Ah, so you're the asshole I have to listen to blasting away in his backyard all weekend, oh how I love listening to that.
I sure do hope your backyard is big enough that there is no possible chance of a stray bullet hitting anything not on your property, in all directions.
I also really hope nothing ever ricochets and accidentaly hits a family member, maybe a child hiding just off to the side of your targets behind a bush out of curiosity or something.
If not, you're at LEAST as bad as these kids, except for the fact that you're supposedly an adult.
All because you can't be bothered to go to an actual shooting range...oh, your firearm is illegal? They don't allow automatic weapons at the one near you? No? Then what's you're fucking excuse?
Ah, so nothing should ever be made if there is any chance that it is not suitable for children, because they _might_ show interest, and they _might_ get their hands on it.
Hm, no adult games, no mature television and movies, no mature music or books, including porn. Ah, no more cars either, some kid might try to drive one. And no guns, or alcohol.
I've got it, lets let Fisher Price have sole controle over every single available consumable on this planet!
Oh, well, I guess we could take responsibility for our own children and actions if you think that might work too.
Point taken, that is correct. Unfortunately, em comes from the paper-print world and has been implemented incorrectly in almost all web browsers, if not all.
You have a good point, but you infer that people are inherently idiots or psychos which isn't always the case.
You hit on the point that these people don't know the difference between fantasy and reality, which is close.
In my opinion though, the problem is that reality, especially the one that the media stuffs down our throat whether we like it or not, is quite often way more brutal and horrific than fantasy. So then how do you teach someone the difference between a TV show where someone is murdered, and a news blip of someone who was murdered? Is our fantasy really fantasy, or does it just emulate reality? And if so, how do you distinguish the difference?
Thus, I believe very strongly that the solution is not better understanding of fantasy vs reality, but rather right vs wrong. Once a proper understanding of right vs wrong is achieved, then and only then can fantasy vs reality be understood.
If these kids truly understood that using guns in such a way could lead to the death of a human being, and that they understood this to be a bad thing...they wouldn't likely have done it.
First, these 'children' shouldn't have been playing GTA3. It was designed for a mature audience.
Second, which should make point 1 moot: Did you watch Bowling For Columbine? If you haven't, I strongly suggest you do before you start deciding what actually influences children to do these things.
Kids are smart, way smarter than they are given credit for. Kids read every day how 'Violent Video Games Cause Children To Do Horrible Things'. Gee, I wonder why when called on their actions they spout out: 'Hey, the video game influenced me'.
Here's some more food for thought: How many people watched full coverage of the event, guns, blood, wreakage, bullets and all on TV? How many children did too? How many events like this are children exposed to every day through various media outlets? (I'm talking real news events here people, not imaginary television shows and the like, but blood and guts live at 6:00!)
pt is the recommended standard by the w3c. Not only that, but it does indeed work and is totally overrideable by the users browser just as xx-small, x-small etc are, except that with pt you get more than 7 options.
px and em don't and never will because they are supposed to be absolute sizes by definition. But they do have their place. Sometimes there is a legitimate need to size something absolutely, and know that it is going to be that size when it is rendered...but obviously caution is needed and these should be avoided whenever possible.
And no, I don't have any idea what size font you find readable, or what display you have. I don't, and shouldn't care because by using pts you can override it to your hearts content and have everything as big or as small as you like.
As for the browser getting the correct DPI, and whether pt will be rendered at the size requested...it doesn't matter. And that would be the point. (No pun intended;-) When using pt, the developer needs to know that there is NO guarantee as to what physical size will be rendered. BUT, there is a guarantee that something rendered at 20pt will be a hell of a lot bigger than something rendered at 10pt...as expected.
So, can we step down from the soap box until we fully understand what we are ranting about? Tx.
So I head into a long pass, and the car I'm passing is being a dick and speeding up some as well...that's ok a bit more gas and I'm just about there...oops, my 30 seconds is up and all of a sudden I'm dropped back to my limited speed, parallelling the car I'm trying to pass...and here comes a car coming the other way....
That would be because that was not a popup and thus can not be blocked.
A popup is a new window, not a piece of dynamic content within a page.
Firebird has at least 2 or 3 extensions that will allow you to block ads on the current page. Work with images, flash animations, embedded iframes etc.
Right tool for the job and all that;-)
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Ottawa is not in Quebec, it is in Ontario.
The law in question is a municipal bi-law, lots of other municipalities in Ontario have similar laws on the books now.
