When playing as Zerg, don't use "select larva" from 4 hatcheries to build 12 units. Just double-click on a larva. It's much faster.
If you're playing against a computer and don't feel like exerting yourself at all, take a probe out early-game and tease their workers. The stupid AI will send all of its workers chasing you all around the map.
When playing on Battlenet, remember that no one there has really played only 25 games. The game's been out for a decade.
Out of all the stretches for a joke I've seen in this thread this comment was the best so far. There's a well-known association between Microsoft and the dreaded BSOD, especially in Slashdot context. Seems like a fair pun to me.
I think you're confusing 'uncomplimentary' with 'Troll'.
Enough to learn that your question and its answer are meaningless. Suffice it to say that I've done and I've been and in some cases still am.
Beautiful.
In the registry, HKLM/LocalMachine/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
Startup folder, explore start menu for all users and current user, in Programs>Startup
Windows services, Start>Run, then type "services.msc"
If you've never done this before (there *might* be a slashdot reader who hasn't...) then you'll be happy to discover you probably tear out vast chunks of autostarting garbage. Some of it, however, you can only remove if you don't want the software to work. And a lot of it will just come right back anyway at the first update.
I know of several programs that refuse to work if they can't keep their background services running, and all of them add themselves to the startup without asking and come back at every application update. This trend has gotten bad enough that I've taken to explicitly blocking applications from network access, which really shouldn't be necessary. I've also stopped using Adobe products entirely. You just can't beat Photoshop or Acrobat (and no Foxit doesn't count, even though that's what I use now), but you also can't beat Adobe for installing useless, crippling, invasive bloatware without asking. FNPLicensingService? Hell no. Get off my machine. Sure you can handle a little service here or there, but in aggregate they quickly become unsustainable. Screw that.
I'm too tired of fighting software that behaves like that. Adobe? Out. Foxit? GIMP? Sure. I trust them a lot more.
You can also use the Adobe Customization Wizard to roll out an install of Acrobat that doesn't suck as bad, but I'm done playing catch-up with them and I'd rather work with programs that play well with others.
This was my first thought when I read the article summary. The book is fantastic and provides an encouraging (though probably pretty optimistic) idea of how useful this sort of prediction market can be.
Think of it as using Mechanical Turk to tell the future...
Googling my name turns up a band instructor, a couple comp-sci/physics majors, and a murderer in Arizona. He's the same age as me (almost exactly) and has same rough physical description.
I wonder if this will ever result in problems down the line...
Sibling post is right, the site uses more processing power than Counterstrike. I can't see what it's doing for the draw either...
I tested in both Firefox and IE.
Visual coherency and a refined GUI. Taste in UI's vary between people, but most linux GUIs that aren't very minimalist tend to suffer from wasted space.
In interests of making linux more accessible, more configuration utilities that don't require specific knowledge and in-errant editing of configuration text files.
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I wonder what Cory Doctorow would think if I posted a copy of this for my room mate?
(So that he didn't have to get up and get it from my book shelf, of course).
Someday they'll all be gone...
I twitch almost every time I see "begs the question" but I've given up on saying anything. I applaud your enthusiasm :D
Go team!
Sometimes I have to restrain myself from ripping the keyboard from their hands and using tab to enter the path myself in a 10th of the time.
I've given up on restraining myself... I think of it as an act of friendship :D
;)
After a couple minutes, so do they
Troll? I support it. The Windows command line is woefully inadequate compared to... well just about anything else.
with getting a little leg up on the competition?
Troll!? What? It's funny.
Out of all the stretches for a joke I've seen in this thread this comment was the best so far. There's a well-known association between Microsoft and the dreaded BSOD, especially in Slashdot context. Seems like a fair pun to me.
I think you're confusing 'uncomplimentary' with 'Troll'.
They'd rather spend all this money than admit that they already know all this stuff... ;)
Beautiful.
I've given up moderation in this discussion, solely to say that there should be a +6 Funny reserved for posts like this. :D
I've read translations of some of those tablets. It's only too true :D
Places to look:
- In the registry, HKLM/LocalMachine/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
- Startup folder, explore start menu for all users and current user, in Programs>Startup
- Windows services, Start>Run, then type "services.msc"
If you've never done this before (there *might* be a slashdot reader who hasn't...) then you'll be happy to discover you probably tear out vast chunks of autostarting garbage. Some of it, however, you can only remove if you don't want the software to work. And a lot of it will just come right back anyway at the first update.I know of several programs that refuse to work if they can't keep their background services running, and all of them add themselves to the startup without asking and come back at every application update. This trend has gotten bad enough that I've taken to explicitly blocking applications from network access, which really shouldn't be necessary. I've also stopped using Adobe products entirely. You just can't beat Photoshop or Acrobat (and no Foxit doesn't count, even though that's what I use now), but you also can't beat Adobe for installing useless, crippling, invasive bloatware without asking. FNPLicensingService? Hell no. Get off my machine. Sure you can handle a little service here or there, but in aggregate they quickly become unsustainable. Screw that.
I'm too tired of fighting software that behaves like that. Adobe? Out. Foxit? GIMP? Sure. I trust them a lot more.
You can also use the Adobe Customization Wizard to roll out an install of Acrobat that doesn't suck as bad, but I'm done playing catch-up with them and I'd rather work with programs that play well with others.
Nah, real monkeys do it in three.
Thank you, this is exactly the kind of well-reasoned discussion this topic needs.
*NP*
This was my first thought when I read the article summary. The book is fantastic and provides an encouraging (though probably pretty optimistic) idea of how useful this sort of prediction market can be.
Think of it as using Mechanical Turk to tell the future...
Googling my name turns up a band instructor, a couple comp-sci/physics majors, and a murderer in Arizona. He's the same age as me (almost exactly) and has same rough physical description.
I wonder if this will ever result in problems down the line...
Remember though:
Let's see it!
Sibling post is right, the site uses more processing power than Counterstrike. I can't see what it's doing for the draw either...
I tested in both Firefox and IE.
That put a smile on my face, thanks. :D
nvm, I was looking at the wrong thing when I corrected myself :D
Download away!
Well... it's not really an MP3. I'm sure you get the idea.
It's not a video, but it might stand in for the moment: MP3 of Wil's keynote