"Again why should I care about a *ANY* girl (pretty or not) which get her idea from the media, and is completly close-minded to recognize that *I* am different than how the media portray me ?"
Pretty girls are often objectified by men. The appearance of computer hardware as a status symbol is akin to jocks and their ridiculous attention to cars. As a result, they can be cautious.
Why should you care? You really want to be misunderstood? This isn't willful ignorance on the part of women. They don't want to be put in the humiliating situation of being second place to an inanimate object. If you've ever passed up joining the high-school football team because you can't do a chin-up, then you can start to understand.
"contrary to popular belief, batteries do not look like explosive devices."
Just before flying down to Brazil back in 2002, I bought an 8-pack of AA and another of AAA batteries. I was politely informed that I wasn't in any trouble, but that is the type of thing they watch out for. I'm pretty sure what happened was the guy at the gate knew I had enough electronic gizmos in my bag to need the batteries. But he had to do battle with policy.
Maybe things changed. Maybe that was an unusual airport. I don't know. Just thought it was kind of interesting given this topic.
Heh. No. This one hates MS. Once they posted a story about how an airport was disrupted because IE (they use it for showing departure/arrival times...) had crash. The 'evidence' they showed was a user submitted photo of a terminal screen showing an unmistakable IE error message. It was a "no internet connection found" page.
Either every other browser out there can run without a net connection, or the Inquirer jumped the gun by labelling it an IE crash. Something broke down that day. It could have been an MS server, but it wasn't IE. Somebody probably just unplugged a network cable.
You'd think a web based news site would know the difference.
"You are stuck in "lemme make things seem way more complicated then they are so I can defend those guys no matter what mistakes they make" mode. Its draining your batteries."
I'm not the one assuming that Nasa engineers are stupid here.
"Bullshit. Story is important in pretty much one genre: RPGs. For everything else, it's only sometimes required, and rarely important."
I think you're right, but I'm not sure how warranted this generalization is. The game itself is more dependent on whether it needs a story or not, the genre is a secondary consideration for it. Wing Commander pops into mind. I loved that game, but part of the fun of it was the story that went with it. Take the story out, the game's not as interesting despite that it doesn't affect the gameplay much. Take the game out and just leave the story, and it's stil just OK.
Part of the problem with Carmack's comment here is that he's treating it like there's some big formula for making games. In a sense there is, afterall you are targeting a wide market. However, the reality of it is, that if you're expressing yourself artistically, then each aspect one can bring up is entirely up to the creator to make.
Be careful about comments like this. They can stifle one's creativity if taken too seriously.
"Well, they were a little bit off in their prediction of the ubiquity of fax machines and stuff - nobody thought computers, email and wireless devices would be quite what they are now."
We don't know that a new trend in technology won't be like the fax machine. Likely? Eh maybe not. But who knows? Maybe we'll go through a 'simple' phase in life where we only want the really really important stuff to be printed?
Sorry if that sounds a little crazy, but in light of how full my inbox is right now, I'd certainly love for my family to just fax me. Then I know it's important since they'd be using my personal phone #.
"I mean, give me a break, those took less then 10 seconds to come up with and I am sure NASA engineers could have thought up much more effective methods."
Well hold on. It's easy to come up with ideas. Just remember that they know what the environment of Mars far better than you possibly could. This is not an insult. For problems like this, there's no such thing as a 'simple answer'.
"I know you are joking, but I'm actually surprised that they haven't thought of a way to keep the solar panels clean."
Who says they haven't thought of a way? The problem is practicality. Wipers on the panels means scraping dirt and rock etc across the panels, potentially scratching them.
Is there a solution? Oh quite possibly. But I too would be quite nervous about trying to engineer one. Nothing I've brainstormed is ideal.
"I smell a cease and desist letter on it's way, $5 bucks says the term DMCA will be used ATLEAST once! "
I doubt it. Emulators are not illegal. ROMs are not illegal. Illegal is when you use an emulator to play a ROM you're not licensed to have. I don't even think the DMCA would be involved here unless somebody bypassed a protection scheme to get the ROM uploaded. That, however, is up to the original infringer, not the guy who makes it available for download.
