So they will fun projects that make up critical elements... what about projects that might one reach that status? Why not fund interesting open source projects in general?
i figure, they'll show off the device, by attaching it to a amoeba, since i suggest that's about the most brain power you'll ever need (want to have) to successfully finish one of their rpgs.
honestly, when we were younger we've never had the money to buy any microsoft products, but we still got it somehow and gave it our friends. the fact that games flourished on the platform and were also easily copied helped the distribution exponentially. well... since then everyone was stuck with m$ and with age came money and responsibilty and the stuff still remaind standard, so it was bought... end of story.
blizzard games are awesome, because you can clearly see how love they put in the design. just take a look at the myriad easter eggs cleverly incorporated in every edge of the stories and npcs. if you never get around to care or see those, you'll just be awestruck by the most perfect item-collection-design in existence. if you don't believe it... look at other games which tried that. hellgate london... O_o.
there's something in that game for almost everyone. at least for a while.
...which rendered the users sometimes unable to use the product they bought in their brand new sony cd-players and also no one "agreed to know about" for several months, before someone finally found the cause for so many malfunctions related to that kind of drm.
also, i didn't sign a TOC to agree to that.
also, i don't see why a cd i obviously BOUGHT has to have a program to check if i really did, not to mention that i probably feel to be entitled to my backups, rippings and eventual copies to my friends. all in all, it's just completely different.
i bet they're as of right now looking for the reason why it outrageously killed ONLY 9 ppl... i mean if you buy a multi million super weapon that turns evil on your ass you would be expecting a little more carnage!!!
schools need to be forced to use 2+ different os types. kids have fun and an easy time learning. it's not about banning microsoft, it's about reducing their grip they have in particulary every educational area. also, kids need to be thought neutrally, regardless the os they use. in the beginning they should be forced not to use the same pc (os) each time, but to switch (maybe first two years) and after that, they can decide themselves what they like best. in the end you got educated users, that can decide and think for themselves, whithout the need of DRACONIC (and i don't like microsoft at all) fines, just because they do what everyone else does more successfully.
technological change and acceptance starts in schools and maybe even in kindergartens and before that. not in 6 to 7 figure ceo seats.
i don't understand it. why would graphic engine developers work on gameplay relevant "things", or are they simply not required any more, fired and substituted by gameplay experts?
- the more realistic a game looks, the more it is compared to reality and will utterly fail... man's stupid obsession with perfection.
- the more intelligent a computer ai will be, the more logic flaws will unveil it's true nature... also if it would be supersmart with no flaws, most ppl will just kick the game in the nuts, for being more clever than they are. just play a round of etwq with bots and you will find yourself unsure if you're just playing with plain stupid noobs or real bots!
- the harder the industry tries, the more it fails. sacrificing playabilty, gameplay and uniquness for the sake of realismn is a clear downer for fun in a game. also... the code gets unreadable for normal programmers and bugs will explode. i think the recent past shows that to us.
a plea to all game developers: FRIGGIN KICK REALSIM IF IT GETS IN THE WAY OF FUN!!! (sorry for allcaps, i thought this button has to be of use for something)
i think it's a semi-smart move. they've lost market share to nvidia and probably won't be able to keep up with them technology wise. so it's their way to get some free look at some genuine open source drivers. using the community to get back into business. i think it's a little similar to what IBM does: being kicked in the ass by it's "little child" microsoft, they now try to get back at them through a movement that can't be stopped or buyed or whatever. they're all just using the open source community to their ends in my opinion.
what they don't seem to realize, is, that in the end they all won't matter. on the other hand, for the next few years it may work well for them and who cares, what's happening to their "old company", when they are already in pension, but that's another story...
they "created" rules so complicated they can't grasp their meaning themselves any more. i wonder if the whole law-system one day will implode and leave a black thought-hole.
