I actually am hoping for such a game to eventually exist. And if nobody makes it I might do it but I don't have the skills...
Look at websites like http://www.hackthissite.org/ where you basically learn many things. When you find the solution to a problem, you are awarded points. This pushes you to learn more and achieve more.
Instead of having HTML, javascript, programming, etc challenges, why not make something like that for general science?
Don't give the word more power than it already has. Anonymous doesn't exist. Anonymous is many individuals that act on a whim. Or in other words, everybody IS part of anonymous if you refuse to show your identity.
Also, no, anonymous is not only/b/. It's everybody.
Exactly what I was about to say. If it works then it's not a waste of money. Actually, when I get old, I'd like to have a sort of virtual heaven where people can do plenty of stuff instead of wasting their time on the balcony and admire the grass grow.
Why was this insightful? Evilpiper didn't even explain why he believes otherwise!
Anyway, it's a fight between a decentralized system and a centralized system.
Personally, I only occasionally listen to university radios as most of the time I discover music through my friends. I then simply go to youtube to listen to that band or project and youtube proposes other videos that might interest me.
In other words, Youtube IS better than what Pandora was since you have multiple suggestions of videos/songs from the same artists and similar artists. Also, I don't think youtube pays royalties...
As always, if they want to protect their old ways of doing business, they are obviously late.
I never really unerstood that line of thought. What's the point if you can't loose what you earn?
When you can loose everything, your equipment has value and you act differently instead of knowing that whatever you do, you are artificially protected. Believe me, you'll think twice about fighting a new boss like we all did when we played Diablo I since all your equipment would drop and you would restart in town with nothing. The thrill was great though.
If you find the unique sword of awesomeness and you act like a clown, it should be all right for you to get ganked by the mob so that their chief gets the sword. If the mob is played by 13 year olds, that's another proof that you didn't deserve that sword.
And seriously, where's the fun in playing a game that you can't loose?
Don't be too harsh on them. Most of their movies and games are based around solving problems through violence.
Someone wants to steal from you, harm you or something like that? Stop him. That doesn't mean "use deadly force". Try to talk to the guy in order to reduce the tension. That doesn't work? Just shoot his legs, punch him in the throat, kick him in the testicles or use any other non-deadly ways of -STOPPING- him. Don't "headshot" the stupid bastard!
I know it's easier to say it's either white or black, but life's problems are mostly grey. People need to start thinking.
The USA attacks other countries "in defence" so don't expect their culture to be too different from that.
I simply searched for I2p on Google to get the homepage and it gave me the IP link... But the IP link seems to be out of date so thank you for the correction.
Yes but will the leechers really give money? They are leechers you know...
Also, I kind of understand most of them. I would have no problem with setting a relay for the Tor network if I used it but owning a relay that is also an exit point to the Internet would be a problem.
I wouldn't want to be responsible for everything my own IP would do on the net...
What about a ratio system like they use on private torrent websites? One could have a ratio of upload and download and if you don't give back to the community, your IP is temporarily banned from using the network. That wouldn't pose a problem since knowing that IP adress is wants to use the network doesn't mean they know where it is going when it connects. You are still anonymous.
The graphics of course. Not many people are playing Nethack either nor is anyone remembering A Mind Forever Voyaging. These games are not from my generation but I tried Nethack, even Zork I and no graphical game comes close to what games like these were in term of immersion. I wasn't able to try A Mind Forever Voyaging because I needed to setup an emulator or a virtual machine of some sort though...
But yeah, it's all about the graphics.
They are trying to improve the game from what i read but...
Install it again and again, then call them to be able to reinstall it once a week (back up your saved games of course). Tell them it's because of windows and you had to reinstall it since some other unstable programs tend to screw the OS.
No online graphical game has come close to UO in my opinion. No character classes, tons of items, a cool magic system with ingredients, nice summons, building ownership, good economy, scary PvP like it must have been in the medieval age...
It wasn't flawless though. The wilderness had more houses than the big cities since the developpers hadn't thought that players would have be interested in houses. Also, players were never able to create a good mercenary guild to protect the innocents so it was a world of crime. Yet, I never had so much fun with other games.
