What makes me laugh is that there is such an "Us Vs Them" tone in all of it. It's like the nice business people think that all the open source guys are just waiting to kill their babies! I mean settle down.
Make money and make a reputation through making and marketing GOOD STABLE WORKING software. Don't try to do it by making a big bag of shit and blocking anyone trying to compete.
Oh, hang on, yes, now I see the potential problem for the business types...
Maybe he is one of the people you guys refer to as "You Aussies", or one of those British folks. Them and us and our whacky spelling. I mean, we should be telling the English how to spell in English right?
Any company that goes to the extent of doing detailed customer feedback surveys and can't afford to spend $20 per domain to register possibilities SHOULD lose out to someone with half a brain that will go register them.
In my opinion, same deal here. What's that, you have a idea for your city to maybe have a shot at the 20xx games? Go register the domain for $20. Save the hassle later.
And I think you just established that you totally missed the reference in the original post. Go back watch some of your (hopefully) older DVDs and see if you get the reference:)
What if the link contained Trademarked content? What if part of the link used images/content from the site that it linked to? I mean what if I used a file on your website to link it from my website - and in the process drove your bandwidth through the roof?
Just throwing up ideas though, I think it's all pretty silly.
I don't think even the RIAA is sick enough to enforce copyright infringement on Britney's songs. I mean anyone *THAT* sick to download em is capable of much more hideous actions and even the RIAA is scared of some things.
No, actually, it lets Slashdotters feel special once again in that "makes you fuzzy inside" elitist way.
It's all about evolution you see. Survival of the fittest.
1) Girl looks for mate.
2) Girl goes to muscle bound jock type.
3) Jock cannot provide any entertainment prior to the act as he cannot afford to be spending that much money for a rip.
4) Girl searches for another better suited mate.
5) Girl happens accross geek who understands how to rip a dvd for free and has amassed a library of girlie flicks for just this occasion.
6) Girl isn't pleased in bed, but at least the nerd got his bit in.
It's not quite automatic, but autoGK (http://www.autogk.me.uk/) is normally what I use, partly because you can cue it up to do a nice big bunch of episodes overnight, but mainly due to the amazing compression that it can do.
Yes, it's slower than many other rippers (It does two passes of the file) but considering that you end up with better picture quality every time you watch it afterwards, I am convinced about it.
Hmmm, okay, seems things are different over there to over here.
Over here, if I am within a "normal" suburban area, I can go with generally any of about 5 larger companies and a handful of local ISP's. The worst experience I can recall was TPG.com.au taking 3 calls to resolve an issue (which also took about a week to do) at which point I got them to remove the service and joined Internode.com.au who I have been delighted with.
Given that Australia is generally a long way behind in regards to broadband enabled countries, I assumed it was better in the US.
Not to directly jump in and take sides, but if you want a service, and have to call twenty times with no result, anything else that eventuates is your fault. If someone can't provide you the right service after one call (okay, throw in a second followup call just for good measure) then do business with someone else. Uselss companies will flounder, good companies will flourish. People seem to have lost the ability to look at a service and say "Hey, you aren't doing a good enough job here. Pack up, leave and I will give my money to someone better than you."
1. Order ISP stuffs to be installed at a vacant house.
2. Make passing remark including word hostage, poor service.
3. Watch hapless field tech scurry off leaving behind all valuable gear.
4. Profit.
Not to rain on your parade, but if this is your interpretation of the opening sequence and the movie in general, I think you missed the point of it. I agree that it shows how brave the soldiers are. It shows the sacrifice. It shows how selfless they are.
It then shows just how many people died to claim a beach. And for what purpose really?
Maybe you could point out the "selflessness" and "moral good" in the current wars raging on in Africa? Shed some insight into the conflicts in the middle east? What "good" and "noble purpose" are they serving?
Every GTA up until GTA 4 is a satire. That's right, it isn't meant to be taken seriously.
I totally have no problem with it as a game. But never underestimate the stupidity of people. I bet that for every person that sees it for the satire that it is, there is another that misses the joke.
