Sounds like a big leap, how does one manager getting fired lead to the CEO stepping down? Glad someone understands corporate-speak I guess!
If true though Microsoft would look a lot less ridiculous without him at the top. He's like an embodiment of Microsoft's "boring office guy tries to be fun(ny) and fails" image.
Haha... yes, in an otherwise superb game and story (IMO) that part did seem a bit retarded.
In my head, I always pretended that after Cid actually spoke some sense on the subject (that hey, it's science, do we really want to steal that materia just because it's Shinra?) and ultimately says "do whatever you feel is best" that Cloud decided not to take it. The game does leave you with that option and leaves the story ambiguous enough that it works either way. As the player though I still nab it.. need that Master Materia later on;)
I'm with you there. vs.XIII sounds potentially great - if they can get it right.
But it's the last chance with me as well. After XI, XII, XIII to an extent (at least it had interesting characters again) and XIV, it's in desperate need of a good game to prove that its magic didn't die when the founding folks left to create Mistwalker. If Versus turns out to be a flop, I think we can stick a fork in the franchise. Quina style:P
That is how I read the sentence (without the "you or") and felt suitably old!
In some ways XIV sounds very much like EQ from 1999. Basic interface (clunky and non-customisable at the time), no clear definition of where to go or what to do etc. Thing is most of the rest of the MMORPG world including EQ itself has moved far far along since then!
The UI issues don't surprise me too much. Square(Soft|Enix) have never exactly been great at PC stuff, as I remember from the bug-ridden VII, VIII and the hours of hell I went through making XI not look like an old Amiga game or control like whoever ported it never once sat in front of the keyboard and tried it. They should probably stick to the consoles.
This is Slashdot we're talking about. "Apple quick to patch serious security flaw and protect its users' devices, whilst incidentally breaking the most alarming jailbreak technique to date" (which I'm sure plenty of people will have sent in) doesn't generate as many clicks as "Big mean corporate giant Apple stop you from jailbreaking your device and stomp all over your freeeeeedom". Simple as that really.
Of course, anyone who knows what they're doing and does enjoy the jailbreak when it's available (like myself), can simply have the sense back up their shsh blobs through Cydia, avoid updating, and apply the community-developed security patch instead. Or if it matters that much, buy a less restricted phone.
LaTeX [...] just does what it thinks is right. I am willing to trust LaTeX.
Funny, that's exactly why I don't trust LaTeX:-)
In my experience of it, I ended up spending more time telling it what not to do than I spent telling 'normal' packages what to do. YMMV - I can see how it can be a big timesaver in formal reporting and documentation, perhaps it's a case of using the correct tool for the job (i.e. don't bother writing a basic letter with the thing!)
Well, Bill Gates has pretty much nothing to do with Microsoft any more so yeah it's outdated. I think an ape or a flying chair would probably suffice. "What do you want to throw today?"
As for/. we are still here so it can't be that bad. It does compare to the tabloids (UK) with regard to its sensationalism, bias and quality of "journalism". But just like the tabloids, if you don't take it seriously and instead treat it as entertainment, it's much easier to appreciate.
When I first glanced at "mapping genomes" I thought it said "mopping gnomes" and had this RPG inspired vision of gnomes on boats (clockwork/steampunk) using these special oil-soaking mops.
Ballmer has all the charm and likability of a genital wart, not really someone you want as the figurehead of the company. For all the faults Borg Gates had, he still had a personality beyond "ape" and even had a modicum of respect (from some) as a geek. One who bought/copied/stole everything, but still...
I have a feeling Steve Jobs may find himself going through this soon as well. Even as an Apple fanboy I'm starting to see him as an embarrassment. The way he talks to customers is atrocious, as is his handling of the iphone4 issues. He deserves credit for revolutionizing Apple in the late 90s and early 00s, but nowadays I think a lot of the credit for the good things to come from there would go to others like Jony Ive.
Oh dear I made a right mess of that last sentence without using Preview. Serves me right for acting like a grammar nazi that it should, as per usual, backfire!
So as not to stray off topic, to add to my previous points, there are some very impressive and incredibly immersive looking setups there. The problem I have with it is they put the "window" into Windows. All those frames look terribly distracting. What's to stop any of that being manufactured in a single screen without much more expense than buying them separately? Apart from the issues of getting it through the door unscathed...
Huge screen with huge resolution is probably the way I'd prefer and the technology is there, but for some reason ever since HDTV the resolutions themselves have been going backwards. And yes, of course there is an xkcd on the subject: http://xkcd.com/732/
Minor editing nitpick: Does it have problems AND potential, problems OR potential, problems WITH potential or potential problems? I suspect it has problems BUT potential; this would be so more clear and less lazy than a comma;)
This can actually be annoying in some OSes (can't remember if it's Windows or an earlier version of OS X) when trying to change the case of a file. It chirps up "no you can't rename it to that, silly, it's the same file name!" so you have to rename it to something else, and then rename it back with the desired case.
