Christ, I did this for a startup back in 2000. You've got to be freakin' kidding me. It's not even an invention! It's a way of doing things! Just because it's done on a screen doesn't make it brand new!
I'm actually looking forward to some of these changes now... paying upkeep for roads makes sense to me. They're more like interstate highways now, not the roads that go every-which-way. The new way to expand your cities and develop culture sound good, too.
Well, there goes part of my 2010 and all of my 2011... just need to get a machine that can handle 3D graphics to play it, now...
Oh, come on... all you have to do is divide by zero!... no, wait, that's how we got black holes in the first place... well, multiply by infinity, then.
If you read the heading of this post and thought ' this is stupid, you can gauge someone's/. age by the number of digits in the UID, its probably a valid point, but makes this entire post worthless, so keep that to yourself.
Damn kid. Get off my lawn.
Everything else posted is pretty much 100% correct...
... it turns out that they used an old AT-style connector, so you're only able to use your thoughts to type on a 386DX2/40 at best. Wuich is okay, I guess, still runs Linux.
Seriously, tho, combine this with Bluetooth, and we've got ourselves a winner. Connect to your PC, cell phone, PS3, whatever. I'll go in for the surgery as soon as it's availa... wait. Can I also move a mouse with my thoughts? Using a computer with just keys could be harsh these days.
And for those of us who's ISP's Terms of Service inclue a line that boils down to "Thou shalt not run a web server on your home PC unless you pay for a buisness-class connection"... well, what then? Just... don't use Opera?
Geeze, guys, this is amazingly old news. Big, expensive movie about rocks that'll crash into each other unless they get blown up? I loved it when it came out the first time... when it was called Armageddon. And Deep Impact.
Hrm, yes, that's why I can get a Dell laptop from Dell's website, with an employee pricing plan discount, for three hundred dollars more than I can get it at Best Buy... because Dell is the lowest of the low... but not in the way you meant...
I got one of those passed on to me via my ISP once. Turns out I'd picked up a virus and someone had installed filesharing onto one of my PCs. Thanked the ISP, cleaned up the machine, never heard another thing about it.
So clean up your network, thank them for letting you know, and I'd assume as long as it doesn't happen again, you're okay.
I've always believed that violent games cause agression in children. No doubt about it. Hell, I can tell that I'm more agressive after a marathon of gaming violence.
The problem is that these kids aren't taught what to do with that agression, and so they bring it out into the real world. Kids need to be taught that, in real life, hurting someone and looting their stuff isn't okay. And parents and teachers are, more and more, not doing that.
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Christ, I did this for a startup back in 2000. You've got to be freakin' kidding me. It's not even an invention! It's a way of doing things! Just because it's done on a screen doesn't make it brand new!
Wrong? No.
Illegal, Yes.
Be careful, Mr. Snowden, they're going to be after you...
I'm actually looking forward to some of these changes now... paying upkeep for roads makes sense to me. They're more like interstate highways now, not the roads that go every-which-way. The new way to expand your cities and develop culture sound good, too.
Well, there goes part of my 2010 and all of my 2011... just need to get a machine that can handle 3D graphics to play it, now...
Zoning Laws.
Doesn't matter what you're building, you need to know what's allowed for your area.
Oh, come on... all you have to do is divide by zero! ... no, wait, that's how we got black holes in the first place... well, multiply by infinity, then.
I can see the appeal of having one of these. I always did prefer having a keyboard-nipple instead of a touchpad.
Now, if only someone would build a Wii-knunchuck-like trackball or pointing stick...
... means I'll have to buy 'The White Album' again...
If you read the heading of this post and thought ' this is stupid, you can gauge someone's /. age by the number of digits in the UID, its probably a valid point, but makes this entire post worthless, so keep that to yourself.
Damn kid. Get off my lawn.
Everything else posted is pretty much 100% correct...
First time I've heard of a DDoS attack being used to break DRM...
... it turns out that they used an old AT-style connector, so you're only able to use your thoughts to type on a 386DX2/40 at best. Wuich is okay, I guess, still runs Linux.
Seriously, tho, combine this with Bluetooth, and we've got ourselves a winner. Connect to your PC, cell phone, PS3, whatever. I'll go in for the surgery as soon as it's availa... wait. Can I also move a mouse with my thoughts? Using a computer with just keys could be harsh these days.
Why would you threaten to 'kill someone in public'?
And for those of us who's ISP's Terms of Service inclue a line that boils down to "Thou shalt not run a web server on your home PC unless you pay for a buisness-class connection"... well, what then? Just... don't use Opera?
Hey, at least there's no nudity!
... how's life in beautiful war-torn Venezuela?
This has to be why people love the smell of their money. Just hold it up to your nose and sniff... and you get a minor contact high from the drugs.
It's not like your SSN is top-secret these days anyway.
I have a theory that if this goes wrong, and some of the stuff gets out into the ocean, you get a blob like the one they're tracking up there...
Can we never, ever see the phrase 'new usage model' on Slashdot again? How about "New way to use it"?
Geeze, guys, this is amazingly old news. Big, expensive movie about rocks that'll crash into each other unless they get blown up? I loved it when it came out the first time... when it was called Armageddon. And Deep Impact.
Seriously, who here wouldn't donate a few bucks to NASA in exchange for a "Night sky as seen from Mars Rover" desktop image?
*glances at the article below this one*
One of the editors couldn't wait to put these two together, could they?
Hrm, yes, that's why I can get a Dell laptop from Dell's website, with an employee pricing plan discount, for three hundred dollars more than I can get it at Best Buy... because Dell is the lowest of the low... but not in the way you meant...
Didn't the general public have access to it last week? Friday's just the dya they're -supposed- to have access to it.
I got one of those passed on to me via my ISP once. Turns out I'd picked up a virus and someone had installed filesharing onto one of my PCs. Thanked the ISP, cleaned up the machine, never heard another thing about it.
So clean up your network, thank them for letting you know, and I'd assume as long as it doesn't happen again, you're okay.
I've always believed that violent games cause agression in children. No doubt about it. Hell, I can tell that I'm more agressive after a marathon of gaming violence.
The problem is that these kids aren't taught what to do with that agression, and so they bring it out into the real world. Kids need to be taught that, in real life, hurting someone and looting their stuff isn't okay.
And parents and teachers are, more and more, not doing that.