Depending on dialect, this meeting may be one of the best, most concise meetings you'll ever be witness to.
Project manager: Yo dude, what's up? Translation: Good morning and thank you for coming to this little impromptu meeting. Please provide me with an overview of our status on the widget project.
Programmer: Cool. Translation: We are currently on schedule and there are no projected changes to the future schedule. I am unaware of any outstanding problems or decisions requiring your input. In short, everything's cool.
Project manager: See ya. Translation: Very well. Continue with the current plan and keep me apprised of any deviations from the schedule. If you have any problems, you know where to find me.
Can you imagine how long these two had to stand? At least on a bicycle you can sit on the seat. Perhaps slap on a Segway hack to give the driver something to sit on?
If by "lacking some fundamental understanding of the 'real world'" you mean "no redeeming social graces", then I think you're probably correct. When RMS came to visit us at a local GLUG (GNU/Linux Users Group) meeting, he stood on stage poorly delivering (public-speaking-class-wise) his well prepared presentation. All the while, he stood there picking his nose and lining the boogers up on the table next to his laptop. That was a few years back. Has he improved any since?
If not, I honestly think the FSF would be best served by keeping RMS out of the public eye and bringing a front [wo]man on board to smile for the cameras and act as Head Cheerleader. Perhaps a CS/IS geek with a communications background and bubbling over with rhetoric-type-stuffs?
The new game enhancements are atrocious. The interface is horrible. The combat, while more exciting, is still "stand-there-and-click-the-next-attack", but the click/keyboard press order has just been changed around a little. Ohh.... and the fact that you have to keep your target in the crosshairs in a non-collision world is ridiculous.
The game is pretty much hollow now. The servers, compared to a year ago, are ghost towns of their former selves. I'm a HUGE SW fan. In fact, the only reason I even started playing an MMO was because it was a Star Wars MMO. Nevertheless, Sony and Lucasarts managed to completely screw up the one hobby I truly enjoyed playing in my evening free time. I survived the combat upgrade ok, but the NGE is completely off the wall. The Sony track record of "Hey... let's screw over our veteran players" is why the majority of the veteran SWG players have left the game! The game is dumbed down enough to where my 4 year old would probably enjoy it.
You can read (in mind-numbing detail) all about why I left SWG here: Clicky.
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"By the way, I ran a half marathon while smoking 10 cigarettes, and am in great physical shape (good blood pressure, cholesterol, etc). Don't believe the hype."
I don't. Best shape I was ever in was when I was active duty USMC. Smoked at least a pack a day, but I was still one of the fastest, if not the fastest, runner in my squadron. We're talking 10 mile runs up and down hills during lunch break three times a week with no problem.
I totally blew away our flight surgeon one day. She was harping on me to quit smoking, so I told her to pick any 5 non-smokers in the hangar and compare pulse/blood pressure. I smoked a cigarette and let her take my readings first. I beat all of them. One of the Marines she actually scheduled an appointment for because he had high blood pressure!
Unfortunately, in the almost-decade since I left active duty... I have become somewhat dormant. I sit in front of a desk all day. I still get exercise, but not enough. I really should quit now, but the addiction is killin' me.
Recommended reading: How To Become A Hacker by ESR. I think it will give you a more holistic approach to your learning process and has a nice section that covers the need to "Learn how to program".
That's one of the first things I checked. According to the CherryPy website, the 2.1 version (currently in release candidate stage) will integrate directly with mod_python.
I started playing in November. I think they're looking to bring a few players back, but the main focus is probably to bring in new players. The combat upgrade will be released at the same time as the new expansion pack. With both hitting the shelves two weeks prior to EP3, I have a feeling we'll see some new players.
On the other hand, I have a feeling a lot of the veterans will hate the new combat system and quit in disgust. For years they've been used to hitting the "I win" button and pretty much owning anything and everything in the game. This new system will definitely change things up a bit and level the playing field.
I love SWG and play it every night. From my perspective, I'll continue playing, adjust, adapt, etc. Sony has definitely made some stupid mistakes in the past. For all I know, this may be yet another stupid mistake; however, I'm willing to give it a chance whereas others are already griping.
P.S. I haven't had the chance to try it yet, but I believe you can actually play the new combat system beta on the test center SWG servers.
... I ever had the pleasure of working with was a Compaq something-or-other back in 2000-01 timeframe. The thing had NO BRICK and only a slim power cord with a mini-three prong plug that fit quite nicely in the laptop bag without creating the bulk of a typical laptop power supply. I hate the bricks... such a nuisance.
Then again, I guess if there was a problem with the power supply on that Compaq, they'd probably have to recall the entire friggin laptop to unweld the power supply from the motherboard/chassis.
Maybe they really aren't looking to enter the browser wars. Perhaps it's for a plugin of some sort to simply "enhance" browsing. I know they have their toolbar (and I personally user the googlebar for Mozilla). Perhaps there's something bigger and better around the corner.
What other browser enhancements could you see working their way into a plugin without it being labeled "spyware"?
Or... perhaps this guy really has no clue what's going on and Gbrowser v0.9 is right around the corner.
