for Halo 5 (assuming this won't be around when Halo 4 is released).
Everybody wearing robotic suits in real life, fraggin' the crap outta n3wb5 that just learned how to put on their suit. Only one problem: how to make the suit reincarnate you...
to the guy that posted that ascii art graph. it's wrong. change the sides to be red for 9, green for 9, red for 9, green for 9, etc. then the person going 70 will make it...
Does anyone actually think they were installed to promote safety?! A quick Google search will show that at intersections with cameras, accidents AND fatalities have gone up in 90% of the cases, and in the other 10%, the fact they were reduced is probably a coincidence or related to some other factor.
Already, only Ford and other Microsoft partners will be able to use this technology. Meaning if you're not in a Microsoft partners' car, then you can't run the software. So you'll only be able to avoid traffic jams if you're in a Microsoft approved vehicle. So people will grumble, but eventually the majority of people will be driving Microsoft cars.
Pretty soon Debian Car will be launched, along with Ubuntu Car, BSDCar, etc., running better software, getting 1000mpg, capable of 0-60mph in 1.0 seconds, have 4-wheel-drive, and 5-star safety, yet only geeks will drive them and they will never be popular. Apple will come out with the iCar, which will have DRM software, and only the original purchaser of the car will be able to drive it, but it will "look cool" and have a Touch-Steering Wheel. Other drivers will only be able to drive the car 5 times before it will mysteriously stop working, and if you buy a BETA iCar it will randomly become a paperweight whenever Apple decides. Meanwhile the Microsoft car will get 1 mpg, do 0-60mph in 20 seconds, and crash randomly every day into a nearby object. But people will still use the Microsoft car to avoid traffic jams and for the other software available. Meanwhile Google will develop better traffic jam search software, that will be available on any car, and Microsoft will get jealous and try to buy it, to no avail...
How does Symantec know how much bank account information is worth, and how much identities are worth, unless they are actively buying/selling them, or at least know people who are?
And if they know people that are, why the HELL aren't they arresting these people?!
Symantec: We estimate your bank account is worth $50.
You: How do you know this?
Symantec: Uhhh...a guy we know told us.
You: And have you arrested this guy?
Symantec: Uhhh...
OK, so now we can take cell phone pictures of hot women walking down the street, upload them to the supercomputer, and have them send us back a 3-D image of what she looks like naked. Not to mention maybe we can get a video send back of what she would look like engaged in various sexual acts...
You heard it hear first, this will probably be the first and most popular use of this application and technology.
Microsoft's sales of Vista vs. their sales of XP. Remember the hype when Windows 95 came out, and the hype when Windows 98 came out? It was HUGE! And then when 2000 and XP came out, the hype was a little less, but still there. As for Vista, noone knew the release date and noone cared. And tons of people are refusing to switch over, and I don't blame them. I mean...why? What does Vista have that XP doesn't? What new stuff can Vista do, or what existing stuff can it do better?...... Exactly!
And, on the verge of being inappropriate, I think Bill Gates' penis is an order of magnitude smaller than a fruitfly.
"Bring back the wild west. Bring back the buggy, unforseen, wild, insulting, violent mess that was Ultima Online back in the early years. There were no cookie cutter classes. There was gambling, extortion, confidence tricksters, scammers, spammers, raiders, looters, exploiters, thieves, honorable and dishonorable fighters and gangs. There was somewhat of a safety zone in towns. There were no factions, everyone and everything was fair game. There was no one way to play the game, I'm sure people have so many interesting stories about how they or friends played. I had a friend who liked to spend his time stealing useless items. He was a weird looking fellow and a clepto. He also enjoyed running around town naked. He would yell at the NPCs and get angry at the guards when they caught him and killed him. That was his take of the game. "
This guy is so right. As much as people complained, THIS is what made Ultima Online so great in the early days. The fact there were no PvP zones, or anything like that. ANYONE and EVERYONE was fair game. THAT is what makes the game good, for PvPers and non PvPers alike. It was actually dangerous to walk out of a town, no matter what your level or what your gear, etc. No matter how big your guild was, or where you were fighting, you were ALWAYS at risk of being suddenly attacked, and that added an amazing element to the game. And if you died, you could put a bounty on your murderer's head. Some people (like me) got their bounties up to millions of gold pieces! I was legendary on my server (Great Lakes). Perhaps you heard of my PK character...named Xath. Eventually I sold my account when they patched things into oblivion.
