Is Steam stopping me from playing the games I purchased? No? Then I don't really care. Steam doesn't get in my way, and is quite convenient for installing a game on multiple computers (plus I don't have to keep track of disks). Find something worth complaining about.
Yes Steam is probably the best, most consumer-friendly DRM distribution system around, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't care at all. Unless you are happy having all your games rendered unplayable if Steam goes offline / Valve goes out of business. In the scale of a year that's unlikely, but in 10? 50? Quite apart from the legitimate short-term disadvantages, I think in 50 years we will look back on this period of time in the same way we view the lack of archiving of television in the mid-20th century, as a massive unnecessary black hole in our cultural history.
In 50 years, I highly doubt you'd wish to come down from whatever advanced technology we will have to play games on x86 architecture, any more than I have a desire to dust off my Atari VCS and play pong.
Google for "Molten WoW", they rake in so much via donors that they can pay actual coders to work on the emu software. The gameplay isn't nearly as robust and they are a full expansion behind, but last I looked there were still ~20,000 people across a half-dozen servers.
Yes, Colbert is much, much more than the faux-O'Reilly persona he's affected in recent years. All the work he did on the Daily Show...I recall the "Even Steven" segment he did with Steve Carell was rather brilliant.
I feel a bit bad for Craig Ferguson. He's a great comic but his shtick is a bit out there at times, and much less scripted and structured than I think CBS wanted for the prime night-time slot
Short, and a shame I missed the call for question submissions, I was reading rec.arts.sf.tv.b5 back when JMS was posting as the episodes aired, would've liked to get in a few reminisces.
You get to revisit old areas perhaps not seen in awhile, run mid-level battlegrounds where gameplay is different due to limited skillsets, and the like . I doubt I'll evne use the freebie 90 boost on a character.
I really hate to fall on "what if?" arguments, but I on the local radio here they have a lawyer ( shoutout to russmanlaw.com ) on to answer listener's legal questions, and one time one posed a question very much like the situation here. His response was, "what if the person you warn is actually doing something bad? "
What if they are driving drunk and the flash snaps a tiny bit of sense into them, long enough to slow down a bit and drive straight, but as soon as they pass the cop, are off and weaving again.
What if there's an Amber Alert in the area, and the guy you flash those beams to has a kid in the trunk? What if you prevented him from getting pulled over for speeding, when the cops would've seen or heard...
I know it's logically fallacious and one-in-a-million, but I couldn't live with myself if I found out something bad happened because of it. The only downside of not warning oncoming drivers is that maybe they get ticketed.
Surely this means that all world hunger and nutrition issues across the globe have been solved, now that corporations are pouring millions into 3D cocktail garnish R&D, right?
We handle things just fine. AD, Spiceworks, WSUS, and the like, many things that used to requite sneaker-net back in the day are either automated or can be addressed remotely.
If I could just get users to stop using their local Desktop as a cluttered filespace, life would be heaven.:)
...whatever you learned in school is already out of date...
Quite true, but as one of my professors said, "In this course, you will not learn how to code in Turbo Pascal*; you will learn how to learn to code, and then apply that to Turbo Pascal."
A good teacher can make all the difference to impressionable 18-yr-olds.
Ahh, Buckaroo Banzai, the Americanized bastardization of Doctor Who. I try to forget about that movie, much as I try to forget about the Heavy Metal "anime".
If you're going to go around with no seatbelt on, whose taxes are going to pay to clean up the mess when you spread your brains on the pavement?
Our seatbelt-free ways predate the arrival of Free Staters. NH is the only state to not mandate seatbelt use for adults, just for 17 and unders. We also have mo law requiring the use of motorcycle helmets for adults.
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> ...'pull-down conversation mirror' that lets drivers check on kids without turning around."
Back in the 70's, those mysterious "eyes in the back of the head" that'd always catch you when you were about to yank your sister's pigtails.
Is Steam stopping me from playing the games I purchased? No? Then I don't really care. Steam doesn't get in my way, and is quite convenient for installing a game on multiple computers (plus I don't have to keep track of disks). Find something worth complaining about.
Yes Steam is probably the best, most consumer-friendly DRM distribution system around, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't care at all. Unless you are happy having all your games rendered unplayable if Steam goes offline / Valve goes out of business. In the scale of a year that's unlikely, but in 10? 50? Quite apart from the legitimate short-term disadvantages, I think in 50 years we will look back on this period of time in the same way we view the lack of archiving of television in the mid-20th century, as a massive unnecessary black hole in our cultural history.
