It had better be durable enough to withstand the chafing of hard plastic and metal because everyone knows that the only things Apple users like to make love to are their Apple products.
We also love your mum. However, unlike your mum, my Mac has no viruses, infections or diseases
So get off of your bloody high horses and realise that this is all about ENTERTAINMENT, not CREATIVITY.
The summary doesn't really say anything about people learning to play guitar, so I'm not sure where your comments come from... But if you read the summary you'll see that originally they were trying to build a game that wanted you to improvise. And people didn't want to improvise, they just wanted to play their favorite songs. This is where creativity comes into the discussion. Folks didn't want to create new music, they just wanted to replicate the music they knew.
My comments aren't directed at the article nor the summary, they are directed at every person here who instantly goes "pfft, Guitar Hero? That's not playing a guitar. Go learn to play one." If you read through the comments you will see this sentiment repeated over and over again.
Seriously guys, who in their right mind honestly believes that there is any correlation between Rock Band/Guitar Hero and learning to play a guitar. The two have absolutely nothing in common. People play guitar hero or rock band for a bit of fun, they have no interest in learning how to play a guitar.
Just like most people would rather play Halo than to build a FPS.
Actually that is a lot closer a correlation:
Guitar Hero/Rock Band = Playing Halo Learning to play a guitar = Writing and designing a game.
So get off of your bloody high horses and realise that this is all about ENTERTAINMENT, not CREATIVITY.
I for one wish to volunteer for this dangerous experiment to determine whether copulation is possible in a zero-g environment and whether a viable embryo can be formed.
Qualifications: I have extensive experience with the ZERO sex protocol, so therefore am a perfect candidate for the upgraded ZERO-G sexual encounter.
Thank you for your time
P.S. Please send the mother of the first person to post a smart-arsed reply as one of the female candidates on the mission.
I might be doing this wrong, but when I play FPS games on my PS3, I need three thumbs; left for movement thumbstick, right for aiming/view control thumbstick and third thumb to use those four buttons to fire/shoot.
Yep, you are doing something wrong, because any FPS style game that I have played on any console (sorry, I don't have the time or inclination to set up a gamers rig) the top buttons (L1, L2, R1, R2) are the ones that fire. Most people would use their index fingers to do such, not their thumbs.
Is it in the public's interest for individual officers to have their names, pictures, addresses and photographs of their houses published to the world? Would you appreciate it if that were done to yourself?
Now imagine that you work out in public, and there are people with whom you come into contact (and reprimand) who may have violent tendencies. Can you imagine that? Good! Now ask yourself those first two questions again. Do you still think that that information is in the public interest?
Oh wait, you posted on Slashdot as an Anonymous Coward, so obviously you fear anyone finding out anything about yourself, yet you most likely don't do anything more dangerous than working at McDonalds.
Just for the icing on the cake, her blog is called "I HeArTE JADE" which to me (I may be reading into this the wrong way) comes across as "I HATE JADE" and even a quick perusal of the site leads me to believe that she is acting out of pure vindictiveness, while trying to pretend that it is out of awe and respect.
You do know that the theobromine in chocolate is neurotoxic and cardiotoxic to dogs, don't you?
I really would like to know where this comes from. Is it from real research, or is it merely an "old wives tale?" Something that "everyone knows."
My reasoning is that when I was younger we had a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. That particular breed of dog has an expected life span is only between seven and ten years yet ours, who ate chocolate at least twice a week for her entire life, lived to be 14.
The Australian government did that already. Region encoding was deemed 'anti-competitive', against consumer interests, and therefore illegal. If you buy a DVD player in Australia you will find that it will play any DVD regardless of its region code =)
Sometimes, just sometimes... governments get it right, too.
Really? Are you sure? Because I live in Australia... I visit electronics stores, and I see a LOT (read that as 98.394%) of DVD players which have the "Region 4" logo on them. LG, Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sanyo, Sharp, you name it. Having said that, most of the time it is a pretty simple thing to region unlock them, but they are still shipped, and sold, as region 4. Most of the DVD players that you see around that are sold region unlocked are the no brand generic DVD players.
From Wikipedia (yes, I know it isn't the final say in any argument):
"The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has warned that DVD players that enforce region coding may violate their Trade Practices Act"
From what I gather, from visiting the ACCC website, DVD players can still be sold in Australia locked to Region 4, however it is not illegal for them to be modified to play all regions. There is a case that is mentioned in regards to this dated in 2002 regarding Playstation 2, mod chips and region locked games.
Sorry, you are bringing up David Hicks? A man who was fighting AGAINST Australia? A treasonous piece of gutter filth? As far as I'm concerned he should still be detained, and that is only because we do not have capital punishment, otherwise I'd be pushing for the death penalty. The man is GUILTY of TREASON, you cannot deny that fact.
As for the Greens, they come across as being just a little bit too socialist (or perhaps "social idealist") for my liking. A lot of their policies have very little to do with the real world, and a lot to do with a fantasy world of their own devising. Bob Brown's "get fucked over Iraq" as you so eloquently put it, was nothing more than political grandstanding.