You're right, I was just thinking of that and came up with a solution.
The question-response doesn't need to be audio. Actually, it should have the option for either text OR audio. Super-simple really in markup. Put the appropriate question in a label attached to an input field for the answer. Add appropriate audio-enabling markup if required (Probably not even needed) and you're off to the races. Not blind? No problem...you can see what you're doing. Deaf? No problem, it's not being read to you. Blind? No problem, you're braille reader or audio software is getting the information to you.
Voila really. I just don't see the need for OCR when we still live in a time when computers deffinately won't be able to answer even very simple questions. Doesn't even have to be only spelling based, just simple random shit.
How many words in this sentence? What color is the sky at noon? What is 1 + 1 for small values of 1? (Oh, sorry, too hard...;) What number comes after 3592?
Without pre-knowledge of the questions that _could_ be asked, well, good luck writing something to answer questions like these!
Ah, yes but what do you then do with those recognised letters?
I was thinking of something like this: Computer says: "Please say the word that the following letters form: C...A...T" User says: "cat".
Sure, an automated system could 'hear' the original question, but we are a hell of a long ways away from a computer being able to correctly say "cat" based on that prompt.
You are quite correct, they changed to Green Jelly, not Gelatin.
And they did this pre-emptively so they never actually got sued. (They were smart when they got the letter saying they were about to be sued...there'd be NO band now if they'd even thought about keeping their original name)
As for why sales suck for PC controllers, well maybe this can explain it: I use a gravis gamepad pro, exactly the same as a PlayStation controller. It is fully mappable to any keyboard configuration required. I've had it and used it exclusively as my only game controller on my pc for 6 years. (Amazingly it's worked on every MS OS since 95).
Obviously, I haven't bought any MS controllers in that time, why would I? I'm willing to bet there are a slew of people out there like me that have their controllers they like and use and have no intention of buying another. How many people do you think go out and buy a new set of car-simulation controllers regularly? Good enough is good enough.
Now, this begs the question, if good ole billyboy really wanted to save the sales of these controllers he'd have to change something in Win to force people to go buy new controllers with that 'perceived-must-have' feature. How's about programmable controllers with upgradeable memory? jk.
Anyways, I think you get my point. Think I'm on the right track?
Yes, until they get to the point where they're going to put a bullet in their head if they have to play that one f*&@ing song one more time!
(A lot of the time, what the fans demand to hear is the last thing the band wants to play...just because these people haven't heard this tune since the last time the band was in town, doesn't mean they didn't play it last night, and the night before, and twice the day before that...)
Nope, there's never been a market for live recordings of old jazz shows because everyone knows jazz musicians don't allow recording of any kind.
Think for a second would you. Ever bought a bootleg? How much did it cost? Why so much? Why'd you pay it?
Here comes the clue, ready? Live recordings are, have been, and will continue to be VERY desirable.
No, Britney doesn't want you getting ahold of a live recording because then you'd know beyond a doubt that you're a sucker for having bought the studio album. But any musician who's worth their salt appreciates the individuality of any single performance, along with it's strengths and weaknesses.
Shit, look at Pearl Jam. They put out like a dozen or so OFFICIAL live albums in the period of a year. Nope, not a viable market there at all, this is only viable for Phish and the Dead right?
The reason most of the people I know play games on consoles is because they don't have to keep the games up to date or worry about configuration issues. Why would we want a console that can download patches?
You have answered your own question in your question:
...because they don't have to keep the games up to date or worry about configuration issues.
I.E.: The user doesn't have to worry about keeping up to date, it just happens automatically.
You're totally right on the money, it's an endless game of catch up.
Ever try bleem back in the day? Yeah, it worked, but even a PIII 733 I had it running on then, which in terms of processing power should slaughter a PS1, sucked dog to the point of essentially being unuseable.
It'd probably run great now on my dual 1.4ghz, but who cares at this point? (Thus why we're discussing emulating the current generation of consoles...)
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Ah, so you're the asshole I have to listen to blasting away in his backyard all weekend, oh how I love listening to that.
I sure do hope your backyard is big enough that there is no possible chance of a stray bullet hitting anything not on your property, in all directions.
I also really hope nothing ever ricochets and accidentaly hits a family member, maybe a child hiding just off to the side of your targets behind a bush out of curiosity or something.
If not, you're at LEAST as bad as these kids, except for the fact that you're supposedly an adult.
