There's always something in common. Relationships purpose isn't to be with someone who's exact replica of you. Where's the fun in that. If you rather are with someone that has _something_ in common, but is still quite different, you both fill each others life with stuff thats not so usual to either one of you and the end result can be the great stuff from both lifes. Or the bad stuff, but thats how life works and you just have to experience.
For example, me and my gf have totally different taste in candy. Candies that I consider the worst shit ever are her favorites and other way around. Sounds like greating problems with differences, right? No, because she leaves me the candy she hates and which I love.
Also, when you mix the different lifes together it creates nice moments. She loves when I'm with her in clothing stores, maybe even more because she knows I hate it and would rather be at computer, but I'm still there. On the other hand, one night I was playing left4dead at 05am like true nerds do, and she woke up and came sit behind me on the floor watching me playing. With a geek girl that would had been somewhat normal and nothing special and not (in a geeky way) romantic. Or I wouldn't enjoy watching while she plays GTA Vice City and likes it, because that wouldn't be anything special with someone who's exactly like you.
This is why your friends can be as geek as you are, but as gf you want someone different. Someone that will show you new aspects of life and who will drag you out and make you experience the life outside as a geek aswell. Because, lets face it, without someone different and close person to you, you will just do the usual stuff and not experience anything totally new. And who is better to do that than your girlfriend.
And besides that, its kind of stupid to try to find yourself a geek girlfriend. It may sound nice first, but your world viewing will be really limited and she will be just another nerdy thing there. I have a girlfriend that isn't really that nerdy at all, and shes dragged me to places I wouldn't otherwise go, but its always been fun in the end then and you get to see new aspects of life, not just computer and internet. People need a push to do something different, and thats the perfect and most fun push. So dont again limit your activies to the nerdy stuff.
Now the thing isn't at all about what you do or what you're interested in. You just have to make it sound *interesting* and *create your personal style* that will stand you off from the group. That's the most critical part that most geeks dont see. They just try to act "normal" and end up looking shy and non-interesting. Most girls dont want "just another normal guy". It's in genes. Cocky but fun stories or talking works great btw, I landed my own gf by asking her questions noone else dared to ask and told her stuff noone else woulnd't dare to tell, but in a funny and laughting way. It also makes you interesting and creates attraction, and in the end way more open relationship aswell.
Non-geeky girls also tend to be a bit cuter and better looking too;) (sorry slashdot girls, you're sexy tho!)
And besides that, its kind of stupid to try to find yourself a geek girlfriend. It may sound nice first, but your world viewing will be really limited and she will be just another nerdy thing there. I have a girlfriend that isn't really that nerdy at all, and shes dragged me to places I wouldn't otherwise go, but its always been fun in the end then and I get to see totally new aspect of life, not just the computer and internet. People need a push to do something different, and thats the perfect and most fun push. So dont again limit your activies to the nerdy stuff.
Now the thing isn't at all about what you do or what you're interested in. You just have to make it sound *interesting* and *create your personal style* that will stand you off from the group. That's the most critical part that most geeks dont see. They just try to act "normal" and end up looking shy and non-interesting. Most girls dont want "just another normal guy". Cocky but fun stories or talking works great btw, I landed my own gf by asking her questions noone else dared to ask and told her stuff noone else woulnd't dare to tell, but in a funny and laughting way. It also makes you interesting and creates attraction, and in the end way more open relationship aswell.
Non-geeky girls also tend to be a bit cuter and better looking too;) (sorry slashdot girls, you're sexy tho!)
What is interesting is that how have they implemented a system to prevent cheaters and hackers? As Open Source game makes it possible to get the full game code and just make your cheats into it and build your own client, rather than going the harder route of debugging asm language. Have they implemented something to prevent cheating, or have they just totally ignored it?
You're comparing to an OS that was released in 2001 (xp) and which isn't really sold anymore, nor does it come with new PC's. In Vista and Win7 users dont run by default as administrator and install even says that its encouraged to create separate account for user. UAC (win7 has better uac than vista) also protects doing stuff under admin. Its just as usable as sudo *if you know what you're doing*. Different tool doesn't change users stupidness or ignorance.
