This is sickeningly true, actually; at least in my case.
A couple weeks ago I got a notification from iBill (ebay's online billing service that let's people pay with their credit card). Someone used a stolen credit card to buy some Everquest stuff from me a few months ago and it's finally getting sorted out. At any rate, I'm shit out of luck, as I can't prove that I delivered the items, so iBill is taking $300 out of my checking account.
Only saving grace is that I know that the person who ripped me is in jail right now.
You type the/played command in game and it will give you something like "32 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes".
This is a time that counts by the minute how long you've been playing, so when it says 32 days, that is in fact 32 days times 24 hours of actually playing time.
Porn sites serve people LOOKING for porn. Take a basic business course. This is like saying "Why would the 7-11 want to be at the corner of a busy intersection?" The easier your target audience can find you the better for your business. Having Jonny-8-year-old accidentally find your site does little for your business.
Slashdot is once again showing a strong slant against the African-American by posting many stories about the PS2, and ignoring African-American and minority issues. This cannot stand.
Last I knew this wasn't a site about African-American/minority issues. Don't read this site if you don't want to hear about the latest gadgets. Read other sites if you want stuff on african-american/minority issues. This is like telling sears to quit selling anything above $20 because minorities can't afford it.
This diseven spread of wealth is a direct result of slavery, and reparations are the only answer.
Reprimand who? I'm white as #FFFFFF, but you know what? I didn't have jack crap when I was growing up. I grew up in a shitty redneck community. I worked for minimum wage until I could afford to put myself through college. I ain't fucking telling the "rich" to give me 40 acre's and mule.
Maybe if these snotty Caucasian kids would give their 500 dollars to African-Americans instead of wasting it on a nintendo, that would be a start. Only a start, though, mind you.
Key word is "give" here. I grew up with nothing. Never asked for someone's nintendo money either.
This is the second installment in my 'The Fine Perspective' essay series, an ongoing series of essays which will focus on African-American issues vis a vis Slashdot articles and the world of high technology.
Great, where's slashdot's/ignore feature? This bastard is gonna get a +5 troll rating every time.
Very well said. I run an opennap server here at my college since the network admin cut access. John Q. Collegestudent only ever looks for music he saw on CTN, MTV, or heard on the radio. I see it all the time. I even get emails from idiots because they can't find the latest DMB song. (Reminds self to remove email address from opennap startup page.)
Napster's model sucks for discovering new music. How often does someone browse another's music collection rather than typing in some sort of search for a known song? How often does someone take the time to download a song that they can only read the title and artist name? How happy is that person gonna be when they play the mp3 and find out it's a skit rather than a song.
Face it, services like mp3.com are the only ones helping new artists. I download quite a bit off mp3.com. You know why? Because I can read about the band and the songs before I do. mp3.com is really a service for the fan AND the *artists*, not just the fans (like Napster).
c'mon guys. We all know that if some low-level Microsluff at Microsoft stated that Microsoft had started the PC revolution, we'd be up in arms.
Regardless, even if it is only one man's comments, it is the nature of all corporations to do this. This is the kind of FUD that B2B buys. From a business perspective, I don't blame Tiemann one bit. Ethically...well that's different story.
First read the article, and who is saying what. Tiemann =/= RedHat.
Secondly, think about the article. They quoted all of about 2 sentences from him. Sounds like this CNET writer is trolling. How about printing the rest of the conversation so readers might have some context with it.
This arguement doesn't make sense. Holding back supply would be stupid on Sony's part, and I'm sure it realizes it. If they held back supply, Sony wouldn't be the one charging $1500 per unit. It would be the jackasses who got lucky enough to buy one and resell.
I had this same situation at my university. IMHO it's really not worth the effort. I would suggest simply writing you program with your tools of choice and recompiling under the class-required environment.
At the very worst you are learning two environments.
Simple games are one of the best types of projects I can think of for kids that age. I would think that most kids taking an AP Computer Science course would be interested in computers, and being that they're kids and interested in computers, I would have to think they're interested in games. Perhaps simple stuff like tic-tac-toe or text-based adventure games.