But honestly, as much as people hate PKs and all that, and think they want PvP zones, the game is SO much more fun when there is constant danger like real life, and there is a risk at losing EVERYTHING you have on you (including your equipment, house keys, etc.). That makes people think twice before donning all of their "best" gear...and makes the gear actually rotate around a bit.
If a game like the original Ultima Online ever came back I'd sign up in a second, and I'm sure millions of others would, too.
So will that frequency once it is used interfere with the Slashdot forum server processors that must be running at 700Mhz?:-D
Just...kidding...this...forum...is...lightning...fast...
Here's a BETTER idea. Give tax incentives to companies to change their work days. Seriously. A lot of companies (i.e. software developers, etc.) can easily change their company's workday schedule. And give them tax incentives to do so.
That way X companies work 8-5, Y companies work 9-6, Z companies work 10-7, W companies work 11-8, and V companies work 12-9. Then have some go the opposite direction, and work 7-4, or even 6-3. That way ALL companies will be open 12pm-3pm, and plus the economy will be stimulated because people will actually be able to visit stores during the work week since all the stores' hours won't coincide with your working day! Brilliant!
How in demand would the bank be that was open noon to 9pm daily? Or for the seniors, 6am-3pm? Think about it! Not to mention it would put WAAAY less strain on our roads, and our other systems during the day and even out the load.
Slashdot Mirror
for Halo 5 (assuming this won't be around when Halo 4 is released).
Everybody wearing robotic suits in real life, fraggin' the crap outta n3wb5 that just learned how to put on their suit. Only one problem: how to make the suit reincarnate you...
won't go the way of the dodo!
It'd also be nice to see the site evolve over time...
I wonder if it's hosted in the Galapagos Islands?
/corny
to the guy that posted that ascii art graph. it's wrong. change the sides to be red for 9, green for 9, red for 9, green for 9, etc. then the person going 70 will make it...
Buy one of these: http://www.hideaplate.com/h/hideaplate/
Then blow through as many red lights as you wish!
Most...obvious...article...ever.
Does anyone actually think they were installed to promote safety?! A quick Google search will show that at intersections with cameras, accidents AND fatalities have gone up in 90% of the cases, and in the other 10%, the fact they were reduced is probably a coincidence or related to some other factor.
"We are talking about PORN here. Hundreds of thousands of men that get off at work everyday"
Fixed it for you.
Pfft...only took me 2 minutes to hack into ComEd. Amateurs.
:-D
Note to ComEd: don't run Microsoft Remote Desktop on your servers with admin as the Administrator password
I didn't know Microsoft was so outgoing...
I think you meant egregious...as in bad, reprehensible, etc.
Already, only Ford and other Microsoft partners will be able to use this technology. Meaning if you're not in a Microsoft partners' car, then you can't run the software. So you'll only be able to avoid traffic jams if you're in a Microsoft approved vehicle. So people will grumble, but eventually the majority of people will be driving Microsoft cars.
Pretty soon Debian Car will be launched, along with Ubuntu Car, BSDCar, etc., running better software, getting 1000mpg, capable of 0-60mph in 1.0 seconds, have 4-wheel-drive, and 5-star safety, yet only geeks will drive them and they will never be popular. Apple will come out with the iCar, which will have DRM software, and only the original purchaser of the car will be able to drive it, but it will "look cool" and have a Touch-Steering Wheel. Other drivers will only be able to drive the car 5 times before it will mysteriously stop working, and if you buy a BETA iCar it will randomly become a paperweight whenever Apple decides. Meanwhile the Microsoft car will get 1 mpg, do 0-60mph in 20 seconds, and crash randomly every day into a nearby object. But people will still use the Microsoft car to avoid traffic jams and for the other software available. Meanwhile Google will develop better traffic jam search software, that will be available on any car, and Microsoft will get jealous and try to buy it, to no avail...
...*sigh* the future sure does seem predictable!
can I render 3D images of naked women? When are they going to start using a relevant metric to measure speed? Geez.
How does Symantec know how much bank account information is worth, and how much identities are worth, unless they are actively buying/selling them, or at least know people who are?
And if they know people that are, why the HELL aren't they arresting these people?!
Symantec: We estimate your bank account is worth $50.
You: How do you know this?
Symantec: Uhhh...a guy we know told us.
You: And have you arrested this guy?
Symantec: Uhhh...
