If you're going to chastise Billy Gates for M$'s "coming late to the party," then you have to praise him and his wife (as private citizens) for their overwhelminggenerosity:
The start of this new era can be traced to late September, 1997, when cable-TV mogul Ted Turner anted up an historic $1 billion pledge to the U.N.--and challenged wealthy "skinflints" to do likewise. The nation's underachieving billionaires got an even bigger prodding two years later when the world's richest man, Bill Gates, pumped a staggering $16.5 billion into his foundation to help pay for a campaign to improve health care for the world's poor. Gates and his wife Melinda have since poured a total of $25.6 billion--some 60% of their current net worth--into their foundation, making it the world's largest. Their mission to bring vaccines to poor children in Africa and India is as strategic and sweeping as Carnegie's promise to build a library in every American town.
He and his wife have probably given more than the others you mentioned combined, not to mention Ellison's love for private jets and McNealy's lack of concern in regard to your privacy. Philanthropy has always had two sides to it, but I would rather have fewer dying children in Africa and India than have billionaires give money only for the "right" reasons.
Actually, the xxAA use said "decomposing dollar bills" to record profits. That way the profits disappear when it's time to give artists/musicians/etc. their cut.
Oops! Now we'll probably be sued for talking about trade secrets.
Since when did the library cease being a safe haven? Upon the installation of internet access? Please. It is not as easy to "stumble upon" pornography as your average Congressperson might claim: most of the kids who "accidentally encountered" pr0n were probably looking for it in the first case. These are the same kids who would, previous to the advent of internet access, browse the more candid books on reproduction in the adult stacks.
Until such filters are developed for parents' closets, beds (the areas underneath, rather), and "secure" video cabinets, children will have convenient access to pr0n. Before you tell us that there's no pr0n in your house, remember that your children's friends have parents too.
I have decided to take the money I would normally drop on CDs (~$15 a pop) and spend it on admission and a beer at live performances of interesting and non-hyped bands. I suggest you do the same.
You must be a business analyst with "programming skills" who is jealous of your more knowledgeable coworkers (the ones who can actually code). Not everyone needs to be a 90% presentation / 5% brains tool like you, although these qualities make you ideal for management. Sigh.
For every few couch gamers, though, there is a PC gamer that likes to get up close and personal with his or her games. Consider the strategy or cRPG (genus DnD) gamer. This gamer wants to manage his units or tweak his character's (or group's) inventory or spells.
Certain games work on the couch -- games where you can sit back and enjoy the graphics or cutscene, for instance. The gamer that wants to have his wizard cast a fireball at the orc archers while having his fighter and paladin stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the corridor, blocking the advance of the orc warriors and thereby protecting his casters and archers, doesn't want to be six feet removed (i.e. on the couch) from his games.
As long as this type of PC gamer exists, PC games will exist. It also doesn't hurt the outlook for the hardcore PC gaming industry that this type of gamer is often the most loyal.
The lighting on the character models is nice. The backgrounds are shitty. I would argue that Warcraft III looks just as good at a high res with AA turned on. UT2003 looks so much better, especially if you're playing with a high-end card like a GeForce4 (others have told me) or a Radeon 9700 (personal experience).
You could probably make a graphics quality argument for the XBox, since its hardware is equivalent to that of a good PC, but Nintendo seems to be (rightfully so) relying on gameplay to sell its games.
Try to make on-topic posts please. The issue at hand is whether should be surprised by the following: that Microsoft is making the XBox useful for the only thing that justifies its being sold at a loss - games. How is this in any way anti-competitive? Sony and Nintendo have done the same thing.
If M$ were to ignore the modders and in effect saturate the markets with below-cost 'doze boxes, such behavior would be startlingly similar to what got the anti-trust ball rolling in the first place.
How do you "tear pages out of" a work incased in an immutable format such as a read-only DVD or VHS tape without making copies? If CleanFlicks sold some device that you could put b/w your video-out and your television, that is one thing. Sure they sell the original in conjunction with the altered copy, but that altered copy is precisely what's illegal.
