Ultimately, they're telling Captain Picard is stealing every time he says "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot". And that's bullshit. He's the fucking captain of the Federation's flagship and he'll copy whatever the fuck he wants.
It's a Chinese robot, they aren't allowed to show it failing. The only way you'd see this robot fail is if it was somehow involved in a disaster that killed a hundred people.
I would think that it would be rather difficult to make the same sort of profits you can make with industrialized growing of narcotics with extortion and kidnapping. Really, if they just ramped up their efforts and kidnapped or extorted more people, people would stop fucking going to Central and South America.
In a perfect world, drugs would be legal and Mexican cartels would be selling bootleg Monsanto crops.
Better way to put it: versatility. There's more things that are exclusive to Windows (and won't work on Mac or Linux) than any other way around - a majority of them being games and certain specialized software.
Of course Mac and Linux have their exclusive software, but most of it is highly specialized stuff that I don't really have a need for in my day-to-day life.
Addendum: Responses to my post seem to have gotten the impression that I don't like this, but I guess my humor doesn't always translate well across the Interwebs. I actually don't mind hearing about the latest games and deals. d:
Also, one or two friends I've notified have said that they had gotten such a notice pushed out to them today, but I haven't seen it. It might be because Steam crashed when my computer pooped it's brains today (I had to force-quit). Oh well, I've changed my password and I've informed all of my friends.
To be fair, they could be the best company in the world and it would still take time for them to figure out what exactly happened and how they are going to remedy it. Give them some time. Accidents happen, mistakes happen, and there's really no way of knowing what the end result will be until they've had time to investigate further and decide on a solution. The fact that Steam got this information out so quickly is a good sign in my eyes.
Steam has the ability to push out news to everyone, as well as updates. I am well aware of this as every time I close out a Steam game I am bombarded with a multi-page post of the latest deals and new releases. I'm also notified when the client has to update.
I'm pretty sure that they have a way to push out a notice to everyone - I'm just wondering why they haven't done it yet.
Wouldn't the simple solution be to have an SMS alert sent out to all US-based cell phones (for free)? I don't think there's been a cell phone made in the last 15 years that doesn't have SMS capability... and even if there were, I'd think that there is a very, very small minority of phones (if any) that don't have the capability to receive SMS messages.
If it takes multiple messages to push out the message, so be it.
The pirate version is always the better version. How long was it before they had dedicated servers for MW2? A few months, maybe a few weeks. It'll take about that long for MW3.
Battlefield 3, likes it predecessors, gives serious advantages to your team - especially when people play to their roles. Some of my mates who were more hardcore about its predecessor specialized in things like piloting a transport helicopter. These were guys who were into stuff like flight simulators, and they're not even into FPS games a whole bunch. It sounds like something that really wouldn't matter too much, but if you have a guy who can consistently evade ground to air fire and get the men on board his chopper to the destination 9 times out of 10, that's a really valuable skill in a game like Battlefield.
it focuses on "lone wolf" style gameplay where one guy can dominate and well you're likely to be called all kinds of names playing it, beggining with "F" or "N"
Yes, I agree! I hate it when people call me Friendly or Newbie! =(
That fact that this kind of shit is happening means that they are either ineffective, understaffed, or both.
I mean, isn't one of the best tests of security by attempting to break into it? If we don't constantly test ourselves, we'll get complacent and shit like this happens. How long will it be before a foreign government fires off a missile or de-orbits a satellite?
Look, the defense department spends a shitload of money anyway. I'd really rather not have the Mark I "Lowest Bidder" air-to-air missile fizzle out and slam into a populated area by mistake.
Dammit, if there was ever a need for a law, it's that the government should Buy American like they keep fucking telling us to do.
This is a slashvertisement... and I'm okay with it. I really am. I have a very, very old Polaroid that probably doesn't work, but it sits on a shelf in my room just because it looks so fucking cool. Kids will be able to know the joy of instant photography again! Hooray!
I really hope more companies do stuff like this. Take a look at some of the greatest bits of culture and technology we've ever had (but have become obsolete) and apply modern technology to make it fit in today's world.
