Here's the text. Don't mod me up, I have plenty of karma.
You've got this whole karma thing backwards. We don't mod you up for your benefit - we mod you up for the benefit of others, so they can sort out your informative/insightful/whatever post from the rest of the cruft.
The whole "karma" system is secondary, and could be totally done away with if not for its (unmeasurable?) effect on trolls, and it's use in keeping mod points out of completely irresponsible hands.
I should probably copy/paste this message next time someone else has the same misconception about the moderation system.
No, not one of those hokey Fossil Palm-companions (190k my ass), but the first full fledged watch-sized PDA.
It has no wireless connection (other than the IR port), but honestly it seems pretty neat so far. It comes with a useful selection of programs, seems to be of sturdy construction, and comes with a nice GPL'ed SDK. Right now I'm just enjoying it for it's geek-factor, but it seems potentially useful too.
Oh, wait, we had better call the MPAA because I just found out you can get the books that some movies are based on, then you can take them home and type them into Word and print them out.
I don't know where you live, but all the libraries around here also have large VHS and DVD collection for borrowing. No need to write and film your own adaption of Lord of the Rings.:)
Hardware always matters. Even when getting a console. At least some research is required, and if you don't think so, then tell it to all the people who bought a 3DO, Atari Jaguar, CD-i, Sega 32x, Virtual Boy, etc, etc. (When they were new, collectors notwithstanding.)
Should a consumer care about his VCR or DVD player?
Yes, unless you like to buy crappy players that break shortly after you buy them, or don't have the features you want.
I agree that dealing with computer parts is significantly more taxing, but I'm of the opinion that you shouldn't attempt a PC upgrade without doing the research. You'll get burned.
Concentrating your time and intellect on non-computer facets of your life doesn't make you less intelligent. But you still have you realise what you know, what you don't know, and when to get outside help.
I can sympathize with the guy making a bad hardware decision -- really I can -- but attempting to shift the blame from himself to some sort of flaw in the computer industry is just ludicrious and irresponsible. If you can't play the PC-upgrade game, then go buy a console. That's what they were invented for. But don't go out and complain in public that tinkering with a highly complex, multi-purpose machine should be easier.
I don't normally respond to ACs, but hey. The Matrox card may have been "hot shit" in 1994, but he bought it in 1996. Six years ago, remember? Hardly cutting edge even then.
I actually forget when the original Voodoo came out (1996? 97?), but even buying a good setup before then wouldn't have been awful. Remember that most 3D games still came out with a software renderer for quite a few years even after 3dfx hit the scene. It took a long time for 3D acceleration to become a requirement.
Buying a Rage-128 chipset video card in 1999 was inconcievably dumb, though.
And I was 20 in 1998, Mister Needlessly-Combative-Anonymous-Coward.
Nice story, but you're not going to get a lot of sympathy around here for buying crappy hardware and then complaining how crappy it is.
Not everyone keeps up with the latest and greatest trends in the computer industry, but honestly it's not that hard. I generally get a three-year-lifecycle out of every major upgrade I make, and I don't spend a fortune doing it (no bleeding-cutting-edge stuff for me). It is very possible to be a frugal PC gamer, despite what everyone says.
I just tried reading Slashdot.jp translated through Babelfish, and what a trip! I know it's just a crude machine translation, but it just adds to the hilarity. Some exerpts:
* In enthusiasm of fan ring story, Japanese subtitle charge of two towers to modification (this is a story title - ed.)
* As for nine, in subtitle of the destiny which should die from section. (That story's "department" -ed.)
To all who are saying "But ST6 was a great movie!":
Star Trek: Generations is the last movie of the old generation, not Star Trek VI. The first part of Generations had some of the "old-skool" cast, and the rest of the movie still had Kirk.
