sure, but in a actual free market, companies would actual be responsible for the entire consequences of their actions rather than as it is now, with the law so corrupted that we actually have no responsible companies
"Code has been written for DSC Alarm pannels, Stargate LCD displays, Slinke IR send/receive, Marrick X10, RCI X10 sprinklers, Xantech preamps, ISDN modems, voice modems, ComPool and Aqualink pool equipment"
Call it what you will. I never intended to simply troll for reactions. However, I suspect that such an explanation will not suffice given the generous nature of your obviously dismissive perspective. You sir, have my complete and entire sympathy.
You've missed my point entirely. It's not controller dexterity, it's the complexity of the experience and the depth of skills, manual, emotional or intellectual, that allows one to master the game.
It sounds to me like you simply aren't patient or persistant enough. Perhaps you should try harder.
Yes, yes it does matter. They are a sure sign that a game has depth and is capable of sustaining long term interest. No depth = no elite. Oh, and I wasn't referring to the FPS "leets", just top players in general. You simply assume way too much.
BTW, many top FPS players originally panned CS due to deficiences lacking in the original engine and mod, most of which have now been addressed. In fact, this proves my point. CS would not exist if not for the depth of the Half-Life engine and it's open extensible design.
By the way, the future is never the result of the mainstream or the masses. There will always be exploitive boring mainstream games from greedy corporations. These are never that revelutionary or progressive. In fact, IMHO, corporations are incapable of developing a gaming community due to the lack of integrity necessary to enter into an open and honest relationship with customers.
Ever game has top players, stop equating the elite with FPS.
Ok, so the game has sold a bizillion copies, yes it's big game. However, it's not considered seriously by the "leet". Why? IMHO, I think it's simply that there's no mad skillz involved. It's simply too shallow. In fact, in some ways, when compared to SimCity, The Sims is even less challenging.
It's a shame really because it could be so much more. I'd be interested more if The Sims was more of a character engine than just a single game. It would be cool if we had a way to develop characters that was as evolved as the way we display them in 3D. If Will was as far advanced as John Carmack is in 3D, the inner and interpersonal depth and authenticity would rival a real experience. Think bots as good at interacting socially as they do with a shoddy!
Then Will and the mod community could extend this and enable the engine to plug into other games in order to suport complex characterizations. But why stop with games Will, plug into everything, IM's, desktops, forums, web communities, etc. Let a Sims engine, or some other more Open Standard project, become the Avatar standard. It would be most excellent to create bots which could respond based on certain 'dispositions'. I'd like to have a semi-intelligent reception bot screen my calls for instance. Couldn't a Sim handle that?
Not only that, but let's say you made this psycologically accurate. Could you model a relationship in order to find real solutions? For instance, could you use it to model the arguments you have with your spouse, in order to experiment with how far you could go before they leave you?
Anyways, I digess...
By the way, Will, when I can I put my Sims in my SimCity, on my SimPlanet with my SimFarms and SimTowns and then connect them to SimWorld? Oh, and when can I wander around it all in 3D?
Oh yes, quite right. Indeed, I've already deselected both "Politics", but since it's new, I felt it deserved comment. However, just to let you know, I'd most certainly give up on this life in order to to defend your right to waste your time discussing which particular megalomanical plutocrat is currently spending enough to win America's allegiance.
Please, excuse my complete cynicism, however I believe the major political parties and the entire political process to be absolutely corrupt. If you expect me to believe that anything good will come from such gross self interest, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. In fact, personally, I think those who believe in the current political process are either biased or terribly naive. However, I realize this is entirely my opinion based upon my perspective and I fully expect others, especially those with a vested interest in the political process, to vehemently disagree with my position.
Sure, that sounds real great, doesn't it? The problem is that the statement "monetary reward can enhance" becomes a justification commonly used to fuel massive materialism. So, go ahead, ask for another raise so you can spend even more. Oh, and keep telling yourself that it's real joy you're feeling, and that current global pay levels are fair and justified. It really allows you to feel much better about the situation, doesn't it?
