I always read it as if the poster was talking in a stereotypically gay, or Libby-like "What-everrrrr" tone of voice. Since the tilde looks a bit like a rising and falling wave, I assumed it meant the tone was supposed to vary throughout the sentence (which I've seen people do on IRC for years).
I agree in principle, but there's nothing wrong with providing a summarised version in addition to the verbose text, if for no other reason than practicality. The law is supposed to be accessible to the average man, as far as I know.
Maybe you should, you know, look it up? This is the Internet, you can look up almost anything technical and have an answer of any complexity you desire in under ten seconds. The ability is probably even integrated into your browser.
It's funny how you define your life through your ignorance, as if knowledge was a bad thing. If you have no interest in curing your own ignorance then tough shit, why should you be catered to? It's sad, because it's so damn easy to learn these days.
The really need reminding, too. I've spoken to far too many people who simply couldn't understand that light, radio waves and all that stuff are basically the same thing. It seems like most people think that radiation is one thing, light is another, and radio is yet another entirely separate phenomenon. It's all magic to them.
YOU agree that your casting of a gaze at the HEADQUARTERS or a BRANCH of a COMPETING COMPANY shall result in your TRANSFORMATION into a PILLAR OF SALT.
The P is for Provider, not for Police. It's not their problem, it's the responsibility of the developers making exploitable software, and credulous/careless users.
If you already bought it and it won't work because of the DRM, just download it. The lolcats proper release has no DRM, and it's even easier to install than the retail version.
As far as I know the DRM is part of the installer, so a traditional no-cd crack wouldn't work. But there is a cracked version with no protection that you can install with zero hassle. Except the hassle of downloading a 6GB ISO file, of course.
It's really evident if you've played System Shock 2 beforehand. Bioshock is basically SS2: Simple Underwater Edition With Shit-Hot Graphics.
Every feature they didn't remove is taken straight from it, except easier and with more limited options. The hacking, research, vending machines, character customisation, one-time upgrade points, upgradeable weapons, psychic powers, the ghosts, the logs, the plot... It's all basically the same, but simpler. Even the big plot revelation is the same.
The whole thing stood to gain a lot from a little more sophistication in the gameplay; I think SS2 is the better game despite its dated graphics. I know what you're thinking - I'm some old fogey gamer with rose-tinted glasses - but I only got SS2 about six months before Bioshock.
No, that would be Supreme Commander. If you had an 8Ghz Core 2 Quad it would barely be enough for a six-player game to run at normal speed on a large map. Maybe.
That's stupid. According to you walking on a large hill viloates your privacy if people look up. Or if you are in a large crown.
I meant the intent behind it. In a crowd you don't have privacy, but even then the lack of it is incidental, as the crowd is not there to observe me or each other.
I was thinking about situations such as walking in the street talking with a friend, or sitting on a park bench. Where I live I do have a degree of privacy even in public places. Hence my objection to your characterisation of it as an insane expectation; for me it's only an expectation of normality.
if they don't work to deter crime (which they don't) then why on earth do you imagine they are effective for any other dark purpose your fevered imagination produces? They are irrelevant.
They aren't irrelevant. For their intended purpose, yes, but there's other effects. My primary concern is people getting used to surveillance as a matter of course, putting a foot in the door to an endless stream of bullshit I don't want.
I imagine that the people behind this stuff are well-meaning and just want to do some good on the cheap, not that they're out to watch everyone for no reason or make a police state or something silly like that. But they're going about it the wrong way. The road to hell, and so on.
How about people read the fucking address bar? Imagine that, rudimentary verification of identity before handing over money.
The blame for this doesn't entirely rest with the scammers, but with the victims too. I don't find myself sympathising a great deal. Like spam, scams only exist because people are credulous enough to fall for them. Some people are assholes and others imbeciles, and we need more that are neither. Babying the morons will not help this. I'd be happy to kick scammers one in the groin, but I'm not okay with making it everyone else's problem too.
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I always read it as if the poster was talking in a stereotypically gay, or Libby-like "What-everrrrr" tone of voice. Since the tilde looks a bit like a rising and falling wave, I assumed it meant the tone was supposed to vary throughout the sentence (which I've seen people do on IRC for years).
Well, that's alright too. They're quite charming. :)
A peculiar flavour indeed.
I agree in principle, but there's nothing wrong with providing a summarised version in addition to the verbose text, if for no other reason than practicality. The law is supposed to be accessible to the average man, as far as I know.
