Just a small step below the new generation - PS2/X-box/Gamecube, and only $50! I bought one for $90 Canadian a short while ago, and am duly impressed with the graphics. Buy the damn thing, already - it comes with 3 or 4 demos, and costs about as much as a single *game* for other systems out there.
Yeah, funny how that is. I'm willing to go across the street for a paper, but *still* to lazy to sign up for free reg for a free paper every day. If it's more than one click away, it's obviously not worth it.
I was thinking about this today, and wondering if torture's so bad if used correctly. First of all, I think that perhaps "deprogrammers" might have better luck getting information out of terrorists, as their fanaticism is very much like a cult.
But anyway. Take the hypothetical situation where there is a nuclear weapon hidden in Washington, and will go off in a month. And the only person who knows where it is is in custody, but isn't talking. How do you get this information?
I abhor the idea of torture, but there are cases where the end justifies the means. The thing is - it couldn't be done in secret. There's too much chance for abuse. So what I'd propose is that the only way something as terrible as this could be done is with a national referendum or something like that. Put a provision into law *allowing* it, but by no means make it anything but an absolute last resort.
Cheaper, more reliable, more games. Of course, for "cheaper", it's best to wait a year or so.
It's fine not to like them, but I don't go around posting "I don't like to garden" to stories with new gardening technology (bad analogy, but I just woke up - live with it)
I've never set up a network the size of SourceForge before, but what are the costs involved if you have a small, dedicated staff? Is is small enough that a government might be willing to help? I mean, free software is reaching a point where it can be considered a true public benefit. Can anyone think of governments that have given grants to this type of project in the past?
$2000 shouldn't be enough to scare away any serious commercial apps. All the apps I need are already freely available (Development tools, StarOffice, etc). Commercial apps that Linux needs are things like Autocad, 3d-Studio, etc. Powerful tools used by a relatively small amount of people. These are huge projects, and often a single copy will cost more than the $2000 you'd have to drop for a Qt commercial licence. Anything simpler than these will have a free version out relatively soon.
<nitpick>Actually, they've got an interesting new button nowadays called "Rewind"</nitpick>
Considering the things that *are* consider art...
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...there's no reason video games shouldn't fall undre this category. Every few months at the News of the Weird, there's a new story about someone who's bottling their urine, or putting a homeless guy in a glass box, or something even more stupid. And all of this is considered art.
I think that just about anything that people put their "heart and soul" into - anything that has different appeal to different people - can be considered an art, from creating a masterpiece painting to choosing the fastest line at a shopping mall during the Christmas rush. The question is whether people will care about this art, and what the best forum for the artists are. I think that mailing lists and web pages are probably the best places to showcase your coding art, as those are the places that your audience will most frequent. A painter wants his work displayed in a gallery because that's where the painting afficionados hang out.
That being said, I have little appreciation for paint as a medium of artistic expression, and that's why I don't visit galleries. Perhaps branching into atypical mediums will give galleries and museums a more universal appeal?
I was merely trying to make the point that sometimes the worst thing you can do to try to silence people is to actually silence them. Martyrs are a lot harder to ignore than crazies who own dime-a-dozen websites.
The only groups I know of around here that do it are Muslims so is that racists?
I wouldn't say it's "stupid" to say this. It's the only religion I've ever heard of engaging in this practice. I'm not saying I ever believed they were the *only* ones, but then again, neither did the original poster.
That's a lot more work than it should be, especially for something as simple as a double-bill. It should be obvious to all parties what happened, and there should be a simple button someone on the other end can click to fix the problem.
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Fair enough - it was before my morning coffee. Sorry about the trollish attitude.
kfind: several bugfixes, including "don't crash the system anymore".
That's right. Just the way IBM used off-the-shelf parts for their PC.
Is that a challenge? Of course, I don't have any way of producing my own cartridge, so I'd have to try to write it for ZSnes.
The ultimate test being, of course, that it runs ZSnes.
Just a small step below the new generation - PS2/X-box/Gamecube, and only $50! I bought one for $90 Canadian a short while ago, and am duly impressed with the graphics. Buy the damn thing, already - it comes with 3 or 4 demos, and costs about as much as a single *game* for other systems out there.