Due to homebrew?
/too vague?
I am surprised there is no mention of www.oprah.com ...
Oh wait, it's internet black HOLES...
Without their huddle chat?
A: Time for no huddle offense!
Or, the alternative,
I'm in ur driveway pwning your privacy rights!
Seriously...so they said $10,000 dollars...big deal! Are you from the Department of Redundancy Department?
I think Vista was released by Microsoft as a marketing ploy to boost sales of XP.
Has anyone else noticed sales of XP have skyrocketed?
Maybe that was Microsoft's intention...now if we could only figure out why...
OK, so now we can take cell phone pictures of hot women walking down the street, upload them to the supercomputer, and have them send us back a 3-D image of what she looks like naked. Not to mention maybe we can get a video send back of what she would look like engaged in various sexual acts... You heard it hear first, this will probably be the first and most popular use of this application and technology.
Microsoft's sales of Vista vs. their sales of XP. Remember the hype when Windows 95 came out, and the hype when Windows 98 came out? It was HUGE! And then when 2000 and XP came out, the hype was a little less, but still there. As for Vista, noone knew the release date and noone cared. And tons of people are refusing to switch over, and I don't blame them. I mean...why? What does Vista have that XP doesn't? What new stuff can Vista do, or what existing stuff can it do better? ...... Exactly!
And, on the verge of being inappropriate, I think Bill Gates' penis is an order of magnitude smaller than a fruitfly.
When are people "too old" to play video games? :-D
I am guessing the resounding Slashdot answer will be NEVER!
Haha, for once the saying actually applies...literally. All your ICANN are belong to US.
"Bring back the wild west. Bring back the buggy, unforseen, wild, insulting, violent mess that was Ultima Online back in the early years. There were no cookie cutter classes. There was gambling, extortion, confidence tricksters, scammers, spammers, raiders, looters, exploiters, thieves, honorable and dishonorable fighters and gangs. There was somewhat of a safety zone in towns. There were no factions, everyone and everything was fair game. There was no one way to play the game, I'm sure people have so many interesting stories about how they or friends played. I had a friend who liked to spend his time stealing useless items. He was a weird looking fellow and a clepto. He also enjoyed running around town naked. He would yell at the NPCs and get angry at the guards when they caught him and killed him. That was his take of the game. "
This guy is so right. As much as people complained, THIS is what made Ultima Online so great in the early days. The fact there were no PvP zones, or anything like that. ANYONE and EVERYONE was fair game. THAT is what makes the game good, for PvPers and non PvPers alike. It was actually dangerous to walk out of a town, no matter what your level or what your gear, etc. No matter how big your guild was, or where you were fighting, you were ALWAYS at risk of being suddenly attacked, and that added an amazing element to the game. And if you died, you could put a bounty on your murderer's head. Some people (like me) got their bounties up to millions of gold pieces! I was legendary on my server (Great Lakes). Perhaps you heard of my PK character...named Xath. Eventually I sold my account when they patched things into oblivion. But honestly, as much as people hate PKs and all that, and think they want PvP zones, the game is SO much more fun when there is constant danger like real life, and there is a risk at losing EVERYTHING you have on you (including your equipment, house keys, etc.). That makes people think twice before donning all of their "best" gear...and makes the gear actually rotate around a bit. If a game like the original Ultima Online ever came back I'd sign up in a second, and I'm sure millions of others would, too.
So will that frequency once it is used interfere with the Slashdot forum server processors that must be running at 700Mhz? :-D
Just...kidding...this...forum...is...lightning...fast...
Find a smart programmer, steal their work, and claim it as your own. Oh wait, that would be how to move up the Microsoft ladder...
Here's a BETTER idea. Give tax incentives to companies to change their work days. Seriously. A lot of companies (i.e. software developers, etc.) can easily change their company's workday schedule. And give them tax incentives to do so. That way X companies work 8-5, Y companies work 9-6, Z companies work 10-7, W companies work 11-8, and V companies work 12-9. Then have some go the opposite direction, and work 7-4, or even 6-3. That way ALL companies will be open 12pm-3pm, and plus the economy will be stimulated because people will actually be able to visit stores during the work week since all the stores' hours won't coincide with your working day! Brilliant! How in demand would the bank be that was open noon to 9pm daily? Or for the seniors, 6am-3pm? Think about it! Not to mention it would put WAAAY less strain on our roads, and our other systems during the day and even out the load.