My area must be an exception to the norm. Employment is up, want ads are filled to the brim with great opportunities (including some pretty outstanding IT jobs), and I'm giving IT consulting work away to colleagues because I'm too busy to handle it.
I can't tell in the photo because of the angle, but I think this Batmobile looks like it may have a gun rack in the back window, a half-empty pouch of chewing tobacco on the dash, and a bumper sticker that reads something along the lines of "American by birth, Southern by the grace of God". In addition, I'm pretty sure those tires were purchased at Fred's Truk Emporium. You know... the place out by where the old pond used to be before they moved the Super WAL*MART.
Once you get good enough, find a poker site that has the "Freeroll" tourneys. That way you can play poker for free while you work and actually have a shot at winning real money. Granted, there are going to be competitors who are completely focused on the game. When you're at a table with these diehards, your odds of winning decrease significantly. Nevertheless, I've found that even if I sign up for a freeroll poker tourney with 3000 other people and I just sit there and let the computer check/fold every hand for me, I still end up in the top 200.
However, I have a qmail default set up so that I can use email addresses like this:
user-[website]@mydomain.com
For example, I can use user-dell@mydomain.com whenever I'm on the Dell site and I still get the legitimate emails. If I start getting spam, I know immediately who shared/sold my address with a third party and I can start sending emails that arrive for the compromised address to/dev/null.
I actually called one of the parties who were looking for a candidate to put on the ballot and run against the incumbent (for the district House of Representatives seat). They never called me back. Looks like I'll have to try to get in the Oligarchy club the old fasioned way: hit the lotto and buy my way in.
Agreed. I just couldn't get that scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail out of my head:
"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!!!"
Repress is the wrong word to use. I also saw the comment about Disney not stopping distribution. Looks like I fell for Mr. Moore's publicity stunt myself!
So... change the example in my post to something along the lines of:
"If Disney had a publication agreement of some sort with Moore and then violated that agreement once they saw the inflamatory content in the film, I would personally tend to think of that as a repression of free speech in some way, shape, form, or fashion.";)
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Isn't the US in some sort of WIPO-type agreement with Canada to honor each other's patents... or something?
Part of the new-world-order-global-conspiracy-coverup-controll ed-by-aliens thing I thought.
Dang! Good points... and here I was thinking that they had disguised them as chairs and given them all to Ballmer to throw into orbit.
"Yo dude, what's up?" "Cool." "See Ya."
Depending on dialect, this meeting may be one of the best, most concise meetings you'll ever be witness to.
Project manager: Yo dude, what's up?
Translation: Good morning and thank you for coming to this little impromptu meeting. Please provide me with an overview of our status on the widget project.
Programmer: Cool.
Translation: We are currently on schedule and there are no projected changes to the future schedule. I am unaware of any outstanding problems or decisions requiring your input. In short, everything's cool.
Project manager: See ya.
Translation: Very well. Continue with the current plan and keep me apprised of any deviations from the schedule. If you have any problems, you know where to find me.
Can you imagine how long these two had to stand? At least on a bicycle you can sit on the seat. Perhaps slap on a Segway hack to give the driver something to sit on?
Sorry... but I have to ask:
May the watchful eye of the sentry never again be blinded or shut... no matter the cost.
OK then... who is going to watch the watcher?
If by "lacking some fundamental understanding of the 'real world'" you mean "no redeeming social graces", then I think you're probably correct. When RMS came to visit us at a local GLUG (GNU/Linux Users Group) meeting, he stood on stage poorly delivering (public-speaking-class-wise) his well prepared presentation. All the while, he stood there picking his nose and lining the boogers up on the table next to his laptop. That was a few years back. Has he improved any since?
If not, I honestly think the FSF would be best served by keeping RMS out of the public eye and bringing a front [wo]man on board to smile for the cameras and act as Head Cheerleader. Perhaps a CS/IS geek with a communications background and bubbling over with rhetoric-type-stuffs?
I will gladly take the exact opposite opinion:
The new game enhancements are atrocious. The interface is horrible. The combat, while more exciting, is still "stand-there-and-click-the-next-attack", but the click/keyboard press order has just been changed around a little. Ohh.... and the fact that you have to keep your target in the crosshairs in a non-collision world is ridiculous.
The game is pretty much hollow now. The servers, compared to a year ago, are ghost towns of their former selves. I'm a HUGE SW fan. In fact, the only reason I even started playing an MMO was because it was a Star Wars MMO. Nevertheless, Sony and Lucasarts managed to completely screw up the one hobby I truly enjoyed playing in my evening free time. I survived the combat upgrade ok, but the NGE is completely off the wall. The Sony track record of "Hey... let's screw over our veteran players" is why the majority of the veteran SWG players have left the game! The game is dumbed down enough to where my 4 year old would probably enjoy it.
You can read (in mind-numbing detail) all about why I left SWG here: Clicky.
Ben,
We appreciate your interest in employment with Google. Unfortunately, we are limited in the number of frickin' geniuses we can hire. Therefore we are only accepting solicitations from Slashdot users with Slashdot ID numbers containing four digits or less.
