Wow, way to miss the point. The parent post didn't say "fusion doesn't exist". It said that there's no guarantee that fusion power will become a viable energy source. If you can't see the difference, I would suggest not commenting on anything again that requires the use of logic, at least until you learn to use it properly.
Why is this troll bullshit being rewarded? (Ok, it's only +1, but still)
2. We could do the same thing already by building more nuclear power plants. The reason we don't is because of liberal evironmentalist whacknuts.
We could also have some meaningful discussion instead of anonymous mental masturbation on slashdot.
FACTS: Not all liberals are environmentalists. Not all environmentalists are liberals.
Here we see a classic field example of the ideologue pushing labels onto people. By putting "liberal" and "environmentalist" together enough times and implying that they are equivalent, this cog in the automaton of American right-wing bullshit tries to get people who dislike one of these to dislike the other (note: I'm not saying left-wing people don't do it). By posting this as an unnecessary after-remark, the author attempts to pass it off as true and unworthy of debate. The poster also leaves out any other possible explanation as to why their pet project hasn't taken off, as well as providing no proof that these hippie apparitions are actually doing anything to impede the progress of nuclear power.
Also, the use of the word "whacknut" (or really any cheap-shot insult) is simply juvenile and speaks volumes more than your actual argument. Stop trying to imitate talk-radio hosts. Their tactics won't win you any support.
Can anyone honestly say that there are benefits to the average American citizen from the passage of the Patriot Act? If such a thing as government corruption did not exist at all in the US, the added powers it gives to law organizations might be helpful. The simple answer to that is that government is like any other organization, and can become corrupt. With the buying of representatives, illegitamate and fraudulent elections (why is there no outcry after the 2004 election? Oh wait, we have a compliant corporate media! yaay!), and rampant, well, pretty much everthing going on at what seems every level of American government, it's sad that we aren't revolting in the streets. Those who created our government (or at least the paper documents supposedly followed) knew that governments were a sort of necessary evil that needed to be thrown out. I think Jefferson is quoted often here, "patriots and tyrants". I believe one of that group also thought that the entire governmental structure should be replaced like every 20 years. I don't think it's a bad idea. Some of the problem is that the Constitution doesn't really say what kind of laws Congress has the power to pass and enforce; I'm thinking in areas of business here, where Congress could theoretically pass a bill, just giving a billion dollars to whoever they wanted (which is basically what they do now anyway, but without any attempt to even appear legit).
OK, so I don't really know what the point of my post is, but I'm just feeling really sick when I look into what could happen during my lifetime. Hopefully the US will begin its fall, and with it some reasonable minds will prevail. Why not try a new formula?
Video games have taken over the world as the most creative, cutting edge platform for major names in entertainment to showcase their talent and reach a massive audience.
Translation: "I am a marketroid and we realized recently that we haven't completely taken over video gaming. We'll get right on that". BARF!
Even more seriously, a bad, unintentional parody of the MTV "music" awards funded by video game publishers is hardly a recipie for success. And it definitely isn't one for any amount of respect.
I was not the one who came up witht the sentence. When you say "porn" to someone, they generally don't spaz at you and demand to know if you are talking about print material, video, etc. In the same way, the word "hentai" means to most English-speaking people an anime/manga that is pornographic/perverted in nature....
I just realized you either trolled me very well or are just a pedantic loser who has a closet full of hentai.
It's just a shame that every damn stage of development warrants an announcement and celebration
So people shouldn't be proud of what they accomplish? I hope you never have kids. I'd hate to be there when you're pissed off that little Jekler Jr. only learned how to read "see spot run" and can't read War and Peace yet.
I can also be somewhat confident in asserting that learning the vocabulary to read War and Peace is nothing compared to reimplementing the entire API of a closed source operating system known for its weirdness.
Whereas older versions segfaulted and did nothing useful, even after hours of fiddling with things, this version installed painlessly (even from source!) and got a random program running (Imagetool, if anyone is interested). This proves that it is both more user-friendly, and able to handle mostly-unknown programs correctly (i.e. doesn't rely on tweaks to get individual programs running).
Sorry, but no. Being able to install Wine from source and get a random app running does not "prove" anything except the fact that you were able to get Wine installed from source and get a random app running. I was able to get an older (development) version of Wine to compile and run some programs. Does that prove you wrong? Of course not! Anecdotes don't "prove" anything.
Also, "relying on tweaks to get individual programs running" is not an experience unique to Wine. I have to tweak individual programs or settings to get Windows apps running in Windows sometimes (the same could be said for any OS).
