Pre-Industrial Society: I don't even bother rebelling anymore Industrial Society: I don't even bother voting anymore Post-Industrial Society: I don't even bother clicking anymore
And you thought why the Moon is so empty and barren? Long time ago it was made of precious cheese, but a greedy bastard named Jules Verne shot a shell full of people there. BTW, the cheese that French guy carried back to Earth got spoiled, but everyone in France pretended they didn't notice it.
I always wondered, what would happen if someone refused to obey these stupid US laws about Iran and Cuba . Would he be arrested as a 'traitor' or even as a 'terrorist'? What if he wasn't a US citizen? How can a country, valuing freedom of speech and democracy so much, place such restrictions on its citizens? Why information censoring in China is considered 'bad' and in US - 'good'?
It would also void their contract with author, allowing their competitors to step in. And what is worse, allow free and legitimate digital redistribution. Bye-bye DRM and pay-for-copy business model. No, they would fight to keep her alive.
Than you would end up with something cheap and stupid, comics alike. "Will MooseMan escape from the Egyptian tomb, where he was trapped by Evil Genius? Pay 4.99$ and find out!"
I guess, they were busy with hiring a file system inventor to format their drives. Oh, I heard they also told Linus to start packing just in case their linux boot fails after that.
the install disc would require onboard GPS so that it won't install on a machine on U.S. soil
Now that is a retarded idea. It's like forcing every DVD player manufacturer on the planet to integrate a chip, whose only purpose would be to ensure that DVDs from other countries could not be played... oh, wait...
Ironically, he is accused of "fraud abusing the official position" i.e. corruption. The investigation has started after "an appeal of concerned citizen" in December 2009, a month later his video post. Now, he was sentenced under accusation of threatening witnesses and is held in PTDC.
Unfortunately, Dymovsky is pretty dumb. His speech is intermittent, unintelligent, with many errors (he is a cop after all). He admitted, that during a phone conversation (which was wire tapped) he said, that if he had been falsely sentenced he was going to avenge the investigator and the judge. But after admitting this, he said that he was just "testing if he had been eavesdropped and if Government was going to react". Well, it did, Einstein.
Not being a US citizen I'd like to see it happen, but it won't.
I think more people will realize soon, that a thought that software and Internet are independent from governments and borders is an illusion. Currently, the dominant software provider and consumer is US. So the major part of software abides by US law. I still remember, that IE 6 for Russia did not contain 128-bit encryption because of US export laws.
Add classic US ignorance to it - "we run the world". Hell, even google.ru censors search results with DMCA notice, while DMCA is not valid in Russia. It respects laws of Australia, but laws in China are 'bad' (I personally consider them bad too, but dura lex sed lex). So US laws "must be abided", but laws of other countries "could be abided, if it's not harmful to US".
Where would it live? Between a highway and a power line maybe? There is no living space in modern Europe for wild animals. I doubt it can live in a stall either.
Separated by a mere 10 miles in Silicon Valley, the two have been on famously good terms for almost a decade. Now the companies have entered a new, more adversarial phase. With Nexus One, Google, which had been content to power multiple phonemakers' devices with Android, enters the hardware game, becoming a direct threat to the iPhone.
Sounds like an opening line for a movie trailer. "Blood & Silicon. In theatres, march 2010"
I guess games switched from book to comics style. Always save a room for a sequel, or a spin-off, or even a mix-up with another game (Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, for example). But it doesn't mean a single release won't have an end, that's impossible. What can really disappear, is games with multiple endings like Deus Ex or Fahrenheit, because they give sequel makers a pain in the ass (think Deus Ex 2).
Now, before I'm stomped to death by basement dwellers, I say that Holywood and such comics match perfectly. They're both mass-media pop product, which will be published again and again with a never ending story while it sells.
Hypomania and depression - looks like two opposite forces. Or more like two sides of the same coin. Although I live in Russia, I have a feeling this tendency apply to this country as well. What I write below is only my personal opinion on what's happening.
I think that society is dividing again, like in the Industrialization period, although this time it's not about wealth or power. It's about "spirit", if you pardon me this unscientific word. I can see two groups emerging (but it doesn't mean that these groups form all the generation).
