Hmmm... Looks to me like he is worried about the segment of gaming that he plays in. I for one am a gamer. Currently I play PnP games and PC games. Am I not a real gamer? I can only afford one platform (I can't really afford that, but still) and it happens to be a PC because I can also easily use it for the many other things I need it for. Does being poor mean I'm not a real gamer? Region Coding on handhelds is an issue to me. Does that mean I'm not a real gamer since I don't have a handheld? The mess that was brought up recently about the PS4 and Xbox702s locking a game disc to a specific console unit is also an issue to me, even though I don't have one. (Actually nobody has one, but still.) Does that mean I'm not a real gamer?
A gamer is someone who plays, enjoys, and cares about gaming. Worrying about the issues specific to one platform or another doesn't make you any less of a gamer. As to the Anonymous Coward that made the accusations of someone else concerned with an issue inflicting a segment of gaming not being a gamer, I would say that not only is your accusation incorrect, but your derisive and diversionary bigotry to the gamer community in fact paint your gamer cred in contention. So I will now ask you, why do you think you are a gamer when you attack other gamers in an attempt to sow discord in the gaming community? Don't we have enough people trying to marginalize and discredit out favored entertainment already?
Don't troll gamers. Either support the cause, or get the hell out.
I don't care about the small pocket knives either way. I haven't seen any news about them allowing shampoo, water, soda, or other liquids in normal sizes. But they allow a limited number of Golf Clubs and Hockey Sticks ?!?! WTF?! Can you imagine those things in the average plane cabin? They won't fit under the seat. Putting them in the overhead compartment will be difficult if not impossible, and is going to be interfering with people using the other sections of it even if you do wedge it in. (Honey, I can't get the asprin, the asshat two rows up stuck a fucking hockey stick in here and it's got everything wedged in.) Can you imagine them trying to hold it? They'll keep dropping it after an hour or three. Do you want to get wacked by on of those falling on you? Just imagine rough flight conditions.
Long objects like Golf Clubs, Hockey Sticks, Fishing Poles, and Boar Spears (among many others) NEED TO BE CHECKED INTO BAGGAGE !
I'm still hoping some moron at the TSA screwed up on the calendar and thinks it's April.
Toeing the line is a problem. Group think and useless yes men. If 20 people always vote the way 1 person tells them to, it isn't a democracy, it's a sham.
The studies and statistics clearly show that humans constantly over rate their ability to detect lies and intent, especially with those they do not know well. Since humans haven't even figured out a method of detecting lies with a reasonable accuracy, how the heck can someone assume they can make a machine do it? It's like building a jet fighter. If you don't know how, it's impossible for you to build or program a robot to do it for you. Every piece of 'expert' software out there was made using someones skill in that exact task after it was quantified and broken down to machine usable steps. There are no exceptions.
I know, some people will want to start yelling "but polygraphs and truth serum!". Well, other than some self delusional fools and Hollywood, it doesn't really work. It's more voodoo psychology than a magic mind reading device. Here's a link you should probably check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph
Ok, now truth serum, especially sodium pentathol. Again, this is more urban legend and Hollywood theatrics than reality. Sure, it lowers resistance to talking even more than a couple of beers, but it also apparently unlocks fantasys as well. It would better be named babble like a child juice than truth serum. People under it's effects tend to babble about what you asked about and anything else that crosses their minds, real or imagined. Good luck getting anything useful out of a mess like that. Have you ever heard of 'Signal to noise ratio'? Again, here's a link: http://io9.com/5902559/what-truths-does-truth-serum-actually-reveal
Ok, since I'm sure someone will bring up hypnosis as well, again, it's Hollywood as opposed to reality. I'm not saying that it doesn't exist, I'm saying that studies have proven that people can lie when under hypnosis. In the 20 seconds I spend searching for a link, I didn't find the scientific study of that I was after, but the one I was looking for was some time ago, and I don't remember the papers exact title, or it's authors names. So, in instead of a boring psychology study paper, here's something a lot more palatable: http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/hypnosis-reveal-secrets-truth/
Now here's something to think about. There are people that want to capitalize on the current state of fear that is being stoked by others for both reasons of profit and politics. The only thing new with that is the heightened levels this bullshit has reached. As such, they want to sell lots of people some very expensive magical boxs that do something to make the gullible feel better. It's modern snake oil. They will probably make a nice bundle off of this, and when it's proven to be less than a placebo, they will point out the mousetype footnotes that 'clearly' state that the device is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. As to the machinery working, well it does work, but that doesn't mean it does what marketing says. I've been in a reputable company where the techs were always walking down to the marketing department to yell at them for telling lies. The funny thing is, marketing didn't admit even to their own people that they were lying to customers, and in fact seemed to be incapable of understanding what they did wrong.
