Linux users have to buy more expensive hardware than Windows users in the general case because a lot of the cheap stuff doesn't have drivers
Another fallacy. As with most linux users I have multiple boxes. 1 primary high-end box and 4 "low-end boxes" (600 MHZ Celeron, 200 mhz AMD, IPX, 486). No drivers for the cheap (old) stuff? Flat wrong.
Do you think Linux games would be pirated more than Windows games? Or, more precisely,do you think a Linux counterpart of a game would be more pirated than the Windows version?
"Of course" is the answer to both statements.
I'm afraid that you're very much mistaken if you think that, and this is why I find this statement of yours misleading.
No, I think it's right on the money, given the linux users I know and the behaviors most exhibit. People who know how to use linux tend to be more intelligent and learned, which is why they continue to use it and get paid well for it. This means they can afford to pay for things. Before that they were pirating at home, while they were unemployed. Where do you think the OSX on PC projects come from? Clever Windows script kiddies? What about those *nix emulators and proprietary ROMs? What about those hacked together 3rd party WON servers? which certainly aren't running on Windows boxes, but are the workaround for people who wanted to avoid STEAM.
I'm sorry, but I haven't been provided an argument or reasoning to support an opposing stance.
It goes without saying that hunting an animal for food and treating it was reverence and respect is far removed from butchering loads of dolphins just for the hell of it.
It's important to note that holding something sacred does not mean you do not kill and eat it. Native Americans held the buffalo sacred AND thought they were tasty.
Work at a computer lab. A commercial internet gaming shop is ok too. The amount of viruses and volume of stupid questions, as well as the wide range of dysfunctional to completely normal computer users will give you a good idea of what you will become if you get into "technology" (since I can't tell if you're going to be a programmer or IT consultant). If a year doing that doesn't sour you, you're a geek and we're glad to have ya.
"1) Would you like to make available IE on other operating systems?
Nope, and there are reasons, but I'm not telling you what they are."
I thought he was quite clear about this, and I dont even think you have to ask. They dont make IE available on other systems because that provides no competitive advantage to their business.
Or what seems clear to me is, they tried it and it didn't help them. Not that it couldn't, but that their software is typically a shoddy mess chosing to rely on lock-in over stability, innovation, or usefulness. Now which interpretation is correct? He's not saying (as per the original post). There's lots there that CAN be implied, but to say "it's clear enough", is simply inaccurate.
A couple companies ago I ran into some Canadians who stole US data then simply put the data on harddrvies that they carried across the CANADIAN border, mailed them to an address, went back to Canada. Went through customs normally, got visas (1 of the guys got delayed 2 weeks for no given reason), and came into the company, opened their package. Viola.
It's not about bragging, it's about the correct context of his pathetic self-victimization, when he is nowhere near the pinnacle of WoW addiction or the WoW experience...which are the same.
I have never referred to "nature" as a noun. "Think about it" is a poor-man's way of saying "I can't reason it, but it seems to any logical person like me that" which is a thinly veiled ad-hominem. I'm not going to argue conclusions you draw from things I did not say. My conclusions are reasonable given my view of the universe and yours seem partially thought-out to me.
I don't need to make a case. Even reasoning, by nature is a construct against entropy. To use reason is to believe in order, while a bacteria has structure and order with no mind. It is important that the bacterium continue to "consume nutrients" or there is a great number of consequences that lead to entropy. What I had for breakfast is truly unimportant. The universe (including entropy) exists for us, not because of how we think of it. You may define "importance" in some abstract American way (did I just say that?) having to do with what people think. I have no reason to think in those terms.
Any construct is an effort against entropy. I didn't say/. had high importance, but then you didn't say your opinion was well-thought either. I dont see the point of arguing existence with you. By nature of entropy it's more work for you to exist than not, so kill yourself and save the universe the energy.
Preservation of space-time (or any unit derivation thereof which you adhere to) continuity, preservation of the solar system, preservation of the planet, preservation of the human race, preservation of freedom of thought, preservation of/. These are all important outside of my mind and perfectly objective. Your scale may vary.