I. Terminator Begins: From the transistor to the killing to the semi-liquid killing machine. a true (imaginative) story. sqrt(I). Terminator's Family: Watch him have robo-sex and teach his siblings how to kill a human in one blow. ln(I). Terminators in their natural surroundings - a documentary by bbc. O_o
for crying out loud, use noscript (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/722)! why should anyone care if doubleclick owns itself or is owned by google (which has yet to break my trust)? i rather see power in able hands.
it has been said before. you don't have a god given right to get money for something. it just happens to be convenient to give something for something, if it's not generally available. you wouldn't pay for rain or mushrooms you find in the forest either. point is, we all have to adopt one way or another. if you think it's a problem for 2 families not having a job any more (which they seem to blame on piracy, which they can't prove anyways), then think again. i think it's a problem, that there's a few ppl owning most of the world's wealth while the stock market dictates jobs of hundreds of thousands of ppl in an almost barley controllable fashion.
piracy is just a part of a bigger scheme that manifests in ppls minds since we all are feeling ripped of by rich and powerful folks. we all pay our taxes, homes, lives... but it has come harder and harder to afford. especially for all those without jobs. so what do you do, if you can't pay? why does it even matter? if i can't afford luxury in one way or another, i won't buy it, but what if i still own some of it? you can't say, just because someone didn't pay for a song he downloaded, it's lost money. if someone wouldn't be able to download it or copy it any other way, he most likely still wouldn't buy it.
i just wonder, if there will be a time, when organizations like the RIAA go to far and some ppl will kick them in the nuts for a change. laws are just man made and man errs. so we are about to change that... slowly. the sad thing is, that a few ppl will always have to pay dearly for that change.
slashdot comments are about +5 for "first posts" and "cliche posts". anything reflecting any nerd/geek movie/series will be rated up if quoted in an slashdotty manner. it's disgusting.
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So they will fun projects that make up critical elements... what about projects that might one reach that status? Why not fund interesting open source projects in general?
i figure, they'll show off the device, by attaching it to a amoeba, since i suggest that's about the most brain power you'll ever need (want to have) to successfully finish one of their rpgs.
honestly, when we were younger we've never had the money to buy any microsoft products, but we still got it somehow and gave it our friends. the fact that games flourished on the platform and were also easily copied helped the distribution exponentially. well... since then everyone was stuck with m$ and with age came money and responsibilty and the stuff still remaind standard, so it was bought... end of story.
blizzard games are awesome, because you can clearly see how love they put in the design. just take a look at the myriad easter eggs cleverly incorporated in every edge of the stories and npcs. if you never get around to care or see those, you'll just be awestruck by the most perfect item-collection-design in existence. if you don't believe it... look at other games which tried that. hellgate london... O_o.
there's something in that game for almost everyone. at least for a while.
i've got more trouble convincing some of my "it-friends" of the importance of privacy.
hey, riaa guys... how about nothing, nada? instead, we burn you all on a stake?
-- the mighty mob
finally developers will be able to trace those shiny little bugs perfectly. i'm sure that will make the overall quality of the games a lot better.
O_o
so "we" are sure now, that black holes actually exist, right? someone should go there and throw a spoon into it.
a lot of ppl hate microsoft, because they lie and copy a lot and get a way with it pretty much every time. why should it be different this time?
...which rendered the users sometimes unable to use the product they bought in their brand new sony cd-players and also no one "agreed to know about" for several months, before someone finally found the cause for so many malfunctions related to that kind of drm.
also, i didn't sign a TOC to agree to that.
also, i don't see why a cd i obviously BOUGHT has to have a program to check if i really did, not to mention that i probably feel to be entitled to my backups, rippings and eventual copies to my friends. all in all, it's just completely different.
also, sony stinks.
i bet they're as of right now looking for the reason why it outrageously killed ONLY 9 ppl... i mean if you buy a multi million super weapon that turns evil on your ass you would be expecting a little more carnage!!!
schools need to be forced to use 2+ different os types. kids have fun and an easy time learning. it's not about banning microsoft, it's about reducing their grip they have in particulary every educational area. also, kids need to be thought neutrally, regardless the os they use. in the beginning they should be forced not to use the same pc (os) each time, but to switch (maybe first two years) and after that, they can decide themselves what they like best. in the end you got educated users, that can decide and think for themselves, whithout the need of DRACONIC (and i don't like microsoft at all) fines, just because they do what everyone else does more successfully.
technological change and acceptance starts in schools and maybe even in kindergartens and before that. not in 6 to 7 figure ceo seats.
i don't understand it. why would graphic engine developers work on gameplay relevant "things", or are they simply not required any more, fired and substituted by gameplay experts?