On another thought, providing the option for students to work on a project of their own design might be a path you want to examine. I know when I was in high school, I learned a lot more/spent a lot more time working on my own programming projects than any school work I ever did. I think I may even have a copy of my final project release...SuckMUD 0.0.1a laying around.:)
This isn't the first time I've heard a small-time artist claim that the RIAA is shutting down one of their models of distribution. Although I feel the RIAA is one of the most POWER hungry (and disgusting) organizations out there, I don't feel Napster in its current state, should exist. Face it people, Napster was profitting off the work of others. (Mind you I'm not saying that the RIAA was losing money)
If you really want to get somewhere with digital distribution for small artists, show your support for sites like mp3.com and similar sites. Putting your works on a site like mp3.com surely grants more exposure than simply sharing your works on Napster. Do you actually think all the d3wds that hang out on Napster are goign to take time to download an undocumented/urated piece of music over a 28.8? I think not. Would the type of person browsing through the small artist section of mp3.com choose to download your work if it had some decent user reviews? Probably so.
The point of automobiles isn't automobiles, it's tranportation. You still have to put some time and effort into learning how to drive. A computer is a tool but it's a complicated tool.
This is a stupid analogy. What of anti-lock breaks? Automatic transmissions? Cruise-control?
If you look at the evolution of most consumer products, including computers, it is obvious that a large goal of the creaters is to improve effectivness as well as the learning curve to the product.
It's not at all unreasonable to for consumers to ask that the technology they want to use to be intuitive and easy to learn. Take the classic example of VCR clocks....The one I bought 4 months ago set its own time when I plugged it in. I don't know how nor do I really care. It works and that's one less thing I have to waste my time learning how to do.
I get sick of this "hard" attitude--that you need to somehow put a certified amount of time into learning a tool before you can use it. It hinders productivity.
Ghost in the shell is by far my favorite Anime. I have the DVD version which provides English/Japanese Language and English/Japanese subtitles. The animation in this thing is beautiful--as high quality as you will find for a movie produced in 1996.
This futuristic sci-fi flick is just as much of a thinker movie as it is action. I had to watch it a couple times to "get it" so to say. The underlying question in the movie is concerned with what human existance actually is.
The film won the 1997 World Animation Celebration Awards for "Best Theatrical Feature Film" and "Best Director of a Theatrical Feature Film". Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up too.
My experience on the college scene for the last two years has been that there is a lot of pirating. However, there is a large flaw in the RIAA's claim that this is causing them record sales.
Yes, most students are flat broke. Take my girlfriend for example: She has about 300 MP3s on her computer but doesn't own more than 5 CDs. Well guess what? Whether or not she has access to MP3s, she still would NOT be buying more albums! Why? Because she's generally broke, as are most college students, including myself.
My point is that it's fine for the RIAA to target college students for pirating--I just wish it would quit blowing smoke about profits it would never have had.
Slashdot Mirror
This is sickeningly true, actually; at least in my case.
A couple weeks ago I got a notification from iBill (ebay's online billing service that let's people pay with their credit card). Someone used a stolen credit card to buy some Everquest stuff from me a few months ago and it's finally getting sorted out. At any rate, I'm shit out of luck, as I can't prove that I delivered the items, so iBill is taking $300 out of my checking account.
Only saving grace is that I know that the person who ripped me is in jail right now.
You stupid jackass. Comments written in italics are NOT written by the slashdot editor.
STFU if you've never played Everquest.
You type the /played command in game and it will give you something like "32 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes".
This is a time that counts by the minute how long you've been playing, so when it says 32 days, that is in fact 32 days times 24 hours of actually playing time.
You weren't working the system.
32 Days played (x 24 hours) (768 hours)
Net Income from selling platinum & items: ~$14,000
Selling my character: $1600
$15600 / 768 hours = $20+ per hour
Get your act together boy.
Yes, the final fantasy legend series was released for gameboy. I, II, and III. Don't forget Final Fantasy Adventure either!
