Is two or three days really such a big difference?
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I don't know what your preferences are, but when we LAN party, we do it in the dark, as much dark as we can accomplish, save the glow of fifteen monitors.
But with so many people, will it be legal or safe to darken the room?
Alternatively, is it really safe to have 2500 grumpy sleepless nerds in one place?
Well, one could argue that an irresponsible Macintosh coder could code "File: Quit" to do just about anything, just as a Windows (or a coder for some other desktop environment) coder may link the event activated by clicking [x] to just about anything he or she chooses.
Responsible coders keep the continuity, but on a Mac, File : Quit is more difficult to abuse because of it's lingual nature. On GetRight, a download manager, they decided to draw a button of their own, rather than break continuity, [. ], it causes the download dialog to be displayed as a system tray icon. Again, responsible coders know what users expect.
In most instant messengers I've tried, however, the minimize button causes the program to be sent to the system tray. It's not an official part of the Windows standard, but it's used a lot, and although I would rather more programs behave like GetRight, I have come to expect this from messaging apps.
Anal-retentive isn't an ugly name, it's a serious term in Freudian psycology. Most children are said to derive a pseudosexual pleasure from either expelling or retaining waste, impacting later life with regard to how easily the person will bend to the wills of society, or so says Freud.
I'd guess most DMCA resisters are anal-expulsive, I know I wasn't potty-trained until I was almost four. So...
Don't let them take away your diapers or your free speech! Either way, I'm not going to give in easily.
I took away my +1 bonus, please leave this comment alone, I know it's offtopic, but I think it's funny. And True.
I just bought a new computer and I can't find my files. What happened to them?
I always wondered when using Napster, "What group of people used this service?" Then I remember, during it's peak usage, everyone. I think that's why Napster was so great. It gave me something about computers to which my non-geek friends could relate. I remember knowing people who bought computers and subscribed to the internet because of Napster.
On a side note, the recent recession must be realated to Napster use in some way to the recent economic downturn.
PS2's all-important backward compatibility with PS One games means that PS2's 4×-speed DVD drive must be able to read PS One's Super Discs based on the CD-ROM/XA format, which, ironically, Sony developed in the late 1980s for use with a never-released Super Nintendo game-console peripheral. PS2, like its PS One predecessor, also plays audio CDs. PS2-targeted games come on both copy-protected CDs and DVDs, and the console also plays DVD-Video discs if you buy the $19.99 remote-control accessory. Memory cards let users store saved game states and other personal data for use when they play friends' consoles (Reference 8). PS2 accepts two such cards.
Not true, we have a PS2, and we don't have a special remote, and we watched a movie on the conslole it last night using an ordinary dual shock controller that came with the system. It's also documented in the manual. I think this author may be thinking about the Xbox, but I don't have one of those.
My playstation may have a more recent firmware than the author's, we bought it this Christmas. I notice you can view version info when you boot it. Does anyone else have a PS2 that does this?
Are there any Paypal-Like services that don't require the buyer to sign up for an account? Maybe with a few of the benefits of TrustCommerce, but without set-up costs?
That's right, it's called operant conditioning, (let me get my PSY111 notes...) and games like Zelda and hobbies like gambling operate upon the second-most permenant schudule of reward, variable-ratio. That's just Skinner's way of saying the subject doesn't know how many more times it has to perform behavior X, but it knows that a reward will come after an unknown but finite number of tries. Smash Brothers is one of the most addicting games amoung my friends, this is probably due to it's unique knock-out system, which is an almost perfect example of variable ratio, unique in a fighting game.
Incidentally, the most permanant schedule of reward is variable-interval, the basis of human relationships.
Other examples of periodic reinforcement schedules...
fixed-ratio -
Burger Time, make X burgers get next level reward, the number of brugers that need to be made are known.
Duck Hunt, shoot X ducks, progress to next level.
fixed-interval-
All examples elude me.
Incidentally, behaviors learned through continuous reward schedules are supposedly more inclined towards extinction than any other, apparently the subject often quits the bahavior after only a few trials without reward. Zoop was frustrating game probably because you always begin with continuous reward, and then recieve no reinforcement, and no second chances, after you lose in the higher levels. A steady stream of reward just gets suddenly cut off. Ouch.
Speaking of overclock, what's the deal with the Smart Key which sets a speed limit? (look at the flash diagram and remove text) If it couldn't go any faster than 8mph, would it be necessary to include a built in speed limit?
Maybe we can swipe barcodes through it to upgrade it's speed, or activate new attacks, or find Digital Monsters. Or something.
Will all the 1337 haX0125 will be making keys which allow functionality that wasn't origionally intended?
I'm just worried that all this new life-prolonging technology will belong the wealthy alone. As it is now, it is already difficult enough to transcend one's class. What will happen when the wealthy really are smarter than average folk? I worry that children born without the technology won't be able to compete.
Assuming they maintain their stand, does this mean Christians and other moral types will one day live shorter lives and be less intelligent than people without such scruples?
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After reading the above Sex for Dummies type posts, I misread OpenLDAP as OpenLAP.
Is two or three days really such a big difference?
I don't know what your preferences are, but when we LAN party, we do it in the dark, as much dark as we can accomplish, save the glow of fifteen monitors.
But with so many people, will it be legal or safe to darken the room?
Alternatively, is it really safe to have 2500 grumpy sleepless nerds in one place?
