"The graphics seemed on par with the N64 version, so I don't see what they're griping about."
It's a mixed bag. The textures aren't filtered as nicely as on the N64, but the polygonal edges are anti-aliased giving it a nice crisp look. Also, the characters are more detailed etc. SM64's a great game on the DS. Okay, I've played it before, but it wouldn't take long for anybody to realize that it's a very good 'play on the go' game, mainly because of it's 'small portions but many many servings' mentality. You'd almost think that game was made specifically for a portable system. (and I mean that in a good way. The first PSP game I ever played acted as though the 'LOADING' screen was an epic mini-series.)
I'll give the guy partial credit for the control, that game does ache to be played with an analog stick. On the other hand, I've actually gotten rather adept at it without the stick. I don't even notice anymore. It certainly makes control of characters like that significantly smoother, but the game wasn't built so that it was absolutely required. Still, I'm envious of the PSP's analog stick. I just wish they made games for it on Memory Sticks instead of UMDs. (Or cached them to the stick...?)
"It's not really rational to misread something then exclaim that anyone is kidding you. If anyone, it's your dyslexic inner adolescent that is kidding you."
Umm, yeah, if you overanalyze it it's not so funny. In reality, however, it was not as big of stretch as you're making it out to be. And, yeah, it's funny.
"Probably! Thirteen ends with a teen; pre-teen means the age group that precedes numbers that end with teen. Had you said "12 year old kid" I'd be with ya . .."
I typed a less-than sign next to 13, but it was filtered out. I'm sorry I wasn't super accurate enough to keep you engaged in this question.
"He could have browsed from a live CD and not left a trail. I wonder how many crimes are being solved because criminals don't know how to take a few simple security steps?"
What's funny is that any time a new 'securityesque' technology comes along, +5 Insightfuls go out to whoever determines an easy way around it. Yet, people are caught this way all the time.
"I dont see why police shouldn't be allowed to search through your google history- or anything else on your computer for that matter, just provided that they have a warrant."
I'm not worried about the search, I'm worried about the conclusions drawn by those searches. If it is assumed that everything that is typed in to Google is an admission of intention at face value, then the wrong conclusions are going to be made. If you did a search for 'pre-teen books', would you appreciate it if I jumped to the wrong conclusion without considering the idea that maybe you were looking for books for your 13 year old kid?
Heh. "Does a business really need color monitors, sound cards, 3D acellerators, and DVD burners?"
Considering that this 3D desktop paves the way for 300 DPI LCD screens down the road, the answer is most definitely yes. The catch is that it may not be an instant hit.
"To further maintain this illusion, Microsoft has said that the games will randomly crash to a faux "desktop" and occasionally display a Blue Screen of Death, requiring the system to be restarted."
"without bnetd, and CAN play such pirated game on battle.net and a pirated game is not the same as a blacklisted game,"
You proved you could play the game you found. Fine. You did not prove that they didn't blacklist pirated keys. Good luck doing that though, since they did and it's well documented.
"In addition, you still don't see the difference between COPYING and ACCESSING. Since you seems to think it is the same, it is really pointless to discuss."
Considering that it made piracy of Blizzard games more difficult, you're right, it really is pointless to discuss.
"I suppose you know will claim that the suing has nothing to do with anything connected to legalities?"
I don't know why you'd trust your assumptions that have regularly failed up to this point.
"Whihc clerly is about the circumvention and what is DMCA which is all about the legality."
Funny. Not only did I not say this, but I've clarified my point, but you're STILL gunning on your assumption. Heh. What do you want me to say? "Here's what I think, but please argue with what I didn't say."
"She should fight this in court...AFAIK (and IANAL) the courts no longer allow digital photos as evidence because of the ease with which they can be manipulated."
There's that and it cannot really be proven via photo alone that she was drinking alcohol. It wouldn't be hard to make a liquid that looks like an alcoholic beverage. Not sure if it matters, but I'm really curious if the pictures of her were taken at the school. Legal or not, that would be pretty bone-headed. Heh.
