Maybe you can read a little higher up there (assuming you sort on points) where it says "it's always a good time to release a good game, and never a good time to release a bad one." High Priced Marketing Teams are far from infallable, and the BS they're spewing on this one doesn't really sound like it makes any sense. Unless this game was turning out to be a complete turkey, there is no reason they shouldn't have released it. From the screenshots etc, I'd be hard pressed to expect it to suck. I'm with a lot of other people here who were waiting with open wallets to pay whatever they were gonna charge to get this as soon as it came out. Stupid Lucas Arts for ignoring that; this is a property that has more anticipation for it than just about anything else they could release as a game, and for a market segment they've ignored for a long time now. It's not like the same people are waiting anxiously for yet another star wars game.
Bush can change it as easily as wiping his monkey-arse.
Thank goodness you're wrong. He can TRY to change it, and rant about how it should be changed quite that easily. But to actually accomplish the change is quite a bit harder.
Does that mean we don't need to be vigilant? Hardly. But exaggerating the threat will only get you labelled as a fringe nutcase and doesn't help the real meat of your arguments.
No, but if you have RH 5.0, *you* can certainly fix security vulnerabilities. Even when you don't have new RPMs (and often you do), you can still update by hand.
Because, ya know, I'm just a kernel and OS code MASTER.
So does Linus go back and apply security patches to the 2.0 or 2.2 Kernel any more? Does RedHat fix security vulnerabilities in ancient versions (say RH 5.0 or 6.0)? Give me a break. Every vendor defines what support levels they provide for what versions of the OS, and as the OS gets older and older it gets less attention than the newer versions. This is just freaking common sense. You want prompt patches? Use what is most likely to get the prompt patches!
No, the Washington SniperS do not count, because they were thwarted by good old-fashioned police work, not wiretaps or any of a dozen other expanded police powers in the PATRIOT act.
No, he's implying that not enough time has gone by to determine if these laws are doing anything useful.
Precisely.
To further elaborate: Any terrorists we have thwarted since 9/11 have been thwarted not so much because of the provisions of the PATRIOT act, but rather because of our heightened attention to their real threat. Particularly the case mentioned above about the Washington Sniper (who honestly I wouldn't put in the same class as al Quaeda; not international terrorists) was broken by good old fashioned police work, and congratulations to those who did that work.
And what about that college kid who got box knives and such onto a plane? PATRIOT didn't stop him. It wouldn't stop anyone else who was more malicious. The only thing we've done that really concretely addresses THAT part of the threat is reinforcing the cockpit doors (and hopefully the bulkheads on either side), and perhaps the additional traffic in air marshals.
Add that to the already occurring abuses of the act (despite Johnny A's assurances to the contrary) and I can confidently say the PATRIOT cure is far worse than the disease.
It does sound automomously programmable, just not completely behavioral like Aibo. Of course it's not $1500 either. Also there's this bit from the All Nerd Review article:
What Tilden emphasized with the RoboSimian, was the customization possibilities involved. Are you listening, action figure customizing freaks? Now you can dress up and paint your very own robot. He also said that because of its affordability, techno-geeks (I'm looking at you, Dave) can open this sucker up and play around with his insides, looking to see not only how he works, but what can be done to him. Wise move.
If Mark Tilden says he made it so you could play with the guts, I think I'm gonna want to play with the guts.
I dunno. I liked the thriller aspect and the puzzles aspect of The Da Vinci Code, but the prose itself was mundane, even dull at times. And the attempts at sexual tension in DVC were not all that impressive to me, at least not in the first third or so of the book when I was still asking myself "why am I still reading this?"
I am now working on Angels & Demons, and I have to say the prose is much more "literary" and easy to read; but the plot is less wonderful, at least so far. I think the initial handling of antimatter was pretty darn hamfisted.
Further, the Criminal Division will not approve "imaginative" prosecutions under RICO which are far afield from the congressional purpose of the RICO statute.
Except they already have. RICO has been applied to some questionable cases, like the Tobacco case, etc.
Eh. I can only listen to a rapper boast about his prowess or how hard his life was getting to this point so many times. I can't see it as great, except in concept. The skill of the mixing is superb, but the content doesn't do much for me. I'd like to have just the instrumental version of the beats, myself.
A variation of this idea already exists. Except it's Sergeant Pepper's, not the White album, and not strictly speaking the Black Album either. But hilarious. Enjoy.
The question is what are the efficiencies of those conversions (ethanol -> hydrogen -> electricity). If they are significantly less than 100%, and I'd be surprised if they weren't, you have a net loss. Perhaps at some point the portability of ethanol vs. hydrogen would be worth the loss, but we'd have to see. That's the objection most of the objectors are raising.
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Until I see something that claims that, I'm going to continue believing they're idiots.
