Personally, I couldn't care less about gold farmers, unless they actively interfere with the other players. I recall in WoW pre-BC, my warlock was in Azshara killing the satyrs there for the shadowcloth drops (needed them for Tailoring) and there were usually anywhere from 2-5 unguilded night elf rogues also farming them. That was pretty freaking annoying.
I'd have a low opinion of someone who bought gold/experience in lieu of playing the game and learning the techniques of their class.
It's been pretty solid for me. I've had a few crashes, but I'm not sure whether these were server/network related or not. The client doesn't seem to handle losing connectivity too well.
The biggest bug I've seen so far is the #$%^ing EULA requires scrolling to the bottom, clicking a checkbox, then clicking 'Accept' every #$%^ing time you start the client, or lose your connection.
Oh, and a couple of very minor graphics glitches, like my character running around for a while surrounded by a bunch of rocks around her feet, after an NPC hit her with some spell or another. I've seen it on other people, too.
I like it a lot so far - even the PvP/RvR part of it, which I didn't particularly like in WoW.
I myself would love an up-to-date version of Brief. I was even more productive in Brief that I've ever been in my second love, emacs. I know that later versions of Delphi, Turbo C++, etc. used an IDE which was Brief-like.
I know Crisp is still around, and it was based on Brief, but the price was always a bit steep for something which is just an editor.
For Python, I use WingIDE, as some others have recommended. A few years back, when I first gave Python a try and decided that it was the language for me, I looked into the IDEs available and spent the money for it. Well worth it, even though 95% of my Python coding has been unpaid hobby-type stuff. And Wing is cross-platform - I run it on OS X, but have used it on Windows too.
I tried Komodo (Editor and IDE) and Eclipse lately, but they didn't appeal to me.
You don't want to be Plato's philosopher-ruler, the best-qualified person who rules not because of lust for power, but out of love for people and country? Oh, well:-).
(disclaimer: my recollection of Plato's views on the subject may be hazy, my philosophy class was 22 years or so ago)
Yeah, that's the song. I'm only familiar with the song as sung by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, though... hmm, looks like it really originated with The Jam. Thanks, I didn't know that.
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It's Ok, the government will bail them out before they drown.
I think you're talking about "libcap" (a capability library), not "libpcap" (a packet capture library).
"Hackers" by Steven Levy has a section on Sierra Online. I read the book back in the 80s and don't remember how informative that section was.
Or maybe, just maybe, Slashdot is fair and balanced, and Microsoft really is a nest of black-hearted villains.
Is this the year when they finally Immanentize the Eschaton?
But Google is really playing with fire here by using more than one meaning for beta.
After all, values of beta will give rise to dom!
Personally, I couldn't care less about gold farmers, unless they actively interfere with the other players. I recall in WoW pre-BC, my warlock was in Azshara killing the satyrs there for the shadowcloth drops (needed them for Tailoring) and there were usually anywhere from 2-5 unguilded night elf rogues also farming them. That was pretty freaking annoying.
I'd have a low opinion of someone who bought gold/experience in lieu of playing the game and learning the techniques of their class.
I utterly hate the spammers.
Awesome, I haven't bothered since I figured (hoped) the account would be banned quickly. I'll start doing it just to get the title.
It's been pretty solid for me. I've had a few crashes, but I'm not sure whether these were server/network related or not. The client doesn't seem to handle losing connectivity too well.
The biggest bug I've seen so far is the #$%^ing EULA requires scrolling to the bottom, clicking a checkbox, then clicking 'Accept' every #$%^ing time you start the client, or lose your connection.
Oh, and a couple of very minor graphics glitches, like my character running around for a while surrounded by a bunch of rocks around her feet, after an NPC hit her with some spell or another. I've seen it on other people, too.
I like it a lot so far - even the PvP/RvR part of it, which I didn't particularly like in WoW.
You've described "Far Centaurus", by A.E. Van Vought.
Your mother is so ugly, she graduated from Uncanny Valley High.
That's because they don't want the chat channels to be filled with vicious arguments between the Cob sect and the Popped sect.
*Burn* _the_ /heretic/!
Nifty, thanks for the pointers to the new Brief, Zeus and brief-mode.
I myself would love an up-to-date version of Brief. I was even more productive in Brief that I've ever been in my second love, emacs. I know that later versions of Delphi, Turbo C++, etc. used an IDE which was Brief-like.
I know Crisp is still around, and it was based on Brief, but the price was always a bit steep for something which is just an editor.
For Python, I use WingIDE, as some others have recommended. A few years back, when I first gave Python a try and decided that it was the language for me, I looked into the IDEs available and spent the money for it. Well worth it, even though 95% of my Python coding has been unpaid hobby-type stuff. And Wing is cross-platform - I run it on OS X, but have used it on Windows too.
I tried Komodo (Editor and IDE) and Eclipse lately, but they didn't appeal to me.
How naive to think that the ratio stops there.
(apologies if I misquoted the book; I last read it probably 30 years ago)
Don't worry, I'm blond and I moderated him 'Troll'! :-)
If I hadn't learned about computers back in 9th grade, I probably would have gone on to become a participle physicist.
Pity that the Superconjugating Sentence Collider was canceled, though.
> the drive to +5dom
Values of beta will give rise to dom!
Or maybe THEY programmed you to spread that disinformation.
Well, there you go, 'lesser of two evils', that's all you need. :-)
(I'm not serious about any of this, of course)
You don't want to be Plato's philosopher-ruler, the best-qualified person who rules not because of lust for power, but out of love for people and country? Oh, well :-).
(disclaimer: my recollection of Plato's views on the subject may be hazy, my philosophy class was 22 years or so ago)
Smcgrew for President, '12!
Yeah, that's the song. I'm only familiar with the song as sung by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, though... hmm, looks like it really originated with The Jam. Thanks, I didn't know that.
Wow, a Manfred Man lyric reference.
But rockets and guns are 'arms' too :-).