It was "Golf" on a Xerox (!) mainframe. The local university donated computer time to our high school, and we could dial up the mainframe using acoustic couplers and a DEC Writer terminal and mess around. Only one terminal for the whole school, and no PC's at that time, but this was before computers became massively popular so access to it was not a big deal.
"Golf" was written in BASIC, and it would basically type out where you were, e.g. "You are in the fairway 40 yards from the pin" and then you would type in your club selection.
Then I discovered the "list" command, and got a copy of the code. I realized that I could change the game any way I wanted to, so not only was it my first gaming experience, but the beginning of my career.
The appeal was a prosecution appeal during the discovery phase of Sodomsky's trial, not an appeal of an acquittal.
The trial court granted Sodomsky's request to suppress information during discovery, but the prosecution appealed that suppression of evidence BEFORE the trial per se.
If you have one clock... you are peaceful and have no worries. If you have two clocks... you start asking, 'What time is it, really?'"
What kind of blather is that? Did he read that from a fortune cookie or something? I could almost hear the sound of a gong somewhere.
If you have one clock, you can't be sure what time it is. If you have two clocks, and they are both within a minute of each other, you can be fairly sure what time it is.
I know several real musicians who think Guitar Hero is plenty of fun. Personally, I play classical guitar, but I think Guitar Hero is a blast. I get to play stuff I would never consider playing in real life.
That's exactly the reason nearly all my purchases are made with credit cards/debit cards.
Let them track me. I hope they do. I hope I have a transaction record as thick as a phone book. It'll make it much easier for me to pass any government checks (at borders, airports) it'll make it much easier for me to get big credit if I should ever want it. I hope my smiling visage is all over Big Brother's computers, and I intend to keep on waving to him, posing coquettishly and saying "How you like me now?":: waves to BB::
I predict Google will fail horribly at this. They'll do something like "Google Pack" and incoherently cram a bunch of features together, slap a rubber band around it, and say "ta da!"
I voted for Dubya the first time because I thought four years of Gore's school-marmy condescending way of speaking would be intolerable. Boy, was I wrong.
I find it funny that you're so scared that the Gov't might THINK you're doing something wrong that you don't do things that are entirely within your legal right to do.
Yeah, it's pretty 'funny' when about 12 cops kick down your door at 5AM because they THOUGHT you were doing something wrong. I can't imagine anyone ever worrying about that and trying to avoid the misunderstanding. Nitwit.
Maybe the researchers in the article should have googled that, because I saw nothing of the sort in the article. It was pretty much, "We got these holy dudes, and they have this thing going on in their head, and that, therefore, is god consciousness."
Just because everyone subjectively views a given act the same way (or very nearly the same way) does not make their common perspective an objective truth, but simply an agreement of perspectives.
It's pretty cool. Once you get over the need to thing that there is an ultimate "gods eye view" truth, and accept the idea that the 'truth' depends on perspective, it makes a lot of sense.
For eg, hawk eats mouse. To the mouse, that is bad. To the hawk, that is good. How can a situation, the same exact situation, be both bad and good? Depends on the perspective.
Kind of sucks. I wish it were not true. But the truth is subject to time and place. Bummer.
Here's one. There are others. They are still used is some specialized applications (high-end audio, amplifiers, high-powered transmitters, for example).
At least in my state, driving an automobile is not a RIGHT, but a privilege granted by the department of revenue
You actually believe that? That getting from point A to point B in the way society has designed it (i.e. by driving) is a PRIVILEGE? Welcome to the police state, I guess, where doing anything except breathing requires governmental permission.
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Someone asks for $54 million. She's not going to get it, of course. You can ask for pretty much anything.
Why was this even posted?
He spelled "profit" correctly. I think you mean he should invest in grammar checking software.
It was "Golf" on a Xerox (!) mainframe. The local university donated computer time to our high school, and we could dial up the mainframe using acoustic couplers and a DEC Writer terminal and mess around. Only one terminal for the whole school, and no PC's at that time, but this was before computers became massively popular so access to it was not a big deal.
"Golf" was written in BASIC, and it would basically type out where you were, e.g. "You are in the fairway 40 yards from the pin" and then you would type in your club selection.
Then I discovered the "list" command, and got a copy of the code. I realized that I could change the game any way I wanted to, so not only was it my first gaming experience, but the beginning of my career.
The appeal was a prosecution appeal during the discovery phase of Sodomsky's trial, not an appeal of an acquittal.
The trial court granted Sodomsky's request to suppress information during discovery, but the prosecution appealed that suppression of evidence BEFORE the trial per se.