If you had asked about a site that explains how to set up Wine or something, I might be inclined to help you. Since you're using this thread to basically admit you don't want to do any research and want have people do it for you, I'm going to have to say no, I can't help you. And no, there is no such thing as the holy grail you are seeking. (and yes, I'm using holy grail sarcastically)
History has shown that, more often than not, first to market=first to games=first to sales.
You can't be talking about the videogame industry. TurboGrafx-16/Turbo CD, Sega CD/32x/Saturn/Game Gear/Dreamcast, Virtual Boy, Atari Jaguar, and others were the "first" of their kind, and failed horribly. Even a bizzare homoerotic smear campaign against Sega couldn't save the Turbo system. The PlayStation was out before the N64, and yet it didn't dominate that system. Same for the PS2.
Price has never been a serious factor before,
Apparently you forgot about the 3DO and the release price that the Saturn had, which was compounded with the screwy situation of two addons for the Genesis. A phantom example is the fact that no handheld system has ever really been able to supplant the Game Boy, partly due to the fact that Nintendo sells so many they can afford a very low price.
If Nintendo gets a good release lead on Sony, and have the games to back it up (Their weakness with the DS, although the same can be said for the PSP) they can easily come out on top.
Dude, you could really strengthen your arguments if you said WTF you were talking about. I assume you mean that the DS and PSP had crappy launch games, but you could also be saying that the DS has a bad game lineup in general (which is not true). Also, I don't see Nintendo being able to get "back on top" of the console pile in the next 2-3 years. This is mostly due to the momentum they are working against. Go find how many PS2s were sold, and then compare that with how many XBoxen and Cubes were sold. Nintendo can't just come flying out of the gate and steal all of Sony's marketshare with a shiny new console, because THEIR COMPETITION HAS SHINY NEW TOYS TOO. A third problem for Nintendo is the constant FUD they encounter from the press. gamesarefun.com has some great editorials debunking some of the myths about Nintendo, but I'm sure new ones will sprout like weeds (OMG the controll3r has less buttons than teh GBA! Nintendo si teh d00med!!1 lolo)
1% is not an accurate figure. For many applications, 1% is probbaly pretty close, but for others, there is a much greater percentage of people who would like a linux version (I think nVidia is a case of this happening). If it's not "cost effective" to port to Linux (or whatever), then why are apps slowly getting ported? id and Epic seem to think it's worthwhile to release clients for their games.
I think you mean "welcome to capitalism", along with all its wonders. I find it no surprise that so many techies call themselves "libertarians" and yet can't get better pay (no balls to form trade unions, belief the market is holy and will make everything better, etc).
I think that people who join RPGish MMOs for the PvP (or stay for it) don't really want to play the game. The ones I know IRL are castoffs from other genres (mainly FPSers weaned on Halo, The Abominable) and now play WoW or whatever because they can get a game anytime, and it's fresh blood, not just their network of friends in real life. They don't care about roleplaying, just being as powerful as possible (and yes, they're all guys). They also don't ever play non-aggro classes. Buut, I've never played a "real" MMO (subscription based, persistent, etc. (I play GW)) so I can't really say whether I'd be down for PvP (I'm somewhat the dying breed of hardcore consoler, raised on the NES).
Games are not like other software. If other software is well-designed and works as intended, it's good software. If a game is well-designed and works as intended, it can still suck.
The whole concept of the registry puzzles me actually--here is this obsfucated, hidden, monolithic configuration file that holds all this important system information and if it were to be corrupted it could potentially make the machine unusable.
So if I replace "registry" with "source code" and "machine" with "company", is there a difference (at least in the cast of Microsoft)?
if Microsoft started selling an OS where running the Windows GUI was optional, how could they call it Windows? Another name would be in order. Perhaps they could call it "Doors". MS OSes are more like doors anyways--LOCKED doors that stand in your way of getting things done and need to be opened using product activation KEYS.
I propose "Funhouse Vista++" where some doors work, some don't, and others work some of the time. When you look at things from a different perspective they might look different because of the goofy mirrors all over the place or maybe just because they're trying to mess with you.
Debian took over the "animal usability" project a while back; human usability got hung up in committee in '02, it won't be in stable for probably 2 more versions.
It looked like something out of a cheap CGI fan hentai.
Looks like I found my new sig.
I wish someone would go back and re-do RE:1 with the love and skill it deserved. It was definitely a problem of one or two weak links in an otherwise strong chain.
