However, unlike movies, in the real civilized world that the rest of us live in, not everyone suspected of a crime is guilty, "they are bad guys" is not an excuse to violate someone's rights, , and the Good Guys Rule does not actually work in real life. We have things like Habeas Corpus and the Eight Amendment that are supposed to keep the government from locking people up "just because they can." (note, these seem to be mostlyignored these days) We have these "soft on crime" or "protecting criminals" laws because we can see that the government will absolutely abuse everyone without them.
Nintendo did not just survive the crash of '83, they were the ones that took the lead in resurrecting the industry.
Then again, they survived their mid 90's slump. And each time the XBOX/PS war is rekindled on a new generation of systems.
And even if Wii-U falters, Nintendo can survive on brand recognition alone from the mass of parents in their 30s and 40s that grew up with the NES. Now, perhaps in 10 years when the XBOX/PS generation gamers start having kids of their own, things might change.
BMC is buying their way into "craft" beer. Small business always looks cool, so either big business buys in to what on the surface might appear small; or a small company grows to the size where they are in danger of losing the "coolness" factor, so they try to fake it.
Existing 1080p quality can't be discerned as better by someone sitting 10 feet away on a couch looking at a 42" TV. Going past 1080p has no value whatsoever unless you're talking about insanely huge screens or impractically close viewing.
A: Existing 1080p quality can't be discerned as better by someone sitting 10 feet away on a couch looking at a 42" TV B: Going past 1080p has no value whatsoever unless you're talking about insanely huge screens or impractically close viewing
You're implying: C: 42" is insanely huge.
My answer is: C is demonstrably false, as I'm about two feet away from the screen I'm using at this very moment. D is demonstrably false, as many sane people buy larger screens.
I suggest you rethink your position replacing distance and size by field of vision. Your previous statement would turn into "an field of vision over n degrees is useless". To which I'd answer "Anything less than my entire FoV is not enough."
That is the odd part, no error message, and nothing in the log files. The install elsewhere-and-backup technique is a good idea for the games; though it makes updating a massive hassle, at least it gets the thing playable.
Making backups of cloud-based software is probably a good idea anyhow. (As far as DRMed games go... well you get what you pay for.)
Bitching about it on Slashdot has resulted in more suggestions on how to fix it than filing a ticket with their support team. (though this is not surprising to me)
It also garners flames from fanbois, but I am fine with that.
That is the first thing I tried. No, it doesnt. This makes me think the problem isn't just that the app isnt working.
It seems to only explode when it tries to make a network connection to download a game. The freshly installed steam will work great until I try to download or update something.
The thing that ticks me off is the program does not appear to log anything when it has problems, it just freezes up.
Maybe it will work better from inside a fresh VM, that way I could install the games to that, then copy the non-drm games out to the main install. (actually a lot of the indie-dev games might just work fine from inside a VM, its worth a try)
Seems like a bit of an overreaction if you can just do a fresh OS install, fresh Steam install and get them all back. Have you tried doing a manual uninstall of Steam? They provide instructions right on their web site: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526
Yes, I have. Everything else about the computer works fine, so why the hell should I reinstall my computer because their app stinks?
Valve's shitty application stopped working, and now I can't install or run any of the games I bought (read: rented) from them. Their techsupport is somewhere between non-existent and not-giving-a-shit. I am even locked out of the non-drm games (most of the ones I have bought), because I cannot download them without the stupid Steam application.
Lots of money flushed down the drain to a company that simply does not care. Never again.
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However, unlike movies, in the real civilized world that the rest of us live in, not everyone suspected of a crime is guilty, "they are bad guys" is not an excuse to violate someone's rights, , and the Good Guys Rule does not actually work in real life.
We have things like Habeas Corpus and the Eight Amendment that are supposed to keep the government from locking people up "just because they can." (note, these seem to be mostly ignored these days)
We have these "soft on crime" or "protecting criminals" laws because we can see that the government will absolutely abuse everyone without them.
Well, according to the illustration, the cup is full of milk... which lends credence to your theory.
Or coffee, which I presume the person that wrote this test had 6 cups of, and was only paid 5 cents to create the test.
I would tell the people that came up with that test. "Use your words." It should be condescending enough for the "educators" to understand.
ASSSSSSSSS!
Dell has gigantic portion of the business market. desktop workstations, laptops, and servers.
