Despite so much evidence to the contrary you still have people with the severest case of tunnel-vision I've every seen.
I used to shoot targets for fun and I don't even own a gun nor I have permit to carry one. And, yes, it takes lot of skill. The only reason I stopped was that I have hearing problems and even with protectors my ears hurt. I've always suffered from tinnitus and decided to quit shooting just in case it was going to make my problem worse.
I've been thinking of taking up archery. Oddly enough you don't see these people protesting against that and an arrow/bolt can be just as deadly as a bullet.
infact I mostly wanted to know more about the secondary characters and the other races than main story
I can relate to that. The best parts of the book were those that related the POV of secondary chars, such as Mayor Rudgutter. I was hoping for a Motley POV but it never came.
I did find amusing the fact that New Crobuzon was so important, even Hell had an embassy there.
On the other hand, AOL is overzealous with their own spam blockers, so meh
Yes they are. But in their defense, they are quick to unblock you provided you comply with their request (fixing the problem, setting up reverse, etc).
My only complain is that any email you send to them gives you an autoreply telling you to phone their postmaster helpdesk.
But at least you don't get caught in limbo like so many unlisting procedures out there.
Imagine if Apache played dirty like Microsoft do. Imagine if they slowed down/messed up the returned data if the user agent was Internet Explorer. Or changed a few bytes of POST data before processing it.
They'd be shooting themselves in the foot. As soon as webmasters realized that their web server didn't play nice with the browser used by the vast majority of users, they'd jump ship. This is nothing like the MSN search/IIS thing.
Now, if MS made IE work slower with Apache sites than with IIS sites... They might be shooting themselves in the foot as well.
I guess it would be a game of chicken. Only, instead of cars they would be using webmasters and users to see who flinched first. And it might end up in disaster for the loser.
MSN search can do whatever they like. I don't know anybody who actually uses it. Even non-tech oriented people that use IE (against recommendations) set their startup page to something else. Google, mostly, but also "My Yahoo" and their webmail or portal of preference.
The books for Episodes 7-9 have been out since 1992-1993: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command.
And even if they weren't there are a lot of fanfics on the internet for George to pick and choose. There are some pretty interesting crossovers as well. My favorite is a Harry Potter/Star Wars crossover. But he'll have to cut out the naughty parts. We all know Ron and Lando had those inclinations but the rabid fans might not appreciate the irony of it.
And he'll have to cut the author-self-inserts as well.
All this whole incident proved is that when your development is determined by the whims of a single entity you run a very significant chance of getting burned
And by single entity you mean...? McVoy? Linus? The one who set the bait or the one who took it?
I think it's unfair for RMS to bash McVoy. If anything, he should bash whoever took the decision of using bitkeeper in the first place for He (they) knew what they were getting into. They knew Bitkeeper was closed source with a closed protocol and that McVoy didn't like people mucking around with his IP.
There is no answer that says 'Pop this window up and ask what you want to do!'
I hate that dialog. Even if you choose "don't ask me again for this type of disk", next time you insert another disk (of the same type), pop comes the dialog.
Turning off autoplay is the only way to get rid of that, it seems.
I'm a sucker for adventure games. Altho my favorite game series is Ultima (an RPG) my favorite moments come from adventure games. I love a good story when it's well executed.
In "Grim Fandango", when Many is trying to get an incriminating picture from Lola, who is dying. He is obsessed with getting the picture to the point of ignoring her suffering. His motivations are understandable: the picture will allow him to blackmail somebody who will let him go rescue his true love, yet I can't help but flinch when she asks him if he could have loved her, and he insist in his obsession. This is the only game I've found that contains a truly Noir atmosphere, and it doesn't even resort to the "hard boiled detective" cliche.
The final scene of "The Longest Journey". Of course you know who the old lady is long before the end comes, but seeing a white feathered Crow hop over to his friend and ask for a story truly bought a tear of joy to my eyes. It reminded me of "Driving Miss Daisy" final scene with Morgan Freeman feeding Jessica Tandy.
well, except for that part where you have to go kill people (or help others to do so) for a cause that could very well be unethical, or that it is criminal to quit.
I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with the posibility of being killed myself, however ethical the cause.
What about films that take the effort of a large crew? Who is the author? The scriptwriter? The director? The producer? The photo director? The actors?
You have to take into account that more than the story is part of a film. Sounds, special fx, filming techniques... plenty of things that could have been authored by any number of people or with the collaboration of any number of people.
Or to simplify things: a book written by two authors. One dies today, the other lives for another 90 years. When does the copyright expires?
Before World of Warcraft, I think some publishers and developers didn't realize their weak Everquest clones wouldn't bring in the bucks they were hoping for. Now that they see who's gonna eat their lunch while they die in obscurity, I think they're realizing they have to step up and do something different.
