I completely agree with you, although Spector tops my list.
Richard Gariott can create gigantic worlds in games to the point that you can't imagine how he squeezed the levels into a single CD.
But Warren Spector.... he can create a genre-bender (ultima underworld, System Shock, Deus Ex) and have a plot that will keep you captivated for hours and hours.
definitly should top the list of all time.. Intelligent gaming (not mindless action) interesting plots, and nice graphics (when that time came).
Sure, they should be on the list, but on top??
Warren Spector made intelligent gaming.... and still does! Roberta and Ken had their time, but Warren can still make a game that, not only creates a wonderful plot and great intelligent gaming, but can also stay with the times, and sell lots of copies.
So I think Roberta and Ken definately deserve a spot, but not at the top...
The Tax on the Censorware. Lemmie see... that'll be under $2, right?
Most nerds on/. can easily afford $2000 machines and are whining about paying an extra $2? I'll eat at McDonalds for a lunch instead of a nice restaraunt today. That should cover my next two or three computers if this bill ever passes.
I don't mean to troll, but if you are truely a nerd in the computer industry, you *should* be well paid (if not, just look for a job with your qualifications on Monster.com and see what you could be paid). Whining about $2 on a $2k purchase? Geez...
My computer came with Windows installed, yet I was fully capable of uninstalling, reformatted and installing linux. Most people can find the "uninstall" for the filtering program and remove it if they don't want it.
If TX is insistant on the "30+ year olds can't figure out how to install it", then pass a law that makes computer sellers ask if the customer wants it installed. Asking is polite, and won't cause as much dispute...
I agree that there are two more vaguely similar posts...
First of all, all three were written within two minutes, so it was unintentional, but that is beside the point.
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One post asks how the internet will affect politics considering that they ignore most emails, which, in my opinion, is a whole new question, and the other one asks how the congressman handles the flood of emails he gets. My question asks how my email will get in front of him. That's what I'd really like to know, and from the previous article yesterday, I think that's what the/. population wants to know.</rant>
I don't care if the vaguely similar post gets asked and mine doesn't, but could you include some of my questions that are on the same line and are more specific? Especially: what is the best way to write to our congressmen to get our perspective read and to receive a prompt reply?
Honestly, I think all three should be merged into a complex question requiring a nice, solid reply from the congressman.
We've been discussing how much email our political leaders get, and how it is usually ignored (with good reason). My question is what is the best way to write to our congressmen to get our perspective read and to receive a prompt reply? Is it better to write a letter, or is email finally finding its nich in politics? What are your stipulations that must be met before you actually read inquiries from constituents?
Please pardon my poor spelling skills (I am an engineer, not a writer).
I see a lot of people getting the wrong idea here.
There are too many posts stating "Now we can get it up and running!" The problem was never "we can't find it to operate it", it was "we can't contact it to operate it." If it, actually, *is* the polar lander (it isn't a positive ID, yet), and it is intact and landed properly, it just explains that the problem wasn't a crash, but, in fact, a software problem. NASA didn't test it thoroughly enough.
Sure, they will try and contact it again, but don't be surprised when it doesn't magically come to life now that they (possibly) know where it is.
"Instead of hunting down people who smoke pot," Lanier says, "they'd be hunting down people
who sell business software that crashes. They'd owe people a buck or go to jail. That's what Washington
should be doing."
Sounds like he came up with this idea when he was high as a kite...
First of all, there are plenty of innovation (I know you're already getting flamed by them, so I won't name them). But I think that the reason that you feel the way you do is because we live in a world of products that are proven through word of mouth and reviews...
Lemmie ask you, do you own a TiVo? Its a new innovation on TV (not quite a VCR... more of a convience in watching TV). Most people don't own one yet, but in a few years everyone will. It first needs to be fine tuned, and you have to hear good reviews of it before it is released.
Didn't notive that innovation, did ya? It wasn't marketed the moment it came out, but it is once there was a following (and not marketed to death, because it isn't "mainstream" yet).
The public doesn't want brand new innovations, they want a reliable product that is already proven. So companies downplay the breakthrough until it has a following and has proven to be a product worth having.
On the non-product science side, you have to watch the news or read/. more often, cause the mapping of the genome, and the soon to be cracked sciences of nano-technology and quantum computing screams innovation...
Of course, your representative is supposed to live in your district, and their address is public record. If you really want to be sure they get
the message, go knock on their door.
Or write a restricted certified letter to his/her personal house? At least you can get someone in his/her family to read it...
...The government has hardly any control over the internet. This is the worst position for them, so they have to figure out a way to localize parts of the internet so they have better control.
How do they do it? Make it appease corporate america. Local marketing... good idea, right? Good idea for the gov't to get what they want. Marketing seems to drive the country now-a-days. Its sad. I can see the positive of marketing: a great product no one knows about but can all benefit from. But marketing is rarely used this way. Corporate america sees marketing as a quick way to make a buck.
