I played The Sims and was mildly addicted. Years ago I was addicted to Little Computer People. But now it's Princess Maker 2.
I recently obtained a copy of Princess Maker 2 (which runs in DOS). I have spent hours and hours trying to raise a daughter who can catch the prince, become a world-renowned dancer, the best little housewife in the world, the court magician, a whore, a general, etc...
I'm not claiming that this game is terribly addictive in the long term, but for a week or so, you'll be obsessed....
Our class didn't get too much out of the D.A.R.E. program, but that's probably because the cop who was teaching us about the evils of alcohol and tobacco offered some of us cigarettes outside of class.:P
What should it be under that would still make it relevant to Slashdot? Great actors die all the time, sadly, and they rarely make/. simply because they don't normally have much to do with news for nerds. I agree that Guiness did many incredible things and that his life should not only be put under the Star Wars category, but on/. I think it's perfectly appropriate.
I was simply trying to say that he played an important character in a movie that is/was important to many geeky types, and that it therefore was relevant, at least as a quickie or something.
But thanks for judging my mental health by a perhaps poorly worded sentence. And thanks for reminding me that there are still complete assholes out there.
He was also brilliant as blind butler Jamesir Bensonmum in the comedic murder-mystery Murder By Death. It's not really a high quality movie, but dang, it's good for laughs. Excellent cast all around.
I think that the death of the man who played one of the major characters of one of the first good geek flicks definitely counts as "News for nerds. Stuff that counts."
People whine way too much about what is or is not appropriate for Slashdot. For heaven's sake, don't read it if you disagree with it.
Gartner found that Microsoft makes exceptions for its largest customers, those with more than 10,000 desktops, and cried foul that the company would compel others to pay twice for Windows.
That "and" isn't the sort of "and" you thought it was. In that sentence, the "those with more than 10,000 desktops" is actually a modifier of "largest customers" and can technically be taken out of the sentence without changing the meaning. Which means that Gartner cried foul, not the companies receiving exceptions. (You can also tell if you just analyze the sentence closely but keep in the modifying phrase, but it's easier to see it this way) If the "and" had been a "that" or a "who" instead, then it would mean what you thought it meant.
I know that that's a nitpick of your post, and I'm not trying to criticize you. If it were anything but a news story, I would agree that it could be taken either way. But any news writer who doesn't know enough about sentence structure to see the change in meaning should be fired or sent back to school.
So my question remains, how can they get away with making exceptions for only larger customers?
According to the story, companies with more than 10,000 computers were okay; it was only the smaller companies that M$ decided to get nitpicky with. What I didn't see anywhere in the story was an explanation for why they could legally make such exceptions but require others to stick to the agreement. Anybody know the legality of special exceptions in such cases?
I doubt anybody who really knows anything supplies the media with these press releases. From all the negative things I've heard about NASA (as one who doesn't seek out info about space programs but occasionally listens to things CNN and my local paper tell me), I'm guessing that they just have really bad public relations reps.
They also misspelled "manuals" on the same page. I've noticed that companies seem to care less and less about having a well-edited web page. I know that the product should be what's examined more than the spelling of a web site's content, but it just makes it look like they don't care...
And as for the age restriction, it probably has something to do with the fact that parents can't peek over their kids' shoulders and see what they're watching if it's on something like this. Although I agree that it is strange to see it as a safety restriction...
But from the sound of things, they're not doing it just to see how different networks are put together. Some later posts also pointed out that they're openly hoping to get around those firewalls in the future, but still won't say what they're doing this for.
Even if there's nothing illegal about it, doesn't it make your skin crawl, just a little?
And could somebody who knows about "psychographic information" please explain how mapping this out could make it easier to target advertisements?
I'm not complaining about MP3board.com suing the RIAA... I was venting about the RIAA being overly controlling and law suit-happy. In case that wasn't obvious. I got off on a rant and forgot to make that clear. I'll shut up now, I promise.
Maybe the RIAA has plenty of money to throw around, but I'm tired of all these law suits tying up the court systems further. I know that RIAA thinks they have a legitimate reason to try to establish what is and is not illegal, but for heaven's sake, take a break for a little bit and let everybody cool down.
By making such a fuss over illegal MP3s, they're only making them more desirable and intriguing. Rebellious teenagers all across the country hear the uproar over illegal MP3s and Gnutella and other such things and end up looking into them when they never would have heard about them before.
I'm a big fan of royalties, but I like to choose whom I give royalties to. I bought The Fragile by NIN even though I already had all the MP3s simply because I want Trent to receive some of my money in return for the art he has given me. But if I want a song or two by an old artist or someone whose album I really would never want or buy, it's not hurting anyone if I get the MP3. Either way, I wouldn't be buying the album.
