So does this mean no more importing video games or movies from other countries? How our rights have eroded indeed. I know game companies don't want me to be playing their RPGs in Japanese, but this is rediculous. It's an extension of regioning.
I don't know if education works optimally unless people have to earn the opportunity for an education, not just offering a way to earn a degree. You can give people tuition and they'll go, but if they don't have an appreciation for the cost of what they've been given, they're likely to spend as much of the time as possible partying, squandering the opportunity they've been given.
We should first drop free public high school education before dropping help with college tuition. This would in effect nurture people to appreciate education *BEFORE* it's too late. Saying we shouldn't sponsor kids into college is like trying to hide the syptoms of disease instead of curing it. I expected more from slashdot.
Considering that all debit cards have Visa/Mastercard logos on them, how long do you think this _choice_ you are purporting will exist? When the US stops printing money, who do you think will be picking up the infrastructure? You need to look more than 10 feet in front of you.
"Dated design" is one of my most hated 2 words nowadays. I flip the bird to anyone who uses them. It basically means you are too old to deal with software that varies too much. All modern software must universally be the same.
Some of the things that will force this phrase to pop up are:
Being forced to lose in the game.
Lack of horrifically long cut scenes
A FPS not having regenerating health
Not being forced through horrific long animations for spells and summons in RPGs.
Lack of voice acting.
'unplayable' rough graphics. (snob much?)
Tank controls
I want to destroy you people who are turning gaming into a monoculture. Auto healing in GoldenEye was one of the most rediculous features I have ever seen and takes a lot of the excitement out of it. Resident Evil used to actually be unique and not a matrix wanna be. (Seriously. The characters turn from something believably normal to super heros.) I want to be able to read my RPGs like a book sometimes. I sometimes actually like non-standard control schemes.
You can take your generic interactive movies and shove it. Especially you game reviewers who push this all like crazy. I like a bit more variety in what I get.
As for religious objections, you're free not to get cyberized (to use a word from GitS) and although I may find your reason for it silly I would probably also refuse simply getting a "dumb" implant that does little more than act as a glorified ID card.
Please reply to what the GP actually posted. Their bible quote points out that eventually *everyone* will have to have the "mark" to do transactions. There eventually will be no opting out. You're better off not replying if you aren't going to read what the person whote that you are replying directly to.
...of people who try to force their lifestyle on you. They are rediculous. Everything is a "what if" to them if they think about not having one. To anyone who does not own a cell phone and does not want to own one, the reasons they state are mere excuses of someone trying to protect their precious little toy. The worst part is it is *your* falt if you don't have one if and when they try to contact you.
I would place these cellphone people just a stack below Facebookers.
Honestly, people can live without cell phones in their cars. Or even near the road. Shit happens. Deal with it.
Now that MS is genuinely moving again I say it will take a max of 5 years for the MS 'battered wives' to return to their main man. He has his glam back. Then MS can finally go back to stagnating for another 8 years.
I do hope IE for Linux and Mac OS X make their guest appearances again soon. It shouldn't be too long.
Most people never thought Java would become a hot potato to be careful with. No one thought that Oracle would be going after people over patents. Sun put Java under the GPL2.
Can you tell me how Mono is more safe being under the GPL/LGPL/MIT when it is using tech directly from a company that is in many ways a direct competitor and has outwardly stated it thinks of open source as "communism"? Microsoft does have patents on specific things used in Mono. Mono is also under the GPL2. Coincidence? I think not.
It's called a can of worms. It's just we have a lot of slashdotters who refuse to believe it now for whatever reason.
That way it can be properly prepared over the course of a week instead of having them wait 1 or 2 days for things to start work naturally working again.
It would be a net win for MS. They get consumer confidence without having to shell out the price for a free membership for the inconvenience, and the customer gets to feel warm and fuzzy.
When people lose access to their one source of killing free time, it is *amazing* how ansy they get. Be a person with a cable subscription, an XBox Like account, or an avid facebook user.
