It's nice to see some greens finally start accepting what has been obvious to some of us for 30 or 40 years. Now I'm curious how long it will be before the same people start realizing that they have been duped about global warming -- by the same people who duped us about the "coming Ice Age" and hundreds of millions of people supposedly dying of hunger from overpopulation in the '70s.....
Amen dude.
If the mainstream green movement can embrace nuclear energy as a viable alternative to fossil fuels, I will feel more compelled to listen to their arugments and more willing to consider their view points. I have, even if incorrectly, discounted much of the green movement because of their refusal to accept the use of via alternatives such as nuclear power. I always had this impression that their only alternative to using fossil fuels was living in tents.
I agree that we are experiencing climate change. I am not convinced it is man made. I know thats the big debate.
why not tax breaks for motorcycle riders? I dont know about other motorcyclist but Im getting over 40 MPG already. That beats even some of the most eco-friendly cars around.
An added benefit for more motorcyles on the road: a bike takes up a lot less space on the road, more bikes would reduce congestion, maybe...
Did I miss something? Is it 1995 again? Is money falling from the sky for any unprofitable business which is somehow related to the Internet? Will Ion Storm be opening its doors again?
Well one thing to consider is the business model and goals behind a business. Yes in the late 90s, if you had a.com in your name you got money.
Linden labs is trying to bring more business into the SL world. For about 1 yr now, some schools have used private game sessions to teach physics. I know of one college that used SL to teach about varying mental illnesses. I recently heard about a venture to try to use the SL environment as another way to conduct business meetings.
Now I dont know if all of this is good business or not (the reason Im a programmer) but Im not sure if we've returned to the madness of the 90s (yet). I sure hope not....
I've been playing SL for aboug 2 1/2 yrs now. I dont play every day but I am active. I used to buy land lots, build homes on them and then sell the lots for $. Recently I converted most of my linden dollars (game $) into USD. Ive made enought to pretty much cover my last 2 yrs of costs. It has a huge social network, much of what goes on there centers on social events.
The entire SL universe is the result of player creativity. Everything there (except the land itself) consists of creations by players. You name it, its probably available in SL. There is even a turned RPG called Dark Life. (or was not sure if there anymore)
I will admit its not a game for everyone. And I suggest to anyone trying to try it for a few weeks before making a decision. The "game" is unlike anything else that I can find.
But I've also heard from critics of the process that they just provide more clutter in the scheme of memorizing things.
To this day I still remember My Dear Aunt Sally (order of operators Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction). I think little mnemonic devices like that are very helpful. Sticks better in my withering mind. Ive even taught to my kids...
A girl friend of mine puts in 1/2 those hours just by herself.
Obviously, thats not totally true. But she is, imho, to the point of addiction. Her entire schedule is dictated by what she will be doing in secondlife. She even cut back on working in RL by 1 day less (from 2) just so she had more time in game.
I'll admit, she does make about $1K USD every month from her creativity used within the game. Thats nice but her hourly rate has got to be way below minimum wage.
I don't think size is as important. I don't think big ensures success (eg: profits). All one really needs is enough user base to over the costs of development and operations--everything above that is gravy.
Project Entropia has been around for like 8 years now. At first, there were not many players. But today they have over 300K players. Second Life has been around for about 3 yrs and is boasting around 30K user base. And these games are going strong. I'm sure theres lot of other games that have made it by being small too.
If you think about it, its not big corporations that always invent life changing techonologies.
Did Ford revolutionize mass manufactoring by working at a big company? Did Robert Goddard make his start in rockets for a big corporation? Did the PC, spreadsheets and wordprocessors start in big congoolmerates? If I remember my history right, these all started by an individual, in his "garage" (so to speak).
Norton, McCafee, AVG, et. al. can kiss their collective butts good by.
Theres more than just Microsoft in the picture imo. Norton, at least, is doing themselves in.
I recently installed Norton 2006 on my gfs PC. It puts the ugly icon on the right side of the task bar. Everytime it boots, I have to reset the settings (aka turn on the fire wall, etc..) because it cannot seem to remember the settings between reboots, and to shutdown the PC I have to manually kill one of their 8 or 9 processes before the PC will shut down. And oh, did I mention that Norton is composed of 8 or 9 individual process all running at the same time?
