I don't know whether the perspective in the game glorifies the actions of Harris and Klebold.
It doesn't.
The game tries to put the player into the place of Klebold and Harris. It's not exactly a "great" game, but I've definately played worse.
If you are going to download this game, you may want to do it soon. The article indicated that some of the content within the game may be in violation of a copyright.
I and thousands of others have it. This game will not go away. If the domain goes away, it'll appear on all of the usual p2p outlets.
My humble opinion is that the game is ambitious and they try to make a serious social commentary and they do succeed if the person playing the game is the right kind of person. If you were here for the Hellmouth sagas, you'll understand what they were trying to do.
I'm from the suburbs of Pittsburgh. In most towns, if you want to dial local emergency services you dial your local prefix plus 1111. So 412-829-1111 is the local PD in certain places.
Not as simple as 911, but when I was a kid it was almost as easy to remember.
But the kernel modules are based on the Linux kernel.
No, they're not. The glue code may be, but the source for that glue code is freely available.
They use hidden magical interfaces.
If this were true, it would invalidta all reasons for open sourcing the kernel.
You're free to download ATI or NVidia's copyrighted work (as they say- that's their distribution) and compile and link them into your kernel. You cannot redistribute your binary modules, or your built kernel with them, because you cannot satisfy the requirement of the GPL that says you need to be able to provide source code for those things.
Modules are loaded at runtime, they are not linked into the kernel. They "taint" the kernel as it's running.
This is a bullshit religious war. Binary kernel modules are hated by free software zealots. In a manner of speaking, binary kernel modules with OSS glue code is a hack of the GPL. All of the "source" that is used to build the module is freely available even if the real meat and potatos is not.
If Nvidia wants to ship their drivers with Windows Vista they have to agree to whatever rules Microsoft requires.
I'm thinking that it's probably more the other way around. Microsoft would be the big loser if Vista didn't work properly with all of the millions of NVidia chipset cards out there.
If they want to ship their drivers compiled into the Linux kernel, they have to agree to the rules the Linux kernel team requires.
These drivers aren't compiled into the kernel. They're modules that get loaded at runtime.
The tiered-internet thing is just a way to punish the people who actually use the bandwidth they were already sold. And an attempt to enact a tax on those who dare to actually provide data that's interesting enough that lots of their customers want it, all at the same time.
It's analogous to an "all you can eat" restaurant charging more for each clean plate that you use.
As a conservative, I was actually pretty thrilled by some of Clinton's policies, although I know some conservatives (possibly showing their partisan side) were absolutely galled that a Democrat president could show fiscal discipline and balance the budget.
My problems with Clinton weren't really about his economics. I'm a social conservative. He was for everything I was against and vice versa.
I don't get why consersatives who don't trust the gov't to guide the economy *do* trust it to manage private info well. If they F-up the economy, aren't they likely to F-up security as well? Somebody please explain this logic to me.
I'm a Conservative who finds this type of thing to be anathema to freedom. What you've done is mistake partisans for conservatives. Real conservatives aren't thrilled about the Bush administrations policies, just like real liberals weren't thrilled about Clinton.
Pretty much every Brit who dismisses American surprise about the London camera system.
But at least I have power over my own government (and to some small extent, over the EU). If G. W. Bush wants to put me in one of his camps, I cannot vote him out of office...
He can't run again, he'll be out of office in 2.5 years regardless.
I'm sorry that I don't have any mod points. Seth Brundle is also my favorite film scientist.
I think that more real scientists should be like the pre-accident Seth. No BS games of office politics. No competing to see who's smarter. Just coming up with great ideas and getting shit done.
in the IT sector. Namely because unions enforce pay raises based and promotions based on seniority and not ability of performance.
In a union shop, the only thing you know for certain about the people with a lot of seniority is that they didn't fuck up enough to get fired. That doesn't means that they're the best, or that they're even good at what they do.
That mentality can work in unskilled or semiskilled labor driven fields like construction or manufacturing but in IT it won't survive. In IT only the best should be promoted. It helps keep the best people in an organization and allows those with less skill, ability or work ethic to move on.
Which justifies why EVERY sane man should quietly (ie, if you want your penis still attached the next morning, don't tell the wifey) get a paternity test of any kid "his" mate pops out.
I realize that it might put Maury Povich out of business, but I believe that every birth should be accompanies by a legally mandated paternity test. From right after the child's birth, we'd know with 99.99% certainty if the man who thinks he's the father really is.
