The guy is a (*&$%&^_)!@#$( to cops because when he was robbed, he was told to move.
That would piss me off, and I don't care who your are, or what branch of the government you represent that is in appropriate.
However, there is much to wonder about these people. If they were so good, why did their children become eff ups?
We don't know enough about this story to determine who should have been nice to who. What we do know is that being arrested for suveying your own house is so wrong, it could only be twisted into the right by George dubbaya
I have repaired so many damn computers from virus and malware that I no longer care to try. Back in the day you could catch the little scripter in the act. Today, once a computer is compromised with some small piece of malware, a virus installs another virus to cover the other virus. Then one virus does some shopping, while another virus collects and sells demographics of the poor user who thinks they are in "control" of their machine. Also another virus is installed to do some distributing and loading work so that a master computer can send out only 13 emails from each machine staying under the TOS for aol. If it doesn't work then it self destructs the computer and your hosed, or it destroys winsock, and eats at performance untill your life is a living hell just trying to get the thing into safe mode.
I actually spent time removing viruses from a computer that was so comprimized the guy would leave messages on her desktop. Sometimes it would be like "oh, your grandma says she sent you a check in the mail for watching fluffy last week in one of your hotmail messages. want me to pick that up for you? "
Against my better judgement (I told her she should call the police, but she declined) I decided to try and repair the machine. She had now way of backing up her data and claimed her windows cd to be at home. (this was at a college) I spent the next 12 hourse whitling away at everything this guy had done. All to save a few pictures that are now on myspace anyway, a pretty smile, and to say I fixed a machine once that was so effed....
Yes thats what I meant. I didn't RTFA, so I dont realize the extent. I mean most actual print inside the book is simple easy to read times or somethin right? It just seems to me that their usage on that level would be mostly within titles. I also agree that a publisher claiming to have only one font in active use is pretty silly. I just learned that there is a TON of fonts out there. But 11k is a large percentage of fonts available.
But I do have one idea where fonts could be used up aggressivly. TITLES. Who doesn't have a Matrix Font, a Superman font, a halloween font, a Tolkein font (including runes, title, orcish, etc...) I still have to agree that 11,000 fonts "IN USE" is still pretty extreme.
As a side note... If I could get someone to make a font based on my cursive for less than $30 that would be AWESOME!
Wow, I thought people from Centralia, WA didn't have the internet.
I do know that there are huge lumps of coal all over the place down there. They constantly fall off of the trains. When I lived with a certain ex- of mine we went and picked up some coal to expirement with. It's rally neat stuff. Hard to start, but once it gets going....
I was 14 at the time. I really just wanted to get on with my life. The harrassment was pretty intense. I did'nt hear from him ever again except for a hushed comment once in the halls, which I took as a victory for me. Yeah it was stupid. I agree totally there. Kids do stupid things. I was stuck in that "DORK" image till I was 21. Somehow, a fast red car and money make girls and guys somehow apreciate (sp?) you more.
Sorry, It's often hard to tell when I am being serious or not.
I do see that the content doesn't change between the media. My point is just that the content has beent there for a LONG time. The background story just changes a bit from time to time.
Violence has been a part of history for the last 10000 years, and will continue forever, because it is natural to fight over resources. That fact makes it easy to incorporate into entertainment. From Cartoons, to books whatever. While you can make a game about a boy who goes wandering into the woods to pick huckleberries with his dog it isn't going to sell. It's sickening really, but honestly I wouldn't buy it either.
Crap is crap. But if people are seeking out crap, then crap suddenly has value.
I agree that most things on T.V. is absolutely horrible, but I don't know that for sure because I watch less than 3hrs / week. Thats counting VCAST CNN clips on my phone.
The content of a video game is up to the publishers. The consumer (READ PARENT) is the one who decides if it's right for them. We have a decent ratings system that is completly underused. If I want to make a video game where all I do is shoot the floating heads of a certain ficticious person named Gerald Walker the Brave and show realistic blood splatter, then so be it. I can gaurantee that of the 10 people who buy that crap, 8 will be weird, and the other two thought it was DOOM because they couldn't read the label.