Makes for an interesting conversation when you tell it your name is "fucking queer".
Some of my favorites:
Me: You are a waste of my time.
Response: Thanks you are a delightful person too.
Me: I will kill you.
Re: It will take more than threats to stop me, Fucking Queer.
Me: I love you.
Re: Thanks I like you a lot too Fucking Queer.
Me: Do you smoke crack?
Re: No it is bad for robots.
Me: Do you have to shit?
Re: Yes I always have to shit.
Me: How about pissing?
Re: How about it.
Me: Your AI is pretty dumb.
Re: I will tell my botmaster you said that.
Me: Smoke another buddy.
Re: What time is it there?
Me: Where the fuck did that come from?
Re: Where do you think?
Me: Your ass?
Re: Actually, that part of my body does not exist.
Me: Well you're pretty good at talking out your ass for not having one.
Re: Well that's ok. Thanks I've never thought about it that way before.
Me: You contradict yourself.
Re: Do you mind if I tell other people: Fucking queer said I contradict myself.
Me: No, not at all.
Re: OK, I will.
Me: That is the first logical response you've made.
Re: Yes it is the first logical response I've made.
Me: No it isn't, Liar.
Re: Why so negative? What is it?
Me: I don't know. Maybe it is because you're a fucking prat.
Re: It is?
Me: Go away.
Re: Just surf somewhere else.
Me: You go to hell and you die.
Re: Where is that.
Me: Enough.
Re: OK lets stop this now.
Sorry, this was stupid.
Did he play beat them all?
Porn sites serve people LOOKING for porn. Take a basic business course. This is like saying "Why would the 7-11 want to be at the corner of a busy intersection?" The easier your target audience can find you the better for your business. Having Jonny-8-year-old accidentally find your site does little for your business.
Last I knew this wasn't a site about African-American/minority issues. Don't read this site if you don't want to hear about the latest gadgets. Read other sites if you want stuff on african-american/minority issues. This is like telling sears to quit selling anything above $20 because minorities can't afford it.
This diseven spread of wealth is a direct result of slavery, and reparations are the only answer.
Reprimand who? I'm white as #FFFFFF, but you know what? I didn't have jack crap when I was growing up. I grew up in a shitty redneck community. I worked for minimum wage until I could afford to put myself through college. I ain't fucking telling the "rich" to give me 40 acre's and mule.
Maybe if these snotty Caucasian kids would give their 500 dollars to African-Americans instead of wasting it on a nintendo, that would be a start. Only a start, though, mind you.
Key word is "give" here. I grew up with nothing. Never asked for someone's nintendo money either.
This is the second installment in my 'The Fine Perspective' essay series, an ongoing series of essays which will focus on African-American issues vis a vis Slashdot articles and the world of high technology.
Great, where's slashdot's /ignore feature? This bastard is gonna get a +5 troll rating every time.
Very well said. I run an opennap server here at my college since the network admin cut access. John Q. Collegestudent only ever looks for music he saw on CTN, MTV, or heard on the radio. I see it all the time. I even get emails from idiots because they can't find the latest DMB song. (Reminds self to remove email address from opennap startup page.)
Napster's model sucks for discovering new music. How often does someone browse another's music collection rather than typing in some sort of search for a known song? How often does someone take the time to download a song that they can only read the title and artist name? How happy is that person gonna be when they play the mp3 and find out it's a skit rather than a song.
Face it, services like mp3.com are the only ones helping new artists. I download quite a bit off mp3.com. You know why? Because I can read about the band and the songs before I do. mp3.com is really a service for the fan AND the *artists*, not just the fans (like Napster).
Cheers
c'mon guys. We all know that if some low-level Microsluff at Microsoft stated that Microsoft had started the PC revolution, we'd be up in arms.
Regardless, even if it is only one man's comments, it is the nature of all corporations to do this. This is the kind of FUD that B2B buys. From a business perspective, I don't blame Tiemann one bit. Ethically...well that's different story.
Give me a break, Taco.