This just shows that when more Windows users (or convenience-first users) move to linux, the added security wont help. Users will continue to do everything the way that is most convenient to them, and that is gonna bring more attack vectors aswell. The neverending "linux is just more secure OS" only affects those who know what they're doing, but that way it works in Windows aswell (I dont run av/fw, and I've never had any problems [checked some times really deeply from filemonitors and packet sniffing], but on the hand I know what I'm doing and what not to do).
And no, you cant teach them security. Normal users aren't that interested in it, so they wont learn.
Heh, I'm glad I dont live in the usa. Atleast cell-phone costs here in nordic europe (where opera is based aswell, btw) went down years ago already. When I moved I ran my server on 4.5mbit unlimited 3g mobile connection and it costs ~30 euros a month (latency was a bit bitch 300ms in online fps games, but otherwise it worked good). There was also just news by one of the operators that they're starting to give unlimited 24/3 connections by the end of year, via mobile phone and around that same price. However I still prefer my 100/100 homeline for that, but that kind of speed in phone is nice for streaming music or videos from your computer when you're in a bus or going somewhere.
This is probably also why me and opera see this as very, very viable option. Operators here are non-restrictive and consumer lines are fast. Theres a world outside us aswell:) However that being said, Opera's idea is *not* to have people running webservers via it. Its just a basic thingie for sharing your stuff and quickly give some url to friend instead of upping to imageshack, flickr or whatever. And besides the point, it has chatroom etc and probably soon lots of other stuff when API developers get their hands on it.
Its platform independent, so its highly possible they'll start supporting mobile opera in future aswell. It makes great sense aswell, because thats one of the major uses of it.
Opera is not in trouble, their marketshare has only growth aswell when people have got off IE. And even so, it varies A LOT by region. In CIS regions (Russia, Ukraine etc) Opera has 25-50% marketshare, so in many of the countries it is actually the #1 browser, kicking both IE and FF far behind. And that is a huge amount of people using Opera.
I'd say it is a BAD THING when someone who doesn't care or know how to install a web server winds up installing a web server just because it is part of his web browser. I'd say it is a massive hole through which bad guys can poke at someone's system without the victim knowing that he's installed it.
Why is it a massive hole? You know, its not apache or anything complicated. It doesn't run php scripts. It serves files and only does that. Seeing how secure Opera has been compared to IE/FF I'd say they know how to secure it aswell.
Personally, I don't want my VNC server also running an http demon to distribute widgets to anyone who comes by. I don't want my web browser doing the same thing.
Nor it does, it has a good access police thats easily noticed by the user. Opera's site has some pics in the press section if you dont want to install it to see.
As long as your friends are explicit in wanting you to be able to this, ok.
As said, user access controls and the services/widgets DONT run on by default.
If that were true, it's trivial to set up a real webserver to provide exactly what you want them to get, instead of it being a side-effect of browsing the morning's ration of pr0n.
Internet is not just us nerds anymore. Actually, we're quite minority like in teh real world. Not anyone has interest to learn how to install and configure apache and hell, I would be more worried about someone using apache instead of opera's very basic webserver, if they get it working they most likely dont know what they're doing.
On every aspect the title and summary is just so wrong.
To begin with, Opera 10 has not been released. Its in Beta. Opera Unite is not Opera 10, its a feature in Opera 10. Opera Unite is not a webserver, its a system where functionality is provided by widgets and other users can access those aswell (kinda like Google Wave) Opera provided some widgets to begin with, like File Sharing, Web Server, Media Player, Photo Sharing, The Lounge (chat), Fridge (post-a-note wall) All of these can be separately enabled or disabled. Atleast in the Opera 10 Beta, Unite and all the widgets were disabled by default. It makes direct connections when possible, and if user is behind NAT Opera proxy servers will route it (afaik)
Its a great thing for an user who doesn't care or know how to install webservers, dont want to upload their private photos to imageshack or the like or chat via servers. The thing here is that instead of using websites, you can connect to your friends directly. Widgets provide the functionality then (theres API developers can use to make them)
Hopefully that clarifies some about that incredibly bad summary.