If you have one clock... you are peaceful and have no worries. If you have two clocks... you start asking, 'What time is it, really?'"
What kind of blather is that? Did he read that from a fortune cookie or something? I could almost hear the sound of a gong somewhere.
If you have one clock, you can't be sure what time it is. If you have two clocks, and they are both within a minute of each other, you can be fairly sure what time it is.
What does this have to do with Wiis anyways?
Dear Jethro,
The word is "anyway". Only bumpkins like you, or twelve-year-olds, would say "anyways".
Love,
Le Marteau.
Jesus was a liberal
Really? Did he constantly run to the government, demanding that the government gives him stuff, like liberals these days do?
I know several real musicians who think Guitar Hero is plenty of fun. Personally, I play classical guitar, but I think Guitar Hero is a blast. I get to play stuff I would never consider playing in real life.
That's exactly the reason nearly all my purchases are made with credit cards/debit cards.
:: waves to BB ::
Let them track me. I hope they do. I hope I have a transaction record as thick as a phone book. It'll make it much easier for me to pass any government checks (at borders, airports) it'll make it much easier for me to get big credit if I should ever want it. I hope my smiling visage is all over Big Brother's computers, and I intend to keep on waving to him, posing coquettishly and saying "How you like me now?"
I predict Google will fail horribly at this. They'll do something like "Google Pack" and incoherently cram a bunch of features together, slap a rubber band around it, and say "ta da!"
I voted for Dubya the first time because I thought four years of Gore's school-marmy condescending way of speaking would be intolerable. Boy, was I wrong.
I find it funny that you're so scared that the Gov't might THINK you're doing something wrong that you don't do things that are entirely within your legal right to do.
Yeah, it's pretty 'funny' when about 12 cops kick down your door at 5AM because they THOUGHT you were doing something wrong. I can't imagine anyone ever worrying about that and trying to avoid the misunderstanding. Nitwit.
Snide back at ya: That always happens to stone age cultures.
every possible image no matter how private, or bizzare is available
Yup. That's how it would work, all right: random noise... random noise... random noise... WHOA! A PIC OF WHO REALLY SHOT JFK!
Like this guys party.
The 'host' has not ever posted so much as one comment to slashdot. His "party" is in some office suite from 10 AM to 11 AM.
What a guy. Taco actually is trying to do something cool, and guys like this try to take advantage of it.
google "double-blind experimental design"
Maybe the researchers in the article should have googled that, because I saw nothing of the sort in the article. It was pretty much, "We got these holy dudes, and they have this thing going on in their head, and that, therefore, is god consciousness."
How do you describe the love for your significant other without feel?
Not with science, that's for sure. Poetry maybe.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.
They're pretty much saying:
"The God Consciousness is X, and these guys here have found it!"
Well, how do you know?
"Well, because we found it! They, like, 'feel' it. God is X! Kewl, eh? Ipso Facto, we are teh shit!"
The word "feeling" or similar appears about 15 times in that article. Not exactly 'scientific'.
Wake me when someone with a clue has something to say about spirituality, mmmkay?
Just because everyone subjectively views a given act the same way (or very nearly the same way) does not make their common perspective an objective truth, but simply an agreement of perspectives.
Yeah, it's called perspectivism
It's pretty cool. Once you get over the need to thing that there is an ultimate "gods eye view" truth, and accept the idea that the 'truth' depends on perspective, it makes a lot of sense.
For eg, hawk eats mouse. To the mouse, that is bad. To the hawk, that is good. How can a situation, the same exact situation, be both bad and good? Depends on the perspective.
Kind of sucks. I wish it were not true. But the truth is subject to time and place. Bummer.
Not being an American, you may have misunderstood the meaning of the word "state"
Section. 10. No State shall
"State" in the US Constitution means one of the constituent units of the United States federal government.. It does not mean "nation".
NO! Censorship [answers.com] is when content is removed
I happen to agree with you, but citing "answers.com" as an authority in a discussion of the nuanced meaning of a word is laugh out loud funny.
Because there are no tube factories in the world!
Here's one. There are others. They are still used is some specialized applications (high-end audio, amplifiers, high-powered transmitters, for example).
So why bother mentioning it
Dear Genius,
It's called a 'joke'. An attempt at wit, or humor. A common subject of humor is political figures.
HTH
PS: i know of a doctor who can remove that flagpole from you ass. it'll help you relax. IM me.
At least in my state, driving an automobile is not a RIGHT, but a privilege granted by the department of revenue
You actually believe that? That getting from point A to point B in the way society has designed it (i.e. by driving) is a PRIVILEGE? Welcome to the police state, I guess, where doing anything except breathing requires governmental permission.