So I was just at SuperNova yesterday, and in order to get into the site, they were asking for a fee. I'm not too sure about the prices, but there were different plans (monthly, year, etc). I laughed, then surfed elsewhere. I wonder, now that the site is gone, what will happen to all those peeps who actually purchased a subscription plan. I haven't seen any info about that.
I've never read the above book, but it reminds me of a very insightful book called "The Sparrow" by Maria Doria Russell. It is about a group of missionaries traveling to another planet via a spaceship built out of an asteroid. The characters are really fleshed out and the themes are something to chew on. It's basically about why you shouldn't break the star trek prime directive. It also debates science versus religion in a very thoughtful manner.
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question the meaning of being "human." When the lone survivor of the expedition, Emilio Sandoz, returns to Earth in 2059, he will try to explain what went wrong... Words like "provocative" and "compelling" will come to mind as you read this shocking novel about first contact with a race that creates music akin to both poetry and prayer.
i actually bumped into BSD the other day. he had only one thing to say and he said it over and over with a slur. I believe the word was "brains" but I could be mistaken.
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Firefox is gaining some momentum - maybe enough to make web developers take note
Just to let you know... I work in the internet division of a major sports network. Let me just say, that in my department all developers and engineers are not only aware of Firefox, but use it primarily as their browser of choice.
No offense, but your post comes off as one of those fellas who just got out of film school.
The credit sequence is designed for just that... to give credit to those who worked on the film. It is not part of the story. Sure, they might incorporate story like elements to asist this mundane sequence but at the end of your typical movie (dare I say film), the story ends at FADE OUT (which confused the fuck out of a gazillion people in ROTK because the movie faded out like seven times) Usually, the people who get miffed at those audience members who leave are the ones who brought coffee to the director, woked as an assistant wardrobe, or just got out of film school. As an audience member, the only useful information I am aquiring from the credits is basic cocktail conversation ammo (oh, did you know this person did such and such on that movie). Sure, you might see some witty footage aimed for those people who do sit through it, but let's face it, it's just a gag.
Now, I know some movies play around with this sequence. Take the latest Dawn of the Dead where the movie continued during the credit sequence and brought closure to the story. That is a case where you'd be correct. Otherwise, you come off sounding pretentious.
Further, 20% of the PLAY TO SEE THEIR CHARACTERS. These are game characters, which they created and control. These characters are basically figments of their imagination. This is like saying 20% of them enjoy their imaginary friends.
To take your argument to an extreme, it would invalidate fiction. Think of it... why do you go to the movies? How about watch television? Most forms of entertainment follow the stories of unreal people. And I will even go on a limb to suggest, that some people's live are changed by entirely made-up stories. (off topic, i think it was the movie Matilda.. yeah, that one.. where Danny DeVito narrates the reason we read fiction is to understand that we are not alone.. very insightful, i thought)
Although I understand your perspective but it's not as scary as it seems. It's an adult playing the childhood game of imagination. It's creepy because it's still new and not socially accepted. Playing make believe is perfectly valid means of escapism. You should only be concerned when the said person cannot distinguish his real life from the imaginary one (i.e. Fred shows up in the office wearing tights and a cape).
Nah... you're not joe. I've met Joe. He works down at local assembly plant, machining parts. Joe's a good guy. Kind of got a beer gut. His hands are oiled, not to mentioned caloused from working with heavy equipment all day. Joe has a wife who works as at dentist's office. After his shift his over, he stops by the watering hole with buds. Talks about football. Tells his buds the Red Sox will go all the way this year. At home, he watches sitcoms with his family. And after he tucks his kids to bed, he takes a look at his fantasy sports score. Maybe he sends a supportive email to his kid sister who is getting a divorce. He types with one finger. When someone mentions the word Slackware to Joe, he is reminded of his nephew failing high school.
if that be the truth, then the mozilla folks should market firefox as a developers release, instead of pushing it to all users. I mean, Firefox is the first thing you notice when you arrive at mozilla.org. You shouldn't treat Firefox as a polished app, and then pull out the old "it's pre version 1" speak when critcism abounds. It only frustrates users.
