Actually it is quite the opposite, the economy is in this state because they can predict very well (by making it happen through manipulation of the market). Or do you think the people (not institutions) responsible for the crisis lost any money in it?
I prefer on-demand content for my TV shows, for which BitTorrent is the perfect solution. For sports live streaming is required, as I came to realize with the football[1] World Cup, and there is no good open standard today. I hope GoalBit gets momentum, but so far only proprietary applications[2] have some live content available (mostly copyright infringing channels from asia).
I feel really guilty about wasting all that bandwidth with that Flash streaming crap.
[1] football: the sport played with the feet, not hands [2] e.g.: Veetle, Stream Torrent, SopCast, TVAnts.
Face it. Many Slashdotters are against copyright and patents just because they want to freeload. They don't give a thought to the consequences their actions have.
Probably true. But that doesn't change the fact that the business model used by those interested in stricter rules for copyright and patents is undeniably wrong.
A very good friend once told me: "If you put your balls in their hands, don't complain if they decide to squeeze them". That was almost ten years ago, and he was referring to Microsoft, but see how it fits perfectly with a lot of companies, including Apple.
Call me communist or whatever, but I think companies shouldn't be that big. What is the problem in existing thousands of smaller companies that cooperate, fostering their local economies? Why does everything need to grow without limits?
for those scientifically oriented, and aware of our natural cognitive bias, it is a fantastic tool to pin down the real problem, bringing relevant information to discuss with a doctor.
I paid $265 for the AAO 110 with 1.5GB RAM, never had *any* problem with any hardware part since I bought it in April 2009. Except the wifi led, that I prefer not flashing anyway...:)
These people that complain about form/syntax, disregarding completely the meaning/semantics, are pretty useless. But don't worry, the intended audience of your message was reached.
Btw, I very nice book recommendation involving this context (the superficiality of your critic): Zen & The Art of Bicycle Maintenance (odd title, but very nice book).
And it's sad to see so many educated people keeping animosity against their foreign nations. In a time where the Internet enables us to see how practically equally flawed humans are, everywhere, it is just stupid to point finger to others.
John Lenon's Imagine is far from ever becoming reality.:-(
As I said, it's not me that bans, it is the collective.
And it's not me that lacks the distinctive singular and plural for "you"; it is post-1650 English.
Would you care to elaborate? English is not my primary language.
So if a player instantly starts playing awesomely, something is wrong for sure.
Likewise, a Go player in a dan skill level will instantly start playing awesomely on a new Go server.
The problem at hand is 'new user with good skills', in which existing users with similar skills would be pleased and willing to play with. Nevertheless, inferior players would still be able to restrict him from playing with them.
As I said, it's not me that bans, it is the collective. If the guy is notorious for being good, he would not be banned, even if I do vote for banning him. And for what I am familiar with, you follow other's gaming abilities develop, from sucking to good. So if a player instantly starts playing awesomely, something is wrong for sure.
As our anonymous friend replied above, this scheme can help identifying players grades [I also thought about the kyu's and dan's of Go!:-) ]. I am pretty sure Jin8 would find boring playing with me, as I find boring playing with some newby folks in Frozen Bubble.
Actually this is and will always be a major problem with open source online games.
Actually, for some genres, an authentication scheme based on PGP's web of trust could be used to restrict who is able to participate on a match. Anybody that is obviously too good to be true could be collectively banned. Those who can't be subjectively detected, don't hinder the gameplay.
If I had the time, I would implement something like that for Frozen Bubble... (oh, but I *hate* Perl)
People willing to share their code have no problems with the GPL. Those who don't want to contribute back are free to not use GPLed code. Nothing is forcing you to do anything just because a GPL software exists.
Btw, following your reasoning logic, I have several GPLed projects... oh, too bad, now that I told you, you are obliged to rewrite them!
The first result when you search for "mentiroso" (liar, in Portuguese) is the Brazillian president's Wikipedia entry, even though there is no occurrence of the word in the document.
I find it both funny and informative, as it is pretty accurate.
I recently broke up a highly frustrating five-year relationship with a selfish girl, so I am aware of my bitter tone. But unfortunately, most women really are "perverted sick competitive", and the truth of that joke is not that the women were only doing the right thing, as some posts above imply. In reality, they were rejoicing over her friend's misery, contributing for their schadenfreud.
I don't know why, but women that like technology seem to be an exception for this rule. Too bad none of my technologically-savvy female friends/acquaintances are available...:-p
Nah, probably it was a female "friend" that handed her pictures to the insurance company.
That reminded me of a joke where a man calls every of his wife's female friends, asking each one if she had slept over with them, and receives the same "no, not here" answer. Another night the reverse happens, and the wife call's every of her husband male friends. Everyone answer "yes, he was here all night" and five of them even responds "he's still here, in the bathroom"!:-)
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Yep, that's the same reason some parts of Japanese comics are drawn sketchy without making it any less nice.
"The more you copy homework, the lower your grades."
No shit, Sherlock! Does that mean that if I don't think by myself I will not really learn? Wow! Who would guess that!
Actually it is quite the opposite, the economy is in this state because they can predict very well (by making it happen through manipulation of the market). Or do you think the people (not institutions) responsible for the crisis lost any money in it?
