Canada is simultaneously Socialist and Capitalist and stuffed with a broken Taxation system that if I start talking about it this comment will turn into 3 pages of ranting.
Would you prefer there be no government at all, to handle the serious issues of our daily lives?
Power consumption is something that you probably wouldn't worry about if it weren't for your energy bill. I personally would rather have a tyrant running my life for me to ensure a sustainable future for our species. If Freedom comes at the cost of our planet, I don't want any of it.
Now, who will be the first to make a communist remark...
(I mean I don't live in the States, let alone in California)
But if the Government wants to get serious about energy consumption, just put a system in place that gives users a fixed amount of Energy for the day. Give me a 1 hour warning that my juice is almost up - and I'll know to finish my round of Halo, go take a shower, and either go to bed or read a book with a flashlight.
I mean, my hot water tank won't last long enough for me and 3 room mates to take showers one after another, but its not like its a such a huge inconvenience that I can't survive. The same could go for energy.
My Mother uses Windows (work), Mac (at home), and some random Linux Distro (vacation/travel), and she couldn't get them all on the same wireless without my help.
The # of OS's you are familiar with has ZERO effect on your actual technical abilities.
You do. When you sign up for Live you can set your region. Then I guess its up to you if you want to recieve emergency messages or not, by setting your region or not. All in all, its your loss if you don't, but a great system if you do.
If your game has the capability to break the law - people will exploit it. The Chinese citizens will simply pirate the American version, or hack their region to be not China - and before you know it the game will be banned.
You either ship your game with the limitations, or don't ship to China. World of Warcraft expansions are experiencing major delays because World of Warcraft basically has to be recoded this way. If it were as simple as a few lines of code, they would have patched it.
How about I develop a game that caters EXACTLY what the Chinese government would like, and then they use their overpowered censorship and propoganda to promote it and only it...
I shouldn't have said Everything - C# and VB.NET are just the pieces behind the page that will handle any data transactions that need to take place - everything else to change the DOM will be done by the AJAX script manager handling the requests from ASP.NET controls.
Then all you need to do is make your Data Transaction call a "postback" to a control thats handled by the script manager, and the control will be updated.
Develop me a functioning Magnetic shield mechanism, so that I can mount both on a 1-man-space-capable-fighter, and get me a date with Natalie Portman, and my fantasy is complete.
I, however, am not surprised that Safari and Chrome Beat out firefox, as FF is starting to become as bloated as IE in almost all respects. Normally if I'm going for speed I use Opera, but thats not to say its my favourite.
The problem is with Javascript is that in some ways the web is starting to fade it out. Yes - there is AJAX, but surprisingly enough, AJAX does not have to use Javascript. Most of my professional web applications are using AJAX but are using C# or VB.NET (with ASP) to handle everything.
Now - not a whole lot of popular places on the net are using.NET right now. But perhaps THIS article will jolt your memory. Microsoft wants to fade out JS. Why? Because they don't want to build an engine for it.
No you see the problem was that someone tried to comment out a comment. However, their skewed vision on how comments work, and by some MIRACLE of programming and compilation, All the code ended up commented and the comment was compiled instead.
While I see the point that you're trying to make - I really wouldn't mind that. If I'm not doing anything illegal, then I don't have to worry about being arrested. Why would someone be AGAINST security cameras being pointed at their property, when other people pay hefty sums to set them up for security?
To be honest, I think being able to go down to my local police station, saying "My house got broken into this weekend, could you guys check the tapes" would be WAY more convenient then the quote unquote "inconvenience" of being watched.
What pray-tell, directly disadvantages the average citizen if they were to be watched at all times?
It's ridiculous how I can't handcuff a drug dealer, stuff him into the backseat of my car, drive him back to my office, and record him alone in a room for about 12 hours before pressing charges.
It's a right no government arm should ever have! Or its infringing upon my rights to say that I can't do it!
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Don't even get me started...
Canada is simultaneously Socialist and Capitalist and stuffed with a broken Taxation system that if I start talking about it this comment will turn into 3 pages of ranting.
Stopping myself here.
Suppose thats my fault for not budgetting my energy needs.
It's not like it HAS to be the way I set up, but its not like an energy restrictive system would be terrible.
X energy per hour, and don't let me break that cap, or something. Forces me to shutoff my PC if I want to watch TV.
Lets see Obama's as well...
Would you prefer there be no government at all, to handle the serious issues of our daily lives?
Power consumption is something that you probably wouldn't worry about if it weren't for your energy bill. I personally would rather have a tyrant running my life for me to ensure a sustainable future for our species. If Freedom comes at the cost of our planet, I don't want any of it.
Now, who will be the first to make a communist remark...