Yes it's bad news for them that Microsoft is in the business. But if they really have quality products, then I think they have less to worry about. I will never recommend Norton again, until they have a better product, thats for sure. And may suggest she try Microsoft next.
by "to the masses" Bill Gates (and other technology leaders) means India. I just read the article Inside India by Aaron Ricadela of (Information Week)which talks about using TV and cell phones to bring email and "web serfing" to 1 billion, most of who do not have a computer.
This is the URL to the article, or so I hope. it has some stupid session ID in it so I apologize if thats not working.
I *thought*, but I certainly could be wrong, that the guys that wrote it, wrote the virus as a means of trying to get a programming job. Hence, the calling card. And when people called to get instructions about removing the virus, they would also give them their resume. I tried searching the net but my meager attempts found nothing to confirm it. Any one got any info?
I think, as time progresses, we will hear more of this, that linux has more vunerabilities.
Not because it really does, but because linux is becoming more mainstream, adopted by more people. And as the user base becomes larger, the overall technical expertise of the user base lowers. And since linux gives the user complete control over the OS, its much easier for some one not in the know to expose their system and become susceptible to "vunerabilities"...
I was in middle school when PC can into existance. My mom would bring home computers for me to "play" with over the summer: apple ][, C64s, atari 400/800, TIs, etc...
I would dig through books at stores and libraries, and managazines trying to port various basic programs to whatever "platform" I had available to me at the time. Once I wrote a "helicopter" game using basic. The "graphics" were the result of various poke statements to get funny chars to print on screen. I found a top down view of a boxing game written in basic, for a different basic and PC. I spent countless hours trying to translate that to the basic that ran on my TRS80. The TRS was the first computer my parents bought for me.
The first computer I bought with my own $ was the RadioShack MC-10. A little thing with push button keys for the keyboard. I think it had 8K RAM. I bought it a pawn shop outside of FT Bragg, for about $40, while my parents were on base visiting. That look on their face, when the came back to the hotel, and I had this hooked up to the hotel TV. lol.
I think the MC10 was my favorite, because I could take it with me on trips, plug it into the TV at the motel and entertain myself. I even got a cassette tape backup. I wish I could find a MC10 just for the memories....
yes that would help but I dont think it would help a lot. Most users wouldnt think twice to just follow someones instructions.
"hey download this, chmod +x it and sh it."
"Ok! you said so...."
Too many general users are not thinkers. They are just doing what they think they should do. Making execute an attribute at the file system level works for the people that think about it. For everyone else, its just an extra step to doing the same stupid things.
She is hooked on Second life. She has her own business so she only needs to work 1 or 2 days out of the week. The rest of the time is playing the game. I dont mean a few hours a day. Its all day long, all night long, to the point of exhaustion and falling asleep at the keyboard. When I talked with her, on the phone, in game, chat whever, everything was about second life. There was no first life for her.
She would change her work schedule to fit around it. Quit working some days to "get things done" in second life. Her interactions with her children (late teens) is only in game. The list goes on actually.
I got a free ViewSonic V37 PocketPc about 2 yrs ago. At the time, I was really excited.
But after 2 yrs of trying to use it, I have found it to be of limited use and doesnt really warrent another attachment to my belt.
I experienced a number of issues: 1) Not all word docs would convert: so I was not able to go completely paperless as I had hoped. 2) I cannot access the Pocket PC SD card from my desktop: Some word docs are big enough that I cannot open them if they are copied to main memory of the pocket pc. The solution is to move the doc to the sd card. Well, in order to do that, I have to copy the file to the pocket pc main memory (and convert it of course). Then I have to access the pocketpc directly and move the file to the sd card. Annoying at mimimum. 3) Reset/Restoring too frequently: I have experienced a range of problems that ultimately seemed to be best solved by restoring the pocket pc to its shipped state. I had errors like: "not enough memory to run..." even though there was nothing running; can no longer sync with my desktop; 4) Lack of good wireless (this only applies to the V37 imo). The only available SD wireless network card drains the battery to dead, even when the pocket pc is turned off. 5) Syncronization problems I have had other syncronization problems as well. Duplicate records, files locked, conversion issues. Enough problems that I no longer use my pocket pc except for email.
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Amen dude.
If the mainstream green movement can embrace nuclear energy as a viable alternative to fossil fuels, I will feel more compelled to listen to their arugments and more willing to consider their view points. I have, even if incorrectly, discounted much of the green movement because of their refusal to accept the use of via alternatives such as nuclear power. I always had this impression that their only alternative to using fossil fuels was living in tents.