I prefer on-demand content for my TV shows, for which BitTorrent is the perfect solution. For sports live streaming is required, as I came to realize with the football[1] World Cup, and there is no good open standard today. I hope GoalBit gets momentum, but so far only proprietary applications[2] have some live content available (mostly copyright infringing channels from asia).
I feel really guilty about wasting all that bandwidth with that Flash streaming crap.
[1] football: the sport played with the feet, not hands
[2] e.g.: Veetle, Stream Torrent, SopCast, TVAnts.
Face it. Many Slashdotters are against copyright and patents just because they want to freeload. They don't give a thought to the consequences their actions have.
Probably true. But that doesn't change the fact that the business model used by those interested in stricter rules for copyright and patents is undeniably wrong.
Naive. :)
A very good friend once told me: "If you put your balls in their hands, don't complain if they decide to squeeze them". That was almost ten years ago, and he was referring to Microsoft, but see how it fits perfectly with a lot of companies, including Apple.
Call me communist or whatever, but I think companies shouldn't be that big. What is the problem in existing thousands of smaller companies that cooperate, fostering their local economies? Why does everything need to grow without limits?
for those scientifically oriented, and aware of our natural cognitive bias, it is a fantastic tool to pin down the real problem, bringing relevant information to discuss with a doctor.
And that's why we should start using encryption for everything...
I paid $265 for the AAO 110 with 1.5GB RAM, never had *any* problem with any hardware part since I bought it in April 2009. Except the wifi led, that I prefer not flashing anyway... :)
Too bad you managed to escape.
These people that complain about form/syntax, disregarding completely the meaning/semantics, are pretty useless. But don't worry, the intended audience of your message was reached.
Btw, I very nice book recommendation involving this context (the superficiality of your critic): Zen & The Art of Bicycle Maintenance (odd title, but very nice book).
Too bad I don't have mod points to mod you up.
And it's sad to see so many educated people keeping animosity against their foreign nations. In a time where the Internet enables us to see how practically equally flawed humans are, everywhere, it is just stupid to point finger to others.
John Lenon's Imagine is far from ever becoming reality. :-(
As I said, it's not me that bans, it is the collective.
And it's not me that lacks the distinctive singular and plural for "you"; it is post-1650 English.
Would you care to elaborate? English is not my primary language.
So if a player instantly starts playing awesomely, something is wrong for sure.
Likewise, a Go player in a dan skill level will instantly start playing awesomely on a new Go server.
The problem at hand is 'new user with good skills', in which existing users with similar skills would be pleased and willing to play with. Nevertheless, inferior players would still be able to restrict him from playing with them.
As I said, it's not me that bans, it is the collective. If the guy is notorious for being good, he would not be banned, even if I do vote for banning him. And for what I am familiar with, you follow other's gaming abilities develop, from sucking to good. So if a player instantly starts playing awesomely, something is wrong for sure.
As our anonymous friend replied above, this scheme can help identifying players grades [I also thought about the kyu's and dan's of Go! :-) ]. I am pretty sure Jin8 would find boring playing with me, as I find boring playing with some newby folks in Frozen Bubble.
Actually this is and will always be a major problem with open source online games.
Actually, for some genres, an authentication scheme based on PGP's web of trust could be used to restrict who is able to participate on a match. Anybody that is obviously too good to be true could be collectively banned. Those who can't be subjectively detected, don't hinder the gameplay.
If I had the time, I would implement something like that for Frozen Bubble... (oh, but I *hate* Perl)
That's the reason we never see the other face of the moon: so only the evil aliens see the giant goatse drawn there - no need for MIB! Pure genius!
I have ten workspaces, configured to the shortcuts ctrl+KP_n. Best efficiency ever. I was somehow inspired by Blender3D's control of viewports.
People willing to share their code have no problems with the GPL. Those who don't want to contribute back are free to not use GPLed code. Nothing is forcing you to do anything just because a GPL software exists.
Btw, following your reasoning logic, I have several GPLed projects... oh, too bad, now that I told you, you are obliged to rewrite them!
Brilliant! You just made an AMD (Algorithm of Mass Destruction)!
The first result when you search for "mentiroso" (liar, in Portuguese) is the Brazillian president's Wikipedia entry, even though there is no occurrence of the word in the document.
I find it both funny and informative, as it is pretty accurate.
"Your Honor, I didn't realized I was selling them Preengles!"
I recently broke up a highly frustrating five-year relationship with a selfish girl, so I am aware of my bitter tone. But unfortunately, most women really are "perverted sick competitive", and the truth of that joke is not that the women were only doing the right thing, as some posts above imply. In reality, they were rejoicing over her friend's misery, contributing for their schadenfreud.
I don't know why, but women that like technology seem to be an exception for this rule. Too bad none of my technologically-savvy female friends/acquaintances are available... :-p
Nah, probably it was a female "friend" that handed her pictures to the insurance company.
That reminded me of a joke where a man calls every of his wife's female friends, asking each one if she had slept over with them, and receives the same "no, not here" answer. Another night the reverse happens, and the wife call's every of her husband male friends. Everyone answer "yes, he was here all night" and five of them even responds "he's still here, in the bathroom"! :-)
Programming in Assembly for this architecture is certainly delightful!!!