(I mean I don't live in the States, let alone in California)
But if the Government wants to get serious about energy consumption, just put a system in place that gives users a fixed amount of Energy for the day. Give me a 1 hour warning that my juice is almost up - and I'll know to finish my round of Halo, go take a shower, and either go to bed or read a book with a flashlight.
I mean, my hot water tank won't last long enough for me and 3 room mates to take showers one after another, but its not like its a such a huge inconvenience that I can't survive. The same could go for energy.
First Lasers, and soon brain implants! Today is full of win! Its the effin Future!
You just need to design an algorithm.
If the stamp is visible -
If the Day of the week is Friday, Saturday, or Sunday -
If the Time is after 6 PM -
Easy.
Microsoft has denied building back doors, but what about rootkits?
My Mother uses Windows (work), Mac (at home), and some random Linux Distro (vacation/travel), and she couldn't get them all on the same wireless without my help.
The # of OS's you are familiar with has ZERO effect on your actual technical abilities.
You do. When you sign up for Live you can set your region. Then I guess its up to you if you want to recieve emergency messages or not, by setting your region or not. All in all, its your loss if you don't, but a great system if you do.
If your game has the capability to break the law - people will exploit it. The Chinese citizens will simply pirate the American version, or hack their region to be not China - and before you know it the game will be banned.
You either ship your game with the limitations, or don't ship to China. World of Warcraft expansions are experiencing major delays because World of Warcraft basically has to be recoded this way. If it were as simple as a few lines of code, they would have patched it.
But developing a game that pushes Socialist values and limits various gameplay could essentially RUIN your sales in every country BUT China.
Is China > 50% of the market?
Will China be > 50% of the market?
How about I develop a game that caters EXACTLY what the Chinese government would like, and then they use their overpowered censorship and propoganda to promote it and only it...
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Profit?
I shouldn't have said Everything - C# and VB.NET are just the pieces behind the page that will handle any data transactions that need to take place - everything else to change the DOM will be done by the AJAX script manager handling the requests from ASP.NET controls.
Then all you need to do is make your Data Transaction call a "postback" to a control thats handled by the script manager, and the control will be updated.
Develop me a functioning Magnetic shield mechanism, so that I can mount both on a 1-man-space-capable-fighter, and get me a date with Natalie Portman, and my fantasy is complete.
How do you SNEAK something into a law? Doesn't it have to go through a ton of revisions and get voted on and all that jazz?
If the system is set up in such a way that people can put in new constraints without anyone noticing it, I'd say thats pretty broken.
I, however, am not surprised that Safari and Chrome Beat out firefox, as FF is starting to become as bloated as IE in almost all respects. Normally if I'm going for speed I use Opera, but thats not to say its my favourite.
The problem is with Javascript is that in some ways the web is starting to fade it out. Yes - there is AJAX, but surprisingly enough, AJAX does not have to use Javascript. Most of my professional web applications are using AJAX but are using C# or VB.NET (with ASP) to handle everything.
Now - not a whole lot of popular places on the net are using .NET right now. But perhaps THIS article will jolt your memory. Microsoft wants to fade out JS. Why? Because they don't want to build an engine for it.
No you see the problem was that someone tried to comment out a comment. However, their skewed vision on how comments work, and by some MIRACLE of programming and compilation, All the code ended up commented and the comment was compiled instead.
While I see the point that you're trying to make - I really wouldn't mind that. If I'm not doing anything illegal, then I don't have to worry about being arrested. Why would someone be AGAINST security cameras being pointed at their property, when other people pay hefty sums to set them up for security?
To be honest, I think being able to go down to my local police station, saying "My house got broken into this weekend, could you guys check the tapes" would be WAY more convenient then the quote unquote "inconvenience" of being watched.
What pray-tell, directly disadvantages the average citizen if they were to be watched at all times?
Maybe the amount of rats that infest the city will finally go down. And I'm not talking about rodentia.
I know eh?
It's ridiculous how I can't handcuff a drug dealer, stuff him into the backseat of my car, drive him back to my office, and record him alone in a room for about 12 hours before pressing charges.
It's a right no government arm should ever have!
Or its infringing upon my rights to say that I can't do it!
I don't care which! I'm just upset!
If you're the RPG type, I played Demon Souls the other week and it was breathtakingly fantastic, arguably better than Dragon Age in some respects.
I'm not even sure who to ROOT for anymore.
Haha, that was so terrible, please don't mod me funny.
I suppose thats all dependant on whether E17 will come out at all.
Duke Nukem Forever will never come out.
You DO know the Development team at 3D Realms got sacked for not producing a game, right?
I mean, what are the compelling list of reasons the book supposedly lists... I guess I have to buy it to find out.