Also, much more importantly, behavioral learning in humans shows us that if we perform the same action over and over for some form of reward, we will gradually accept this behaviour as good - whether it was meant as a satirical look at our society or not.
Lastly, the violence is "acceptable" as it is a "bit of fun" it's "just a game" and "no-one takes it seriously", yet every time you play games like this, you lose that little bit more sensitivity to violence. It is gradually eating away. Over time, more and more violence towards other less "acceptable" targets begins to seem more okay.
Don't believe me about it steadily increasing? Look at the average level of violence in TV drama over the past twenty years. We have gone from accepting a very small bit of violence from the "bad guys" to the good guys - cause they are the bad guys after all - to the current shows where the "good guys" use torture and other extreme violence to the "bad guys" to "get the plans" or to "save the population" and so on. Still not convinced? Watch a few episodes of "24". Bust out an episode of "Lost".
We've all played GTA. What, if anything, in the entire series compares with the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan?
Well, there is a significant difference you see. Sure the opening scene of Private Ryan is gruesome and vivid. Yet the message behind it is the pointlessness and futility of the whole thing. Most violence in GTA is trivial in comparison but instills that VIOLENCE HAS REWARDS. That is a very significant difference.
I have a good number of friends in the beta for this, and they do not seem to be complaining in the LEAST about the amount of content. I seem to actually hear nothing but good things about the amount of possibilities.
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What makes me laugh is that there is such an "Us Vs Them" tone in all of it. It's like the nice business people think that all the open source guys are just waiting to kill their babies! I mean settle down.
Make money and make a reputation through making and marketing GOOD STABLE WORKING software. Don't try to do it by making a big bag of shit and blocking anyone trying to compete.
Oh, hang on, yes, now I see the potential problem for the business types...
"Being a dragon is all fun and games till some tincan bastard comes and shoves a sword in your throat."
If you delete something from Deletiopedia, it would likely appear as an article on Wikipedia again.
It would be in violation of time space for it to exist in two places in the universe at the same time.
We are liberating a sneeze?
Yes!
Why?
Our cars can run on Sneezes!
Get Cheney back here!
Maybe he is one of the people you guys refer to as "You Aussies", or one of those British folks. Them and us and our whacky spelling. I mean, we should be telling the English how to spell in English right?
It's not exactly rocket science. Think of possible cities and tack on a year in 4 digit increments.
Domain names are the new slot machines.
Any company that goes to the extent of doing detailed customer feedback surveys and can't afford to spend $20 per domain to register possibilities SHOULD lose out to someone with half a brain that will go register them.
In my opinion, same deal here. What's that, you have a idea for your city to maybe have a shot at the 20xx games? Go register the domain for $20. Save the hassle later.
That's just GOLD!
No, it's a trap!
... that's no moon ...
We've already established that. It's a planet.
And I think you just established that you totally missed the reference in the original post. Go back watch some of your (hopefully) older DVDs and see if you get the reference :)
Many people have small minds. Many people NEED to believe that they are so special that some all powerful being created them in his image.
Me personally, I think it's cool that we evolved from some sludge in the sea. I don't have an issue with what we are or how we came to be.
What if the link contained Trademarked content? What if part of the link used images/content from the site that it linked to? I mean what if I used a file on your website to link it from my website - and in the process drove your bandwidth through the roof?
Just throwing up ideas though, I think it's all pretty silly.
I don't think even the RIAA is sick enough to enforce copyright infringement on Britney's songs. I mean anyone *THAT* sick to download em is capable of much more hideous actions and even the RIAA is scared of some things.
Hmmm, Bill Gates, take notice. Maybe you could spend some of your BILLIONS to make Windows have a better user experience?
Maybe just make it work a little better?
Maybe just work?
No, actually, it lets Slashdotters feel special once again in that "makes you fuzzy inside" elitist way.
It's all about evolution you see. Survival of the fittest.
1) Girl looks for mate.
2) Girl goes to muscle bound jock type.
3) Jock cannot provide any entertainment prior to the act as he cannot afford to be spending that much money for a rip.
