They need to drop the game prices. It's hard to justify the $50 for a game like Punch-Out. For casual gamers, that's a high price tag.
As others have said, the motion-plus is badly needed. Sadly it may be too late since so many games have already been produced without it. Star Wars Unleashed would be so much better if the light saber truly followed your motion. I don't think I want to pay the extra $50 for Star Wars Unleashed Motion Plus. How about a downloadable upgrade?
They are likely to blow up in your face. Well, not exactly, but the stability of the outer edge becomes an issue leading to too much wobble. This is why cdroms stopped getting faster. The disks would shatter due to instability at high speed. I'm not saying a 30k HD would shatter, but I think it is too unstable to read/write.
Jesus - is everybody paranoid or what? We are talking about whether your company might link your online activity to your laptop. Now we are talking about major security hacks. Do we really think our bosses have the time, resources, and desire to install a keylogger on all our laptops to make sure we aren't inventing something without them knowing?
The only thing the web server can easily scrape is the IP address. That is a tenuous link to the company laptop. MAC addresses do not get sent over HTTP.
I'm not sure that issue applies here. What google did is reveal the owner of the account. The issue here is whether the account usage can be traced back to a particular laptop. Unless gmail is sniffing for system details, the only thing they have is the IP address.
Sounds like a good argument for cloud computing. My gmail account stays off my company laptop except for the browser cache which can easily be cleared. I think they would have a hard time proving I crafted a genius email using the browser on their laptop.
I had a similar experience with a dirt bike back in the 80's, but it was not theft. My cousin and I were ready for a weekend of riding when we discovered that the cast-aluminum rear hub was cracked and unrepairable. Facing a now ruined weekend, we set out to the junkyard. We found a hub and rim, sprocket and chain, etc. from various junk bikes of different brands. When it was done we called it the Yamahodakasuki. The hack job only lasted one day, but we took it as a victory.
Besides the general burden of overly cryptic names, site-based names have to be the stupidest thing I have encountered. Unless the machines are cemented in place, guess what? They move to new locations. So, now you have a site-based name that is irrelevant. Of course, you can rename the machine for the new site, but in my experience that breaks a lot of the software already installed on the machine.
I care very much about machine names. The current naming system is stupid beyond belief. Names should be easily usable by humans.
It would be like saying, "Hello John5'10"195lbbrowneyesSmith"
Trying to talk about machines with these cryptic names slows the whole conversation down. I HATE IT! I wish I could put a dollar value on how much it costs a company for employees to type and recite these cryptic names.
The Montshire museum in Vermont is a nice place. While it is geared towards children, I found it just as interesting. The planetary walk is long, but a nice view of VT forests and a better respect for just how far Pluto is from the Sun.
My first reaction was similar - DUH! After reading more I realized it was an important step. It is a calibration of a true positive. Knowing what Earth looks like on the instruments will help in comparison to measurements of other heavenly bodies.
Please everyone else reading this: make a commitment to yourself to do the same. It is only as a group that we can change this for the better.
While I appreciate your grass-roots call-to-arms, let's do the math. It think it is safe to say that MAYBE 1% of the population reads slashdot. Of that subset, how many will read your comment? 1%?
Unfortunately, the unwashed masses (read - ignorant teenagers whose parents buy them overpriced consoles) will not be on this bandwagon.
To put a personal spin on it, I stopped my personal boycotts 10 years ago. I started 20 years ago when I bought an Amiga. I wasn't going to buy those shitty Windows PCs, nor was I going to buy an overpriced Mac. I spent close to 10 years fighting the good fight. After standing on the outside looking in, I decided I would jump in the PC world, accepting it as a necessary evil.
Let's give praise for the great game simulating the lunar landing experience. Running out of fuel was such a sick feeling - watching your module helplessly smash into the surface.
For young and budding geeks, wired lists 100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer. I guess they weren't obsessed with rounding up to a power of 2. Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I wrote code that worried about optimizing usage of memory/disk space to such numbers.
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They need to drop the game prices. It's hard to justify the $50 for a game like Punch-Out. For casual gamers, that's a high price tag.
As others have said, the motion-plus is badly needed. Sadly it may be too late since so many games have already been produced without it. Star Wars Unleashed would be so much better if the light saber truly followed your motion. I don't think I want to pay the extra $50 for Star Wars Unleashed Motion Plus. How about a downloadable upgrade?
Where are my 30k RPM drives?
They are likely to blow up in your face. Well, not exactly, but the stability of the outer edge becomes an issue leading to too much wobble. This is why cdroms stopped getting faster. The disks would shatter due to instability at high speed. I'm not saying a 30k HD would shatter, but I think it is too unstable to read/write.