The post you replied to had a pretty good point, though. I did something amazingly stupid when I was in high school. Somebody snapped a photo of me, wearing a tuxedo (i.e. prom...), lighting up a joint. I really have no way of knowing whether or not any of the staff saw it. On the plus side, however, I was popular for almost a week!
Since writing that I've left and come back. Now I regret writing that little rant with gritted teeth, mainly because I gave you personally a ration of shit that wasn't deserved. I'm sorry, man. That little rant's been building up for months. I'm glad to get it out but I wish I had been more civil when I did.
"Oh wait-- Slashdot, news for NERDS... I thought this was Slashgod, News for Rubes."
Um, okay. I'm originally from Kansas and I've largely stayed out of this topic for two reasons:
1. There have been a LOT of modded up comments with extreme generalizations made about a large group of people. I'm not keen on the idea of announcing I'm from Kansas and having my credibility as a nerd immediately revoked because of assumptions made based on a few people being loud mouthed. And, yes, I'm including your comment along with this Mr. "Has anybody noticed that no Kansas residents have added their comments to this discussion?"
2. I find it irritating that science is supposed to be about arriving at conclusions through empirical evidence. We're all supposed to be pro-science here, but the despite the lack of evidence to the contrary, the noisy majority around here believes certain ideas are untrue. The hypocracy here makes me want to say some not-so-nice things that wouldn't likely continue as a civilized discussion. Add to that that if I even sound like I'm supporting ID (and that could happen through no mention of ID at all)... well I'm from Kansas so I must have ridiculous beliefs therefore I'm a hopeless no-brained idiot. Of course, this happens BEFORE any actual discussion about whether or not it should be taught in school, which is really what the topic is about.
So, no, I'm not about to add my comments on either side of this debate because of loud-mouthed dipshits like you who have basically secured Slashdot so an intelligent discussion on this topic cannot really take place. As it is, I'm going to draw fire over this post even though I haven't actually stated where I stand on this topic. I fully expect a rebuttal here that fails to notice that I'm talking about the behaviour of people on Slashdot, not the actual debate itself.
So, to answer your original question, I'd recommend not drawing too many conclusions from the apparent lack of feedback from Kansas residents. It would be unscientific.
"Ok, fine, how little will you accept to have your free-speech rights violated?"
Okay, let's not be so dramatic. The other poster's saying that's an awful lot of money to pay out to a kid for this case. What the other poster is missing is that the idea is to punish the school for wrong-doing, and that's probably where that number came from. (i.e. schools aren't going to want to shell out 100k+ for this sort of BS.)
If it were up to me, the student would get a small portion of that money and the rest would either go to the local gov't or to a charity or something. Why? Because I loathe the idea that this sort of price-tag could result in BS cases.
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"That is to say, everyone and everything on the planet."
And knowing is half the battle.
GGGGG.... IIIIIIIIII..... JOEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
"Maybe *you* only need one hand. Others might be more generously endowed..."
If I were going to brag about having a partner to multi-task like that with, I'd do it anonymously.
"The graphics seemed on par with the N64 version, so I don't see what they're griping about."
It's a mixed bag. The textures aren't filtered as nicely as on the N64, but the polygonal edges are anti-aliased giving it a nice crisp look. Also, the characters are more detailed etc. SM64's a great game on the DS. Okay, I've played it before, but it wouldn't take long for anybody to realize that it's a very good 'play on the go' game, mainly because of it's 'small portions but many many servings' mentality. You'd almost think that game was made specifically for a portable system. (and I mean that in a good way. The first PSP game I ever played acted as though the 'LOADING' screen was an epic mini-series.)
I'll give the guy partial credit for the control, that game does ache to be played with an analog stick. On the other hand, I've actually gotten rather adept at it without the stick. I don't even notice anymore. It certainly makes control of characters like that significantly smoother, but the game wasn't built so that it was absolutely required. Still, I'm envious of the PSP's analog stick. I just wish they made games for it on Memory Sticks instead of UMDs. (Or cached them to the stick...?)