I played the original Contra. When I lost all my lives, I would just put off trying it again until the next day. It only took me about a week to get through the game. It was not frustrating at all, as when I died and lost my continues it was about my stop point anyway.
There are bad games that force you to die too often, but games like Contra and Megaman did dieing right. They were not too hard, but they were definitely not a push over either. There is something about games where when you first approach them they are hard as hell, but when you figure out the secret they are a walk in a park that are extremely enjoyable.
I believe Mario Galaxy is another good example of challege. The old lord of the rings games were a bad example where switching the difficulty was a bit too easy to do.
When games are too easy to blow by they become unmemorable.
I never used to like hard games you die a lot when I was little. Now I love them. My first Megaman games were 7 and 9. Here is one of the things about harder games:
They are more memorable and you get more satisfaction when you finally win.
My friend hates dieing. He played the games in the Megaman Anniversary collection in easy mode. I noticed when I did the same thing, none of the older classics were as memerable as 7 when I originally went through it and 9.
Easy modes in games are shit and destroy the game. After all, if you beat the game in easy mode and there is nothing extra to see in normal and hard, what is the point of going back?
You get all these Java-like advantages but run a C-like speed.
Right. Because, by the divine power of Saint Jobs, Objective-C is magically able to do late binding and introspection for free.
Back in the real world, the speed difference between Objective-C and Java is pretty negligible.
The reason people say this is because you can use straight C when the extra speed is paramount. Can you run inline C code in java without needing the interpreter? Using straight C code inline in Obj-C is a bit like using Assembly inline in C. It's there when you need it.
I am only a few weeks in on C++. I like the idea of classes and a true object oriented language over C, but the syntax is so damn bad for everything.
I believe it has mostly to do with C++'s legacy with C and trying to be backwards compatible. It feels like it breaks so many general convensions in how things are written in C, you don't know what the hell it is going to do. "std::string mystring()" took a while for me to comprehend. My first thought was that it was something like "char mystring()" until I realized it was an object initalization and declaration all in one.
Templates? I really don't know what to think of them yet. Should they really be built into the language? I can't shake this feeling they are serving a purpose better met by perhaps a Makefile which copies and replaces the variables in a file.
I will probably have C++ grow on me more over time once the syntax stops pissing me off. Haven't tried Obj-C yet. But I have a feeling that or D would piss me off less. Only one way to find out...
Ubuntu as of the last few releases has been strongly imitating Mac OS X in look. The last time I heard the linux community uproaring so much was when Gnome went 2.x and switched its button direction order to Mac style and generally styled around simplicity instead of complexity.
It isn't users that dislike software diversity as much as it is software companies. The overlap between Adobe and Microsoft is huge just like it was for Adobe and Macromedia. No one should be happy about this. We will only end up with more "Gimp vs Photoshop" type of arguments as there will be no other choices but the 1 comercial and the one open source one.
I hate to sound cynical, but this will only be the 3rd Wiimote killer since the 6-axis took it's aim. With all of Kinect's extra features over the de facto, it should fit really nicely next to all of the iPod-killers of yor.
The Kinect is the Firewire of the Firewire-USB war. Overly expensive and unsupported compared to it's contemporary cousin even if it may have better technology. It only takes a (USB2-style) revision to make the things Kinect has moot and the populace moves on...
Why are these broadcasts not encrypted if they are potentially dangerous? People would not be better off not knowing that these are are not encrypted than sticking their heads in the grounds. This is no worse than someone not turning on security on their router. It's just plain silly. The finger should be pointed at the plains, not the iPhone app maker.
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Yes, this includes gay people. The more liberated they feel, the more they will act on their instincts in inapproprate places.
I've been stuck with such a roomate, and it grows severely irritating that I just stopped staying at home or stayed in my room.
You may think me horrible, but I agree with the principle of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' from it.
So does this mean no more importing video games or movies from other countries? How our rights have eroded indeed. I know game companies don't want me to be playing their RPGs in Japanese, but this is rediculous. It's an extension of regioning.
