Most (almost all) FB games are not actually games. They are a series of clicks with no challenge, no particular set of strategy, no real difference between levels. There exist no actual gameplay elements. I say this as someone who has played everything from MMOGs to NetHack clones to Text-Based Adventures (Zork and the like) to Flash style games (N - Way of the Ninja) to artsy games (Braid) to Triple-A shooters (Halo 3) and more (a tribute to a life well spent).
If Facebook games offered some gameplay (which some do, ie Bejewelled, Desktop Defender) and not just a blatant and sickening attempt to grab eyeballs and personal information, it would be harder for me to hate them and their creators.
I never got cable/di$h setup when I moved into my current apartment. No motivation to do it really. I wouldn't have a land line if it wasn't part of my DSL package and I will take a strong look at fiber when/if it becomes available.
I started on a clunker laptop, got a tower, then a bigger monitor, then a nicer tower. (If there was a good place for it I would get a projector).
I spend a lot of time gaming with old timey radio on in the background. Its amazing how much broadcasting doesn't change (dl some Johnny Dollar, its pretty decent; also The Goon Show-see my sig).
From time to time I dl an anime series (dubs need not apply).
I'm not into sports, so that's not a deal breaker, I don't talk to anyone at work about TV shows (heaven preserve us from LOST fans [I do watch Lost, but I'm not a Believer (I was about to explain an episode to a coworker, but I cut it short and said a fat mexican blew up and old ship, and that was cool] ), so I can wait until the series is canceled and cooled off to enjoy it (Homicide, The Wire, etc).
Oh, and my family didn't own a TV until I was ~8, so not its probably not as ingrained.
Apparently the bulk of the 'problem' came not because of actual contract violations, but the in the course of creating and implementing software product requirements, which is notoriously sticky and difficult; much of which was done on an informal basis. This is a watershed moment akin to Sarbanes-Oxley for outsourcing companies. Look for a whole new series of 'best practices' videos.
a tip i read once was to use word / thought association to create unique, but repeatable passwords, ie for root at work you could but use carrot@streetname or turnip@town or whatever, root at home would be carrot@homebox, etc
just something you can remember.
or if you use b'day or somesuch, put b'day$sitename.
Wait, what??? If this kind of behaviour is unacceptable, Im not going to be having kids. I thought the whole point of spawning was to laugh at them. I'm pretty sure that's why my parents did it... But seriously, this is a father spending some good quality, chemically altered time with his boy.You just dont see enough of that these days.
Paul pointed out a few technicalities of the law, just like slashdotters love pointing out technicalities of computers etc.
Using a "get out of jail free" technical defense means that you got put in jail in the first place; even if you are not sent to prison, you can be charged, arraigned, harassed, etc based on evidence that will never meet "shadow of a doubt" standards.
The main argument of TFA is that FF3's warning about self signed certs is egregious.
There is not an issue about warning users; users need to be warned.
What is needed is individual warnings in a drop-down bar for individual problems with certificate issues:
*(picture of green 1's and 0's alongside a red face with a line through it) This certificate is self signed; It may not be trustworthy for identification purposes, you should only trust it for data encryption purposes.
*(picture of a green face alongside a red clock with a line through it) This certificate is out of date; it expired YYYY MM DD HH MM SS ago.
*Trusted case: (picture of a green face) This certificate identifies XYZ.com as trusted by CERTCORP.com. Your data is encrypted.
From TFS:
switchgrass ethanol can deliver around 540 percent of the energy used to produce it, as opposed to corn ethanol which can only yield around 24 percent.
The summary is somewhat vague as it uses the preposition of for the first comparison, but the second part of the phrase uses no prepositional phrase, leaving the reader to assume that the first phrase is implied.
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Achievement Unlocked: "Its All Downhill From Here"
Most (almost all) FB games are not actually games. They are a series of clicks with no challenge, no particular set of strategy, no real difference between levels. There exist no actual gameplay elements. I say this as someone who has played everything from MMOGs to NetHack clones to Text-Based Adventures (Zork and the like) to Flash style games (N - Way of the Ninja) to artsy games (Braid) to Triple-A shooters (Halo 3) and more (a tribute to a life well spent).
If Facebook games offered some gameplay (which some do, ie Bejewelled, Desktop Defender) and not just a blatant and sickening attempt to grab eyeballs and personal information, it would be harder for me to hate them and their creators.