I guess I should wrap this up. How about this, if it seems too good to be real, or is something that duplicates a Hollywood trope, it's probably useless.
Also, since it's remote, and not where the 'pilot' is, they have a level of psychological disconnection much greater than that of the pilot of a manned vehicle. No matter what they do, it will always be a kind of video game.
Of course your example is that of a fictional language that was based on English and was used to replace it. Unfortunately that doesn't make the usage of something from that language correct in this language. Otherwise you might as well pepper your comments with Klingon and call it English as well.
Or how about 'expensive'? It's a word that has the (I assume) same meaning as 'un-cheap', but is actually in the English language dictionaries, unlike 'un-cheap'.
Sheesh, I only claim English as a second language, and that I haven't found first, but even I won't say something as mangled as 'un-cheap' unless I'm making a joke.
Um, both were transport disasters. Both went down and involved a crash. One went down and crashed after going up in flames. The other went down after crashing with ice in the water.
It's a joke of the dark or gallows variety. I'm not saying it's a good one, but still.
Ah, a troll. I don't think they've had any of them in Doctor Who. You don't like it. So what? I disagree with your opinion, but why is your comment so venomous? Did somebody rape you with a toy sonic screwdriver?
Here's something interesting for you to try, compare the Doctor Who episodes from a particular year with that years episodes of another sci-fi.
Anyhow, happy trolling to you, and just remember, a majority of the sci-fi fans disagree with your opinion.:D
If the wifi is open, they are inviting people to share. This one is NOT open, so yeah, they are crackers, and that's illegal, but your local cops probably won't do anything if you call, but it's worth a shot.
Make sure you don't allow admin over wifi. Most routers have a setting so you can only administer it from a wired connection. This isn't an absolute or a fix for the base situation, it's just an extra hurdle for them if they get in and want to screw with you for fighting back.
Along with what Guspaz said: Console addons have historically suffered from insufficient market penetration and limited developer support.
In other words, devs don't make use of them because not enough people have them, because not enough games use them. Chicken, meet egg. Egg, meet chicken.
If something is standard instead of an addon, devs will often support, so long as it makes sense for their game. Also, as Guspaz noted, the console manufacter can coerce them to support it even when it doesn't make sense, though that tends to drag down quality when they force them to.
He's so freaking old now that for him to play Han, they're going to have to put that bajillion dollars into the computer animated version of him because his wrinkled and leathery face can't play the part unless they say he got aged 300 years by a sith or something. Same with Mark Hamil playing Luke Skywalker again. They are just too damn old for their original castings.
When I was in the military, there were some guys that came to work 3 or 4 times a week (almost every week) with hangovers. I'm not not talking about the "I'm a little queasy, give me an asprin" kind of hangovers, but rather the "shhhh, you're breathing too loud" kind of hangovers.
Sure, there are some people who will stop, but there are too many that won't. Now if it caused illness fast enough they haven't even finished their beer, then it might have an effect. Of course, those drugs already exist and are in use. Also, it has been proven, they don't solve alcoholism, but they do help in it's treatment.
Beethoven worked in music for about 45 years. He wrote 9 symphonies, 5 concertos, 32 sonatas, 16 string quartets, and an Opera. Don't forget he did a lot of performances as a conductor, music director, and even bass singer. He's even known to have supplemented his income by giving piano and violin lessons.
Ok, so one of the worlds greatest in the field of music, that had even gained royal patronage for some years, and even he couldn't always make do with just his music income. I know Beethoven didn't have access to audio recording, but they had lots of performances and sold sheet music. Now you want to look at the work of 14 albums over 14 years from a rather unknown artist, and complain that there isn't enough money. Did she write all the music herself? I'm guessing her work only comprises the cello due to the name. What is the total duration of those 14 albums? How many tens of thousands of other musicians are there currently looking to get a piece of the action? Sounds like she's doing pretty good for the limited amount of work she's doing in the over saturated field of which she's only targeting a niche group within.
Copyrights and Patents weren't made to let you do something once and sit on your laurels raking it in for the rest of your life. They were intended to give you enough time to make just enough money off of it to encourage you to go out and do more.
So, how much is she making from her radio play, since they have even lower royalty rates, and why isn't she raising a fuss over those?
People were making lots of art, literature, music, and inventions before the existence of copyrights and patents. Why does anyone thing that will end if copyrights and patents are scaled back or eliminated?
Slashdot Mirror
Hmmm... Looks to me like he is worried about the segment of gaming that he plays in.
I for one am a gamer. Currently I play PnP games and PC games.
Am I not a real gamer?
I can only afford one platform (I can't really afford that, but still) and it happens to be a PC because I can also easily use it for the many other things I need it for.
Does being poor mean I'm not a real gamer?
Region Coding on handhelds is an issue to me. Does that mean I'm not a real gamer since I don't have a handheld?
