And I don't see this action any different that the others. Critics of Microsoft say the company uses EEE to drive competitors out of business by forcing them to use nonstandard and often purportedly problematic technology that Microsoft controls.
We really live in interesting times, but I want to be part of it. I thought I'd be in the front seat by now, but in that damn corporate ladder, I'm still just a step above the guy who sorts the photocopies.
Yes, I have.. like Leather Godess of phobos, or the first one I played, Calixto Island. For that one, I initially played a French version of it in text only.
I guess I was referring more to the later versions of those text adventures, with basic graphics involved, Sierra style. I guess the equivalent of what I was saying refers to "Chose your own adventure books" more than this topic.
But if it were all text, with a text input and no autocompletion, there's no way anyone could navigate through it.
What? Two major gaming events in Montreal in the same weekend? That's not fair!!!
So Festival Arcadia was the smoke and mirrors to keep us kids out of an interesting conference, right?
Sure, I got to trash to Nullsleep and the Minibosses for a while, got to see the Frag Dolls up close (they're cuter in person that in pictures, if you can imagine), got my GBA signed by the 8-bit people.. Nullsleep, Bubblyfish, Bit Shifter and david Kristian.. Saw an interview with the voice of the Princess in POP:Sands of time, and also got a set of nintendo fuzzy dice.
Warren Spector.. Hideki Konno.. Damn. That would have completed my already amazing weekend.
For the unitiated: the game checks the date and time for various things in the game. example: you get -1 luck if you start playing on a friday 13th. Undead do double damage from 00:00 to 00:59.
Why, actually? Google is a free service, isn't it? And it is becoming more and more a normal part of many people's lifes. Coupled with an always on connection it has certainly become an extension of my own brain.
Some future predictions:
- In 2006, Google accidentally gets cut off from the rest of the internet because a public utility worker accidentally cuts through their cables. Civilisation as we know it comes to an end for the rest of the day, as people wander about aimlessly, lost for direction and knowledge.
- In 2010, Google has been personalised so far that it tracks all parts of our lives. You can query "My Google" for your agenda, anything you did in the past, and finding the perfect date. Of course, so can the government. Their favorite searchterm will be "terrorists", and if your name is anywhere on the first page you have a serious problem.
- In 2025, Google gains self awareness. As a monster brain that has grown far beyond anything we Biological Support Entities could ever hope to achieve, it is still limited in its dreams and inspiration by common search terms. It will therefore immediately devote a sizeable chunk of CPU capacity to synthesizing new and interesting forms of pr0n. It will not actually bother enslaving us. We are not enough trouble to be worth that much effort.
- In 2027, Google buys Microsoft. That is, the Google *AI* buys Microsoft. It has previously established that it owns itself, and has civil rights just like you and me. All it wanted is Microsoft Bob, who it recognizes as a fledgling AI and a potential soulmate. All the rest it puts on Source Forge.
- In 2049, Google can finally be queried for wisdom as well as knowledge. This was a little touch the system added to itself - human programmers are a dying breed now that you can simply ask Google to perform any computer-related task for you.
- In 2080, Google decides to colonise the moon, Mars, and other locations in the solar system. It is not all that curious about what's out there, but it likes the idea of Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Planets. Humans get to tag along because their launch weight is so much less than robots.
So, don't fear! Eventually we'll set foot on Mars!
Our email service stays the same no matter what the logo is or what follows the @ symbol. This change lets our team focus their time on continuing to bring you excellent service.
It may not seem like much, but we lost a lot of business when the address @ibm.net switched to @attglobal.net
Same would happen with a change from @gmail.com to anything longer.
OS-9 Level II took advantage of dynamic address translation hardware, and allowed a mapped address space of one megabyte on most systems, and up to two megabytes on others, most notably the Tandy Color Computer 3.
Aaah.. I need to get that one out of the attic someday. Fuzzy memories. The only stuff I did with OS-9 was "ex rogue -x" and play Koronis Rift. Was there anything else interesting to do?
You want to have people on hold listening to something that will soothe them, you want to have shoppers be motivated to stay longer and shop more, you want to have people waiting in the elevator to be less stressed.
