There's no quality control on submissions anymore. I think they just stick up whatever gets noticed on firehose pretty much as is. I won't waste my time with submitting anymore.
Well if that's the case (I've never seen a disk like that), it's bullshit and it's abusive by the producers of the DVD. Still, the same abuse could presumably happen with Bluray, and I still think it'll qualify as more convenient than VHS.
All true, but not to worry, nothing (certainly not your inconvenient "facts") will stop the neuromarketing hype bandwagon. I'm sure the buzz will wear off in a few years.
Oh please. Don't be pedantic. I'm truly sorry for the precious seconds you have to waste with the FBI warnings on your DVDs. Please feel free to go back to VHS if you want.
Thank you for the correction. I meant downloads as in online stuff including streaming, but I was being lazy with my language and I should have been more clear.
These supposed cheap EEG monitors are basically toys, so don't worry yet. That a marketing company uses slick marketing to oversell the capabilities of their own product shouldn't surprise anybody.
This is exactly it, it isn't about (marginal) gains in picture quality, it's about convenience. DVD beat VCR because disk don't need rewinding, they don't get mangled by your tape player, they don't degrade each time you play them, you can skip straight to the bit you want to watch, oh and they happen to have better picture and sound, but that last point is pretty far down the list of selling points. Blu-ray offers nothing except better quality picture and sound. To displace DVD, it's not enough to be a better DVD (DVDs are pretty good as it is, and good enough for most people), you have to offer something new.
This is why CDs weren't displaced by a better CD format (although they exist), they were displaced by downloads, because downloads are more convenient. It will be downloads that displace DVDs too, because the convenience of having movies available on-demand is hugely more convenient that going to a store to rent or buy a physical disk. People will even accept slightly lower quality for the convenience of downloading.
For real. Easier to use than previous versions of Blender isn't a particularly high hurdle. I remember starting with a Blender tutorial some time ago that started by breathlessly explaining how the windowing system worked and confidentially stated that "soon you'll be wishing all your applications worked like this". I still laugh when I think about that.
I'll give the new version a whirl next time I get an itch to try my hand at 3D again (and then quickly give up when I remember that I still have no talent).
Really? In my experience (with the GOG.com version of DS1) the economy was broken because your cash maxed out at about 9,999,999 (or something similar, don't remember the exact value) and since there really wasn't anything worth buying anyway...
But like the child who's never tried a new food, refusing to eat it because it's different leads to a very limited and dull palate.
I like my dull palate, thank you very much! (for food at least, not so much for games)
But seriously, the real clamp on creativity is business. Publishers don't want to take risks developing increasingly expensive games only to see them not sell. They want a pretty good feel that they will make a profit and the best way to do that is to ape an existing, successful game. It's not right, it's not good for the long-term health of gaming (or even the publishers themselves), but from a purely capitalist POV, it makes sense.
Two billion years is plenty of time to come up with interstellar travel, even without trying.
That may be, but if you take my answer in the context of the AC I was replying to, he (or she) seems to be of the mind that there is no point to it ever. I gave the most extreme example of why his (or her) proposal that it would be better if we all lived in the matrix (or some similar nonsense sci-fi fantasy) is flawed.
What would we need to find out there? Why would anyone want to be there?
Because at some point the sun will turn into a red giant and swallow the earth whole. This will obliterate humanity and every single thing we've ever done. We will be completely and irreversibility erased from the universe.
A lot of people find that thought rather uncomfortable.
Great summary. All of one sentence that tells us nothing, not even what the source is. I really don't understand what Slashdot wants for a submission so I've mostly stopped bothering.
So either you own the proxy (in which case they still have your IP address, or at least an IP address that belongs to you) or you trust the person who runs the proxy because they do have your real IP address.
The particular problem that the OP suggests would be solved by privacy mode. I'm assuming his problem is that he's logged on to Facebook and when he visits sites with a "Like" button, Facebook "helpfully" posts it for him (actually I don't think you even need to be logged into Facebook, it can track you anyway if you have a Facebook cookie). If you turn on privacy mode you won't be logged onto Facebook (unless you then, stupidly, go ahead and log on to Facebook), so those like buttons won't connect you back to your Facebook account. You regular Facebook cookies won't be accessible to Facebook when you are using privacy mode.
I am well aware that privacy mode doesn't solve all privacy issues, but it does solve this particular one.
The problem with 'gamification' is that it's not about games!
Nope. You're wrong. Try reading TFA. It is exactly about games and nothing to do with game theory. It's about making work (or some other generally unpleasant activity) as engaging and rewarding as playing games with the idea that this will increase productivity.
I think I got mine bundled in with a gateway computer maybe 7-8 years ago. The middle mouse button was always a bit flaky. In FPS where you needed to use the middle mouse button to zoom (e.g. with a sniper scope) the damn thing wouldn't stay zoomed.
I had an old Logitech mouse that I just replaced and I didn't realize how bad it was until I replaced it. My new cheapo mouse is much higher resolution and the middle button actually works!
...than about $50 tops on a mouse. Personally, I wouldn't spend more than about $20. My latest mouse I got when I replaced my keyboard (because one of the feet had broken off), I got a mouse and keyboard combo for about $30.
Damn you!...erm....I mean, yeah that was intentional, you know....irony! Yeah I know the difference between "its" and "it's", just sometimes I type faster than I think.
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There's no quality control on submissions anymore. I think they just stick up whatever gets noticed on firehose pretty much as is. I won't waste my time with submitting anymore.
So MS and G have 6200 roles this quarter.