One consists of super confident, narcissistic, healthy, social, hyper optimistic, sometimes ignorant and impudent people. In fact, optimism is their meaning of life, keep optimism at all costs. If something gives (or should give) you positive emotions - this is it, this is life. Share it with your community, the more "positiv" (Russian word) you share, the more valuable you become. If something is sad, disturbing or just complicated - filter it, censor it, ignore it or become an exile. Their motto could be: the world is yours to play, you’re the best.
The second group represents highly unconfident, depressed, unhealthy, society avoiding, sometimes violent and reluctant people. They feel they cannot live to modern standards. They think something is seriously wrong with them and they are obsessed with finding what is wrong with them instead of living. The world is hostile, they believe they have to strain themselves and plan everything ahead in order to survive. But the more they tighten their grip and the more planning they do, the less control they have, becoming like broken robots.
I have no idea what reasons might be leading to this.
I am working on a project at this very moment that started in Java. Sat on the shelf for a number of years, and when I decided to start it up again, made the switch to C. I wished I had not.
1) C documentation sucks at best. Examples are all of the same beginner print something in console type. 2) Not only does Java provide more than just programming constructs, even within the programming space it provides a lot more grunt code I have to do myself in C. 3) I use managed languages. I am not developing a game, I am developing business software (CAD/CAM related). Both C and Java currently suck in this respect. At least Java has Swing for GUI. C has no native (managed) Windows forms or WPF implementations. 4) Very relevant - for whatever reason, mind share is currently on Java - and from a community support perspective that is huge. 5) I was able to be productive in Java (where I started) enormously faster than C. Even now, I end up converting Java object-oriented code to imperative C most of the time, as opposed to finding a pattern that shows what I am trying to accomplish.
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Pre-Industrial Society: I don't even bother rebelling anymore
Industrial Society: I don't even bother voting anymore
Post-Industrial Society: I don't even bother clicking anymore
I have an idea, this could be implemented in Flash, too... oh, wait.
This is perfect for an Internet addict like me. Can it also not power up a whole day after this mandatory shutdown? I would pay for that.
And you thought why the Moon is so empty and barren? Long time ago it was made of precious cheese, but a greedy bastard named Jules Verne shot a shell full of people there. BTW, the cheese that French guy carried back to Earth got spoiled, but everyone in France pretended they didn't notice it.
I always wondered, what would happen if someone refused to obey these stupid US laws about Iran and Cuba . Would he be arrested as a 'traitor' or even as a 'terrorist'? What if he wasn't a US citizen? How can a country, valuing freedom of speech and democracy so much, place such restrictions on its citizens? Why information censoring in China is considered 'bad' and in US - 'good'?
It would also void their contract with author, allowing their competitors to step in. And what is worse, allow free and legitimate digital redistribution. Bye-bye DRM and pay-for-copy business model. No, they would fight to keep her alive.
To hold on to that relationship too long is unhealthy for everyone involved, including society as a hole.
Thanks God, you haven't misspelled this "society as a whore". Oops.
Than you would end up with something cheap and stupid, comics alike. "Will MooseMan escape from the Egyptian tomb, where he was trapped by Evil Genius? Pay 4.99$ and find out!"
Let us burn down the publishing houses, and give a Kindle to every man, women and child.
I hope you're trolling, Mr. fahrenheit911.
"Hey, guys, I used to be a hippie too, but now I've grown up and I want my f***ing money"
So it's like a major web browser creator versus major web video providers. I think the porn industry will say the final word again.
I guess, they were busy with hiring a file system inventor to format their drives. Oh, I heard they also told Linus to start packing just in case their linux boot fails after that.
the install disc would require onboard GPS so that it won't install on a machine on U.S. soil
Now that is a retarded idea. It's like forcing every DVD player manufacturer on the planet to integrate a chip, whose only purpose would be to ensure that DVDs from other countries could not be played... oh, wait...
Ironically, he is accused of "fraud abusing the official position" i.e. corruption. The investigation has started after "an appeal of concerned citizen" in December 2009, a month later his video post. Now, he was sentenced under accusation of threatening witnesses and is held in PTDC.
Unfortunately, Dymovsky is pretty dumb. His speech is intermittent, unintelligent, with many errors (he is a cop after all). He admitted, that during a phone conversation (which was wire tapped) he said, that if he had been falsely sentenced he was going to avenge the investigator and the judge. But after admitting this, he said that he was just "testing if he had been eavesdropped and if Government was going to react". Well, it did, Einstein.
