Do people camp in one place for more then 20 seconds? In one word: YES.
Counter-Strike is one of the few FPS games I've played which almost makes it a necessity to carefully plan your attacks and defense. Players who run around blasting at everything they see are the first to get fragged.
Especially in the Hostage scenarios, where a terrorist hidden where no one can find him can win the game. So yeah, knowing where the enemies are can be a game-destroying cheat.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
I fear that somewhere in the future, they'll be using this kind of information to do stuff similar to Philip K Dick's "Do androids dream of electric sheep?", specifically the part about using mood-enhancers (or however they were called).
So flip a few switches, set the unit on "Mystical Meditation", and voilá, you're on your way to deep artificial enlightment.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
I recall seeing programs in DOS which did this kind of stuff (although without the impressive graphics, of course), waaaay back in the early 90s. There were even a couple which were shareware.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Tour guide: On your left, we have the Research Building, the restrooms and the caffeteria. On your right...
FWOOSH!
Tour guide: Er... we have, or rather had, the souvenir stand. Thanks you all for coming and, uh, here's a free pin for y'all, and please let's keep this a secret betwen ourselves, OK?
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
For the people who can't understand this weird dribble, here's a close translation:
MGR-0018: 4b6e6f636b2c206b6e6f636b21 --> First Post!
LJW-7790: 57686f2069732074686572653f --> Rant against stupid first posts.
MGR-0018: 48756d616e --> Goatse.cx link cleverly disguised as a DeCSS link.
LJW-7790: 48756d616e2c2077686f3f --> Microsoft bashing...
MGR-0018: 48756d616e206e6f7420616e796d6f72652120486120486120 486121 --> Long reply to a JonKatz editorial about the way his posts helped to define the Brave New World we're all gonna live in.
There ya go:)
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Uh, this might be just a little difficult to get through airport security. Dude, they're secret agents! They probably have flying motorcycles and stuff like that.
Planes? They dont need no stinkin' planes.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Well, my opinion about the CTHD movie craze is this:
It's a martial arts movie, obviously, but the plot is a bit deeper than "My name is somethingorother, you killed my master/father/family/dog, prepare to die". There's love, friendship, honor, stuff like that, and none of the "you big-muscled man, me helpless bimbo, me want you" that passes as love on mostly every other action flick.
Another reason I loved the movie was the natural scenery they used as background. Very impressive. I never knew China had such beautiful forests, deserts and mountains.
And I'd have to disagree about the action scenes being standard. They had a semi-mythological aura (or whatever you could call it) that's not present in movies other than old Ninja movies and the like. Or "The Matrix", of course.
Maybe that's the reason people like both movies. They both have heroes doing impossible stuff (instead of nearly impossible, such as the stunts in movies like "Mission Impossible" or "The replacements"). And deep down we all want to do things no one else can.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
But what does the US government plan to do about it? Oh, sure. We're losing our sleep all over the world, wondering what the US government plans to do to the (as far as I can recall) world-wide-used Internet.
Actually, I think it's a good idea for the US Government to do such studies, and pass the results along to the rest of the Internet community. But there's a big difference between making studies and having ideas and requests, and actually forcing ICANN (or whomever) to do something the US Gov. wants.
I know the article doesn't mention anything like that happening, but I'm feeling a bit paranoid. Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
'Course I was voted most likely to get Vaporized by my High School Class. So tell me again, why was it that your High School Class wanted to vaporize you for?
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
So which would it be? 3 planets with the same name? Or 3 different names for a single planet?
Well, our last Planet was called Pluto, so there's still Mickey, Goofy, Daisy, Donald, Chip, Dale, Sneezy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Bashful, Doc... and there ya go!
Hey, if they use it at the Disney parking lot...
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Nor should 3 bits different in the name confuse you, any more than opening a pizza restaurant next door to a McDonalds is "confusingly similar" because the addresses are only one digit different
Well, if there was a McDonalds next to a Mac Ronald's, and they were both in the fast food business, and if they couldn't be told apart from the outside, then that would be similar to the Openil-Opengl confussion.
Let's face it. People are stupid.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
"he is not very hard to obtain around that"?? "to receive is not very hard"?? Sounds like the fish has a slightly gay tendency...
(What to do? +1 Funny, or -1 Troll? Decisions, decisions?) Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Guys, come on! Who moderated this as (-1 Redundant)? I mean, there are a few of us who don't want to subscribe to the NY Times online, but would like to know what the article is about.
It's a bit off-topic, I know, but there has been a couple of times when I haven't been able to join the discussion because I couldn't read the original article. So please, don't be so quick on the Moderating, ok? Thanks.
And now, back to the scheduled programming...
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
What good, besides from a few inventions that were developed in space and are now used by us, do we get from billionaire space exploration? None. One word: Tang.
What did we get with the Cold War? Nothing. Two words: James Bond.
Why am i posting this crap? Three words: Need more coffee Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Slashdot Mirror
...using dogs for helping blind people, it's nice to pay them back their favors.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Do people camp in one place for more then 20 seconds? In one word: YES.
Counter-Strike is one of the few FPS games I've played which almost makes it a necessity to carefully plan your attacks and defense. Players who run around blasting at everything they see are the first to get fragged.
Especially in the Hostage scenarios, where a terrorist hidden where no one can find him can win the game. So yeah, knowing where the enemies are can be a game-destroying cheat.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
I fear that somewhere in the future, they'll be using this kind of information to do stuff similar to Philip K Dick's "Do androids dream of electric sheep?", specifically the part about using mood-enhancers (or however they were called).
So flip a few switches, set the unit on "Mystical Meditation", and voilá, you're on your way to deep artificial enlightment.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Maybe Jesus loves you, but he sure as hell doesn't love everybody. The actions of his churches are proof.