The mess that was brought up recently about the PS4 and Xbox702s locking a game disc to a specific console unit is also an issue to me, even though I don't have one. (Actually nobody has one, but still.) Does that mean I'm not a real gamer?
A gamer is someone who plays, enjoys, and cares about gaming. Worrying about the issues specific to one platform or another doesn't make you any less of a gamer.
As to the Anonymous Coward that made the accusations of someone else concerned with an issue inflicting a segment of gaming not being a gamer, I would say that not only is your accusation incorrect, but your derisive and diversionary bigotry to the gamer community in fact paint your gamer cred in contention. So I will now ask you, why do you think you are a gamer when you attack other gamers in an attempt to sow discord in the gaming community?
Don't we have enough people trying to marginalize and discredit out favored entertainment already?
Don't troll gamers. Either support the cause, or get the hell out.
I don't care about the small pocket knives either way.
I haven't seen any news about them allowing shampoo, water, soda, or other liquids in normal sizes.
But they allow a limited number of Golf Clubs and Hockey Sticks ?!?!
WTF?!
Can you imagine those things in the average plane cabin?
They won't fit under the seat. Putting them in the overhead compartment will be difficult if not impossible, and is going to be interfering with people using the other sections of it even if you do wedge it in. (Honey, I can't get the asprin, the asshat two rows up stuck a fucking hockey stick in here and it's got everything wedged in.)
Can you imagine them trying to hold it? They'll keep dropping it after an hour or three. Do you want to get wacked by on of those falling on you? Just imagine rough flight conditions.
Long objects like Golf Clubs, Hockey Sticks, Fishing Poles, and Boar Spears (among many others) NEED TO BE CHECKED INTO BAGGAGE !
I'm still hoping some moron at the TSA screwed up on the calendar and thinks it's April.
I think you should replace the word 'humour' with 'satire'. :)
"...horrid and full of self appointed BS..."
That sounds like the standard description of a politician.
Toeing the line is a problem. Group think and useless yes men. If 20 people always vote the way 1 person tells them to, it isn't a democracy, it's a sham.
The studies and statistics clearly show that humans constantly over rate their ability to detect lies and intent, especially with those they do not know well.
Since humans haven't even figured out a method of detecting lies with a reasonable accuracy, how the heck can someone assume they can make a machine do it?
It's like building a jet fighter. If you don't know how, it's impossible for you to build or program a robot to do it for you.
Every piece of 'expert' software out there was made using someones skill in that exact task after it was quantified and broken down to machine usable steps.
There are no exceptions.
I know, some people will want to start yelling "but polygraphs and truth serum!".
Well, other than some self delusional fools and Hollywood, it doesn't really work. It's more voodoo psychology than a magic mind reading device.
Here's a link you should probably check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph
Ok, now truth serum, especially sodium pentathol. Again, this is more urban legend and Hollywood theatrics than reality. Sure, it lowers resistance to talking even more than a couple of beers, but it also apparently unlocks fantasys as well. It would better be named babble like a child juice than truth serum. People under it's effects tend to babble about what you asked about and anything else that crosses their minds, real or imagined. Good luck getting anything useful out of a mess like that. Have you ever heard of 'Signal to noise ratio'?
Again, here's a link: http://io9.com/5902559/what-truths-does-truth-serum-actually-reveal
Ok, since I'm sure someone will bring up hypnosis as well, again, it's Hollywood as opposed to reality. I'm not saying that it doesn't exist, I'm saying that studies have proven that people can lie when under hypnosis. In the 20 seconds I spend searching for a link, I didn't find the scientific study of that I was after, but the one I was looking for was some time ago, and I don't remember the papers exact title, or it's authors names.
So, in instead of a boring psychology study paper, here's something a lot more palatable: http://www.whatsonmybrain.com/hypnosis-reveal-secrets-truth/
Now here's something to think about. There are people that want to capitalize on the current state of fear that is being stoked by others for both reasons of profit and politics. The only thing new with that is the heightened levels this bullshit has reached. As such, they want to sell lots of people some very expensive magical boxs that do something to make the gullible feel better. It's modern snake oil. They will probably make a nice bundle off of this, and when it's proven to be less than a placebo, they will point out the mousetype footnotes that 'clearly' state that the device is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. As to the machinery working, well it does work, but that doesn't mean it does what marketing says. I've been in a reputable company where the techs were always walking down to the marketing department to yell at them for telling lies. The funny thing is, marketing didn't admit even to their own people that they were lying to customers, and in fact seemed to be incapable of understanding what they did wrong.
I guess I should wrap this up. How about this, if it seems too good to be real, or is something that duplicates a Hollywood trope, it's probably useless.
Also, since it's remote, and not where the 'pilot' is, they have a level of psychological disconnection much greater than that of the pilot of a manned vehicle.