Not being a US citizen I'd like to see it happen, but it won't.
I think more people will realize soon, that a thought that software and Internet are independent from governments and borders is an illusion. Currently, the dominant software provider and consumer is US. So the major part of software abides by US law. I still remember, that IE 6 for Russia did not contain 128-bit encryption because of US export laws.
Add classic US ignorance to it - "we run the world". Hell, even google.ru censors search results with DMCA notice, while DMCA is not valid in Russia. It respects laws of Australia, but laws in China are 'bad' (I personally consider them bad too, but dura lex sed lex). So US laws "must be abided", but laws of other countries "could be abided, if it's not harmful to US".
Where would it live? Between a highway and a power line maybe? There is no living space in modern Europe for wild animals. I doubt it can live in a stall either.
I do not believe that a company which recognizes DMCA, could also be loyal to the net neutrality philosophy.
Separated by a mere 10 miles in Silicon Valley, the two have been on famously good terms for almost a decade. Now the companies have entered a new, more adversarial phase. With Nexus One, Google, which had been content to power multiple phonemakers' devices with Android, enters the hardware game, becoming a direct threat to the iPhone.
Sounds like an opening line for a movie trailer. "Blood & Silicon. In theatres, march 2010"
chicks everywhere look for RICH and CONFIDENT guys.
I generalized your very veracious statement. Also, these two qualities are usually connected.
Anybody can find a girlfriend.
Obvious lie.
I guess games switched from book to comics style. Always save a room for a sequel, or a spin-off, or even a mix-up with another game (Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, for example). But it doesn't mean a single release won't have an end, that's impossible. What can really disappear, is games with multiple endings like Deus Ex or Fahrenheit, because they give sequel makers a pain in the ass (think Deus Ex 2).
'. They take art, and turn it into raw sewage.
A super-hero comic book is an art? Really?
Now, before I'm stomped to death by basement dwellers, I say that Holywood and such comics match perfectly. They're both mass-media pop product, which will be published again and again with a never ending story while it sells.
Hypomania and depression - looks like two opposite forces. Or more like two sides of the same coin. Although I live in Russia, I have a feeling this tendency apply to this country as well. What I write below is only my personal opinion on what's happening.
I think that society is dividing again, like in the Industrialization period, although this time it's not about wealth or power. It's about "spirit", if you pardon me this unscientific word. I can see two groups emerging (but it doesn't mean that these groups form all the generation).
One consists of super confident, narcissistic, healthy, social, hyper optimistic, sometimes ignorant and impudent people. In fact, optimism is their meaning of life, keep optimism at all costs. If something gives (or should give) you positive emotions - this is it, this is life. Share it with your community, the more "positiv" (Russian word) you share, the more valuable you become. If something is sad, disturbing or just complicated - filter it, censor it, ignore it or become an exile. Their motto could be: the world is yours to play, you’re the best.
The second group represents highly unconfident, depressed, unhealthy, society avoiding, sometimes violent and reluctant people. They feel they cannot live to modern standards. They think something is seriously wrong with them and they are obsessed with finding what is wrong with them instead of living. The world is hostile, they believe they have to strain themselves and plan everything ahead in order to survive. But the more they tighten their grip and the more planning they do, the less control they have, becoming like broken robots.
I have no idea what reasons might be leading to this.
I am working on a project at this very moment that started in Java. Sat on the shelf for a number of years, and when I decided to start it up again, made the switch to C. I wished I had not.
1) C documentation sucks at best. Examples are all of the same beginner print something in console type.
2) Not only does Java provide more than just programming constructs, even within the programming space it provides a lot more grunt code I have to do myself in C.
3) I use managed languages. I am not developing a game, I am developing business software (CAD/CAM related). Both C and Java currently suck in this respect. At least Java has Swing for GUI. C has no native (managed) Windows forms or WPF implementations.
4) Very relevant - for whatever reason, mind share is currently on Java - and from a community support perspective that is huge.
5) I was able to be productive in Java (where I started) enormously faster than C. Even now, I end up converting Java object-oriented code to imperative C most of the time, as opposed to finding a pattern that shows what I am trying to accomplish.