Just to get my opinion in, but what Jesus wants and what the churches actually do may be two completely different things.
but i'm an Agnostic, so i'm not taking any sides.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
I recall seeing programs in DOS which did this kind of stuff (although without the impressive graphics, of course), waaaay back in the early 90s. There were even a couple which were shareware.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Are larger sizes dominant, recessive, or co-dominant?
Not recessive... but rather impressive.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Tour guide: On your left, we have the Research Building, the restrooms and the caffeteria. On your right...
FWOOSH!
Tour guide: Er... we have, or rather had, the souvenir stand. Thanks you all for coming and, uh, here's a free pin for y'all, and please let's keep this a secret betwen ourselves, OK?
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
For the people who can't understand this weird dribble, here's a close translation:
0 486121 --> Long reply to a JonKatz editorial about the way his posts helped to define the Brave New World we're all gonna live in.
:)
MGR-0018: 4b6e6f636b2c206b6e6f636b21 --> First Post!
LJW-7790: 57686f2069732074686572653f --> Rant against stupid first posts.
MGR-0018: 48756d616e --> Goatse.cx link cleverly disguised as a DeCSS link.
LJW-7790: 48756d616e2c2077686f3f --> Microsoft bashing...
MGR-0018: 48756d616e206e6f7420616e796d6f7265212048612048612
There ya go
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Uh, this might be just a little difficult to get through airport security.
Dude, they're secret agents! They probably have flying motorcycles and stuff like that.
Planes? They dont need no stinkin' planes.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Well, my opinion about the CTHD movie craze is this:
It's a martial arts movie, obviously, but the plot is a bit deeper than "My name is somethingorother, you killed my master/father/family/dog, prepare to die". There's love, friendship, honor, stuff like that, and none of the "you big-muscled man, me helpless bimbo, me want you" that passes as love on mostly every other action flick.
Another reason I loved the movie was the natural scenery they used as background. Very impressive. I never knew China had such beautiful forests, deserts and mountains.
And I'd have to disagree about the action scenes being standard. They had a semi-mythological aura (or whatever you could call it) that's not present in movies other than old Ninja movies and the like. Or "The Matrix", of course.
Maybe that's the reason people like both movies. They both have heroes doing impossible stuff (instead of nearly impossible, such as the stunts in movies like "Mission Impossible" or "The replacements"). And deep down we all want to do things no one else can.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
But what does the US government plan to do about it?
Oh, sure. We're losing our sleep all over the world, wondering what the US government plans to do to the (as far as I can recall) world-wide-used Internet.
Actually, I think it's a good idea for the US Government to do such studies, and pass the results along to the rest of the Internet community. But there's a big difference between making studies and having ideas and requests, and actually forcing ICANN (or whomever) to do something the US Gov. wants.
I know the article doesn't mention anything like that happening, but I'm feeling a bit paranoid.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
So what they're saying is, this Universe came out of one of MXYZPTLK's pranks?
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
'Course I was voted most likely to get Vaporized by my High School Class.
So tell me again, why was it that your High School Class wanted to vaporize you for?
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Or just really tiny bi-pedal species?
Eww.. just what we need.
Space smurfs!
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
So which would it be? 3 planets with the same name? Or 3 different names for a single planet?
Well, our last Planet was called Pluto, so there's still Mickey, Goofy, Daisy, Donald, Chip, Dale, Sneezy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Bashful, Doc... and there ya go!
Hey, if they use it at the Disney parking lot...
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
"if you're at the level of exchanging informal E-mail with someone there, try to keep it at that exchange. "...
A-ha! I smell Redmond...
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Nor should 3 bits different in the name confuse you, any more than opening a pizza restaurant next door to a McDonalds is "confusingly similar" because the addresses are only one digit different
Well, if there was a McDonalds next to a Mac Ronald's, and they were both in the fast food business, and if they couldn't be told apart from the outside, then that would be similar to the Openil-Opengl confussion.
Let's face it. People are stupid.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
The first thing that came to my mind when reading the title was, shouldn't that be:
Getting Tech Law Info Past Filters The Sleazy Way??
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
"he is not very hard to obtain around that"?? "to receive is not very hard"?? Sounds like the fish has a slightly gay tendency...
(What to do? +1 Funny, or -1 Troll? Decisions, decisions?)
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Guys, come on! Who moderated this as (-1 Redundant)? I mean, there are a few of us who don't want to subscribe to the NY Times online, but would like to know what the article is about.
It's a bit off-topic, I know, but there has been a couple of times when I haven't been able to join the discussion because I couldn't read the original article. So please, don't be so quick on the Moderating, ok? Thanks.
And now, back to the scheduled programming...
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
What good, besides from a few inventions that were developed in space and are now used by us, do we get from billionaire space exploration? None. One word: Tang.
What did we get with the Cold War? Nothing. Two words: James Bond.
Why am i posting this crap? Three words: Need more coffee
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Remeber: It's not too important if it's base 10 or base 16. What's important is to who do all the base are belong to.
(Geez, I can no longer tell if this are actual "Ask Slashdot" submissions, or if they're ALL April Fool's)
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Just kidding...
I'm still wondering if it's a good investment to get me one of those AYBABTU t-shirts on ThinkGeek. Or will it fade out in a few more months?
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Use lemmings instead! They're bigger, cuter (well, not really), and they even have their own PC Games. What more do you need?
Of course, they'll probably end up jumping off a cliff, but nobody's perfect!
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ask Slashdot: If aliens were to land during this war, which side would they help?
Your Rights Online: "Loose lips sinks ships" to be official motto of Carnivore 2.5
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I