In truth, far too many first-worlders rely on consumerism as their main sense of gratification and primary source of self-worth. This is based on the mistaken belief that buying something is as emotionally gratifying and rewarding as actually working to produce something directly. Think about it honestly, since so many people have so much, why aren't they really any happier for it? For instance, just look at divorce rates. Hmmm, funny, you'd think most very rich people would be happily married, wouldn't you?
Money doesn't provide happiness, it impedes it. Yet people will do almost anything in order to ignore all the clear evidence that demonstrates this.
One of the most difficult things to accept as you grow is that the path to self gratification is diametrically opposed to the path towards self actualization.
Sure... and everything is just so open and everyone is so amazingly honest. Oh, and perhaps you're just being amazing naive and incredibly superficial?
Personally, I'm always amazed by the sheer number of apologists there are. Talk about vested interest, eh.
Of course, in my opinion, the overly affluent are already living a fantasy.
Had you considered that there are massive vested interests at work here, all of whom must be struggling to control this new technology?
Is it truly beyond comprehension that perhaps the discovery was deliberately derailed in order for the established concerns to further develop their schemes?
Well, except for a few technical writers and some secretaries. Really, it should never have been called Word, because it's actually all about paragraphs. Microsoft really messed it up by not naming it 'Paragraph'. So now, the biggest problem with Word is users misunderstanding how Word functions because they think it's about 'words'.
The frustration you're having is very common and it's because so many don't know where Word keeps it's 'hidden' data. Actually, it's not hidden at all. It's stored in the paragraph markers.
Please, repeat after me, "Word is all about Paragraphs". All Word formatting is in the "paragraph markers". Once you understand that everything in Word is in a paragraph and every paragraph's behaviour is controlled by the codes each paragraph's marker contains, it starts to make some sense. As you create new paragraphs, the [Enter] key, the current paragraph marker, with all current codes, is copied and a new paragraph, with the same formatting as the last paragraph, is created.
To properly edit a Word document you must edit the paragraph markers directly. Simply turn on the paragraph mark display on the standard toolbar. Editing paragraph defaults can done throughout a document via Word's Styles.
Also, to restore a paragraph's original formatting, select the paragraph you want to restore to its original formatting and Press CTRL+Q. Word restores the formatting that corresponds to the paragraph's underlying style. You can also restore character formatting within a paragraph. Select the characters whose formatting you want to restore, and then press CTRL+SPACEBAR
Furthermore, in all the technical publications shops I've worked in considered Word as inappropriate for document development. Framemaker and others are the industry standards. Word is really a paragraph editor suitable for correspondence and other short documents. I personally wouldn't use it for anything more than ten pages or where any automation or post processing might be required.
Dvorak is all that remains. The last straw was when they suddenly wanted top dollar for thier freeware. Freeware that the readers spent considerable effort upon. The same utilities we beta tested, suggested and discussed to death. Then after my utility was finally working well, they decide to ony sell it only to those overly affluent first world people who could cough up additional cash, without any regard for the efforts of the contributors. This was also done with zero consultation and despite much opposition. Their reputation evaporated before my eyes. Never trust overlords./. are you listening?
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sure, but in a actual free market, companies would actual be responsible for the entire consequences of their actions rather than as it is now, with the law so corrupted that we actually have no responsible companies
"Code has been written for DSC Alarm pannels, Stargate LCD displays, Slinke IR send/receive, Marrick X10, RCI X10 sprinklers, Xantech preamps, ISDN modems, voice modems, ComPool and Aqualink pool equipment"
...
http://www.misterhouse.net/
There's several perl sprinkler scripts
Call it what you will. I never intended to simply troll for reactions. However, I suspect that such an explanation will not suffice given the generous nature of your obviously dismissive perspective. You sir, have my complete and entire sympathy.
You've missed my point entirely. It's not controller dexterity, it's the complexity of the experience and the depth of skills, manual, emotional or intellectual, that allows one to master the game.
It sounds to me like you simply aren't patient or persistant enough. Perhaps you should try harder.
Yes, yes it does matter. They are a sure sign that a game has depth and is capable of sustaining long term interest. No depth = no elite. Oh, and I wasn't referring to the FPS "leets", just top players in general. You simply assume way too much.
