People don't buy a car and expect to just drive it.
People understand that even if they can't fix their cars themselves, they still need to be able to explain to someone who can what's wrong.
You might not know how to fix the alignment, but you should be able to explain that your car is pulling to one side or that your tires are wearing unevenly.
You can't just show up at a mechanic's place and say "Um, it's broke."
You might not know how to change your own oil, but you should know to take your car to someone who can periodically.
There is no reason why people should expect computers to be different.
I'm not sure if it's intentional, but developers seem to be missing the point of WHY PC game sales is slumping.
I haven't seen any reports, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that HL sold more than HL2.
PC Games will often silently avoid products that they don't like. Overly restrictive copy protection? I'll pass. Poor performance/stability? I'll pass. Shitty gameplay? I'll pass.
I didn't buy HL2. I didn't buy Daikatana. I didn't buy Quake 3. All for the aforementioned reasons.
A market-droid may see someone who behaves like me as a reason to shift focus to the Console world. I think that people like me are a reason to give gamers what they want.
iD made millions of dollars with Quake & Quake II. Piracy of those two games was rampant. I probably knew more people who ripped them off than bought them. But the developer/publisher made a success out of them because they were great games.
But then he tries to do something stupid like this. This is black mail, like if I have pictures of your wife naked and threaten to post them on the web unless you pay me $1000. What can a person do?
It's all about spin. What if he feels that he is entitled to a refund for a hair replacement that he isn't happy with?
Is he saying "I'll keep badmouthing your company on the internet until you make this right" or is he saying "Pay me money and I'll leave you alone."
There is a difference. One is extortion, the other obviously isn't.
Good idea, no, great idea but why stop with 8 sided dice?
Going with a 10 or 20 sided die would provide more bit density. Sure, it wouldn't translate to hex as easily as an 8 or 16 sided die, but the greater bit density would make it worthwhile. It would be rather easy to code a C, C++ or even VB program to take all of the results of your rolls and convert them to ASCII for the purpose of key generation. Or you could go with an obscenely high number of bits and MD5SUM them to generate your key. The possibilities are virtually limitless.
It seems that 'campaign finance reform' is turning out to be the biggest Trojan Horse in the campaign to regulate free speech.
We told you so. We told you so. We told you so. We told you so.
Conservatives were screaming from the rooftops about how "Campaign Finance Reform", specifically McCain-Feingold.
This is the kind of abuse that we TOLD EVERYONE would result. People assumed that the Democrats would retake congress in the last two elections. People assumed that Democrats would have the White House. People assumed that it would only be Right to Life groups and the NRA who were hamstrung by "Campaign Finance Reform", they were wrong.
I'm not new to slashdot. I remember seeing people here time and time again talk about how this "reform" was needed. Isn't this what you wanted?
No. I mean that before Apple even started working on porting NeXT to their hardware, Be's system was working properly and there was an open source way to run Classic Mac OS apps on it.
With much less work than it took to make OS X from NeXT's code, they could have had a next generation OS that was truly cross-platform.
In case you're unaware of Apple's history, they have been known to buy the rights to others' software and incorporate it. Remember the Extension Manager? It was once a third party utility that Apple bought, improved and made a part of the OS.
With Sheep Shaver, Classic Mac OS Apps could be run under BeOS. It also provided access to the serial ports and thereby printing, which the BeOS had been lacking.
I suspect that Apple went with NeXT because Steve Jobs came along with the deal.
McCain-Powell would be a fantastic Democratic ticket. They'd have a good chance of winning the general election. Not only would they lose as Republican candidates, they'd never get past the primaries. McCain tried his hardest to do that in 2000 and failed.
Too bad we couldn't have voted for McCain or Powell...
Either of those two men would make a fantastic VP Candidate. Neither one could win the whitehouse. They're both to socially "moderate", they favor abortion rights and gun control. Those two issues will kill any GOP Presidential candidate.
I submit to you that Bush intentionally and specifically mangles English to provide subconscious and/or double-meanings, from his insistance that Iran can't have new killer weapons to....
At least he knows what the definition of the word "is" is.
"Don't Ask Don't Tell" was a means to an end. Before it, any person in the military could be dismissed for being a homosexual.