So... I shouldn't trust your opinion because you're just some Slashdot user... but then that means that your statement isn't true, so I can trust the opinions of Slashdot users... but if your comment is true, then I can't trust your opinion... but then that means that I can trust your opinion... but then that means that I can't... but then I can... then I can't... can... can't... can.. can't.. can can't cancan'tcancan'tc#f;DfgA3q±}ܦ+£@Çü8
Could this be a landmark case of quantum theory manifesting itself in our macroscopic world? No, I'm not talking about the bacteria, let me quote from above:
> It is also at Nature.Com, but that server is already rejecting connects.
Effect preceeding Cause -- a server going down just *before* being Slashdotted. What's next, "first posts" before the topic is up? Stories repeated before they're posted in the first place? Dogs and cats living together?!
I don't want to sound mean, but all your points are either wrong or obvious. Everyone already knows about whole console vs. PC release cycle, and your conclusion about the latest console generation is off.
For years now, no console has come out leaps and bounds ahead of the then-current PC generation. By the time the N64 came out, it wasn't at all superior to a decent PC at that time. Ditto for the Dreamcast, PS2, and so on.
Slashdot Mirror
Here's the text. Don't mod me up, I have plenty of karma.
You've got this whole karma thing backwards. We don't mod you up for your benefit - we mod you up for the benefit of others, so they can sort out your informative/insightful/whatever post from the rest of the cruft.
The whole "karma" system is secondary, and could be totally done away with if not for its (unmeasurable?) effect on trolls, and it's use in keeping mod points out of completely irresponsible hands.
I should probably copy/paste this message next time someone else has the same misconception about the moderation system.
No, not one of those hokey Fossil Palm-companions (190k my ass), but the first full fledged watch-sized PDA.
It has no wireless connection (other than the IR port), but honestly it seems pretty neat so far. It comes with a useful selection of programs, seems to be of sturdy construction, and comes with a nice GPL'ed SDK. Right now I'm just enjoying it for it's geek-factor, but it seems potentially useful too.
It seemed a little sluggish, so here's a mirror [vidarholen.net]. Be gentle with it.
So if we break the mirror... will that mean seven years bad karma?
Actually, only the Atari 5200 Joystick is the root of all evil.
"Pentiums are a girl's best friend"?
Okay, that's not funny. Taking off Score +1 Bonus.
Wait... you mean free-as-in-beer, or free-as-in-speech?
You mean the ocean lost out again? Those judges are bought and paid for, I tell you!
Seeing as these screens are already being sold on cell phones in Japan, a more accurate offense would be:
Think of what this will do for portable tentacle porn!
Oh, wait, we had better call the MPAA because I just found out you can get the books that some movies are based on, then you can take them home and type them into Word and print them out.
:)
I don't know where you live, but all the libraries around here also have large VHS and DVD collection for borrowing. No need to write and film your own adaption of Lord of the Rings.
...back from a night of playing "hide the potato sack" what they...
Potato sack?!
Well, now there'll be one hit when Google eventually indexes this page. Congrats(?)
That is the problem! Hardware should not matter!
Hardware always matters. Even when getting a console. At least some research is required, and if you don't think so, then tell it to all the people who bought a 3DO, Atari Jaguar, CD-i, Sega 32x, Virtual Boy, etc, etc. (When they were new, collectors notwithstanding.)
Should a consumer care about his VCR or DVD player?
Yes, unless you like to buy crappy players that break shortly after you buy them, or don't have the features you want.
I agree that dealing with computer parts is significantly more taxing, but I'm of the opinion that you shouldn't attempt a PC upgrade without doing the research. You'll get burned.
Concentrating your time and intellect on non-computer facets of your life doesn't make you less intelligent. But you still have you realise what you know, what you don't know, and when to get outside help.
I can sympathize with the guy making a bad hardware decision -- really I can -- but attempting to shift the blame from himself to some sort of flaw in the computer industry is just ludicrious and irresponsible. If you can't play the PC-upgrade game, then go buy a console. That's what they were invented for. But don't go out and complain in public that tinkering with a highly complex, multi-purpose machine should be easier.
