i got upset when my friend had a copy of the heratic shareware and i couldn't get a copy because it was slightly bigger than would fit on a floppy disk.
Correct. Similar to the money given to israel by the US. Many Palestinians (and others in the middle east/rest of the world) see this as sponsorship of terrorism
I'd say tabbed browsing is by far one of the greatest innovations to browsers in quite a long time. I'd give up my history, forward command, homepage, and view source commands just for tabbed browsing
It seems to me that as soon as we leave space to the wealthy adventurers, the discoveries made from such exploration are put in the position of becoming private property. The wealthy will claim the newly discovered planets, asteroids, mineral deposits, alien technology, etc. as their own. Idealls what we would do is establish an international cooperative effort(contributions not neccisarily monitary) to continue space exploration and all members of the society take one giant chill pill so that they can relize that there are bound to be dangerous in exploring a new frontier, but the explorers accept these risks and would never wish for the exploration to stop because of their loss of life.
Though it is true this does not reflect the net aid provided it paints an interesting alternative to looking at the issue. Though the US provides a large dollar amount, it is not as great a percentage of the GDP as other countries provide. Obviously the other nations do not have the means to provide equivilant amounts but the fact they provide a greater percentage of their GDP serves to debunk all the self congratulation that we Americans do when we claim "We cary every other nation on our shoulders". We are not the only nation providing aid, nor do we have as great a commitment to it as other nations.
Quote: "Perhaps you'd care to name a nation that spends more on aid to other nations and their poeple than the USA does?"
oh oh let me! Saudi Arabia gives a greater percentage of its gross national product to foreign aid that any other nation in the world. Following Saudi Arabia is Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Even countries like Luxembourg give 2x that of the United States. Per capita we spend less on forign aid than any of these countries. So what's so special about us? These countries are certainly not economic power houses but still manage to find the generosity to provide more of their money to forigners.
step 1: write uber virus step 2: get caught upon takeing credit step 3: go to maximum ultra security prison for 16 consecutive life sentences step 4: become someone's bitch step 5: ??? step 6: Profit!!
It seems to me that there are two commercial camps that have very different methods of treating the consumer. One camp, consisting of the RIAA, MPAA, major media etc. has somehow established the mentality that we are OBLIGED to consume their products. They figure we can not live withou what they provide( at unreasonable cost and restriction ) and that we know it. Not only do we KNOW that we must have what they provide, but we WANT it. In short, they are not serving us, they do not respect us as discerning consumers.
The other camp, such as independent bands, movie studios, book publishers etc. treat consumers with the respect they deserve. They recognize that people will use good (or at least some) judgment in their decisions and buy quality and originality. They are not requiered to purchase any one provider's product and thus the providers recognize the need to truly differentiate themselves from the rest.
Sadly, though I'm not sure how, the method which does not serve the customers seems to be winning
This is a great mod, but it belongs to a group of cases that have been floating around for a very long time. I'm not exactly sure when I first saw this case but it may have been in a PCGamer issue that featured a case mod contest many months ago. I wonder what the lag in case mod popularity is
The author states that, undoubtably, the number of MMORPGs will expolode in the coming years, and I am inclined to agree. I am not sure if this is such a good thing however. I for one have always enjoyed a good single player game such as Marathon, Baldurs Gate, and Warcraft. Suddenly games are being created that have either a very weak single player component or none at all. Will single player games be phased out completely? I certainly hope not because at some times I simply do not want to be interacting with others while playing a game. This leads to an interesting question; will single player games become taboo and seen as anti-social? After the next school shooting will the media report that the kids were fans of "single player games" instead of focusing on the violence factor and thus justifying their disconnection from society? I havn't enjoyed a MMORG yet, although I used to be a huge fan of MUDS. I for one hope single player always has a strong presence.
Read Cryptonomicon! Its is far superior to Snow Crach(by the same author) and is deeply entrancing, despite its thousand some odd pages. I read this last summer and it will consume you for at least a few weeks. Also, you may want to try American Gods by Neil Gainman. I'm not sure I understand 50% of the meaning in this book, but it is wonderful none-the-less.
anyone remember spot's adventure for gameboy? this is the first instance of product = videogame i can remember. Not a good game, but not terrible. It was just more generic side scrolling and jumping.
"As for "freedoms" and the "right to keep arms", I'm still trying hard to connect the dots here, but I'm afraid I can't make it
It's in our constitution, so there you go. We have the right because we say so. The Government is us, and we say what we get to do."
Well wait! I have the right to bear arms? Well shit, I'm going to go stock up on some weapons grade plutonium, anthrax, pipe bombs, smallpox, depleted uranium, sidwinders and migs. Is it alright for me to have nuclear bombs? Is it alright for me to construct fertalizer bombs the size of a u-haul? Then why guns?? Why does the fact that at one point the right to bear primitive flint lock projectile launchers was neccissary have any bearing today?