"Here's another nugget of comedy gold for you, 'doodie'."
Gold? More like you're making brownies!
heheehehehehee.
Yeesh. I hope I never grow up to the point where I can't find fart and sex jokes funny.
"It's not really rational to misread something then exclaim that anyone is kidding you. If anyone, it's your dyslexic inner adolescent that is kidding you."
Umm, yeah, if you overanalyze it it's not so funny. In reality, however, it was not as big of stretch as you're making it out to be. And, yeah, it's funny.
" if Bitchney Spears hasn't managed to kill it yet, then an automated tool to create a "perfect hit" won't do so, either."
Bitchney Spears? That's so 3rd grade. Britney Spheres is so much more clever*.
* despite that it came from SNL...
"Probably! Thirteen ends with a teen; pre-teen means the age group that precedes numbers that end with teen. Had you said "12 year old kid" I'd be with ya . . ."
I typed a less-than sign next to 13, but it was filtered out. I'm sorry I wasn't super accurate enough to keep you engaged in this question.
"He could have browsed from a live CD and not left a trail. I wonder how many crimes are being solved because criminals don't know how to take a few simple security steps?"
What's funny is that any time a new 'securityesque' technology comes along, +5 Insightfuls go out to whoever determines an easy way around it. Yet, people are caught this way all the time.
"I dont see why police shouldn't be allowed to search through your google history- or anything else on your computer for that matter, just provided that they have a warrant."
I'm not worried about the search, I'm worried about the conclusions drawn by those searches. If it is assumed that everything that is typed in to Google is an admission of intention at face value, then the wrong conclusions are going to be made. If you did a search for 'pre-teen books', would you appreciate it if I jumped to the wrong conclusion without considering the idea that maybe you were looking for books for your 13 year old kid?
"They could've just included an XBOX subsystem inside the 360, just like the Commodore 128 had a C64 subsystem."
And add even more to the cost + having to buy chips from both NVida and ATI? Heh. There's a brilliant move.
"And didn't the SNES have (to be bought separately) a NES adapter?"
No.
"Can't the Gamecube play GBA games?"
No.
"Frankly I can't understand why the decision of software emulation. But well, this is Microsoft."
Cost and practicality.
"That would be almost 14 hours solid on Slashdot..."
Well that sank my amusing crack about his proof-reading competence.
" Hell, I used to wrestle gators bigger than that in New York sewers..."
Didja stop before or after you got your ass kicked by some punks shouting cowabunga?
"They just post a few hundred angry messages when you put such articles up..."
Posts == served ads.
"Is a threesome with Natalie Portman and Princess Leia considered multi-tasking?"
I don't see how, you're still only using one hand.
"What self-respecting geek would say such a thing?! I'm revoking his Star Wars privileges."
That's very nice of you to restore his self-respect!
"Or...Does a business really need a 3-D desktop?"
Heh. "Does a business really need color monitors, sound cards, 3D acellerators, and DVD burners?"
Considering that this 3D desktop paves the way for 300 DPI LCD screens down the road, the answer is most definitely yes. The catch is that it may not be an instant hit.
"To further maintain this illusion, Microsoft has said that the games will randomly crash to a faux "desktop" and occasionally display a Blue Screen of Death, requiring the system to be restarted."
You're saying it's retro, too? Neat!!
"without bnetd, and CAN play such pirated game on battle.net and a pirated game is not the same as a blacklisted game,"
You proved you could play the game you found. Fine. You did not prove that they didn't blacklist pirated keys. Good luck doing that though, since they did and it's well documented.
"In addition, you still don't see the difference between COPYING and ACCESSING. Since you seems to think it is the same, it is really pointless to discuss."
Considering that it made piracy of Blizzard games more difficult, you're right, it really is pointless to discuss.