How exactly do you edit a DVD without copying it, and when has it ever been legal to sell copies of a work without the permission of the work's creator? Perhaps CleanFlicks should get into the business of producing their own clean movies, instead of taking a knife to a filmmaker's work.
I'm also pretty certain that TV networks pay a film studio a lot more to broadcast (and edit) a movie than you would pay Blockbuster to rent it for an evening or Best Buy to buy it.
Bullshit. Do you see any other African country doing this? Nigeria is in fact one of the more prosperous African countries, so I don't think we can that poverty, etc. is the problem (persons in other African countries would be doing the same if that were the case). The problem seems to be Nigerian in origin, and that's something they have to solve on their own.
There's this game called World of Warcraft coming out, only for the PC. Look at the screenshots and imagine how immersive and beautiful it will be. You can start laughing again...
I completely agree. I took tons of AP/IB classes in preparation for college, but, arguably, the most useful class at my prep school was Typing 101. It helped me churn out papers in college, and helps me code without looking at the keys now. Not to mention the fact that one can never reach a "zen programming" state without touch-typing.
I drive by your house and yell, "give me the key to your house." You do so. No subterfuge, no social engineering, I just ask for the key and you oblige. Nokia thinks this is theft.
I'm sure some of you have a bone to pick with this analogy, so pick away. I still don't think it's theft, though, since I asked.
Actually, you make a pretty good case for the idea that California's legislative whims affect interstate commerce. That means Congress can step in and modify California's rules, perhaps invalidating them. The Supremes will probably make the ultimate decision if it comes to legal blows.
I think its crazy, but there you have it. This is pretty much a plutocracy (you need money to have your voice heard a la "lobbiest", "analyst", etc), so I'm not sure what methods we can use to oppose these things.
With a little creativity, it may be possible to fashion a "targeted" disturbance, to be unleashed under the appropriate circumstances. Use your imagination and this for possible inspiration. This is not to say that a DoS is in any way creative. I simply think that it's a good idea to remember that there will always be ways to use technology in ways they never wanted us too, and that such activities may be deployed against the powers that be if they try to create the United States of Corporations and Serfs in everything but name.
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If you're going to chastise Billy Gates for M$'s "coming late to the party," then you have to praise him and his wife (as private citizens) for their overwhelming generosity:
He and his wife have probably given more than the others you mentioned combined, not to mention Ellison's love for private jets and McNealy's lack of concern in regard to your privacy. Philanthropy has always had two sides to it, but I would rather have fewer dying children in Africa and India than have billionaires give money only for the "right" reasons.
Actually, the xxAA use said "decomposing dollar bills" to record profits. That way the profits disappear when it's time to give artists/musicians/etc. their cut.
Oops! Now we'll probably be sued for talking about trade secrets.
Since when did the library cease being a safe haven? Upon the installation of internet access? Please. It is not as easy to "stumble upon" pornography as your average Congressperson might claim: most of the kids who "accidentally encountered" pr0n were probably looking for it in the first case. These are the same kids who would, previous to the advent of internet access, browse the more candid books on reproduction in the adult stacks.
Until such filters are developed for parents' closets, beds (the areas underneath, rather), and "secure" video cabinets, children will have convenient access to pr0n. Before you tell us that there's no pr0n in your house, remember that your children's friends have parents too.
But buying this game (importing it, even) will not increase your chances of getting that Asian girl to notice you.
I have decided to take the money I would normally drop on CDs (~$15 a pop) and spend it on admission and a beer at live performances of interesting and non-hyped bands. I suggest you do the same.
You must be a business analyst with "programming skills" who is jealous of your more knowledgeable coworkers (the ones who can actually code). Not everyone needs to be a 90% presentation / 5% brains tool like you, although these qualities make you ideal for management. Sigh.
For every few couch gamers, though, there is a PC gamer that likes to get up close and personal with his or her games. Consider the strategy or cRPG (genus DnD) gamer. This gamer wants to manage his units or tweak his character's (or group's) inventory or spells.
