For the record, as a mtf-transsexual who's pursuing nursing, I have sometimes applied as male instead of female because many nursing programs *do* preferentially hire men based on a quota-like system.::shrug:: It's questionable, but that is what my ID reads because of the laws here... and whatever gets my essay read works for me.
It's probably a good decision for the profession in general because nurse wages increased once men entered the field in numbers.
Hrm... wow, how exactly is that whining? The comment is mentioning limitations, and no source is a limitation if you're sitting on a linux box. At worst he's suggesting the same thing you are: "Let's clone this" sort of follows from "good idea, no source."
Anyways, you're hearing whining where there is none... maybe your cubemate is a whiny linux user or something and you got some interference this morning. =)
It'd be great if myspace could use the same technology to help their *users* find people with similar interests, instead you have to wade through a sea of groups, forums, and crappy search results. lol. I guess advertisers come first, it's a business afterall.
On another note, damn I hate context ads. Everywhere I go Google serves up "meet hot local shemales" ads, because I happen to be transgender and that's probably the most profitable keyword on my profile.... everywhere, the same damn ad. It's like Google's some sort of overbearing e-pimp who doesn't take no for an answer. Bastards.
I'm so tired of that Slashdot rant that goes: "People don't block ads if they're targeted, because it's not as annoying." Targeted ads are *far* more annoying because they pick one expensive keyword and bombard you with it everywhere you go.
I suspect Myspace will be more of the same, but stupider. [Blocked!]
No. They gave an interview on the Penn Jillette radio show where they were basically daring Comedy Central to allow them to run it with uncensored images of Mohamed. The execs said, "no way, no how, and if you present us with an uncensored copy, we will butcher it ourselves." The guys decided to cut it in a way that would actually be funny.
So, though the version that was run was a Trey and Matt creation, it was under threat of censorship.
Years ago my Windows got hosed and I couldn't find an extra copy quickly, Mandrake happened to be laying around somewhere. It was a practical thing.
Once I found it filled all my needs (I'm not a gamer), I decided it was easier to just go with FOSS than deal with the hassle of pirate fservs and sketchy crack sites.::shrug::
Nowadays I'm just plain more comfortable navigating KDE and managing Linux than Win or OSX. My friends must look at me and see a computer dork, because they're always asking me how to manage their Win boxes. The truth is I'm just a Linux Dork, so I don't know how to fix their silly problems. From the sounds of it though, the Windows world is still a headache... lately it seems my friends lost some of their music to DRM or something, it may have just been a glitch... either way, I'm feeling pretty happy and cozy in my Linux surroundings.
5. I would predict "adblock for media players" within a week. It wouldn't be that huge of a task to create big lists of where the commercials sit on specific shows, throw them up on a server and automate the process of dowloading them. Then the media player just skips past those two minutes. No quality loss -- no large scale (re)distribution needed.
It would only take one diehard fan record the time signatures for an entire series.. And only one good hacker to open up fastforward across an entire DRM scheme.
All that being said, I also hope the networks start online distribution. =)
Ummm... to be an "iPhone Killer" don't you need to have. like a similar featureset and formfactor. This looks like a run of the mill cellphone with some decent gaming which makes it an NGage killer at best. It seems to be for a different market altogether. It doesn't have any sort of qwerty input or touchscreen.
Why bother to mention the iPhone at all in this story? "Alienware Planning Android Cellphone" seems like enough.
"They"? Grammatically incorrect, despite being used everywhere. The singular "They" dates back to at least Shakespeare (1594). I think your grammar teacher lied to you.
Since when does a word only take a single definition?
I'd say it's similar to how "virus" is generalized to include "trojans" and "worms"... or how "hacker" is used for "cracker" in main-stream speech. I don't think it's really misuse to use them more generally, and I don't think people who distinguish the terms are just being pedantic jerks.
When you use the more specific version, you are now into jargon territory. It helps you be more precise, but you have to realize that you've stepped outside general speech patterns.
Don't write off context. It's almost always clear from context which sense is being used in a comment or discussion. As someone who knows the difference, it should be really easy for you. You don't have to point out the other usage every single time it's used in another way.
Yesterday I was at the mall and I used to my sidekick to look up which department store had my cosmetics. Though the page wasn't particularly pretty, it was really handy.
I see many weakish answers to this post, but the simplest answer is that Linux simply isn't a gamer's OS right now. And that's fine.
It isn't something anyone developing Linux or working on Ubuntu can just fix. Gaming is always going to fall to the OS with the biggest installbase because of the money involved. All the Linux folks can do is keep polishing and pushing to make desktop Linux a better experience... so that one day they'll have a profitable userbase for the gaming companies to address.
Maybe it seems like Linux geeks are underestimating the importance of gaming, but I don't think that's the case. Projects like Wine and Cedega strive to hit a moving target in the dark, just in efforts to bring you folks over... But we'll only ever see mixed results from that.
From my point of view though, gamers may overestimate their own importance to the adoption of Linux at this time. Because gaming will fall to the biggest (desktop) installbase, how is it going to help an OS that is currently running third? All it can really do is solidify the lead of whoever is in first. Right?