4) Girl searches for another better suited mate.
5) Girl happens accross geek who understands how to rip a dvd for free and has amassed a library of girlie flicks for just this occasion.
6) Girl isn't pleased in bed, but at least the nerd got his bit in.
Amirite?
It's not quite automatic, but autoGK (http://www.autogk.me.uk/) is normally what I use, partly because you can cue it up to do a nice big bunch of episodes overnight, but mainly due to the amazing compression that it can do.
Yes, it's slower than many other rippers (It does two passes of the file) but considering that you end up with better picture quality every time you watch it afterwards, I am convinced about it.
Hmmm, okay, seems things are different over there to over here.
Over here, if I am within a "normal" suburban area, I can go with generally any of about 5 larger companies and a handful of local ISP's. The worst experience I can recall was TPG.com.au taking 3 calls to resolve an issue (which also took about a week to do) at which point I got them to remove the service and joined Internode.com.au who I have been delighted with.
Given that Australia is generally a long way behind in regards to broadband enabled countries, I assumed it was better in the US.
Not to directly jump in and take sides, but if you want a service, and have to call twenty times with no result, anything else that eventuates is your fault. If someone can't provide you the right service after one call (okay, throw in a second followup call just for good measure) then do business with someone else. Uselss companies will flounder, good companies will flourish. People seem to have lost the ability to look at a service and say "Hey, you aren't doing a good enough job here. Pack up, leave and I will give my money to someone better than you."
Why accept such poor service at all?
A new get rich quick plan:
1. Order ISP stuffs to be installed at a vacant house.
2. Make passing remark including word hostage, poor service.
3. Watch hapless field tech scurry off leaving behind all valuable gear.
4. Profit.
Not to rain on your parade, but if this is your interpretation of the opening sequence and the movie in general, I think you missed the point of it. I agree that it shows how brave the soldiers are. It shows the sacrifice. It shows how selfless they are.
It then shows just how many people died to claim a beach. And for what purpose really?
Maybe you could point out the "selflessness" and "moral good" in the current wars raging on in Africa? Shed some insight into the conflicts in the middle east? What "good" and "noble purpose" are they serving?
War is BAD. It's that simple.
Every GTA up until GTA 4 is a satire. That's right, it isn't meant to be taken seriously.
I totally have no problem with it as a game. But never underestimate the stupidity of people. I bet that for every person that sees it for the satire that it is, there is another that misses the joke.
Also, much more importantly, behavioral learning in humans shows us that if we perform the same action over and over for some form of reward, we will gradually accept this behaviour as good - whether it was meant as a satirical look at our society or not.
Lastly, the violence is "acceptable" as it is a "bit of fun" it's "just a game" and "no-one takes it seriously", yet every time you play games like this, you lose that little bit more sensitivity to violence. It is gradually eating away. Over time, more and more violence towards other less "acceptable" targets begins to seem more okay.
Don't believe me about it steadily increasing? Look at the average level of violence in TV drama over the past twenty years. We have gone from accepting a very small bit of violence from the "bad guys" to the good guys - cause they are the bad guys after all - to the current shows where the "good guys" use torture and other extreme violence to the "bad guys" to "get the plans" or to "save the population" and so on. Still not convinced? Watch a few episodes of "24". Bust out an episode of "Lost".
We've all played GTA. What, if anything, in the entire series compares with the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan?
Well, there is a significant difference you see. Sure the opening scene of Private Ryan is gruesome and vivid. Yet the message behind it is the pointlessness and futility of the whole thing. Most violence in GTA is trivial in comparison but instills that VIOLENCE HAS REWARDS. That is a very significant difference.
I have a good number of friends in the beta for this, and they do not seem to be complaining in the LEAST about the amount of content. I seem to actually hear nothing but good things about the amount of possibilities.
Or...
See how many edits there are on the "Who shot first, Han or Greedo?" entry.
It's okay, he is number 57. Not very high up the conspiracy food chain. Better to bring him over to our side and find his boss.