Even if it is all distributed via botnets, it is still all sent to mail servers, which are then sent on to your email program, either as headers, or full blown emails. So whether you want to download it or not, you will be getting a part of the download.
Compare this to a typical P2P transfer, where you download it if you want it, not merely because you went online. The only way that you would be able to liken spam to P2P would be if you open up a P2P program and it automatically downloads 15 second chunks of every file that is available. Now that would be, I believe, a fair comparison of the difference between spam and P2P storage space/bandwidth.
That is only from the end user's perspective. Now, if we liken it to a mail servers perspective it would be more like this: You open up a P2P program, and every file is sent in full to your computer to be stored. You do not want these files, you do not need these files. Now you must spend hours of your time going through all of the files to determine which ones you do want, and which ones you don't. Now, this is a waste of both storage space, since you need to have sufficient storage space to get all of the junk just so that you are able to get the new Ubuntu build, and bandwidth, as 99.9324%* of the files that were downloaded were unwanted garbage.
I know, I know... I shouldn't feed the trolls
*This figure is completely fictional, and was pulled out of my arse. Any pedants who wish to contest this figure as being an inaccurate representation of the amount of spam on the average spam server can go and get stuffed
no worries - bring it on. I am fairly confident that should they attempt the double-dissolution election at this point in time, especially considering the wonderful debt that they have just announced in the annual budget, that it would end up the exact same way as the last time. Namely, Labour out on their arse.
Slashdot Mirror
In the same dig they also located the first page of the bible. It reads,
To my darling Candy.
All characters portrayed are fictional and any
resemblance to any persons is merely coincidental
Religious groups around the world are condemning the find and refuting its authenticity
It had better be durable enough to withstand the chafing of hard plastic and metal because everyone knows that the only things Apple users like to make love to are their Apple products.
We also love your mum. However, unlike your mum, my Mac has no viruses, infections or diseases
So get off of your bloody high horses and realise that this is all about ENTERTAINMENT, not CREATIVITY.
The summary doesn't really say anything about people learning to play guitar, so I'm not sure where your comments come from... But if you read the summary you'll see that originally they were trying to build a game that wanted you to improvise. And people didn't want to improvise, they just wanted to play their favorite songs. This is where creativity comes into the discussion. Folks didn't want to create new music, they just wanted to replicate the music they knew.
My comments aren't directed at the article nor the summary, they are directed at every person here who instantly goes "pfft, Guitar Hero? That's not playing a guitar. Go learn to play one." If you read through the comments you will see this sentiment repeated over and over again.
Seriously guys, who in their right mind honestly believes that there is any correlation between Rock Band/Guitar Hero and learning to play a guitar. The two have absolutely nothing in common. People play guitar hero or rock band for a bit of fun, they have no interest in learning how to play a guitar.
Just like most people would rather play Halo than to build a FPS.
Actually that is a lot closer a correlation:
Guitar Hero/Rock Band = Playing Halo
Learning to play a guitar = Writing and designing a game.
So get off of your bloody high horses and realise that this is all about ENTERTAINMENT, not CREATIVITY.
Dear NASA
I for one wish to volunteer for this dangerous experiment to determine whether copulation is possible in a zero-g environment and whether a viable embryo can be formed.
Qualifications:
I have extensive experience with the ZERO sex protocol, so therefore am a perfect candidate for the upgraded ZERO-G sexual encounter.
Thank you for your time
P.S. Please send the mother of the first person to post a smart-arsed reply as one of the female candidates on the mission.
I might be doing this wrong, but when I play FPS games on my PS3, I need three thumbs; left for movement thumbstick, right for aiming/view control thumbstick and third thumb to use those four buttons to fire/shoot.
Yep, you are doing something wrong, because any FPS style game that I have played on any console (sorry, I don't have the time or inclination to set up a gamers rig) the top buttons (L1, L2, R1, R2) are the ones that fire. Most people would use their index fingers to do such, not their thumbs.
Is it in the public's interest for individual officers to have their names, pictures, addresses and photographs of their houses published to the world?
Would you appreciate it if that were done to yourself?
Now imagine that you work out in public, and there are people with whom you come into contact (and reprimand) who may have violent tendencies. Can you imagine that? Good! Now ask yourself those first two questions again. Do you still think that that information is in the public interest?
Oh wait, you posted on Slashdot as an Anonymous Coward, so obviously you fear anyone finding out anything about yourself, yet you most likely don't do anything more dangerous than working at McDonalds.
Just for the icing on the cake, her blog is called "I HeArTE JADE" which to me (I may be reading into this the wrong way) comes across as "I HATE JADE" and even a quick perusal of the site leads me to believe that she is acting out of pure vindictiveness, while trying to pretend that it is out of awe and respect.
Knowledge = Power
Time = Money
Substitute into the equation "Power = Work/Time":
Knowledge = Work/Money
Rearrange:
Money = Work/Knowledge
Therefore as
Knowledge --> 0
Money --> Infinite
Regardless of the amount of work done
her FAVORITE TREAT - Chocolate!