"I suppose you know will claim that the suing has nothing to do with anything connected to legalities?"
I don't know why you'd trust your assumptions that have regularly failed up to this point.
"Whihc clerly is about the circumvention and what is DMCA which is all about the legality."
Funny. Not only did I not say this, but I've clarified my point, but you're STILL gunning on your assumption. Heh. What do you want me to say? "Here's what I think, but please argue with what I didn't say."
Suppose I buy a song from iTunes. Then I decide to download that same song in another format from somebody. Am I legally and/or morally wrong?
"They stole from that guy plane and simple." ... after he gave them the raspberry and mooned them for an extended period of time.
"That's a mighty broad brush you're using to characterize /.ers."
I did not characterize all Slashdotters.
"She should fight this in court...AFAIK (and IANAL) the courts no longer allow digital photos as evidence because of the ease with which they can be manipulated."
There's that and it cannot really be proven via photo alone that she was drinking alcohol. It wouldn't be hard to make a liquid that looks like an alcoholic beverage. Not sure if it matters, but I'm really curious if the pictures of her were taken at the school. Legal or not, that would be pretty bone-headed. Heh.
The post you replied to had a pretty good point, though. I did something amazingly stupid when I was in high school. Somebody snapped a photo of me, wearing a tuxedo (i.e. prom...), lighting up a joint. I really have no way of knowing whether or not any of the staff saw it. On the plus side, however, I was popular for almost a week!
"Relax my friend, I was only kidding."
Since writing that I've left and come back. Now I regret writing that little rant with gritted teeth, mainly because I gave you personally a ration of shit that wasn't deserved. I'm sorry, man. That little rant's been building up for months. I'm glad to get it out but I wish I had been more civil when I did.
"Oh wait-- Slashdot, news for NERDS... I thought this was Slashgod, News for Rubes."
... well I'm from Kansas so I must have ridiculous beliefs therefore I'm a hopeless no-brained idiot. Of course, this happens BEFORE any actual discussion about whether or not it should be taught in school, which is really what the topic is about.
Um, okay. I'm originally from Kansas and I've largely stayed out of this topic for two reasons:
1. There have been a LOT of modded up comments with extreme generalizations made about a large group of people. I'm not keen on the idea of announcing I'm from Kansas and having my credibility as a nerd immediately revoked because of assumptions made based on a few people being loud mouthed. And, yes, I'm including your comment along with this Mr. "Has anybody noticed that no Kansas residents have added their comments to this discussion?"
2. I find it irritating that science is supposed to be about arriving at conclusions through empirical evidence. We're all supposed to be pro-science here, but the despite the lack of evidence to the contrary, the noisy majority around here believes certain ideas are untrue. The hypocracy here makes me want to say some not-so-nice things that wouldn't likely continue as a civilized discussion. Add to that that if I even sound like I'm supporting ID (and that could happen through no mention of ID at all)
So, no, I'm not about to add my comments on either side of this debate because of loud-mouthed dipshits like you who have basically secured Slashdot so an intelligent discussion on this topic cannot really take place. As it is, I'm going to draw fire over this post even though I haven't actually stated where I stand on this topic. I fully expect a rebuttal here that fails to notice that I'm talking about the behaviour of people on Slashdot, not the actual debate itself.
So, to answer your original question, I'd recommend not drawing too many conclusions from the apparent lack of feedback from Kansas residents. It would be unscientific.
"Ok, fine, how little will you accept to have your free-speech rights violated?"
Okay, let's not be so dramatic. The other poster's saying that's an awful lot of money to pay out to a kid for this case. What the other poster is missing is that the idea is to punish the school for wrong-doing, and that's probably where that number came from. (i.e. schools aren't going to want to shell out 100k+ for this sort of BS.)
If it were up to me, the student would get a small portion of that money and the rest would either go to the local gov't or to a charity or something. Why? Because I loathe the idea that this sort of price-tag could result in BS cases.