Mine plays Diner Dash , which was recently showcased on Slashdot. She seems to be quite into casual games. I don't really see what the attraction is of playing a stressed-out waitress in a game, but who am I to argue.
I think that geekiness is a survival trait for people with bad eyes. We make ourselves indispensible to non-geeks by learning to do something that's pretty much impossible to do without devoting one's entire life to studying.
I've been told that sailing on the ocean is a lot like jail, except with the added danger of drowning. Then again, I've never been on the ocean, or near it.
It takes a very long time for something to become tidally locked. I think the larger an object is, the longer this can take. Maybe it still rotates, but slowly, like Crematoria from Riddick.
I think collectively what is happening in the programming and IT community as a whole is that corporations are realizing just how far they can push their IT staff. Since they're willing to take the abuse, the workplace is getting abusive. I expect this to continue until people stop working.
But in all likelyhood they will licence it in the name of the university. Any money made from that would, in an ideal world, go towards our expensive education system and more research.
I have seen one, and it's an awful thing. It can work as a USB drive, but no mp3's copied to it will work. Instead, it only plays mp3's that have been first uploaded (scrambled) by it's proprietary software. That way the copies of mp3's on the player won't be usable for anything other than that specific player.
And yes, it's a particulary awful implementation of DRM.
Your crazy post is the perfect example of why corporate ownership of culture is bad. As long as people communicate with each other, culture will exist in one form or another. What is harmful is when some corporate entity, not the public, owns that culture.
It used to be free in the past, but somehow corporations these days seem to think it's moral and good to buy and sell culture and ideas. The whole point of the information age is the free global exchange of ideas and culture.
I personally can't wait for the time where patents and copyright are abolished or strongly curtailed.
There is one factual error in your statement. The man who the US (and really, most of the world) backed had the majority support. The man who was backed by Russia was in the minority.
The only time the Russian canditate showed a majority was in an extremely fraudulent election. The people stood up en masse, and demanded a re-vote, and justice was done.
Peaceful protests work great! If people weren't apathetic. If half the country just stands up, drives to the capital, and refuses to leave until justice is done, they can't lose. Just look at Ukraine for an example.
You must have. Here in Canada at least, there was a fairly good opinion of the US. There was even a popular sentiment going around among many people that we should just pack it in and join you. Nowadays I don't see much of that, usually for a big list of reasons.
In Europe, I suspect that the loss of esteem was similar. Most people cheered when George Senior organized the coalition of the willing against Saddam.
So where were you that you missed it? Have you even left the USA to find out how people think about you, or do you just get your news from Fox?
It's kind of funny to see the US squirm now that the shoe is on the other foot. Suck it back guys, and reap all the goodwill you've earned. I guess you can tell I'm a bit bitter on how the US ignores NAFTA rules when it suits them, and (illegally) wrecks other countries economies to improve their own. Hell the USA can't even follow the treaties it does sign./schadenfreude
At least in my city, there is a huge freecycle community, and if you were to post that on freecycle, there would be a hundred geeks offering to come pick it up, or even help you tear it out of the walls.
I suppose that's the problem with AutoCAD, it allows you to create arbitrarily complex objects. I often have to break up drawings into smaller pieces, no matter how fast my computer goes.
"If the vector operations which all that rendering must involve could be usefully offloaded to a videocard well-stocked with RAM however... our little company would buy dozens today."
Go to your OPTIONS menu, and under "Current 3D Graphics Display" you can switch from the normal software renderer to an acellerated driver based on what your video card is. This will allow your CPU to work harder on the database portion of your computer, and leave all the graphics processing to your GPU.
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So what happens when business runs the government, like in the USA? :-o
I like the analogy of what employers can and cannot do with toilets they own. Webcams and logging software would be a bad thing.
Mine plays Diner Dash , which was recently showcased on Slashdot. She seems to be quite into casual games. I don't really see what the attraction is of playing a stressed-out waitress in a game, but who am I to argue.
Does anyone here actually enjoy that game?
I think that geekiness is a survival trait for people with bad eyes. We make ourselves indispensible to non-geeks by learning to do something that's pretty much impossible to do without devoting one's entire life to studying.
I've been told that sailing on the ocean is a lot like jail, except with the added danger of drowning. Then again, I've never been on the ocean, or near it.