And, contrary to the opinion of many gamers, there are throngs of people who never-ever game... or never-ever game on a computer. Judging from the folks I know, it'd be the vast majority. Most folks just use their computers to communicate, to budget, to work, and to just dink around on the web. Those are the folks Ubuntu is going after right now.
Gamers are important, sure. It's a userbase that is a bit more knowledgeable and a bit more experimental, which would make them a good fit for Desktop Linux early-adoption. We'd love to have them. But, unfortunately, they are going to be forever tied to whatever's most popular... and, further, they are not the end-all of computing.
We'll be happy to see all you gamers again once we hit... sayyy 25%-50% installed. See ya then. =)
True that. I kindof forgot about that whole bit looking back. It gets fuzzy for me because I used to be a Garriott mark... and it's still hard to separate his excuses (and his fanboy's excuses) from fact. lol.
I loved Ultima too... And though I have no love for EA, you can't put all of the blame on them for the series' awful ending.
Garriott was a wonderful designer for his time, but he didn't seem to be able to evolve with it. Though most of the blame for Ultima 9 probably falls with EA and its pushing for a premature release... with U8 EA had just acquired Origin, and it was released as a mostly-matured product. Garriott himself came up with the cornball world, the action aspects, and the mock-jrpg style story.
I don't know if he just lost his inspiration, or if he didn't want to produce good games for the corporation he sold his company to. Either way it seems like he's the one who crashed and burned Origin. I'm left wondering if maybe he was just never able to scale with the amount of production it takes to produce a modern game, i.e.: When he started he was able to write, design, and produce whole games independently... maybe he never gained a knack for working with a large production team?
I mean... look at Tabula Rasa. How long had it been in development? First it was gonna be some sort of PhantasyStar looking silliness, then it's an FPS-Massive? WTH? And then it's finally released and though I haven't played it, most reviews seem to say it falls flat.
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... are a ploy to get more people to sign up for accounts so that they can block idle content from the main page.
Cold Fusion
Personal Helicopters
Duke Nukem Forever
I know I'm contributing this late... but...
For the record, as a mtf-transsexual who's pursuing nursing, I have sometimes applied as male instead of female because many nursing programs *do* preferentially hire men based on a quota-like system. ::shrug:: It's questionable, but that is what my ID reads because of the laws here... and whatever gets my essay read works for me.
It's probably a good decision for the profession in general because nurse wages increased once men entered the field in numbers.
inb4 correlation!=causation. lol.
Hrm... wow, how exactly is that whining? The comment is mentioning limitations, and no source is a limitation if you're sitting on a linux box. At worst he's suggesting the same thing you are: "Let's clone this" sort of follows from "good idea, no source."
Anyways, you're hearing whining where there is none... maybe your cubemate is a whiny linux user or something and you got some interference this morning. =)
String theory can predict anything... just give them a week to work it in.
Digg is alright... just not in my Slashdot. When I wish to read Digg, I will.
It'd be great if myspace could use the same technology to help their *users* find people with similar interests, instead you have to wade through a sea of groups, forums, and crappy search results. lol. I guess advertisers come first, it's a business afterall.
On another note, damn I hate context ads. Everywhere I go Google serves up "meet hot local shemales" ads, because I happen to be transgender and that's probably the most profitable keyword on my profile.... everywhere, the same damn ad. It's like Google's some sort of overbearing e-pimp who doesn't take no for an answer. Bastards.
I'm so tired of that Slashdot rant that goes: "People don't block ads if they're targeted, because it's not as annoying." Targeted ads are *far* more annoying because they pick one expensive keyword and bombard you with it everywhere you go.
I suspect Myspace will be more of the same, but stupider. [Blocked!]
Oh slipped, right from my hand.
Blue on black
Tears on a river
Push on a shove
It don't mean much
Joker on jack
Match on a fire
Cold on ice
A dead mans touch
Wisper on a scream doesnt change a thing. Don't bring you back -- blue on black.
Oh yeah, blue on black.
No. They gave an interview on the Penn Jillette radio show where they were basically daring Comedy Central to allow them to run it with uncensored images of Mohamed. The execs said, "no way, no how, and if you present us with an uncensored copy, we will butcher it ourselves." The guys decided to cut it in a way that would actually be funny.
So, though the version that was run was a Trey and Matt creation, it was under threat of censorship.
Whoa. Take it easy, I just woke up. Way to harsh my mellow.
If that's the case tho, then yes, humans are my favorite monsters too. Sexual compatibility puts them just over Mothra.
Years ago my Windows got hosed and I couldn't find an extra copy quickly, Mandrake happened to be laying around somewhere. It was a practical thing.
::shrug::
Once I found it filled all my needs (I'm not a gamer), I decided it was easier to just go with FOSS than deal with the hassle of pirate fservs and sketchy crack sites.