Many women routinely lie about paternity. They choose the man who has the highest income to claim is the father because they know that most of the time the stupid men will believe them and not get a paternity test and even if he does she won't be punished for lying.
Well, that's their fucking job! They represent the accusation, after all.
I don't know about you, but I prefer that prosecutors are first and foremost concerned with justice. I want the right people convicted and sent to prison, not just the ones that the prosecutors can convict.
Also, it's likely to use a proprietary API (remember Glide? EAX?) that will make it difficult for competitors to create a wider market for this type of product.
I also remember that in its day Glide was faster and resulted in higher quality 3d than OpenGL or DirectX.
I despise diet soft drinks. I HATE TME>. I'm offended when someone offers one to me. But the Diet Coke with Splenda tastes more like regular Cola than anything else I've ever tried.
Maybe you just need to try a few different things until you hit on one that works for you.
I'd prefer to drink some real sugar than an artificial sweetner so usually I only drink diet if there is no regular alternative. We're relatively sure that the only side effect of consumption of sugar is getting fat. We do not yet know long term side effects of artificial sweetners.
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Haulocaust? Is that when a dump truck spills its contents all over the highway?
There have been Holocaust video games.
Unfortunately they have been produced to show a Pro-Nazi point of view and reward people for their efficiency.
LK
being that I haven't played the game myself,
I have.
I don't know whether the perspective in the game glorifies the actions of Harris and Klebold.
It doesn't.
The game tries to put the player into the place of Klebold and Harris. It's not exactly a "great" game, but I've definately played worse.
If you are going to download this game, you may want to do it soon. The article indicated that some of the content within the game may be in violation of a copyright.
I and thousands of others have it. This game will not go away. If the domain goes away, it'll appear on all of the usual p2p outlets.
My humble opinion is that the game is ambitious and they try to make a serious social commentary and they do succeed if the person playing the game is the right kind of person. If you were here for the Hellmouth sagas, you'll understand what they were trying to do.
LK
Even if you don't adjust for inflation, the Neo Geo was more expensive than the reported price for the baseline PS3.
LK
When I was a kid, I lived in Turtle Creek.
Maybe it was 823-1111.
I'm from the suburbs of Pittsburgh. In most towns, if you want to dial local emergency services you dial your local prefix plus 1111. So 412-829-1111 is the local PD in certain places.
Not as simple as 911, but when I was a kid it was almost as easy to remember.
LK
But the kernel modules are based on the Linux kernel.
No, they're not. The glue code may be, but the source for that glue code is freely available.
They use hidden magical interfaces.
If this were true, it would invalidta all reasons for open sourcing the kernel.
You're free to download ATI or NVidia's copyrighted work (as they say- that's their distribution) and compile and link them into your kernel. You cannot redistribute your binary modules, or your built kernel with them, because you cannot satisfy the requirement of the GPL that says you need to be able to provide source code for those things.
Modules are loaded at runtime, they are not linked into the kernel. They "taint" the kernel as it's running.
This is a bullshit religious war. Binary kernel modules are hated by free software zealots. In a manner of speaking, binary kernel modules with OSS glue code is a hack of the GPL. All of the "source" that is used to build the module is freely available even if the real meat and potatos is not.
LK
If Nvidia wants to ship their drivers with Windows Vista they have to agree to whatever rules Microsoft requires.
I'm thinking that it's probably more the other way around. Microsoft would be the big loser if Vista didn't work properly with all of the millions of NVidia chipset cards out there.
If they want to ship their drivers compiled into the Linux kernel, they have to agree to the rules the Linux kernel team requires.
These drivers aren't compiled into the kernel. They're modules that get loaded at runtime.
LK
The tiered-internet thing is just a way to punish the people who actually use the bandwidth they were already sold. And an attempt to enact a tax on those who dare to actually provide data that's interesting enough that lots of their customers want it, all at the same time.
It's analogous to an "all you can eat" restaurant charging more for each clean plate that you use.
LK
One of the main areas of "work" in CIA is industrial espionage (for american companies). These records must be very valuable information.
It's well known that French intelligence and the Chinese do it for their own countries as well.
It's par for the course.
LK
As a conservative, I was actually pretty thrilled by some of Clinton's policies, although I know some conservatives (possibly showing their partisan side) were absolutely galled that a Democrat president could show fiscal discipline and balance the budget.