I'm not a Ham (my parents are, it's always been somewhere on my "to-do" list) but from what I've watched of it, it's the fun of enabling communication yourself by understanding the very basics and experimenting, building your own rig etc. As opposed to just plugging in RJ45 or dialling a number and taking it for granted. That's what's luring me to it anyway, and the more I hear about it being alive and well in the modern world the further it shifts up the to-do list.
Some ask why bother when you have the internet and cell phones. The answer perhaps lies in metaphores: why build up LFS (Linux From Scratch) when you can install Ubuntu? Why climb mountains when you can get up there by helicopter? I dare even say, why build a PC when you can buy a ready-built Mac? (I do both actually). Why paint a scene when you can take a photo? Why make music when you can download some off the internet and play that? Etc.
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Haven't read all of that 2001 post's comments, but I wonder if people were saying the same then and referencing it back to the iMac launch. "Built in display. No floppy drive. Lame." History repeats itself pretty well.
Why anyone still does business with them is beyond my understanding.
Probably because they're a requirement for using eBay (I'm sure there's some illegal monopoly Microsoft/IE style situation right there) and eBay happens to be what everyone uses for selling second hand goods - therefore it's the best place to buy or sell such things. Ditching Paypal means ditching eBay, which (unless directly affected by their actions *yourself*) comes across as cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Correction, after some extensive Googling and some testing I can't find any mention of this. I could've sworn it did this when I tried the app on my iMac a couple of years ago (and that the app did a live stream rather than just taking a photo) - not that I'm some sort of creep who would use it without anyone's knowledge, and the app is mainly designed for remote access to the desktop etc - but I remember thinking "wow that's a bit dodgy". But everything I can find online now suggests that the light is hard-wired into the camera's power supply, so I guess getting a laptop with one of those lights would work after all.
Those 'camera active' LEDs can be disabled. Or at least the iMac one can - you can use an app called Telekinesis to activate and watch it from an iPhone without the light coming on (which I thought seemed a very creepy idea)
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Am I missing a development (the 'news') bit or is this just a slashvertisement?
A squareish circle. Is it also a largeish small one, maybe also blackish white? :)
Sounds like a big leap, how does one manager getting fired lead to the CEO stepping down? Glad someone understands corporate-speak I guess!
If true though Microsoft would look a lot less ridiculous without him at the top. He's like an embodiment of Microsoft's "boring office guy tries to be fun(ny) and fails" image.
Haha... yes, in an otherwise superb game and story (IMO) that part did seem a bit retarded.
In my head, I always pretended that after Cid actually spoke some sense on the subject (that hey, it's science, do we really want to steal that materia just because it's Shinra?) and ultimately says "do whatever you feel is best" that Cloud decided not to take it. The game does leave you with that option and leaves the story ambiguous enough that it works either way. As the player though I still nab it.. need that Master Materia later on ;)
I'm with you there. vs.XIII sounds potentially great - if they can get it right.
But it's the last chance with me as well. After XI, XII, XIII to an extent (at least it had interesting characters again) and XIV, it's in desperate need of a good game to prove that its magic didn't die when the founding folks left to create Mistwalker. If Versus turns out to be a flop, I think we can stick a fork in the franchise. Quina style :P
That is how I read the sentence (without the "you or") and felt suitably old!
In some ways XIV sounds very much like EQ from 1999. Basic interface (clunky and non-customisable at the time), no clear definition of where to go or what to do etc. Thing is most of the rest of the MMORPG world including EQ itself has moved far far along since then!
The UI issues don't surprise me too much. Square(Soft|Enix) have never exactly been great at PC stuff, as I remember from the bug-ridden VII, VIII and the hours of hell I went through making XI not look like an old Amiga game or control like whoever ported it never once sat in front of the keyboard and tried it. They should probably stick to the consoles.
This is Slashdot we're talking about. "Apple quick to patch serious security flaw and protect its users' devices, whilst incidentally breaking the most alarming jailbreak technique to date" (which I'm sure plenty of people will have sent in) doesn't generate as many clicks as "Big mean corporate giant Apple stop you from jailbreaking your device and stomp all over your freeeeeedom". Simple as that really.
Of course, anyone who knows what they're doing and does enjoy the jailbreak when it's available (like myself), can simply have the sense back up their shsh blobs through Cydia, avoid updating, and apply the community-developed security patch instead. Or if it matters that much, buy a less restricted phone.
Funny, that's exactly why I don't trust LaTeX :-)
In my experience of it, I ended up spending more time telling it what not to do than I spent telling 'normal' packages what to do. YMMV - I can see how it can be a big timesaver in formal reporting and documentation, perhaps it's a case of using the correct tool for the job (i.e. don't bother writing a basic letter with the thing!)
Well, Bill Gates has pretty much nothing to do with Microsoft any more so yeah it's outdated. I think an ape or a flying chair would probably suffice. "What do you want to throw today?"