"That's more a testament to the fans than to the engineering of the product. No doubt Apple is an innovative company, but when you choose the underdog, you fight harder for it. "
Why is this flamebait? I just complimented the users here.
"My question is, why has there been no professioanl lobbyist for open source involved with this workgroup? At this level, technical merits don't matter. It's all about politics (which is kind of a good thing; I'd hate to live in a technocratic soceity run by engineers). "
I never really got the impression that Open Source was about politics. Frankly, I think the choice to go with MS has to do with MS's own financial stake in pleasing them. Right? Eh I dunno. Truth be told, though, I wouldn't task the Open Source Community with coming up with a lock for data. This is not meant as an insult, but I don't feel the Community who feels that data should flow freely would be that interested in being up to the task.
(Note: My perception may be wrong, but that isn't the point. The point is about perception, *not* fact. Understand these are PHBs running these places.)
Slashdot Mirror
"It sticks on for some reason, does anyone know why?"
Does it happen when there isn't a porn DVD in the player?
" you have a (hopefully) shiny mirror instead of an ugly piece of electronics on the wall."
Replaced with an ugly geek. Brilliant. Damn I need to shave.
"If I want to watch my Star Wars, I want to do so without seeing me and my girlfriend in the screen..."
No it's a mirror TV, not picture in picture. Oh, and I want my copy of Tomb Raider back.
"windows doesnt qualify as a toy let alone a legit alternative to something with real power."
There are a lot of 3D artists that would disagree with you.
"Again why should I care about a *ANY* girl (pretty or not) which get her idea from the media, and is completly close-minded to recognize that *I* am different than how the media portray me ?"
Pretty girls are often objectified by men. The appearance of computer hardware as a status symbol is akin to jocks and their ridiculous attention to cars. As a result, they can be cautious.
Why should you care? You really want to be misunderstood? This isn't willful ignorance on the part of women. They don't want to be put in the humiliating situation of being second place to an inanimate object. If you've ever passed up joining the high-school football team because you can't do a chin-up, then you can start to understand.
"Gator.... bad choice in names...
Makes my skin crawl."
That's right. I chose my nick to instill fear in people. BUAHAHA!
"Our ARSES! Cool ri- ummmm... "
Troll? That was mildly amusing.
"Oh riiighht. All you have to do to prevent tampering with an on-line computer is to "wrap it in tamper-proof tape." Sure. Uh huh."
Sadly, they still use that in the future. It didn't keep anybody out of Mr. Spock's quarters.
... I'm gonna have it play TV_Themes__MacGuyver.MP3.
"contrary to popular belief, batteries do not look like explosive devices."
Just before flying down to Brazil back in 2002, I bought an 8-pack of AA and another of AAA batteries. I was politely informed that I wasn't in any trouble, but that is the type of thing they watch out for. I'm pretty sure what happened was the guy at the gate knew I had enough electronic gizmos in my bag to need the batteries. But he had to do battle with policy.
Maybe things changed. Maybe that was an unusual airport. I don't know. Just thought it was kind of interesting given this topic.
I started laughing when I read Vagina. Guess my age!
"What other alternatives are there to Xfree? "
Windows, but if the license of X is what really bugs you...
"that's the other inquirer."
Heh. No. This one hates MS. Once they posted a story about how an airport was disrupted because IE (they use it for showing departure/arrival times...) had crash. The 'evidence' they showed was a user submitted photo of a terminal screen showing an unmistakable IE error message. It was a "no internet connection found" page.
Either every other browser out there can run without a net connection, or the Inquirer jumped the gun by labelling it an IE crash. Something broke down that day. It could have been an MS server, but it wasn't IE. Somebody probably just unplugged a network cable.
You'd think a web based news site would know the difference.
Uh, didn't that case get disrupted because the judge was too opinionated?