BTW, many top FPS players originally panned CS due to deficiences lacking in the original engine and mod, most of which have now been addressed. In fact, this proves my point. CS would not exist if not for the depth of the Half-Life engine and it's open extensible design.
By the way, the future is never the result of the mainstream or the masses. There will always be exploitive boring mainstream games from greedy corporations. These are never that revelutionary or progressive. In fact, IMHO, corporations are incapable of developing a gaming community due to the lack of integrity necessary to enter into an open and honest relationship with customers.
Ever game has top players, stop equating the elite with FPS.
Ok, so the game has sold a bizillion copies, yes it's big game. However, it's not considered seriously by the "leet". Why? IMHO, I think it's simply that there's no mad skillz involved. It's simply too shallow. In fact, in some ways, when compared to SimCity, The Sims is even less challenging.
...
It's a shame really because it could be so much more. I'd be interested more if The Sims was more of a character engine than just a single game. It would be cool if we had a way to develop characters that was as evolved as the way we display them in 3D. If Will was as far advanced as John Carmack is in 3D, the inner and interpersonal depth and authenticity would rival a real experience. Think bots as good at interacting socially as they do with a shoddy!
Then Will and the mod community could extend this and enable the engine to plug into other games in order to suport complex characterizations. But why stop with games Will, plug into everything, IM's, desktops, forums, web communities, etc. Let a Sims engine, or some other more Open Standard project, become the Avatar standard. It would be most excellent to create bots which could respond based on certain 'dispositions'. I'd like to have a semi-intelligent reception bot screen my calls for instance. Couldn't a Sim handle that?
Not only that, but let's say you made this psycologically accurate. Could you model a relationship in order to find real solutions? For instance, could you use it to model the arguments you have with your spouse, in order to experiment with how far you could go before they leave you?
Anyways, I digess
By the way, Will, when I can I put my Sims in my SimCity, on my SimPlanet with my SimFarms and SimTowns and then connect them to SimWorld? Oh, and when can I wander around it all in 3D?
Oh yes, quite right. Indeed, I've already deselected both "Politics", but since it's new, I felt it deserved comment. However, just to let you know, I'd most certainly give up on this life in order to to defend your right to waste your time discussing which particular megalomanical plutocrat is currently spending enough to win America's allegiance.
Please, carry on.
Why does this seem so irrelevant? Oh, right, it's a global network.
/.
Really, it's just so provincial to blather on about one's local comings and goings, isn't it.
Besides, politics is marketing and is inappropriate given the of engineering nature of
IMHO, only users believe in politicians.
Please, excuse my complete cynicism, however I believe the major political parties and the entire political process to be absolutely corrupt. If you expect me to believe that anything good will come from such gross self interest, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. In fact, personally, I think those who believe in the current political process are either biased or terribly naive. However, I realize this is entirely my opinion based upon my perspective and I fully expect others, especially those with a vested interest in the political process, to vehemently disagree with my position.
No, no it doesn't. Just ask Diebold.
/. gone soft? Aren't most geeks actually "unpolitical"?
Has
Sure, that sounds real great, doesn't it? The problem is that the statement "monetary reward can enhance" becomes a justification commonly used to fuel massive materialism. So, go ahead, ask for another raise so you can spend even more. Oh, and keep telling yourself that it's real joy you're feeling, and that current global pay levels are fair and justified. It really allows you to feel much better about the situation, doesn't it?
In truth, far too many first-worlders rely on consumerism as their main sense of gratification and primary source of self-worth. This is based on the mistaken belief that buying something is as emotionally gratifying and rewarding as actually working to produce something directly. Think about it honestly, since so many people have so much, why aren't they really any happier for it? For instance, just look at divorce rates. Hmmm, funny, you'd think most very rich people would be happily married, wouldn't you?
Money doesn't provide happiness, it impedes it. Yet people will do almost anything in order to ignore all the clear evidence that demonstrates this.
One of the most difficult things to accept as you grow is that the path to self gratification is diametrically opposed to the path towards self actualization.
Sure, like buying fusion, fission or internal combustion ... sheesh. Ever hear of Standard Oil?
