*EVERY* door game I ever saw was a D&D style RPG. Were there any other types? (scifi, western, fantasy)?
There was every kind of door game imaginable. I disagree with TFS that these were chintzy, at least not uniformly, although some were for sure. They had quite an appeal at the time. I ran a BBS for a number of years and it was a lot of fun.
When temperatures go down, it's global climate change.
When temperatures stay the same, it's a "pause" in (choose one) global warming or global climate change.
When there's drought, it's due to global climate change.
When there are floods and torrential rain, it's due to global climate change.
Ditto for the presence and/or absence of hurricanes, Pacific storms, etc.
What's really going on? There is so much nonsense being spewed (including, I'll say it for you, my own) that who can sort it out? The nonsense is coming from both sides of the question, by the way.
This is a religious war worse than Emacs vs. VIM. Fortunately, there's less at stake:)
It is not okay to hate Indians, or to hate anyone, for that matter. It is not okay to bash without reason, to discriminate, or to fail to treat someone with respect.
I distinguish this from the idea of protecting American jobs and wages, from preventing employers bringing in foreign nationals solely for the purpose of displacing higher paid American workers and depressing wages for those who remain. And those employers often don't treat the hired foreign nationals equally or with respect, either.
It doesn't have to make sense, and while this is straying a little from the topic: I was denied an increase in my credit card limit because I don't have enough debt. Yes, they actually said as much; despite an 800+ credit score, they weren't interested --- perhaps because they knew they would collect no interest from me.
Decision criteria, whether for credit or insurance rates, are strictly profit based. Don't kid yourself about there being fairness in the system.
What you say is correct but unrelated to what I said. My point was that in Hawai`i people don't make assumptions based on names, because it simply doesn't work.
You really can't tell if someone who has a french, indian, polish, italian heritage by their last name?
I understand what you're saying, but try that where I live (Honolulu). James Smith might be native Hawaiian and Suzie Nakamoto a haole (Caucasian). Here you can assume very little just from a name. Heck, sometimes appearance doesn't even tell you.
Skype lagged for a long time but it's usable and there has been a new Linux release, finally. You can make audio and video calls without any trouble. I don't know what else you need in that regard. In the interim I started using Google Talk and that works without a hitch.
If you don't want to use a webmail service, Thunderbird works. I used it for quite some time. As the other poster said, what do you need? If you really, really need total customization and endless choice, there's gnus. (Not really joking about that; I use it now and it sings and dances if you have the patience to train it.)
The idea that Linux doesn't have enough software to be usable keeps coming up, and I don't get it.
Yes, there are things that just won't run on Linux, and in some cases there are no alternatives (particularly the case with verticals like, I don't know, dental records software or running a television studio, and certainly many games). But if you look at a mainstream user, who does web, email, maybe touches up some photos, writes some letters, does some spreadsheets, scans some documents, plays some music, watches some videos --- you get the picture --- everything is there and then some.
Hardware support out of the box beats Windows as far as I can see. I plug new stuff into Linux and it works. Windows, I've got to install a driver. Yes, there are a few items that won't work with Linux, or require additional software (as is the case with Windows) but they are becoming rarer, and often can be avoided.
I won't get into "the year of Linux on the desktop" --- that's likely never, given the entrenchment of Windows --- but unusable due to lack of software? That's a generalization that's false a lot more often than true.
Throughout history there have been many great women who led nations. You can make your own list, but on my list would be Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Aung San Suu Ki.
Hillary hardly stands in their company.
It would be great for the US to have a woman as president, but Hillary? I don't think so.
Hard to say what will happen, but surely this election season the NYT didn't even make a pretense of objectivity. (I'm no Trump fan, but I don't want to read editorials thinly disguised as news stories. I don't even read the NYT directly but our local Honolulu paper runs their articles all the time.)
I believe global warming increases the severity of these attacks. Look at the facts: it's getting warmer every year, and the intensity of these attacks is likewise increasing.
Yes, but that misses the point. It was fixed as soon as it was pointed out. No denial, no delay, just fixed. And, at least it was found and reported, even if it did take a very long time.
Of course, with closed source we'll never know what's been lurking for many years, but I suspect there will be things there too, as there are in all complex systems.
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I could have said "Emacs vs. VI" but VIM is the real competitor in the religious wars. Perhaps you, Mr. AC, ought to research a little.
*EVERY* door game I ever saw was a D&D style RPG. Were there any other types? (scifi, western, fantasy)?
There was every kind of door game imaginable. I disagree with TFS that these were chintzy, at least not uniformly, although some were for sure. They had quite an appeal at the time. I ran a BBS for a number of years and it was a lot of fun.
When temperatures go up, it's global warming.
When temperatures go down, it's global climate change.
When temperatures stay the same, it's a "pause" in (choose one) global warming or global climate change.
When there's drought, it's due to global climate change.
When there are floods and torrential rain, it's due to global climate change.
Ditto for the presence and/or absence of hurricanes, Pacific storms, etc.
What's really going on? There is so much nonsense being spewed (including, I'll say it for you, my own) that who can sort it out? The nonsense is coming from both sides of the question, by the way.
