I can post as an Anonymous Coward and claim I have more special powers than Jesus and Superman combined. Naturally, until I prove it, no one would take me seriously.
Physically women will never be equal to men. It's in out genes to be able to bulk up more. The downisde is that we generally don't live as long.
Mentally woman have the ability to be equal to men but I think, because of how long men and women have had certain roles in society, it will still be some time until we get more girls interested in things like Math, Science, Programming, etc.
It can be a struggle to get younger males interested in those things since society, in general, is dumbing down.
You will always get boys and girls that break out of the norm (that's always been the case) but in general the feeling seems to be that math and programming improve your changes of getting married or having babies and therefore isn't necessary to girls.
Mind you, I'm living just above Essex, so people I get to observe probably aren't the best candidates.
Odds are your father or grand father are smarter than their partners. Sure you mom may have a vast wealth of knowledge about shoes or Oprah but that's not of any real use.
If you install current Google maps to your Symbian phone (possibly others soon) and "reset it", it will send your personal "favorites" (read: locations saved) to Google, without even asking you. For example "Grandma's home" goes from your personal phone memory to Google, instantly.
I don't care if Google knows where Grandma lives. It's the Big bad wolf that I'm worried about.
Your ISP already knows everything you're doing and pretty much any site you visit will have your IP too and know what you did on their site. The government can already track you and may be doing so now
It's much better to opt out by adjusting your browser's settings. This allows you to opt out of a load of shit from all sorts of companies. If you're not doing this then you've got more to worry about than google and if you are doing it then why bitch?
I prefer to go to Google's dictionary because it loads much faster than the others. I just want a definition and if I want it expanded upon, thankfully Google provides links to external sites.
It's by no means perfect but it's probably not complete and with the inclusion of, at the very least, a wikipedia link, I can get a full and detailed definition if required.
Imo, most dictionary sites are ugly and too graphic intensive for a site where people are only interested in words.
I've always felt Urban Dictionary needs some sort of moderation. You can't trust one person to know every single bit of slang but there is some much rubbish on UD that, imo, it can be more or less useless sometimes.
The phone companies, as mentioned, don't want you to have freedom but also that most people don't actually want freedom either. They can't use computers well enough to handle it.
The reason Murdoch doesn't do anything is because doing it on his own would hurt him. The Sun, Sky News and Fox news aren't aimed at rich people, like the WSJ. They're aimed at the lower class who aren't going to pay if they can help it. So the only way Murdoch will grow an balls to lock up his sites is if he can get everyone else to do it and hopefully that won't happen.
Nintendo has always been a profitable company even when their sales were poor because they do make a profit on their systems.
All hardware should have a profit because in the future it will have to. Retailers get screwed on hardware more than anyone and they're going to sell a profitless piece of hardware so MS can sell games online.
Unless MS lets these retailers sell the digital content for them, expect retailers to treat non-physical software consoles like the PSP or watch the price of the systems spike.
So they might as well do the logical thing and ease people into paying more and make a profit. It would make the industry healthier imo.
Exactly and Nintendo will do it and I think we're never going to get a region-free Nintendo hand-held again. The Gameboy and DS were as open as you could get for a console as they were region free.
All the jack asses downloading DS roms and shitty rulings like this are going to ruin it for those of us who do take a real interest in homebrew and importing legal games.
Once again the mouth breathers ruin something for the rest of us.
I think companies would turn a blind eye to hacking if it wasn't linked directly to piracy in virtually every instance. Face it, most people are not interested in something they view as nerdy, like homebrew gaming.
Nintendo has always sold their hardware with a profit unlike the competition so you can't say it can't be done. The problem is that no one has done it well. Even an open platform like the PC, isn't all that great and that's with backing from numerous large hardware companies and Microsoft.
The fact is 99.99% of the people using them are doing so for piracy. Just like anything else, people aren't interested in the little guy's efforts. They're interested in pirating the big name popular stuff. This is why, despite how easy it is to discover new and legal music, most people are downloading shit from Beyonce and Brittany Spears.
Secondly, saying people should have free access to develop on the system, like a PC, ignore the fact that PC gaming is dying. Part of the reason for this is piracy and part of this is because anyone can do anything on it and we receive a glut of half baked titles that just plan suck or won't be any good until they're patched.
