It is rude to randomly redirect visitors to beta.slashdot.
Even more so because beta sucks.
Providing a hard to find opt-out, adding/?nobeta=1 to the url, just upgrades the aggravation level from "rude" to "insulting and infuriating".
The only acceptable option is, as always, opt-in.
Show me a robot which can play classical violin without becoming arrogant and whiny; that would be an achievement.
Here you go, done already 3 years ago.
Toyota violin-playing robot, 2007
Does that prove that classical music authors were rather repetitive and robotic?
How is Palestine a civil war? The last civil war in that area took place a couple months ago,
The Palestinian Territories, those parts in which Israel is not involved, are divided between the Hamas and the Fatah, who have been actively (and as violently as war gets) fighting each other for years already:
the administration of the territories has been contested by two rival entities, with Hamas controlling the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian National Authority (with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah in leadership) continuing to administer the West Bank. Both groups claim legitimacy over leadership of the Palestinian territories and neither recognizes the legitimacy of the other.
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The world is not black and white. And with Google and Wikipedia at your fingers' reach, you literally have no excuse. But then your sig tells enough about you.
Mod parent +6, Insightful
Seriously, there needs to be a way to mod extra-posts above the +5, Funny or the +5, Clever-thought-rated-insightful-for-lack-of-a-better-moderation
Seriously? That's absolute crap. Me installing firefox does NOT mean I want IE disabled. The EU needs to get its head out of its a**. If I want IE disabled, I'll disable it.
Where did you read that installing Firefox would automatically disable IE? Moreover, how would you disable IE if there is no way to do it?
The new feature just provides you a way to do it, without forcing you in any way to do anything. Maybe you should get your head out of your ass before posting such stupid comments (and how you got modded +5 is just beyond me).
Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond will be a 'first-person-exploration' game that will also include traditional role-playing game (RPG) elements for both single-player and team-based space exploration, but with a realistic twist.
By "traditional RPG elements" they must mean goblins and wizards and the most absurd J-Pop characters creatively possible...how they plan this with a realistic twist is beyond me.
Sounds to me like Final Fantasy in Space. Can't wait. Elder Scrolls Moon Landing perhaps?
Way to see our government dollars and manpower hard at work!!
No. Traditional RPG elements are inventories, permanent avatars, the ability to develop skills and fulfilling quests/objectives : applied to this game, I can think of building/buying new spaceships, satellites ; trying to get new fundings, taking photographs to make maps, exploring, etc...
Goblins, wizards, magic swords, hats and robes are classical heroic fantasy or D&D elements, not typically RPG.
Has it occurred to you that when Microsoft bundles those applications they get sued to pieces and end up paying billions in fines to the European antitrust extortionists^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H regulators? If you approve of those verdicts and fines, then you cannot simultaneously criticize Microsoft for forcing you to install all those things. Approving of these fines means simply that we accept (or rather demand) the inconveniences they inflict.
Then let them at least provide a way to install and update those programs easily or efficiently - fetching them one by one is certainly not. I definitely do not miss the days where I had to keep backups of basic softwares and drivers.
where the object of the game is to earn points and unlock levels by torturing your victim to death in ever more imaginative and gruesome ways
ever played manhunt?
Actually the article you're linking to only refers to the nuclear submarines and the article doesn't tell whether this infection affected them as well.
Still, I hope this gives second thoughts to any people in charge who considering to "spare money" by installing Windows on such sensitive systems...
And it took hardly a month till they got infected...
FTA:
Since 6 Jan 09 the performance of the MOD IT systems in a number of areas was affected by a virus. Immediate action was taken to isolate the problem to stop the virus from spreading. This meant that some people were without regular IT access (i.e. email, internet). There have been no infections detected on any networks with sensitive information.
Windows Se7en
It'll kill your wife, cut her head off, gift wrap it, send it to you, and allow you to edit the movie in Windows Movie Maker like never before!
SMB is the the protocol used by windows for networking (files, printers, etc... sharing).
It might be a bit more famous through the story of its Linux implementation Samba, and the trials Microsoft lost for refusing to open the specifications needed for interoperability.
the Council acts moreless like the House of Representatives, however it is not elected (the EU Parliament is) - it is sometimes called the Council of Ministers, as it is only composed by ministers ("secretary of states" if you want) of each 27 countries of the EU.
On a more general note, this is a bit a lot of fuss about not much. The EU Council does sometimes act in strange ways, but this is not enough for me to lose the trust I have in the other two big EU institution (the Commission and the Parliament)
wikileaks wasn't, as you seem to imply, censored, but simply flooded first by/b/tards, than through all the diggs, links in wired, and slashdot just caught up late. Anyway, you can get all the files that were posted on wikileaks, nothing missing... but as stated in every article : nothing to see... move along
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It is rude to randomly redirect visitors to beta.slashdot. Even more so because beta sucks.
Providing a hard to find opt-out, adding /?nobeta=1 to the url, just upgrades the aggravation level from "rude" to "insulting and infuriating".
The only acceptable option is, as always, opt-in.
I guess you need reminding. a lot.
that's why everybody's heading to this page to talk about what our options are if DICE refuses to hear us.
Exactly. :)
1st chance Linux players might try Unreal 3 will probably be through DOSBox when it's ported to DOS
Show me a robot which can play classical violin without becoming arrogant and whiny; that would be an achievement.
Here you go, done already 3 years ago.
Toyota violin-playing robot, 2007
Does that prove that classical music authors were rather repetitive and robotic?
If you have the legal right to a broadband connection, do you have the legal right to get a computer to use that connection?
Yes, it's been quite a long time. It's called the right to own property.