âoeCurrently, most of us contribute content to the Web (for example by putting our personal information on social networking sites, uploading photos to Flickr, or maybe publishing blog posts), but we donâ(TM)t contribute to its fabric â" the underlying infrastructure that defines the online landscape that we inhabit.
Our computers are only dumb terminals connected to other computers (meaning servers) owned by other people â" such as large corporations â" who we depend upon to host our words, thoughts, and images. We depend on them to do it well and with our best interests at heart. We place our trust in these third parties, and we hope for the best, but as long as our own computers are not first class citizens on the Web, we are merely tenants, and hosting companies are the landlords of the Internet.â
This is more of a way for people to communicate, share and do stuff together rather than using websites. You know, P2P. It has developer API so new stuff can be added, opera's own stuff currently include webserver, chat room, note board, streaming and file sharing.
Its quite nice system actually, and you dont need to share your stuff to all of the internet or upload your photos to facebook or similar.
"Announced today and starting "this summer," Verizon will be offering "more than 1,400" PC games through its broadband service, for $9.99 per month. The service boasts a variety of games, ranging from Bejeweled to Splinter Cell, allowing customers to play the games over an internet connection or download the games directly to their computers -- provided the computer is connected to the internet, that is, presumably for license verification."
What the hell are you talking about, its a monthly fee for a service. You aren't buying the games, you're kind of renting them. Like with cable tv.
I would more than welcome having a monthly fee for a nice games library where I could just play whatever game I like. Hell, it would probably be even smaller price than a single game, maybe half of it. Then you could easily download the game you want to play, and if you dont like it you go try the next. No extra costs. Too bad I dont live in the usa, so I wont probably see it for a long time.
Its bad to compare games from 80's and 90's, because it was all new then so everything felt exciting, besides theres some nostalgia towards those early years that probably happened to be lots of peoples teenage years aswell.
Besides, theres still Mario games released for Wii. Actually, Mario Galaxy was damn fun and it had working, not photorealistic graphics.
Now I do enjoy the great graphics aswell. It makes you feel more in the game, in good and bad. It gives impressions and woah moments. But its not required to make a fun game.
Btw, I enjoyed Assassins Creed even tho it got a bit boring quickly.
Immersing graphics or movielike (where you feel like you're in a movie) doesn't equal to bad games, if done correctly. Great games are always great games, and good graphics make it nicer to play it.
Because its a bit more advanced that EyeToy was...
I actually think Project Natal will just come straight to the next xbox. I mean: - Any of the previous games dont support it - Its peripheral you have to buy separately - not everyone are going to buy it, so the games need to support 'normal' players too, so cant concentrate just for the Project Natal. - Xbox360 is old and its successor will probably come soon anyways - Its just way better idea to start from a clean table like Wii did. EyeToy was also an peripheral to PS2.
Ofcourse. But they're different sites with different audience and even if they're both the same company it doesn't mean its not marketing.
Quite frankly, youtube is more suited for it aswell. Users would be disturbed if there was huge Chrome ads on top/bottom of google, but its more okay in youtube.
I though that too. Which (along thousand other times) makes me think how much stuff in newspapers is wrong or missing information, either by their unknowledge or someone not knowing all the details
Slashdot Mirror
There's always something in common. Relationships purpose isn't to be with someone who's exact replica of you. Where's the fun in that. If you rather are with someone that has _something_ in common, but is still quite different, you both fill each others life with stuff thats not so usual to either one of you and the end result can be the great stuff from both lifes. Or the bad stuff, but thats how life works and you just have to experience.