Mine too - I was wondering what the middle mouse button was doing sometimes when it would sometimes bring me to a seemingly random page.
...to replace my current 15-inch one.
Yeah, funny how that is. I'm willing to go across the street for a paper, but *still* to lazy to sign up for free reg for a free paper every day. If it's more than one click away, it's obviously not worth it.
Maybe I just skimmed their site too quickly, but what exactly do they do that couldn't be implemented via open source software?
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Hmmmm, you're right. They should look into alternatives. Hopefully next time, we'll get to see a great banner proclaiming to the world :
"Linux - repressing your rights since 2002"
I was thinking about this today, and wondering if torture's so bad if used correctly. First of all, I think that perhaps "deprogrammers" might have better luck getting information out of terrorists, as their fanaticism is very much like a cult.
But anyway. Take the hypothetical situation where there is a nuclear weapon hidden in Washington, and will go off in a month. And the only person who knows where it is is in custody, but isn't talking. How do you get this information?
I abhor the idea of torture, but there are cases where the end justifies the means. The thing is - it couldn't be done in secret. There's too much chance for abuse. So what I'd propose is that the only way something as terrible as this could be done is with a national referendum or something like that. Put a provision into law *allowing* it, but by no means make it anything but an absolute last resort.
Or read the previous article about UPS.
It's an attachment to Palms and such. Just use the stylus for characters you don't know the location of.
As long as no one opens their mouth about possible security leaks, we'll be safe.
Cheaper, more reliable, more games. Of course, for "cheaper", it's best to wait a year or so.
It's fine not to like them, but I don't go around posting "I don't like to garden" to stories with new gardening technology (bad analogy, but I just woke up - live with it)
I've never set up a network the size of SourceForge before, but what are the costs involved if you have a small, dedicated staff? Is is small enough that a government might be willing to help? I mean, free software is reaching a point where it can be considered a true public benefit. Can anyone think of governments that have given grants to this type of project in the past?
$2000 shouldn't be enough to scare away any serious commercial apps. All the apps I need are already freely available (Development tools, StarOffice, etc). Commercial apps that Linux needs are things like Autocad, 3d-Studio, etc. Powerful tools used by a relatively small amount of people. These are huge projects, and often a single copy will cost more than the $2000 you'd have to drop for a Qt commercial licence. Anything simpler than these will have a free version out relatively soon.
Fast forward back an additional 10+ years
<nitpick>Actually, they've got an interesting new button nowadays called "Rewind"</nitpick>
...there's no reason video games shouldn't fall undre this category. Every few months at the News of the Weird, there's a new story about someone who's bottling their urine, or putting a homeless guy in a glass box, or something even more stupid. And all of this is considered art.
I think that just about anything that people put their "heart and soul" into - anything that has different appeal to different people - can be considered an art, from creating a masterpiece painting to choosing the fastest line at a shopping mall during the Christmas rush. The question is whether people will care about this art, and what the best forum for the artists are. I think that mailing lists and web pages are probably the best places to showcase your coding art, as those are the places that your audience will most frequent. A painter wants his work displayed in a gallery because that's where the painting afficionados hang out.
That being said, I have little appreciation for paint as a medium of artistic expression, and that's why I don't visit galleries. Perhaps branching into atypical mediums will give galleries and museums a more universal appeal?
See? Healthy skepticism. :-)
I was merely trying to make the point that sometimes the worst thing you can do to try to silence people is to actually silence them. Martyrs are a lot harder to ignore than crazies who own dime-a-dozen websites.
Worked for Jesus, and he can work for you.
From the original post.
The only groups I know of around here that do it are Muslims so is that racists?
I wouldn't say it's "stupid" to say this. It's the only religion I've ever heard of engaging in this practice. I'm not saying I ever believed they were the *only* ones, but then again, neither did the original poster.
I couldn't agree more. It's things like this that keep my skepticism healthy.
Yep - no "glory" cracking into a D- system.
That's a lot more work than it should be, especially for something as simple as a double-bill. It should be obvious to all parties what happened, and there should be a simple button someone on the other end can click to fix the problem.