Had the same problem once, though it was Starcraft.
On a serious note, though, how can so many of us on Slashdot say things like this, and then get so upset when someone suggests that a violent video game could have a negative effect on you?
Okay. If I see a violent movie, I'm probably not going to go out and kill somebody. However, those who have a strong tendency towards violence will be moved further in that direction.
Don't believe me? Talk to an advertising agency. They seem to know something that we super-intelligent people here on Slashdot don't. Why in the hell would they spend so much money just to buy a 30-second clip if it didn't have any effect on people?
Even if you don't agree, you have to see he has a good point. (Of course, I'm biased - I was thinking the same thing myself.)
Has anyone here ever played Sim City? Did you notice that crime rates were lowest in the areas with the highest property value? Real life works the same way.
Now, I don't think we need to curb violent games to curb violence. There's no causality shown. However, I do think that it's morally wrong to enjoy the sight of somebody being mutilated or to celebrate revenge (good guys taking revenge has always bugged me).
I think you're mostly right. There's one more factor, though. For example: I work at a place that I would never leave unless someone could pay me practically double for the same work. Why? It's great here. I've harldy worked overtime, and I've been able to make decisions about how I'm going to do things (as opposed to people above me doing that). They pay me reasonably well - at least well enough to buy a house, support my family, and keep up-to-date on technology.
But I think that, in about a year or so, I'll get bored of it and go somewhere else. When I've exhausted everything new that there is to do here, I won't be able to stand it anymore. Satisfaction from work is nice, and so is good compensation and a good working environment - and my job supplies all of that - but I can't stagnate.
Well, one thing's for sure - if you start charging Americans by bit or byte, you'll make them angry. We're used to paying a flat rate per month for just about everything, including our cars. It would screw up our expectations completely. Anyway, if an ISP did that, I'd expect any self-respecting-used-to-flat-rates American to change ISP's.
I spent two years in Britian, where they charge you for your time on the telephone. I hated it. And at least half the people I met didn't even have a telephone, especially in inner-city Glasgow. By contrast, almost everyone in this country has a telephone - why? Because with a flat rate, it also costs less.
Charging anything but a flat rate will only drive people away, and widen the "digital divide."
Oh, yes. I've dealt with their tech support for Linux. It took three days to get that stupid server up.
Funny thing was, I could have done it myself in two hours if the documentation had been correct. Their tech support was only helpful because the had the right information. Other than that, they were pretty clueless.
No, they don't really care. Then again, what entity is there that exists solely to make money for people who only want to make money that does care?
I say, if you can't get people that care, at least get people that know. Go with VA Linux or Netfinity. That's what I'm doing next time.
I've got a Dell 2400 here at work running Red Hat 6.2 with some strange proprietary, closed-source drivers for the RAID array. (They stopped shipping these with megaraid.) Under heavy loads, they pause every twenty seconds or so for about five seconds. I have no idea what they're doing, but that would definitely slow things down.
Stuff like that could contribute to low performance.
He said he wouldn't disclose it because it could be used to gain access to other sites. Now, if he shares the information with Microsoft first, that makes him more ethical than if he had published it to the world - he gives the people with the problem time to fix it before someone else discovers it.
Now, if Microsoft did nothing about it, then the only ethical thing to do would be to publish it to speed up the fixing process, and thus be fair to Microsoft's customers.
Of course, my last point could be very hotly debated, but that's how I see it.
I'm not saying that you're not right, but here's how I'm going to deal with it. I'm going to teach at a university when I get older and more experienced and I cost too much for anyone to hire.
By the way, what age is "older" nowadays? 25? I've got about a year left, I think. After that, I'll be guiding young minds in the Ways of Programming and Systems Engineering...
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but typing everything in all caps has the same effect on people as shouting in their ear.
If you would like to add emphasis (and you should listen to me because I am an expert - and I am not making this up), you should do something like this:
javac! javac compile code! javac javac!
Not capitalizing the first letter is intentional and good grammar. But to the point: even if you did that, you'd still sound like an idiot, or Tarzan. Maybe you'd sound like you're on crack. Have you been a moderator lately?
Turn the "Caps Lock" off and leave it that way, or have your pinky removed. Either will suffice.
I believe you mean "sure its' a touch process," or if you're talking about the negative plural participle, it's "sure i'ts a touched processing," in which case you would need to replace "but sheesh" with "holy crap."
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Had the same problem once, though it was Starcraft.
On a serious note, though, how can so many of us on Slashdot say things like this, and then get so upset when someone suggests that a violent video game could have a negative effect on you?
Okay. If I see a violent movie, I'm probably not going to go out and kill somebody. However, those who have a strong tendency towards violence will be moved further in that direction.
Don't believe me? Talk to an advertising agency. They seem to know something that we super-intelligent people here on Slashdot don't. Why in the hell would they spend so much money just to buy a 30-second clip if it didn't have any effect on people?
Why is this not moderated up?
Even if you don't agree, you have to see he has a good point. (Of course, I'm biased - I was thinking the same thing myself.)