I don't give a flying fsck that NASA tweeted! Just give me the goddam info!
C'mon geeks - do you want to share ranks with Chris Coumo of Good Morning America?
I am the anti-twitter.
Dr Evil's dreams have come true. He finally has his "LASER".
Jesus - is everybody paranoid or what? We are talking about whether your company might link your online activity to your laptop. Now we are talking about major security hacks. Do we really think our bosses have the time, resources, and desire to install a keylogger on all our laptops to make sure we aren't inventing something without them knowing?
It's possible, but is it plausible?
The only thing the web server can easily scrape is the IP address. That is a tenuous link to the company laptop. MAC addresses do not get sent over HTTP.
I'm not sure that issue applies here. What google did is reveal the owner of the account. The issue here is whether the account usage can be traced back to a particular laptop. Unless gmail is sniffing for system details, the only thing they have is the IP address.
Sounds like a good argument for cloud computing. My gmail account stays off my company laptop except for the browser cache which can easily be cleared. I think they would have a hard time proving I crafted a genius email using the browser on their laptop.
I had a similar experience with a dirt bike back in the 80's, but it was not theft. My cousin and I were ready for a weekend of riding when we discovered that the cast-aluminum rear hub was cracked and unrepairable. Facing a now ruined weekend, we set out to the junkyard. We found a hub and rim, sprocket and chain, etc. from various junk bikes of different brands. When it was done we called it the Yamahodakasuki. The hack job only lasted one day, but we took it as a victory.
Besides the general burden of overly cryptic names, site-based names have to be the stupidest thing I have encountered. Unless the machines are cemented in place, guess what? They move to new locations. So, now you have a site-based name that is irrelevant. Of course, you can rename the machine for the new site, but in my experience that breaks a lot of the software already installed on the machine.
I care very much about machine names. The current naming system is stupid beyond belief. Names should be easily usable by humans.
It would be like saying, "Hello John5'10"195lbbrowneyesSmith"
Trying to talk about machines with these cryptic names slows the whole conversation down. I HATE IT! I wish I could put a dollar value on how much it costs a company for employees to type and recite these cryptic names.
The answer is simple to me. Weekday languages are for people who do it for a job. Weekend languages are dominated by people who use it for fun.
The Montshire museum in Vermont is a nice place. While it is geared towards children, I found it just as interesting. The planetary walk is long, but a nice view of VT forests and a better respect for just how far Pluto is from the Sun.
I thought any sufficiently complex system was impossible to prove correct.
My first reaction was similar - DUH! After reading more I realized it was an important step. It is a calibration of a true positive. Knowing what Earth looks like on the instruments will help in comparison to measurements of other heavenly bodies.
Like these.
Please everyone else reading this: make a commitment to yourself to do the same. It is only as a group that we can change this for the better.
While I appreciate your grass-roots call-to-arms, let's do the math. It think it is safe to say that MAYBE 1% of the population reads slashdot. Of that subset, how many will read your comment? 1%?
Unfortunately, the unwashed masses (read - ignorant teenagers whose parents buy them overpriced consoles) will not be on this bandwagon.
To put a personal spin on it, I stopped my personal boycotts 10 years ago. I started 20 years ago when I bought an Amiga. I wasn't going to buy those shitty Windows PCs, nor was I going to buy an overpriced Mac. I spent close to 10 years fighting the good fight. After standing on the outside looking in, I decided I would jump in the PC world, accepting it as a necessary evil.
Beware - if you fight her nesting instincts too much, that baby you made may be the last time you ever get laid.
Let's give praise for the great game simulating the lunar landing experience. Running out of fuel was such a sick feeling - watching your module helplessly smash into the surface.
For young and budding geeks, wired lists 100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer. I guess they weren't obsessed with rounding up to a power of 2. Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I wrote code that worried about optimizing usage of memory/disk space to such numbers.
Chill out dude! You don't have to read the article and the small space used on the /. front page is not going ruin your day.
Maybe some of us actually care about how fireworks work. That is a natural geek tendency. What's so wrong with that?
Hand up. They have a goldmine of content that could feed a great pr0n site.
Bing Is Not Google
How about BINGOOGLE?
Should I register bingoogle.com?
And this is why nothing good ever comes out of a room filled with yes-men.
Cue Monty Python skit. I believe one of the employees tried to avoid saying "yes" by saying "splunge":
Splunge: "It means ... it's a great-idea-but-possibly-not-and-I'm-not-being-indecisive!"
They probably feel as motivated as the Zune team.
What's that? You want me to beat my head against the wall? What? I should lookup futile in the dictionary?
The name has been changed to protect the guilty.