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When you think of a giant robot arm grabbing you and flinging you around...well, they might as well just have the robot connect straight to your butt with a special adapter.
My IQ is 89. Or, I didn't read the article. Or, I wasn't responding to the article but rather something that someone else wrote. Thank you for your insight.
Good point about the pointless arguing. Thanks for not participating in the pointless arguing. You raise the bar by setting a wonderful example for all of us!
It's the law. If the people paid for it (ie. taxes), then the people have to have access to it. I used to work as a consultant to NOAA. Everything we produced which NOAA paid for is available for cost of duplication and materials (this is usually a lot of money for simple things because the cost involves the wages of a government employee burning a dozen CDRs and the wages of his/her CTO, etc, etc).
There are exceptions (like secret defense projects and stuff), but that's the exception. They can't simply say "we choose to keep this info out of the hands of the public", it requires working through a legal process to gain that kind of status.
i should really remember to hit preview before submit...so that I can see that Slashdot's lousy code is going to freak out on something as simple as a < symbol.
how it should have read: ...games suitable for my (young, < 5 yo) kids. But there are barely tens of them.
I think it would be great if somebody made games aimed at children. Nintendo has a whopping 2, maybe 3. OK, a couple more if you count the Pokemon stuff...but we don't do Pokemon in our house because some things are too stinking annoying (ie. Barney, Power Rangers, etc).
I seem to always buy a machine when the next generation comes out so that I can get it on the cheap. I bought the N64 because I was silly and assumed that there would be tens of thousands of games suitable for my (young,
So, if this dude is holding Nintendo back in some way (and Nintendo does seem to be the lackluster of the 3) then it's an odd thing. It's as if they're saying "we'll do games for kids", but then don't.
No matter. That stupid little non-DVD format is reason enough I'll ignore the Gamecube and go with PS2 next.
Re:Spielberg Over the Hill?
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maybe not his skills... but I agree with the idea that if you sell your name for a thing, and it sucks, then there is a big reflection on yourself.
I'll bet most people don't stop to give it a fart's second to wonder about Spielberg's true involvement. You said yourself "I doubt..." which implies a certain lack of hard fact. So, the name being attached might as well mean (in practical terms) that he wrote, directed, produced, and everything. I suppose, if he's happy collecting some name-usage royalties, or whatever. Fine, more power to him. But, without actually thinking about it, the assumption that comes most easily to mind is: "he's past his prime and producing nothing but good-looking garbage".
That's different than passing judgement. That's a quicky gut reaction- the stuff that people say at lunch and parties. The stuff that happens way more regularly than actual judgement and probably starts to affect bottom line earlier and with greater impact.
Wow, we've all read about a few doosies, but this one is outrageous!
Suppose you want to open a bank account. You fill out a paper form providing your name and address. But, you forget to provide your City...perhaps accidentally. The manager for new accounts would likely notice this, and then ask you to provide the missing information necessary to open your account. So...what if one bank patented that? That's really the same thing here. There is nothing unique about asking someone to complete the information necessary to execute the service they've paid you to do.
I may be alone, but I really liked that game. At first I didn't, but then I bought a cheap steering wheel with pedals and it was great (I think all racing games suck without a steering wheel).
Anyways, I didn't see anything for Racer at the new mod site. Maybe it's time I make the time for it. It was never an 'open' game, but there is very often a way...given persistence. Sometimes all you need is a laid-off engineer. Hmm, like me.
I'd start with figuring out how to add pods (kinda like the car models you can add to 'Need For Speed'). Then tracks and other fun stuff.
i suspect some might be bored Perl scripters testing out their cute scripts that screw with reviews. Kinda like the ones we used to write to screw with CNN polls and stuff like that.
I think in the future, when I ask a question that I don't want answered...tonque-in-cheek... I'll add the words "don't answer that to show your brilliance, I already know, I'm just kidding by asking".
...to play the part of the aging pop singer lady hoping to stage a come-back? Maybe, Whitney Houston? She's not quite old enough, but she may need the job (so long as it pays $730k).
"You're glad it was cancelled. That makes you selfish." No, it doesn't. It makes me glad it was cancelled. I didn't say why I'm glad.
"Enjoying someone else's misery is selfish, if not down right nasty." I also didn't imply any enjoyment of any misery.
"Wow, what a stirling put down." It wasn't a put down. Honest!
"Yeah. I am. I also hate bigots, racists, etc." OK. That's interesting to know. I'm also curious what your favorite color might be.
The fact remains...Slashdot is a horrible place for opinions. In fact, I suggest they change the Post Comment feature so that there's a new button. Instead of just "Submit" and "Preview" there should be a "Submit Canned Satisfactory Comment".
BTW, sorry if this isn't an original idea. In fact, I barely skimmed the original post...which is what made me think of this. For all I know the original post is saying this exact thing, in probably a better way. I should go re-read it. I'm curious how a scenario like this would deal with security. What's to stop a covert MS operation (or any anti-OSS) from distributing virus-laden CDs under the guise of such a program in order to discredit it?
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When you think of a giant robot arm grabbing you and flinging you around...well, they might as well just have the robot connect straight to your butt with a special adapter.
"There are exceptions". Yep.
"I assume...will be...". Yep (if not already).
The point is, there's a process. That process is not this:
Q: Um, hey! Can I have a copy??
A: Well... nah. I don't feel like it.
My IQ is 89. Or, I didn't read the article. Or, I wasn't responding to the article but rather something that someone else wrote. Thank you for your insight.
Good point about the pointless arguing. Thanks for not participating in the pointless arguing. You raise the bar by setting a wonderful example for all of us!
No, I don't know more than everyone else does. Just you. Thanks for pointing out your silliness, but it was quite apparent.