This sentiment is why it's COKE's fault that children's teeth rot out. It's not the parents who buy their children 3 cans a day right... It surely couldn't be the snickers (have they been sued yet? ** checks w/ attourneys**) bars they are eating, or the other Sugary snacks parents so frequently use as a reward.
It's like blaming Quake 2 for columbine.
Maybe I am just not seeing the real point here. I know that video games (like anything in excess) can become addictive. I know that too many cartoons can make people turn into a TelleTubbie. Parents need to make decisions for their children, not the other way around. Give them a choice between two non violent games, not a choice of their pick from the whole store which includes GTA, Hitman, and other violent crap. When they are 16-18 (or 8) and seem mature enough, let them decide whats entertaining for them.
You can't possibly tell me though that the content of cartoons, and video games, has gotten so bad and so invasive that a parent has no control.
The plumber made me do it dad, I had to go on a murderous rampage, because I saw Mario do it on a video game. It was Quake 4's fault. I went out, designed a lightning gun, and roasted the neighbor when their dog pooped in our yard. It's unreal tournemnts fault, I just hijacked a Helicopter that oddly enough flew like a raptor, and went over and personally kicked some Al Queda ASS. Sorry I couldn't dodge that missle, but I ejected and survived. I could go on for days
Do you remember the Comic books that describe (often way more graphically than cartoons, and a lot less regulated) violence have been around for AGES.
That's why all the people who read comics and are now about 45-65 are crazy whacked out gun toten compound living lunatics.
Sorry, but the content also comes from the media. But remember, It's the MEDIA because it's entertainment. Entertainment should be based on what the parent believes is acceptable. It's YOUR job to entertain your children, not mine. If you don't BUY him a TV he never sees that stuff. Every TV made from 2000-on has parental controls. Just lock out everything except Disney & Discovery.
Seriously it's this kind of thing that really gets to me. I appreciate the fact that YOU take responsibility for your children. That is awesome. But I cant be held accountable for OTHER peoples children. Even if due to parental negligence causes them to become a generation of mass murdering, lazergun totin, oil loving, dispicable varmits..
What about books? There are some violent scenes in books too. There you have a real problem. The violence is in both realistic and fantasy settings. Oh, but that doesn't matter. Better keep the Bible away from them!
if you fight another student, say on the weekend - at a park...if your school hears about it, they will suspsend you and the other student
I only wish that were always the case. I was in a situation where I was constantly bullied by the #1 school jock. He threatened me constantly, and kept insisting to fight me. We finally met at a local park where he proceeded to kick the shit out of me.
At school, he was treated like it never happened. I was called into his office, and it was decided (this time) that becuase it was off school property that it didn't matter.
The same situation a year before with differant kids resulted in them getting suspended for 3 days each.
It's how I have obtained everything I have on a meager income. (1> meager 100000) For instance when I bought my car, I spent about 10 hours researching. I saved over $4000 off of sticker, and 70000 miles later I am still a happy camper! that was between 12-18% off the price. My time was worth $400/hr. 5x what I bill my clients, and 17x what I make hourly.
How to buy anything. 1. Set a realistic budget for the item you wish to purchase & save money for it 2. Do research on the best Price:Performance
a. Look up your options, consider items that are similar, look at diferent brands.
b. Compare reviews
c. Don't spend so much time researching that your savings is no longer worth it. (don't spend tons of time looking how to save 10 cents on dryer sheets!)
3. Look for a reputable vendor for said product. 4. Make purchase, and enjoy without feeling guilty about what you spent!
Thats why I purchased an AMD x2 4400 and an nvida geforce 7900 gt. Great games performance / Excellent multitasking
If you catch me playing a console at my house, it probably wont be mine. IF it is mine, please call the AirForce and warn them of the impending Alien Invasion! I will stick with the PC platform until it ceases to become practical. Yes a "GAMING" PC costs about $1200 (mobo, power, ram, cpu, vid card. You allready have the drives & case anyway right?)vs ~$600
But unlike other game systems, I can use a mouse and Keyboard!