All because you can't be bothered to go to an actual shooting range...oh, your firearm is illegal? They don't allow automatic weapons at the one near you? No? Then what's you're fucking excuse?
Ah, so nothing should ever be made if there is any chance that it is not suitable for children, because they _might_ show interest, and they _might_ get their hands on it.
Hm, no adult games, no mature television and movies, no mature music or books, including porn.
Ah, no more cars either, some kid might try to drive one. And no guns, or alcohol.
I've got it, lets let Fisher Price have sole controle over every single available consumable on this planet!
Oh, well, I guess we could take responsibility for our own children and actions if you think that might work too.
Slippery slope my friend, slippery slope.
No, no, no, you'd label each _molecule_ within the paint can and query that silly ;)
Point taken, that is correct. Unfortunately, em comes from the paper-print world and has been implemented incorrectly in almost all web browsers, if not all.
You have a good point, but you infer that people are inherently idiots or psychos which isn't always the case.
You hit on the point that these people don't know the difference between fantasy and reality, which is close.
In my opinion though, the problem is that reality, especially the one that the media stuffs down our throat whether we like it or not, is quite often way more brutal and horrific than fantasy. So then how do you teach someone the difference between a TV show where someone is murdered, and a news blip of someone who was murdered? Is our fantasy really fantasy, or does it just emulate reality? And if so, how do you distinguish the difference?
Thus, I believe very strongly that the solution is not better understanding of fantasy vs reality, but rather right vs wrong. Once a proper understanding of right vs wrong is achieved, then and only then can fantasy vs reality be understood.
If these kids truly understood that using guns in such a way could lead to the death of a human being, and that they understood this to be a bad thing...they wouldn't likely have done it.
First, these 'children' shouldn't have been playing GTA3. It was designed for a mature audience.
Second, which should make point 1 moot: Did you watch Bowling For Columbine? If you haven't, I strongly suggest you do before you start deciding what actually influences children to do these things.
Kids are smart, way smarter than they are given credit for. Kids read every day how 'Violent Video Games Cause Children To Do Horrible Things'.
Gee, I wonder why when called on their actions they spout out: 'Hey, the video game influenced me'.
Here's some more food for thought: How many people watched full coverage of the event, guns, blood, wreakage, bullets and all on TV? How many children did too? How many events like this are children exposed to every day through various media outlets? (I'm talking real news events here people, not imaginary television shows and the like, but blood and guts live at 6:00!)
Mull it over if you will...
Ah, so because their children _stole_ a game they shouldn't have been playing, it's ok and the parents are absolved of any responsibility?
That's one view I guess...not the one I'd take though.
pt is the recommended standard by the w3c.
;-) When using pt, the developer needs to know that there is NO guarantee as to what physical size will be rendered. BUT, there is a guarantee that something rendered at 20pt will be a hell of a lot bigger than something rendered at 10pt...as expected.
Not only that, but it does indeed work and is totally overrideable by the users browser just as xx-small, x-small etc are, except that with pt you get more than 7 options.
px and em don't and never will because they are supposed to be absolute sizes by definition. But they do have their place. Sometimes there is a legitimate need to size something absolutely, and know that it is going to be that size when it is rendered...but obviously caution is needed and these should be avoided whenever possible.
And no, I don't have any idea what size font you find readable, or what display you have. I don't, and shouldn't care because by using pts you can override it to your hearts content and have everything as big or as small as you like.
As for the browser getting the correct DPI, and whether pt will be rendered at the size requested...it doesn't matter. And that would be the point. (No pun intended
So, can we step down from the soap box until we fully understand what we are ranting about? Tx.
So I head into a long pass, and the car I'm passing is being a dick and speeding up some as well...that's ok a bit more gas and I'm just about there...oops, my 30 seconds is up and all of a sudden I'm dropped back to my limited speed, parallelling the car I'm trying to pass...and here comes a car coming the other way....
Yeah, good solution.
Huh?
So instead of having a sizeable percentage of our population stuck in jail, we should throw everyone in jail?
Now that's funny ;-)
Don't worry if you don't get it, it just means you're not canadian!
That would be because that was not a popup and thus can not be blocked.
;-)
A popup is a new window, not a piece of dynamic content within a page.
Firebird has at least 2 or 3 extensions that will allow you to block ads on the current page. Work with images, flash animations, embedded iframes etc.
Right tool for the job and all that
Ottawa is not in Quebec, it is in Ontario.