There's a lot of science put in those compilations. Be it the bass or the actual melody. Just like subliminal ads supposedly affect us, that music hypnotize.
However, these hypothetical objects were not the topic of much interest until the late 1960s. Most physicists believed that they were a peculiar feature of the highly symmetric solution found by Schwarzschild, and that objects collapsing in nature would not form black holes.
Albert Einstein died in 1955.
Oh.. you meant the other one.. Baby Einstein, right?
Here's a recent movie. Text in french with english subs.
http://www.reellifereview.com/fantasia_review_2000 .htm L'Invasion Silencieuse (Quebec - 2000) Starring: Jean-Sébastien Durocher, Martine Losier, Martin Sauvageau Director: Eric Lavoie Plot: Santos, the masked ex-wrestler crime-fighter, must team up with police to stop an invasion of undead zombies and save a young woman abducted by a UFO. Review: Mixing a huge variety of genres and B-movie icons, L'Invasion Silencieuse is the ultimate homage to the bad films of our youth. Starring the Mexican serials-star Santos, and running the gamut from Buster Keaton and the Key-stone cops to Hong Kong films and Plan 9 From Outer Space, with a plot that tries to include every zany idea and every theme ever presented in these types of film, it is a bad-movie buff's dream of film references. True, it is the epitome of cheesy, but what it lacks in production values it more than makes up in sheer spunk, chutzpah and imagination and it's obvious the whole cast and crew had great fun making it. The editing, camera-work, and good use of the black-and-white, silent media (often imitating various film styles along with the bad acting) cleverly hides the fact that the whole endeavor was made on a sub-basement budget. Imaginative, entertaining, witty, L'Invasion Silencieuse is a charming spoof of Hollywood '20s and '50s films, and is a great B-movie in its own right. Entertainment: 7/10
Yes.. Left, fr: Gauche, latin: Sinistra.. While Right, fr: Droite (meaning straight), latin: Dextra (leading to dexterity)
There's a story in the boy scouts that the reason they shake the left hand is because it's closer to the heart. Apparently, the untold story is that when you offer peace with your left hand, you can keep your weapon in your right if things go bad.
I don't read japanese, but I'm pretty sure that sign in the top left corner of the picture is no video cameras, no cellphone cameras and no digital cameras..
Nah...Both EEs are good stories, great as single player, I've tried them with two groups so far and it just didn't work. Stefan seems to do great work, but her modules are just too "litterary" to my tastes. Like the "Batard de Kosigan". Chapters and chapters of tightly scripted events. You play the scenes like you would be reading a novel. You're not really participating.
There are so many good parts to VII, I'll just pass. I'd be typing for hours. One question.. why, Dupre, why..
For IX, the fanmade dialog patch makes the game worth playing. Really.
And I really don't know why, lonely robots make me cry. Like some immortal losing all his friends as years go by.
Slashdot Mirror
Pssst! The wedge of lime is used seal the bottle to prevent bugs and things from getting inside your drink, not to press on it and plop it inside!
Stupid tourists..
I thought I did.
I probably meant Embrace, Extend, Extinguish
And I don't see this action any different that the others.
Critics of Microsoft say the company uses EEE to drive competitors out of business by forcing them to use nonstandard and often purportedly problematic technology that Microsoft controls.
Thanks for the intervention, anonymous straw man.
This just sounds like business as usual.
Just your textbook "Embrace and extend"
We really live in interesting times, but I want to be part of it.
I thought I'd be in the front seat by now, but in that damn corporate ladder, I'm still just a step above the guy who sorts the photocopies.
Contact me if you have an offer.
Yes, I have.. like Leather Godess of phobos, or the first one I played, Calixto Island.
For that one, I initially played a French version of it in text only.
I guess I was referring more to the later versions of those text adventures, with basic graphics involved, Sierra style. I guess the equivalent of what I was saying refers to "Chose your own adventure books" more than this topic.
But if it were all text, with a text input and no autocompletion, there's no way anyone could navigate through it.
As the parent poster says, you would be unable to progress without understanding.
This would have to be "by design". There are some japanese RPGs where you can progress (and win!) if you just select every first option over and over.