I mean, UO was a game were you could beg for a teleport stone and accept the stone from that complete stranger... only to find out it brought you to a lost rock in the middle of the sea with no way of getting back from there.
Actually, the loot system is simply old practices developped by casinos to keep their players gambling, but applied to video games.
Games like WoW are very similar to gambling. You invest time and money and you receive a big reward infrequently. No wonder some players get addicted...
I'm about to start to learn how to program on my own, just for fun. For me it's to become better at certain computer challenges and to see if I'd like it enough to change career and start a B.Sc in computer science next year. That being said...
I read a lot on the subject and there are languages that are powerful and yet easy enough to learn. I'm especially thinking about Python since this is the language I decided to pick up.
In order to decide if this language is for you, read the foreword and the preface of "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, 2nd edition". This open source textbook can be found here: http://openbookproject.net//thinkCSpy/
Here is the quote from "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, 2nd edition" that explains why to pick up Python.
How and why I came to use Python
In 1999, the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science
exam was given in C++ for the first time. As in many high schools
throughout the country, the decision to change languages had a direct
impact on the computer science curriculum at Yorktown High School in
Arlington, Virginia, where I teach. Up to this point, Pascal was the
language of instruction in both our first-year and AP courses. In
keeping with past practice of giving students two years of exposure to
the same language, we made the decision to switch to C++ in the
first-year course for the 1997-98 school year so that we would be in
step with the College Board's change for the AP course the following
year.
Two years later, I was convinced that C++ was a poor choice to use for
introducing students to computer science. While it is certainly a very
powerful programming language, it is also an extremely difficult
language to learn and teach. I found myself constantly fighting with
C++'s difficult syntax and multiple ways of doing things, and I was
losing many students unnecessarily as a result. Convinced there had to
be a better language choice for our first-year class, I went looking
for an alternative to C++.
I needed a language that would run on the machines in our GNU/Linux lab as
well as on the Windows and Macintosh platforms most students have at home. I
wanted it to be free software, so that students could use it at home regardless
of their income. I wanted a language that was used by professional programmers,
and one that had an active developer community around it. It had to support
both procedural and object-oriented programming. And most importantly, it had
to be easy to learn and teach. When I investigated the choices with these
goals in mind, Python stood out as the best candidate for the job.
I asked one of Yorktown's talented students, Matt Ahrens, to give Python a
try. In two months he not only learned the language but wrote an application
called pyTicket that enabled our staff to report technology problems via the
Web. I knew that Matt could not have finished an application of that scale in
so short a time in C++, and this accomplishment, combined with Matt's positive
assessment of Python, suggested that Python was the solution I was looking for.
Well I've been marked as a troll, this is insulting.
Anyway, I considered you as a troll because of "The FSF "support freedom, do exactly what we tell you" line is really irritating." which is quite an extreme way of explaining their position.
Also, "do exactly as we tell you" IS equal to ordering people around.
As for which way is better... One is better for easily having a market where competition will flourish, and the other one is better for safety, transparency and price.
I have my opinion on which way we should go but I can understand not everyone would agree.
Slashdot Mirror
I actually am hoping for such a game to eventually exist. And if nobody makes it I might do it but I don't have the skills...
Look at websites like http://www.hackthissite.org/ where you basically learn many things. When you find the solution to a problem, you are awarded points. This pushes you to learn more and achieve more.
Instead of having HTML, javascript, programming, etc challenges, why not make something like that for general science?
Make learning FUN!
Also, I'd LOVE games to learn languages like http://www.tbns.net/knuckles/.
Again: MAKE. LEARNING. FUN!
I studied psychology (yeah, go figure) and one thing I liked to learn was how to control people.
One thing you can do is ask or impose something completely insane and then settle for something less. Everyone will be happy.
On the other hand, this "something else" would have been rejected without a second thought if it had been proposed first.
So, this patch will most likely make people accept the DRM more easily.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door-in-the-face_technique
Not anymore. I checked the first one and it works.