Certain games work on the couch -- games where you can sit back and enjoy the graphics or cutscene, for instance. The gamer that wants to have his wizard cast a fireball at the orc archers while having his fighter and paladin stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the corridor, blocking the advance of the orc warriors and thereby protecting his casters and archers, doesn't want to be six feet removed (i.e. on the couch) from his games.
As long as this type of PC gamer exists, PC games will exist. It also doesn't hurt the outlook for the hardcore PC gaming industry that this type of gamer is often the most loyal.
Let Nethack + graphical interface for Windows suck away all their time! Here is the Windows download page
Obviously one editor has no idea what the other is doing. Can we not have back-to-back stories about the same article? That was like, yesterday.
The lighting on the character models is nice. The backgrounds are shitty. I would argue that Warcraft III looks just as good at a high res with AA turned on. UT2003 looks so much better, especially if you're playing with a high-end card like a GeForce4 (others have told me) or a Radeon 9700 (personal experience).
You could probably make a graphics quality argument for the XBox, since its hardware is equivalent to that of a good PC, but Nintendo seems to be (rightfully so) relying on gameplay to sell its games.
Try to make on-topic posts please. The issue at hand is whether should be surprised by the following: that Microsoft is making the XBox useful for the only thing that justifies its being sold at a loss - games. How is this in any way anti-competitive? Sony and Nintendo have done the same thing.
If M$ were to ignore the modders and in effect saturate the markets with below-cost 'doze boxes, such behavior would be startlingly similar to what got the anti-trust ball rolling in the first place.
The creator of the sculpture, Tilted Arc, was Richard Serra, and the sculpture was, unfortunately, removed. Here's more info on this.
How do you "tear pages out of" a work incased in an immutable format such as a read-only DVD or VHS tape without making copies? If CleanFlicks sold some device that you could put b/w your video-out and your television, that is one thing. Sure they sell the original in conjunction with the altered copy, but that altered copy is precisely what's illegal.
How exactly do you edit a DVD without copying it, and when has it ever been legal to sell copies of a work without the permission of the work's creator? Perhaps CleanFlicks should get into the business of producing their own clean movies, instead of taking a knife to a filmmaker's work.
I'm also pretty certain that TV networks pay a film studio a lot more to broadcast (and edit) a movie than you would pay Blockbuster to rent it for an evening or Best Buy to buy it.
Bullshit. Do you see any other African country doing this? Nigeria is in fact one of the more prosperous African countries, so I don't think we can that poverty, etc. is the problem (persons in other African countries would be doing the same if that were the case). The problem seems to be Nigerian in origin, and that's something they have to solve on their own.
There's this game called World of Warcraft coming out, only for the PC. Look at the screenshots and imagine how immersive and beautiful it will be. You can start laughing again...
I completely agree. I took tons of AP/IB classes in preparation for college, but, arguably, the most useful class at my prep school was Typing 101. It helped me churn out papers in college, and helps me code without looking at the keys now. Not to mention the fact that one can never reach a "zen programming" state without touch-typing.
I would mod you up, but have no moderation points today...
Moderators!!!! +1 Funny to the parent!
I drive by your house and yell, "give me the key to your house." You do so. No subterfuge, no social engineering, I just ask for the key and you oblige. Nokia thinks this is theft.
I'm sure some of you have a bone to pick with this analogy, so pick away. I still don't think it's theft, though, since I asked.
Actually, you make a pretty good case for the idea that California's legislative whims affect interstate commerce. That means Congress can step in and modify California's rules, perhaps invalidating them. The Supremes will probably make the ultimate decision if it comes to legal blows.
But our princess is in another castle.
With a little creativity, it may be possible to fashion a "targeted" disturbance, to be unleashed under the appropriate circumstances. Use your imagination and this for possible inspiration. This is not to say that a DoS is in any way creative. I simply think that it's a good idea to remember that there will always be ways to use technology in ways they never wanted us too, and that such activities may be deployed against the powers that be if they try to create the United States of Corporations and Serfs in everything but name.
Do you mean a logic bomb, or the explosive kind? Ostensibly, the former is more dangerous...
I thought clickwrap licenses were evil on /. Oh wait, Apple's the culprit here, so it's opposite day, I guess.