This calls for a Firefox add-on or greasemonkey script that will take such pages, request the pages with different user-agents, and compare the resulting pages for differences. If the only difference is a single numerical value, it should be easy enough to catch. And then print it to the user in a neat table or graph.
A player two hours of gameplay under his belt doesn't have a chance against another player who likewise has played SC2 for two hours, but who happens to know, for example, this 7RR trick from TFA.
Is this analogous to chess? Can memorizing a single opening render as big an advantage in chess?
I've tried Supreme Commander before and it certainly catered more to my interests than StarCraft 2. R.US.E seems interesting, I'll be looking at that one later.
Obviosly I can't reply to every suggestion, and many of them are new and interesting, so I'll just do this once: Thanks everyone!
I'd like to see a game that isn't a click-fest, but still would offer some action and nice visuals. Something with the gameplay involving giving orders to partially autonomous troops. After giving orders, you could watch and see how they fare and perhaps give some further orders, maybe with some possible penalty incurred for breaking radio silence. Or in the setting of a Total War type of game, there could be a limited number messengers who would take time to reach the troops and even have a chance to fail in delivering your orders.
Still, it's nice to see geeks ruining games that can be dominated by simply knowing the best build order.;)
# someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
There's no generosity to take advantage of. Our "freeloader" is a paying customer among others.
# Freeloader is a game published by Cheapass Games. The object of the game is to mooch as much free stuff as possible off of your friends and neighbours.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader_(game)
Still a paying customer.
# One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share; An individual who gets merchandise from the back of supermarket premises that are past-their sell-by-date (Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Scotland)
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/freeloader
Still a paying customer, paying the full price required by the business.
# The Freeloaders were formed in 2004 by Kevin O'Toole and Dale Longworth, two of the founder members of N-Trance.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloaders_(band)
Our "freeloader" probably can't play that well.
# Freeloading - The term "exploitation" may carry two distinct meanings: * The act of using something for any purpose. In this case, exploit is a synonym for use. * The act of using something in an unjust or cruel manner. It is this meaning of exploitation which is discussed below.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloading
I know of some power users, but I still wouldn't call them exploitative or cruel in their browsing.
# a person who imposes on another's hospitality without sharing in the responsibility or cost.
www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/The-Bean-Trees-Study-and-Homework-Help-Full-Glossary-for-The-Bean-Trees.id-30,pageNum-74.html
Again, they pay in full.
In the final analysis, you are kind of right. But we're all freeloaders of society. A doctor will cure us, and we use an insurance that's in effect paid by the premiums of other people. We use public infrastructure that has been paid by taxes. We eat food that is subsidized by the government.
The thing is, it's a negative term, and nobody wants to be called a freeloader.
You want a public search engine? Just make one and stop whining.
Also he complains about cencorship?
Let's see how bad cencorship gets on a nationally owned search engine. I bet all kinds of unfavorable facts begin to disappear rather quickly.
Most big gaming companies have been putting all their content behind such an age-wall. I assume they think a 14-year-old won't be able to figure out how to get past it.
Slashdot Mirror
Here you go, life expectancies for England:
England - Male life expectancy 78 years, female 82.1 years.
Source.
This calls for a Firefox add-on or greasemonkey script that will take such pages, request the pages with different user-agents, and compare the resulting pages for differences. If the only difference is a single numerical value, it should be easy enough to catch. And then print it to the user in a neat table or graph.
A player two hours of gameplay under his belt doesn't have a chance against another player who likewise has played SC2 for two hours, but who happens to know, for example, this 7RR trick from TFA.
Is this analogous to chess? Can memorizing a single opening render as big an advantage in chess?
Meteorize them?
A big solid object hurling at Earth sounds about as disruptive to society as this patent system.
+1 Accidentally Insightful.
That's alright. I'll make the suggestion that /. adds the moderation ±0 Funsightful. :P
I've tried Supreme Commander before and it certainly catered more to my interests than StarCraft 2. R.US.E seems interesting, I'll be looking at that one later.