Well, one could argue that an irresponsible Macintosh coder could code "File: Quit" to do just about anything, just as a Windows (or a coder for some other desktop environment) coder may link the event activated by clicking [x] to just about anything he or she chooses.
Responsible coders keep the continuity, but on a Mac, File : Quit is more difficult to abuse because of it's lingual nature. On GetRight, a download manager, they decided to draw a button of their own, rather than break continuity, [. ], it causes the download dialog to be displayed as a system tray icon. Again, responsible coders know what users expect.
In most instant messengers I've tried, however, the minimize button causes the program to be sent to the system tray. It's not an official part of the Windows standard, but it's used a lot, and although I would rather more programs behave like GetRight, I have come to expect this from messaging apps.
Only if you prefer a chooser menu to a taskbar, or programs that don't close without opening a menu.
Anal-retentive isn't an ugly name, it's a serious term in Freudian psycology. Most children are said to derive a pseudosexual pleasure from either expelling or retaining waste, impacting later life with regard to how easily the person will bend to the wills of society, or so says Freud.
I'd guess most DMCA resisters are anal-expulsive, I know I wasn't potty-trained until I was almost four. So...
Don't let them take away your diapers or your free speech! Either way, I'm not going to give in easily.
I took away my +1 bonus, please leave this comment alone, I know it's offtopic, but I think it's funny. And True.
Or even Standbye?
More like Goodbye.
The Average User uses AOL.
The Average User uses Windows.
Okay, so it can blow up a CPU, but what about RAM, other chips on the motherboard, and hard disks?
Hard disks not so likely I guess.
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Maybe he opposes the credit card companies as well.
Have you seen Fight Club?
Emacs Supported Platforms
Eclipse looks like it's well suited for use on windows, which Emacs really isn't.
He is more machine than man now...
...given in to the dark side.
I just bought a new computer and I can't find my files. What happened to them?
I always wondered when using Napster, "What group of people used this service?" Then I remember, during it's peak usage, everyone. I think that's why Napster was so great. It gave me something about computers to which my non-geek friends could relate. I remember knowing people who bought computers and subscribed to the internet because of Napster.
On a side note, the recent recession must be realated to Napster use in some way to the recent economic downturn.
Not true, we have a PS2, and we don't have a special remote, and we watched a movie on the conslole it last night using an ordinary dual shock controller that came with the system. It's also documented in the manual. I think this author may be thinking about the Xbox, but I don't have one of those.
My playstation may have a more recent firmware than the author's, we bought it this Christmas. I notice you can view version info when you boot it. Does anyone else have a PS2 that does this?
How about LNW?
Lindows is not Windows
They don't have to tell anyone that the L stands for Lindows.
When asked they just offer a smug smile and say the L stands for LNW.
They've improved WEP?
I've been wating for years for a better Windows Entertainment Pack! I hope they've improved tetris!
Are there any Paypal-Like services that don't require the buyer to sign up for an account? Maybe with a few of the benefits of TrustCommerce, but without set-up costs?
I'm running Windows and IE 5.5. I've also set my hosts cache set up so that ads are blocked. I did not see the ad.
That's right, it's called operant conditioning, (let me get my PSY111 notes...) and games like Zelda and hobbies like gambling operate upon the second-most permenant schudule of reward, variable-ratio . That's just Skinner's way of saying the subject doesn't know how many more times it has to perform behavior X, but it knows that a reward will come after an unknown but finite number of tries. Smash Brothers is one of the most addicting games amoung my friends, this is probably due to it's unique knock-out system, which is an almost perfect example of variable ratio , unique in a fighting game.
Incidentally, the most permanant schedule of reward is variable-interval , the basis of human relationships.
Other examples of periodic reinforcement schedules...
fixed-ratio -
Burger Time, make X burgers get next level reward, the number of brugers that need to be made are known.
Duck Hunt, shoot X ducks, progress to next level.
fixed-interval -
All examples elude me.
Incidentally, behaviors learned through continuous reward schedules are supposedly more inclined towards extinction than any other, apparently the subject often quits the bahavior after only a few trials without reward. Zoop was frustrating game probably because you always begin with continuous reward, and then recieve no reinforcement, and no second chances, after you lose in the higher levels. A steady stream of reward just gets suddenly cut off. Ouch.
Okay, mortars that are... totally transparent!
I'd be much more difficult to target too. Also much more expensive. Aim for translucent, maybe?
Maybe it's not the games at all, but rather some substance or situation commonly encountered by gaming.
CRT radiation - maybe this is why nobody wants to play games on LCD screens.
Caffeine - Consumed in great quantities at LAN parties.
It's also possible that the chemicals in a brain without sleep could be addicting.
I'm sure Ive left something out (I've only listed three because I need to get back to Civ3) anyone else with some other thoughts?
Speaking of overclock, what's the deal with the Smart Key which sets a speed limit? (look at the flash diagram and remove text) If it couldn't go any faster than 8mph, would it be necessary to include a built in speed limit?
Maybe we can swipe barcodes through it to upgrade it's speed, or activate new attacks, or find Digital Monsters. Or something.
Will all the 1337 haX0125 will be making keys which allow functionality that wasn't origionally intended?
Really.
I'm just worried that all this new life-prolonging technology will belong the wealthy alone. As it is now, it is already difficult enough to transcend one's class. What will happen when the wealthy really are smarter than average folk? I worry that children born without the technology won't be able to compete.
Assuming they maintain their stand, does this mean Christians and other moral types will one day live shorter lives and be less intelligent than people without such scruples?
Just a thought.