With Michael, Neil and Amber on board, this project has a very intriguing pedigree and I think stands a good chance at being something original and fresh. At the same time, the vampire story is feeling a little worn-out at this particular time, which might make it a hard sell for some. My question is, will Amber Benson marry me?
This is an insane statement devoid of logic or fact.
Managing is its own skill set. I am perfectly qualified to hire my own manager, and in fact have done so several times always with success. I am capable of managing if need be, but I really do not wish to do so. As a result I'm quite happy to let someone else deal with that headache.
As for the OP, I suggest two things. I'd suggest asking them what they view their top priority as your manager to be. The correct answer is something on the lines of supporting his/her team. I also have had great success is asking slightly off-the-wall questions - for instance, I've asked candidates to give me a good reason to not hire them. I use those questions as a truth test. If they actually think about the question and give something of an honest answer, they've passed. If they give some corporate BS non-answer, move on, you don't want them.
I went to the grocery store yesterday. I was dying for an orange. So I grabbed an apple, bought it and took it home. Well, let me tell you, that apple tasted nothing like an orange! Nothing at all! So, I would have to suggest no one buy apples until the orange flavor improves.
The 3D works better when there isn't a lot going on in the background, or there is an obvious contrast between the foreground and background object. So, if you have an object in front of a plain background, the 3D experience is going to be much more noticeable than if you have a foreground object against a very busy background of textures, and explosions and activity. Which means that you lose the impact of seeing 3D in a practical gaming situation.
Unfortunately, this makes it sound like gamers are going to have to continue waiting for a true 3D experience without glasses. I think I'd have to have the chance to try it before actually buying one, since gaming is about all I'd want it for.
Some wife called tech support complaining that her web browser was getting pornographic: the "location" drop-down menu was full of porn-site addresses.
Oh, man. I had to do this, honestly, about ten times when I worked tech support for an ISP.
I also liked the ones where it was the caller himself (usually a guy) who had put them there, and wanted desperately to remove them before someone saw them. This was before Netscape had an option to clear those, and editing prefs.js was outside out feeble support boundaries.
Ahem... no, they have patented a system for creating, storing, and using the checksum. An entire system, not just the storage of a checksum. Once again, alarmist headlines from/. I think we'd all appreciate it if these stories had accurate headlines.
Dunno what pics you looked at... I see a bunch of people tipping over mailboxes and other public property (technically, mailbox is private government property, but you get the point), and setting fire to things.
It happens at least once a year here in Cow-lumbus, OH, at the Ohio State Football University. Afterwards, the news programs always have a bunch of whining students on it complaing about the way police behaved. It's disgusting. I don't believe in the infalibility of law enforcement, but sometimes it's pretty obvious who's doing their jobs and who's full of shit.
Thanks for saying it dude. I agree one-hundred percent with you.
Beyond the valid points you make, from a personal point of view, I have zero interest in playing a first person MMORPG, for a number of reasons. The big one on the list is that it makes it virtually impossible to do anything in a group. And if you can't do anything in a group, there isn't much point in playing a MMORPG.
I think that OSI's resources will be much better spent focusing on the existing Ultima Online.
The events of Total Recall had to be real. If not, there would be some glaring inconsistentcies between his memories and the real world when he was done. For example, he blew away his wife. That one would be hard to reconcile.
I downloaded the Hackmaster version to my Visor, and within about five minutes I was matching my own speed on the qwerty keyboard. And I'm pretty fast and accurate with that to begin with.
Graffiti is okay, I suppose, but I find it slower than typing.
I'm sad to see that you caved to the irrational whining from a bunch of people who didn't even have comments in the original series. The book was a good idea. Putting this on slashdot alone is preaching to the choir. Why bother? The whole point in doing a book was to bring the message to a larger audience in the (admitedly unlikely) hopes that things might change.
I understand the concern about the use of comments without permission, even though it would have been perfectly legal to do so. But at the same time I have no doubt whatsoever that anyone who had a comment used in the book would have been pleased to see it there; to see that their voice was being heard - whether or not their name was attached.
Ignoring the science for the moment, the writeup is clearly biased. Opening with mention of the Columbine shooters' affection for Doom implies (to me at least) the researchers were going in with a particular bias. Also...
Entertainment media affects our lives.
I wouldn't disagee with it in principle, but this quote strongly implies that a causal relationship was being looked for. Again, ultimately only a correlational relationship can be found, but this show a strong bias.
when video games first appeared, popular games were simple and apparently harmless.
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As the name of the game implies, the goal of the player in Mortal Kombat is to kill any opponent he faces. Unfortunately, such violent games now dominate the market.
Saying earlier games were "harmless" and that "unfortunately" violent games are popular show a strong anti-game violence predisposition. The writeup also shows a lack of understanding of the games themselves, and an inability to take discussion of the games in context:
...Doom, a game licensed by the U.S. military to train soldiers to effectively kill.
Huh? What?
An investigator...r said Harris and Klebold were "playing out their game in God mode"
This investigator was looking at Doom mods on Harris' web site. All of us here know what playing in God mode means, but clearly the researchers think this is somewhat ominous.
I think it is fairly clear that this work was done with a strong anti-violent game predisposition, as well as a lack of understanding (or even concern) for the game culture, making the results, in my opinion, questionable at least, garbage more likely.
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I'm no leagal expert, but I wonder if a libel or defamation charge might work.
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Dammit, I'll be working! I better get OT for this.
"Navy Invents E-reader that is Secure, Meets its Needs; Hated By People Who Will Never See or Use It"
Does this mean I should stop having my dwarves smelt it into iron bars?
