I'm kinda curious about the other search engines. I don't really think they would be too different because I also believe most people aren't aware of the cache option on google. I know I really didn't notice it till I became a slashdot regular. (BTW, thanks to all who do point out these goodies to us)
"The shoot-'em-up game genre, popular in the past, is losing its appeal as television viewers behold the horror of real-life war on the evening news. What game genres will replace it is less clear"
HUH!?! I beg to differ. Too many people have asked me about playing Q3, Half-Life, and UT online in the last few weeks. Since the prices of pc's have dropped and broadband availibility growing in my city, more and more people are wanting to "shoot'em up" online. (Oops, forgot to mention that the price of those games have dropped recently.)
[1st and foremost: I use and support Microsoft products. The software and OS's work "OK". No further explanation or flaming is necessary.]
Everything this guy says tells programmers to consider the bottom line, the almighty dollar. This attitude works in other industries, but will eventually bite them in the ass. (Automotive anyone?)
He's actually giving us the directions on how to beating MS. So, if you are producing such and are in this to make a fortune today instead of tomorrow... take notes they will be invaluable... for the near future.
However, we all know this is the worst advice for those of us who use and program open source software. We want simple code. We want it to do just the basics. If it's too basic for you, here's the code, feel free to add to it.
Remember the automotive industry? Japan (and Germany) started out with simple basic cars and trucks. And the typical American car buyer? "They're so small, so plain and slow." Hmmm, now these little 4-cylinders are blowing the doors off of the bigger American cars. Because each time they built their cars, they started out simple and refined each part before they added on.
MS is winning today, but soon people will like their programs and OS's like they demnd their cars now, reliable and economical. It will happen, but how long will it take?
"If our standard for the police is never making a mistake, not even the most minor, as in this case, we might as well as close them down."
Two ways to look at it, mistakes are bad PR for the police and this software or, and more important to me, if this guy had been accused of a sex crime. He's done, innocent or not. I know someone who was accused of rape. Charges were dropped (God bless DNA testing), but people don't see that. 10 years later, someone at work recognized him from TV and called him a rapist, pointed it out to several other coworkers. They never respected or treated him the same again.
Most people aren't as intelligent you. "Innocent until proven guilty" is only true in the court system. On the streets, it's "guilty by reason of suspicion". Case in point, ask most people who shot JFK and they will say Lee Harvey Oswald. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. No one really can really say because he wasn't convicted in a court of law.
We aren't far off.
As of right now: If a cop pulls you over and sees a screwdriver in your backseat, he can arrest you for suspicion of burglary. Of course, 72 hours later they release you and drop charges, but you were still arrested, photographed, fingerprinted and permanently placed on file.
Ok, so these companies were previously involved with AOL. Ok, That doesn't mean something "evil" wouldn't happen after a company that wasn't previosly involved now suddenly had dealings with AOL especially with financial incentives, er, kickbacks. Any company that deals with AOL will be influenced by AOl, previously involved or not.
I believe you are right. But I wonder how that will work when they start private police forces (think Robocop, lol).
Hmmm, the tow truck comment...
A relative of mine is handicapped, er, physically challenged (has a fake leg). Some idiot parked in a handicap space, so he stood behind the car when the guy tried to leave. The guy slowly backed into him, touching him with the bumper. When the cop showed up, he wrote him a ticket for parking in the space and a ration of shit for not yielding to pedestrians. The other patrons of the store cheered!
by way of contracts. Thats what this really about.
It was in the contract, you signed it, you agreed to it. You agreed to the flawed system of using GPS for speed tracking. I don't like it either.
However this comes real close to the fine line of Corporations enforcing (one day making?) laws by the perfectly legal means of contract. Don't laugh. I can see it one day...
I'm not guilty your honor. I had every right to kill this man. He clearly signed the contract that I could take his life if he didn't pay the money back.
If I have to pay a subscription, I better be getting support 24/7 for the application for as long as I'm a subscriber. Of course, If you load any applications that aren't MS approved, that would violate your EULA for the support of the subscribed application.