In 50 years, I highly doubt you'd wish to come down from whatever advanced technology we will have to play games on x86 architecture, any more than I have a desire to dust off my Atari VCS and play pong.
Google for "Molten WoW", they rake in so much via donors that they can pay actual coders to work on the emu software. The gameplay isn't nearly as robust and they are a full expansion behind, but last I looked there were still ~20,000 people across a half-dozen servers.
And here I thought it was just the step between mithril and fel iron.
Yes, Colbert is much, much more than the faux-O'Reilly persona he's affected in recent years. All the work he did on the Daily Show...I recall the "Even Steven" segment he did with Steve Carell was rather brilliant.
I feel a bit bad for Craig Ferguson. He's a great comic but his shtick is a bit out there at times, and much less scripted and structured than I think CBS wanted for the prime night-time slot
Short, and a shame I missed the call for question submissions, I was reading rec.arts.sf.tv.b5 back when JMS was posting as the episodes aired, would've liked to get in a few reminisces.
Yay!
How is addition an "extra-ordinary level of math" ?
You get to revisit old areas perhaps not seen in awhile, run mid-level battlegrounds where gameplay is different due to limited skillsets, and the like . I doubt I'll evne use the freebie 90 boost on a character.
Then don't.
I will if it suits my needs, sport.
Speeding isn't a right, so not warning oncoming drivers has no downside at all.
I really hate to fall on "what if?" arguments, but I on the local radio here they have a lawyer ( shoutout to russmanlaw.com ) on to answer listener's legal questions, and one time one posed a question very much like the situation here. His response was, "what if the person you warn is actually doing something bad? "
What if they are driving drunk and the flash snaps a tiny bit of sense into them, long enough to slow down a bit and drive straight, but as soon as they pass the cop, are off and weaving again.
What if there's an Amber Alert in the area, and the guy you flash those beams to has a kid in the trunk? What if you prevented him from getting pulled over for speeding, when the cops would've seen or heard...
I know it's logically fallacious and one-in-a-million, but I couldn't live with myself if I found out something bad happened because of it. The only downside of not warning oncoming drivers is that maybe they get ticketed.
That I can live with.
Surely this means that all world hunger and nutrition issues across the globe have been solved, now that corporations are pouring millions into 3D cocktail garnish R&D, right?
of, what, 8 dozen anime stories?
1. Turn automatic updates off.
2. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/security/dn481339, download as needed
Relax, sport, it was just a bit of sarcasm.
We handle things just fine. AD, Spiceworks, WSUS, and the like, many things that used to requite sneaker-net back in the day are either automated or can be addressed remotely.
If I could just get users to stop using their local Desktop as a cluttered filespace, life would be heaven. :)
Here, we have 1,200 devices, 35-40-ish virtual servers, across 6 public schools, with 1 manager, 2 techs, and a secretary to run it.
I think of it as job security.
EQ was built directly on DikuMUD code; to this day I still don't buy into the joint statement
http://www.dikumud.com/Everquest/Sworn.aspx
at all.
...whatever you learned in school is already out of date...
Quite true, but as one of my professors said, "In this course, you will not learn how to code in Turbo Pascal*; you will learn how to learn to code, and then apply that to Turbo Pascal."
A good teacher can make all the difference to impressionable 18-yr-olds.
(*Yes, I am old)
How about a iPhone 5c? /ducks
what does this have to do with Slashdot, really? We're not really a general news site.
Ahh, Buckaroo Banzai, the Americanized bastardization of Doctor Who. I try to forget about that movie, much as I try to forget about the Heavy Metal "anime".
...who listens to Aimee Mann?
...this project?
http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-instructions-windows
Yea, we have this up already, but nice to see an actually-released installer.
If you're going to go around with no seatbelt on, whose taxes are going to pay to clean up the mess when you spread your brains on the pavement?
Our seatbelt-free ways predate the arrival of Free Staters. NH is the only state to not mandate seatbelt use for adults, just for 17 and unders. We also have mo law requiring the use of motorcycle helmets for adults.
But if your name is McDowell, you're ok. Just put a single arch for your restaurant logos, serve "Big Mcs" and you're all set.
(Identify that movie reference in 3...2......)