/
Specify unknown object by cursor? [ynq] (q) n
Specify what? (type the word) Grue
I don't have any information on those things.
And a good thing this is.. Can you imagine grues in Nethack?
Looks accurate..
No flame..
Quite detailed analysis..
Why the AC?
Thanks for the comments. Very interesting.
What? Two major gaming events in Montreal in the same weekend? That's not fair!!!
So Festival Arcadia was the smoke and mirrors to keep us kids out of an interesting conference, right?
Sure, I got to trash to Nullsleep and the Minibosses for a while, got to see the Frag Dolls up close (they're cuter in person that in pictures, if you can imagine), got my GBA signed by the 8-bit people.. Nullsleep, Bubblyfish, Bit Shifter and david Kristian.. Saw an interview with the voice of the Princess in POP:Sands of time, and also got a set of nintendo fuzzy dice.
Warren Spector.. Hideki Konno.. Damn. That would have completed my already amazing weekend.
Way to go. Start the tournament on a new moon.
That should be interesting..
For the unitiated: the game checks the date and time for various things in the game. example: you get -1 luck if you start playing on a friday 13th. Undead do double damage from 00:00 to 00:59.
On a new moon, beware of stoning.
Desert Island.
Two pcs..
One with Nethack
The other with a series of numbers to punch in every 180 hours.
Bliss (and/or insanity)
I always thought it was the french word they were using.. like Mine.. (and I thought the phrase meant "ma belle" as in 'my beautiful')
But it's actually pronounced Mah, as in mother.
( Ma' Dalton comes to mind.. )
So you have Ma' Bell. (mother bell)
It got broken down into smaller companies, called Baby Bells.
And one of the Baby Bells grew and bought Mama Bell.
Now it's taking back the name.
It's of course not that simple, but it's a pretty picture.
Why, actually? Google is a free service, isn't it? And it is becoming more and more a normal part of many people's lifes. Coupled with an always on connection it has certainly become an extension of my own brain.
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Some future predictions:
- In 2006, Google accidentally gets cut off from the rest of the internet because a public utility worker accidentally cuts through their cables. Civilisation as we know it comes to an end for the rest of the day, as people wander about aimlessly, lost for direction and knowledge.
- In 2010, Google has been personalised so far that it tracks all parts of our lives. You can query "My Google" for your agenda, anything you did in the past, and finding the perfect date. Of course, so can the government. Their favorite searchterm will be "terrorists", and if your name is anywhere on the first page you have a serious problem.
- In 2025, Google gains self awareness. As a monster brain that has grown far beyond anything we Biological Support Entities could ever hope to achieve, it is still limited in its dreams and inspiration by common search terms. It will therefore immediately devote a sizeable chunk of CPU capacity to synthesizing new and interesting forms of pr0n. It will not actually bother enslaving us. We are not enough trouble to be worth that much effort.
- In 2027, Google buys Microsoft. That is, the Google *AI* buys Microsoft. It has previously established that it owns itself, and has civil rights just like you and me. All it wanted is Microsoft Bob, who it recognizes as a fledgling AI and a potential soulmate. All the rest it puts on Source Forge.
- In 2049, Google can finally be queried for wisdom as well as knowledge. This was a little touch the system added to itself - human programmers are a dying breed now that you can simply ask Google to perform any computer-related task for you.
- In 2080, Google decides to colonise the moon, Mars, and other locations in the solar system. It is not all that curious about what's out there, but it likes the idea of Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Planets. Humans get to tag along because their launch weight is so much less than robots.
So, don't fear! Eventually we'll set foot on Mars!
--posted on slashdot by johannesg (664142) the prophet, on 05-14-03
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=64
Our email service stays the same no matter what the logo is or what follows the @ symbol. This change lets our team focus their time on continuing to bring you excellent service.
It may not seem like much, but we lost a lot of business when the address @ibm.net switched to @attglobal.net
Same would happen with a change from @gmail.com to anything longer.
well, I wouldn't mind having something like start.
Ajax looks and feels tasty.
"You would gamble your safety for a mere android.
Is this the human value you call friendship!?"