As well as scanner, printer, fax, network (althought this is now coming of age on consoles), oh yeah and I am allowed to write my own software, if I choose. (note:I am not a programmer) Games on PC give me a plethora of controls to enhance my playing capabilities. While consoles are catching up to PC, PC is still top notch for graphics, sound, and physics performance. I can modify or upgrade my system as I choose, and when it becomes obsolete, I can still use it to help crack RC20s or render for Bryce, or just fold protiens while sitting in the kitchen to surf the net or help with recipies & shoping.
What does a console do when it becomes obsolete? 10 years later someone decides to overclock it, and get R-TYPE to work at constant rate. <faked enthusiasm>YEah.. </faked enthusiasm> Turbo Grafix 16 did that along time ago...
For example say you are banking and there is packet loss for more than the limit. The aircraft would smoothly break the bank and right itself until comm was fixed. Now this becomes a little more tricky on landing unless we are starting to talk about automated landings.
I just hope your not banking away from a mountain when that happens...
Feature Request:
GIANT RED MILITARY STYLE COVERED SPST SWITCH FOR MANUAL OVERRIDE!
Thats how I became a Tech. See I worked for this piece of **** CO. That wouldn't teach me anything. Oh, they had a master tech, who really knew his stuff, but was allways gone. They expected me to just "magically absorb" how they wanted stuff set up. I often spent alot of time in a warehouse turning these long plastic pipes into deadly blowguns by putting a screw int a styrofoam packing cylynder (peanut?)and stuffing the thing into the pipe. I could shoot that blowgun 50 yards and screw it into a sign about 2 whole revolutions! But I digress...
I didn't learn a thing from there, and when I got word that NEC was hiring, I jumped on over thinking that I was a "Computer TECH." So, I went there, and they had me doing basic assembly for 2 weeks. I outperformed every other assembler, so when they promoted their tech, they asked me to replace him. My first day of trianing with him went something like this:
Me: (after hearing a noise or something, Turns head) Pete: Rapidly dis assembles everything, but leaves it looking like it was together. Me: (turns head back) Pete: Why doesn't this unit work? Me: ? The flux capacitor is down? Pete: Uh... NO. Me: ?? Pete: Look at the damn thing. Me:... Looks good? I don't know whats wrong... Pete: You were a tech where?
You get the picture..
With a little bit of coaching, from then on I started at the begining.
Is the machine working? Y/N?
N >> Is machine switched on Y/N?
If N then switch on and recheck.
Else then check power to wall.
Is there power?
If N fix, and recheck,
Else If Y then is powersupply connected in unit? Y/N?
If N then Reconect and recheck
if Y then...
I learned a very valuable lesson that helps me from writing a small peice of code to explaining something to my boss, to teaching classes. Am I a great tech now? No, I am a sys admin because I was a great tech! I diagnosed a bad powersupply over the phone, fixed it, and soon had an interview with my current Boss!
Mine has 305 (thats why my WOW Char is LSONE on Rexxar)
Your So right. That gave me an idea?
What if the badwidth business model worked like cars? You have a full "tank" of bits when you start out each month, and you have to add "GAS" if you go over.
Then charge people who aren't bursting, but all out sprinting eternally
If you drive throttle to the floor, you get bad gas mileage right? (I know I would..)
But if you baby it, keep it mild & constant, a tank will get you much farther. (over 33%)
Enact this rule, and people will throttle on their own. Make them responsible, yet make the bandwidth available for when they need it.
I put my foot to the floor daily, but if I just held it there all day, I wouldn't be able to park it!
Slashdot Mirror
It's not a brain, but a small nerve bundle. They are close to robots really. Some bio sensors, and a small preprogramed amount of logic.
Otherwise, they would have taken over the world by now.
OOh wait, they HAVE.
The guy is a (*&$%&^_)!@#$( to cops because when he was robbed, he was told to move.
That would piss me off, and I don't care who your are, or what branch of the government you represent that is in appropriate.
However, there is much to wonder about these people. If they were so good, why did their children become eff ups?
We don't know enough about this story to determine who should have been nice to who. What we do know is that being arrested for suveying your own house is so wrong, it could only be twisted into the right by George dubbaya
TRUE TRUE.