Sure ... and everything is just so open and everyone is so amazingly honest. Oh, and perhaps you're just being amazing naive and incredibly superficial?
Personally, I'm always amazed by the sheer number of apologists there are. Talk about vested interest, eh.
Of course, in my opinion, the overly affluent are already living a fantasy.
Had you considered that there are massive vested interests at work here, all of whom must be struggling to control this new technology?
Is it truly beyond comprehension that perhaps the discovery was deliberately derailed in order for the established concerns to further develop their schemes?
... or a horribly smashing new business opportunity. G-Drive anyone?
You won't get any argument from me. I still use WordPerfect 5.1 myself.
;~)
I only use Word in the support sense. It's kind of like a jockstrap sort of relationship.
Sigh. No one really understands Word.
Well, except for a few technical writers and some secretaries. Really, it should never have been called Word, because it's actually all about paragraphs. Microsoft really messed it up by not naming it 'Paragraph'. So now, the biggest problem with Word is users misunderstanding how Word functions because they think it's about 'words'.
The frustration you're having is very common and it's because so many don't know where Word keeps it's 'hidden' data. Actually, it's not hidden at all. It's stored in the paragraph markers.
Please, repeat after me, "Word is all about Paragraphs". All Word formatting is in the "paragraph markers". Once you understand that everything in Word is in a paragraph and every paragraph's behaviour is controlled by the codes each paragraph's marker contains, it starts to make some sense. As you create new paragraphs, the [Enter] key, the current paragraph marker, with all current codes, is copied and a new paragraph, with the same formatting as the last paragraph, is created.
To properly edit a Word document you must edit the paragraph markers directly. Simply turn on the paragraph mark display on the standard toolbar. Editing paragraph defaults can done throughout a document via Word's Styles.
Also, to restore a paragraph's original formatting, select the paragraph you want to restore to its original formatting and Press CTRL+Q. Word restores the formatting that corresponds to the paragraph's underlying style. You can also restore character formatting within a paragraph. Select the characters whose formatting you want to restore, and then press CTRL+SPACEBAR
Furthermore, in all the technical publications shops I've worked in considered Word as inappropriate for document development. Framemaker and others are the industry standards. Word is really a paragraph editor suitable for correspondence and other short documents. I personally wouldn't use it for anything more than ten pages or where any automation or post processing might be required.
For the billionth time. Apple did use a proprietary standard. Here's the "licence"
n dard.html
g e=1&word=proprietary
http://www.vialicensing.com/products/mpeg4aac/sta
AAC, MP4, whatever, it's owned.
By the way, it's spelled "proprietary".
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn?sta
Before you post, perhaps you might consider checking out your assumptions and spelling.
Money is power.
Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Olympics are the most powerful and wealthiest "sports" organization.
They are also absolutely corrupt and disgustingly so.
However, it fits in well with all the other corrupted institutions.
IMHO, overly affluent people are completely evil. Period.
It's all about greed and self service. There is no sportmanship or responsibility at the highest levels.
Yup, we truly get the institutions we deserve. Thanks eh.
Then after my favorite utility was finally working well, they decide to only sell it
darn finglers
Dvorak is all that remains. The last straw was when they suddenly wanted top dollar for thier freeware. Freeware that the readers spent considerable effort upon. The same utilities we beta tested, suggested and discussed to death. Then after my utility was finally working well, they decide to ony sell it only to those overly affluent first world people who could cough up additional cash, without any regard for the efforts of the contributors. This was also done with zero consultation and despite much opposition. Their reputation evaporated before my eyes. Never trust overlords. /. are you listening?
Just imagine if stuff like this came to your home town even once a year or so, eh?
... could you take a wee break between engines and do an Id OpenGL GNU GUI?
George Bush the Third today announced plans to expand the Homeland democratic No Fly Zone to include the States that border Florida and Texas.
Yah, I agree, it's far from "scientific". It's odd though, I thought you could assign a weight to each answer.
c onQuiz.html
Just for fun, here's another one:
http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/quiz/neo
It tells me I'm a Liberal, although actually, I mistrust authority to much to be liberal with it.