I know the pre-Nintendo days of console gaming had some decent games but forgetting the rose tinted glasses, there was a glut of utter shit out there and that sank console gaming (just as it's killing real PC gaming).
Bill Gates was so certain he could beat consoles with PCs but I think MS realised it was working against them to have a platform where any numbnuts can release something and the decided to give in and go down the console route.
It would be nice to have freedom and in an ideal world the PC would be on top. It would have an excellent wide spread system to promote good games from people while allowing people, if they so choose, get onto Google and hunt down the rubbish as well. There were decent sites, even ages ago (like Happy Puppy) that helped find good games but I don't think, like the games, there were too many shit sites.
France has good intentions but this decision was a cock-up.
Hotmail was only ok before MS owned but now it's bloated ugly and not better for much more than a spam box. Most other live services are just inferior alternatives to something Google has done better and serves as nothin gmore than an attempt to take down Google.
I'm not sure to what extend it is but Amazon do indeed use Perl and still advertise roles mentioning Perl. Java was the only game in town in the sense that it was the best option. In my opinion is still is..Net is a non-event as long as you're forced to use it with Windows and no Mono doesn't count, unless you get a hard-on over always being outdated from the real.Net.
It may be different in other countries but I have all my GB manuals including the one that came with Tetris with my original Gameboy in the US. They do not say you can copy the game. What their game copying warning does say is that it doesn't affect your statutory rights which means really all they can do is void your warranty if you exercise your right to make a personal copy.
Mind you things have probably changed with the DCMA which is why Nintendo now cuts out the "scary" threats of back-up devices voiding warranties and breaking your carts.
Except people are frequently kicked off of Quake live by PB for no real reason. It's happened to me. It says I have corrupt packets. I'm not cheating, my connection has just gone shit for a few seconds. This wouldn't be so bad if PB actually stopped real cheaters from cheating.
Mirror's Edge has recently only been £3.75 and runs on more computers. The fact it's a limited sale as well meant that people would have to buy it up now or possibly never at that price which would explain the spike in sales.
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Sweet, it's been taken down by a copyright notice. Totally weak like as weak as updating Facebook during your marriage ceremony.
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I can post as an Anonymous Coward and claim I have more special powers than Jesus and Superman combined. Naturally, until I prove it, no one would take me seriously.
Physically women will never be equal to men. It's in out genes to be able to bulk up more. The downisde is that we generally don't live as long.
Mentally woman have the ability to be equal to men but I think, because of how long men and women have had certain roles in society, it will still be some time until we get more girls interested in things like Math, Science, Programming, etc.
It can be a struggle to get younger males interested in those things since society, in general, is dumbing down.
You will always get boys and girls that break out of the norm (that's always been the case) but in general the feeling seems to be that math and programming improve your changes of getting married or having babies and therefore isn't necessary to girls.
Mind you, I'm living just above Essex, so people I get to observe probably aren't the best candidates.
The Windows implementation of grouping windows on the task bar was rather annoying. I would much rather see tabs within the applications.
Odds are your father or grand father are smarter than their partners. Sure you mom may have a vast wealth of knowledge about shoes or Oprah but that's not of any real use.
PHP isn't necessarily cryptic but it's just as ugly as PERL.
If you install current Google maps to your Symbian phone (possibly others soon) and "reset it", it will send your personal "favorites" (read: locations saved) to Google, without even asking you. For example "Grandma's home" goes from your personal phone memory to Google, instantly.
I don't care if Google knows where Grandma lives. It's the Big bad wolf that I'm worried about.
That's easy. Just force ISPs to give up their logs. Everyone has an ISP but, believe it or not, not everyone uses Google.
Your ISP already knows everything you're doing and pretty much any site you visit will have your IP too and know what you did on their site. The government can already track you and may be doing so now
It's much better to opt out by adjusting your browser's settings. This allows you to opt out of a load of shit from all sorts of companies. If you're not doing this then you've got more to worry about than google and if you are doing it then why bitch?
I prefer to go to Google's dictionary because it loads much faster than the others. I just want a definition and if I want it expanded upon, thankfully Google provides links to external sites.
It's by no means perfect but it's probably not complete and with the inclusion of, at the very least, a wikipedia link, I can get a full and detailed definition if required.
Imo, most dictionary sites are ugly and too graphic intensive for a site where people are only interested in words.