For me, the problem with swg wasn't the lack of ambiance, rather, it was the lack of any meaningful content in a static world. All NPC missions boiled down to kill this, or escort that. The civil war mean't nothing. You could literally kill 10,000 rebels but it would make no difference. Everything felt generic. Worlds were huge with nothing in them. The profession based character system sucked cause you capped out after a short amount of time. So you mingled with different classes which turned out to be "grind 100 components" or "kill 50 worts". My personal favorite aspect of the game was group hunting but that died with solo groups (aka - people grouping for higher mission payouts, but doing it by themselves) At the end of the day, all that SWG boiled down to was PvP clusterfuck with Jedi being the trump card. Everyone wants Jedi so they can kick everyone else's ass. Sony knows this. It's all they ever advertise.
I played ATITD for some time. And although I like the concept of it, the thing that frustrated me the most was how quickly things fell apart.
For instance, me and a bud were working to create a tent, and then one of our tools broke (I forget which one, it was over a year ago). So I went to recreate it, then that tool broke. It went all the way down the line. Plainers breaking. Kilns falling apart.
I realized, the way to succeed in the game was to create multiple kilns, multiple drying racks, multiple everything. But... to reach my previous point now required A LOT of work.
When I realized that's just what it was... work, I gracefully bowed out of the game. I like the concepts of art and the social aspects. I like the fact that everyone contributes, but at the end of the day... it's a crafting game which drove me nuts cause the products of your labor ultimately perished with little use.
Also... the map was WAY huge for the playerbase. The waypoint system was great but I didn't like that you were randomly dumped somewhere in egypt. It took my buddy and I three hours to reach each other. Three hours of running.
The game has a lot to offer other MMORPGS because in ATTID, you felt like you could make a difference in the world by helping others (as opposed to SWG where you feel entirely expendable). Just my thoughts.
If Nautilus has been configured to use the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, installing a mozilla.org binary on top of that may cause odd problems and conflicts. You should use the package of Mozilla supplied by your Unix or GNU/Linux distribution, as their version should work properly with their package of GNOME.
I have personally experienced problems where Mozilla refused to render anything secure (https) because I had overwritten previous Mozilla installations. There could have been other problems but I never noticed. I'd reccommend you just do a clean install (which means, an uninstall, then reinstall). There is no reason to tapdance in minefields unless you're a windows user. like me.:)
From "The Complete Idiots Guide to Technical Writing" by Krista Van Laan and Catherine Julian
"The Open-Source Writers Group is a nonprofit organization whose primary goal is to improve the overall quality and quantity of free open-source and open-content documentation. Their web site at: http://www.ibiblio.org/oswg/index.html includes a page where you each register as a volunteer writer, editor, or proofreader for documentation related to open-source projects." - page 41
I have briefly skimmed this site and it appears to be a valuable resource.
In closing, I do agree with the parent. What good is a tool if no one knows how to use it?
Did your penis extension business fare any better? Or how about your bro's in Nigeria? How has the switch been for them? (from a mass mail perspective)
I'm know I'm gonna be labelled a troll, but I got karma to burn . ..
</typical slashdot mod me up statment>
I'm really upset that they are commercializing the GPL. Jeez. But, actually, if they do decide to commercialize the GPL, I hope they use GTK because it's commercial friendly and then don't have to open the source. Which makes me angry 'cause they are not sharing their source with anyone. Why won't they open their source? What do they think this is? M$-land?
Some people.
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laugh people, it's a joke
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I agree with you. I love the smell of paper. The texture against my hands. My favorite is getting books at the library and finding underlined passages from previous readers. Myself, I make tons of notes in books - both fiction and non-fiction so this device is not for me. Personally, I'd rather buy batteries for a booklight, than the book itself. I can see this technology to be useful for jobs requiring massive amounts of paperwork and such. But as a casual tool for reading, well, the technology already exists, and better still, it's freely accessible to general public via library cards.
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is this the first case where we have to tell the article to RTFA?
In the grand scheme of things what is the concept of profit? An imiginary game that we play so we can kill time.
in capitalism, man exploits man. in communism, it's just the other way around.
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
If you have the time of inclination, check out the novel Confederacy of Dunces.
Back at you, daskalou from all your neighbors in the USA. Specifically, Boston, Mass. We raise our glasses to you and your families as well :)
So I was just at SuperNova yesterday, and in order to get into the site, they were asking for a fee. I'm not too sure about the prices, but there were different plans (monthly, year, etc). I laughed, then surfed elsewhere. I wonder, now that the site is gone, what will happen to all those peeps who actually purchased a subscription plan. I haven't seen any info about that.