"You are stuck in "lemme make things seem way more complicated then they are so I can defend those guys no matter what mistakes they make" mode. Its draining your batteries."
I'm not the one assuming that Nasa engineers are stupid here.
" I just will not accept any cop-outs in the vain of "Oooh .. dirt on Mars is like ... Space Dirt, man! Its magical!"
Dirt that contains chemicals that interact with the material of the panels == Magic Space Dirt.
You're stuck in "lemme oversimplify so I can solve these guys problems" mode. It's draining your batteries.
"Bullshit. Story is important in pretty much one genre: RPGs. For everything else, it's only sometimes required, and rarely important."
I think you're right, but I'm not sure how warranted this generalization is. The game itself is more dependent on whether it needs a story or not, the genre is a secondary consideration for it. Wing Commander pops into mind. I loved that game, but part of the fun of it was the story that went with it. Take the story out, the game's not as interesting despite that it doesn't affect the gameplay much. Take the game out and just leave the story, and it's stil just OK.
Part of the problem with Carmack's comment here is that he's treating it like there's some big formula for making games. In a sense there is, afterall you are targeting a wide market. However, the reality of it is, that if you're expressing yourself artistically, then each aspect one can bring up is entirely up to the creator to make.
Be careful about comments like this. They can stifle one's creativity if taken too seriously.
"Well, they were a little bit off in their prediction of the ubiquity of fax machines and stuff - nobody thought computers, email and wireless devices would be quite what they are now."
We don't know that a new trend in technology won't be like the fax machine. Likely? Eh maybe not. But who knows? Maybe we'll go through a 'simple' phase in life where we only want the really really important stuff to be printed?
Sorry if that sounds a little crazy, but in light of how full my inbox is right now, I'd certainly love for my family to just fax me. Then I know it's important since they'd be using my personal phone #.
"I mean, give me a break, those took less then 10 seconds to come up with and I am sure NASA engineers could have thought up much more effective methods."
Well hold on. It's easy to come up with ideas. Just remember that they know what the environment of Mars far better than you possibly could. This is not an insult. For problems like this, there's no such thing as a 'simple answer'.
"I know you are joking, but I'm actually surprised that they haven't thought of a way to keep the solar panels clean."
Who says they haven't thought of a way? The problem is practicality. Wipers on the panels means scraping dirt and rock etc across the panels, potentially scratching them.
Is there a solution? Oh quite possibly. But I too would be quite nervous about trying to engineer one. Nothing I've brainstormed is ideal.
"Too many cooks spoil the broth. "
Too few cooks is just as disasterous as too many.
Well I don't know about you guys, but I'm filling out an expense report for the $0.10 charge on my phone bill for recieving that message.
"I smell a cease and desist letter on it's way, $5 bucks says the term DMCA will be used ATLEAST once! "
I doubt it. Emulators are not illegal. ROMs are not illegal. Illegal is when you use an emulator to play a ROM you're not licensed to have. I don't even think the DMCA would be involved here unless somebody bypassed a protection scheme to get the ROM uploaded. That, however, is up to the original infringer, not the guy who makes it available for download.
"That's more a testament to the fans than to the engineering of the product. No doubt Apple is an innovative company, but when you choose the underdog, you fight harder for it. "
Why is this flamebait? I just complimented the users here.
"My question is, why has there been no professioanl lobbyist for open source involved with this workgroup? At this level, technical merits don't matter. It's all about politics (which is kind of a good thing; I'd hate to live in a technocratic soceity run by engineers). "
I never really got the impression that Open Source was about politics. Frankly, I think the choice to go with MS has to do with MS's own financial stake in pleasing them. Right? Eh I dunno. Truth be told, though, I wouldn't task the Open Source Community with coming up with a lock for data. This is not meant as an insult, but I don't feel the Community who feels that data should flow freely would be that interested in being up to the task.
(Note: My perception may be wrong, but that isn't the point. The point is about perception, *not* fact. Understand these are PHBs running these places.)