It doesn't say MS and G have 6,200 roles each. It could have been clearer, but I read it as MS and G have 6,200 roles between them.
Well if that's the case (I've never seen a disk like that), it's bullshit and it's abusive by the producers of the DVD. Still, the same abuse could presumably happen with Bluray, and I still think it'll qualify as more convenient than VHS.
All true, but not to worry, nothing (certainly not your inconvenient "facts") will stop the neuromarketing hype bandwagon. I'm sure the buzz will wear off in a few years.
Oh please. Don't be pedantic. I'm truly sorry for the precious seconds you have to waste with the FBI warnings on your DVDs. Please feel free to go back to VHS if you want.
Thank you for the correction. I meant downloads as in online stuff including streaming, but I was being lazy with my language and I should have been more clear.
These supposed cheap EEG monitors are basically toys, so don't worry yet. That a marketing company uses slick marketing to oversell the capabilities of their own product shouldn't surprise anybody.
This is exactly it, it isn't about (marginal) gains in picture quality, it's about convenience. DVD beat VCR because disk don't need rewinding, they don't get mangled by your tape player, they don't degrade each time you play them, you can skip straight to the bit you want to watch, oh and they happen to have better picture and sound, but that last point is pretty far down the list of selling points. Blu-ray offers nothing except better quality picture and sound. To displace DVD, it's not enough to be a better DVD (DVDs are pretty good as it is, and good enough for most people), you have to offer something new.
This is why CDs weren't displaced by a better CD format (although they exist), they were displaced by downloads, because downloads are more convenient. It will be downloads that displace DVDs too, because the convenience of having movies available on-demand is hugely more convenient that going to a store to rent or buy a physical disk. People will even accept slightly lower quality for the convenience of downloading.
For real. Easier to use than previous versions of Blender isn't a particularly high hurdle. I remember starting with a Blender tutorial some time ago that started by breathlessly explaining how the windowing system worked and confidentially stated that "soon you'll be wishing all your applications worked like this". I still laugh when I think about that.
I'll give the new version a whirl next time I get an itch to try my hand at 3D again (and then quickly give up when I remember that I still have no talent).
Really? In my experience (with the GOG.com version of DS1) the economy was broken because your cash maxed out at about 9,999,999 (or something similar, don't remember the exact value) and since there really wasn't anything worth buying anyway...
I like my dull palate, thank you very much! (for food at least, not so much for games)
But seriously, the real clamp on creativity is business. Publishers don't want to take risks developing increasingly expensive games only to see them not sell. They want a pretty good feel that they will make a profit and the best way to do that is to ape an existing, successful game. It's not right, it's not good for the long-term health of gaming (or even the publishers themselves), but from a purely capitalist POV, it makes sense.
Two billion years is plenty of time to come up with interstellar travel, even without trying.
That may be, but if you take my answer in the context of the AC I was replying to, he (or she) seems to be of the mind that there is no point to it ever. I gave the most extreme example of why his (or her) proposal that it would be better if we all lived in the matrix (or some similar nonsense sci-fi fantasy) is flawed.
What would we need to find out there? Why would anyone want to be there?
Because at some point the sun will turn into a red giant and swallow the earth whole. This will obliterate humanity and every single thing we've ever done. We will be completely and irreversibility erased from the universe.
A lot of people find that thought rather uncomfortable.
Great summary. All of one sentence that tells us nothing, not even what the source is. I really don't understand what Slashdot wants for a submission so I've mostly stopped bothering.
Yeah. I hate April Fools day.
So either you own the proxy (in which case they still have your IP address, or at least an IP address that belongs to you) or you trust the person who runs the proxy because they do have your real IP address.
The particular problem that the OP suggests would be solved by privacy mode. I'm assuming his problem is that he's logged on to Facebook and when he visits sites with a "Like" button, Facebook "helpfully" posts it for him (actually I don't think you even need to be logged into Facebook, it can track you anyway if you have a Facebook cookie). If you turn on privacy mode you won't be logged onto Facebook (unless you then, stupidly, go ahead and log on to Facebook), so those like buttons won't connect you back to your Facebook account. You regular Facebook cookies won't be accessible to Facebook when you are using privacy mode.
I am well aware that privacy mode doesn't solve all privacy issues, but it does solve this particular one.
Stop letting them have an IP even.
Okay, I'm mostly agree with the sentiment, but without an IP address how do you expect them to serve you any webpages?
Use privacy mode when you visit bigfatsluts.com, problem solved.
The problem with 'gamification' is that it's not about games!
Nope. You're wrong. Try reading TFA. It is exactly about games and nothing to do with game theory. It's about making work (or some other generally unpleasant activity) as engaging and rewarding as playing games with the idea that this will increase productivity.
I think I got mine bundled in with a gateway computer maybe 7-8 years ago. The middle mouse button was always a bit flaky. In FPS where you needed to use the middle mouse button to zoom (e.g. with a sniper scope) the damn thing wouldn't stay zoomed.
I had an old Logitech mouse that I just replaced and I didn't realize how bad it was until I replaced it. My new cheapo mouse is much higher resolution and the middle button actually works!
...than about $50 tops on a mouse. Personally, I wouldn't spend more than about $20. My latest mouse I got when I replaced my keyboard (because one of the feet had broken off), I got a mouse and keyboard combo for about $30.
Love VB and Archer. Hilarious.
Damn you! ...erm....I mean, yeah that was intentional, you know....irony! Yeah I know the difference between "its" and "it's", just sometimes I type faster than I think.