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Although it's easy to make the gonad jokes, the concept of monads have a long history in metaphysics dating back to the greeks. Monads were central to the philosophy of Liebniz, the co-discoverer of calculus.
This is a cute, sensationalistic sound bite that I'm sure we'll see used time and time again. It doesn't really matter what comprises a gallon of gasoline. It's not plants anymore is it? It's oil, and there is still a lot of it left. I agree that it's time to move on and we should be focusing more resources to that end; but this article is informative but pointless.
For eons, nerds have been harrassed by jocks. So nerds became introverted and spent their free time messing with machines instead of socializing. What will they do now when their beloved machines start kicking their asses just like the jocks they sought to avoid? </OldSchoolJonKatzRant>
As soon as somebody creates a _FUN_ game where I can run around screwing scary monsters, or one where Axis and Allies get together for a love in, then I'll spend less time playing games where I get to blow shit up.....Naw, I won't. Blowing shit up is fun.
It is highly unlikely that the Chinese will be the ones who colonize space. Every space movie ever made has shown quite clearly that most space people and a good many aliens speak English!
Odd, I had the opposite reaction to the game. I thought it felt so realistic that it made rethink the seriousness of a commitment to the armed forces. This was after I spent a tour in the Marine Corps. All the maps on America's Army are 'one life to live' and the damage is based on where you get hit. So a head shot takes you out the first time. Sure, get hit in the legs and you can still play, but you move slower. I felt it was very realistic, not cartoon like at all.
Maybe you saw this article in wired a few weeks ago about banning cell phones with cameras in places like gyms and theatres. I hadn't thought about it before, but these cell/cam combinations are a little scary. I am now much more aware of people talking on phones in certain places (public restrooms, gym locker room, etc).
It shouldn't be illegal to install keylogging software
It absolutely should be and is illegal to install keylogging software on systems that do not belong to you. As for a more apt handgun analogy, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. So the charges should be for both, illegal use of computer systems (wiretapping, whatever) and theft.
...do for video games what they've already done for cinema
Does this mean I can expect reviews that are 90% about the reviewer's long melodramatic anticipation of a game, how he feels about his chair and how the controller he is using brings back memories of his childhood?
I've played America's Army quite a bit, and I'd have to say that this particular game is realistic enough that it made me think MORE about the real consequences of armed combat. That is no small thing because I spent six years in the Marine Corps.
About 1/2 the maps are ones where the teams fight with MILES simulation gear, and all the maps are 'one life to live' so when you peek around the corner and get killed, you have a few minutes to think about what would have happened in real life. This game is almost a simulation, and it is very well done.
I'm sure the conglomeration of radio stations has an effect on sales as well. There are very few independent radio stations anymore, and the differences between the Rock, Rap, and Alternative stations is becoming less pronounced with every merger. Why does the 'new music station' play a Bob Marley song every half an hour??? It's getting harder to find new music.
Absolutely! They'll need to plug the 'analog hole' to prevent us from sharing with those pirates who stop you on the street and ask if you have the time.
Soon removing the cork from your mouth will be a violation of the DMCA.
I can't speak to who is the first, but I have checked out an eBook online 8 months ago through my local library: San Diego Public Library. SDPL uses this company: NetLibrary. It looks like NetLibrary provides this service for other libraries, but I'm too lazy to look for details.
This not DRM at all, what they want is a system whereby they can say that a digital photograph has not been altered. So yes, this is very important. Imagine you're on trial for a crime you did not commit yet the prosecuting team has altered a similar fingerprint (but not similar enough for conclusive evidence) to make it more like yours.
DRM is an important fight, but keep the boundaries clear or you'll muddle your argument. These are separate technologies.
It boosts the economy by allowing businesses there the opportunity to compete with businesses in the rest of the nation. For example, Dell just opened a customer service/call center in Twin Falls. Lots of new jobs in a sector that didn't exist in that area just few years ago.
Also, having lived there myself once upon a time, I suspect broadband will be a huge hit for people who live in an area where there isn't a whole lot to do.:)
The readers of slashdot were not the _only_ people anticipating the judgement. Every news organization + people in the financial industry + millions of shareholders are also following the story. Oh, and maybe the people working at Microsoft cared a little too.
For example, you don't get anything when you spend money to pay your taxes.
You do indeed get something for your taxes, you get all the government services: paved roads, police & fire service, military protection, etc. Although you don't pay for them directly, and you might not like all that the government spends your money on, there is a benefit.
The fact that the TV is actually an old Amiga monitor makes me a lil suspicious. Though that doesn't really mean anything since back in my college days, an Amiga 1084 on top of a VCR for a tuner was all the TV I had.:)
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I was going to say the same thing.
I'll add this: Slashdot is beginning to look more and more like a tabloid fishwrap where every headline is an egregious exaggeration of the article it purports to summarize. The comments on this topic will clearly show how many people bothered to read the article.
Slashdot's 'editors' are doing the slashdot community a disservice by allowing these type of submissions through without doing any fact checking.
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Although it's easy to make the gonad jokes, the concept of monads have a long history in metaphysics dating back to the greeks. Monads were central to the philosophy of Liebniz, the co-discoverer of calculus.
This is a cute, sensationalistic sound bite that I'm sure we'll see used time and time again.