No matter what they do, it will always be a kind of video game.
Of course your example is that of a fictional language that was based on English and was used to replace it.
Unfortunately that doesn't make the usage of something from that language correct in this language.
Otherwise you might as well pepper your comments with Klingon and call it English as well.
Lots of things look like words and yet they aren't. Just because you can make a sound doesn't make it a part of a language.
Or how about 'expensive'? It's a word that has the (I assume) same meaning as 'un-cheap', but is actually in the English language dictionaries, unlike 'un-cheap'.
Sheesh, I only claim English as a second language, and that I haven't found first, but even I won't say something as mangled as 'un-cheap' unless I'm making a joke.
Um, both were transport disasters.
Both went down and involved a crash.
One went down and crashed after going up in flames.
The other went down after crashing with ice in the water.
It's a joke of the dark or gallows variety.
I'm not saying it's a good one, but still.
Ah, a troll. I don't think they've had any of them in Doctor Who.
:D
You don't like it. So what?
I disagree with your opinion, but why is your comment so venomous? Did somebody rape you with a toy sonic screwdriver?
Here's something interesting for you to try, compare the Doctor Who episodes from a particular year with that years episodes of another sci-fi.
Anyhow, happy trolling to you, and just remember, a majority of the sci-fi fans disagree with your opinion.
True, but there were a LOT of British soldiers on the front lines facing German Panzers. Nobody said they actually saw them in Great Britain.
If the wifi is open, they are inviting people to share.
This one is NOT open, so yeah, they are crackers, and that's illegal, but your local cops probably won't do anything if you call, but it's worth a shot.
Make sure you don't allow admin over wifi. Most routers have a setting so you can only administer it from a wired connection. This isn't an absolute or a fix for the base situation, it's just an extra hurdle for them if they get in and want to screw with you for fighting back.
Along with what Guspaz said:
Console addons have historically suffered from insufficient market penetration and limited developer support.
In other words, devs don't make use of them because not enough people have them, because not enough games use them.
Chicken, meet egg. Egg, meet chicken.
If something is standard instead of an addon, devs will often support, so long as it makes sense for their game. Also, as Guspaz noted, the console manufacter can coerce them to support it even when it doesn't make sense, though that tends to drag down quality when they force them to.
He's so freaking old now that for him to play Han, they're going to have to put that bajillion dollars into the computer animated version of him because his wrinkled and leathery face can't play the part unless they say he got aged 300 years by a sith or something. Same with Mark Hamil playing Luke Skywalker again.
They are just too damn old for their original castings.
When I was in the military, there were some guys that came to work 3 or 4 times a week (almost every week) with hangovers.
I'm not not talking about the "I'm a little queasy, give me an asprin" kind of hangovers, but rather the "shhhh, you're breathing too loud" kind of hangovers.
Sure, there are some people who will stop, but there are too many that won't.
Now if it caused illness fast enough they haven't even finished their beer, then it might have an effect. Of course, those drugs already exist and are in use.
Also, it has been proven, they don't solve alcoholism, but they do help in it's treatment.
Plato and Aristotle just to name two of the Great Thinkers. :)
Beethoven worked in music for about 45 years.
He wrote 9 symphonies, 5 concertos, 32 sonatas, 16 string quartets, and an Opera.
Don't forget he did a lot of performances as a conductor, music director, and even bass singer.
He's even known to have supplemented his income by giving piano and violin lessons.
Ok, so one of the worlds greatest in the field of music, that had even gained royal patronage for some years, and even he couldn't always make do with just his music income. I know Beethoven didn't have access to audio recording, but they had lots of performances and sold sheet music.
Now you want to look at the work of 14 albums over 14 years from a rather unknown artist, and complain that there isn't enough money. Did she write all the music herself? I'm guessing her work only comprises the cello due to the name. What is the total duration of those 14 albums? How many tens of thousands of other musicians are there currently looking to get a piece of the action?
Sounds like she's doing pretty good for the limited amount of work she's doing in the over saturated field of which she's only targeting a niche group within.
Copyrights and Patents weren't made to let you do something once and sit on your laurels raking it in for the rest of your life. They were intended to give you enough time to make just enough money off of it to encourage you to go out and do more.
So, how much is she making from her radio play, since they have even lower royalty rates, and why isn't she raising a fuss over those?
People were making lots of art, literature, music, and inventions before the existence of copyrights and patents.
Why does anyone thing that will end if copyrights and patents are scaled back or eliminated?
Actually composers get royalties as well, and from what I hear, at a much better rate than the musicians do.
How will they become tired when so many of the copyright take-down notices are being sent by poorly automated software-bots?
Not according to MPAA.
Or in the case of RIAA, listening to it.
Just read some of their public statements, and legal claims.
Of all the fakes you've seen, which was the most impressive and why?