Nowadays I'm just plain more comfortable navigating KDE and managing Linux than Win or OSX. My friends must look at me and see a computer dork, because they're always asking me how to manage their Win boxes. The truth is I'm just a Linux Dork, so I don't know how to fix their silly problems. From the sounds of it though, the Windows world is still a headache... lately it seems my friends lost some of their music to DRM or something, it may have just been a glitch... either way, I'm feeling pretty happy and cozy in my Linux surroundings.
5. I would predict "adblock for media players" within a week. It wouldn't be that huge of a task to create big lists of where the commercials sit on specific shows, throw them up on a server and automate the process of dowloading them. Then the media player just skips past those two minutes. No quality loss -- no large scale (re)distribution needed.
It would only take one diehard fan record the time signatures for an entire series.. And only one good hacker to open up fastforward across an entire DRM scheme.
All that being said, I also hope the networks start online distribution. =)
Ummm... to be an "iPhone Killer" don't you need to have. like a similar featureset and formfactor. This looks like a run of the mill cellphone with some decent gaming which makes it an NGage killer at best. It seems to be for a different market altogether. It doesn't have any sort of qwerty input or touchscreen.
Why bother to mention the iPhone at all in this story? "Alienware Planning Android Cellphone" seems like enough.
... they'll need them.
... and when people use "hacker" in the popular sense, there is a perfectly good, perfectly correct alternative in "cracker."
I believe you missed my point.
Since when does a word only take a single definition?
I'd say it's similar to how "virus" is generalized to include "trojans" and "worms"... or how "hacker" is used for "cracker" in main-stream speech. I don't think it's really misuse to use them more generally, and I don't think people who distinguish the terms are just being pedantic jerks.
When you use the more specific version, you are now into jargon territory. It helps you be more precise, but you have to realize that you've stepped outside general speech patterns.
Don't write off context. It's almost always clear from context which sense is being used in a comment or discussion. As someone who knows the difference, it should be really easy for you. You don't have to point out the other usage every single time it's used in another way.
Yeah, people have just been so bummed since Bush was reelected.
Yesterday I was at the mall and I used to my sidekick to look up which department store had my cosmetics. Though the page wasn't particularly pretty, it was really handy.
So, yeah, Dvorak is wrong.
I see many weakish answers to this post, but the simplest answer is that Linux simply isn't a gamer's OS right now. And that's fine.
It isn't something anyone developing Linux or working on Ubuntu can just fix. Gaming is always going to fall to the OS with the biggest installbase because of the money involved. All the Linux folks can do is keep polishing and pushing to make desktop Linux a better experience... so that one day they'll have a profitable userbase for the gaming companies to address.
Maybe it seems like Linux geeks are underestimating the importance of gaming, but I don't think that's the case. Projects like Wine and Cedega strive to hit a moving target in the dark, just in efforts to bring you folks over... But we'll only ever see mixed results from that.
From my point of view though, gamers may overestimate their own importance to the adoption of Linux at this time. Because gaming will fall to the biggest (desktop) installbase, how is it going to help an OS that is currently running third? All it can really do is solidify the lead of whoever is in first. Right?
And, contrary to the opinion of many gamers, there are throngs of people who never-ever game... or never-ever game on a computer. Judging from the folks I know, it'd be the vast majority. Most folks just use their computers to communicate, to budget, to work, and to just dink around on the web. Those are the folks Ubuntu is going after right now.
Gamers are important, sure. It's a userbase that is a bit more knowledgeable and a bit more experimental, which would make them a good fit for Desktop Linux early-adoption. We'd love to have them. But, unfortunately, they are going to be forever tied to whatever's most popular... and, further, they are not the end-all of computing.
We'll be happy to see all you gamers again once we hit... sayyy 25%-50% installed. See ya then. =)
True that. I kindof forgot about that whole bit looking back. It gets fuzzy for me because I used to be a Garriott mark... and it's still hard to separate his excuses (and his fanboy's excuses) from fact. lol.
I loved Ultima too... And though I have no love for EA, you can't put all of the blame on them for the series' awful ending.
Garriott was a wonderful designer for his time, but he didn't seem to be able to evolve with it. Though most of the blame for Ultima 9 probably falls with EA and its pushing for a premature release... with U8 EA had just acquired Origin, and it was released as a mostly-matured product. Garriott himself came up with the cornball world, the action aspects, and the mock-jrpg style story.
I don't know if he just lost his inspiration, or if he didn't want to produce good games for the corporation he sold his company to. Either way it seems like he's the one who crashed and burned Origin. I'm left wondering if maybe he was just never able to scale with the amount of production it takes to produce a modern game, i.e.: When he started he was able to write, design, and produce whole games independently... maybe he never gained a knack for working with a large production team?
I mean... look at Tabula Rasa. How long had it been in development? First it was gonna be some sort of PhantasyStar looking silliness, then it's an FPS-Massive? WTH? And then it's finally released and though I haven't played it, most reviews seem to say it falls flat.
Lol... only one day old and you already won the meme. hooray.
I implore you... please don't put these people in charge of Gundam.
If things keep going this way, next they'll tell us that Congress isn't even in charge of Gundam.