Re:Does this mean Vivendi are good or bad now?
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King's Quest 9 Lives!
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The Freecraft thing was pretty bad if I remember right, but they had every right to shut down bnetd, considering its sole purpose was to allow people to play pirated copies of Warcraft III online. I know, this is Slashdot, everyone thinks they have the right to take things for free if they want them, but I can understand how Vivendi might think differently and might even *gasp* try to stop people from not paying for their products.
In the context of the US, it means the center of the US's Atlantic coast -- Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, etc. I wouldn't call NYC "mid-Atlantic", but there might be some people who do. Raleigh might count. Like a lot of regional names, it totally depends on who's saying it.
I have absolutely no clue what the summary is talking about. I clicked through to the comments to see if I could find an explanation. Still have no idea. But it was worth it to read your "mid-Atlantic"/"Ascension" joke.:)
They did lose billions...in yen. You can't always assume that everything is calculated in dollars....except that we're talking about the title of the article, which says "3 Billion Dollar Typo".
I read that as "Vista to be Updated Without Robots", and I wondered whether robots were supposed to be updating my computer now, or what?
If they don't update my computer anymore, they'll need something else to do in between protecting us from the terrible secret of space and eating old people's medicine for fuel.
The CS department where I graduated a few years ago started up a game design major. It pretty much guaranteed that I'm not going to give them any money if they're going to waste it on BS like that. I still give money to the school, I just earmark it for things that aren't the CS department.
If you want preparation for a specific career, try ITT Tech or DeVry or something. If you want to actually learn things, that's what real schools are for. My old school, theoretically a real engineering & science school, has already veered disappointingly towards the ITT path in other things too, even while I was there. The video game major is just the latest in that trend.
I thought the current Slashdot Groupthink Manual said that Nintendo sucks, every game is only for kids, and we should all support *laugh* Sony and Microsoft.
Don't tell me my SGM is out of date again. Do we like Nintendo now? Can I start hating Microsoft again? Oh, and are "NATALIE PORTMAN + HOT GRITS" posts back in style?
No, but they do have auto-run on for everything, because turning it off requires editing the registry,
Er, I suppose if you're really into doing things the over-complicated way, you probably *could* edit the registry to turn it off, but it's blatantly false to claim that it "requires" it. I've been turning auto-run off since Windows 95 and never once had to edit the registry to do so.
I wish there was a "-1, Stupid" or "-1, Completely Untrue" mod.
But you didn't do that. The trolling part is stating "Nintendo makes games for kids", which is blatantly false. If you had actually just said "I don't like Nintendo's games", then *that's* a preference, and is less likely to be trolling.
ah, you beat me by a minute to a Nethack reference.
they may not die in space...
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Space Lichens
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And yet the lichens die pretty easily, even with a plain +0 pickaxe or short sword. Their corpses stay good indefinitely though, which is helpful when I'm playing with a vegetarian or vegan #conduct.
but up until now it had resisted posting blatantly partisan rhetoric.
Someone already posted the "you must be new here" joke, but... You must have completely ignored the site in the months leading up to last year's US election, as well as selectively ignoring plenty of articles since then, to say something like that. For Elbereth's sake, there was an article summary last year that basically made the claim that if Republicans stayed in power they were going to outlaw elections. (I remember it because it's the one that caused me to give up on the "politics" section and take it off my front page at least until after the election) You don't think that's "blatantly partisan rhetoric"?
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The Freecraft thing was pretty bad if I remember right, but they had every right to shut down bnetd, considering its sole purpose was to allow people to play pirated copies of Warcraft III online. I know, this is Slashdot, everyone thinks they have the right to take things for free if they want them, but I can understand how Vivendi might think differently and might even *gasp* try to stop people from not paying for their products.
In the context of the US, it means the center of the US's Atlantic coast -- Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, etc. I wouldn't call NYC "mid-Atlantic", but there might be some people who do. Raleigh might count. Like a lot of regional names, it totally depends on who's saying it.
I have absolutely no clue what the summary is talking about. I clicked through to the comments to see if I could find an explanation. Still have no idea. But it was worth it to read your "mid-Atlantic"/"Ascension" joke. :)
Maybe he was referring to the Azores...
Or St. Helena.
They did lose billions...in yen. You can't always assume that everything is calculated in dollars. ...except that we're talking about the title of the article, which says "3 Billion Dollar Typo".