This is at best a fraudulent survey. Patently false by every conceiveable measure, so I have to wonder what kind of fantasy world you live in where you have no contact with women to poll on your own, over the years. Including my gym, workplace, and common friends, a good 10% of women I know would be considered gamers. If you're going by the strict definition of "anyone who plays any game online, including dumb flash games" the number is not 64% but very very close to 51% What kind of idiots buy this type of contrary-to-reality garbage?
In another amazingly insightful and fact-filled article from 1up.com, "Study: Video Games, Like Other Media, a Desensitizing Agent"! So since I totally believe everything I read, let's add "for Women" to the end because this is how you get something on the frontpage of/. regardless of pesky "reality"
As with most critics, you're thinking of Role Playing in a fantasy sense that only exists for very small children. Fantasy roles which don't have any real place in any game. What exactly are the characteristics of the "roles" you want to play? Colorful chat? Try an RP server, oh I'm sorry, what's your SPECIFIC need that isn't being met? Sounds like an irrational nostalgia.
The opportunity to take on the role of a leader, entrepaneur, griefer, respected player, etc. exist within the mechanics of the game. I'm sorry this is not the experience you were EXPECTING to be available, but these are real roles you can play and people do. There's meaningless goals to motivate everyone together (Ony, Rag, Nef, etc) for specific episodes, but are not required. Few paths are restricted by game mechanics but still can work together for the group goals (which equate to communnaly pushing buttons to get to another bigger meaner button). That's innovative enough to let people see what the game is really about...the players. MMORPGs in general are no longer of interest to me as I've SEEN what gamers are when given all the freedom you have in WoW. They arent my people. Thanks blizzard.
f someone hoards a huge amount of money and keeps it out of circulation, then the market adjusts and starts to behave as if the money no longer exists, While this is nice theory, it's a junk science theory you're giving credence to. We're talking the World economy, which is made up of heterogeneous markets, but capitalistic overall. Money makes money as described. When you have a large amount of money, you USUALLY earn with it or are losing the value. "effectively removing from circulation" tends to never happen unless someone has a huge 100$ bill fire which is improbable. Commodities like oil and salt are manipulated with artificial shortages, so I'm not saying it doesnt happen as a strategy...but that it can never happen as inflation control where we're talking about influencing the World by taking an arbitrary amount of money (that's slowly losing value) "out of circulation". How much money does it take to influence the world economy enough to cause DEFLATION worldwide? Um, I'd venture it's more than a couple billion (which is probably the amount of money that IS out of circulation due to natural and human accounting errors, like the change in my couch) but is not a feasible mechanic to convince the major players to simply hoard toward long-term prosperity. It's much easier to get guaranteed returns and the rest dumped in hedge funds....which is what is done. Microeconomics don't always apply, so I don't know if the response treating hoarding as an effective way of influencing the world economy is responsible. Then again, I'm just a guy who's interested in making money...so maybe I'm trying to play you to my benefit?
I work with complex scripts well enough to know that setting one cascade off, often causes a cascade in another process that's much more responsive to change.
You are not a geek, you're a moronoid. Try reading the post, because it clearly says in there "he shouldn't be able to make the game" because it...oh wait, it doesn't.
Or why do you have such a hard time admitting that IDF did not reach their objectives?
Some people claimed the justification for the conflict was to stop Hizbollah/Lebanese aggression toward Israel. In other news, politicians that make outrageous claims to explain why people die, got forced out of office by the politically fit. *cough* Katrina *cough* The only rule that seems to matter (in judging modern human conflict) is "how many generations can you control the human population within an area". You can argue endlessly about regional and temporary conflicts, reasonings, and implications, but take a second and think about what it means to "win". It's WAR. The real fear of any people has always been, who decides how your children grow up.