With Michael, Neil and Amber on board, this project has a very intriguing pedigree and I think stands a good chance at being something original and fresh. At the same time, the vampire story is feeling a little worn-out at this particular time, which might make it a hard sell for some. My question is, will Amber Benson marry me?
This is an insane statement devoid of logic or fact.
Managing is its own skill set. I am perfectly qualified to hire my own manager, and in fact have done so several times always with success. I am capable of managing if need be, but I really do not wish to do so. As a result I'm quite happy to let someone else deal with that headache.
As for the OP, I suggest two things. I'd suggest asking them what they view their top priority as your manager to be. The correct answer is something on the lines of supporting his/her team. I also have had great success is asking slightly off-the-wall questions - for instance, I've asked candidates to give me a good reason to not hire them. I use those questions as a truth test. If they actually think about the question and give something of an honest answer, they've passed. If they give some corporate BS non-answer, move on, you don't want them.
Regardless, football remains a normal, healthy, wholesome activity. Video games, on the other hand, still turn out maladjusted serial killers.
I have waiting for patches to install. They always seem to take forever.
They do not make money. The median net loss of each of the Division 1A schools' athletic programs is in the vicinity of $7 million annually.
I went to the grocery store yesterday. I was dying for an orange. So I grabbed an apple, bought it and took it home. Well, let me tell you, that apple tasted nothing like an orange! Nothing at all! So, I would have to suggest no one buy apples until the orange flavor improves.
Odd, since the word "soccer" is a British invention.
It's called a teaser trailer. They usually only have short snippets. I'm sure there will be a full trailer in a few months.
...in the throes of passion, the last thing I want to hear is a deep male voice.
From the article:
The 3D works better when there isn't a lot going on in the background, or there is an obvious contrast between the foreground and background object. So, if you have an object in front of a plain background, the 3D experience is going to be much more noticeable than if you have a foreground object against a very busy background of textures, and explosions and activity. Which means that you lose the impact of seeing 3D in a practical gaming situation.
Unfortunately, this makes it sound like gamers are going to have to continue waiting for a true 3D experience without glasses. I think I'd have to have the chance to try it before actually buying one, since gaming is about all I'd want it for.
Some wife called tech support complaining that her web browser was getting pornographic: the "location" drop-down menu was full of porn-site addresses.
Oh, man. I had to do this, honestly, about ten times when I worked tech support for an ISP.
I also liked the ones where it was the caller himself (usually a guy) who had put them there, and wanted desperately to remove them before someone saw them. This was before Netscape had an option to clear those, and editing prefs.js was outside out feeble support boundaries.
Ahem ... no, they have patented a system for creating, storing, and using the checksum. An entire system, not just the storage of a checksum. Once again, alarmist headlines from /. I think we'd all appreciate it if these stories had accurate headlines.
Dunno what pics you looked at ... I see a bunch of people tipping over mailboxes and other public property (technically, mailbox is private government property, but you get the point), and setting fire to things.
It happens at least once a year here in Cow-lumbus, OH, at the Ohio State Football University. Afterwards, the news programs always have a bunch of whining students on it complaing about the way police behaved. It's disgusting. I don't believe in the infalibility of law enforcement, but sometimes it's pretty obvious who's doing their jobs and who's full of shit.
Hmmm ... ban all adds? Could make the math tricky...
Thanks for saying it dude. I agree one-hundred percent with you.
Beyond the valid points you make, from a personal point of view, I have zero interest in playing a first person MMORPG, for a number of reasons. The big one on the list is that it makes it virtually impossible to do anything in a group. And if you can't do anything in a group, there isn't much point in playing a MMORPG.
I think that OSI's resources will be much better spent focusing on the existing Ultima Online.
The events of Total Recall had to be real. If not, there would be some glaring inconsistentcies between his memories and the real world when he was done. For example, he blew away his wife. That one would be hard to reconcile.
Graffiti is okay, I suppose, but I find it slower than typing.
Sued for saying bad things about it? Was that in the EULA for the film? Is it covered by UCITA?
Damn! I shouldn't give the suits any ideas.
I understand the concern about the use of comments without permission, even though it would have been perfectly legal to do so. But at the same time I have no doubt whatsoever that anyone who had a comment used in the book would have been pleased to see it there; to see that their voice was being heard - whether or not their name was attached.
Ignoring the science for the moment, the writeup is clearly biased. Opening with mention of the Columbine shooters' affection for Doom implies (to me at least) the researchers were going in with a particular bias. Also...
Entertainment media affects our lives.
I wouldn't disagee with it in principle, but this quote strongly implies that a causal relationship was being looked for. Again, ultimately only a correlational relationship can be found, but this show a strong bias.
when video games first appeared, popular games were simple and apparently harmless.
As the name of the game implies, the goal of the player in Mortal Kombat is to kill any opponent he faces. Unfortunately, such violent games now dominate the market.
Saying earlier games were "harmless" and that "unfortunately" violent games are popular show a strong anti-game violence predisposition. The writeup also shows a lack of understanding of the games themselves, and an inability to take discussion of the games in context:
Huh? What?
An investigator ...r said Harris and Klebold were "playing out their game in God mode"
This investigator was looking at Doom mods on Harris' web site. All of us here know what playing in God mode means, but clearly the researchers think this is somewhat ominous.
I think it is fairly clear that this work was done with a strong anti-violent game predisposition, as well as a lack of understanding (or even concern) for the game culture, making the results, in my opinion, questionable at least, garbage more likely.
I'm no leagal expert, but I wonder if a libel or defamation charge might work.