I agree that we are experiencing climate change. I am not convinced it is man made. I know thats the big debate.
why not tax breaks for motorcycle riders? I dont know about other motorcyclist but Im getting over 40 MPG already. That beats even some of the most eco-friendly cars around.
An added benefit for more motorcyles on the road: a bike takes up a lot less space on the road, more bikes would reduce congestion, maybe...
Did I miss something? Is it 1995 again? Is money falling from the sky for any unprofitable business which is somehow related to the Internet? Will Ion Storm be opening its doors again?
.com in your name you got money.
Well one thing to consider is the business model and goals behind a business. Yes in the late 90s, if you had a
Linden labs is trying to bring more business into the SL world. For about 1 yr now, some schools have used private game sessions to teach physics. I know of one college that used SL to teach about varying mental illnesses. I recently heard about a venture to try to use the SL environment as another way to conduct business meetings.
Now I dont know if all of this is good business or not (the reason Im a programmer) but Im not sure if we've returned to the madness of the 90s (yet). I sure hope not....
I've been playing SL for aboug 2 1/2 yrs now. I dont play every day but I am active. I used to buy land lots, build homes on them and then sell the lots for $. Recently I converted most of my linden dollars (game $) into USD. Ive made enought to pretty much cover my last 2 yrs of costs. It has a huge social network, much of what goes on there centers on social events.
The entire SL universe is the result of player creativity. Everything there (except the land itself) consists of creations by players. You name it, its probably available in SL. There is even a turned RPG called Dark Life. (or was not sure if there anymore)
I will admit its not a game for everyone. And I suggest to anyone trying to try it for a few weeks before making a decision. The "game" is unlike anything else that I can find.
But I really do enjoy it.
The reason microsoft released this code is to preview XNA and to get people familar with the technology.
XNA is still in "preview" aka beta.
So, it seems to me, by release source code that requires the use of XNA they are furthering their agenda of promoting their XNA technology.
naw...
Atari, Coleco, Commadore
To this day I still remember My Dear Aunt Sally (order of operators Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction). I think little mnemonic devices like that are very helpful. Sticks better in my withering mind. Ive even taught to my kids...
A girl friend of mine puts in 1/2 those hours just by herself.
Obviously, thats not totally true. But she is, imho, to the point of addiction. Her entire schedule is dictated by what she will be doing in secondlife. She even cut back on working in RL by 1 day less (from 2) just so she had more time in game.
I'll admit, she does make about $1K USD every month from her creativity used within the game. Thats nice but her hourly rate has got to be way below minimum wage.
I don't think size is as important. I don't think big ensures success (eg: profits). All one really needs is enough user base to over the costs of development and operations--everything above that is gravy.
Project Entropia has been around for like 8 years now. At first, there were not many players. But today they have over 300K players. Second Life has been around for about 3 yrs and is boasting around 30K user base. And these games are going strong. I'm sure theres lot of other games that have made it by being small too.
So what?
I find office hard to use. In fact its a damn pain sometimes. I like using open office better.
If you think about it, its not big corporations that always invent life changing techonologies.
Did Ford revolutionize mass manufactoring by working at a big company? Did Robert Goddard make his start in rockets for a big corporation? Did the PC, spreadsheets and wordprocessors start in big congoolmerates? If I remember my history right, these all started by an individual, in his "garage" (so to speak).
Norton, McCafee, AVG, et. al. can kiss their collective butts good by.
Theres more than just Microsoft in the picture imo. Norton, at least, is doing themselves in.
I recently installed Norton 2006 on my gfs PC. It puts the ugly icon on the right side of the task bar. Everytime it boots, I have to reset the settings (aka turn on the fire wall, etc..) because it cannot seem to remember the settings between reboots, and to shutdown the PC I have to manually kill one of their 8 or 9 processes before the PC will shut down. And oh, did I mention that Norton is composed of 8 or 9 individual process all running at the same time?
Yes it's bad news for them that Microsoft is in the business. But if they really have quality products, then I think they have less to worry about. I will never recommend Norton again, until they have a better product, thats for sure. And may suggest she try Microsoft next.
by "to the masses" Bill Gates (and other technology leaders) means India. I just read the article Inside India by Aaron Ricadela of (Information Week)which talks about using TV and cell phones to bring email and "web serfing" to 1 billion, most of who do not have a computer.