Well now the process can be automated. The technology for liking the real world to the matrix has already been made. Behold: The CUE::CAT!
The revolution will not be televised. Or anything else.
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It takes a very long time for something to become tidally locked. I think the larger an object is, the longer this can take. Maybe it still rotates, but slowly, like Crematoria from Riddick.
I think collectively what is happening in the programming and IT community as a whole is that corporations are realizing just how far they can push their IT staff. Since they're willing to take the abuse, the workplace is getting abusive. I expect this to continue until people stop working.
Bork!
That would actually be pretty cool. I hope so.
But in all likelyhood they will licence it in the name of the university. Any money made from that would, in an ideal world, go towards our expensive education system and more research.
Bork!
I have seen one, and it's an awful thing. It can work as a USB drive, but no mp3's copied to it will work. Instead, it only plays mp3's that have been first uploaded (scrambled) by it's proprietary software. That way the copies of mp3's on the player won't be usable for anything other than that specific player.
And yes, it's a particulary awful implementation of DRM.
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Your crazy post is the perfect example of why corporate ownership of culture is bad. As long as people communicate with each other, culture will exist in one form or another. What is harmful is when some corporate entity, not the public, owns that culture.
It used to be free in the past, but somehow corporations these days seem to think it's moral and good to buy and sell culture and ideas. The whole point of the information age is the free global exchange of ideas and culture.
I personally can't wait for the time where patents and copyright are abolished or strongly curtailed.
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Can you imagine it?
But seiously now... The storage isn't that small that your average slashdotter couldn't make a decent RAID 0 array.
There is one factual error in your statement. The man who the US (and really, most of the world) backed had the majority support. The man who was backed by Russia was in the minority.
The only time the Russian canditate showed a majority was in an extremely fraudulent election. The people stood up en masse, and demanded a re-vote, and justice was done.
Don't make me quote sources.
Peaceful protests work great! If people weren't apathetic. If half the country just stands up, drives to the capital, and refuses to leave until justice is done, they can't lose. Just look at Ukraine for an example.
And the added benefit: nobody dies
As bad as the US has become, I think we'd have a lot more to fear from China. (Assuming the US doesn't get any worse.)
You must have. Here in Canada at least, there was a fairly good opinion of the US. There was even a popular sentiment going around among many people that we should just pack it in and join you. Nowadays I don't see much of that, usually for a big list of reasons.
In Europe, I suspect that the loss of esteem was similar. Most people cheered when George Senior organized the coalition of the willing against Saddam.
So where were you that you missed it? Have you even left the USA to find out how people think about you, or do you just get your news from Fox?
Bork!
It's kind of funny to see the US squirm now that the shoe is on the other foot. Suck it back guys, and reap all the goodwill you've earned. I guess you can tell I'm a bit bitter on how the US ignores NAFTA rules when it suits them, and (illegally) wrecks other countries economies to improve their own. Hell the USA can't even follow the treaties it does sign. /schadenfreude
At least in my city, there is a huge freecycle community, and if you were to post that on freecycle, there would be a hundred geeks offering to come pick it up, or even help you tear it out of the walls.
Definately consider Freecycle.
Can anyone identify what codecs are used in that video? Mine just refuses to play.
"But it doesn't help the fact that the downloaders/uploaders are known."
Would this work if it was used in conjunction with an anonymizing HTTP proxy service? Or freenet?
I suppose that's the problem with AutoCAD, it allows you to create arbitrarily complex objects. I often have to break up drawings into smaller pieces, no matter how fast my computer goes.
Good luck with that.
"If the vector operations which all that rendering must involve could be usefully offloaded to a videocard well-stocked with RAM however... our little company would buy dozens today."
Go to your OPTIONS menu, and under "Current 3D Graphics Display" you can switch from the normal software renderer to an acellerated driver based on what your video card is. This will allow your CPU to work harder on the database portion of your computer, and leave all the graphics processing to your GPU.
You're welcome.
Maybe by request they can play this album.
http://www.voltaire.net/music/BannedOnVulcan.html
The more you kill, the further you descend into the pits of hell. That sounds like a pretty good faith-based lesson for people. Go play Doom.
Bork!