Don't give the word more power than it already has. Anonymous doesn't exist. Anonymous is many individuals that act on a whim. Or in other words, everybody IS part of anonymous if you refuse to show your identity.
Also, no, anonymous is not only /b/. It's everybody.
Exactly what I was about to say. If it works then it's not a waste of money. Actually, when I get old, I'd like to have a sort of virtual heaven where people can do plenty of stuff instead of wasting their time on the balcony and admire the grass grow.
Why was this insightful? Evilpiper didn't even explain why he believes otherwise!
Anyway, it's a fight between a decentralized system and a centralized system.
Personally, I only occasionally listen to university radios as most of the time I discover music through my friends. I then simply go to youtube to listen to that band or project and youtube proposes other videos that might interest me.
In other words, Youtube IS better than what Pandora was since you have multiple suggestions of videos/songs from the same artists and similar artists. Also, I don't think youtube pays royalties...
As always, if they want to protect their old ways of doing business, they are obviously late.
When you can loose everything, your equipment has value and you act differently instead of knowing that whatever you do, you are artificially protected. Believe me, you'll think twice about fighting a new boss like we all did when we played Diablo I since all your equipment would drop and you would restart in town with nothing. The thrill was great though.
If you find the unique sword of awesomeness and you act like a clown, it should be all right for you to get ganked by the mob so that their chief gets the sword. If the mob is played by 13 year olds, that's another proof that you didn't deserve that sword.
And seriously, where's the fun in playing a game that you can't loose?
Google, is that you?
Don't be too harsh on them. Most of their movies and games are based around solving problems through violence.
Someone wants to steal from you, harm you or something like that? Stop him. That doesn't mean "use deadly force". Try to talk to the guy in order to reduce the tension. That doesn't work? Just shoot his legs, punch him in the throat, kick him in the testicles or use any other non-deadly ways of -STOPPING- him. Don't "headshot" the stupid bastard!
I know it's easier to say it's either white or black, but life's problems are mostly grey. People need to start thinking.
The USA attacks other countries "in defence" so don't expect their culture to be too different from that.
NSFW : All your fetishes are there, AT THE SAME TIME! http://rule34.paheal.net/
I simply searched for I2p on Google to get the homepage and it gave me the IP link... But the IP link seems to be out of date so thank you for the correction.
Yes but will the leechers really give money? They are leechers you know...
Also, I kind of understand most of them. I would have no problem with setting a relay for the Tor network if I used it but owning a relay that is also an exit point to the Internet would be a problem.
I wouldn't want to be responsible for everything my own IP would do on the net...
What about a ratio system like they use on private torrent websites? One could have a ratio of upload and download and if you don't give back to the community, your IP is temporarily banned from using the network. That wouldn't pose a problem since knowing that IP adress is wants to use the network doesn't mean they know where it is going when it connects. You are still anonymous.
This is only true if you give personnal information out which is rarely the case. Also, Tor scrambles the relays each 10 minutes.
Anyway, for managing your funds I wouldn't recommend Tor. Just directly go to the website.
If more people set relays, no.
Also, I2P is coming out eventually. They need more developpers though so... heard that, Slashdot?
I2P: http://66.111.51.110/
The graphics of course. Not many people are playing Nethack either nor is anyone remembering A Mind Forever Voyaging. These games are not from my generation but I tried Nethack, even Zork I and no graphical game comes close to what games like these were in term of immersion. I wasn't able to try A Mind Forever Voyaging because I needed to setup an emulator or a virtual machine of some sort though...
But yeah, it's all about the graphics.
They are trying to improve the game from what i read but...
Compare these two games http://www.aiononline.com/us/media/screens/ to this http://www.uoherald.com/kingdomreborn/screens.php.
Which one do you think the kid will ask for?
Another Omen...
I keep getting Eve thrown at me on the net. Even on facebook I have this Eve ad that keeps nagging me.
I might actually try it then :)
My only obstacle is my time management. I need to organize myself better to have more free time...
Thanks.
Hehe you know what I'd do if I had the game?