I have repaired so many damn computers from virus and malware that I no longer care to try. Back in the day you could catch the little scripter in the act. Today, once a computer is compromised with some small piece of malware, a virus installs another virus to cover the other virus. Then one virus does some shopping, while another virus collects and sells demographics of the poor user who thinks they are in "control" of their machine. Also another virus is installed to do some distributing and loading work so that a master computer can send out only 13 emails from each machine staying under the TOS for aol. If it doesn't work then it self destructs the computer and your hosed, or it destroys winsock, and eats at performance untill your life is a living hell just trying to get the thing into safe mode.
I actually spent time removing viruses from a computer that was so comprimized the guy would leave messages on her desktop. Sometimes it would be like "oh, your grandma says she sent you a check in the mail for watching fluffy last week in one of your hotmail messages. want me to pick that up for you? "
Against my better judgement (I told her she should call the police, but she declined) I decided to try and repair the machine. She had now way of backing up her data and claimed her windows cd to be at home. (this was at a college) I spent the next 12 hourse whitling away at everything this guy had done. All to save a few pictures that are now on myspace anyway, a pretty smile, and to say I fixed a machine once that was so effed....
O.K. at least I still know that they don't have internet down there....
Yes thats what I meant.
I didn't RTFA, so I dont realize the extent. I mean most actual print inside the book is simple easy to read times or somethin right? It just seems to me that their usage on that level would be mostly within titles. I also agree that a publisher claiming to have only one font in active use is pretty silly. I just learned that there is a TON of fonts out there. But 11k is a large percentage of fonts available.
again, IDKWTFIATA
you know... I was wondering the same thing!
But I do have one idea where fonts could be used up aggressivly. TITLES. Who doesn't have a Matrix Font, a Superman font, a halloween font, a Tolkein font (including runes, title, orcish, etc...) I still have to agree that 11,000 fonts "IN USE" is still pretty extreme.
As a side note...
If I could get someone to make a font based on my cursive for less than $30 that would be AWESOME!
They also wouldn't be able to bill for long distance!
Wow,
I thought people from Centralia, WA didn't have the internet.
I do know that there are huge lumps of coal all over the place down there. They constantly fall off of the trains. When I lived with a certain ex- of mine we went and picked up some coal to expirement with. It's rally neat stuff. Hard to start, but once it gets going....
I was 14 at the time. I really just wanted to get on with my life. The harrassment was pretty intense. I did'nt hear from him ever again except for a hushed comment once in the halls, which I took as a victory for me. Yeah it was stupid. I agree totally there. Kids do stupid things. I was stuck in that "DORK" image till I was 21. Somehow, a fast red car and money make girls and guys somehow apreciate (sp?) you more.
Sorry, It's often hard to tell when I am being serious or not.
I do see that the content doesn't change between the media.
My point is just that the content has beent there for a LONG time.
The background story just changes a bit from time to time.
Violence has been a part of history for the last 10000 years, and will continue forever, because it is natural to fight over resources. That fact makes it easy to incorporate into entertainment. From Cartoons, to books whatever. While you can make a game about a boy who goes wandering into the woods to pick huckleberries with his dog it isn't going to sell. It's sickening really, but honestly I wouldn't buy it either.
Crap is crap. But if people are seeking out crap, then crap suddenly has value.
I agree that most things on T.V. is absolutely horrible, but I don't know that for sure because I watch less than 3hrs / week. Thats counting VCAST CNN clips on my phone.
The content of a video game is up to the publishers. The consumer (READ PARENT) is the one who decides if it's right for them. We have a decent ratings system that is completly underused. If I want to make a video game where all I do is shoot the floating heads of a certain ficticious person named Gerald Walker the Brave and show realistic blood splatter, then so be it. I can gaurantee that of the 10 people who buy that crap, 8 will be weird, and the other two thought it was DOOM because they couldn't read the label.
This sentiment is why it's COKE's fault that children's teeth rot out. It's not the parents who buy their children 3 cans a day right...
It surely couldn't be the snickers (have they been sued yet? ** checks w/ attourneys**) bars they are eating, or the other Sugary snacks parents so frequently use as a reward.
It's like blaming Quake 2 for columbine.
Maybe I am just not seeing the real point here. I know that video games (like anything in excess) can become addictive. I know that too many cartoons can make people turn into a TelleTubbie. Parents need to make decisions for their children, not the other way around. Give them a choice between two non violent games, not a choice of their pick from the whole store which includes GTA, Hitman, and other violent crap. When they are 16-18 (or 8) and seem mature enough, let them decide whats entertaining for them.