Localization is the quickest way to loose all freedom of the net. Sure it'll kill the nastiness like kiddy pron, but it will kill any idea of stuff like a napster in china idea.
My dad once told me this, and I hold it dear to my heart. It really applies to your theories. Don't F*ck with Nature
Seriously, though, messing with an entire planets environment? We have no idea of the effects it would cause. We are just now starting to understand that things, like bacteria and mold, can, in fact, live in space, and are usually brought about by human means (I'm using the fungus on Mir as an example).
I'm not saying not to do it, I just want my opinion noted before we bust into that crazy red planet;-)
Does everyone still remember the major hotmail security issue?
Wasn't that due to the fact that they used global variables in perl instead of scoped functional variables?
This reuters story states that the hearing is over, and that an injunction draft is on its way. They tried to delay the injunction to make this new 'filtering' system, but they were unable to sway Judge Patel to delay the injunction.
Napster is over guys. Quit posting about it.
Sounds like you may want to talk to visor about it. They make the handspring PDA. They don't have what you speak of, but they may be able to make it for you.
I'm assuming you have a large budget, btw.
How true this is.
Wanna make a quick buck? Buy a $100 handheld. Put linux on it. Sell it for $500. We all know Taco would buy one.
Just because linux is on it, doesn't make it a good product.
If it has good hardware, good applications, great features, then yes, a linux OS would be the topping on the cake, but shouldn't be the defining factor.
This is true, but it would be nice to have in the smithsonian for my children to come and admire the piece of machinery that did something no one imagined before.
That, or make an idol for a false god outta it...;-)
For a consulting firm, as an example. You sign an agreement that states that you cannot work for a company you are consulting for unless your firm allows it. You signed a contract. You go to work for them, you get sued for breach of contract. They can't force you to not work there, but they can sue the pants off you, if you do.
Slashdot Mirror
The Naked News has had this for over a year.
Because it is done in streaming quicktime, you can usually skip them if you have a fast enough connection.
I completely agree with you, although Spector tops my list.
Richard Gariott can create gigantic worlds in games to the point that you can't imagine how he squeezed the levels into a single CD.
But Warren Spector.... he can create a genre-bender (ultima underworld, System Shock, Deus Ex) and have a plot that will keep you captivated for hours and hours.
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definitly should top the list of all time.. Intelligent gaming (not mindless action) interesting plots, and nice graphics (when that time came).
Sure, they should be on the list, but on top??
Warren Spector made intelligent gaming.... and still does! Roberta and Ken had their time, but Warren can still make a game that, not only creates a wonderful plot and great intelligent gaming, but can also stay with the times, and sell lots of copies.
So I think Roberta and Ken definately deserve a spot, but not at the top...
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If anyone cares, I'm still playing battletech with 3025 stuff. Much better that way.
Me too... anything afterward is waaay to powerful. You should see the Assault Clan Mech's.
Just gimmie a platoon of Atlases, baby!
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The Tax on the Censorware. Lemmie see... that'll be under $2, right? /. can easily afford $2000 machines and are whining about paying an extra $2? I'll eat at McDonalds for a lunch instead of a nice restaraunt today. That should cover my next two or three computers if this bill ever passes.
Most nerds on
I don't mean to troll, but if you are truely a nerd in the computer industry, you *should* be well paid (if not, just look for a job with your qualifications on Monster.com and see what you could be paid). Whining about $2 on a $2k purchase? Geez...
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My computer came with Windows installed, yet I was fully capable of uninstalling, reformatted and installing linux. Most people can find the "uninstall" for the filtering program and remove it if they don't want it.
If TX is insistant on the "30+ year olds can't figure out how to install it", then pass a law that makes computer sellers ask if the customer wants it installed. Asking is polite, and won't cause as much dispute...
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I agree that there are two more vaguely similar posts...
/. population wants to know.</rant>
First of all, all three were written within two minutes, so it was unintentional, but that is beside the point.
<rant> One post asks how the internet will affect politics considering that they ignore most emails, which, in my opinion, is a whole new question, and the other one asks how the congressman handles the flood of emails he gets. My question asks how my email will get in front of him. That's what I'd really like to know, and from the previous article yesterday, I think that's what the
I don't care if the vaguely similar post gets asked and mine doesn't, but could you include some of my questions that are on the same line and are more specific?
Especially: what is the best way to write to our congressmen to get our perspective read and to receive a prompt reply?
Honestly, I think all three should be merged into a complex question requiring a nice, solid reply from the congressman.
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We've been discussing how much email our political leaders get, and how it is usually ignored (with good reason).