You do know that the theobromine in chocolate is neurotoxic and cardiotoxic to dogs, don't you?
I really would like to know where this comes from. Is it from real research, or is it merely an "old wives tale?" Something that "everyone knows."
My reasoning is that when I was younger we had a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. That particular breed of dog has an expected life span is only between seven and ten years yet ours, who ate chocolate at least twice a week for her entire life, lived to be 14.
Surprised, why?
When?
Remember it? I still have it in a box in my cupboard... hmm, wonder if I can get it to run on my Mac with WINE*. Anyone tried it yet
*I haven't installed WINE on the Mac yet, as I haven't had any need for it to date
The Australian government did that already. Region encoding was deemed 'anti-competitive', against consumer interests, and therefore illegal.
If you buy a DVD player in Australia you will find that it will play any DVD regardless of its region code =)
Sometimes, just sometimes... governments get it right, too.
Really? Are you sure? Because I live in Australia... I visit electronics stores, and I see a LOT (read that as 98.394%) of DVD players which have the "Region 4" logo on them. LG, Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sanyo, Sharp, you name it. Having said that, most of the time it is a pretty simple thing to region unlock them, but they are still shipped, and sold, as region 4. Most of the DVD players that you see around that are sold region unlocked are the no brand generic DVD players.
From Wikipedia (yes, I know it isn't the final say in any argument):
"The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has warned that DVD players that enforce region coding may violate their Trade Practices Act"
From what I gather, from visiting the ACCC website, DVD players can still be sold in Australia locked to Region 4, however it is not illegal for them to be modified to play all regions. There is a case that is mentioned in regards to this dated in 2002 regarding Playstation 2, mod chips and region locked games.
hmmm.. or maybe ship them back to the UK?
NOOOO!!! Then we won't be any good at sport anymore
Sorry, you are bringing up David Hicks? A man who was fighting AGAINST Australia? A treasonous piece of gutter filth? As far as I'm concerned he should still be detained, and that is only because we do not have capital punishment, otherwise I'd be pushing for the death penalty. The man is GUILTY of TREASON, you cannot deny that fact.
As for the Greens, they come across as being just a little bit too socialist (or perhaps "social idealist") for my liking. A lot of their policies have very little to do with the real world, and a lot to do with a fantasy world of their own devising. Bob Brown's "get fucked over Iraq" as you so eloquently put it, was nothing more than political grandstanding.
I completely disagree with sacrificing virgins, so anybody who buys this car is implicitly supporting the destruction of virgins.
Male virgins, yes. Now give me my car!
That is why he is against the destruction of virgins... self preservation
Hmm... does that mean that if Senator Stephen Conroy's internet filter gets built, I can get a medical prescription to download porn?
What score did you get on Acid3?
I got "Whoa dude, look at all the colours... my hands, my hands are so large they can touch anything except for themselves..."
Even if it is all distributed via botnets, it is still all sent to mail servers, which are then sent on to your email program, either as headers, or full blown emails. So whether you want to download it or not, you will be getting a part of the download.
Compare this to a typical P2P transfer, where you download it if you want it, not merely because you went online. The only way that you would be able to liken spam to P2P would be if you open up a P2P program and it automatically downloads 15 second chunks of every file that is available. Now that would be, I believe, a fair comparison of the difference between spam and P2P storage space/bandwidth.
That is only from the end user's perspective. Now, if we liken it to a mail servers perspective it would be more like this: You open up a P2P program, and every file is sent in full to your computer to be stored. You do not want these files, you do not need these files. Now you must spend hours of your time going through all of the files to determine which ones you do want, and which ones you don't. Now, this is a waste of both storage space, since you need to have sufficient storage space to get all of the junk just so that you are able to get the new Ubuntu build, and bandwidth, as 99.9324%* of the files that were downloaded were unwanted garbage.
I know, I know... I shouldn't feed the trolls
*This figure is completely fictional, and was pulled out of my arse. Any pedants who wish to contest this figure as being an inaccurate representation of the amount of spam on the average spam server can go and get stuffed
Not to worry. If there are three things we have in abundance, it's rope, lamp posts and gasoline.
Rope and lamp posts, yes. We are slowly running out of petroleum though
You'll get a total of two types, liars who give you nothing or fakes, or idiots you actually give you this info.
hang on. I now see the logic in this.
this is for GOVERNMENT work. I think you just described the ideal government civil-service worker!
maybe there's more thought to this than it appears.
Oh hi. I'm a rocket scientist. Welcome to NASA, your friendly national air and space administration, run by civil servants.
Hmm... that explains why the mars lander crashed
We'll give you Stephen Conroy if you like.
no worries - bring it on. I am fairly confident that should they attempt the double-dissolution election at this point in time, especially considering the wonderful debt that they have just announced in the annual budget, that it would end up the exact same way as the last time. Namely, Labour out on their arse.
Hitler...
Ok, done. Now can we just stop giving this dipshit publicity?
Bananas are also not fruit - I mean, if we are going to be pedantic