It's the law. If the people paid for it (ie. taxes), then the people have to have access to it. I used to work as a consultant to NOAA. Everything we produced which NOAA paid for is available for cost of duplication and materials (this is usually a lot of money for simple things because the cost involves the wages of a government employee burning a dozen CDRs and the wages of his/her CTO, etc, etc).
There are exceptions (like secret defense projects and stuff), but that's the exception. They can't simply say "we choose to keep this info out of the hands of the public", it requires working through a legal process to gain that kind of status.
"145 pieces of spam so far today. Can I have a piece of the 7 million? (oops, duplicate. Oh well. It's still good ;)"
That clever bit of wittiness... "can I have a piece of the 7 mil", yeah, that's too good a joke to waste so we don't mind the duplication.
If you think of yet another joke on the same topic, by all means post away!
and this is my review of LOTR: somebody please give me a movie deal for any of my books. Thx.
i should really remember to hit preview before submit...so that I can see that Slashdot's lousy code is going to freak out on something as simple as a < symbol.
...games suitable for my (young, < 5 yo) kids. But there are barely tens of them.
how it should have read:
"constantly aims his games at children"
I think it would be great if somebody made games aimed at children. Nintendo has a whopping 2, maybe 3. OK, a couple more if you count the Pokemon stuff...but we don't do Pokemon in our house because some things are too stinking annoying (ie. Barney, Power Rangers, etc).
I seem to always buy a machine when the next generation comes out so that I can get it on the cheap. I bought the N64 because I was silly and assumed that there would be tens of thousands of games suitable for my (young,
So, if this dude is holding Nintendo back in some way (and Nintendo does seem to be the lackluster of the 3) then it's an odd thing. It's as if they're saying "we'll do games for kids", but then don't.
No matter. That stupid little non-DVD format is reason enough I'll ignore the Gamecube and go with PS2 next.
maybe not his skills... but I agree with the idea that if you sell your name for a thing, and it sucks, then there is a big reflection on yourself.
I'll bet most people don't stop to give it a fart's second to wonder about Spielberg's true involvement. You said yourself "I doubt..." which implies a certain lack of hard fact. So, the name being attached might as well mean (in practical terms) that he wrote, directed, produced, and everything. I suppose, if he's happy collecting some name-usage royalties, or whatever. Fine, more power to him. But, without actually thinking about it, the assumption that comes most easily to mind is: "he's past his prime and producing nothing but good-looking garbage".
That's different than passing judgement. That's a quicky gut reaction- the stuff that people say at lunch and parties. The stuff that happens way more regularly than actual judgement and probably starts to affect bottom line earlier and with greater impact.
if the guy(s) that wrote this study read the papers that they cite??
Wow, we've all read about a few doosies, but this one is outrageous!
Suppose you want to open a bank account. You fill out a paper form providing your name and address. But, you forget to provide your City...perhaps accidentally. The manager for new accounts would likely notice this, and then ask you to provide the missing information necessary to open your account. So...what if one bank patented that? That's really the same thing here. There is nothing unique about asking someone to complete the information necessary to execute the service they've paid you to do.
I may be alone, but I really liked that game. At first I didn't, but then I bought a cheap steering wheel with pedals and it was great (I think all racing games suck without a steering wheel).
Anyways, I didn't see anything for Racer at the new mod site. Maybe it's time I make the time for it. It was never an 'open' game, but there is very often a way...given persistence. Sometimes all you need is a laid-off engineer. Hmm, like me.
I'd start with figuring out how to add pods (kinda like the car models you can add to 'Need For Speed'). Then tracks and other fun stuff.
i suspect some might be bored Perl scripters testing out their cute scripts that screw with reviews. Kinda like the ones we used to write to screw with CNN polls and stuff like that.
OK, I'm curious... it's off to Google for me.
I think in the future, when I ask a question that I don't want answered...tonque-in-cheek... I'll add the words "don't answer that to show your brilliance, I already know, I'm just kidding by asking".
This is very interesting. Should be fun to check out.
But...what does "partial Amiga application binary compatibility" mean? The bouncing ball will be all white and lack the red checker pattern???
Could this be retrofitted into Al Bundy's legendary "Ferguson" porcelain?
When only a real man's flush will do.
for the plan I was hatching on how to finally dispose of my junker 1972 Winnebago...
on slashdot (a how-to guide for the ever rejected):
1) read back issues of Popular Science magazine
2) submit anything within
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...to play the part of the aging pop singer lady hoping to stage a come-back? Maybe, Whitney Houston? She's not quite old enough, but she may need the job (so long as it pays $730k).
"but variety is the spice of Slashdot"
that is pretty funny.
"You're glad it was cancelled. That makes you selfish." No, it doesn't. It makes me glad it was cancelled. I didn't say why I'm glad.
"Enjoying someone else's misery is selfish, if not down right nasty." I also didn't imply any enjoyment of any misery.
"Wow, what a stirling put down." It wasn't a put down. Honest!
"Yeah. I am. I also hate bigots, racists, etc." OK. That's interesting to know. I'm also curious what your favorite color might be.
The fact remains...Slashdot is a horrible place for opinions. In fact, I suggest they change the Post Comment feature so that there's a new button. Instead of just "Submit" and "Preview" there should be a "Submit Canned Satisfactory Comment".
BTW, sorry if this isn't an original idea. In fact, I barely skimmed the original post...which is what made me think of this. For all I know the original post is saying this exact thing, in probably a better way. I should go re-read it. I'm curious how a scenario like this would deal with security. What's to stop a covert MS operation (or any anti-OSS) from distributing virus-laden CDs under the guise of such a program in order to discredit it?