Maybe you should, you know, look it up? This is the Internet, you can look up almost anything technical and have an answer of any complexity you desire in under ten seconds. The ability is probably even integrated into your browser.
It's funny how you define your life through your ignorance, as if knowledge was a bad thing. If you have no interest in curing your own ignorance then tough shit, why should you be catered to? It's sad, because it's so damn easy to learn these days.
The really need reminding, too. I've spoken to far too many people who simply couldn't understand that light, radio waves and all that stuff are basically the same thing. It seems like most people think that radiation is one thing, light is another, and radio is yet another entirely separate phenomenon. It's all magic to them.
SECTION 11.4
YOU agree that your casting of a gaze at the HEADQUARTERS or a BRANCH of a COMPETING COMPANY shall result in your TRANSFORMATION into a PILLAR OF SALT.
Impossible. Obviously, spam is unsigned.
Standards are great, but who says you have to implement them?
People mentioned that a lot of government entities require you to do so. That's a big one.
The P is for Provider, not for Police. It's not their problem, it's the responsibility of the developers making exploitable software, and credulous/careless users.
netstat (no idea what the Windows equivalent is)
It's the same. You can even use "netstat -b" to see which processes are using which connections, which can be quite handy.
Yes, we know. Welcome to the Internet.
Logic.
The only bad thing about that collection is inputting the CD-key for every game when installing. Christ, couldn't they just use one?
+5, troll
If you already bought it and it won't work because of the DRM, just download it. The lolcats proper release has no DRM, and it's even easier to install than the retail version.
As far as I know the DRM is part of the installer, so a traditional no-cd crack wouldn't work. But there is a cracked version with no protection that you can install with zero hassle. Except the hassle of downloading a 6GB ISO file, of course.
It's really evident if you've played System Shock 2 beforehand. Bioshock is basically SS2: Simple Underwater Edition With Shit-Hot Graphics.
Every feature they didn't remove is taken straight from it, except easier and with more limited options. The hacking, research, vending machines, character customisation, one-time upgrade points, upgradeable weapons, psychic powers, the ghosts, the logs, the plot... It's all basically the same, but simpler. Even the big plot revelation is the same.
The whole thing stood to gain a lot from a little more sophistication in the gameplay; I think SS2 is the better game despite its dated graphics. I know what you're thinking - I'm some old fogey gamer with rose-tinted glasses - but I only got SS2 about six months before Bioshock.
I wonder if you can just torrent it and use your legitimate CD-key again. That seems like the more sensible option, assuming it actually has a key.
No, that would be Supreme Commander. If you had an 8Ghz Core 2 Quad it would barely be enough for a six-player game to run at normal speed on a large map. Maybe.
That's stupid. According to you walking on a large hill viloates your privacy if people look up. Or if you are in a large crown.
I meant the intent behind it. In a crowd you don't have privacy, but even then the lack of it is incidental, as the crowd is not there to observe me or each other.
I was thinking about situations such as walking in the street talking with a friend, or sitting on a park bench. Where I live I do have a degree of privacy even in public places. Hence my objection to your characterisation of it as an insane expectation; for me it's only an expectation of normality.
if they don't work to deter crime (which they don't) then why on earth do you imagine they are effective for any other dark purpose your fevered imagination produces? They are irrelevant.
They aren't irrelevant. For their intended purpose, yes, but there's other effects. My primary concern is people getting used to surveillance as a matter of course, putting a foot in the door to an endless stream of bullshit I don't want.
I imagine that the people behind this stuff are well-meaning and just want to do some good on the cheap, not that they're out to watch everyone for no reason or make a police state or something silly like that. But they're going about it the wrong way. The road to hell, and so on.
How about people read the fucking address bar? Imagine that, rudimentary verification of identity before handing over money.
The blame for this doesn't entirely rest with the scammers, but with the victims too. I don't find myself sympathising a great deal. Like spam, scams only exist because people are credulous enough to fall for them. Some people are assholes and others imbeciles, and we need more that are neither. Babying the morons will not help this. I'd be happy to kick scammers one in the groin, but I'm not okay with making it everyone else's problem too.
Pacman eventually ends - when the level counter goes above 255 it goes tits-up.
They always do that. That's the typical idiotic phrasing in science stories, not the fault of the scientists.
Borg vaginas have teeth!