I really should watch it again. I went to see it in the theater, and had low expectations (after seeing crap like Super Mario Brothers and Tomb Raider), so I was at least entertained by it, which usually doesn't happen when I go to movies anymore.
It would definitely be in the best interests of EVERY country (in the long run) to explore alternative energy projects, along with conservation efforts. The problem in the US is that the vested interests that control most of the strings don't want this to happen.
The problem and solution here is not necessarily intuitive. High energy prices are a definite drain on any economy, so it would be in the best interests of a government to find cheap energy, right? The difficulty in the US is that people with influence over national energy policy are ones either funded by or come from backgrounds in Big Business (tm). Energy is a big business. If new types of energy research and businesses are encouraged, it creates "instability" in the marketplace for the established powers, who might become dinosaurs and die, as they should (too bad they won't turn into fuel). It speaks volumes about the priorities that our "elected" (if you accept the legitimacy of certain elections, which I do not) officials have when they don't encourage true innovation in industry and are content with the status quo (and both major parties do this, it's not just the Republicans).
The "War on Terror" is another interesting problem. It would seem in the best interest of the world to cut off as much funding as possible to countries and organizations that fund terrorism. But if we cut off this funding, many of the people in power in the US would lose their bread and butter: their stocks would fall and their campaign contributors would not have as much money to "donate". There is also a political (and sinister) benefit to allowing "terrorism" and "the War on Terror (tm)" to continue. If people are scared, they often look to authority figures for support and direction. I'm not making a judgement on anyone here, it's just what happens. If the controlling interests have people looking to them, they can basically do whatever they want (it probably doesn't hurt their egos, either). Insane laws that take away fundamental liberties are welcomed, even if the liberties they take are ones of the kind that were meant to be preserved by those who rebelled and started this country.
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Wow, way to miss the point. The parent post didn't say "fusion doesn't exist". It said that there's no guarantee that fusion power will become a viable energy source. If you can't see the difference, I would suggest not commenting on anything again that requires the use of logic, at least until you learn to use it properly.
Why is this troll bullshit being rewarded? (Ok, it's only +1, but still)
2. We could do the same thing already by building more nuclear power plants. The reason we don't is because of liberal evironmentalist whacknuts.
We could also have some meaningful discussion instead of anonymous mental masturbation on slashdot.
FACTS: Not all liberals are environmentalists. Not all environmentalists are liberals.
Here we see a classic field example of the ideologue pushing labels onto people. By putting "liberal" and "environmentalist" together enough times and implying that they are equivalent, this cog in the automaton of American right-wing bullshit tries to get people who dislike one of these to dislike the other (note: I'm not saying left-wing people don't do it). By posting this as an unnecessary after-remark, the author attempts to pass it off as true and unworthy of debate. The poster also leaves out any other possible explanation as to why their pet project hasn't taken off, as well as providing no proof that these hippie apparitions are actually doing anything to impede the progress of nuclear power.
Also, the use of the word "whacknut" (or really any cheap-shot insult) is simply juvenile and speaks volumes more than your actual argument. Stop trying to imitate talk-radio hosts. Their tactics won't win you any support.
Can anyone honestly say that there are benefits to the average American citizen from the passage of the Patriot Act? If such a thing as government corruption did not exist at all in the US, the added powers it gives to law organizations might be helpful. The simple answer to that is that government is like any other organization, and can become corrupt. With the buying of representatives, illegitamate and fraudulent elections (why is there no outcry after the 2004 election? Oh wait, we have a compliant corporate media! yaay!), and rampant, well, pretty much everthing going on at what seems every level of American government, it's sad that we aren't revolting in the streets. Those who created our government (or at least the paper documents supposedly followed) knew that governments were a sort of necessary evil that needed to be thrown out. I think Jefferson is quoted often here, "patriots and tyrants". I believe one of that group also thought that the entire governmental structure should be replaced like every 20 years. I don't think it's a bad idea. Some of the problem is that the Constitution doesn't really say what kind of laws Congress has the power to pass and enforce; I'm thinking in areas of business here, where Congress could theoretically pass a bill, just giving a billion dollars to whoever they wanted (which is basically what they do now anyway, but without any attempt to even appear legit).
OK, so I don't really know what the point of my post is, but I'm just feeling really sick when I look into what could happen during my lifetime. Hopefully the US will begin its fall, and with it some reasonable minds will prevail. Why not try a new formula?
The MATRIX is real, and you will buy it happily!