I've never read the above book, but it reminds me of a very insightful book called "The Sparrow" by Maria Doria Russell. It is about a group of missionaries traveling to another planet via a spaceship built out of an asteroid. The characters are really fleshed out and the themes are something to chew on. It's basically about why you shouldn't break the star trek prime directive. It also debates science versus religion in a very thoughtful manner.
Here's the amazon review:
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question the meaning of being "human." When the lone survivor of the expedition, Emilio Sandoz, returns to Earth in 2059, he will try to explain what went wrong... Words like "provocative" and "compelling" will come to mind as you read this shocking novel about first contact with a race that creates music akin to both poetry and prayer.
I personally won't be satisfied until someone writes a standards compliant browser in HTML.
i actually bumped into BSD the other day. he had only one thing to say and he said it over and over with a slur. I believe the word was "brains" but I could be mistaken.
Firefox is gaining some momentum - maybe enough to make web developers take note
... I work in the internet division of a major sports network. Let me just say, that in my department all developers and engineers are not only aware of Firefox, but use it primarily as their browser of choice.
Just to let you know
You can find them in central park
No offense, but your post comes off as one of those fellas who just got out of film school.
... to give credit to those who worked on the film. It is not part of the story. Sure, they might incorporate story like elements to asist this mundane sequence but at the end of your typical movie (dare I say film), the story ends at FADE OUT (which confused the fuck out of a gazillion people in ROTK because the movie faded out like seven times) Usually, the people who get miffed at those audience members who leave are the ones who brought coffee to the director, woked as an assistant wardrobe, or just got out of film school. As an audience member, the only useful information I am aquiring from the credits is basic cocktail conversation ammo (oh, did you know this person did such and such on that movie). Sure, you might see some witty footage aimed for those people who do sit through it, but let's face it, it's just a gag.
The credit sequence is designed for just that
Now, I know some movies play around with this sequence. Take the latest Dawn of the Dead where the movie continued during the credit sequence and brought closure to the story. That is a case where you'd be correct. Otherwise, you come off sounding pretentious.
Further, 20% of the PLAY TO SEE THEIR CHARACTERS. These are game characters, which they created and control. These characters are basically figments of their imagination. This is like saying 20% of them enjoy their imaginary friends.
... why do you go to the movies? How about watch television? Most forms of entertainment follow the stories of unreal people. And I will even go on a limb to suggest, that some people's live are changed by entirely made-up stories. (off topic, i think it was the movie Matilda .. yeah, that one .. where Danny DeVito narrates the reason we read fiction is to understand that we are not alone .. very insightful, i thought)
To take your argument to an extreme, it would invalidate fiction. Think of it
Although I understand your perspective but it's not as scary as it seems. It's an adult playing the childhood game of imagination. It's creepy because it's still new and not socially accepted. Playing make believe is perfectly valid means of escapism. You should only be concerned when the said person cannot distinguish his real life from the imaginary one (i.e. Fred shows up in the office wearing tights and a cape).
Nah ... you're not joe. I've met Joe. He works down at local assembly plant, machining parts. Joe's a good guy. Kind of got a beer gut. His hands are oiled, not to mentioned caloused from working with heavy equipment all day. Joe has a wife who works as at dentist's office. After his shift his over, he stops by the watering hole with buds. Talks about football. Tells his buds the Red Sox will go all the way this year. At home, he watches sitcoms with his family. And after he tucks his kids to bed, he takes a look at his fantasy sports score. Maybe he sends a supportive email to his kid sister who is getting a divorce. He types with one finger. When someone mentions the word Slackware to Joe, he is reminded of his nephew failing high school.
That's Joe.
if that be the truth, then the mozilla folks should market firefox as a developers release, instead of pushing it to all users. I mean, Firefox is the first thing you notice when you arrive at mozilla.org. You shouldn't treat Firefox as a polished app, and then pull out the old "it's pre version 1" speak when critcism abounds. It only frustrates users.
you insensitive clod!