After, people have been able to successfully sue for being dismissed.
The tax cuts are big fun, but until I see spending cuts to go with them, I consider the Bush administration's stewardship of the budget to be vastly inferior to Clinton's, as far as the conservative agenda is concerned.
Bush is a social conservative. Economically, he's much more moderate.
Apart from an aborted attempt at nationalizing health care (which GWB has made great strides towards in his wake anyway), Clinton was a very centrist President.
Clinton may have had a centrist presidency, but he was no centrist.
He won the election in 1992. He took office in 1993. He recinded the global-gag rule on abortion. He signed the Brady Bill into law. He banned many semi-automatic firearms and magazines with capacities over 10. He signed the largest tax increase in American history. His actions during 1993 and 1994 caused such a backlash that the democrats lost congress in 1994.
His extreme liberalism cost the Democrats a lot.
He kept office in 1996 for two reasons. The Republicans thought that he was weak enough to get beaten by Bob Dole and his base was so terrified of a Republican president with a Republican Congress that they kicked into high gear.
Clinton HAD to keep the same Republican storm from sweeping him out of office. He signed "Welfare Reform" legislation because he had to keep the Republican base from getting too inflamed.
Every centrist move he made was made to protect his neck.
He may have had a centrist presidency, but he was no centrist.
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critics might want to actually pay attention to what he's trying to do before criticizing something that has nothing to do with what he is trying.
People may be a bit prejudiced against Mr. Gore because of what he has done in the past.
LK
People don't buy a car and expect to just drive it.
People understand that even if they can't fix their cars themselves, they still need to be able to explain to someone who can what's wrong.
You might not know how to fix the alignment, but you should be able to explain that your car is pulling to one side or that your tires are wearing unevenly.
You can't just show up at a mechanic's place and say "Um, it's broke."
You might not know how to change your own oil, but you should know to take your car to someone who can periodically.
There is no reason why people should expect computers to be different.
LK
Some people simply should not own computers.
LK
I'm not sure if it's intentional, but developers seem to be missing the point of WHY PC game sales is slumping.
I haven't seen any reports, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that HL sold more than HL2.
PC Games will often silently avoid products that they don't like. Overly restrictive copy protection? I'll pass. Poor performance/stability? I'll pass. Shitty gameplay? I'll pass.
I didn't buy HL2. I didn't buy Daikatana. I didn't buy Quake 3. All for the aforementioned reasons.
A market-droid may see someone who behaves like me as a reason to shift focus to the Console world. I think that people like me are a reason to give gamers what they want.
iD made millions of dollars with Quake & Quake II. Piracy of those two games was rampant. I probably knew more people who ripped them off than bought them. But the developer/publisher made a success out of them because they were great games.
The industry needs to get back to that.
LK
Just imagine the porno sites...
http://www.a-sloppy-blowjob.rules
LK
But then he tries to do something stupid like this. This is black mail, like if I have pictures of your wife naked and threaten to post them on the web unless you pay me $1000. What can a person do?
It's all about spin. What if he feels that he is entitled to a refund for a hair replacement that he isn't happy with?
Is he saying "I'll keep badmouthing your company on the internet until you make this right" or is he saying "Pay me money and I'll leave you alone."
There is a difference. One is extortion, the other obviously isn't.
LK
Good idea, no, great idea but why stop with 8 sided dice?
Going with a 10 or 20 sided die would provide more bit density. Sure, it wouldn't translate to hex as easily as an 8 or 16 sided die, but the greater bit density would make it worthwhile. It would be rather easy to code a C, C++ or even VB program to take all of the results of your rolls and convert them to ASCII for the purpose of key generation. Or you could go with an obscenely high number of bits and MD5SUM them to generate your key. The possibilities are virtually limitless.
LK
Is the city liable when drug dealers do business in a park?
If they knew (or should have known) and did nothing to stop it. They just might be.
LK
You are correct. The vote has not yet been taken. The fact that it was even discussed is mind boggling to me.
LK
McCain is a Republican, but he's no conservative.
At least he's not a social conservative. He's "pro choice" and in favor of gun control.