For example, me and my gf have totally different taste in candy. Candies that I consider the worst shit ever are her favorites and other way around. Sounds like greating problems with differences, right? No, because she leaves me the candy she hates and which I love.
Also, when you mix the different lifes together it creates nice moments. She loves when I'm with her in clothing stores, maybe even more because she knows I hate it and would rather be at computer, but I'm still there. On the other hand, one night I was playing left4dead at 05am like true nerds do, and she woke up and came sit behind me on the floor watching me playing. With a geek girl that would had been somewhat normal and nothing special and not (in a geeky way) romantic. Or I wouldn't enjoy watching while she plays GTA Vice City and likes it, because that wouldn't be anything special with someone who's exactly like you.
This is why your friends can be as geek as you are, but as gf you want someone different. Someone that will show you new aspects of life and who will drag you out and make you experience the life outside as a geek aswell. Because, lets face it, without someone different and close person to you, you will just do the usual stuff and not experience anything totally new. And who is better to do that than your girlfriend.
And besides that, its kind of stupid to try to find yourself a geek girlfriend. It may sound nice first, but your world viewing will be really limited and she will be just another nerdy thing there. I have a girlfriend that isn't really that nerdy at all, and shes dragged me to places I wouldn't otherwise go, but its always been fun in the end then and you get to see new aspects of life, not just computer and internet. People need a push to do something different, and thats the perfect and most fun push. So dont again limit your activies to the nerdy stuff.
Now the thing isn't at all about what you do or what you're interested in. You just have to make it sound *interesting* and *create your personal style* that will stand you off from the group. That's the most critical part that most geeks dont see. They just try to act "normal" and end up looking shy and non-interesting. Most girls dont want "just another normal guy". It's in genes. Cocky but fun stories or talking works great btw, I landed my own gf by asking her questions noone else dared to ask and told her stuff noone else woulnd't dare to tell, but in a funny and laughting way. It also makes you interesting and creates attraction, and in the end way more open relationship aswell.
Non-geeky girls also tend to be a bit cuter and better looking too ;) (sorry slashdot girls, you're sexy tho!)
And besides that, its kind of stupid to try to find yourself a geek girlfriend. It may sound nice first, but your world viewing will be really limited and she will be just another nerdy thing there. I have a girlfriend that isn't really that nerdy at all, and shes dragged me to places I wouldn't otherwise go, but its always been fun in the end then and I get to see totally new aspect of life, not just the computer and internet. People need a push to do something different, and thats the perfect and most fun push. So dont again limit your activies to the nerdy stuff.
Now the thing isn't at all about what you do or what you're interested in. You just have to make it sound *interesting* and *create your personal style* that will stand you off from the group. That's the most critical part that most geeks dont see. They just try to act "normal" and end up looking shy and non-interesting. Most girls dont want "just another normal guy". Cocky but fun stories or talking works great btw, I landed my own gf by asking her questions noone else dared to ask and told her stuff noone else woulnd't dare to tell, but in a funny and laughting way. It also makes you interesting and creates attraction, and in the end way more open relationship aswell.
Non-geeky girls also tend to be a bit cuter and better looking too ;) (sorry slashdot girls, you're sexy tho!)
What is interesting is that how have they implemented a system to prevent cheaters and hackers? As Open Source game makes it possible to get the full game code and just make your cheats into it and build your own client, rather than going the harder route of debugging asm language. Have they implemented something to prevent cheating, or have they just totally ignored it?
You're comparing to an OS that was released in 2001 (xp) and which isn't really sold anymore, nor does it come with new PC's. In Vista and Win7 users dont run by default as administrator and install even says that its encouraged to create separate account for user. UAC (win7 has better uac than vista) also protects doing stuff under admin. Its just as usable as sudo *if you know what you're doing*. Different tool doesn't change users stupidness or ignorance.
