You take for granted that those at the age of 16, who're trouble makers are lost causes.
You see them as babies and have little interest in caring about them, prefering to spend money elsewhere.
By chance did you ever read any of this ? http://slashdot.org/articles/99/04/25/1438249.s htm l?tid=99
It's your sort of attitude towards today's youth in highschool from teachers that brings about some of the above feelings and commentary within the aforementioned article.
FYI, Highschool is a special sort of hell. It's like a war of attrition, for the geeks as much as it is for every other student going through it as well. Being surrounded by teachers and school administrators who're out of touch with their students, as well as jaded about them being babies and lost causes is what draws out school violence when the students reach the breaking point of being unable to find anyone compassionate enough to understand their issues as well as work with them.
Do i suggest that it's an easy road? No, but one thing is for certain, it highlights how much more involved high school teaching is today, than just giving lectures to politely obedient students. Who only care about learning the subject matter. Who politely leave their personal lives outside the building.
Instead of being understanding or trying to, and working with the students you would rather cast them aside, letting them walk out into the harsh realities of life outside of school unprepared. Money better spent elsewhere.
--- "That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write 'Fuck you' right under your nose." - Chapter 25, pg. 204, Catcher in the Rye ---
While not books regarding gaming, or programming, or even networking, the below noted books by James Jerome Gibson have a fascinating collection of thoughts i've always thought highly relevant to anyone creating cyberspaces that are 3D in nature.
Have you read them and found them useful in your MMO development work?
Gibson, James Jerome (1966). The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems, Boston : Houghton Mifflin.
Gibson, James Jerome, (1979). The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Boston : Houghton Mifflin.
So,... how far are we from real time rendering of this sort of quality? (Even with its faults as already pointed out in other posts)
Years, decades? DX10 ?
Seriously. I'm ignorant here, but the thought occurs, what happens when people can render their own...virtual "friends" easily? And no, i'm not refering to "fap fap fap fap" type references...but more GitS type social notions.
So,... how far are we from real time rendering of this sort of quality? (Even with its faults as already pointed out in other posts)
Years, decades? DX10 ?
Seriously. I'm ignorant here, but the thought occurs, what happens when people can render their own...virtual "friends" easily?
So, i suppose an AMD 1ghz TB, 512meg of ddr and a GF2 GTS / 32meg is utterly unusable? In terms of playability when all fancy gfx & fancy sound are turned off/limited to basic sound?
America's army plays with it fine. Yes, i know this/isn't/ AAO we're talking about, and i did read the min specs listed elsewhere.
(did you know for instance that tap water in many cities contains high traces of Oestrogen ? Does that make you a transexual ?)
No i wasn't aware. Do you have any sources? I'd be fascinated.
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"Also, I don't know any situations in which the maps you can play is restricted by your honor rating."
The official SF pipeline. Only for SF qualified players / which is to say, Honor 15 and up as opposed to the regular 10pt new player rating. You might also count the official "Elite" 25 honor and greater servers.
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Pronunciation: 'fa-"shi-z&m also 'fa-"si- Function: noun Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces Date: 1921 1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition 2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
This is what a 419 looks like, isn't it? ! heh. i just got it in the mail today. I'm amused. 'thought i'd share
From: "Mariam Hisman" FROM MISS MARIAM HISMAN COTE D'IVOIRE ABIDJAN WEST AFRICA. TELE/+22507705977.
DEAR,
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR NAME AND CONTACT FROM IVOIREAN FOREIGN PARTNERS SEARCH ENGINE.
I PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMONG OTHER NAMES DUE TO IT'S ESTEEMING NATURE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND TRUSWORTHY PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT HESISTATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.
I AM MISS MARIAM HISMAN, THE ONLY DOUGHTER OF LATE ALAHAJI WAZIRI HISMAN. MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS.
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1978, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF MATHER AND ALSO AS THE ONLY CHILD OF ALAHAJI HISMAN.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH JUNE 2002 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF 26,300,000 ( TWENTY SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSANDS DOLLARS,)DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN.HE USED MY NAME AS DEPOSITOR AND NOT THE BENEFICIARY DUE TO OUR POLITICAL STATUS AND THE NATURE OF DEPOSIT I CAN NOT SERVE AS THE BENEFICIARY.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE, (SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT).
I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. 2)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM IS STILL YOUNG GIRL OF 26YEARS. 3). You honestly take me as your family? 4). Can I completely trust you? 5). What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your country 6).TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED. MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR COUNTRY OVERSEAS.FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHOUT PROBLEMS.INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.
Slashdot Mirror
So i had some free time on my hands and fiddled with this new MS stuff. I wonder what they're upto with this:
MSN Toolbar/options/ popup guard settings / tab allow list/ http://betavideo.my.msn.com
????
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Since it's a source engine game, ... what about Vampire "Bloodlines" ?
I wonder if MP ability will follow for it too now?
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You take for granted that those at the age of 16, who're trouble makers are lost causes.
s htm l?tid=99
You see them as babies and have little interest in caring about them, prefering to spend money elsewhere.
By chance did you ever read any of this ?
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/04/25/1438249.
It's your sort of attitude towards today's youth in highschool from teachers that brings about some of the above feelings and commentary within the aforementioned article.