Were you using your cellphone in a car? I swear the roads are getting scarier and scarier every day.
I don't know if education works optimally unless people have to earn the opportunity for an education, not just offering a way to earn a degree. You can give people tuition and they'll go, but if they don't have an appreciation for the cost of what they've been given, they're likely to spend as much of the time as possible partying, squandering the opportunity they've been given.
We should first drop free public high school education before dropping help with college tuition. This would in effect nurture people to appreciate education *BEFORE* it's too late. Saying we shouldn't sponsor kids into college is like trying to hide the syptoms of disease instead of curing it. I expected more from slashdot.
Considering that all debit cards have Visa/Mastercard logos on them, how long do you think this _choice_ you are purporting will exist? When the US stops printing money, who do you think will be picking up the infrastructure? You need to look more than 10 feet in front of you.
"Dated design" is one of my most hated 2 words nowadays. I flip the bird to anyone who uses them. It basically means you are too old to deal with software that varies too much. All modern software must universally be the same.
Some of the things that will force this phrase to pop up are:
I want to destroy you people who are turning gaming into a monoculture. Auto healing in GoldenEye was one of the most rediculous features I have ever seen and takes a lot of the excitement out of it. Resident Evil used to actually be unique and not a matrix wanna be. (Seriously. The characters turn from something believably normal to super heros.) I want to be able to read my RPGs like a book sometimes. I sometimes actually like non-standard control schemes.
You can take your generic interactive movies and shove it. Especially you game reviewers who push this all like crazy. I like a bit more variety in what I get.
Screw open source. You can copyright this arsenic being and live on forever even without government funds, NASA. T^T [/end silliness]
I would much prefer to think it would force the comeback of the barter system. Either that or local community currency.
As for religious objections, you're free not to get cyberized (to use a word from GitS) and although I may find your reason for it silly I would probably also refuse simply getting a "dumb" implant that does little more than act as a glorified ID card.
Please reply to what the GP actually posted. Their bible quote points out that eventually *everyone* will have to have the "mark" to do transactions. There eventually will be no opting out. You're better off not replying if you aren't going to read what the person whote that you are replying directly to.
...of people who try to force their lifestyle on you. They are rediculous. Everything is a "what if" to them if they think about not having one. To anyone who does not own a cell phone and does not want to own one, the reasons they state are mere excuses of someone trying to protect their precious little toy. The worst part is it is *your* falt if you don't have one if and when they try to contact you.
I would place these cellphone people just a stack below Facebookers.
Honestly, people can live without cell phones in their cars. Or even near the road. Shit happens. Deal with it.
Now that MS is genuinely moving again I say it will take a max of 5 years for the MS 'battered wives' to return to their main man. He has his glam back. Then MS can finally go back to stagnating for another 8 years.
I do hope IE for Linux and Mac OS X make their guest appearances again soon. It shouldn't be too long.
[/end brutal truth]
Most people never thought Java would become a hot potato to be careful with. No one thought that Oracle would be going after people over patents. Sun put Java under the GPL2.
Can you tell me how Mono is more safe being under the GPL/LGPL/MIT when it is using tech directly from a company that is in many ways a direct competitor and has outwardly stated it thinks of open source as "communism"? Microsoft does have patents on specific things used in Mono. Mono is also under the GPL2. Coincidence? I think not.
It's called a can of worms. It's just we have a lot of slashdotters who refuse to believe it now for whatever reason.
That way it can be properly prepared over the course of a week instead of having them wait 1 or 2 days for things to start work naturally working again.
It would be a net win for MS. They get consumer confidence without having to shell out the price for a free membership for the inconvenience, and the customer gets to feel warm and fuzzy.
When people lose access to their one source of killing free time, it is *amazing* how ansy they get. Be a person with a cable subscription, an XBox Like account, or an avid facebook user.
People like to complain abouth difficulty but....
