I think the point is not "why would anyone ever ask those questions" but rather "why are those questions asked SO FREQUENTLY as to be the most likely phrases to follow the word 'why'?"
Jesus you sound like someone found your google history of "why does my penis look like a vagina".
You're absolutely right, it definitely would be more interesting. The scaling should be pretty simple, but the key lies in getting a good, cohesive, interesting dynamic-story generator. As the other replier notes, Anarchy Online has these "random"/"dynamic" missions. They're truly awful. Some work on this must already exist... there must be some ground work laid in MUDs, IF, or in other games...
It's an interesting idea, and definitely more immersive than anything out there right now.
I certainly *would* prefer to see more story-oriented questing. My favourite quests in WoW are the quest-chains -- and I think that many story fans agree. One-shot "kill 10 of these" is a way to add content where really there is none. Especially since if you wait 5 minutes, everything will be back.
Unfortunately dynamic content often breaks down to:
Help, "player name"! My "relation" has been "state of distress" for several weeks now, and nobody will do anything to help! Please, please help me! He was last seen at "place" doing "something dangerous".
Times 100.
I don't think there's much doubt: truly immersive, excellent MMOs need to have once-run content -- that is, content tailored to each individual player, that can alter the world in a permanent fashion. Creating custom content for 100,000+ players is impossible, and so you're left with waiting for someone to generate a truly killer dynamic content generator.
Yes, but if the WWF can pull it off, so can we. Besides, in six months you'll forget there ever was any other name.
This is amusing.
Do they mean the WWF (conservation group) that originally had the name, and so took the WWF (the wrestling group) to court to force them to change their name? Or do they mean the WWF that either settled or lost the case, and agreed to change their name to WWE?
Er, I thought RH is allowing users to migrate to WS complimentary if you have time remaining on your RHN contract for and RH product.
Thus they're meeting all obligations as best as they can. Buying service today for a period of one year does not guarantee anything beyond that time period. If you never upgrade from RH8, should they continually keep it around?
That's not as bad as what happened at my second viewing.
Someone decided to bring in a laser pointer, and shine it up at the screen every 3 minutes or so. Because it was a theater of 500+ people, we couldn't tell who it was.
It kept catching your eye, and annoying the living bejesus out of me.
I had this same conversation with my (now) wife. I actually stuck by the principle that it was a lopsided arrangement, and that I should leave it up to ensure that the work is split evenly. And I stuck by that.
Then she got a cat. And I got a guilt trip about the possibility of said cat drowning in said toilet.
I was TA for a NATSCI course at my university (science for arts students). It was based on the history of science.
I was teaching about Zodiac signs, and thought I could lead them in with horoscopes and the Zodiac signs are the constellations crossed by the Sun, and so on...
I thought this would be a great opportunity to show the kids (first year) that belief has changed because of philosophy. So I mentioned that "back then, lots of people believed horoscopes led their lives, and ruled their actions. Now that we're more scientifically advanced, and have learned more about the nature of the universe, we don't subscribe to this anymore. For example, how many of you here believe astrology controls our lives?"
I think they mean that it is Tunney's *opinion* that is irrelevant, not the law. In the 25 years since there have been rulings, precedent, interpretations that give actual legal basis.
It's like arguing "letter of the law" versus "spirit of the law". Tunney can say "that's not what I meant when I wrote that" till he's blue in the face, and it won't make a difference.
It is strangely coincidental, though, that the Hidden Fortress has the word "akunin" in the Japanese title, and probably the most influential and important character of all six movies is named "Anakin".
Don't forget that you're only seeing what the show has decided is "funny".
Every time I see that bit on "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", I get the feeling that most of the people are just playing along. This would also include an eyewitness account from my brother, who was nearby at one of the filmings.
Ah, undoubtedly. And from something I found here on/....
--
By the way if anyone here is in advertising or marketing... kill yourself.
No, no, no it's just a little thought. I'm just trying to plant seeds.
Maybe one day, they'll take root - I don't know. You try, you do what you
can.
Kill yourself.
Seriously though, if you are, do.
Aaah, no really, there's no rationalisation for what you do and you are
Satan's little helpers.
Okay - kill yourself - seriously. You are the ruiner of all things good,
seriously. No this is not a joke, you're going, "there's going to be a
joke coming," there's no fucking joke coming.
You are Satan's spawn filling the world with bile and garbage. You are
fucked and you are fucking us. Kill yourself. It's the only way to save
your fucking soul, kill yourself.