My feelings exactly. And WoW is an Everquest clone. But a strong one. Improving upon many weak aspects of the original Everquest (I havent tried EQ2) like DAoC did.
Everybody (myself included) has high hopes for this game. It is "Lord British" we are talking about after all. I just hope this doesn't turn into another Daikatana.
Pfft. Ultima Series. It set the standard for stand alone RPG. Then "evolved" into Ultima Online. It was not the first online RPG (MUDs, Meridian 59 pre-date it), but it was the first truly massive and inmersive.
Hey, I liked Memento and The Usual Suspects is one of my favorite movies.
I also like most of Van Damme movies. But they have to be approached with the right frame of mind. The same one that you need to watch Steven Segal movies.
Neither actor can act squat, but at least their movies are honest. They don't pretend to be anything other than braindead entertainment. Lots of bullets, broken bones, chases and explosions. And a paper thin plot to go from one scene to the next. Like a porno. But without the sex.
Sidenote: How bad is Van Damme's acting? Watch "Double Team". Next to him Dennis Rodman looks like an academy award winner.
It also boils down to this: "Everybody else is doing it".
So if you have a problem, probably are not the only one. "Two in distress make sorrow less".
Tho personally I prefer a saying we have in spanish: "Mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos". I haven't found an "official" translation for it, but loosely it means "The distress of many is the fools consolation".
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Contact an independent bounty hunter (Mad Dog, anyone?) to launch a "Denial of Freedom" attack
Bouty hunter? What, are you planning on turning them over to the authorities?
I say you contact a "Professional" and initiate a "denial of kneecaps" on him. With a rusty metal rod.
Or you can go "Casino" on him: put his head on a vise grip and press until he spill his beans. Go after his associates. Rinse. Repeat.
Despite so much evidence to the contrary you still have people with the severest case of tunnel-vision I've every seen.
I used to shoot targets for fun and I don't even own a gun nor I have permit to carry one. And, yes, it takes lot of skill. The only reason I stopped was that I have hearing problems and even with protectors my ears hurt. I've always suffered from tinnitus and decided to quit shooting just in case it was going to make my problem worse.
I've been thinking of taking up archery. Oddly enough you don't see these people protesting against that and an arrow/bolt can be just as deadly as a bullet.
Can anybody recommend a beginner's bow?
infact I mostly wanted to know more about the secondary characters and the other races than main story
I can relate to that. The best parts of the book were those that related the POV of secondary chars, such as Mayor Rudgutter. I was hoping for a Motley POV but it never came.
I did find amusing the fact that New Crobuzon was so important, even Hell had an embassy there.
Uh? Isn't it a last name? As in Victor and Ilsa Laszlo?
Good ol' Boggie...
If you ask me, the other 5900 BitTorrent users should come forward and say "I'M SPARTACUS!"
You do remember how Spartacus and his followers ended, don't you?
That's the funniest thing I've read in a long while here on slashdot.
On the other hand, AOL is overzealous with their own spam blockers, so meh
Yes they are. But in their defense, they are quick to unblock you provided you comply with their request (fixing the problem, setting up reverse, etc).
My only complain is that any email you send to them gives you an autoreply telling you to phone their postmaster helpdesk.
But at least you don't get caught in limbo like so many unlisting procedures out there.
Imagine if Apache played dirty like Microsoft do. Imagine if they slowed down/messed up the returned data if the user agent was Internet Explorer. Or changed a few bytes of POST data before processing it.
They'd be shooting themselves in the foot. As soon as webmasters realized that their web server didn't play nice with the browser used by the vast majority of users, they'd jump ship. This is nothing like the MSN search/IIS thing.
Now, if MS made IE work slower with Apache sites than with IIS sites... They might be shooting themselves in the foot as well.
I guess it would be a game of chicken. Only, instead of cars they would be using webmasters and users to see who flinched first. And it might end up in disaster for the loser.
MSN Search should be banned for being dishonest.
Banned from where and by whom?
MSN search can do whatever they like. I don't know anybody who actually uses it. Even non-tech oriented people that use IE (against recommendations) set their startup page to something else. Google, mostly, but also "My Yahoo" and their webmail or portal of preference.
The books for Episodes 7-9 have been out since 1992-1993: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command.
... Hehe... "self-inserts"...
And even if they weren't there are a lot of fanfics on the internet for George to pick and choose. There are some pretty interesting crossovers as well. My favorite is a Harry Potter/Star Wars crossover. But he'll have to cut out the naughty parts. We all know Ron and Lando had those inclinations but the rabid fans might not appreciate the irony of it.
And he'll have to cut the author-self-inserts as well.
All this whole incident proved is that when your development is determined by the whims of a single entity you run a very significant chance of getting burned
And by single entity you mean...? McVoy? Linus? The one who set the bait or the one who took it?