This just shows that when more Windows users (or convenience-first users) move to linux, the added security wont help. Users will continue to do everything the way that is most convenient to them, and that is gonna bring more attack vectors aswell. The neverending "linux is just more secure OS" only affects those who know what they're doing, but that way it works in Windows aswell (I dont run av/fw, and I've never had any problems [checked some times really deeply from filemonitors and packet sniffing], but on the hand I know what I'm doing and what not to do).
And no, you cant teach them security. Normal users aren't that interested in it, so they wont learn.
Heh, I'm glad I dont live in the usa. Atleast cell-phone costs here in nordic europe (where opera is based aswell, btw) went down years ago already. When I moved I ran my server on 4.5mbit unlimited 3g mobile connection and it costs ~30 euros a month (latency was a bit bitch 300ms in online fps games, but otherwise it worked good). There was also just news by one of the operators that they're starting to give unlimited 24/3 connections by the end of year, via mobile phone and around that same price. However I still prefer my 100/100 homeline for that, but that kind of speed in phone is nice for streaming music or videos from your computer when you're in a bus or going somewhere.
This is probably also why me and opera see this as very, very viable option. Operators here are non-restrictive and consumer lines are fast. Theres a world outside us aswell :) However that being said, Opera's idea is *not* to have people running webservers via it. Its just a basic thingie for sharing your stuff and quickly give some url to friend instead of upping to imageshack, flickr or whatever. And besides the point, it has chatroom etc and probably soon lots of other stuff when API developers get their hands on it.
Its platform independent, so its highly possible they'll start supporting mobile opera in future aswell. It makes great sense aswell, because thats one of the major uses of it.
Opera is not in trouble, their marketshare has only growth aswell when people have got off IE. And even so, it varies A LOT by region. In CIS regions (Russia, Ukraine etc) Opera has 25-50% marketshare, so in many of the countries it is actually the #1 browser, kicking both IE and FF far behind. And that is a huge amount of people using Opera.
I'd say it is a BAD THING when someone who doesn't care or know how to install a web server winds up installing a web server just because it is part of his web browser. I'd say it is a massive hole through which bad guys can poke at someone's system without the victim knowing that he's installed it.
Why is it a massive hole? You know, its not apache or anything complicated. It doesn't run php scripts. It serves files and only does that. Seeing how secure Opera has been compared to IE/FF I'd say they know how to secure it aswell.
Personally, I don't want my VNC server also running an http demon to distribute widgets to anyone who comes by. I don't want my web browser doing the same thing.
Nor it does, it has a good access police thats easily noticed by the user. Opera's site has some pics in the press section if you dont want to install it to see.
As long as your friends are explicit in wanting you to be able to this, ok.
As said, user access controls and the services/widgets DONT run on by default.
If that were true, it's trivial to set up a real webserver to provide exactly what you want them to get, instead of it being a side-effect of browsing the morning's ration of pr0n.
Internet is not just us nerds anymore. Actually, we're quite minority like in teh real world. Not anyone has interest to learn how to install and configure apache and hell, I would be more worried about someone using apache instead of opera's very basic webserver, if they get it working they most likely dont know what they're doing.
vpn can carry dns queries aswell :)
Enjoy porn and their bodies in a classroom?
Guys, get ready to have two moons.
On every aspect the title and summary is just so wrong.
To begin with, Opera 10 has not been released. Its in Beta.
Opera Unite is not Opera 10, its a feature in Opera 10.
Opera Unite is not a webserver, its a system where functionality is provided by widgets and other users can access those aswell (kinda like Google Wave)
Opera provided some widgets to begin with, like File Sharing, Web Server, Media Player, Photo Sharing, The Lounge (chat), Fridge (post-a-note wall)
All of these can be separately enabled or disabled.
Atleast in the Opera 10 Beta, Unite and all the widgets were disabled by default.
It makes direct connections when possible, and if user is behind NAT Opera proxy servers will route it (afaik)
Its a great thing for an user who doesn't care or know how to install webservers, dont want to upload their private photos to imageshack or the like or chat via servers. The thing here is that instead of using websites, you can connect to your friends directly. Widgets provide the functionality then (theres API developers can use to make them)
Hopefully that clarifies some about that incredibly bad summary.