Planting seeds. I know all the marketing people are going, "he's doing a
joke... there's no joke here whatsoever. Suck a tail-pipe, fucking hang
yourself, borrow a gun from a Yank friend - I don't care how you do it.
Rid the world of your evil fucking makinations. Machi... Whatever, you
know what I mean.
I know what all the marketing people are thinking right now too,
"Oh, you know what Bill's doing, he's going for that anti-marketing
dollar. That's a good market, he's very smart."
Oh man, I am not doing that. You fucking evil scumbags!
"Ooh, you know what Bill's doing now, he's going for the righteous
indignation dollar. That's a big dollar. A lot of people are feeling that
indignation. We've done research - huge market. He's doing a good thing."
Godammit, I'm not doing that, you scum-bags!
Quit putting a godamm dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!
"Ooh, the anger dollar. Huge. Huge in times of recession. Giant market,
Bill's very bright to do that."
God, I'm just caught in a fucking web.
"Ooh the trapped dollar, big dollar, huge dollar. Good market - look at
our research. We see that many people feel trapped. If we play to that and
then separate them into the trapped dollar..."
How do you live like that? And I bet you sleep like fucking babies at
night, don't you?"
"What didya do today honey?"
"Oh, we made ah, we made ah arsenic a childhood food now, goodnight."
[snores] "Yeah we just said you know is your baby really too loud? You
know," [snores] "Yeah, you know the mums will love it." [snores]
Sleep like fucking children, don't ya, this is your world isn't it?
--
Dunno who did it, but it's funny. Because it's true.
Slashdot Mirror
Wow, why so aggressive?
I think the point is not "why would anyone ever ask those questions" but rather "why are those questions asked SO FREQUENTLY as to be the most likely phrases to follow the word 'why'?"
Jesus you sound like someone found your google history of "why does my penis look like a vagina".
You're absolutely right, it definitely would be more interesting. The scaling should be pretty simple, but the key lies in getting a good, cohesive, interesting dynamic-story generator. As the other replier notes, Anarchy Online has these "random"/"dynamic" missions. They're truly awful. Some work on this must already exist ... there must be some ground work laid in MUDs, IF, or in other games ...
It's an interesting idea, and definitely more immersive than anything out there right now.
I certainly *would* prefer to see more story-oriented questing. My favourite quests in WoW are the quest-chains -- and I think that many story fans agree. One-shot "kill 10 of these" is a way to add content where really there is none. Especially since if you wait 5 minutes, everything will be back.
Unfortunately dynamic content often breaks down to:
Help, "player name"! My "relation" has been "state of distress" for several weeks now, and nobody will do anything to help! Please, please help me! He was last seen at "place" doing "something dangerous".
Times 100.
I don't think there's much doubt: truly immersive, excellent MMOs need to have once-run content -- that is, content tailored to each individual player, that can alter the world in a permanent fashion. Creating custom content for 100,000+ players is impossible, and so you're left with waiting for someone to generate a truly killer dynamic content generator.
Maybe the problem is that it's mispelled?
Compliment is to give praise.
Complement (note the e) is to make complete.
How about that? It turns out spelling *is* important.
I believe the idea is eventually to have an "apt-like" repository of software, similar to Debian.
The repository would not be in the distribution, and would be called "Fedora Extras" or something like that. But it's on hold for now, I think.
From the FAQ:
Won't this confuse people?
Yes, but if the WWF can pull it off, so can we. Besides, in six months you'll forget there ever was any other name.
This is amusing.
Do they mean the WWF (conservation group) that originally had the name, and so took the WWF (the wrestling group) to court to force them to change their name? Or do they mean the WWF that either settled or lost the case, and agreed to change their name to WWE?
In either case, it involves lawsuits!
Er, I thought RH is allowing users to migrate to WS complimentary if you have time remaining on your RHN contract for and RH product.
Thus they're meeting all obligations as best as they can. Buying service today for a period of one year does not guarantee anything beyond that time period. If you never upgrade from RH8, should they continually keep it around?
Farked.
I mean Slashdotted.
You bastards!
You keep using that word.
I do not think it means what you think it means.
Thanks for the equation. I have my qualifying exams soon, and this will come in handy :)
That's not as bad as what happened at my second viewing.
Someone decided to bring in a laser pointer, and shine it up at the screen every 3 minutes or so. Because it was a theater of 500+ people, we couldn't tell who it was.
It kept catching your eye, and annoying the living bejesus out of me.
Thanks.
;)
Humor replacements are to the left, please line up. No pushing!