I think it's unfair for RMS to bash McVoy. If anything, he should bash whoever took the decision of using bitkeeper in the first place for He (they) knew what they were getting into. They knew Bitkeeper was closed source with a closed protocol and that McVoy didn't like people mucking around with his IP.
There is no answer that says 'Pop this window up and ask what you want to do!'
I hate that dialog. Even if you choose "don't ask me again for this type of disk", next time you insert another disk (of the same type), pop comes the dialog.
Turning off autoplay is the only way to get rid of that, it seems.
Yeah, I hate that "feature" too.
I'm a sucker for adventure games. Altho my favorite game series is Ultima (an RPG) my favorite moments come from adventure games. I love a good story when it's well executed.
In "Grim Fandango", when Many is trying to get an incriminating picture from Lola, who is dying. He is obsessed with getting the picture to the point of ignoring her suffering. His motivations are understandable: the picture will allow him to blackmail somebody who will let him go rescue his true love, yet I can't help but flinch when she asks him if he could have loved her, and he insist in his obsession. This is the only game I've found that contains a truly Noir atmosphere, and it doesn't even resort to the "hard boiled detective" cliche.
The final scene of "The Longest Journey". Of course you know who the old lady is long before the end comes, but seeing a white feathered Crow hop over to his friend and ask for a story truly bought a tear of joy to my eyes. It reminded me of "Driving Miss Daisy" final scene with Morgan Freeman feeding Jessica Tandy.
It'll never work, unless you are a political contributor to Senator Santorum's political campaign.
The good news is, it's cheap! Only $3550.00 for the favor.
(Thanks to BooBoo at Fark for the link)
well, except for that part where you have to go kill people (or help others to do so) for a cause that could very well be unethical, or that it is criminal to quit.
I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with the posibility of being killed myself, however ethical the cause.
Plus, I'm not an early riser.
Yes. What do you propose for group authorship?
Bang! You it hit right on.
What about films that take the effort of a large crew? Who is the author? The scriptwriter? The director? The producer? The photo director? The actors?
You have to take into account that more than the story is part of a film. Sounds, special fx, filming techniques... plenty of things that could have been authored by any number of people or with the collaboration of any number of people.
Or to simplify things: a book written by two authors. One dies today, the other lives for another 90 years. When does the copyright expires?
If you still haven't gotten a CS degree after 10 years, maybe its time to look into another career path.
Read the parent post again. He said he has been in the business for 10 years. He didn't say how many years he has been taking classes.
Before World of Warcraft, I think some publishers and developers didn't realize their weak Everquest clones wouldn't bring in the bucks they were hoping for. Now that they see who's gonna eat their lunch while they die in obscurity, I think they're realizing they have to step up and do something different.
My feelings exactly. And WoW is an Everquest clone. But a strong one. Improving upon many weak aspects of the original Everquest (I havent tried EQ2) like DAoC did.
Everybody (myself included) has high hopes for this game. It is "Lord British" we are talking about after all. I just hope this doesn't turn into another Daikatana.
Maybe I'm just being obtuse, but quite frankly I don't get most of your comics.
For example: http://simulatedcomicproduct.com/index.php?cid=12
I don't get it.
Good. Now that they have that resolved, they can focus on the really important tech: "Sick Sticks".
Another game to tv cartoon? Should we expect a thinly veiled infomercial?
Have you seen the Yu-Gi-Oh cartoon? All that it's missing is the price and a phone number to call.
Still, I'd prefer that to the old He-Man cartoons, where at the end they'll hammer a "moral of the story" on you.
Pick one of 'Wizardry' or 'Bard's Tale'.
Pfft. Ultima Series. It set the standard for stand alone RPG. Then "evolved" into Ultima Online. It was not the first online RPG (MUDs, Meridian 59 pre-date it), but it was the first truly massive and inmersive.
Hey, I liked Memento and The Usual Suspects is one of my favorite movies.
I also like most of Van Damme movies. But they have to be approached with the right frame of mind. The same one that you need to watch Steven Segal movies.
Neither actor can act squat, but at least their movies are honest. They don't pretend to be anything other than braindead entertainment. Lots of bullets, broken bones, chases and explosions. And a paper thin plot to go from one scene to the next. Like a porno. But without the sex.
Sidenote: How bad is Van Damme's acting? Watch "Double Team". Next to him Dennis Rodman looks like an academy award winner.
It's not just in America, friend.
It also boils down to this: "Everybody else is doing it".
So if you have a problem, probably are not the only one. "Two in distress make sorrow less".
Tho personally I prefer a saying we have in spanish: "Mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos". I haven't found an "official" translation for it, but loosely it means "The distress of many is the fools consolation".