Maybe you can read a little higher up there (assuming you sort on points) where it says "it's always a good time to release a good game, and never a good time to release a bad one." High Priced Marketing Teams are far from infallable, and the BS they're spewing on this one doesn't really sound like it makes any sense. Unless this game was turning out to be a complete turkey, there is no reason they shouldn't have released it. From the screenshots etc, I'd be hard pressed to expect it to suck. I'm with a lot of other people here who were waiting with open wallets to pay whatever they were gonna charge to get this as soon as it came out. Stupid Lucas Arts for ignoring that; this is a property that has more anticipation for it than just about anything else they could release as a game, and for a market segment they've ignored for a long time now. It's not like the same people are waiting anxiously for yet another star wars game.
Thank goodness you're wrong. He can TRY to change it, and rant about how it should be changed quite that easily. But to actually accomplish the change is quite a bit harder.
Does that mean we don't need to be vigilant? Hardly. But exaggerating the threat will only get you labelled as a fringe nutcase and doesn't help the real meat of your arguments.
What about that theoretically bacterial fossil found in the meteorite a few years back?
Any chance he's using some kind of condenser mic? That'd make any kinda background noise jump all over you, wouldn't it?
Clearly if you don't know how to google, you don't deserve calling yourself a geek. An idiot maybe?
Because, ya know, I'm just a kernel and OS code MASTER.
So does Linus go back and apply security patches to the 2.0 or 2.2 Kernel any more? Does RedHat fix security vulnerabilities in ancient versions (say RH 5.0 or 6.0)? Give me a break. Every vendor defines what support levels they provide for what versions of the OS, and as the OS gets older and older it gets less attention than the newer versions. This is just freaking common sense. You want prompt patches? Use what is most likely to get the prompt patches!
No, the Washington SniperS do not count, because they were thwarted by good old-fashioned police work, not wiretaps or any of a dozen other expanded police powers in the PATRIOT act.
Precisely.
To further elaborate: Any terrorists we have thwarted since 9/11 have been thwarted not so much because of the provisions of the PATRIOT act, but rather because of our heightened attention to their real threat. Particularly the case mentioned above about the Washington Sniper (who honestly I wouldn't put in the same class as al Quaeda; not international terrorists) was broken by good old fashioned police work, and congratulations to those who did that work.
And what about that college kid who got box knives and such onto a plane? PATRIOT didn't stop him. It wouldn't stop anyone else who was more malicious. The only thing we've done that really concretely addresses THAT part of the threat is reinforcing the cockpit doors (and hopefully the bulkheads on either side), and perhaps the additional traffic in air marshals.
Add that to the already occurring abuses of the act (despite Johnny A's assurances to the contrary) and I can confidently say the PATRIOT cure is far worse than the disease.
Send $500 to the PO Box I'm about to email you (you THINK you're anonymous?) and I'll send you some.
Huh? The Patriot Act was passed way before we went to war in Afghanistan. Or do you mean it would be being quietly ignored by "the experts"?
Just because the apparatus isn't yet up to speed doesn't mean we haven't tipped the top of the slippery slope.
The same as the number of elephants I've kept away with my elephant repellant.
So they extend what they've been doing with RICO for years, and that's not a problem?
What Tilden emphasized with the RoboSimian, was the customization possibilities involved. Are you listening, action figure customizing freaks? Now you can dress up and paint your very own robot. He also said that because of its affordability, techno-geeks (I'm looking at you, Dave) can open this sucker up and play around with his insides, looking to see not only how he works, but what can be done to him. Wise move.
If Mark Tilden says he made it so you could play with the guts, I think I'm gonna want to play with the guts.
I am now working on Angels & Demons, and I have to say the prose is much more "literary" and easy to read; but the plot is less wonderful, at least so far. I think the initial handling of antimatter was pretty darn hamfisted.
Except they already have. RICO has been applied to some questionable cases, like the Tobacco case, etc.
And now Steve jobs is....selling sugar water to teenagers. Yaaaaahoooooooo
Hell if more of it were like this "interview", it might be worth subscribing!
Eh. I can only listen to a rapper boast about his prowess or how hard his life was getting to this point so many times. I can't see it as great, except in concept. The skill of the mixing is superb, but the content doesn't do much for me. I'd like to have just the instrumental version of the beats, myself.
A variation of this idea already exists. Except it's Sergeant Pepper's, not the White album, and not strictly speaking the Black Album either. But hilarious. Enjoy.
Nah, I prefer to pirate my silence.
The question is what are the efficiencies of those conversions (ethanol -> hydrogen -> electricity). If they are significantly less than 100%, and I'd be surprised if they weren't, you have a net loss. Perhaps at some point the portability of ethanol vs. hydrogen would be worth the loss, but we'd have to see. That's the objection most of the objectors are raising.
Bullshit. A ball works way better than any "pad" I've ever tried to use.