Oh yeah? I was wondering of it was 1956 all over again - via the ... ummm... brown paper electric-type wireless radio internet.
I never got cable/di$h setup when I moved into my current apartment. No motivation to do it really. I wouldn't have a land line if it wasn't part of my DSL package and I will take a strong look at fiber when/if it becomes available.
I started on a clunker laptop, got a tower, then a bigger monitor, then a nicer tower. (If there was a good place for it I would get a projector).
I spend a lot of time gaming with old timey radio on in the background. Its amazing how much broadcasting doesn't change (dl some Johnny Dollar, its pretty decent; also The Goon Show-see my sig).
From time to time I dl an anime series (dubs need not apply).
I'm not into sports, so that's not a deal breaker, I don't talk to anyone at work about TV shows (heaven preserve us from LOST fans [I do watch Lost, but I'm not a Believer (I was about to explain an episode to a coworker, but I cut it short and said a fat mexican blew up and old ship, and that was cool] ), so I can wait until the series is canceled and cooled off to enjoy it (Homicide, The Wire, etc).
Oh, and my family didn't own a TV until I was ~8, so not its probably not as ingrained.
I asked the author of the piece for the quote, he sent me this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/07/schmidt_on_privacy/
Of course the above mentions that the interview was on CNBC, but not the date or a link to a CNBC (that I can find).
Does anyone have the actual citation? Cause that would be kinda nice. http://xkcd.com/285/
And finding the proprietary ramchip upgrades is a pig...
Like I said, 'packaging'. (Marketing packaging, legal packaging, intellectual property packaging, etc).
Apparently the bulk of the 'problem' came not because of actual contract violations, but the in the course of creating and implementing software product requirements, which is notoriously sticky and difficult; much of which was done on an informal basis. This is a watershed moment akin to Sarbanes-Oxley for outsourcing companies. Look for a whole new series of 'best practices' videos.
Not printer ink, this is about outsourcing. Printer ink costs a lot because of the pretty packaging.
behave so badly. When I die, I will come back as slime, beating you all to the punch by about 500 billion years!
Maybe they forgot the number for 911?
a tip i read once was to use word / thought association to create unique, but repeatable passwords, ie for root at work you could but use carrot@streetname or turnip@town or whatever, root at home would be carrot@homebox, etc just something you can remember. or if you use b'day or somesuch, put b'day$sitename.
jibblie jibblie jibblie jibblie jibblie jibblie
http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Jibblies
I just lost the game.
Little Sisters pushed back my chances of a serious relationship another 10 years.
the crossbow, I'll be alright. That thing is fr'kn awesome! But only 10 bolts? Cmon!!
Wait, what??? If this kind of behaviour is unacceptable, Im not going to be having kids. I thought the whole point of spawning was to laugh at them. I'm pretty sure that's why my parents did it...
But seriously, this is a father spending some good quality, chemically altered time with his boy.You just dont see enough of that these days.
I want a red button for removing brussel sprouts.
Read TFA before writing something like this.
Please.
Paul pointed out a few technicalities of the law, just like slashdotters love pointing out technicalities of computers etc.
Using a "get out of jail free" technical defense means that you got put in jail in the first place; even if you are not sent to prison, you can be charged, arraigned, harassed, etc based on evidence that will never meet "shadow of a doubt" standards.
The main argument of TFA is that FF3's warning about self signed certs is egregious.
There is not an issue about warning users; users need to be warned.
What is needed is individual warnings in a drop-down bar for individual problems with certificate issues:
*(picture of green 1's and 0's alongside a red face with a line through it) This certificate is self signed; It may not be trustworthy for identification purposes, you should only trust it for data encryption purposes.
*(picture of a green face alongside a red clock with a line through it) This certificate is out of date; it expired YYYY MM DD HH MM SS ago.
*Trusted case: (picture of a green face) This certificate identifies XYZ.com as trusted by CERTCORP.com. Your data is encrypted.
Twelve MILLION DOLLARS!!!
I mean
TWELVE BILLION DOLLARS!!!
http://xkcd.com/356/
...its hard to get them working again afterwards.
re #3, does Vista come with a ssh client installed?
switchgrass ethanol can deliver around 540 percent of the energy used to produce it, as opposed to corn ethanol which can only yield around 24 percent.
The summary is somewhat vague as it uses the preposition of for the first comparison, but the second part of the phrase uses no prepositional phrase, leaving the reader to assume that the first phrase is implied.