I was thinking this exactly. We've answered most of the "easier" problems (relatively speaking, pun absolutely fucking intended). I mean, ask your average 30-year-old school kid to explain something like F=MA and they can probably do it. Ask them to explain (even at its most basic level) Quantum Mechanics and that number drops considerably. Now ask them to explain the shit the *really* smart people have already answered, especially recently... that number is going to shrink to hundreds or even dozens worldwide. Even if you take a lot of people who understand the latest physics, how long would it take them to discover even more complex phenomena?
Well, the Israeli guy is head of a government that's oppressing another nation with a blockade and other restrictions, so yeah it's news.
Now, before you jump for that downvote button... this is the game every country has played the world over. Practically every square meter of livable land has changed hands hundreds of times since humans walked the Earth. Israel is just one of the more recent victors. The issue now is that Israel is treating what remains of Palestine like the Soviet Union treated Poland and other nations they absorbed - like complete and total shit. Either finish conquering their land or leave them the fuck alone.
I think compulsory voting (with the option to abstain, but you still have to show up) would be very helpful. I don't know if it would be constitutional in America, but people would be a fair bit more involved if they didn't really have a choice about showing up. Imagine how many people would opt out of paying taxes (without losing the benefits) if they didn't have to - that's the same reason why voter turnout is always so low, especially for the smaller, local elections.
I've looked into stuff like FairTax and other flat taxes and I hear about how it's unfair. I really think this is more FUD than common sense.
It's hard to get more fair than a completely flat tax. Millionaires or billionaires could not completely avoid it because they have to spend money and you wouldn't be able to use a shell company to make personal purchases.
Lastly, the FairTax (and similar plans I've read about) often have exceptions below a certain income level. I've often heard this cited as unfair against the more economically successful, but isn't this one of the major points of a modern society? We're supposed to take care of our fellow man - especially the ones that are not in a position to be able to care for themselves. The same logic against a flat tax could be applied to cutting Social Security, Medicare, etc. because those also cost us a fair bit of money and largely help out the poor and middle class.
We used to use tiger teams - hell, maybe we still do. A group of professionals that would try to break into government facilities or steal data. I think the best way to secure the systems would be to have the best people we can spare try to break into them and then recommend how we can make it harder for them.
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Ultimately, they're telling Captain Picard is stealing every time he says "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot". And that's bullshit. He's the fucking captain of the Federation's flagship and he'll copy whatever the fuck he wants.
It's a Chinese robot, they aren't allowed to show it failing. The only way you'd see this robot fail is if it was somehow involved in a disaster that killed a hundred people.
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I would think that it would be rather difficult to make the same sort of profits you can make with industrialized growing of narcotics with extortion and kidnapping. Really, if they just ramped up their efforts and kidnapped or extorted more people, people would stop fucking going to Central and South America.
In a perfect world, drugs would be legal and Mexican cartels would be selling bootleg Monsanto crops.
Bitcoins used to purchase Steve Jobs' custom version of Firefox in Melbourne auction! Film at 11.
I think I may have created the perfect Slashdot story.
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Better way to put it: versatility. There's more things that are exclusive to Windows (and won't work on Mac or Linux) than any other way around - a majority of them being games and certain specialized software.
Of course Mac and Linux have their exclusive software, but most of it is highly specialized stuff that I don't really have a need for in my day-to-day life.
Addendum: Responses to my post seem to have gotten the impression that I don't like this, but I guess my humor doesn't always translate well across the Interwebs. I actually don't mind hearing about the latest games and deals. d:
Also, one or two friends I've notified have said that they had gotten such a notice pushed out to them today, but I haven't seen it. It might be because Steam crashed when my computer pooped it's brains today (I had to force-quit). Oh well, I've changed my password and I've informed all of my friends.
To be fair, they could be the best company in the world and it would still take time for them to figure out what exactly happened and how they are going to remedy it. Give them some time. Accidents happen, mistakes happen, and there's really no way of knowing what the end result will be until they've had time to investigate further and decide on a solution. The fact that Steam got this information out so quickly is a good sign in my eyes.
Steam has the ability to push out news to everyone, as well as updates. I am well aware of this as every time I close out a Steam game I am bombarded with a multi-page post of the latest deals and new releases. I'm also notified when the client has to update.
I'm pretty sure that they have a way to push out a notice to everyone - I'm just wondering why they haven't done it yet.
Wouldn't the simple solution be to have an SMS alert sent out to all US-based cell phones (for free)? I don't think there's been a cell phone made in the last 15 years that doesn't have SMS capability... and even if there were, I'd think that there is a very, very small minority of phones (if any) that don't have the capability to receive SMS messages.
