I was hiring a programmer for a project, and had one I liked. I Googled his name, email address, got nothin'. Then I Googled the *newsgroups*. This guy posted on alt.drugs.hard that he had just moved to my city, and was lamenting how hard it was to find good heroin. He had also posted to something like alt.alien.contact, how aliens had been contacting him, and he had picture proof, in the dust patterns on his T.V. He linked to the pic on the web, but it was less than convincing.
So what did I tell him? Nothing. Just that I had hired someone else, and thanks for his time.
I bet they find the Mother Of All Bugs during the Month of Apple Bugs. Will S. Jobs have to take Management Of Aggressive Behavior classes so as not to snap under the strain? I sense the Mother Of All Battles coming from the Apple fanbase. Microsoft Often Anticipates Bugs, but they have a "fix it after it shows itself" policy. Maybe Our Apple Boys will take security more seriously now. May Omnipotent Allah Bless their efforts.
It's entirely under your control whether you become an alcoholic. Any condition that you can 100% control entry into isn't a disease, it's a lifestyle choice.
"Yeah, they just happened to have been naturally selected for extinction now, nevermind that we KNOW exactly what the cause of their decline has been, and that we KNOW it is because of OUR artificial impact on their natural environment."
Artificial? Nature selected Home Sapiens to have bigger brains, opposable thumbs and the ability to use tools and develop language. If we screw up the environment for other species, that's no more "artificial" than a fast predator decimating the slow herbivore population. It would be a shame if we did mess up the whole planet for mammals, fish and birds, but the insects who rise to intelligence after that won't complain.
Really, your attitude kind of makes it sound like you believe some powerfull being or force created our planet, then put Homo Sapiens here and charged him with keeping the place nice.
IBM didn't get shafted, and MS didn't poison the King to become King. IBM did make a grave business error of not recognizing the direction of the market and collapsed. MS correctly predicted the future, and did well. MS doesn't want to make the same mistake IBM did, so it competes everywhere.
Hearing those skinless howler money things come ratling up the drainpipes *still* freaks me out a little.
Remember the Alien TC for Doom?
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I don't think you hit an alien till about the 3rd level, but it was in a dark hallway and he came out of a hidden spot. I think I crapped my 256 color, 320 x 240 pants.
"But groups opposed to the new technology, including a coalition of powerful food companies concerned that the public will reject Dolly-the-Lamb chops and clonal cream in their coffee, have not given up."
The groups opposed to this have every right to oppose it, but if food companies are concerned the public will reject it, they can just label it "100% clone free" and charge a premium. The organic food guys are doing that, and have made a nice business of it. I'm thinking there is something else motivating them, and it's probably profit, but I'm not quite sure what the crux of the problem is.
"I could point to them and say "I own them!" but what does that accomplish over than waving an e-penis around?" Well, for one it gives you the right to play the play the games on that nifty emulator.
"I kept all my old consoles for ages and my demanded that I get rid of most of them..." And I'm pretty sure the missing word in this sentence is "Mom".:-)
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For us (25+ y.o. gamers, I'm 36), the "Golden Age" is over, because we grew out of it. Things can't ever be "new and exciting" again, because we have been looking at it for the last 10 or 25+ years. Maybe when we can plug in to a neural net or something.
For my kids, though, holy cow! For $50 I got a flash cart that can play almost 30 years worth of console games on my son's GBA. He has a library of over a hundred games, and they are all fun for him, no "Yo' Noid" crap. In less than 2 months, my daughter will be waving a contol around like a tennis raquett, or turning like a steering wheel, just like I did with my Atari 2600 joysticks and paddles. But hers will actually control the game! Would you just kill for that back in our "Golden Age" of the 70's and 80's and early 90's?
And yesterday, my youngest asked my daughter a question about ninja's. Her response: "Let's ask the computer." In 2 or 3 minutes, he had color pictures printed and hanging on his door and his question was answered. I remember when Scotty asked the computer questions, now my kids do it
So I think that todays kid's "Golden Age" kicks ass, just like ours did.
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I was hiring a programmer for a project, and had one I liked. I Googled his name, email address, got nothin'. Then I Googled the *newsgroups*. This guy posted on alt.drugs.hard that he had just moved to my city, and was lamenting how hard it was to find good heroin. He had also posted to something like alt.alien.contact, how aliens had been contacting him, and he had picture proof, in the dust patterns on his T.V. He linked to the pic on the web, but it was less than convincing.
So what did I tell him? Nothing. Just that I had hired someone else, and thanks for his time.