Video games have taken over the world as the most creative, cutting edge platform for major names in entertainment to showcase their talent and reach a massive audience.
Translation: "I am a marketroid and we realized recently that we haven't completely taken over video gaming. We'll get right on that". BARF!
Even more seriously, a bad, unintentional parody of the MTV "music" awards funded by video game publishers is hardly a recipie for success. And it definitely isn't one for any amount of respect.
I was not the one who came up witht the sentence. When you say "porn" to someone, they generally don't spaz at you and demand to know if you are talking about print material, video, etc. In the same way, the word "hentai" means to most English-speaking people an anime/manga that is pornographic/perverted in nature. ...
I just realized you either trolled me very well or are just a pedantic loser who has a closet full of hentai.
It's just a shame that every damn stage of development warrants an announcement and celebration
So people shouldn't be proud of what they accomplish? I hope you never have kids. I'd hate to be there when you're pissed off that little Jekler Jr. only learned how to read "see spot run" and can't read War and Peace yet.
I can also be somewhat confident in asserting that learning the vocabulary to read War and Peace is nothing compared to reimplementing the entire API of a closed source operating system known for its weirdness.
Whereas older versions segfaulted and did nothing useful, even after hours of fiddling with things, this version installed painlessly (even from source!) and got a random program running (Imagetool, if anyone is interested). This proves that it is both more user-friendly, and able to handle mostly-unknown programs correctly (i.e. doesn't rely on tweaks to get individual programs running).
Sorry, but no. Being able to install Wine from source and get a random app running does not "prove" anything except the fact that you were able to get Wine installed from source and get a random app running. I was able to get an older (development) version of Wine to compile and run some programs. Does that prove you wrong? Of course not! Anecdotes don't "prove" anything.
Also, "relying on tweaks to get individual programs running" is not an experience unique to Wine. I have to tweak individual programs or settings to get Windows apps running in Windows sometimes (the same could be said for any OS).
If you had asked about a site that explains how to set up Wine or something, I might be inclined to help you. Since you're using this thread to basically admit you don't want to do any research and want have people do it for you, I'm going to have to say no, I can't help you. And no, there is no such thing as the holy grail you are seeking. (and yes, I'm using holy grail sarcastically)
History has shown that, more often than not, first to market=first to games=first to sales.
You can't be talking about the videogame industry. TurboGrafx-16/Turbo CD, Sega CD/32x/Saturn/Game Gear/Dreamcast, Virtual Boy, Atari Jaguar, and others were the "first" of their kind, and failed horribly. Even a bizzare homoerotic smear campaign against Sega couldn't save the Turbo system. The PlayStation was out before the N64, and yet it didn't dominate that system. Same for the PS2.
Price has never been a serious factor before,
Apparently you forgot about the 3DO and the release price that the Saturn had, which was compounded with the screwy situation of two addons for the Genesis. A phantom example is the fact that no handheld system has ever really been able to supplant the Game Boy, partly due to the fact that Nintendo sells so many they can afford a very low price.
If Nintendo gets a good release lead on Sony, and have the games to back it up (Their weakness with the DS, although the same can be said for the PSP) they can easily come out on top.
Dude, you could really strengthen your arguments if you said WTF you were talking about. I assume you mean that the DS and PSP had crappy launch games, but you could also be saying that the DS has a bad game lineup in general (which is not true). Also, I don't see Nintendo being able to get "back on top" of the console pile in the next 2-3 years. This is mostly due to the momentum they are working against. Go find how many PS2s were sold, and then compare that with how many XBoxen and Cubes were sold. Nintendo can't just come flying out of the gate and steal all of Sony's marketshare with a shiny new console, because THEIR COMPETITION HAS SHINY NEW TOYS TOO. A third problem for Nintendo is the constant FUD they encounter from the press. gamesarefun.com has some great editorials debunking some of the myths about Nintendo, but I'm sure new ones will sprout like weeds (OMG the controll3r has less buttons than teh GBA! Nintendo si teh d00med!!1 lolo)
And Europe (usually) gets hosed even worse than North America.
1% is not an accurate figure. For many applications, 1% is probbaly pretty close, but for others, there is a much greater percentage of people who would like a linux version (I think nVidia is a case of this happening). If it's not "cost effective" to port to Linux (or whatever), then why are apps slowly getting ported? id and Epic seem to think it's worthwhile to release clients for their games.
iJobs Mini?