I've uploaded tons of stuff to YouTube that was Ogg Theora. You're not looking hard enough.
You can upload Ogg Theora videos on Youtube, but they will be automatically transcoded to FLV and viewable only as such.
The OP obviously looks for a site that allows viewing of ogg theora videos, thus getting rid of Flash lameness.
How is Palestine a civil war? The last civil war in that area took place a couple months ago,
The Palestinian Territories, those parts in which Israel is not involved, are divided between the Hamas and the Fatah, who have been actively (and as violently as war gets) fighting each other for years already:
the administration of the territories has been contested by two rival entities, with Hamas controlling the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian National Authority (with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah in leadership) continuing to administer the West Bank. Both groups claim legitimacy over leadership of the Palestinian territories and neither recognizes the legitimacy of the other.
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The world is not black and white. And with Google and Wikipedia at your fingers' reach, you literally have no excuse. But then your sig tells enough about you.
Mod parent +6, Insightful Seriously, there needs to be a way to mod extra-posts above the +5, Funny or the +5, Clever-thought-rated-insightful-for-lack-of-a-better-moderation
Article has been online for 5 minutes and the site is already down - gotta be a record!
Seriously? That's absolute crap. Me installing firefox does NOT mean I want IE disabled. The EU needs to get its head out of its a**. If I want IE disabled, I'll disable it.
Where did you read that installing Firefox would automatically disable IE? Moreover, how would you disable IE if there is no way to do it?
The new feature just provides you a way to do it, without forcing you in any way to do anything. Maybe you should get your head out of your ass before posting such stupid comments (and how you got modded +5 is just beyond me).
Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond will be a 'first-person-exploration' game that will also include traditional role-playing game (RPG) elements for both single-player and team-based space exploration, but with a realistic twist.
By "traditional RPG elements" they must mean goblins and wizards and the most absurd J-Pop characters creatively possible...how they plan this with a realistic twist is beyond me.
Sounds to me like Final Fantasy in Space. Can't wait. Elder Scrolls Moon Landing perhaps?
Way to see our government dollars and manpower hard at work!!
No. Traditional RPG elements are inventories, permanent avatars, the ability to develop skills and fulfilling quests/objectives : applied to this game, I can think of building/buying new spaceships, satellites ; trying to get new fundings, taking photographs to make maps, exploring, etc...
Goblins, wizards, magic swords, hats and robes are classical heroic fantasy or D&D elements, not typically RPG.
Has it occurred to you that when Microsoft bundles those applications they get sued to pieces and end up paying billions in fines to the European antitrust extortionists^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H regulators? If you approve of those verdicts and fines, then you cannot simultaneously criticize Microsoft for forcing you to install all those things. Approving of these fines means simply that we accept (or rather demand) the inconveniences they inflict.
Then let them at least provide a way to install and update those programs easily or efficiently - fetching them one by one is certainly not.
I definitely do not miss the days where I had to keep backups of basic softwares and drivers.
where the object of the game is to earn points and unlock levels by torturing your victim to death in ever more imaginative and gruesome ways
ever played manhunt?
One more reason to use Linux: "Your country's security depends on it."
How could that get modded "Funny"?!
Actually the article you're linking to only refers to the nuclear submarines
and the article doesn't tell whether this infection affected them as well.
Still, I hope this gives second thoughts to any people in charge
who considering to "spare money" by installing Windows on such sensitive systems...
FTA:
Since 6 Jan 09 the performance of the MOD IT systems in a number of areas was affected by a virus. Immediate action was taken to isolate the problem to stop the virus from spreading. This meant that some people were without regular IT access (i.e. email, internet). There have been no infections detected on any networks with sensitive information.
bash.org:
"omg its zack wtf: my math teacher staples burger king applications to failed tests"
the funniest thing about this is that on the youtube version of this video, there IS an "Actually Good tab!
Windows Se7en
It'll kill your wife, cut her head off, gift wrap it, send it to you, and allow you to edit the movie in Windows Movie Maker like never before!
No threat for the slashdot crowd then !
No need to be a windows server admin.
SMB is the the protocol used by windows for networking (files, printers, etc... sharing).
It might be a bit more famous through the story of its Linux implementation Samba, and the trials Microsoft lost for refusing to open the specifications needed for interoperability.
When has the European Parliament and the public interest ever coincided?
Hum let me think ...
When it voted against the 3-strikes law for downloaders?
When it voted against software patents?
When it voted for restrictions on the use of radioactive weapons?
The EU Parliament can really hardly be criticized, except for the fact that it doesn't have that much power, which in my opinion is a real pity. Go troll elsewhere.
the Council acts moreless like the House of Representatives, however it is not elected (the EU Parliament is) - it is sometimes called the Council of Ministers, as it is only composed by ministers ("secretary of states" if you want) of each 27 countries of the EU.
On a more general note, this is a bit a lot of fuss about not much. The EU Council does sometimes act in strange ways, but this is not enough for me to lose the trust I have in the other two big EU institution (the Commission and the Parliament)
For those curious people among you, here's the Parliament page of Marco CAPPATO
I particularly appreciate reading the "Parliamentary activities" of my MEPs (check the bottom of the page).
how could the devs come up with "slashdot" ?
if idle stories could get moderated like comments, I guess many of them, as this one, would get a '-1, Troll'
This could've been funny....
...NOT
wikileaks wasn't, as you seem to imply, censored, but simply flooded first by /b/tards, than through all the diggs, links in wired, and slashdot just caught up late. Anyway, you can get all the files that were posted on wikileaks, nothing missing... but as stated in every article : nothing to see... move along