Ohhhh soo many good quotes from the original game: max - "I'd crap my pants if i wore any"
sam - "I'd just love to turn this little guy inside out.." max - "oh! That gives me an idea!"
sam - "I don't indisciminately use people, except max"
Sam - "I feel that we have tampered with the fragile inner mechanisms of this space ship we call Earth." Max - "If we have to destroy the entire west coast area just so some sweaty, quasi creatures can have a safe heaven for their disgusting lifestyles? So be it!!! "
sam - "My little buddy needs to use the facilites" max - "facilities be damned! I need a bathroom!"
.. but what about other planets (don't lecture me about the moon not being a planet, i'm making a joke)?? We find a new planet... bomb the hell out of it looking for water, only to later to find out we've dropped a big one on the grand poobah of a far superior species. Not only do we piss off the guys with big heads and the ability to crush us with a thought but we look damn foolish to all other observers in the universe. The more i think about it the more fun this sounds like!
It seems like this would also reduce your batter life by 2x! Two backlights is much more taxing than one. Perhaps this one'll be the first large roll out of OLEDS also:)
My major problem with them is that they fragment social interaction and thus decrease its quality. Plans are no longer respected or valued since "you can call me when you're ready to do somethin'. I should have my cell on" The most major annoyance i have is when I'm hanging out with someone, having a good time, and they get a call and an invitation to go somewhere else. Its just overly intrusive and disrespectful
They're limited to 1.5gigs of incoming or outbound traffic a WEEK?? Where I go to school the answer we got from the ITS department was "if you're transfering more than 40gb a day you're going to get flagged"
There's an interesting connection between nerds and punkrockers, both of which i was all through high school. Both suffer from social rejection, mainly for being different, but for also for holding an attitude of superiority( justified or not ). They tend to have closely knit groups in which features many different types of nerds or punks. Their social interaction revolved around the topics which define their group ( ex/ nerds talk about stark trek and DDR ram, punks talk about music and whether Jello Biafra should be president ). Regardless, almost every punk I know has also been a nerd at heart( a huge number love star wars for example) while most nerds I know they inevitably fall into the punk scence. nerds saved punk for the current generation punk saved nerds from being completely social rejects
I know this kid, 19 at the time i think who once used this as a pick up line: "You're name is Jennifer? I like the name Jennifer, the last five of my girlfriends have been named Jennifer" Ahh crazy kids
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oh crap it's dance dance revolution 2k3!You probably get points off for stomping on her toes or using her arms to do trick jumps
i got upset when my friend had a copy of the heratic shareware and i couldn't get a copy because it was slightly bigger than would fit on a floppy disk.
in soviet russia, the FSB encrypts you!
actually... that's right according to the article:)
Correct. Similar to the money given to israel by the US. Many Palestinians (and others in the middle east/rest of the world) see this as sponsorship of terrorism
I'd say tabbed browsing is by far one of the greatest innovations to browsers in quite a long time. I'd give up my history, forward command, homepage, and view source commands just for tabbed browsing
It seems to me that as soon as we leave space to the wealthy adventurers, the discoveries made from such exploration are put in the position of becoming private property. The wealthy will claim the newly discovered planets, asteroids, mineral deposits, alien technology, etc. as their own. Idealls what we would do is establish an international cooperative effort(contributions not neccisarily monitary) to continue space exploration and all members of the society take one giant chill pill so that they can relize that there are bound to be dangerous in exploring a new frontier, but the explorers accept these risks and would never wish for the exploration to stop because of their loss of life.
Though it is true this does not reflect the net aid provided it paints an interesting alternative to looking at the issue. Though the US provides a large dollar amount, it is not as great a percentage of the GDP as other countries provide. Obviously the other nations do not have the means to provide equivilant amounts but the fact they provide a greater percentage of their GDP serves to debunk all the self congratulation that we Americans do when we claim "We cary every other nation on our shoulders". We are not the only nation providing aid, nor do we have as great a commitment to it as other nations.
Quote: "Perhaps you'd care to name a nation that spends more on aid to other nations and their poeple than the USA does?"
oh oh let me!
Saudi Arabia gives a greater percentage of its gross national product to foreign aid that any other nation in the world. Following Saudi Arabia is Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Even countries like Luxembourg give 2x that of the United States. Per capita we spend less on forign aid than any of these countries. So what's so special about us? These countries are certainly not economic power houses but still manage to find the generosity to provide more of their money to forigners.
Shit! You mean that System.exit( 1 ) wasn't supposed to be there??
step 1: write uber virus
step 2: get caught upon takeing credit
step 3: go to maximum ultra security prison for 16 consecutive life sentences
step 4: become someone's bitch
step 5: ???
step 6: Profit!!
couldn't leave this alone:)
It seems to me that there are two commercial camps that have very different methods of treating the consumer. One camp, consisting of the RIAA, MPAA, major media etc. has somehow established the mentality that we are OBLIGED to consume their products. They figure we can not live withou what they provide( at unreasonable cost and restriction ) and that we know it. Not only do we KNOW that we must have what they provide, but we WANT it. In short, they are not serving us, they do not respect us as discerning consumers.