For me, the problem with swg wasn't the lack of ambiance, rather, it was the lack of any meaningful content in a static world. All NPC missions boiled down to kill this, or escort that. The civil war mean't nothing. You could literally kill 10,000 rebels but it would make no difference. Everything felt generic. Worlds were huge with nothing in them. The profession based character system sucked cause you capped out after a short amount of time. So you mingled with different classes which turned out to be "grind 100 components" or "kill 50 worts". My personal favorite aspect of the game was group hunting but that died with solo groups (aka - people grouping for higher mission payouts, but doing it by themselves) At the end of the day, all that SWG boiled down to was PvP clusterfuck with Jedi being the trump card. Everyone wants Jedi so they can kick everyone else's ass. Sony knows this. It's all they ever advertise.
</rant>
I played ATITD for some time. And although I like the concept of it, the thing that frustrated me the most was how quickly things fell apart.
... work, I gracefully bowed out of the game. I like the concepts of art and the social aspects. I like the fact that everyone contributes, but at the end of the day ... it's a crafting game which drove me nuts cause the products of your labor ultimately perished with little use.
... the map was WAY huge for the playerbase. The waypoint system was great but I didn't like that you were randomly dumped somewhere in egypt. It took my buddy and I three hours to reach each other. Three hours of running.
For instance, me and a bud were working to create a tent, and then one of our tools broke (I forget which one, it was over a year ago). So I went to recreate it, then that tool broke. It went all the way down the line. Plainers breaking. Kilns falling apart.
I realized, the way to succeed in the game was to create multiple kilns, multiple drying racks, multiple everything. But... to reach my previous point now required A LOT of work.
When I realized that's just what it was
Also
The game has a lot to offer other MMORPGS because in ATTID, you felt like you could make a difference in the world by helping others (as opposed to SWG where you feel entirely expendable). Just my thoughts.
I grabbed this from the Troubleshooting Mozilla guide.
:)
From Point 14:
If Nautilus has been configured to use the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, installing a mozilla.org binary on top of that may cause odd problems and conflicts. You should use the package of Mozilla supplied by your Unix or GNU/Linux distribution, as their version should work properly with their package of GNOME.
I have personally experienced problems where Mozilla refused to render anything secure (https) because I had overwritten previous Mozilla installations. There could have been other problems but I never noticed. I'd reccommend you just do a clean install (which means, an uninstall, then reinstall). There is no reason to tapdance in minefields unless you're a windows user. like me.
Good luck!
You guys rock! Hats off to you!
btw, can i have root access now?
From "The Complete Idiots Guide to Technical Writing" by Krista Van Laan and Catherine Julian
"The Open-Source Writers Group is a nonprofit organization whose primary goal is to improve the overall quality and quantity of free open-source and open-content documentation. Their web site at: http://www.ibiblio.org/oswg/index.html includes a page where you each register as a volunteer writer, editor, or proofreader for documentation related to open-source projects." - page 41
I have briefly skimmed this site and it appears to be a valuable resource.
In closing, I do agree with the parent. What good is a tool if no one knows how to use it?
Did your penis extension business fare any better? Or how about your bro's in Nigeria? How has the switch been for them? (from a mass mail perspective)
So if Ballmer throws Gates into the Grand Canyon, does that mean Ballmer gets a free pass to heaven?
I'm know I'm gonna be labelled a troll, but I got karma to burn . .
</typical slashdot mod me up statment>
I'm really upset that they are commercializing the GPL. Jeez. But, actually, if they do decide to commercialize the GPL, I hope they use GTK because it's commercial friendly and then don't have to open the source. Which makes me angry 'cause they are not sharing their source with anyone. Why won't they open their source? What do they think this is? M$-land?
Some people.
<disclaimer for the humor impaired>
laugh people, it's a joke
</disclaimer for the humor impaired>
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Developer's Note
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This is slashdot logic version 0.1 released under the GPL. I am accepting patches.
I agree with you. I love the smell of paper. The texture against my hands. My favorite is getting books at the library and finding underlined passages from previous readers. Myself, I make tons of notes in books - both fiction and non-fiction so this device is not for me. Personally, I'd rather buy batteries for a booklight, than the book itself. I can see this technology to be useful for jobs requiring massive amounts of paperwork and such. But as a casual tool for reading, well, the technology already exists, and better still, it's freely accessible to general public via library cards.