You put yourself in the "mind" of the computer and tell the GM (compiler) what you want to do. If you're not breaking the rules (no compilatiuon errors) then you run the program (roll the dice) and see what happens.
Pity the poor sods who started out as a level 1 BASIC interpreter running in a DOS campaign.
I can't take the credit for the analogy. It's one of Arthur C. Clarke's, and I reckon he's as good an authority as any when it comes to discussing science fiction.
Yes they bloody well are science-fiction. They might not be your preferred type of science fiction but that's neither here nor there.
Let's see: Superman has aliens; Batman relies on high tech gadgets; Buffy is edging out to using magic, but then "any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
There's more to science fiction than just space opera.
The IRA reportedly got a lot of their funding via contributions from rich Irish/Americans. All those NORAID collections taken at St.Patrick's day parades and suchlike? Used to buy AK47s for the IRA.
Good point. I hadn't considered that and you're absolutely right - just so long as PVRs remain legal (which I'm confident they will, BTW).
I'm sure the BBC took into account the increasing use of PVRs and the internet for storing video and saw which way the wind is blowing - once it's broadcast then it's available for free forever.
The difference between the BBC and RIAA/MPAA, etc. is that the BBC are trying to figure out how they can take advantage of it instead of fighting a losing battle against it.
If you want all cable channels to be ad-free, you will pay even more.
I'd prefer to have three decent channels with no adverts for a cost less than basic cable service, thanks all the same. I'm honestly puzzled why that isn't even an option here.
I pay more for cable in the US than I paid for the TV licence in the UK. The insult is that even after paying for them the cable channels still have more adverts than even commercial broadcast channels in the UK. Of course the BBC has no adverts because I paid a licnce fee instead.
If the best the free market can do is charge me twice - first money, then advertising - then I'm not at all impressed.
Not quite. Acorn invented the Proton, and it won the bid to be selected as the official BBC micro, so it got renamed. In an alternate universe the Spectrum or even the Camputers Lynx might have become the BBC micro. Scary thought, huh.
We can argue about whether the insurance is needed or not, but the fact that Lloyds is offering it means that they see a demand in the marketplace. A firm like Lloyds goes where the money is so they must see an awful lot of companies using Linux in ways that are worth insuring.
It's important because Google is using pressure tactics to try and restrict how information gathered from their site is used. When you make a search, you don't want to have to wonder if Google is going to approve of the way you use the results.
For Google to try and punish people who use search results in a way they don't like is to take a step down a very unpleasant path which ends up with lots of small print at the bottom of their page saying how you're allowed to use information gleaned from Google searches. Google should issue an apology and back off from their ridiculous "punishment" of CNET.
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You put yourself in the "mind" of the computer and tell the GM (compiler) what you want to do. If you're not breaking the rules (no compilatiuon errors) then you run the program (roll the dice) and see what happens.
Pity the poor sods who started out as a level 1 BASIC interpreter running in a DOS campaign.
The Rev. Spooner would be shocked at the idea of someone giving their geeky wife Noble Gonads.
A quick search using a more likely spelling turned up this:
Yourdon, Ed. Ed Yourdon's Guerilla Programmer, July 1995 (No longer published. Back issues available from Cutter Information Corp.)
1. RTFA
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3. Prof^wHappiness
Yeehaw!
Depends. Why not ask him?
Yeah, and us Brits would always have to play the bad guys.
I can't take the credit for the analogy. It's one of Arthur C. Clarke's, and I reckon he's as good an authority as any when it comes to discussing science fiction.
Yep. They're getting into science fiction territory too - as is Mission Impossible.
Oh come off it. Superman was sent to earth on a spaceship from a doomed planet - sounds like science fiction to me.
Yes they bloody well are science-fiction. They might not be your preferred type of science fiction but that's neither here nor there.
Let's see: Superman has aliens; Batman relies on high tech gadgets; Buffy is edging out to using magic, but then "any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
There's more to science fiction than just space opera.
The IRA reportedly got a lot of their funding via contributions from rich Irish/Americans. All those NORAID collections taken at St.Patrick's day parades and suchlike? Used to buy AK47s for the IRA.
What Mercano said. The fork does the tricky stuff, so I use my most dextrous hand to wield it. Heh, dextrous - geddit? ;)
Speaking as someone who's right handed, but eats left handed for just the reasons you mention, I have to agree.
Seriously though, this seems good for left-handers. Having the analog stick on a wire means it can be held in either hand.
Good point. I hadn't considered that and you're absolutely right - just so long as PVRs remain legal (which I'm confident they will, BTW).
I'm sure the BBC took into account the increasing use of PVRs and the internet for storing video and saw which way the wind is blowing - once it's broadcast then it's available for free forever.
The difference between the BBC and RIAA/MPAA, etc. is that the BBC are trying to figure out how they can take advantage of it instead of fighting a losing battle against it.
If you want all cable channels to be ad-free, you will pay even more.
I'd prefer to have three decent channels with no adverts for a cost less than basic cable service, thanks all the same. I'm honestly puzzled why that isn't even an option here.
The free market can handle this problem.
So why hasn't it?
I pay more for cable in the US than I paid for the TV licence in the UK. The insult is that even after paying for them the cable channels still have more adverts than even commercial broadcast channels in the UK. Of course the BBC has no adverts because I paid a licnce fee instead.
If the best the free market can do is charge me twice - first money, then advertising - then I'm not at all impressed.
Not quite. Acorn invented the Proton, and it won the bid to be selected as the official BBC micro, so it got renamed. In an alternate universe the Spectrum or even the Camputers Lynx might have become the BBC micro. Scary thought, huh.
Makes sense. They say the Devil has all the best tunes and that certainly excludes jazz.
[...]a shrub appears to intercept the vision to the fertile hills beyond.
Nostradamus eat your heart out. Looks like Paine was quite the prophet.
[...]how will this effect me?
It won't. Your parents did that.
We can argue about whether the insurance is needed or not, but the fact that Lloyds is offering it means that they see a demand in the marketplace. A firm like Lloyds goes where the money is so they must see an awful lot of companies using Linux in ways that are worth insuring.
Another sign that Linux has hit the big time.
With hindsight maybe they'll change it to "Do No Stupid!"
It's important because Google is using pressure tactics to try and restrict how information gathered from their site is used. When you make a search, you don't want to have to wonder if Google is going to approve of the way you use the results.
For Google to try and punish people who use search results in a way they don't like is to take a step down a very unpleasant path which ends up with lots of small print at the bottom of their page saying how you're allowed to use information gleaned from Google searches. Google should issue an apology and back off from their ridiculous "punishment" of CNET.