- the more realistic a game looks, the more it is compared to reality and will utterly fail... man's stupid obsession with perfection.
- the more intelligent a computer ai will be, the more logic flaws will unveil it's true nature... also if it would be supersmart with no flaws, most ppl will just kick the game in the nuts, for being more clever than they are. just play a round of etwq with bots and you will find yourself unsure if you're just playing with plain stupid noobs or real bots!
- the harder the industry tries, the more it fails. sacrificing playabilty, gameplay and uniquness for the sake of realismn is a clear downer for fun in a game. also... the code gets unreadable for normal programmers and bugs will explode. i think the recent past shows that to us.
a plea to all game developers: FRIGGIN KICK REALSIM IF IT GETS IN THE WAY OF FUN!!! (sorry for allcaps, i thought this button has to be of use for something)
i think it's a semi-smart move. they've lost market share to nvidia and probably won't be able to keep up with them technology wise. so it's their way to get some free look at some genuine open source drivers. using the community to get back into business. i think it's a little similar to what IBM does: being kicked in the ass by it's "little child" microsoft, they now try to get back at them through a movement that can't be stopped or buyed or whatever. they're all just using the open source community to their ends in my opinion.
what they don't seem to realize, is, that in the end they all won't matter. on the other hand, for the next few years it may work well for them and who cares, what's happening to their "old company", when they are already in pension, but that's another story...
they "created" rules so complicated they can't grasp their meaning themselves any more. i wonder if the whole law-system one day will implode and leave a black thought-hole.
I. Terminator Begins: From the transistor to the killing to the semi-liquid killing machine. a true (imaginative) story.
sqrt(I). Terminator's Family: Watch him have robo-sex and teach his siblings how to kill a human in one blow.
ln(I). Terminators in their natural surroundings - a documentary by bbc. O_o
of course, what else? it got absolutely nothing to do with IT whatsoever, even though, you have to know your stuff, to get the job itself.
for crying out loud, use noscript (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/722)! why should anyone care if doubleclick owns itself or is owned by google (which has yet to break my trust)? i rather see power in able hands.
i really wonder, why microsoft even cares? they got billions anyways!
since wine aims to provide a directx compatible windows api, is directx a hack too?
it has been said before. you don't have a god given right to get money for something. it just happens to be convenient to give something for something, if it's not generally available. you wouldn't pay for rain or mushrooms you find in the forest either. point is, we all have to adopt one way or another. if you think it's a problem for 2 families not having a job any more (which they seem to blame on piracy, which they can't prove anyways), then think again. i think it's a problem, that there's a few ppl owning most of the world's wealth while the stock market dictates jobs of hundreds of thousands of ppl in an almost barley controllable fashion.
piracy is just a part of a bigger scheme that manifests in ppls minds since we all are feeling ripped of by rich and powerful folks. we all pay our taxes, homes, lives... but it has come harder and harder to afford. especially for all those without jobs. so what do you do, if you can't pay? why does it even matter? if i can't afford luxury in one way or another, i won't buy it, but what if i still own some of it? you can't say, just because someone didn't pay for a song he downloaded, it's lost money. if someone wouldn't be able to download it or copy it any other way, he most likely still wouldn't buy it.
i just wonder, if there will be a time, when organizations like the RIAA go to far and some ppl will kick them in the nuts for a change. laws are just man made and man errs. so we are about to change that... slowly. the sad thing is, that a few ppl will always have to pay dearly for that change.
ahaha lol, i thought bob was just some stupid joke? :D
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slashdot comments are about +5 for "first posts" and "cliche posts". anything reflecting any nerd/geek movie/series will be rated up if quoted in an slashdotty manner. it's disgusting.