Israel did not even want to control (most of) southern Lebanon, only demonstrate they could without having to convert it to glass. So you may not believe they could win because that contradicts what you heard from spokeholes. I heard Bush orchestrated the 9/11 attacks and we'll never break the speed of sound, if you're into believing everything you hear instead of thinking. There happens to be no value in holding the heart of southern Lebanon nor any real benefit to leveling Beruit once it was obvious that Syria/Iran were the puppeteers. Also, why would they occupy worthless desert, they are Jewish. Is it retreat to abandon a worthless piece of land you almost effortlessly dominate after taking what you want? Sounds like traditional imperialism and historical Israeli. Politicians, Generals, and of course/. posters all have an opinion about what success is, but it's really silly to think that the Lebanese aren't going to flee southern Lebanon when the tanks roll back in, because it's defacto Israel's playground. Being able to win the next fight without landing a single blow is something like an overwhelming victory.
The idea that stopping individuals or individual actions (kidnappings, philosophical followers) are realistic military goals, is simply a disconnect from reality. They figured that out in Ancient Greece. Deposing and killing individuals doesn't win you anything meaningful anymore either, they figured that out AFTER the mass media (post-WWII) dilluted effective propoganda. Symbols are dead. Declarations of war are pointless. Warfare has been a matter of controlling populations since WWII, when conquest did not necessarily result in colonialism by the 'liberator'. Organized, single point conflicts are pre-known outcomes, and where it's not assured, forces sometimes go fishing as an ancillary goal. Nobody fired nuclear death at IDF, IDF took real-estate that they will control for a couple generations, people died on both sides, IDF got to practice new toys (from top of the line military vendors) and vet forces, IDF wins.
I don't like Israel, but I have no delusions of what happened because of nonsense from the TV or spokesholes who make ludicrous statements to color a poor outcome as a win. If the IDF dropped into Florida, caused the population and US forces to fall back, then left after taking a couple of The Keyes, it's not a US win, it's a fucking scary scary thought. When Hizbollah starts from the position "we cant take the IDF" and they are right, how is that a win? When Israel whoops ass then claims "oh but we were dealt a fatal blow and defeated summarily", you are listening to the victor write history...just not the history you would expect. Look at what they have GOTTEN out of declaring defeat and you'll understand what has really happened.
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Another fallacy. As with most linux users I have multiple boxes. 1 primary high-end box and 4 "low-end boxes" (600 MHZ Celeron, 200 mhz AMD, IPX, 486). No drivers for the cheap (old) stuff? Flat wrong.
Hey, you're unlucky you are alive during the Microsoft conflict. Hell, we'll be beating each other with our own severed limbs.
"Of course" is the answer to both statements.
No, I think it's right on the money, given the linux users I know and the behaviors most exhibit. People who know how to use linux tend to be more intelligent and learned, which is why they continue to use it and get paid well for it. This means they can afford to pay for things. Before that they were pirating at home, while they were unemployed. Where do you think the OSX on PC projects come from? Clever Windows script kiddies? What about those *nix emulators and proprietary ROMs? What about those hacked together 3rd party WON servers? which certainly aren't running on Windows boxes, but are the workaround for people who wanted to avoid STEAM.
I'm sorry, but I haven't been provided an argument or reasoning to support an opposing stance.
I agree.
It's important to note that holding something sacred does not mean you do not kill and eat it. Native Americans held the buffalo sacred AND thought they were tasty.
Work at a computer lab. A commercial internet gaming shop is ok too. The amount of viruses and volume of stupid questions, as well as the wide range of dysfunctional to completely normal computer users will give you a good idea of what you will become if you get into "technology" (since I can't tell if you're going to be a programmer or IT consultant). If a year doing that doesn't sour you, you're a geek and we're glad to have ya.
Once you lose your job to this game, seeing another goal that can only be reached by spending money seems a bit unfair.
None.