*Ahem*
I don't normally respond to ACs, but hey. The Matrox card may have been "hot shit" in 1994, but he bought it in 1996. Six years ago, remember? Hardly cutting edge even then.
I actually forget when the original Voodoo came out (1996? 97?), but even buying a good setup before then wouldn't have been awful. Remember that most 3D games still came out with a software renderer for quite a few years even after 3dfx hit the scene. It took a long time for 3D acceleration to become a requirement.
Buying a Rage-128 chipset video card in 1999 was inconcievably dumb, though.
And I was 20 in 1998, Mister Needlessly-Combative-Anonymous-Coward.
Nice story, but you're not going to get a lot of sympathy around here for buying crappy hardware and then complaining how crappy it is.
Not everyone keeps up with the latest and greatest trends in the computer industry, but honestly it's not that hard. I generally get a three-year-lifecycle out of every major upgrade I make, and I don't spend a fortune doing it (no bleeding-cutting-edge stuff for me). It is very possible to be a frugal PC gamer, despite what everyone says.
I just tried reading Slashdot.jp translated through Babelfish, and what a trip! I know it's just a crude machine translation, but it just adds to the hilarity. Some exerpts:
* In enthusiasm of fan ring story, Japanese subtitle charge of two towers to modification (this is a story title - ed.)
* As for nine, in subtitle of the destiny which should die from section. (That story's "department" -ed.)
The mod options seem kinda neat:
* (score: It becomes 2, references)
* (score: 2, splendid discernment)
* (score: 3, it is strange funny)
And I think this is a troll:
?????(?????)??????Star Wars Episode I?
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# google?
Star Trek????
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SF??????????(?)
???M$?
So, you can think Generations was "the last movie of the old generation", but we'll all laugh and point at you.
Laugh and point and mod me up, apparently.
But from what other reviewers have pointed out, Nemesis might be good after all. So this is probably all moot.
So... if the producers did something that broke my proposed rules, then said rules would no longer be true?
Wow, whatta insight!
To all who are saying "But ST6 was a great movie!":
Star Trek: Generations is the last movie of the old generation, not Star Trek VI. The first part of Generations had some of the "old-skool" cast, and the rest of the movie still had Kirk.
Thus my addition to the rule holds.
There -- now us geeks can go on with our lives.
So... I shouldn't trust your opinion because you're just some Slashdot user... but then that means that your statement isn't true, so I can trust the opinions of Slashdot users... but if your comment is true, then I can't trust your opinion... but then that means that I can trust your opinion... but then that means that I can't... but then I can... then I can't... can... can't... can.. can't.. can can't cancan'tcancan'tc#f;DfgA3q±}ܦ+£@Çü8
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> Later, I'll tell you the story of the family that had *140 separate instances* of trojans running at the same time...
Later? When later? In your Slashdot journal later? I know it was just an offhand comment, but it sounded pretty interesting.
...go with some lame brick laptop just...
I smell a case mod coming on! Anyone up for it? Probably a guaranteed Slashdot story in it for ya.
Actually, I don't expect anyone to read this, but the proper generic term is "flash traffic" (derived from the real-world term "flash flood").
Though of course I encourage everyone to call it the Slashdot Effect anyway. : )
Could this be a landmark case of quantum theory manifesting itself in our macroscopic world? No, I'm not talking about the bacteria, let me quote from above:
> It is also at Nature.Com, but that server is already rejecting connects.
Effect preceeding Cause -- a server going down just *before* being Slashdotted. What's next, "first posts" before the topic is up? Stories repeated before they're posted in the first place? Dogs and cats living together?!
I don't want to sound mean, but all your points are either wrong or obvious. Everyone already knows about whole console vs. PC release cycle, and your conclusion about the latest console generation is off.
For years now, no console has come out leaps and bounds ahead of the then-current PC generation. By the time the N64 came out, it wasn't at all superior to a decent PC at that time. Ditto for the Dreamcast, PS2, and so on.