I played the original Contra. When I lost all my lives, I would just put off trying it again until the next day. It only took me about a week to get through the game. It was not frustrating at all, as when I died and lost my continues it was about my stop point anyway.
There are bad games that force you to die too often, but games like Contra and Megaman did dieing right. They were not too hard, but they were definitely not a push over either. There is something about games where when you first approach them they are hard as hell, but when you figure out the secret they are a walk in a park that are extremely enjoyable.
I believe Mario Galaxy is another good example of challege. The old lord of the rings games were a bad example where switching the difficulty was a bit too easy to do.
When games are too easy to blow by they become unmemorable.
I never used to like hard games you die a lot when I was little. Now I love them. My first Megaman games were 7 and 9. Here is one of the things about harder games:
They are more memorable and you get more satisfaction when you finally win.
My friend hates dieing. He played the games in the Megaman Anniversary collection in easy mode. I noticed when I did the same thing, none of the older classics were as memerable as 7 when I originally went through it and 9.
Easy modes in games are shit and destroy the game. After all, if you beat the game in easy mode and there is nothing extra to see in normal and hard, what is the point of going back?
Does this not seem like a round-about answer to anyone else? *hides under a desk*
When you are talking about Objective-C++, please say Objective-C++.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective-C#Objective-C.2B.2B
Objective-C uses C.
I usually find bubblesort works best on preorganized arrays personally.
You get all these Java-like advantages but run a C-like speed. Right. Because, by the divine power of Saint Jobs, Objective-C is magically able to do late binding and introspection for free. Back in the real world, the speed difference between Objective-C and Java is pretty negligible.
The reason people say this is because you can use straight C when the extra speed is paramount. Can you run inline C code in java without needing the interpreter? Using straight C code inline in Obj-C is a bit like using Assembly inline in C. It's there when you need it.
I am only a few weeks in on C++. I like the idea of classes and a true object oriented language over C, but the syntax is so damn bad for everything.
I believe it has mostly to do with C++'s legacy with C and trying to be backwards compatible. It feels like it breaks so many general convensions in how things are written in C, you don't know what the hell it is going to do. "std::string mystring()" took a while for me to comprehend. My first thought was that it was something like "char mystring()" until I realized it was an object initalization and declaration all in one.
Templates? I really don't know what to think of them yet. Should they really be built into the language? I can't shake this feeling they are serving a purpose better met by perhaps a Makefile which copies and replaces the variables in a file.
I will probably have C++ grow on me more over time once the syntax stops pissing me off. Haven't tried Obj-C yet. But I have a feeling that or D would piss me off less. Only one way to find out...
(and doesn't make stupid design decisions involving window buttons... cough cough)
Ubuntu as of the last few releases has been strongly imitating Mac OS X in look. The last time I heard the linux community uproaring so much was when Gnome went 2.x and switched its button direction order to Mac style and generally styled around simplicity instead of complexity.
It isn't users that dislike software diversity as much as it is software companies. The overlap between Adobe and Microsoft is huge just like it was for Adobe and Macromedia. No one should be happy about this. We will only end up with more "Gimp vs Photoshop" type of arguments as there will be no other choices but the 1 comercial and the one open source one.
I hate to sound cynical, but this will only be the 3rd Wiimote killer since the 6-axis took it's aim. With all of Kinect's extra features over the de facto, it should fit really nicely next to all of the iPod-killers of yor.
The Kinect is the Firewire of the Firewire-USB war. Overly expensive and unsupported compared to it's contemporary cousin even if it may have better technology. It only takes a (USB2-style) revision to make the things Kinect has moot and the populace moves on...
Why aren't linux package managers using this instead of just leaching off of college servers and the like?
Why are these broadcasts not encrypted if they are potentially dangerous? People would not be better off not knowing that these are are not encrypted than sticking their heads in the grounds. This is no worse than someone not turning on security on their router. It's just plain silly. The finger should be pointed at the plains, not the iPhone app maker.