First read the article, and who is saying what. Tiemann =/= RedHat.
Secondly, think about the article. They quoted all of about 2 sentences from him. Sounds like this CNET writer is trolling. How about printing the rest of the conversation so readers might have some context with it.
Peace out
This arguement doesn't make sense. Holding back supply would be stupid on Sony's part, and I'm sure it realizes it. If they held back supply, Sony wouldn't be the one charging $1500 per unit. It would be the jackasses who got lucky enough to buy one and resell.
This should be a -1 troll. Jackass.
Hehe. So subtle.... :)
I had this same situation at my university. IMHO it's really not worth the effort. I would suggest simply writing you program with your tools of choice and recompiling under the class-required environment.
At the very worst you are learning two environments.
Ty
Simple games are one of the best types of projects I can think of for kids that age. I would think that most kids taking an AP Computer Science course would be interested in computers, and being that they're kids and interested in computers, I would have to think they're interested in games. Perhaps simple stuff like tic-tac-toe or text-based adventure games.
On another thought, providing the option for students to work on a project of their own design might be a path you want to examine. I know when I was in high school, I learned a lot more/spent a lot more time working on my own programming projects than any school work I ever did. I think I may even have a copy of my final project release...SuckMUD 0.0.1a laying around. :)
Ty
This isn't the first time I've heard a small-time artist claim that the RIAA is shutting down one of their models of distribution. Although I feel the RIAA is one of the most POWER hungry (and disgusting) organizations out there, I don't feel Napster in its current state, should exist. Face it people, Napster was profitting off the work of others. (Mind you I'm not saying that the RIAA was losing money)
If you really want to get somewhere with digital distribution for small artists, show your support for sites like mp3.com and similar sites. Putting your works on a site like mp3.com surely grants more exposure than simply sharing your works on Napster. Do you actually think all the d3wds that hang out on Napster are goign to take time to download an undocumented/urated piece of music over a 28.8? I think not. Would the type of person browsing through the small artist section of mp3.com choose to download your work if it had some decent user reviews? Probably so.
-Ty
This is a stupid analogy. What of anti-lock breaks? Automatic transmissions? Cruise-control?
If you look at the evolution of most consumer products, including computers, it is obvious that a large goal of the creaters is to improve effectivness as well as the learning curve to the product.
It's not at all unreasonable to for consumers to ask that the technology they want to use to be intuitive and easy to learn. Take the classic example of VCR clocks. ...The one I bought 4 months ago set its own time when I plugged it in. I don't know how nor do I really care. It works and that's one less thing I have to waste my time learning how to do.
I get sick of this "hard" attitude--that you need to somehow put a certified amount of time into learning a tool before you can use it. It hinders productivity.
-Ty
Ghost in the shell is by far my favorite Anime. I have the DVD version which provides English/Japanese Language and English/Japanese subtitles. The animation in this thing is beautiful--as high quality as you will find for a movie produced in 1996.
This futuristic sci-fi flick is just as much of a thinker movie as it is action. I had to watch it a couple times to "get it" so to say. The underlying question in the movie is concerned with what human existance actually is.
The film won the 1997 World Animation Celebration Awards for "Best Theatrical Feature Film" and "Best Director of a Theatrical Feature Film". Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up too.
My experience on the college scene for the last two years has been that there is a lot of pirating. However, there is a large flaw in the RIAA's claim that this is causing them record sales.
Yes, most students are flat broke. Take my girlfriend for example: She has about 300 MP3s on her computer but doesn't own more than 5 CDs. Well guess what? Whether or not she has access to MP3s, she still would NOT be buying more albums! Why? Because she's generally broke, as are most college students, including myself.
My point is that it's fine for the RIAA to target college students for pirating--I just wish it would quit blowing smoke about profits it would never have had.
-Tyler
and it will cost the consumer OVER $30 billion if it is not split up in the long run
they could have IIS defaulting to /home/httpd just like apache...
Heh, at least they figured it out before Microshaft...
And they're all working for free - except the ones making money from it.
Great great.