I bet they find the Mother Of All Bugs during the Month of Apple Bugs. Will S. Jobs have to take Management Of Aggressive Behavior classes so as not to snap under the strain? I sense the Mother Of All Battles coming from the Apple fanbase.
Microsoft Often Anticipates Bugs, but they have a "fix it after it shows itself" policy. Maybe Our Apple Boys will take security more seriously now.
May Omnipotent Allah Bless their efforts.
I do the same thing with my, uh... unit.
I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose free will.
It's entirely under your control whether you become an alcoholic. Any condition that you can 100% control entry into isn't a disease, it's a lifestyle choice.
Either that, or you are missing something.
"Yeah, they just happened to have been naturally selected for extinction now, nevermind that we KNOW exactly what the cause of their decline has been, and that we KNOW it is because of OUR artificial impact on their natural environment."
Artificial? Nature selected Home Sapiens to have bigger brains, opposable thumbs and the ability to use tools and develop language. If we screw up the environment for other species, that's no more "artificial" than a fast predator decimating the slow herbivore population. It would be a shame if we did mess up the whole planet for mammals, fish and birds, but the insects who rise to intelligence after that won't complain.
Really, your attitude kind of makes it sound like you believe some powerfull being or force created our planet, then put Homo Sapiens here and charged him with keeping the place nice.
I /thought/ my tuna sandwich tasted different today.
I went from 0 to +50 Karma just pointing out the most obvious flaws in his "articles". Good times.
Sweet. Now my new video card can power my house instead of just heating my office.
...everything is visible from space.
Hope the guy who paid $1600 for his pre-order system on ebay didn't already leave feedback!
IBM didn't get shafted, and MS didn't poison the King to become King. IBM did make a grave business error of not recognizing the direction of the market and collapsed. MS correctly predicted the future, and did well. MS doesn't want to make the same mistake IBM did, so it competes everywhere.
Just get the original blueprints from the Magratheans.
Hearing those skinless howler money things come ratling up the drainpipes *still* freaks me out a little.
I don't think you hit an alien till about the 3rd level, but it was in a dark hallway and he came out of a hidden spot.
I think I crapped my 256 color, 320 x 240 pants.
... does that mean in a few years that games won't have any Game in them?
Which explains why Semen Washer is on the list. I'd hate to be her husband.
Me: Yes Yes Yes!!
Candace: Auughh!! Get it off, GET IT OFF!!
According to ...err... documentaries I've seen, some portion of the female population doesn't seem to mind semen in/on/around them.
"But groups opposed to the new technology, including a coalition of powerful food companies concerned that the public will reject Dolly-the-Lamb chops and clonal cream in their coffee, have not given up."
The groups opposed to this have every right to oppose it, but if food companies are concerned the public will reject it, they can just label it "100% clone free" and charge a premium. The organic food guys are doing that, and have made a nice business of it. I'm thinking there is something else motivating them, and it's probably profit, but I'm not quite sure what the crux of the problem is.
"I could point to them and say "I own them!" but what does that accomplish over than waving an e-penis around?"
:-)
Well, for one it gives you the right to play the play the games on that nifty emulator.
"I kept all my old consoles for ages and my demanded that I get rid of most of them..."
And I'm pretty sure the missing word in this sentence is "Mom".
Wow, I have never seen anything like it before!
Man, will they be pissed when they see this.
3 to 5 years. Close enough to gather VC money, far enough that no one expects a working model.
For us (25+ y.o. gamers, I'm 36), the "Golden Age" is over, because we grew out of it. Things can't ever be "new and exciting" again, because we have been looking at it for the last 10 or 25+ years. Maybe when we can plug in to a neural net or something.
For my kids, though, holy cow! For $50 I got a flash cart that can play almost 30 years worth of console games on my son's GBA. He has a library of over a hundred games, and they are all fun for him, no "Yo' Noid" crap. In less than 2 months, my daughter will be waving a contol around like a tennis raquett, or turning like a steering wheel, just like I did with my Atari 2600 joysticks and paddles. But hers will actually control the game! Would you just kill for that back in our "Golden Age" of the 70's and 80's and early 90's?
And yesterday, my youngest asked my daughter a question about ninja's. Her response: "Let's ask the computer." In 2 or 3 minutes, he had color pictures printed and hanging on his door and his question was answered. I remember when Scotty asked the computer questions, now my kids do it
So I think that todays kid's "Golden Age" kicks ass, just like ours did.