Install it again and again, then call them to be able to reinstall it once a week (back up your saved games of course). Tell them it's because of windows and you had to reinstall it since some other unstable programs tend to screw the OS.
Lulz for everyone!
But they'd get the message ;)
No online graphical game has come close to UO in my opinion. No character classes, tons of items, a cool magic system with ingredients, nice summons, building ownership, good economy, scary PvP like it must have been in the medieval age...
It wasn't flawless though. The wilderness had more houses than the big cities since the developpers hadn't thought that players would have be interested in houses. Also, players were never able to create a good mercenary guild to protect the innocents so it was a world of crime. Yet, I never had so much fun with other games.
I mean, UO was a game were you could beg for a teleport stone and accept the stone from that complete stranger... only to find out it brought you to a lost rock in the middle of the sea with no way of getting back from there.
How cool is that?
:D
Yeah, Chrono Trigger was like that too...
Actually, the loot system is simply old practices developped by casinos to keep their players gambling, but applied to video games.
Games like WoW are very similar to gambling. You invest time and money and you receive a big reward infrequently. No wonder some players get addicted...
I'm not sure you'll read this but I hope so.
I'm about to start to learn how to program on my own, just for fun. For me it's to become better at certain computer challenges and to see if I'd like it enough to change career and start a B.Sc in computer science next year. That being said...
I read a lot on the subject and there are languages that are powerful and yet easy enough to learn. I'm especially thinking about Python since this is the language I decided to pick up.
In order to decide if this language is for you, read the foreword and the preface of "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, 2nd edition". This open source textbook can be found here: http://openbookproject.net//thinkCSpy/
I also found a lot of info on the Python wiki: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide
I hope this helps you decide.
Here is the quote from "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, 2nd edition" that explains why to pick up Python.
How and why I came to use Python
In 1999, the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science exam was given in C++ for the first time. As in many high schools throughout the country, the decision to change languages had a direct impact on the computer science curriculum at Yorktown High School in Arlington, Virginia, where I teach. Up to this point, Pascal was the language of instruction in both our first-year and AP courses. In keeping with past practice of giving students two years of exposure to the same language, we made the decision to switch to C++ in the first-year course for the 1997-98 school year so that we would be in step with the College Board's change for the AP course the following year.
Two years later, I was convinced that C++ was a poor choice to use for introducing students to computer science. While it is certainly a very powerful programming language, it is also an extremely difficult language to learn and teach. I found myself constantly fighting with C++'s difficult syntax and multiple ways of doing things, and I was losing many students unnecessarily as a result. Convinced there had to be a better language choice for our first-year class, I went looking for an alternative to C++.
I needed a language that would run on the machines in our GNU/Linux lab as well as on the Windows and Macintosh platforms most students have at home. I wanted it to be free software, so that students could use it at home regardless of their income. I wanted a language that was used by professional programmers, and one that had an active developer community around it. It had to support both procedural and object-oriented programming. And most importantly, it had to be easy to learn and teach. When I investigated the choices with these goals in mind, Python stood out as the best candidate for the job.
I asked one of Yorktown's talented students, Matt Ahrens, to give Python a try. In two months he not only learned the language but wrote an application called pyTicket that enabled our staff to report technology problems via the Web. I knew that Matt could not have finished an application of that scale in so short a time in C++, and this accomplishment, combined with Matt's positive assessment of Python, suggested that Python was the solution I was looking for.
Right here folks: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/blackhole-view-0903.html
This is actually not a bad idea now that you mention it. Maybe it's linked to "chinese pride" or something like that.
They would have access to AMD's technology and could develop their special processor for their own country on the side.
At least nobody said it was a threat to AMD.
Well I've been marked as a troll, this is insulting.
Anyway, I considered you as a troll because of "The FSF "support freedom, do exactly what we tell you" line is really irritating." which is quite an extreme way of explaining their position.
Also, "do exactly as we tell you" IS equal to ordering people around.
As for which way is better... One is better for easily having a market where competition will flourish, and the other one is better for safety, transparency and price.
I have my opinion on which way we should go but I can understand not everyone would agree.