I totally agree that words can mean whatever we want them to. Isn't that totally spam? It's lubricated! Well, I'm phasing.
I read that as "Vista to be Updated Without Robots", and I wondered whether robots were supposed to be updating my computer now, or what?
If they don't update my computer anymore, they'll need something else to do in between protecting us from the terrible secret of space and eating old people's medicine for fuel.
How about things like HTML email
:P
I think that's an advantage for mutt/pine/whatever.
(I use Outlook at work, but have it display and compose in plain text. Email should be plain text, the way God intended.)
Surely you mean 8/10?
when I can pick up the original GTA for like $10?
Actually the original GTA, and GTA2, are available for free download from Rockstar's site.
Unless you mean GTA3, in which case I'd think the prominent "3" in the title would clue you in as to how "original" it is.
The CS department where I graduated a few years ago started up a game design major. It pretty much guaranteed that I'm not going to give them any money if they're going to waste it on BS like that. I still give money to the school, I just earmark it for things that aren't the CS department.
If you want preparation for a specific career, try ITT Tech or DeVry or something. If you want to actually learn things, that's what real schools are for. My old school, theoretically a real engineering & science school, has already veered disappointingly towards the ITT path in other things too, even while I was there. The video game major is just the latest in that trend.
Do I have an HDTV? Am I planning on getting one in the remotely near future? (Hint: No.)
Is this answer the same for 98% of the public? (Hint: Yes.)
So... who cares? Other than a couple of random Slashbots, I mean.
Sony has the familiarity
$sys$They have quite a bit of familiarity with your computer at least.
Oh, sorry, could you not see that first line?
I thought the current Slashdot Groupthink Manual said that Nintendo sucks, every game is only for kids, and we should all support *laugh* Sony and Microsoft.
Don't tell me my SGM is out of date again. Do we like Nintendo now? Can I start hating Microsoft again? Oh, and are "NATALIE PORTMAN + HOT GRITS" posts back in style?
No, but they do have auto-run on for everything, because turning it off requires editing the registry,
Er, I suppose if you're really into doing things the over-complicated way, you probably *could* edit the registry to turn it off, but it's blatantly false to claim that it "requires" it. I've been turning auto-run off since Windows 95 and never once had to edit the registry to do so.
I wish there was a "-1, Stupid" or "-1, Completely Untrue" mod.
A bunch of sports games and FPS's! On the new XBox! Who would have guessed?
(I don't suppose the XBox comes with, you know, a mouse, or some other controller that would actually make a console FPS fun?)
You're a dumbass. "Movie-specific". You even quoted it. X-Wing is not from a movie. Neither is KOTOR. Or Dark Forces. Or Tie Fighter.
The "Phantom Menace" game is movie-specific, because it's, wait for it, specific to a movie. Also, it sucked. This is Zonk's point.
State one opinion about your own preference
But you didn't do that. The trolling part is stating "Nintendo makes games for kids", which is blatantly false. If you had actually just said "I don't like Nintendo's games", then *that's* a preference, and is less likely to be trolling.
ah, you beat me by a minute to a Nethack reference.
And yet the lichens die pretty easily, even with a plain +0 pickaxe or short sword. Their corpses stay good indefinitely though, which is helpful when I'm playing with a vegetarian or vegan #conduct.
Flashbangs in CSS will never be the same...
Ah, but you can change things in CSS pretty easily:
{flash-bang: 10px}
AnimeFu is Taco's "other project".
Passing judgement on that might get me modded troll, so I'll leave it at that...
and result in the decimation (xenocide) of an entire alien species
If I remember the book correctly, he killed almost all of them, not just a tenth of them.
but up until now it had resisted posting blatantly partisan rhetoric.
Someone already posted the "you must be new here" joke, but... You must have completely ignored the site in the months leading up to last year's US election, as well as selectively ignoring plenty of articles since then, to say something like that. For Elbereth's sake, there was an article summary last year that basically made the claim that if Republicans stayed in power they were going to outlaw elections. (I remember it because it's the one that caused me to give up on the "politics" section and take it off my front page at least until after the election) You don't think that's "blatantly partisan rhetoric"?
exactly.. once hippies started writing songs about spots on apples, it was all over.
All over for the millions of people who have died of malaria since, I mean.
The comments here crack me up. There's nothing that says "I'm not very good at my job" like posting "OMG I would get fired if I did that!"
That's why the guy in TFA just got a raise, and you didn't.