Now I really need to find a local Linux user group to help wean me away from MS.
I don't think I will be willing to spend the money on the new tv's. I'd rather spend it on the latest hardware and wait till the tv's are "really" cheap. I mean c'mon, I just now bought a dvd player. That was only because it's the only way to download and see Batman Beyond:ROtJ "unedited". That raises a question: Do the current dvd players have any issues with hdtv?
I think all of you are being too harsh about his language. He used "fuck" as an adjective, a verb and an adverb. I congratulate him on the wide use of his limited vocabulary.
I believe this is already in the works. They are making a client to use under Linux or they are making a AOL only netpliance(?) running Linux. If I can find the link, I'll post it here. Although, I could have sworn it was mentioned here on Slashdot.
Its a good thing Linus didn't take this kind of advice when he started on Linux. Hell, even Steve Jobs and Bill Gates probably ignored this kind of thinking when they were getting started.
I recently pulled my old Atari 2600 out of starage and hooked it up for some laughs. It was great.
I prefer GLquake over Q3A. I can't stand RTS games. (Who has that kind of time to spend on one game.) Strategy? Let's set up a chess board.
Off-topic a little: I'm sick of all the eye candy on the web as well. I loved the days of all text pages with maybe 1 or 2 pics and the top of the site. (pRon sights excluded of course)
You are right about the bandwidth issue. When I mentioned technology getting better, I was speaking of the software end of it. Look at how the compression/quality has improved recently. Hmmm, there was talk of video phones in the 70's wasn't there?
With the way this industry is growing, text messaging should soon be on its way out. Video and voice are right around the corner. Although, I can see that some form of anonymity is kinda nice when communicating with other people. I personally don't use any of that software. When I'm online, I'm busy.
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The housekeeper would be charged with "unauthorized access/entry", a first degree misdemeanor.(It's second degree in some parts of the US)
I'm kinda curious about the other search engines. I don't really think they would be too different because I also believe most people aren't aware of the cache option on google. I know I really didn't notice it till I became a slashdot regular. (BTW, thanks to all who do point out these goodies to us)
"The shoot-'em-up game genre, popular in the past, is losing its appeal as television viewers behold the horror of real-life war on the evening news. What game genres will replace it is less clear"
HUH!?! I beg to differ. Too many people have asked me about playing Q3, Half-Life, and UT online in the last few weeks. Since the prices of pc's have dropped and broadband availibility growing in my city, more and more people are wanting to "shoot'em up" online. (Oops, forgot to mention that the price of those games have dropped recently.)
Just a note...
"Damnit" is two words,ie: Damn it. Or if you prefer the slang version, it's "dammit" without the n.
[1st and foremost: I use and support Microsoft products. The software and OS's work "OK". No further explanation or flaming is necessary.]
Everything this guy says tells programmers to consider the bottom line, the almighty dollar. This attitude works in other industries, but will eventually bite them in the ass. (Automotive anyone?)
He's actually giving us the directions on how to beating MS. So, if you are producing such and are in this to make a fortune today instead of tomorrow... take notes they will be invaluable... for the near future.
However, we all know this is the worst advice for those of us who use and program open source software. We want simple code. We want it to do just the basics. If it's too basic for you, here's the code, feel free to add to it.
Remember the automotive industry? Japan (and Germany) started out with simple basic cars and trucks. And the typical American car buyer? "They're so small, so plain and slow." Hmmm, now these little 4-cylinders are blowing the doors off of the bigger American cars. Because each time they built their cars, they started out simple and refined each part before they added on.
MS is winning today, but soon people will like their programs and OS's like they demnd their cars now, reliable and economical. It will happen, but how long will it take?
"it's not like a proxy server, dhcp server and email server takes anyone with a brain to operate.
"
That's right... all it takes is an MCSE!!!
"If our standard for the police is never making a mistake, not even the most minor, as in this case, we might as well as close them down."
Two ways to look at it, mistakes are bad PR for the police and this software or, and more important to me, if this guy had been accused of a sex crime. He's done, innocent or not. I know someone who was accused of rape. Charges were dropped (God bless DNA testing), but people don't see that. 10 years later, someone at work recognized him from TV and called him a rapist, pointed it out to several other coworkers. They never respected or treated him the same again.