This is the URL to the article, or so I hope. it has some stupid session ID in it so I apologize if thats not working.
I *thought*, but I certainly could be wrong, that the guys that wrote it, wrote the virus as a means of trying to get a programming job. Hence, the calling card. And when people called to get instructions about removing the virus, they would also give them their resume. I tried searching the net but my meager attempts found nothing to confirm it. Any one got any info?
how can this response (that I'm replying to) be flagged troll?...that doesnt make a bit of sense to me.
Will search engine show a white flag when it cannot find any results for the search?
I think, as time progresses, we will hear more of this, that linux has more vunerabilities.
Not because it really does, but because linux is becoming more mainstream, adopted by more people. And as the user base becomes larger, the overall technical expertise of the user base lowers. And since linux gives the user complete control over the OS, its much easier for some one not in the know to expose their system and become susceptible to "vunerabilities"...
hope that makes sense lol...
I was in middle school when PC can into existance. My mom would bring home computers for me to "play" with over the summer: apple ][, C64s, atari 400/800, TIs, etc...
I would dig through books at stores and libraries, and managazines trying to port various basic programs to whatever "platform" I had available to me at the time. Once I wrote a "helicopter" game using basic. The "graphics" were the result of various poke statements to get funny chars to print on screen. I found a top down view of a boxing game written in basic, for a different basic and PC. I spent countless hours trying to translate that to the basic that ran on my TRS80. The TRS was the first computer my parents bought for me.
The first computer I bought with my own $ was the RadioShack MC-10. A little thing with push button keys for the keyboard. I think it had 8K RAM. I bought it a pawn shop outside of FT Bragg, for about $40, while my parents were on base visiting. That look on their face, when the came back to the hotel, and I had this hooked up to the hotel TV. lol.
I think the MC10 was my favorite, because I could take it with me on trips, plug it into the TV at the motel and entertain myself. I even got a cassette tape backup. I wish I could find a MC10 just for the memories....
great. now Im worried what my shrink says when I tell him worms talk to me....
yes that would help but I dont think it would help a lot. Most users wouldnt think twice to just follow someones instructions.
"hey download this, chmod +x it and sh it."
"Ok! you said so...."
Too many general users are not thinkers. They are just doing what they think they should do. Making execute an attribute at the file system level works for the people that think about it. For everyone else, its just an extra step to doing the same stupid things.
Well exgf
She is hooked on Second life. She has her own business so she only needs to work 1 or 2 days out of the week. The rest of the time is playing the game. I dont mean a few hours a day. Its all day long, all night long, to the point of exhaustion and falling asleep at the keyboard. When I talked with her, on the phone, in game, chat whever, everything was about second life. There was no first life for her.
She would change her work schedule to fit around it. Quit working some days to "get things done" in second life. Her interactions with her children (late teens) is only in game. The list goes on actually.
So it can be real imo.
this is just a means of revenge plotted by all my ex-girlfriends because I jilted them for a game of World of War Craft
everyone believes global warming is a reality
I got a free ViewSonic V37 PocketPc about 2 yrs ago. At the time, I was really excited.
But after 2 yrs of trying to use it, I have found it to be of limited use and doesnt really warrent another attachment to my belt.
I experienced a number of issues:
1) Not all word docs would convert: so I was not able to go completely paperless as I had hoped.
2) I cannot access the Pocket PC SD card from my desktop: Some word docs are big enough that I cannot open them if they are copied to main memory of the pocket pc. The solution is to move the doc to the sd card. Well, in order to do that, I have to copy the file to the pocket pc main memory (and convert it of course). Then I have to access the pocketpc directly and move the file to the sd card. Annoying at mimimum.
3) Reset/Restoring too frequently: I have experienced a range of problems that ultimately seemed to be best solved by restoring the pocket pc to its shipped state. I had errors like: "not enough memory to run..." even though there was nothing running; can no longer sync with my desktop;
4) Lack of good wireless (this only applies to the V37 imo). The only available SD wireless network card drains the battery to dead, even when the pocket pc is turned off.
5) Syncronization problems I have had other syncronization problems as well. Duplicate records, files locked, conversion issues. Enough problems that I no longer use my pocket pc except for email.
Bummer.
instead of laughing at something funny, you blurt out "lol"