It doesn't really matter what comprises a gallon of gasoline. It's not plants anymore is it? It's oil, and there is still a lot of it left.
I agree that it's time to move on and we should be focusing more resources to that end; but this article is informative but pointless.
For eons, nerds have been harrassed by jocks. So nerds became introverted and spent their free time messing with machines instead of socializing. What will they do now when their beloved machines start kicking their asses just like the jocks they sought to avoid?
</OldSchoolJonKatzRant>
As soon as somebody creates a _FUN_ game where I can run around screwing scary monsters, or one where Axis and Allies get together for a love in, then I'll spend less time playing games where I get to blow shit up. ....Naw, I won't. Blowing shit up is fun.
It's just that their wives take credit for all of their really GOOD ideas.
My wife is already making all my decisions and spending all my money. I don't think she's going to cede that power to my cell phone.
It is highly unlikely that the Chinese will be the ones who colonize space. Every space movie ever made has shown quite clearly that most space people and a good many aliens speak English!
Odd, I had the opposite reaction to the game. I thought it felt so realistic that it made rethink the seriousness of a commitment to the armed forces. This was after I spent a tour in the Marine Corps.
All the maps on America's Army are 'one life to live' and the damage is based on where you get hit. So a head shot takes you out the first time. Sure, get hit in the legs and you can still play, but you move slower. I felt it was very realistic, not cartoon like at all.
It doesn't take an MIT egghead to realize that we want our robot girlfriends to look somewhat human, not like bugs. Sheesh.
Maybe you saw this article in wired a few weeks ago about banning cell phones with cameras in places like gyms and theatres. I hadn't thought about it before, but these cell/cam combinations are a little scary. I am now much more aware of people talking on phones in certain places (public restrooms, gym locker room, etc).
It shouldn't be illegal to install keylogging software
It absolutely should be and is illegal to install keylogging software on systems that do not belong to you. As for a more apt handgun analogy, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. So the charges should be for both, illegal use of computer systems (wiretapping, whatever) and theft.
...DNF: That one should be open sourced too...
The only problem with this idea is that there is no code!
Top Secret 3D Realms business plan:
1: Make kick ass game
2: Announce even more kick ass sequel
3: ???
4: Profit!
(Psst Mr. Broussard, replace ??? with 'Write the code')
...do for video games what they've already done for cinema
Does this mean I can expect reviews that are 90% about the reviewer's long melodramatic anticipation of a game, how he feels about his chair and how the controller he is using brings back memories of his childhood?
I've played America's Army quite a bit, and I'd have to say that this particular game is realistic enough that it made me think MORE about the real consequences of armed combat. That is no small thing because I spent six years in the Marine Corps.
About 1/2 the maps are ones where the teams fight with MILES simulation gear, and all the maps are 'one life to live' so when you peek around the corner and get killed, you have a few minutes to think about what would have happened in real life. This game is almost a simulation, and it is very well done.
I'm sure the conglomeration of radio stations has an effect on sales as well. There are very few independent radio stations anymore, and the differences between the Rock, Rap, and Alternative stations is becoming less pronounced with every merger.
Why does the 'new music station' play a Bob Marley song every half an hour??? It's getting harder to find new music.
Absolutely! They'll need to plug the 'analog hole' to prevent us from sharing with those pirates who stop you on the street and ask if you have the time.
Soon removing the cork from your mouth will be a violation of the DMCA.
I can't speak to who is the first, but I have checked out an eBook online 8 months ago through my local library: San Diego Public Library.
SDPL uses this company: NetLibrary.
It looks like NetLibrary provides this service for other libraries, but I'm too lazy to look for details.
This not DRM at all, what they want is a system whereby they can say that a digital photograph has not been altered. So yes, this is very important. Imagine you're on trial for a crime you did not commit yet the prosecuting team has altered a similar fingerprint (but not similar enough for conclusive evidence) to make it more like yours.
DRM is an important fight, but keep the boundaries clear or you'll muddle your argument. These are separate technologies.
It boosts the economy by allowing businesses there the opportunity to compete with businesses in the rest of the nation. For example, Dell just opened a customer service/call center in Twin Falls. Lots of new jobs in a sector that didn't exist in that area just few years ago.
:)
Also, having lived there myself once upon a time, I suspect broadband will be a huge hit for people who live in an area where there isn't a whole lot to do.
The readers of slashdot were not the _only_ people anticipating the judgement. Every news organization + people in the financial industry + millions of shareholders are also following the story.
Oh, and maybe the people working at Microsoft cared a little too.
Good post except:
For example, you don't get anything
when you spend money to pay your taxes.
You do indeed get something for your taxes, you get all the government services: paved roads, police & fire service, military protection, etc. Although you don't pay for them directly, and you might not like all that the government spends your money on, there is a benefit.
The fact that the TV is actually an old Amiga monitor makes me a lil suspicious. Though that doesn't really mean anything since back in my college days, an Amiga 1084 on top of a VCR for a tuner was all the TV I had. :)
I was going to say the same thing.
I'll add this:
Slashdot is beginning to look more and more like a tabloid fishwrap where every headline is an egregious exaggeration of the article it purports to summarize. The comments on this topic will clearly show how many people bothered to read the article.
Slashdot's 'editors' are doing the slashdot community a disservice by allowing these type of submissions through without doing any fact checking.