He's a RINO. (Republican In Name Only)
LK
Why don't you specifiy what "abuse" is taking place here? Whose rights to do what are being curtailed? Whose free speech is being restricted?
The people who are now required to "register" to exercise their right to free speech.
LK
It seems that 'campaign finance reform' is turning out to be the biggest Trojan Horse in the campaign to regulate free speech.
We told you so.
We told you so.
We told you so.
We told you so.
Conservatives were screaming from the rooftops about how "Campaign Finance Reform", specifically McCain-Feingold.
This is the kind of abuse that we TOLD EVERYONE would result. People assumed that the Democrats would retake congress in the last two elections. People assumed that Democrats would have the White House. People assumed that it would only be Right to Life groups and the NRA who were hamstrung by "Campaign Finance Reform", they were wrong.
I'm not new to slashdot. I remember seeing people here time and time again talk about how this "reform" was needed. Isn't this what you wanted?
LK
Just think about how bad it would suck to go up against a cheater.
LK
No. I mean that before Apple even started working on porting NeXT to their hardware, Be's system was working properly and there was an open source way to run Classic Mac OS apps on it.
With much less work than it took to make OS X from NeXT's code, they could have had a next generation OS that was truly cross-platform.
In case you're unaware of Apple's history, they have been known to buy the rights to others' software and incorporate it. Remember the Extension Manager? It was once a third party utility that Apple bought, improved and made a part of the OS.
LK
BeOS was closer to being ready.
With Sheep Shaver, Classic Mac OS Apps could be run under BeOS. It also provided access to the serial ports and thereby printing, which the BeOS had been lacking.
I suspect that Apple went with NeXT because Steve Jobs came along with the deal.
LK
But with the KwH being used, does that really save all that much?
LK
What if someone is trying to get revenge on a former employer?
Design the virus to propogade for a fixed period of time and then lock down all of the hard drives over night.
LK
McCain-Powell would be a fantastic Democratic ticket. They'd have a good chance of winning the general election. Not only would they lose as Republican candidates, they'd never get past the primaries. McCain tried his hardest to do that in 2000 and failed.
LK
I do believe his timing was good enough to make him a dotcom billionaire.
LK
Too bad we couldn't have voted for McCain or Powell...
Either of those two men would make a fantastic VP Candidate. Neither one could win the whitehouse. They're both to socially "moderate", they favor abortion rights and gun control. Those two issues will kill any GOP Presidential candidate.
LK
Does this mean that he doesn't have to pay state taxes in the state where he's located?
LK
Can't say that I experienced any ear burning today.
I used to be a HUGE Mac advocate. Somewhere, I still have Mac Addict issue #1.
LK
I submit to you that Bush intentionally and specifically mangles English to provide subconscious and/or double-meanings, from his insistance that Iran can't have new killer weapons to....
At least he knows what the definition of the word "is" is.
LK
"Don't Ask Don't Tell" was a means to an end. Before it, any person in the military could be dismissed for being a homosexual.
After, people have been able to successfully sue for being dismissed.
The tax cuts are big fun, but until I see spending cuts to go with them, I consider the Bush administration's stewardship of the budget to be vastly inferior to Clinton's, as far as the conservative agenda is concerned.
Bush is a social conservative. Economically, he's much more moderate.
LK
Apart from an aborted attempt at nationalizing health care (which GWB has made great strides towards in his wake anyway), Clinton was a very centrist President.
Clinton may have had a centrist presidency, but he was no centrist.
He won the election in 1992. He took office in 1993. He recinded the global-gag rule on abortion. He signed the Brady Bill into law. He banned many semi-automatic firearms and magazines with capacities over 10. He signed the largest tax increase in American history. His actions during 1993 and 1994 caused such a backlash that the democrats lost congress in 1994.
His extreme liberalism cost the Democrats a lot.
He kept office in 1996 for two reasons. The Republicans thought that he was weak enough to get beaten by Bob Dole and his base was so terrified of a Republican president with a Republican Congress that they kicked into high gear.
Clinton HAD to keep the same Republican storm from sweeping him out of office. He signed "Welfare Reform" legislation because he had to keep the Republican base from getting too inflamed.
Every centrist move he made was made to protect his neck.
He may have had a centrist presidency, but he was no centrist.
LK