I know that all of this has been said numerous times, but I was just disgusted and had to vent.
About ten years ago I had a friend who was a typical PK -- she believed the anti-Metallica, anti-D&D and generally anti-originality propaganda her daddy preached in church but had no problem drinking the communion wine and munching on the wafers if she was hungry. Weird shit like that.
We stopped being friends about three seconds after she decided that my brother was a Satanist who was going to go on a killing spree simply because he played D&D. Her brother has been in jail two or three times for breaking and entering and a little theft. But at least his soul is safe since he never went near D&D.
I don't know, I would feel very strange if my computer could read my mind. She's already mad at me, and if she actually knew how often I mentally cursed her, she might just lock up Opera even more often. And I just know she'd blue screen every time I looked at her funny.
I'm already a little worried about what she's going to do after I post this. I knew I should have gone to a computer cluster...
In the movie, Rob completely reorganizes his entire record collection. Not alphabetically, not chronologically, but autobiographically.
Also -- sorry for the digression here -- is anybody else here a Tenacious D fan? Barry from the movie is one of the band members, and I love their stuff... It's beautifully ridiculous. If only I still got HBO and knew when/if the 15 minute shows were on.
Twenty years ago today, my mom decided her doctor should induce labor. As a result, I was born at 8:03 p.m. on leap day, and I'll never get over it. She seemed to think that, just because her water broke, she should go into labor. What, she couldn't wait four hours?
I'm mostly kidding. It really does suck when you're 9 and the 7-year-olds on the bus tease you with, "You're only 2 years old?" while shrieking hysterically, though. And the, "You're lucky you even get a present, since you don't even have a birthday this year," my parents gave me when I was 17 didn't help any.
Oh well. At least I wasn't born in 1880, because then I wouldn't have gotten a fifth birthday until the age of 24. But please, don't ever try to have a kid on Feb. 29.
As long as you don't get the $85 TV, it counts as a group activity. It also increases fun and comfort levels.
Oh, wait. We weren't talking about The Sims?
Seriously though, although children who watch a lot of TV are less likely to play outside with friends, TV is incredibly social at some times. For example, three or four of us watch Reboot and Dragonball Z together every afternoon, and up to 12 of us gather in a certain dorm room to watch movies together. Maybe this isn't as actively social than hitting the frat parties, but it sure brings us together.
The first five minutes lead up to the main plot in The Simpsons? I sort of see where you're coming from, but I think it's more than that.
From the first two or three minutes of the show, you have no freaking clue what the main plot is going to be. The beginning stuff has absolutely nothing to do with the end stuff. Sometimes, there never really gets to be a main plot, and it's just strange events that would normally have nothing to do with each other.
I think that would carry incredibly well onto the big screen. Even if the movie really was an entire series of seemingly unlinked events, it would be fun to watch how it all fits together. Their transitions are always quite smooth, and just think of all the great footage they could pick from for the trailers.
Then again, I grew up in a family where every episode of The Simpsons is taped, without commercials, every Sunday night. So maybe I'm biased.
Not only did "Eat my shorts," come from Bender in The Breakfast Club, but Jake Ryan says, "Don't have a cow" in Sixteen Candles. Plus there's the fact that Principal Skinner looks an awful lot like Mr. Vernon.
I just think it's nifty that cheezy '80s movies people are embarrassed to like directly affected The Simpsons.
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Or make a really nifty version of Angband?
I recently obtained a copy of Princess Maker 2 (which runs in DOS). I have spent hours and hours trying to raise a daughter who can catch the prince, become a world-renowned dancer, the best little housewife in the world, the court magician, a whore, a general, etc...
I'm not claiming that this game is terribly addictive in the long term, but for a week or so, you'll be obsessed....
Our class didn't get too much out of the D.A.R.E. program, but that's probably because the cop who was teaching us about the evils of alcohol and tobacco offered some of us cigarettes outside of class. :P
What should it be under that would still make it relevant to Slashdot? Great actors die all the time, sadly, and they rarely make /. simply because they don't normally have much to do with news for nerds. I agree that Guiness did many incredible things and that his life should not only be put under the Star Wars category, but on /. I think it's perfectly appropriate.
But thanks for judging my mental health by a perhaps poorly worded sentence. And thanks for reminding me that there are still complete assholes out there.
He was also brilliant as blind butler Jamesir Bensonmum in the comedic murder-mystery Murder By Death. It's not really a high quality movie, but dang, it's good for laughs. Excellent cast all around.
People whine way too much about what is or is not appropriate for Slashdot. For heaven's sake, don't read it if you disagree with it.