FYI, Highschool is a special sort of hell. It's like a war of attrition, for the geeks as much as it is for every other student going through it as well. Being surrounded by teachers and school administrators who're out of touch with their students, as well as jaded about them being babies and lost causes is what draws out school violence when the students reach the breaking point of being unable to find anyone compassionate enough to understand their issues as well as work with them.
Do i suggest that it's an easy road? No, but one thing is for certain, it highlights how much more involved high school teaching is today, than just giving lectures to politely obedient students. Who only care about learning the subject matter. Who politely leave their personal lives outside the building.
Instead of being understanding or trying to, and working with the students you would rather cast them aside, letting them walk out into the harsh realities of life outside of school unprepared. Money better spent elsewhere.
---
"That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write 'Fuck you' right under your nose." - Chapter 25, pg. 204, Catcher in the Rye
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Yet the link works fine in firefox !
While not books regarding gaming, or programming, or even networking, the below noted books by James Jerome Gibson have a fascinating collection of thoughts i've always thought highly relevant to anyone creating cyberspaces that are 3D in nature.
Have you read them and found them useful in your MMO development work?
Gibson, James Jerome (1966). The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems, Boston : Houghton Mifflin.
Gibson, James Jerome, (1979). The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Boston : Houghton Mifflin.
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... how far are we from real time rendering of this sort of quality? (Even with its faults as already pointed out in other posts)
So,
Years, decades? DX10 ?
Seriously. I'm ignorant here, but the thought occurs, what happens when people can render their own...virtual "friends" easily? And no, i'm not refering to "fap fap fap fap" type references...but more GitS type social notions.
So, ... how far are we from real time rendering of this sort of quality? (Even with its faults as already pointed out in other posts)
Years, decades? DX10 ?
Seriously. I'm ignorant here, but the thought occurs, what happens when people can render their own...virtual "friends" easily?
So, i suppose an AMD 1ghz TB, 512meg of ddr and a GF2 GTS / 32meg is utterly unusable? In terms of playability when all fancy gfx & fancy sound are turned off/limited to basic sound?
/isn't/ AAO we're talking about, and i did read the min specs listed elsewhere.
America's army plays with it fine. Yes, i know this
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(did you know for instance that tap water in many cities contains high traces of Oestrogen ? Does that make you a transexual ?)
No i wasn't aware. Do you have any sources? I'd be fascinated.
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I'd kindly accept one of those invites, if they're still available. Still afer 3hrs i suppose their all gone. In any event here's a try :)
Who would actually bother to give them real info ? ;)
Wow, what a great way to get free advertising on slashdot !
that, or untill the martians think they're next!
"Also, I don't know any situations in which the maps you can play is restricted by your honor rating."
The official SF pipeline. Only for SF qualified players / which is to say, Honor 15 and up as opposed to the regular 10pt new player rating. You might also count the official "Elite" 25 honor and greater servers.
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Some people were reporting lack of service in MSN messenger service. It seems msn messenger is back up. And that's with Kopete.
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hey ! *g* what about the PDP-11 ?
But you know, the cathedral generally speaking has a PR dept. Where as the bazaar just makes alot of noise from all corners.
BSD = Black Spiral Dancer
Slashdot = The Wyrm when Gehenna & the Apocalypse arrive!
It doesn't have feet or actively walk. it has treads like on an oversized snowblower.
Show me a mecha with feet that walks and lets a person from inside control it and then i'll look up and be interested.
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hmmmm Defined, eh ?
Pronunciation: 'fa-"shi-z&m also 'fa-"si-
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces
Date: 1921
1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
- http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=fascism
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the result of not enough coffee before posting. *hides* ;)
Thank you for Linux, happy birthday!"
Shouldn't that be " Thank you Linus, happy birthday! " ??
Not trying to start something here, but..
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This is what a 419 looks like, isn't it? ! heh. i just got it in the mail today. I'm amused. 'thought i'd share
,
From: "Mariam Hisman"
FROM MISS MARIAM HISMAN
COTE D'IVOIRE ABIDJAN
WEST AFRICA.
TELE/+22507705977.
DEAR
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR NAME AND
CONTACT FROM IVOIREAN FOREIGN PARTNERS SEARCH ENGINE.
I PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMONG OTHER NAMES DUE TO IT'S ESTEEMING NATURE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND TRUSWORTHY PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT HESISTATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU
FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.
I AM MISS MARIAM HISMAN, THE ONLY DOUGHTER OF LATE ALAHAJI WAZIRI HISMAN. MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS.
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1978, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF MATHER AND ALSO AS THE ONLY CHILD OF ALAHAJI HISMAN.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH JUNE 2002 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF 26,300,000 ( TWENTY SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSANDS DOLLARS,)DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN.HE USED MY NAME AS DEPOSITOR AND NOT THE BENEFICIARY DUE TO OUR POLITICAL STATUS AND THE NATURE OF DEPOSIT I CAN NOT SERVE AS THE BENEFICIARY.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE, (SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT).
I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
2)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM IS STILL YOUNG GIRL OF 26YEARS.
3). You honestly take me as your family?
4). Can I completely trust you?
5). What percentage of the total amount in question will
be good for you after the money is in your country
6).TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR
COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.
MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR COUNTRY OVERSEAS.FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHOUT PROBLEMS.INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.
ANTICAIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
THANKS AND BEST REGRADS.
MISS MARIAM HISMAN.
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So that's where the Iraqi foreign information minister came from... it explains everything. !
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"everyone competes with everyone else. It's human nature."
If that's human nature, what is Robot nature?
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