My question is what is the best way to write to our congressmen to get our perspective read and to receive a prompt reply? Is it better to write a letter, or is email finally finding its nich in politics? What are your stipulations that must be met before you actually read inquiries from constituents?
Please pardon my poor spelling skills (I am an engineer, not a writer).
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I see a lot of people getting the wrong idea here.
There are too many posts stating "Now we can get it up and running!" The problem was never "we can't find it to operate it", it was "we can't contact it to operate it." If it, actually, *is* the polar lander (it isn't a positive ID, yet), and it is intact and landed properly, it just explains that the problem wasn't a crash, but, in fact, a software problem. NASA didn't test it thoroughly enough.
Sure, they will try and contact it again, but don't be surprised when it doesn't magically come to life now that they (possibly) know where it is.
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One Word:
Illuminati
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"Instead of hunting down people who smoke pot," Lanier says, "they'd be hunting down people who sell business software that crashes. They'd owe people a buck or go to jail. That's what Washington should be doing."
Sounds like he came up with this idea when he was high as a kite...
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First of all, there are plenty of innovation (I know you're already getting flamed by them, so I won't name them). But I think that the reason that you feel the way you do is because we live in a world of products that are proven through word of mouth and reviews...
/. more often, cause the mapping of the genome, and the soon to be cracked sciences of nano-technology and quantum computing screams innovation...
Lemmie ask you, do you own a TiVo? Its a new innovation on TV (not quite a VCR... more of a convience in watching TV). Most people don't own one yet, but in a few years everyone will. It first needs to be fine tuned, and you have to hear good reviews of it before it is released.
Didn't notive that innovation, did ya? It wasn't marketed the moment it came out, but it is once there was a following (and not marketed to death, because it isn't "mainstream" yet).
The public doesn't want brand new innovations, they want a reliable product that is already proven. So companies downplay the breakthrough until it has a following and has proven to be a product worth having.
On the non-product science side, you have to watch the news or read
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Of course, your representative is supposed to live in your district, and their address is public record. If you really want to be sure they get the message, go knock on their door.
Or write a restricted certified letter to his/her personal house? At least you can get someone in his/her family to read it...
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...The government has hardly any control over the internet. This is the worst position for them, so they have to figure out a way to localize parts of the internet so they have better control.
How do they do it? Make it appease corporate america. Local marketing... good idea, right? Good idea for the gov't to get what they want. Marketing seems to drive the country now-a-days. Its sad. I can see the positive of marketing: a great product no one knows about but can all benefit from. But marketing is rarely used this way. Corporate america sees marketing as a quick way to make a buck.
Localization is the quickest way to loose all freedom of the net. Sure it'll kill the nastiness like kiddy pron, but it will kill any idea of stuff like a napster in china idea.
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My dad once told me this, and I hold it dear to my heart. It really applies to your theories. ;-)
Don't F*ck with Nature
Seriously, though, messing with an entire planets environment? We have no idea of the effects it would cause. We are just now starting to understand that things, like bacteria and mold, can, in fact, live in space, and are usually brought about by human means (I'm using the fungus on Mir as an example).
I'm not saying not to do it, I just want my opinion noted before we bust into that crazy red planet
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In fact Here's the slasdot article on it.
News for nerds, stuff that matters (even if it is really old news)
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Does everyone still remember the major hotmail security issue?
Wasn't that due to the fact that they used global variables in perl instead of scoped functional variables?
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Oh, GBStation.com also has a list of classic SNES and N64 titles that will be released for Game Boy Advance, including Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario 3 is for the 8-bit NES, not the SNES nor the N64. Duh!
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Are you suggesting... maybe a boycott of CD's? Stick it to them hard kinda thing?
Anyone out there willing to start a petition and boycott??
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This reuters story states that the hearing is over, and that an injunction draft is on its way. They tried to delay the injunction to make this new 'filtering' system, but they were unable to sway Judge Patel to delay the injunction.
Napster is over guys. Quit posting about it.
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Sounds like you may want to talk to visor about it. They make the handspring PDA. They don't have what you speak of, but they may be able to make it for you.
I'm assuming you have a large budget, btw.
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How true this is.
Wanna make a quick buck? Buy a $100 handheld. Put linux on it. Sell it for $500. We all know Taco would buy one.
Just because linux is on it, doesn't make it a good product.
If it has good hardware, good applications, great features, then yes, a linux OS would be the topping on the cake, but shouldn't be the defining factor.
Its called "Tunnel Vision".
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This is true, but it would be nice to have in the smithsonian for my children to come and admire the piece of machinery that did something no one imagined before. ;-)
That, or make an idol for a false god outta it...
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For a consulting firm, as an example. You sign an agreement that states that you cannot work for a company you are consulting for unless your firm allows it. You signed a contract. You go to work for them, you get sued for breach of contract. They can't force you to not work there, but they can sue the pants off you, if you do.
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