The other camp, such as independent bands, movie studios, book publishers etc. treat consumers with the respect they deserve. They recognize that people will use good (or at least some) judgment in their decisions and buy quality and originality. They are not requiered to purchase any one provider's product and thus the providers recognize the need to truly differentiate themselves from the rest.
Sadly, though I'm not sure how, the method which does not serve the customers seems to be winning
Man I hope those are shielded a) so his monitor will survive b) so that he may still be able to father children
This is a great mod, but it belongs to a group of cases that have been floating around for a very long time. I'm not exactly sure when I first saw this case but it may have been in a PCGamer issue that featured a case mod contest many months ago. I wonder what the lag in case mod popularity is
The author states that, undoubtably, the number of MMORPGs will expolode in the coming years, and I am inclined to agree. I am not sure if this is such a good thing however. I for one have always enjoyed a good single player game such as Marathon, Baldurs Gate, and Warcraft. Suddenly games are being created that have either a very weak single player component or none at all. Will single player games be phased out completely? I certainly hope not because at some times I simply do not want to be interacting with others while playing a game. This leads to an interesting question; will single player games become taboo and seen as anti-social? After the next school shooting will the media report that the kids were fans of "single player games" instead of focusing on the violence factor and thus justifying their disconnection from society? I havn't enjoyed a MMORG yet, although I used to be a huge fan of MUDS. I for one hope single player always has a strong presence.
Read Cryptonomicon! Its is far superior to Snow Crach(by the same author) and is deeply entrancing, despite its thousand some odd pages. I read this last summer and it will consume you for at least a few weeks. Also, you may want to try American Gods by Neil Gainman. I'm not sure I understand 50% of the meaning in this book, but it is wonderful none-the-less.
anyone remember spot's adventure for gameboy? this is the first instance of product = videogame i can remember. Not a good game, but not terrible. It was just more generic side scrolling and jumping.
"As for "freedoms" and the "right to keep arms", I'm still trying hard to connect the dots here, but I'm afraid I can't make it
It's in our constitution, so there you go. We have the right because we say so. The Government is us, and we say what we get to do."
Well wait! I have the right to bear arms? Well shit, I'm going to go stock up on some weapons grade plutonium, anthrax, pipe bombs, smallpox, depleted uranium, sidwinders and migs. Is it alright for me to have nuclear bombs? Is it alright for me to construct fertalizer bombs the size of a u-haul? Then why guns?? Why does the fact that at one point the right to bear primitive flint lock projectile launchers was neccissary have any bearing today?
Ohhhh soo many good quotes from the original game:
max - "I'd crap my pants if i wore any"
sam - "I'd just love to turn this little guy inside out.."
max - "oh! That gives me an idea!"
sam - "I don't indisciminately use people, except max"
Sam - "I feel that we have tampered with the fragile inner mechanisms of this space ship we call Earth."
Max - "If we have to destroy the entire west coast area just so some sweaty, quasi creatures can have a safe heaven for their disgusting lifestyles? So be it!!! "
sam - "My little buddy needs to use the facilites"
max - "facilities be damned! I need a bathroom!"
great. now with slashdot games not only can we have duplicates stories, but we can have duplicate - crossposted stories!
.. but what about other planets (don't lecture me about the moon not being a planet, i'm making a joke)?? We find a new planet... bomb the hell out of it looking for water, only to later to find out we've dropped a big one on the grand poobah of a far superior species. Not only do we piss off the guys with big heads and the ability to crush us with a thought but we look damn foolish to all other observers in the universe. The more i think about it the more fun this sounds like!
It seems like this would also reduce your batter life by 2x! Two backlights is much more taxing than one. Perhaps this one'll be the first large roll out of OLEDS also:)
My major problem with them is that they fragment social interaction and thus decrease its quality. Plans are no longer respected or valued since "you can call me when you're ready to do somethin'. I should have my cell on"
The most major annoyance i have is when I'm hanging out with someone, having a good time, and they get a call and an invitation to go somewhere else. Its just overly intrusive and disrespectful
They're limited to 1.5gigs of incoming or outbound traffic a WEEK?? Where I go to school the answer we got from the ITS department was "if you're transfering more than 40gb a day you're going to get flagged"
There's an interesting connection between nerds and punkrockers, both of which i was all through high school. Both suffer from social rejection, mainly for being different, but for also for holding an attitude of superiority( justified or not ). They tend to have closely knit groups in which features many different types of nerds or punks. Their social interaction revolved around the topics which define their group ( ex/ nerds talk about stark trek and DDR ram, punks talk about music and whether Jello Biafra should be president ). Regardless, almost every punk I know has also been a nerd at heart( a huge number love star wars for example) while most nerds I know they inevitably fall into the punk scence.
nerds saved punk for the current generation
punk saved nerds from being completely social rejects
I know this kid, 19 at the time i think who once used this as a pick up line:
"You're name is Jennifer? I like the name Jennifer, the last five of my girlfriends have been named Jennifer"
Ahh crazy kids