My problems with Clinton weren't really about his economics. I'm a social conservative. He was for everything I was against and vice versa.
LK
It's the first wild one that we know of being shot.
Was it really that hard to figure out?
LK
The argument can be made that wolves and dogs are the same species. I doubt though that most people would argue that coyotes are of the same species.
LK
I don't get why consersatives who don't trust the gov't to guide the economy *do* trust it to manage private info well. If they F-up the economy, aren't they likely to F-up security as well? Somebody please explain this logic to me.
I'm a Conservative who finds this type of thing to be anathema to freedom. What you've done is mistake partisans for conservatives. Real conservatives aren't thrilled about the Bush administrations policies, just like real liberals weren't thrilled about Clinton.
LK
Who said it wasn't a big deal?
...
Pretty much every Brit who dismisses American surprise about the London camera system.
But at least I have power over my own government (and to some small extent, over the EU). If G. W. Bush wants to put me in one of his camps, I cannot vote him out of office
He can't run again, he'll be out of office in 2.5 years regardless.
LK
how it's no big deal when your European governments retain data on you because you know that they'd never misuse it.
LK
I'm sorry that I don't have any mod points. Seth Brundle is also my favorite film scientist.
I think that more real scientists should be like the pre-accident Seth. No BS games of office politics. No competing to see who's smarter. Just coming up with great ideas and getting shit done.
LK
Bottom line, do you trust this Presidency to stay within the law governing privacy, search and seizure, and due process?
I don't trust any administration 100% in that regard. Do you think that the last one would have been any more trustworthy? Or the next one?
At this point, the current administration has basically said (without using so many words) that they are above the law.
And the last one didn't?
LK
here are several pilot projects being launched in the US, including one in the Pittsburgh suburb of Monroeville.
Monroeville is less than 5 miles from where I live.
LK
in the IT sector. Namely because unions enforce pay raises based and promotions based on seniority and not ability of performance.
In a union shop, the only thing you know for certain about the people with a lot of seniority is that they didn't fuck up enough to get fired. That doesn't means that they're the best, or that they're even good at what they do.
That mentality can work in unskilled or semiskilled labor driven fields like construction or manufacturing but in IT it won't survive. In IT only the best should be promoted. It helps keep the best people in an organization and allows those with less skill, ability or work ethic to move on.
LK
Which justifies why EVERY sane man should quietly (ie, if you want your penis still attached the next morning, don't tell the wifey) get a paternity test of any kid "his" mate pops out.
I realize that it might put Maury Povich out of business, but I believe that every birth should be accompanies by a legally mandated paternity test. From right after the child's birth, we'd know with 99.99% certainty if the man who thinks he's the father really is.
Many women routinely lie about paternity. They choose the man who has the highest income to claim is the father because they know that most of the time the stupid men will believe them and not get a paternity test and even if he does she won't be punished for lying.
LK
Should I expect to be arrested if they accidentally discover my order of the German CD "lesbian chestpoopers #37?"
Everthing went downhill after #35, I don't even think they use real poop in #37.
LK
Well, that's their fucking job! They represent the accusation, after all.
I don't know about you, but I prefer that prosecutors are first and foremost concerned with justice. I want the right people convicted and sent to prison, not just the ones that the prosecutors can convict.
LK
Also, it's likely to use a proprietary API (remember Glide? EAX?) that will make it difficult for competitors to create a wider market for this type of product.
I also remember that in its day Glide was faster and resulted in higher quality 3d than OpenGL or DirectX.
LK
I despise diet soft drinks. I HATE TME>. I'm offended when someone offers one to me. But the Diet Coke with Splenda tastes more like regular Cola than anything else I've ever tried.
Maybe you just need to try a few different things until you hit on one that works for you.
I'd prefer to drink some real sugar than an artificial sweetner so usually I only drink diet if there is no regular alternative. We're relatively sure that the only side effect of consumption of sugar is getting fat. We do not yet know long term side effects of artificial sweetners.
LK
I hope this guy appears on a few call-in shows. I'd love to ask him some questions.
I hate to beat a dead horse, but I cleaned his clock when he was on Mike Reagan's radio show about three years ago.
He's an asshat. He likes to whip up the fears of uninformed parents and morality crusaders. Whether the facts support his position or not.
LK