If you haven't noticed, more and more conservatives are getting fed up with the Bush regime, not just for bungling the war, but for things like presiding over a huge increase in the size of the federal government. Some are even talking about voting for Ralph Nader (as they can't bring themselves to vote for Kerry). Criticizing BushCo does not disqualify you from being a conservative.
I recently bought a GameCube, and I'm quite grateful that they released ports of many of the old Zelda games on promotional discs,
especially Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. I didn't own an N64 (or any previous platform),
so these games are new to me. Sure, they don't take full advantage of the spiffy new hardware,
but the gameplay is excellent, and that's what really matters to me.
I wish they'd release more of the old stuff, though I'm sure it's not worth it in terms of revenue and development costs.
LSL was just a graphical version of an earlier game named SoftPorn Adventure, which was a text adventure with what appeared to be an identical plot. Well, I'm not sure if the plot was really identical, as I only played the beginning of each game, but I was rather disappointed when I first saw LSL.
Now that I've done some googling, I find that Sierra bought the rights to the original game. Here's something I just found regarding this:
[article].
Also, this appears to be a web-based version, though I haven't tried it:
[version].
Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which one presents an argument which assumes that the conclusion of the argument is true. For example, "God exists because the Bible says so, and the Bible is true because it is the word of God".
This sort of bogus reasoning seems to have little to do with the topic in question. More likely the submitter should have said "raises the question", which in addition to being correct, only requires two additional keystrokes to type.
This fact is raised every time the term "begs the question" is misused, which is quite often. One would think that the Slashdot editors would be familiar with the issue already, and could edit the articles before posting.
Sitting at a Xerox machine and copying a book, page for page, is wholly infeasable.
When I was in school, it happened all the time. In fact, I've got about two-thirds of a book on C*-algebras sitting around somewhere. Before anyone complains, let me say that the book was out of print, and we had the blessing of the author.
Harry Shearer has a radio program on either KPFK or KCRW (don't remember which), and it's always a trip to hear Principal Skinner talk about current events not related to Springfield Elementary. He doesn't have to change his voice much for that particular role.
I have a couple of wikis running, one of which is essentially a glorified bookmarking system. My browser start page is the HomePage of that wiki, which is just a list of other wiki pages, each devoted to some category of web sites (e.g. "NewsLinks").
I admire the spirit of your troll, but you need to develop it with some arguments instead of mere assertions. The arguments will, of course, by fallacious, but if you make them long enough, then many people won't be able to spot the errors.
I know that I can listen to recordings of Alan Watts lectures on a local radio station if I'm willing to stay up past my bedtime. I'd like to be able to have it recorded automatically. I'd also like to be able to record a variety of other programs at more convenient times if I should happen to be away.
Not all radio programming is about pumping the latest hit song into the ears of the masses.
Also consider the large number of immigrants from China (both the ROC and the PRC) in the Silicon Valley. Many of them have family back there who would be caught in the conflict. I used to work for a company in which a majority of the people were from Taiwan. I can imagine them getting quite worried.
I think I may have had early versions of Mozilla crash without the Flash plugin being installed, but I'm not sure. What I am sure of is that if I do have the Flash plugin installed, then Mozilla crashes like a looped video tape of Ted Kennedy driving across a bridge.
The best decisions come from the integration of feeling and thought. If feelings don't matter, you can by replaced by a computer.
While I agree to some extent on the value of emotion in decision making, I think the poster is neglecting the value of intuition. Many people do. As far as I know, computers lack this facility.
Microsoft has something called 'tweakui' which gives you an interface for changing the behaviour of their UI. One of the options allows you to specify the superior focus-follows-mouse behaviour. I consider tweakui a mandatory element of any Windows box.
Looks like the site has been knocked out of action, so I can't see if it's there, but it would be really cool if they released some of the books that were associated with some of the magazines. My favorite was "Mapping the Atari" which had gory in-depth details on just about every interesting memory location in the Atari 8-bit line of computers (there was a 400/800 edition and a later XL/XE edition). This book made me feel connected to my Atari computers that I have never been able to duplicate with any subsequent platform.
I think I have copies of both editions buried in my mother's basement, but it would be nice for it to be available on the web, if for no other reason than nostalgia.
You can have the greatest content in the world, but if your site requires javascript for simple things like navigation, then you're an schmuck and I'm hitting the 'back' button (or closing the tab, etc).