So did Sun at one point.
How does Fury even see these?
He turns.
Sounds... exhausting.
Disregard that. I suck Koch.
--Ethanol-fueled
Article 35 of the Japanese Constitution protects against illegal search and seizure.
Man, I wish the United States had that.
Torture is not the NSA's job. It's more of a hobby.
Nintendo did not just survive the crash of '83, they were the ones that took the lead in resurrecting the industry.
Then again, they survived their mid 90's slump. And each time the XBOX/PS war is rekindled on a new generation of systems.
And even if Wii-U falters, Nintendo can survive on brand recognition alone from the mass of parents in their 30s and 40s that grew up with the NES. Now, perhaps in 10 years when the XBOX/PS generation gamers start having kids of their own, things might change.
BMC is buying their way into "craft" beer. Small business always looks cool, so either big business buys in to what on the surface might appear small; or a small company grows to the size where they are in danger of losing the "coolness" factor, so they try to fake it.
Foam tips... could catch on fire... Incendiary arrows! Police, arrest this man!
Wait, the schoolyard that only allows nerf toys is in Toronto! Arrest those children, immediately!
So you typed this message on a keyboard? Oh my god, that means he has fingers... he could fire a gun! Police, arrest this man!
Then follow the same steps and compile it yourself. You should come to the same results.
How do you compile a person?
This isnt remotely surprising.
Existing 1080p quality can't be discerned as better by someone sitting 10 feet away on a couch looking at a 42" TV. Going past 1080p has no value whatsoever unless you're talking about insanely huge screens or impractically close viewing.
A: Existing 1080p quality can't be discerned as better by someone sitting 10 feet away on a couch looking at a 42" TV
B: Going past 1080p has no value whatsoever unless you're talking about insanely huge screens or impractically close viewing
You're implying:
C: 42" is insanely huge.
My answer is:
C is demonstrably false, as I'm about two feet away from the screen I'm using at this very moment.
D is demonstrably false, as many sane people buy larger screens.
I suggest you rethink your position replacing distance and size by field of vision. Your previous statement would turn into "an field of vision over n degrees is useless". To which I'd answer "Anything less than my entire FoV is not enough."
I am lost, what was D again?
Yeah, you should actually try it in real life. It absolutely is visible.
I think real life has somewhat higher resolution than 1080p.
I suppose this would affect Java Web Start as well. (Does anyone still use that? My Java work is currently server-side only.)
Though having more click-throughs does not increase security at all.
That is the odd part, no error message, and nothing in the log files. The install elsewhere-and-backup technique is a good idea for the games; though it makes updating a massive hassle, at least it gets the thing playable.
Making backups of cloud-based software is probably a good idea anyhow. (As far as DRMed games go... well you get what you pay for.)
Bitching about it on Slashdot has resulted in more suggestions on how to fix it than filing a ticket with their support team. (though this is not surprising to me)
It also garners flames from fanbois, but I am fine with that.
It will fix itself quite fast.
That is the first thing I tried. No, it doesnt. This makes me think the problem isn't just that the app isnt working.
It seems to only explode when it tries to make a network connection to download a game. The freshly installed steam will work great until I try to download or update something.
The thing that ticks me off is the program does not appear to log anything when it has problems, it just freezes up.
Maybe it will work better from inside a fresh VM, that way I could install the games to that, then copy the non-drm games out to the main install. (actually a lot of the indie-dev games might just work fine from inside a VM, its worth a try)
Seems like a bit of an overreaction if you can just do a fresh OS install, fresh Steam install and get them all back. Have you tried doing a manual uninstall of Steam? They provide instructions right on their web site:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526
Yes, I have. Everything else about the computer works fine, so why the hell should I reinstall my computer because their app stinks?
Valve's shitty application stopped working, and now I can't install or run any of the games I bought (read: rented) from them. Their techsupport is somewhere between non-existent and not-giving-a-shit. I am even locked out of the non-drm games (most of the ones I have bought), because I cannot download them without the stupid Steam application.
Lots of money flushed down the drain to a company that simply does not care. Never again.
This is from the guy that thinks the Fifth Amendment is a bad idea. So I am not terribly surprised that he did not think things through.
Did the summary time travel to repeat and restate the "An external god-like observer sees no difference..." sentence?