Best regards,
-- Google
"By the way, I ran a half marathon while smoking 10 cigarettes, and am in great physical shape (good blood pressure, cholesterol, etc). Don't believe the hype."
I don't. Best shape I was ever in was when I was active duty USMC. Smoked at least a pack a day, but I was still one of the fastest, if not the fastest, runner in my squadron. We're talking 10 mile runs up and down hills during lunch break three times a week with no problem.
I totally blew away our flight surgeon one day. She was harping on me to quit smoking, so I told her to pick any 5 non-smokers in the hangar and compare pulse/blood pressure. I smoked a cigarette and let her take my readings first. I beat all of them. One of the Marines she actually scheduled an appointment for because he had high blood pressure!
Unfortunately, in the almost-decade since I left active duty... I have become somewhat dormant. I sit in front of a desk all day. I still get exercise, but not enough. I really should quit now, but the addiction is killin' me.
Recommended reading: How To Become A Hacker by ESR. I think it will give you a more holistic approach to your learning process and has a nice section that covers the need to "Learn how to program".
That's one of the first things I checked. According to the CherryPy website, the 2.1 version (currently in release candidate stage) will integrate directly with mod_python.
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Hah!
Just find neuron #1.
Which is actually neuron[0].
I started playing in November. I think they're looking to bring a few players back, but the main focus is probably to bring in new players. The combat upgrade will be released at the same time as the new expansion pack. With both hitting the shelves two weeks prior to EP3, I have a feeling we'll see some new players.
On the other hand, I have a feeling a lot of the veterans will hate the new combat system and quit in disgust. For years they've been used to hitting the "I win" button and pretty much owning anything and everything in the game. This new system will definitely change things up a bit and level the playing field.
I love SWG and play it every night. From my perspective, I'll continue playing, adjust, adapt, etc. Sony has definitely made some stupid mistakes in the past. For all I know, this may be yet another stupid mistake; however, I'm willing to give it a chance whereas others are already griping.
P.S. I haven't had the chance to try it yet, but I believe you can actually play the new combat system beta on the test center SWG servers.
... I ever had the pleasure of working with was a Compaq something-or-other back in 2000-01 timeframe. The thing had NO BRICK and only a slim power cord with a mini-three prong plug that fit quite nicely in the laptop bag without creating the bulk of a typical laptop power supply. I hate the bricks... such a nuisance.
Then again, I guess if there was a problem with the power supply on that Compaq, they'd probably have to recall the entire friggin laptop to unweld the power supply from the motherboard/chassis.
Maybe they really aren't looking to enter the browser wars. Perhaps it's for a plugin of some sort to simply "enhance" browsing. I know they have their toolbar (and I personally user the googlebar for Mozilla). Perhaps there's something bigger and better around the corner.
What other browser enhancements could you see working their way into a plugin without it being labeled "spyware"?
Or... perhaps this guy really has no clue what's going on and Gbrowser v0.9 is right around the corner.
My area must be an exception to the norm. Employment is up, want ads are filled to the brim with great opportunities (including some pretty outstanding IT jobs), and I'm giving IT consulting work away to colleagues because I'm too busy to handle it.
... I got married on the 10th birthday of Linux. That way my anniversary would be easy to remember.
By the way honey, if you're reading this... Happy Anniversary.
I can't tell in the photo because of the angle, but I think this Batmobile looks like it may have a gun rack in the back window, a half-empty pouch of chewing tobacco on the dash, and a bumper sticker that reads something along the lines of "American by birth, Southern by the grace of God". In addition, I'm pretty sure those tires were purchased at Fred's Truk Emporium. You know... the place out by where the old pond used to be before they moved the Super WAL*MART.
Once you get good enough, find a poker site that has the "Freeroll" tourneys. That way you can play poker for free while you work and actually have a shot at winning real money. Granted, there are going to be competitors who are completely focused on the game. When you're at a table with these diehards, your odds of winning decrease significantly. Nevertheless, I've found that even if I sign up for a freeroll poker tourney with 3000 other people and I just sit there and let the computer check/fold every hand for me, I still end up in the top 200.
Can't they break it down with a hex editor and see what's under the hood?
You can join at the 419 Eater website.
dont@emailme.com
/dev/null.
However, I have a qmail default set up so that I can use email addresses like this:
user-[website]@mydomain.com
For example, I can use user-dell@mydomain.com whenever I'm on the Dell site and I still get the legitimate emails. If I start getting spam, I know immediately who shared/sold my address with a third party and I can start sending emails that arrive for the compromised address to
I actually called one of the parties who were looking for a candidate to put on the ballot and run against the incumbent (for the district House of Representatives seat). They never called me back. Looks like I'll have to try to get in the Oligarchy club the old fasioned way: hit the lotto and buy my way in.
Agreed. I just couldn't get that scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail out of my head:
;)
"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!!!"
Repress is the wrong word to use. I also saw the comment about Disney not stopping distribution. Looks like I fell for Mr. Moore's publicity stunt myself!
So... change the example in my post to something along the lines of:
"If Disney had a publication agreement of some sort with Moore and then violated that agreement once they saw the inflamatory content in the film, I would personally tend to think of that as a repression of free speech in some way, shape, form, or fashion."