A couple companies ago I ran into some Canadians who stole US data then simply put the data on harddrvies that they carried across the CANADIAN border, mailed them to an address, went back to Canada. Went through customs normally, got visas (1 of the guys got delayed 2 weeks for no given reason), and came into the company, opened their package. Viola.
I cant believe another flamebait article from the shitpile, Techdirt, is supposed to be news. There should be a Katz AND Techdirt filter.
No.
This article is Flamebait.
It's not about bragging, it's about the correct context of his pathetic self-victimization, when he is nowhere near the pinnacle of WoW addiction or the WoW experience...which are the same.
I concur. 30 epics...yawn, yay 2 alts with full tier2 and misc ZG,MC,Ony items...um yea.
The MOMENT my GF said "You should spend more time with me and less with WoW" (cliche'd but true), I dropped WoW. Didn't take me a moment.
I have never referred to "nature" as a noun. "Think about it" is a poor-man's way of saying "I can't reason it, but it seems to any logical person like me that" which is a thinly veiled ad-hominem. I'm not going to argue conclusions you draw from things I did not say. My conclusions are reasonable given my view of the universe and yours seem partially thought-out to me.
More people won MORE money playing the lottery. This type of sensationalist stuff doesn't interest most people but it keeps making headlines on /. ?
I don't need to make a case. Even reasoning, by nature is a construct against entropy. To use reason is to believe in order, while a bacteria has structure and order with no mind. It is important that the bacterium continue to "consume nutrients" or there is a great number of consequences that lead to entropy. What I had for breakfast is truly unimportant. The universe (including entropy) exists for us, not because of how we think of it. You may define "importance" in some abstract American way (did I just say that?) having to do with what people think. I have no reason to think in those terms.
Any construct is an effort against entropy. I didn't say /. had high importance, but then you didn't say your opinion was well-thought either. I dont see the point of arguing existence with you. By nature of entropy it's more work for you to exist than not, so kill yourself and save the universe the energy.
Preservation of space-time (or any unit derivation thereof which you adhere to) continuity, preservation of the solar system, preservation of the planet, preservation of the human race, preservation of freedom of thought, preservation of /. These are all important outside of my mind and perfectly objective. Your scale may vary.
This is at best a fraudulent survey. Patently false by every conceiveable measure, so I have to wonder what kind of fantasy world you live in where you have no contact with women to poll on your own, over the years. Including my gym, workplace, and common friends, a good 10% of women I know would be considered gamers. If you're going by the strict definition of "anyone who plays any game online, including dumb flash games" the number is not 64% but very very close to 51% What kind of idiots buy this type of contrary-to-reality garbage?
/. regardless of pesky "reality"
In another amazingly insightful and fact-filled article from 1up.com, "Study: Video Games, Like Other Media, a Desensitizing Agent"! So since I totally believe everything I read, let's add "for Women" to the end because this is how you get something on the frontpage of
As with most critics, you're thinking of Role Playing in a fantasy sense that only exists for very small children. Fantasy roles which don't have any real place in any game. What exactly are the characteristics of the "roles" you want to play? Colorful chat? Try an RP server, oh I'm sorry, what's your SPECIFIC need that isn't being met? Sounds like an irrational nostalgia.
The opportunity to take on the role of a leader, entrepaneur, griefer, respected player, etc. exist within the mechanics of the game. I'm sorry this is not the experience you were EXPECTING to be available, but these are real roles you can play and people do. There's meaningless goals to motivate everyone together (Ony, Rag, Nef, etc) for specific episodes, but are not required. Few paths are restricted by game mechanics but still can work together for the group goals (which equate to communnaly pushing buttons to get to another bigger meaner button). That's innovative enough to let people see what the game is really about...the players. MMORPGs in general are no longer of interest to me as I've SEEN what gamers are when given all the freedom you have in WoW. They arent my people. Thanks blizzard.