The law in question is a municipal bi-law, lots of other municipalities in Ontario have similar laws on the books now.
You're right, I was just thinking of that and came up with a solution.
The question-response doesn't need to be audio.
Actually, it should have the option for either text OR audio.
Super-simple really in markup. Put the appropriate question in a label attached to an input field for the answer. Add appropriate audio-enabling markup if required (Probably not even needed) and you're off to the races. Not blind? No problem...you can see what you're doing. Deaf? No problem, it's not being read to you. Blind? No problem, you're braille reader or audio software is getting the information to you.
Voila really.
I just don't see the need for OCR when we still live in a time when computers deffinately won't be able to answer even very simple questions.
Doesn't even have to be only spelling based, just simple random shit.
How many words in this sentence?
What color is the sky at noon?
What is 1 + 1 for small values of 1? (Oh, sorry, too hard...;)
What number comes after 3592?
Without pre-knowledge of the questions that _could_ be asked, well, good luck writing something to answer questions like these!
How many blind people do you think actually use a detectable braille machine attached to their computer? Not all of them I can assure you.
And as someone else mentioned, a spammer need only get a braille machine, and oh look at all those wide open doors.
Ah, yes but what do you then do with those recognised letters?
I was thinking of something like this:
Computer says: "Please say the word that the following letters form: C...A...T"
User says: "cat".
Sure, an automated system could 'hear' the original question, but we are a hell of a long ways away from a computer being able to correctly say "cat" based on that prompt.
Please pass this nugget on to your client:
;)
Dear Mr. Motherfucking Shit,
I really don't give a fucking shit,
As you cannott copyright a proper name,
You goddamned motherfucking twit
You are quite correct, they changed to Green Jelly, not Gelatin.
And they did this pre-emptively so they never actually got sued. (They were smart when they got the letter saying they were about to be sued...there'd be NO band now if they'd even thought about keeping their original name)
Um, one of the options I'm looking at is "Enable cookies, but ask before accepting"
Agreed.
As for why sales suck for PC controllers, well maybe this can explain it:
I use a gravis gamepad pro, exactly the same as a PlayStation controller. It is fully mappable to any keyboard configuration required. I've had it and used it exclusively as my only game controller on my pc for 6 years. (Amazingly it's worked on every MS OS since 95).
Obviously, I haven't bought any MS controllers in that time, why would I? I'm willing to bet there are a slew of people out there like me that have their controllers they like and use and have no intention of buying another.
How many people do you think go out and buy a new set of car-simulation controllers regularly? Good enough is good enough.
Now, this begs the question, if good ole billyboy really wanted to save the sales of these controllers he'd have to change something in Win to force people to go buy new controllers with that 'perceived-must-have' feature. How's about programmable controllers with upgradeable memory? jk.
Anyways, I think you get my point. Think I'm on the right track?
Um, where did you see anything about permissions and rights in this thread? We're talking about the desirability and market for live recordings.
Move along please.
Yes, until they get to the point where they're going to put a bullet in their head if they have to play that one f*&@ing song one more time!
(A lot of the time, what the fans demand to hear is the last thing the band wants to play...just because these people haven't heard this tune since the last time the band was in town, doesn't mean they didn't play it last night, and the night before, and twice the day before that...)
Nope, there's never been a market for live recordings of old jazz shows because everyone knows jazz musicians don't allow recording of any kind.
Think for a second would you. Ever bought a bootleg? How much did it cost? Why so much? Why'd you pay it?
Here comes the clue, ready?
Live recordings are, have been, and will continue to be VERY desirable.
No, Britney doesn't want you getting ahold of a live recording because then you'd know beyond a doubt that you're a sucker for having bought the studio album. But any musician who's worth their salt appreciates the individuality of any single performance, along with it's strengths and weaknesses.
Shit, look at Pearl Jam. They put out like a dozen or so OFFICIAL live albums in the period of a year. Nope, not a viable market there at all, this is only viable for Phish and the Dead right?
You have answered your own question in your question:
I.E.: The user doesn't have to worry about keeping up to date, it just happens automatically.
You're totally right on the money, it's an endless game of catch up.
Ever try bleem back in the day?
Yeah, it worked, but even a PIII 733 I had it running on then, which in terms of processing power should slaughter a PS1, sucked dog to the point of essentially being unuseable.
It'd probably run great now on my dual 1.4ghz, but who cares at this point? (Thus why we're discussing emulating the current generation of consoles...)