I think that Trinity died not for a 'heroic sacrifice' reason, but because she was holding Neo back from doing what he had to do. In order to make peace, Neo had to more or less switch sides, and he would never have done it had his last connection with humanity (i.e. his love) had still existed. The heroic sacrifice was Neo's death at the end-- Trinity's death reminded Neo of his goal.
Pure Capitalism is absolutely possible.
It consists of one company who everybody works for.
Most work for room and board. Some work for a bit more; their job to hold guns on the most.
Very few enjoy all of the benefits.
Feudalism?
One company (your lord) that the majority (peasants) work for, who in exchange gives you room and board. The knights hold guns against the rest. Only those on top enjoy the benefits.
You're confusing setting it up with using it.
Yes, Linux doesn't have it by default, and you have to jump through a few hoops to get it, but once you have set it up, what is the difference?
Also, other posters mentioned how some distros (like Mandrake) have this set up by default. So what's the difference now?
Llarn the roguelike is actually spelled as Larn, with the Unix version called Ularn and the PalmOS version (which I play and quite enjoy, even if I'm not terribly good at it) is called iLarn.
Didn't the RSAC do this kind of thing back when it was used to rate games? It had various categories, like violence or sexual content, and included 'levels' for each category.
As far as rating systems go, I liked RSAC, because it didn't tell you who the game would be appropriate for, it told you the facts and let you make your own decision. Whatever happened to it?
I know people with jobs and kids and house payments who volunteered to be a part of the US military, and are putting their lives on hte line for me and for my family.
If you're talking about soldiers, I don't think they are "willing to die". They are perfectly willing to defend their country, and yes, that means possibly die in combat, but unlike suicide bombers they are not certain that they will die, and are probably hoping to stay alive and return to their middle-class 'jobs and kids and house payments.'
The difference of course is that a Ferrari or a Rolls Royce is fully compatible with our road system.
Besides, you could argue that they are in different markets: Honda for making affordable cars for the middle-class, and Ferrari for luxury cars.
In the end, it's the compatibility that makes the difference: the more market share a product has, the more a developer has to gain by developing for that product. It goes in reverse, too: the more advantage a customer has to buy a product (features wise, let's say), the more likely they are going to buy that product instead of its competitor, increasing its market share.
Some of the menus are pretty funny, too... check out menu 13, the Atari games menu (when the site comes back up again).
Also check out the 'techno email'. Our comp sci teacher put "Strong Bad's Techno" on his Winamp playlist... it came up while our class was saying the pledge of allegience.
Just out of curiosity, if she really felt this way, why did she give the reason that she wanted to spend time with her family? Since she's not going to be associated with them anymore, couldn't she have told the press what you wrote?
Will that really work? Starbases aren't completely stationary, they orbit planets. Sure, you can calculate how well you need to accelerate the doomstar to hit where the starbase will be, but I'm sure that there should be SOME technology for making minor maneuvers that are enough to push it out of harms way...
Of course, that means the planet's going to be hit by a Death Star, but hey, life is tough.
Using #defines for template code seems icky to me... at least with templates, a casual reader can know you're doing it. As far as your argument with exceptions, if checking return codes is better, people will use that; if exception code is better, why should you force them to check return codes? Besides, it's more of a replacement for errno than return codes.
Honestly, the best thing about C++ is that it allows choice for people's style of programming. You don't like templates. I do. Fine.
I probably am wrong, but isn't the idea of a 'butterfly flapping its wings in Japan causing a storm in Alaska' kind of at odds with the idea of conservation of energy?
I checked out one of the links you gave, but it didn't seem to answer my question.
Don't lose hope... remember, Battlecruiser 3K was 10 years in development and it was still completed. (OK, fine, at the quality of Daikatana, but once patched it is a cool game... download it free from the-underdogs.org)
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I think that Trinity died not for a 'heroic sacrifice' reason, but because she was holding Neo back from doing what he had to do. In order to make peace, Neo had to more or less switch sides, and he would never have done it had his last connection with humanity (i.e. his love) had still existed. The heroic sacrifice was Neo's death at the end-- Trinity's death reminded Neo of his goal.