f someone hoards a huge amount of money and keeps it out of circulation, then the market adjusts and starts to behave as if the money no longer exists,
While this is nice theory, it's a junk science theory you're giving credence to. We're talking the World economy, which is made up of heterogeneous markets, but capitalistic overall. Money makes money as described. When you have a large amount of money, you USUALLY earn with it or are losing the value. "effectively removing from circulation" tends to never happen unless someone has a huge 100$ bill fire which is improbable. Commodities like oil and salt are manipulated with artificial shortages, so I'm not saying it doesnt happen as a strategy...but that it can never happen as inflation control where we're talking about influencing the World by taking an arbitrary amount of money (that's slowly losing value) "out of circulation". How much money does it take to influence the world economy enough to cause DEFLATION worldwide? Um, I'd venture it's more than a couple billion (which is probably the amount of money that IS out of circulation due to natural and human accounting errors, like the change in my couch) but is not a feasible mechanic to convince the major players to simply hoard toward long-term prosperity. It's much easier to get guaranteed returns and the rest dumped in hedge funds....which is what is done. Microeconomics don't always apply, so I don't know if the response treating hoarding as an effective way of influencing the world economy is responsible. Then again, I'm just a guy who's interested in making money...so maybe I'm trying to play you to my benefit?
I'm not worried about global warming, still a bit nervous about global cooling.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-11.htm
I work with complex scripts well enough to know that setting one cascade off, often causes a cascade in another process that's much more responsive to change.
You are not a geek, you're a moronoid. Try reading the post, because it clearly says in there "he shouldn't be able to make the game" because it...oh wait, it doesn't.
Some people claimed the justification for the conflict was to stop Hizbollah/Lebanese aggression toward Israel. In other news, politicians that make outrageous claims to explain why people die, got forced out of office by the politically fit. *cough* Katrina *cough* The only rule that seems to matter (in judging modern human conflict) is "how many generations can you control the human population within an area". You can argue endlessly about regional and temporary conflicts, reasonings, and implications, but take a second and think about what it means to "win". It's WAR. The real fear of any people has always been, who decides how your children grow up.
Israel did not even want to control (most of) southern Lebanon, only demonstrate they could without having to convert it to glass. So you may not believe they could win because that contradicts what you heard from spokeholes. I heard Bush orchestrated the 9/11 attacks and we'll never break the speed of sound, if you're into believing everything you hear instead of thinking. There happens to be no value in holding the heart of southern Lebanon nor any real benefit to leveling Beruit once it was obvious that Syria/Iran were the puppeteers. Also, why would they occupy worthless desert, they are Jewish. Is it retreat to abandon a worthless piece of land you almost effortlessly dominate after taking what you want? Sounds like traditional imperialism and historical Israeli. Politicians, Generals, and of course
The idea that stopping individuals or individual actions (kidnappings, philosophical followers) are realistic military goals, is simply a disconnect from reality. They figured that out in Ancient Greece. Deposing and killing individuals doesn't win you anything meaningful anymore either, they figured that out AFTER the mass media (post-WWII) dilluted effective propoganda. Symbols are dead. Declarations of war are pointless. Warfare has been a matter of controlling populations since WWII, when conquest did not necessarily result in colonialism by the 'liberator'. Organized, single point conflicts are pre-known outcomes, and where it's not assured, forces sometimes go fishing as an ancillary goal. Nobody fired nuclear death at IDF, IDF took real-estate that they will control for a couple generations, people died on both sides, IDF got to practice new toys (from top of the line military vendors) and vet forces, IDF wins.
I don't like Israel, but I have no delusions of what happened because of nonsense from the TV or spokesholes who make ludicrous statements to color a poor outcome as a win. If the IDF dropped into Florida, caused the population and US forces to fall back, then left after taking a couple of The Keyes, it's not a US win, it's a fucking scary scary thought. When Hizbollah starts from the position "we cant take the IDF" and they are right, how is that a win? When Israel whoops ass then claims "oh but we were dealt a fatal blow and defeated summarily", you are listening to the victor write history...just not the history you would expect. Look at what they have GOTTEN out of declaring defeat and you'll understand what has really happened.