That "and" isn't the sort of "and" you thought it was. In that sentence, the "those with more than 10,000 desktops" is actually a modifier of "largest customers" and can technically be taken out of the sentence without changing the meaning. Which means that Gartner cried foul, not the companies receiving exceptions. (You can also tell if you just analyze the sentence closely but keep in the modifying phrase, but it's easier to see it this way) If the "and" had been a "that" or a "who" instead, then it would mean what you thought it meant.
I know that that's a nitpick of your post, and I'm not trying to criticize you. If it were anything but a news story, I would agree that it could be taken either way. But any news writer who doesn't know enough about sentence structure to see the change in meaning should be fired or sent back to school.
So my question remains, how can they get away with making exceptions for only larger customers?
According to the story, companies with more than 10,000 computers were okay; it was only the smaller companies that M$ decided to get nitpicky with. What I didn't see anywhere in the story was an explanation for why they could legally make such exceptions but require others to stick to the agreement. Anybody know the legality of special exceptions in such cases?
I doubt anybody who really knows anything supplies the media with these press releases. From all the negative things I've heard about NASA (as one who doesn't seek out info about space programs but occasionally listens to things CNN and my local paper tell me), I'm guessing that they just have really bad public relations reps.
And as for the age restriction, it probably has something to do with the fact that parents can't peek over their kids' shoulders and see what they're watching if it's on something like this. Although I agree that it is strange to see it as a safety restriction...
Even if there's nothing illegal about it, doesn't it make your skin crawl, just a little?
And could somebody who knows about "psychographic information" please explain how mapping this out could make it easier to target advertisements?
I'm not complaining about MP3board.com suing the RIAA... I was venting about the RIAA being overly controlling and law suit-happy. In case that wasn't obvious. I got off on a rant and forgot to make that clear. I'll shut up now, I promise.
By making such a fuss over illegal MP3s, they're only making them more desirable and intriguing. Rebellious teenagers all across the country hear the uproar over illegal MP3s and Gnutella and other such things and end up looking into them when they never would have heard about them before.
I'm a big fan of royalties, but I like to choose whom I give royalties to. I bought The Fragile by NIN even though I already had all the MP3s simply because I want Trent to receive some of my money in return for the art he has given me. But if I want a song or two by an old artist or someone whose album I really would never want or buy, it's not hurting anyone if I get the MP3. Either way, I wouldn't be buying the album.
I know that all of this has been said numerous times, but I was just disgusted and had to vent.
Here's the correct link for that story. And well done, Bob. It's beautiful.
We stopped being friends about three seconds after she decided that my brother was a Satanist who was going to go on a killing spree simply because he played D&D. Her brother has been in jail two or three times for breaking and entering and a little theft. But at least his soul is safe since he never went near D&D.
I hate stupid people.
I'm already a little worried about what she's going to do after I post this. I knew I should have gone to a computer cluster...
Also -- sorry for the digression here -- is anybody else here a Tenacious D fan? Barry from the movie is one of the band members, and I love their stuff... It's beautifully ridiculous. If only I still got HBO and knew when/if the 15 minute shows were on.
I'm mostly kidding. It really does suck when you're 9 and the 7-year-olds on the bus tease you with, "You're only 2 years old?" while shrieking hysterically, though. And the, "You're lucky you even get a present, since you don't even have a birthday this year," my parents gave me when I was 17 didn't help any.
Oh well. At least I wasn't born in 1880, because then I wouldn't have gotten a fifth birthday until the age of 24. But please, don't ever try to have a kid on Feb. 29.
Oh, wait. We weren't talking about The Sims?
Seriously though, although children who watch a lot of TV are less likely to play outside with friends, TV is incredibly social at some times. For example, three or four of us watch Reboot and Dragonball Z together every afternoon, and up to 12 of us gather in a certain dorm room to watch movies together. Maybe this isn't as actively social than hitting the frat parties, but it sure brings us together.
Wait a sec.
The first five minutes lead up to the main plot in The Simpsons? I sort of see where you're coming from, but I think it's more than that.
From the first two or three minutes of the show, you have no freaking clue what the main plot is going to be. The beginning stuff has absolutely nothing to do with the end stuff. Sometimes, there never really gets to be a main plot, and it's just strange events that would normally have nothing to do with each other.
I think that would carry incredibly well onto the big screen. Even if the movie really was an entire series of seemingly unlinked events, it would be fun to watch how it all fits together. Their transitions are always quite smooth, and just think of all the great footage they could pick from for the trailers.
Then again, I grew up in a family where every episode of The Simpsons is taped, without commercials, every Sunday night. So maybe I'm biased.
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I just think it's nifty that cheezy '80s movies people are embarrassed to like directly affected The Simpsons.