You'd have my vote. If only you could get Congress to accomplish these things...
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Feudalism?
One company (your lord) that the majority (peasants) work for, who in exchange gives you room and board. The knights hold guns against the rest. Only those on top enjoy the benefits.
You're confusing setting it up with using it. Yes, Linux doesn't have it by default, and you have to jump through a few hoops to get it, but once you have set it up, what is the difference?
Also, other posters mentioned how some distros (like Mandrake) have this set up by default. So what's the difference now?
Llarn the roguelike is actually spelled as Larn, with the Unix version called Ularn and the PalmOS version (which I play and quite enjoy, even if I'm not terribly good at it) is called iLarn.
Didn't the RSAC do this kind of thing back when it was used to rate games? It had various categories, like violence or sexual content, and included 'levels' for each category.
As far as rating systems go, I liked RSAC, because it didn't tell you who the game would be appropriate for, it told you the facts and let you make your own decision. Whatever happened to it?
If you're talking about soldiers, I don't think they are "willing to die". They are perfectly willing to defend their country, and yes, that means possibly die in combat, but unlike suicide bombers they are not certain that they will die, and are probably hoping to stay alive and return to their middle-class 'jobs and kids and house payments.'
Ghost in the Shell is an anime. An anime is an animation. A manga is a comic.
Exactly.
Were I to hear Second Superpower without any additional info, I would think of Soviet Russia (by analogy with 'second world').
That's dumb. By your logic, I could say that if there were no Edison, someone else would have invented the lightbulb so Edison isn't important.
Yes, someone else would have made equivalents, but he seized the moment, so he gets his day in history. You should have tried harder. :)
In all seriousness, that would be a cool idea. For one thing, it would be harder to tell that you're playing it.
The difference of course is that a Ferrari or a Rolls Royce is fully compatible with our road system.
Besides, you could argue that they are in different markets: Honda for making affordable cars for the middle-class, and Ferrari for luxury cars.
In the end, it's the compatibility that makes the difference: the more market share a product has, the more a developer has to gain by developing for that product. It goes in reverse, too: the more advantage a customer has to buy a product (features wise, let's say), the more likely they are going to buy that product instead of its competitor, increasing its market share.
vi or emacs?
Some of the menus are pretty funny, too... check out menu 13, the Atari games menu (when the site comes back up again).
Also check out the 'techno email'. Our comp sci teacher put "Strong Bad's Techno" on his Winamp playlist... it came up while our class was saying the pledge of allegience.
Just out of curiosity, if she really felt this way, why did she give the reason that she wanted to spend time with her family? Since she's not going to be associated with them anymore, couldn't she have told the press what you wrote?
Will that really work? Starbases aren't completely stationary, they orbit planets. Sure, you can calculate how well you need to accelerate the doomstar to hit where the starbase will be, but I'm sure that there should be SOME technology for making minor maneuvers that are enough to push it out of harms way...
Of course, that means the planet's going to be hit by a Death Star, but hey, life is tough.
Using #defines for template code seems icky to me... at least with templates, a casual reader can know you're doing it. As far as your argument with exceptions, if checking return codes is better, people will use that; if exception code is better, why should you force them to check return codes? Besides, it's more of a replacement for errno than return codes.
Honestly, the best thing about C++ is that it allows choice for people's style of programming. You don't like templates. I do. Fine.
I probably am wrong, but isn't the idea of a 'butterfly flapping its wings in Japan causing a storm in Alaska' kind of at odds with the idea of conservation of energy?
I checked out one of the links you gave, but it didn't seem to answer my question.
Don't lose hope... remember, Battlecruiser 3K was 10 years in development and it was still completed. (OK, fine, at the quality of Daikatana, but once patched it is a cool game... download it free from the-underdogs.org)
But if it is the rabbit, then the rabbit must be a possible candidate for an animal that doesn't belong, and thus does not not belong.
but it doesn't hold up in practice. WINE is really slow, even for non-gaming purposes.
The sad bit is, until I reread where the link pointed to, I thought this was real.