As for /. we are still here so it can't be that bad. It does compare to the tabloids (UK) with regard to its sensationalism, bias and quality of "journalism". But just like the tabloids, if you don't take it seriously and instead treat it as entertainment, it's much easier to appreciate.
When I first glanced at "mapping genomes" I thought it said "mopping gnomes" and had this RPG inspired vision of gnomes on boats (clockwork/steampunk) using these special oil-soaking mops.
You have become better at Oil Mopping! (28)
Ballmer has all the charm and likability of a genital wart, not really someone you want as the figurehead of the company. For all the faults Borg Gates had, he still had a personality beyond "ape" and even had a modicum of respect (from some) as a geek. One who bought/copied/stole everything, but still...
I have a feeling Steve Jobs may find himself going through this soon as well. Even as an Apple fanboy I'm starting to see him as an embarrassment. The way he talks to customers is atrocious, as is his handling of the iphone4 issues. He deserves credit for revolutionizing Apple in the late 90s and early 00s, but nowadays I think a lot of the credit for the good things to come from there would go to others like Jony Ive.
Granted, the Tories might well screw up the country - but at least we'll have our freedom.
(Hopefully the Liberals will keep them in check anyway, thanks to the coalition. Couldn't be much better really!)
Oh dear I made a right mess of that last sentence without using Preview. Serves me right for acting like a grammar nazi that it should, as per usual, backfire!
So as not to stray off topic, to add to my previous points, there are some very impressive and incredibly immersive looking setups there. The problem I have with it is they put the "window" into Windows. All those frames look terribly distracting. What's to stop any of that being manufactured in a single screen without much more expense than buying them separately? Apart from the issues of getting it through the door unscathed...
Huge screen with huge resolution is probably the way I'd prefer and the technology is there, but for some reason ever since HDTV the resolutions themselves have been going backwards. And yes, of course there is an xkcd on the subject: http://xkcd.com/732/
Minor editing nitpick: Does it have problems AND potential, problems OR potential, problems WITH potential or potential problems? I suspect it has problems BUT potential; this would be so more clear and less lazy than a comma ;)
Correct.
This can actually be annoying in some OSes (can't remember if it's Windows or an earlier version of OS X) when trying to change the case of a file. It chirps up "no you can't rename it to that, silly, it's the same file name!" so you have to rename it to something else, and then rename it back with the desired case.
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Make a ridiculous profit
I'm not a Ham (my parents are, it's always been somewhere on my "to-do" list) but from what I've watched of it, it's the fun of enabling communication yourself by understanding the very basics and experimenting, building your own rig etc. As opposed to just plugging in RJ45 or dialling a number and taking it for granted. That's what's luring me to it anyway, and the more I hear about it being alive and well in the modern world the further it shifts up the to-do list.
Some ask why bother when you have the internet and cell phones. The answer perhaps lies in metaphores: why build up LFS (Linux From Scratch) when you can install Ubuntu? Why climb mountains when you can get up there by helicopter? I dare even say, why build a PC when you can buy a ready-built Mac? (I do both actually). Why paint a scene when you can take a photo? Why make music when you can download some off the internet and play that? Etc.
Haven't read all of that 2001 post's comments, but I wonder if people were saying the same then and referencing it back to the iMac launch. "Built in display. No floppy drive. Lame." History repeats itself pretty well.
"the other five are only likely to give an internet novice a horribly outdated idea of what web browsing is like."
One of them must be Internet Explorer. :)
Probably version 6. I know it's "dead" but like a JRPG boss, it will keep coming back until we kill the evil mastermind behind it.
I think this b3ta entry applies pretty well here :) (not my work, just happened across it) http://www.b3ta.com/board/9956971
I guess you could just *use* the account. Then, sooner or later, they'll decide that you're a fraudster and bam! The account is no more!
Why anyone still does business with them is beyond my understanding.
Probably because they're a requirement for using eBay (I'm sure there's some illegal monopoly Microsoft/IE style situation right there) and eBay happens to be what everyone uses for selling second hand goods - therefore it's the best place to buy or sell such things. Ditching Paypal means ditching eBay, which (unless directly affected by their actions *yourself*) comes across as cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Correction, after some extensive Googling and some testing I can't find any mention of this. I could've sworn it did this when I tried the app on my iMac a couple of years ago (and that the app did a live stream rather than just taking a photo) - not that I'm some sort of creep who would use it without anyone's knowledge, and the app is mainly designed for remote access to the desktop etc - but I remember thinking "wow that's a bit dodgy". But everything I can find online now suggests that the light is hard-wired into the camera's power supply, so I guess getting a laptop with one of those lights would work after all.
Those 'camera active' LEDs can be disabled. Or at least the iMac one can - you can use an app called Telekinesis to activate and watch it from an iPhone without the light coming on (which I thought seemed a very creepy idea)