I've always felt Urban Dictionary needs some sort of moderation. You can't trust one person to know every single bit of slang but there is some much rubbish on UD that, imo, it can be more or less useless sometimes.
The phone companies, as mentioned, don't want you to have freedom but also that most people don't actually want freedom either. They can't use computers well enough to handle it.
The reason Murdoch doesn't do anything is because doing it on his own would hurt him. The Sun, Sky News and Fox news aren't aimed at rich people, like the WSJ. They're aimed at the lower class who aren't going to pay if they can help it. So the only way Murdoch will grow an balls to lock up his sites is if he can get everyone else to do it and hopefully that won't happen.
Nintendo has always been a profitable company even when their sales were poor because they do make a profit on their systems.
All hardware should have a profit because in the future it will have to. Retailers get screwed on hardware more than anyone and they're going to sell a profitless piece of hardware so MS can sell games online.
Unless MS lets these retailers sell the digital content for them, expect retailers to treat non-physical software consoles like the PSP or watch the price of the systems spike.
So they might as well do the logical thing and ease people into paying more and make a profit. It would make the industry healthier imo.
Exactly and Nintendo will do it and I think we're never going to get a region-free Nintendo hand-held again. The Gameboy and DS were as open as you could get for a console as they were region free.
All the jack asses downloading DS roms and shitty rulings like this are going to ruin it for those of us who do take a real interest in homebrew and importing legal games.
Once again the mouth breathers ruin something for the rest of us.
I think companies would turn a blind eye to hacking if it wasn't linked directly to piracy in virtually every instance. Face it, most people are not interested in something they view as nerdy, like homebrew gaming.
Nintendo has always sold their hardware with a profit unlike the competition so you can't say it can't be done. The problem is that no one has done it well. Even an open platform like the PC, isn't all that great and that's with backing from numerous large hardware companies and Microsoft.
The fact is 99.99% of the people using them are doing so for piracy. Just like anything else, people aren't interested in the little guy's efforts. They're interested in pirating the big name popular stuff. This is why, despite how easy it is to discover new and legal music, most people are downloading shit from Beyonce and Brittany Spears.
Secondly, saying people should have free access to develop on the system, like a PC, ignore the fact that PC gaming is dying. Part of the reason for this is piracy and part of this is because anyone can do anything on it and we receive a glut of half baked titles that just plan suck or won't be any good until they're patched.
I know the pre-Nintendo days of console gaming had some decent games but forgetting the rose tinted glasses, there was a glut of utter shit out there and that sank console gaming (just as it's killing real PC gaming).
Bill Gates was so certain he could beat consoles with PCs but I think MS realised it was working against them to have a platform where any numbnuts can release something and the decided to give in and go down the console route.
It would be nice to have freedom and in an ideal world the PC would be on top. It would have an excellent wide spread system to promote good games from people while allowing people, if they so choose, get onto Google and hunt down the rubbish as well. There were decent sites, even ages ago (like Happy Puppy) that helped find good games but I don't think, like the games, there were too many shit sites.
France has good intentions but this decision was a cock-up.
Hotmail was only ok before MS owned but now it's bloated ugly and not better for much more than a spam box. Most other live services are just inferior alternatives to something Google has done better and serves as nothin gmore than an attempt to take down Google.
I'm not sure to what extend it is but Amazon do indeed use Perl and still advertise roles mentioning Perl. Java was the only game in town in the sense that it was the best option. In my opinion is still is. .Net is a non-event as long as you're forced to use it with Windows and no Mono doesn't count, unless you get a hard-on over always being outdated from the real .Net.
It may be different in other countries but I have all my GB manuals including the one that came with Tetris with my original Gameboy in the US. They do not say you can copy the game. What their game copying warning does say is that it doesn't affect your statutory rights which means really all they can do is void your warranty if you exercise your right to make a personal copy.
Mind you things have probably changed with the DCMA which is why Nintendo now cuts out the "scary" threats of back-up devices voiding warranties and breaking your carts.
Except people are frequently kicked off of Quake live by PB for no real reason. It's happened to me. It says I have corrupt packets. I'm not cheating, my connection has just gone shit for a few seconds. This wouldn't be so bad if PB actually stopped real cheaters from cheating.
Mirror's Edge has recently only been £3.75 and runs on more computers. The fact it's a limited sale as well meant that people would have to buy it up now or possibly never at that price which would explain the spike in sales.