Most people aren't as intelligent you. "Innocent until proven guilty" is only true in the court system. On the streets, it's "guilty by reason of suspicion". Case in point, ask most people who shot JFK and they will say Lee Harvey Oswald. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. No one really can really say because he wasn't convicted in a court of law.
We aren't far off. As of right now: If a cop pulls you over and sees a screwdriver in your backseat, he can arrest you for suspicion of burglary. Of course, 72 hours later they release you and drop charges, but you were still arrested, photographed, fingerprinted and permanently placed on file.
Ok, so these companies were previously involved with AOL. Ok, That doesn't mean something "evil" wouldn't happen after a company that wasn't previosly involved now suddenly had dealings with AOL especially with financial incentives, er, kickbacks. Any company that deals with AOL will be influenced by AOl, previously involved or not.
I believe you are right. But I wonder how that will work when they start private police forces (think Robocop, lol).
Hmmm, the tow truck comment...
A relative of mine is handicapped, er, physically challenged (has a fake leg). Some idiot parked in a handicap space, so he stood behind the car when the guy tried to leave. The guy slowly backed into him, touching him with the bumper. When the cop showed up, he wrote him a ticket for parking in the space and a ration of shit for not yielding to pedestrians. The other patrons of the store cheered!
by way of contracts. Thats what this really about.
It was in the contract, you signed it, you agreed to it. You agreed to the flawed system of using GPS for speed tracking. I don't like it either.
However this comes real close to the fine line of Corporations enforcing (one day making?) laws by the perfectly legal means of contract. Don't laugh. I can see it one day...
I'm not guilty your honor. I had every right to kill this man. He clearly signed the contract that I could take his life if he didn't pay the money back.
Damn, now I'm scaring myself.
If I have to pay a subscription, I better be getting support 24/7 for the application for as long as I'm a subscriber. Of course, If you load any applications that aren't MS approved, that would violate your EULA for the support of the subscribed application.
Now I really need to find a local Linux user group to help wean me away from MS.
I don't think I will be willing to spend the money on the new tv's. I'd rather spend it on the latest hardware and wait till the tv's are "really" cheap. I mean c'mon, I just now bought a dvd player. That was only because it's the only way to download and see Batman Beyond:ROtJ "unedited". That raises a question: Do the current dvd players have any issues with hdtv?
I think all of you are being too harsh about his language. He used "fuck" as an adjective, a verb and an adverb. I congratulate him on the wide use of his limited vocabulary.
I believe this is already in the works. They are making a client to use under Linux or they are making a AOL only netpliance(?) running Linux. If I can find the link, I'll post it here. Although, I could have sworn it was mentioned here on Slashdot.
What!?!
Its a good thing Linus didn't take this kind of advice when he started on Linux. Hell, even Steve Jobs and Bill Gates probably ignored this kind of thinking when they were getting started.
Relax...
"LEGOs" is not plural for LEGO. It is slang for "LEGO bricks".
Is there more to this or is it just an urban legend?
I recently pulled my old Atari 2600 out of starage and hooked it up for some laughs. It was great.
I prefer GLquake over Q3A. I can't stand RTS games. (Who has that kind of time to spend on one game.) Strategy? Let's set up a chess board.
Off-topic a little: I'm sick of all the eye candy on the web as well. I loved the days of all text pages with maybe 1 or 2 pics and the top of the site. (pRon sights excluded of course)
is a laptop with a screen that doesn't fog up while I'm pushin' a turtle head out.
You are right about the bandwidth issue. When I mentioned technology getting better, I was speaking of the software end of it. Look at how the compression/quality has improved recently. Hmmm, there was talk of video phones in the 70's wasn't there?
With the way this industry is growing, text messaging should soon be on its way out. Video and voice are right around the corner. Although, I can see that some form of anonymity is kinda nice when communicating with other people. I personally don't use any of that software. When I'm online, I'm busy.