object to the DEFINATE invasion of our privacy in order to prevent something that MIGHT happen.
Note the difference.
And I'm assuming plans for a giant "laser" have already been considered.
Ok, this guy did spend quite a lot of time playing Counter-Strike, and thus, when he kills some people with a gun, it has to be linked. Correct?
No, it isn't. Now, if I was an avid surfer (IANAS), and one day I cracked and decided to kill my classmates, I would not whack them to death with my surf board. No, I would get access to whatever knife or gun I could and kill people that way. These people are over-reacting.
Ouch... bye karma. I should never slashdot after a night drinking, I think I was trying to be funny.
Now, a serious comment, if I may. If I am correct in what this awkwardly named bill is suggesting, this is designed to severely curtail rights to operate an online radio station*, forcing the consumer to listen to the same regurgitated "Top 40" drivel that is played through the mainstream channels 24/7. These people, these **AA folks, and their politician lackeys, are the ones genericising music. Then they call us, the differentiating consumer, pirates and copyright infringers, for refusing to lower ourselves to listening to the latest pop 'sensation'. Luckily for us, these very tactics are the ones that will do them the most damage eventually.
Fantastic... now instead of lame jokes about CowboyNeal's music selention I have started to rant about the **AA. I have just jumped the gap between the two main segments of slashdot users. All I need is a "Welcome to our new Overlords" joke.
*Is it still called radio if it is not transmitted over radio waves?
Ah, yeah. The track record for video game movies isn't great (by that I mean... well... nonexistant). I was hoping that Peter Jackson's Halo would do to the Game/Movie franchise what Sin City and Batman Begins did to the Comic Book/Movie franchise.
Yes, I think the Halo movie would be very hard to pull off, but Peter Jackson was producing the Halo movie, not directing it. A nice way to have his cake and eat it too.
How will I get my daily fix of CowboyNeal's gentle croonings in his finest country ballads?
Changing to the Metric system wouldn't mean dropping the Imperial system entirely. In Australia, inches and feet are still used by tradies (carpenters, shipwrights and the like) as a quick and easy way of guestimating the amount of materials they need, and etc. Also, practically everyone here knows their height in feet and inches as well as centimeters.
We also still use holdovers from imperial measurements in everyday speech. For example: "Terrigal is miles away from here." It would not mean radically changing the language. America already uses the base 10 system of counting with their currency, which is very efficient, so I don't think changing would be that big a deal.
However, once again, the main factors in delaying the implementation of the metric system will be peoples ignorance and apathy, as well as a feeling of "We've always done it this way." I can understand the feeling, it is a law of physics that matter generally wants to keep doing what it is doing already (inertia I believe). Unfortunately, just because you CAN use your fingers and toes to count doesn't mean that a calculator isn't a better device for quick addition and subtraction. (That was just an example, albeit a crude one, I hope I don't get modded down by the dreaded Math Nazi's)
There we go, slash the budget for Personal Health and Development classes. The kids have already gotten all their ill-advised Sex Ed from the friendly people at Backdoorsluts9.com.
Apparently somewhat over 250 million dollars US.