Obviosly I can't reply to every suggestion, and many of them are new and interesting, so I'll just do this once: Thanks everyone!
I'd like to see a game that isn't a click-fest, but still would offer some action and nice visuals. Something with the gameplay involving giving orders to partially autonomous troops. After giving orders, you could watch and see how they fare and perhaps give some further orders, maybe with some possible penalty incurred for breaking radio silence. Or in the setting of a Total War type of game, there could be a limited number messengers who would take time to reach the troops and even have a chance to fail in delivering your orders.
;)
Still, it's nice to see geeks ruining games that can be dominated by simply knowing the best build order.
Wait. So we would should censor ourselves about how they could get around their censorship?
I think the room is spinning.
Will USA soon have a Great Firewall of its own?
http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/
In 4.6 you can autopartition the disk. I'm not sure about before that.
Try htttp://www.openbsd101.com/
Is that the bleeding-edge Hyper Turbo Text Transfer Protocol?
Oh, the problem exists, I can assure you of that. The problem however lies between the keyboard and the chair.
That's not a very ergonomic position to use a computer in.
And Steve Ballmer always acquires companies for the office equipment, rather than the people or the imaginary property.
Many great artists have used math and geometry in their works, like the Golden section. While perhaps not as much, math is also used in music.
Nobody is forcing you to use GPL. If you want to use their work however, you'll need to abide by the license.
If it's not repeated thrice, it's not important.
In every case, either they'll be stinking rich or we'll never hear of this technology again.
Like with every breakthrough, it'll take atleast 50 years to reach consumers.
Googling define:freeloader gives the following:
# someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
There's no generosity to take advantage of. Our "freeloader" is a paying customer among others.
# Freeloader is a game published by Cheapass Games. The object of the game is to mooch as much free stuff as possible off of your friends and neighbours.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader_(game)
Still a paying customer.
# One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share; An individual who gets merchandise from the back of supermarket premises that are past-their sell-by-date (Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Scotland)
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/freeloader
Still a paying customer, paying the full price required by the business.
# The Freeloaders were formed in 2004 by Kevin O'Toole and Dale Longworth, two of the founder members of N-Trance.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloaders_(band)
Our "freeloader" probably can't play that well.
# Freeloading - The term "exploitation" may carry two distinct meanings: * The act of using something for any purpose. In this case, exploit is a synonym for use. * The act of using something in an unjust or cruel manner. It is this meaning of exploitation which is discussed below.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloading
I know of some power users, but I still wouldn't call them exploitative or cruel in their browsing.
# a person who imposes on another's hospitality without sharing in the responsibility or cost.
www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/The-Bean-Trees-Study-and-Homework-Help-Full-Glossary-for-The-Bean-Trees.id-30,pageNum-74.html
Again, they pay in full.
In the final analysis, you are kind of right. But we're all freeloaders of society. A doctor will cure us, and we use an insurance that's in effect paid by the premiums of other people. We use public infrastructure that has been paid by taxes. We eat food that is subsidized by the government.
The thing is, it's a negative term, and nobody wants to be called a freeloader.
Nobody actually thought they were using unicorns to make DVDs.
And then an analogy came by and said, "Hey, a free metaphor!"
Yes, almost everything we do pollutes, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't consider the enviromental impacts.
There also aren't very many fireworks that reach the edge of space.
You want a public search engine? Just make one and stop whining.
Also he complains about cencorship?
Let's see how bad cencorship gets on a nationally owned search engine. I bet all kinds of unfavorable facts begin to disappear rather quickly.
You'll notice that it's hosted by Bethesda.
Most big gaming companies have been putting all their content behind such an age-wall. I assume they think a 14-year-old won't be able to figure out how to get past it.
A good admin(s) and proper admin controls let's you do wonders.
And it's not like games with DRM are free of either cheaters or griefers.
Technically (from Microsoft's point of view) they're not honest - they're breaking the release date and are being punished for it.
If you read most gaming sites that have reported this, the general sheeple consensus is that it serves them right for trying to play early.
Sigh.
Haha.
What reaction can you expect from a green-with-envy 14-year-old.