You can't possibly tell me though that the content of cartoons, and video games, has gotten so bad and so invasive that a parent has no control.
The plumber made me do it dad, I had to go on a murderous rampage, because I saw Mario do it on a video game. It was Quake 4's fault. I went out, designed a lightning gun, and roasted the neighbor when their dog pooped in our yard. It's unreal tournemnts fault, I just hijacked a Helicopter that oddly enough flew like a raptor, and went over and personally kicked some Al Queda ASS. Sorry I couldn't dodge that missle, but I ejected and survived. I could go on for days
The link was just slashdotted that's all!
/. 'ed GOOGLE
OMG we
Listen, did you watch G.I. JOE?
Or better yet, read the horible comic books.
It's the content not the media.
Yeah. Right.
Do you remember the Comic books that describe (often way more graphically than cartoons, and a lot less regulated) violence have been around for AGES.
That's why all the people who read comics and are now about 45-65 are crazy whacked out gun toten compound living lunatics.
Sorry, but the content also comes from the media. But remember, It's the MEDIA because it's entertainment.
Entertainment should be based on what the parent believes is acceptable. It's YOUR job to entertain your children, not mine. If you don't BUY him a TV he never sees that stuff. Every TV made from 2000-on has parental controls. Just lock out everything except Disney & Discovery.
Seriously it's this kind of thing that really gets to me. I appreciate the fact that YOU take responsibility for your children. That is awesome. But I cant be held accountable for OTHER peoples children. Even if due to parental negligence causes them to become a generation of mass murdering, lazergun totin, oil loving, dispicable varmits..
What about books? There are some violent scenes in books too. There you have a real problem. The violence is in both realistic and fantasy settings. Oh, but that doesn't matter. Better keep the Bible away from them!
if you fight another student, say on the weekend - at a park...if your school hears about it, they will suspsend you and the other student
I only wish that were always the case. I was in a situation where I was constantly bullied by the #1 school jock. He threatened me constantly, and kept insisting to fight me. We finally met at a local park where he proceeded to kick the shit out of me.
At school, he was treated like it never happened. I was called into his office, and it was decided (this time) that becuase it was off school property that it didn't matter.
The same situation a year before with differant kids resulted in them getting suspended for 3 days each.
It's how I have obtained everything I have on a meager income. (1> meager 100000) /hr. 5x what I bill my clients, and 17x what I make hourly.
For instance when I bought my car, I spent about 10 hours researching. I saved over $4000 off of sticker, and 70000 miles later I am still a happy camper! that was between 12-18% off the price. My time was worth $400
How to buy anything.
1. Set a realistic budget for the item you wish to purchase & save money for it
2. Do research on the best Price:Performance
a. Look up your options, consider items that are similar, look at diferent brands.
b. Compare reviews
c. Don't spend so much time researching that your savings is no longer worth it. (don't spend tons of time looking how to save 10 cents on dryer sheets!)
3. Look for a reputable vendor for said product.
4. Make purchase, and enjoy without feeling guilty about what you spent!
Thats why I purchased an AMD x2 4400
and an nvida geforce 7900 gt. Great games performance / Excellent multitasking
Smokin like the tires on my car!
Console Polygamy!
Whole new meaning to B!G LOVE.
If you catch me playing a console at my house, it probably wont be mine. IF it is mine, please call the AirForce and warn them of the impending Alien Invasion!
I will stick with the PC platform until it ceases to become practical. Yes a "GAMING" PC costs about $1200 (mobo, power, ram, cpu, vid card. You allready have the drives & case anyway right?)vs ~$600
But unlike other game systems, I can use a mouse and Keyboard!
As well as scanner, printer, fax, network (althought this is now coming of age on consoles), oh yeah and I am allowed to write my own software, if I choose. (note:I am not a programmer) Games on PC give me a plethora of controls to enhance my playing capabilities. While consoles are catching up to PC, PC is still top notch for graphics, sound, and physics performance. I can modify or upgrade my system as I choose, and when it becomes obsolete, I can still use it to help crack RC20s or render for Bryce, or just fold protiens while sitting in the kitchen to surf the net or help with recipies & shoping.