I think you mean "welcome to capitalism", along with all its wonders. I find it no surprise that so many techies call themselves "libertarians" and yet can't get better pay (no balls to form trade unions, belief the market is holy and will make everything better, etc).
Pour in water...
plus metal...
plus (maybe?) nasty chemicals...
Just get gamers to do it for free. The Daedalus poll says the average player plays something like 20 hours a week. Some of them would love to do it.
I think that people who join RPGish MMOs for the PvP (or stay for it) don't really want to play the game. The ones I know IRL are castoffs from other genres (mainly FPSers weaned on Halo, The Abominable) and now play WoW or whatever because they can get a game anytime, and it's fresh blood, not just their network of friends in real life. They don't care about roleplaying, just being as powerful as possible (and yes, they're all guys). They also don't ever play non-aggro classes. Buut, I've never played a "real" MMO (subscription based, persistent, etc. (I play GW)) so I can't really say whether I'd be down for PvP (I'm somewhat the dying breed of hardcore consoler, raised on the NES).
Two takes:
- 10
- learning-from.html
(Humorous)
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-01
(Thoughtful)
http://lostgarden.com/2005/10/game-business-model
Games are not like other software. If other software is well-designed and works as intended, it's good software. If a game is well-designed and works as intended, it can still suck.
Ballmer might have some rotten tomatoes for this guy...!
I think you misspelled "high-velocity chairs".
Now I find it STUPID that this system wasn't tested before rolling out. I can't believe that if it was tested that they would miss such a problem.
(cheapshot)Well, we are talking about a certain famously incompetent tech company, right?(/cheapshot)
The whole concept of the registry puzzles me actually--here is this obsfucated, hidden, monolithic configuration file that holds all this important system information and if it were to be corrupted it could potentially make the machine unusable.
So if I replace "registry" with "source code" and "machine" with "company", is there a difference (at least in the cast of Microsoft)?
if Microsoft started selling an OS where running the Windows GUI was optional, how could they call it Windows? Another name would be in order. Perhaps they could call it "Doors". MS OSes are more like doors anyways--LOCKED doors that stand in your way of getting things done and need to be opened using product activation KEYS.
I propose "Funhouse Vista++" where some doors work, some don't, and others work some of the time. When you look at things from a different perspective they might look different because of the goofy mirrors all over the place or maybe just because they're trying to mess with you.
Debian took over the "animal usability" project a while back; human usability got hung up in committee in '02, it won't be in stable for probably 2 more versions.
(this isn't a dig on Debian)
It looked like something out of a cheap CGI fan hentai.
Looks like I found my new sig.
I wish someone would go back and re-do RE:1 with the love and skill it deserved. It was definitely a problem of one or two weak links in an otherwise strong chain.
I really should watch it again. I went to see it in the theater, and had low expectations (after seeing crap like Super Mario Brothers and Tomb Raider), so I was at least entertained by it, which usually doesn't happen when I go to movies anymore.
(another reply has some similar points)
It would definitely be in the best interests of EVERY country (in the long run) to explore alternative energy projects, along with conservation efforts. The problem in the US is that the vested interests that control most of the strings don't want this to happen.
The problem and solution here is not necessarily intuitive. High energy prices are a definite drain on any economy, so it would be in the best interests of a government to find cheap energy, right? The difficulty in the US is that people with influence over national energy policy are ones either funded by or come from backgrounds in Big Business (tm). Energy is a big business. If new types of energy research and businesses are encouraged, it creates "instability" in the marketplace for the established powers, who might become dinosaurs and die, as they should (too bad they won't turn into fuel). It speaks volumes about the priorities that our "elected" (if you accept the legitimacy of certain elections, which I do not) officials have when they don't encourage true innovation in industry and are content with the status quo (and both major parties do this, it's not just the Republicans).
The "War on Terror" is another interesting problem. It would seem in the best interest of the world to cut off as much funding as possible to countries and organizations that fund terrorism. But if we cut off this funding, many of the people in power in the US would lose their bread and butter: their stocks would fall and their campaign contributors would not have as much money to "donate". There is also a political (and sinister) benefit to allowing "terrorism" and "the War on Terror (tm)" to continue. If people are scared, they often look to authority figures for support and direction. I'm not making a judgement on anyone here, it's just what happens. If the controlling interests have people looking to them, they can basically do whatever they want (it probably doesn't hurt their egos, either). Insane laws that take away fundamental liberties are welcomed, even if the liberties they take are ones of the kind that were meant to be preserved by those who rebelled and started this country.