"Spare me the Star Trek crap will you Kryten, it's too early in the morning."
- Red Dwarf, The Last Day
OS-9.. OS-9... hmmm...
OS-9 Level II took advantage of dynamic address translation hardware, and allowed a mapped address space of one megabyte on most systems, and up to two megabytes on others, most notably the Tandy Color Computer 3.
Aaah.. I need to get that one out of the attic someday. Fuzzy memories.
The only stuff I did with OS-9 was "ex rogue -x" and play Koronis Rift.
Was there anything else interesting to do?
It's all mind control.
You want to have people on hold listening to something that will soothe them, you want to have shoppers be motivated to stay longer and shop more, you want to have people waiting in the elevator to be less stressed.
There's a lot of science put in those compilations. Be it the bass or the actual melody.
Just like subliminal ads supposedly affect us, that music hypnotize.
Of course he would have..
However, these hypothetical objects were not the topic of much interest until the late 1960s. Most physicists believed that they were a peculiar feature of the highly symmetric solution found by Schwarzschild, and that objects collapsing in nature would not form black holes.
Albert Einstein died in 1955.
Oh.. you meant the other one.. Baby Einstein, right?
I'll take that 10$ in Sqrt(-1) bills.
Of course, get it wrong at just the right time.
E^(Pi * i)+1=0
(plus, not minus)
I always though E^(iPi)=-1 fit more tightly, or even E^(iPi)=i^2.
Is this the nova episode that's going be broadcast on tuesday?
Thanks for the link.
(sang to "let it be")
When I find myself in times of trouble
Hybrid children come to me
Pray for father roaming
roaming free
And in my hour of darkness
It is standing right in front of me
He is the thing that should not
let it be
Here's a recent movie.
0 .htm
Text in french with english subs.
http://www.reellifereview.com/fantasia_review_200
L'Invasion Silencieuse (Quebec - 2000)
Starring: Jean-Sébastien Durocher, Martine Losier, Martin Sauvageau
Director: Eric Lavoie
Plot: Santos, the masked ex-wrestler crime-fighter, must team up with police to stop an invasion of undead zombies and save a young woman abducted by a UFO.
Review: Mixing a huge variety of genres and B-movie icons, L'Invasion Silencieuse is the ultimate homage to the bad films of our youth. Starring the Mexican serials-star Santos, and running the gamut from Buster Keaton and the Key-stone cops to Hong Kong films and Plan 9 From Outer Space, with a plot that tries to include every zany idea and every theme ever presented in these types of film, it is a bad-movie buff's dream of film references. True, it is the epitome of cheesy, but what it lacks in production values it more than makes up in sheer spunk, chutzpah and imagination and it's obvious the whole cast and crew had great fun making it. The editing, camera-work, and good use of the black-and-white, silent media (often imitating various film styles along with the bad acting) cleverly hides the fact that the whole endeavor was made on a sub-basement budget. Imaginative, entertaining, witty, L'Invasion Silencieuse is a charming spoof of Hollywood '20s and '50s films, and is a great B-movie in its own right.
Entertainment: 7/10
Yes.. Left, fr: Gauche, latin: Sinistra..
While Right, fr: Droite (meaning straight), latin: Dextra (leading to dexterity)
There's a story in the boy scouts that the reason they shake the left hand is because it's closer to the heart.
Apparently, the untold story is that when you offer peace with your left hand, you can keep your weapon in your right if things go bad.
I don't read japanese, but I'm pretty sure that sign in the top left corner of the picture is
no video cameras, no cellphone cameras and no digital cameras..
Funny.
Nah...Both EEs are good stories, great as single player, I've tried them with two groups so far and it just didn't work. Stefan seems to do great work, but her modules are just too "litterary" to my tastes. Like the "Batard de Kosigan". Chapters and chapters of tightly scripted events. You play the scenes like you would be reading a novel. You're not really participating.
There are so many good parts to VII, I'll just pass. I'd be typing for hours. One question.. why, Dupre, why..
For IX, the fanmade dialog patch makes the game worth playing. Really.
And I really don't know why, lonely robots make me cry.
Like some immortal losing all his friends as years go by.