It's a perfect split, 50/50 (or 10 and 10). I hope this settles the "which OS is more secure" debate once and for all.
Like I've been saying, they're exactly the same.
-- Ignorance is Bliss.
I had this same conversation with my (now) wife. I actually stuck by the principle that it was a lopsided arrangement, and that I should leave it up to ensure that the work is split evenly. And I stuck by that.
Then she got a cat. And I got a guilt trip about the possibility of said cat drowning in said toilet.
The seat is now down.
They got Al Capone on tax evasion, didn't they?
I have a great story about this.
I was TA for a NATSCI course at my university (science for arts students). It was based on the history of science.
I was teaching about Zodiac signs, and thought I could lead them in with horoscopes and the Zodiac signs are the constellations crossed by the Sun, and so on...
I thought this would be a great opportunity to show the kids (first year) that belief has changed because of philosophy. So I mentioned that "back then, lots of people believed horoscopes led their lives, and ruled their actions. Now that we're more scientifically advanced, and have learned more about the nature of the universe, we don't subscribe to this anymore. For example, how many of you here believe astrology controls our lives?"
Three-quarters of the kids raised their hands.
Idiots.
They've also engineered in a lyseine deficiency in case they ever get off the island.
...
It's the Frog DNA they've used that makes me worried
I didn't know that Arneson came up with the ideas of "hobbits", "white wizards", etc. ...
;)
I think they mean that it is Tunney's *opinion* that is irrelevant, not the law. In the 25 years since there have been rulings, precedent, interpretations that give actual legal basis.
It's like arguing "letter of the law" versus "spirit of the law". Tunney can say "that's not what I meant when I wrote that" till he's blue in the face, and it won't make a difference.
How much stress can the AtheOS handle? For example, say something like
This is great! Will this now be a permanent feature of Slashdot? =)
It is strangely coincidental, though, that the Hidden Fortress has the word "akunin" in the Japanese title, and probably the most influential and important character of all six movies is named "Anakin".
Don't forget that you're only seeing what the show has decided is "funny".
Every time I see that bit on "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", I get the feeling that most of the people are just playing along. This would also include an eyewitness account from my brother, who was nearby at one of the filmings.
Anybody can miss Canada, all tucked away down there.
Ah, undoubtedly. And from something I found here on /. ...
--
By the way if anyone here is in advertising or marketing... kill yourself.
No, no, no it's just a little thought. I'm just trying to plant seeds.
Maybe one day, they'll take root - I don't know. You try, you do what you
can.
Kill yourself.
Seriously though, if you are, do.
Aaah, no really, there's no rationalisation for what you do and you are
Satan's little helpers.
Okay - kill yourself - seriously. You are the ruiner of all things good,
seriously. No this is not a joke, you're going, "there's going to be a
joke coming," there's no fucking joke coming.
You are Satan's spawn filling the world with bile and garbage. You are
fucked and you are fucking us. Kill yourself. It's the only way to save
your fucking soul, kill yourself.
Planting seeds. I know all the marketing people are going, "he's doing a
joke... there's no joke here whatsoever. Suck a tail-pipe, fucking hang
yourself, borrow a gun from a Yank friend - I don't care how you do it.
Rid the world of your evil fucking makinations. Machi... Whatever, you
know what I mean.
I know what all the marketing people are thinking right now too,
"Oh, you know what Bill's doing, he's going for that anti-marketing
dollar. That's a good market, he's very smart."
Oh man, I am not doing that. You fucking evil scumbags!
"Ooh, you know what Bill's doing now, he's going for the righteous
indignation dollar. That's a big dollar. A lot of people are feeling that
indignation. We've done research - huge market. He's doing a good thing."
Godammit, I'm not doing that, you scum-bags!
Quit putting a godamm dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!
"Ooh, the anger dollar. Huge. Huge in times of recession. Giant market,
Bill's very bright to do that."
God, I'm just caught in a fucking web.
"Ooh the trapped dollar, big dollar, huge dollar. Good market - look at
our research. We see that many people feel trapped. If we play to that and
then separate them into the trapped dollar..."
How do you live like that? And I bet you sleep like fucking babies at
night, don't you?"
"What didya do today honey?"
"Oh, we made ah, we made ah arsenic a childhood food now, goodnight."
[snores] "Yeah we just said you know is your baby really too loud? You
know," [snores] "Yeah, you know the mums will love it." [snores]
Sleep like fucking children, don't ya, this is your world isn't it?
--
Dunno who did it, but it's funny. Because it's true.