If it takes multiple messages to push out the message, so be it.
The pirate version is always the better version. How long was it before they had dedicated servers for MW2? A few months, maybe a few weeks. It'll take about that long for MW3.
Battlefield 3, likes it predecessors, gives serious advantages to your team - especially when people play to their roles. Some of my mates who were more hardcore about its predecessor specialized in things like piloting a transport helicopter. These were guys who were into stuff like flight simulators, and they're not even into FPS games a whole bunch. It sounds like something that really wouldn't matter too much, but if you have a guy who can consistently evade ground to air fire and get the men on board his chopper to the destination 9 times out of 10, that's a really valuable skill in a game like Battlefield.
it focuses on "lone wolf" style gameplay where one guy can dominate and well you're likely to be called all kinds of names playing it, beggining with "F" or "N"
Yes, I agree! I hate it when people call me Friendly or Newbie! =(
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That fact that this kind of shit is happening means that they are either ineffective, understaffed, or both.
I mean, isn't one of the best tests of security by attempting to break into it? If we don't constantly test ourselves, we'll get complacent and shit like this happens. How long will it be before a foreign government fires off a missile or de-orbits a satellite?
Absolutely agreed.
Look, the defense department spends a shitload of money anyway. I'd really rather not have the Mark I "Lowest Bidder" air-to-air missile fizzle out and slam into a populated area by mistake.
Dammit, if there was ever a need for a law, it's that the government should Buy American like they keep fucking telling us to do.
This is a slashvertisement... and I'm okay with it. I really am. I have a very, very old Polaroid that probably doesn't work, but it sits on a shelf in my room just because it looks so fucking cool. Kids will be able to know the joy of instant photography again! Hooray!
I really hope more companies do stuff like this. Take a look at some of the greatest bits of culture and technology we've ever had (but have become obsolete) and apply modern technology to make it fit in today's world.
I was thinking this exactly. We've answered most of the "easier" problems (relatively speaking, pun absolutely fucking intended). I mean, ask your average 30-year-old school kid to explain something like F=MA and they can probably do it. Ask them to explain (even at its most basic level) Quantum Mechanics and that number drops considerably. Now ask them to explain the shit the *really* smart people have already answered, especially recently... that number is going to shrink to hundreds or even dozens worldwide. Even if you take a lot of people who understand the latest physics, how long would it take them to discover even more complex phenomena?
Well, the Israeli guy is head of a government that's oppressing another nation with a blockade and other restrictions, so yeah it's news.
Now, before you jump for that downvote button... this is the game every country has played the world over. Practically every square meter of livable land has changed hands hundreds of times since humans walked the Earth. Israel is just one of the more recent victors. The issue now is that Israel is treating what remains of Palestine like the Soviet Union treated Poland and other nations they absorbed - like complete and total shit. Either finish conquering their land or leave them the fuck alone.
I think compulsory voting (with the option to abstain, but you still have to show up) would be very helpful. I don't know if it would be constitutional in America, but people would be a fair bit more involved if they didn't really have a choice about showing up. Imagine how many people would opt out of paying taxes (without losing the benefits) if they didn't have to - that's the same reason why voter turnout is always so low, especially for the smaller, local elections.
I've looked into stuff like FairTax and other flat taxes and I hear about how it's unfair. I really think this is more FUD than common sense.
It's hard to get more fair than a completely flat tax. Millionaires or billionaires could not completely avoid it because they have to spend money and you wouldn't be able to use a shell company to make personal purchases.
Lastly, the FairTax (and similar plans I've read about) often have exceptions below a certain income level. I've often heard this cited as unfair against the more economically successful, but isn't this one of the major points of a modern society? We're supposed to take care of our fellow man - especially the ones that are not in a position to be able to care for themselves. The same logic against a flat tax could be applied to cutting Social Security, Medicare, etc. because those also cost us a fair bit of money and largely help out the poor and middle class.
We used to use tiger teams - hell, maybe we still do. A group of professionals that would try to break into government facilities or steal data. I think the best way to secure the systems would be to have the best people we can spare try to break into them and then recommend how we can make it harder for them.
About 8 years ago I was using the Deep Field View
My brain instantly parsed that as a potential goatse pun & link.