There's nothing worse than going to a potentially interesting site and finding that I can't get anywhere because of all the links are of the form "javascript(open_page(lame.htm))". OK, there are a lot of things that are worse than that (murder, John Ashcroft, etc) but I like to overstate things.
Haven't you guys ever heard of "a href"? It's a perfectly good mechanism for linking, and every browser that supports even the smallest subset of HTML should support it.
I don't see the point of crippling your interface for the sake of having a fucking picture of a badger flying across the screen every time you follow a link.
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If you haven't noticed, more and more conservatives are getting fed up with the Bush regime, not just for bungling the war, but for things like presiding over a huge increase in the size of the federal government. Some are even talking about voting for Ralph Nader (as they can't bring themselves to vote for Kerry). Criticizing BushCo does not disqualify you from being a conservative.
I wish they'd release more of the old stuff, though I'm sure it's not worth it in terms of revenue and development costs.
It's a Flash animation thing. If you'd prefer a web page, look here: Action Page.
Now that I've done some googling, I find that Sierra bought the rights to the original game. Here's something I just found regarding this: [article]. Also, this appears to be a web-based version, though I haven't tried it: [version].
Enjoy.
This sort of bogus reasoning seems to have little to do with the topic in question. More likely the submitter should have said "raises the question", which in addition to being correct, only requires two additional keystrokes to type.
This fact is raised every time the term "begs the question" is misused, which is quite often. One would think that the Slashdot editors would be familiar with the issue already, and could edit the articles before posting.
Sulu? Hikaru Sulu? That Japanese guy? He's the Chinese guy? Whatever you say.
Who in TOS was Chinese? If you're thinking of Uhura, then you're wrong. She's African.
It is possible to simultaneously enforce a law and bow to one's corporate masters. Especially if the law is there to benefit the corporate masters.
Harry Shearer has a radio program on either KPFK or KCRW (don't remember which), and it's always a trip to hear Principal Skinner talk about current events not related to Springfield Elementary. He doesn't have to change his voice much for that particular role.
I have a couple of wikis running, one of which is essentially a glorified bookmarking system. My browser start page is the HomePage of that wiki, which is just a list of other wiki pages, each devoted to some category of web sites (e.g. "NewsLinks").
I started with Slackware, which primarily uses BSD style scripts. Therefore it is more natural for me. The other way, conversely, seems unnatural.
I admire the spirit of your troll, but you need to develop it with some arguments instead of mere assertions. The arguments will, of course, by fallacious, but if you make them long enough, then many people won't be able to spot the errors.
Not all radio programming is about pumping the latest hit song into the ears of the masses.
The first time I heard of Microsoft Access, I assumed it was some sort of firewall tool or something. Nothing in the name suggests "database" to me.
Also consider the large number of immigrants from China (both the ROC and the PRC) in the Silicon Valley. Many of them have family back there who would be caught in the conflict. I used to work for a company in which a majority of the people were from Taiwan. I can imagine them getting quite worried.
I think I may have had early versions of Mozilla crash without the Flash plugin being installed, but I'm not sure. What I am sure of is that if I do have the Flash plugin installed, then Mozilla crashes like a looped video tape of Ted Kennedy driving across a bridge.
Microsoft has something called 'tweakui' which gives you an interface for changing the behaviour of their UI. One of the options allows you to specify the superior focus-follows-mouse behaviour. I consider tweakui a mandatory element of any Windows box.
The "Text-only is not accessible" link is broken. Which is a shame, since it's the only link in the article that I wanted to follow.
Here's a link: http://lynx.browser.org/. There's a win32 version. I used to use it, back when I did a significant amount of browsing on that platform.
I think I have copies of both editions buried in my mother's basement, but it would be nice for it to be available on the web, if for no other reason than nostalgia.
There's nothing worse than going to a potentially interesting site and finding that I can't get anywhere because of all the links are of the form "javascript(open_page(lame.htm))". OK, there are a lot of things that are worse than that (murder, John Ashcroft, etc) but I like to overstate things.
Haven't you guys ever heard of "a href"? It's a perfectly good mechanism for linking, and every browser that supports even the smallest subset of HTML should support it.
I don't see the point of crippling your interface for the sake of having a fucking picture of a badger flying across the screen every time you follow a link.