This is a religious war worse than Emacs vs. VIM. Fortunately, there's less at stake :)
(In case of whoooosh, well, that's a joke, son.)
Flame away ..... three, two, one ....
We paid Microsoft for Windows 7 and 8 and they still backported all their telemetry. Unfortunately paying for software is no guarantee of anything.
Why is it okay to hate Indians but not others?
It is not okay to hate Indians, or to hate anyone, for that matter. It is not okay to bash without reason, to discriminate, or to fail to treat someone with respect.
I distinguish this from the idea of protecting American jobs and wages, from preventing employers bringing in foreign nationals solely for the purpose of displacing higher paid American workers and depressing wages for those who remain. And those employers often don't treat the hired foreign nationals equally or with respect, either.
Are you perhaps fighting the wrong battle here?
"Enhanced Mitigation Experience" ?
Have to hand it to the marketing guys, computer security is a "mitigation" "experience" that Microsoft has "enhanced."
Giving money away? Is that what you call paying out claims, the very purpose of insurance in the first place?
That isn't giving money away any more than paying wages to employees is giving money away.
It doesn't have to make sense, and while this is straying a little from the topic: I was denied an increase in my credit card limit because I don't have enough debt. Yes, they actually said as much; despite an 800+ credit score, they weren't interested --- perhaps because they knew they would collect no interest from me.
Decision criteria, whether for credit or insurance rates, are strictly profit based. Don't kid yourself about there being fairness in the system.
The point of the story is that insurance companies have always sought ways to charge customers more even before social media.
Insurance companies are very good at cashing checks. Writing them, not so much.
What you say is correct but unrelated to what I said. My point was that in Hawai`i people don't make assumptions based on names, because it simply doesn't work.
You sure? I thought it was caused by the Russians...
No, sorry, it was caused by global warming. Only they didn't call it that back then because Al Gore hadn't discovered it yet :)
"We're going to make IE6 great again"
You really can't tell if someone who has a french, indian, polish, italian heritage by their last name?
I understand what you're saying, but try that where I live (Honolulu). James Smith might be native Hawaiian and Suzie Nakamoto a haole (Caucasian). Here you can assume very little just from a name. Heck, sometimes appearance doesn't even tell you.
What's not to get?
Can it run outlook, word, excel, PowerPoint, autocad, Photoshop, and games?
Games have been discussed as a real exception, and autocad may be as well, but how many people need autocad?
As to the rest --- all the office stuff --- there's plenty of it for Linux, as is well known.
But if you insist on native Microsoft applications, you're right, just run Windows.
Skype lagged for a long time but it's usable and there has been a new Linux release, finally. You can make audio and video calls without any trouble. I don't know what else you need in that regard. In the interim I started using Google Talk and that works without a hitch.
If you don't want to use a webmail service, Thunderbird works. I used it for quite some time. As the other poster said, what do you need? If you really, really need total customization and endless choice, there's gnus. (Not really joking about that; I use it now and it sings and dances if you have the patience to train it.)
The idea that Linux doesn't have enough software to be usable keeps coming up, and I don't get it.
Yes, there are things that just won't run on Linux, and in some cases there are no alternatives (particularly the case with verticals like, I don't know, dental records software or running a television studio, and certainly many games). But if you look at a mainstream user, who does web, email, maybe touches up some photos, writes some letters, does some spreadsheets, scans some documents, plays some music, watches some videos --- you get the picture --- everything is there and then some.
Hardware support out of the box beats Windows as far as I can see. I plug new stuff into Linux and it works. Windows, I've got to install a driver. Yes, there are a few items that won't work with Linux, or require additional software (as is the case with Windows) but they are becoming rarer, and often can be avoided.
I won't get into "the year of Linux on the desktop" --- that's likely never, given the entrenchment of Windows --- but unusable due to lack of software? That's a generalization that's false a lot more often than true.
Throughout history there have been many great women who led nations. You can make your own list, but on my list would be Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Aung San Suu Ki.
Hillary hardly stands in their company.
It would be great for the US to have a woman as president, but Hillary? I don't think so.
(Not that I want Trump either .... not at all.)
to say they're going out of business would make you a poor judge of finance.
Apple will be around for a long, long time, because Apple fans will buy anything Apple makes at any price Apple cares to charge.
And this, of course, applies to everyone but management, who naturally "must" have their individual offices.
Remember, taking stuff away is marketed as "courage."
True enough, it's not like Fox News is any better.
Hard to say what will happen, but surely this election season the NYT didn't even make a pretense of objectivity. (I'm no Trump fan, but I don't want to read editorials thinly disguised as news stories. I don't even read the NYT directly but our local Honolulu paper runs their articles all the time.)
I believe global warming increases the severity of these attacks. Look at the facts: it's getting warmer every year, and the intensity of these attacks is likewise increasing.
He could have decided to not read that material.
Assuming he had that ability.
... 9 years after the fact.
Yes, but that misses the point. It was fixed as soon as it was pointed out. No denial, no delay, just fixed. And, at least it was found and reported, even if it did take a very long time.
Of course, with closed source we'll never know what's been lurking for many years, but I suspect there will be things there too, as there are in all complex systems.