So just dont enable it. Whole Unity feature isn't enabled by default, and even then you enable the separate features/widgets in it.
Btw, even Opera 10 beta seems incredibly fast.
You do actually make a direct connection if its possible. If not, then opera will proxy it so that it works for users behind nat aswell.
âoeCurrently, most of us contribute content to the Web (for example by putting our personal information on social networking sites, uploading photos to Flickr, or maybe publishing blog posts), but we donâ(TM)t contribute to its fabric â" the underlying infrastructure that defines the online landscape that we inhabit.
Our computers are only dumb terminals connected to other computers (meaning servers) owned by other people â" such as large corporations â" who we depend upon to host our words, thoughts, and images. We depend on them to do it well and with our best interests at heart. We place our trust in these third parties, and we hope for the best, but as long as our own computers are not first class citizens on the Web, we are merely tenants, and hosting companies are the landlords of the Internet.â
This is more of a way for people to communicate, share and do stuff together rather than using websites. You know, P2P. It has developer API so new stuff can be added, opera's own stuff currently include webserver, chat room, note board, streaming and file sharing.
Its quite nice system actually, and you dont need to share your stuff to all of the internet or upload your photos to facebook or similar.
eh, how wrong is the summary. Opera 10 != Opera Unite. Its just a feature in it. Surprisingly, TechCrunch has a good summary http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/16/that-reinvention-of-the-web-thing-opera-was-talking-about-its-called-opera-unite/
I, for one, welcome our new iphone botnet overlords!
For those that cant RTFA:
"Announced today and starting "this summer," Verizon will be offering "more than 1,400" PC games through its broadband service, for $9.99 per month. The service boasts a variety of games, ranging from Bejeweled to Splinter Cell, allowing customers to play the games over an internet connection or download the games directly to their computers -- provided the computer is connected to the internet, that is, presumably for license verification."
What the hell are you talking about, its a monthly fee for a service. You aren't buying the games, you're kind of renting them. Like with cable tv.
I would more than welcome having a monthly fee for a nice games library where I could just play whatever game I like. Hell, it would probably be even smaller price than a single game, maybe half of it. Then you could easily download the game you want to play, and if you dont like it you go try the next. No extra costs. Too bad I dont live in the usa, so I wont probably see it for a long time.
Its bad to compare games from 80's and 90's, because it was all new then so everything felt exciting, besides theres some nostalgia towards those early years that probably happened to be lots of peoples teenage years aswell.
Besides, theres still Mario games released for Wii. Actually, Mario Galaxy was damn fun and it had working, not photorealistic graphics.
Now I do enjoy the great graphics aswell. It makes you feel more in the game, in good and bad. It gives impressions and woah moments. But its not required to make a fun game.
Btw, I enjoyed Assassins Creed even tho it got a bit boring quickly.
Immersing graphics or movielike (where you feel like you're in a movie) doesn't equal to bad games, if done correctly. Great games are always great games, and good graphics make it nicer to play it.
Now that I looked at it, it looks and sounds like Ubishit.. Good work for getting that past! :-)
Because its a bit more advanced that EyeToy was...
I actually think Project Natal will just come straight to the next xbox. I mean:
- Any of the previous games dont support it
- Its peripheral you have to buy separately - not everyone are going to buy it, so the games need to support 'normal' players too, so cant concentrate just for the Project Natal.
- Xbox360 is old and its successor will probably come soon anyways
- Its just way better idea to start from a clean table like Wii did. EyeToy was also an peripheral to PS2.
Ofcourse. But they're different sites with different audience and even if they're both the same company it doesn't mean its not marketing.
Quite frankly, youtube is more suited for it aswell. Users would be disturbed if there was huge Chrome ads on top/bottom of google, but its more okay in youtube.
I though that too. Which (along thousand other times) makes me think how much stuff in newspapers is wrong or missing information, either by their unknowledge or someone not knowing all the details