What does a console do when it becomes obsolete? 10 years later someone decides to overclock it, and get R-TYPE to work at constant rate. <faked enthusiasm>YEah.. </faked enthusiasm> Turbo Grafix 16 did that along time ago...
For example say you are banking and there is packet loss for more than the limit. The aircraft would smoothly break the bank and right itself until comm was fixed. Now this becomes a little more tricky on landing unless we are starting to talk about automated landings.
I just hope your not banking away from a mountain when that happens...
Feature Request:
GIANT RED MILITARY STYLE COVERED SPST SWITCH FOR MANUAL OVERRIDE!
Why does that allways happen w/ pugs?
Every time!
ON Rexxar, I don't have that problem due to my awesome guild Gothic-Justice!
There & Back Again....
... Looks good? I don't know whats wrong...
...
Thats how I became a Tech. See I worked for this piece of **** CO. That wouldn't teach me anything. Oh, they had a master tech, who really knew his stuff, but was allways gone. They expected me to just "magically absorb" how they wanted stuff set up. I often spent alot of time in a warehouse turning these long plastic pipes into deadly blowguns by putting a screw int a styrofoam packing cylynder (peanut?)and stuffing the thing into the pipe. I could shoot that blowgun 50 yards and screw it into a sign about 2 whole revolutions! But I digress...
I didn't learn a thing from there, and when I got word that NEC was hiring, I jumped on over thinking that I was a "Computer TECH." So, I went there, and they had me doing basic assembly for 2 weeks. I outperformed every other assembler, so when they promoted their tech, they asked me to replace him. My first day of trianing with him went something like this:
Me: (after hearing a noise or something, Turns head)
Pete: Rapidly dis assembles everything, but leaves it looking like it was together.
Me: (turns head back)
Pete: Why doesn't this unit work?
Me: ? The flux capacitor is down?
Pete: Uh... NO.
Me: ??
Pete: Look at the damn thing.
Me:
Pete: You were a tech where?
You get the picture..
With a little bit of coaching, from then on I started at the begining.
Is the machine working? Y/N?
N >> Is machine switched on Y/N?
If N then switch on and recheck.
Else then check power to wall.
Is there power?
If N fix, and recheck,
Else If Y then is powersupply connected in unit? Y/N?
If N then Reconect and recheck
if Y then
I learned a very valuable lesson that helps me from writing a small peice of code to explaining something to my boss, to teaching classes. Am I a great tech now? No, I am a sys admin because I was a great tech! I diagnosed a bad powersupply over the phone, fixed it, and soon had an interview with my current Boss!
Beats rock, ROCK (99.9 KISW) beats scissors, and scissors beats PAPER!
I just peed my pants... TY for the laugh! (emphasis on WOW as if it allows you to "level up" in RL, er I mean.. Real Life.)
I totally laughed when I saw that. I, as a child, admired Richard Dean Anderson. Even more than K.I.T.T. (I am hoping to convert my '99 formula).
/. could I find someone with similar heroes
But only on
I had a similar situation on an old game called "Wizardry, proving grounds of the mad overlord (or something similar)" for the NES!
I kicked the NES by accident, and poof all my guys sudenly had unlimited EXP!
Every char was a ninja-clerical-mage! It rocked!
I haven't seen any thorium veins walking around, but I do know that it can be "enriched" by a lvl 300 enchanter.
Enchanted Thorium is very expensive...
Mine has 305 (thats why my WOW Char is LSONE on Rexxar)
Your So right.
That gave me an idea?
What if the badwidth business model worked like cars?
You have a full "tank" of bits when you start out each month, and you have to add "GAS" if you go over.
Then charge people who aren't bursting, but all out sprinting eternally
If you drive throttle to the floor, you get bad gas mileage right?
(I know I would..)
But if you baby it, keep it mild & constant, a tank will get you much farther. (over 33%)
Enact this rule, and people will throttle on their own. Make them responsible, yet make the bandwidth available for when they need it.
I put my foot to the floor daily, but if I just held it there all day, I wouldn't be able to park it!
dw