Has anyone here ever played Sim City? Did you notice that crime rates were lowest in the areas with the highest property value? Real life works the same way.
Now, I don't think we need to curb violent games to curb violence. There's no causality shown. However, I do think that it's morally wrong to enjoy the sight of somebody being mutilated or to celebrate revenge (good guys taking revenge has always bugged me).
I dunno...
I think you're mostly right. There's one more factor, though. For example: I work at a place that I would never leave unless someone could pay me practically double for the same work. Why? It's great here. I've harldy worked overtime, and I've been able to make decisions about how I'm going to do things (as opposed to people above me doing that). They pay me reasonably well - at least well enough to buy a house, support my family, and keep up-to-date on technology.
But I think that, in about a year or so, I'll get bored of it and go somewhere else. When I've exhausted everything new that there is to do here, I won't be able to stand it anymore. Satisfaction from work is nice, and so is good compensation and a good working environment - and my job supplies all of that - but I can't stagnate.
Depends on how good they think I am, and what kind of job security I've built into the solutions I've implemented. ;)
Maybe on a hamster wheel? That'll be Transmeta's new low-power laptop solution.
"Yes, folks, this laptop - not only does it have a Crusoe chip, but it is actually powered by a locust running inside a small wheel!"
...People for the Ethical Treatment of Insects...
And that would be "PETI?" I just checked, and - unfortunately - peti.org is already taken.
Darn. I was all set to put up a website called "People Eating Tasty Insects" just to bug them...
And if they find out that I'm sending my resume out, they might try to come up with ways to keep me there, which might be good.
Well, one thing's for sure - if you start charging Americans by bit or byte, you'll make them angry. We're used to paying a flat rate per month for just about everything, including our cars. It would screw up our expectations completely. Anyway, if an ISP did that, I'd expect any self-respecting-used-to-flat-rates American to change ISP's.
I spent two years in Britian, where they charge you for your time on the telephone. I hated it. And at least half the people I met didn't even have a telephone, especially in inner-city Glasgow. By contrast, almost everyone in this country has a telephone - why? Because with a flat rate, it also costs less.
Charging anything but a flat rate will only drive people away, and widen the "digital divide."
Oh, yes. I've dealt with their tech support for Linux. It took three days to get that stupid server up.
Funny thing was, I could have done it myself in two hours if the documentation had been correct. Their tech support was only helpful because the had the right information. Other than that, they were pretty clueless.
No, they don't really care. Then again, what entity is there that exists solely to make money for people who only want to make money that does care?
I say, if you can't get people that care, at least get people that know. Go with VA Linux or Netfinity. That's what I'm doing next time.
I've got a Dell 2400 here at work running Red Hat 6.2 with some strange proprietary, closed-source drivers for the RAID array. (They stopped shipping these with megaraid.) Under heavy loads, they pause every twenty seconds or so for about five seconds. I have no idea what they're doing, but that would definitely slow things down.
Stuff like that could contribute to low performance.
Oh, so THIS was a troll?
Read the parent. That was the troll. Supid on-crack moderators. Probably some idiot 12-year-old...
So, can anyone give me an objective reason why this is better than the JVM?
No objective reason, but a supposition...
Suppose they wrote a VM that doesn't use a stack for the registers and everything else. Wouldn't it scream? Stacks are actually kinda slow...
Totally kidding about the "old" thing. I expect to work in the field until I'm at least 45, and then I'll teach, just because I love it.
So I would only call him "half-ethical".
He said he wouldn't disclose it because it could be used to gain access to other sites. Now, if he shares the information with Microsoft first, that makes him more ethical than if he had published it to the world - he gives the people with the problem time to fix it before someone else discovers it.
Now, if Microsoft did nothing about it, then the only ethical thing to do would be to publish it to speed up the fixing process, and thus be fair to Microsoft's customers.
Of course, my last point could be very hotly debated, but that's how I see it.
I didn't see the story as one about a Microsoft security flaw, but as one about a hacker. Read it on CNN - they fall just short of calling him a hero.
That's good.
I'm not saying that you're not right, but here's how I'm going to deal with it. I'm going to teach at a university when I get older and more experienced and I cost too much for anyone to hire.
By the way, what age is "older" nowadays? 25? I've got about a year left, I think. After that, I'll be guiding young minds in the Ways of Programming and Systems Engineering...
A comma, if omitted often enough, becomes extinct.
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but typing everything in all caps has the same effect on people as shouting in their ear.
If you would like to add emphasis (and you should listen to me because I am an expert - and I am not making this up), you should do something like this:
javac! javac compile code! javac javac!
Not capitalizing the first letter is intentional and good grammar. But to the point: even if you did that, you'd still sound like an idiot, or Tarzan. Maybe you'd sound like you're on crack. Have you been a moderator lately?
Turn the "Caps Lock" off and leave it that way, or have your pinky removed. Either will suffice.
Sure it's a touch process
I believe you mean "sure its' a touch process," or if you're talking about the negative plural participle, it's "sure i'ts a touched processing," in which case you would need to replace "but sheesh" with "holy crap."