Thank for you review of the review. Well written, but a little on the short side. Next time, try to be a little more detailed about what the good and bad points of the review were.:-)
I'm no neophyte, but I'll often google for a company name if I'm not 100% sure of the URL, mostly at work where I share an office and want to avoid URL typo-camping pr0n sites. Nothing more annoying than accidently getting sent to a pr0n site when you're actually trying to get to a legitimate work-related site. And we won't even talk about the stuff that keeps popping up when you try to close the window...
People need to learn/new/ idioms for remote manipulation, not attempt to emulate biological systems
Hmm, hopefully this doesn't start some kind of troll war, but I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. For now, yes it's easier for us humans to adapt to the technology, but ideally any machine should be intuitive enought that there's no need to learn anything new.
There's this continued drive to force people to adapt to suit our machines, look at all the confusing devices peopl have to learn to use... they seem simple enough now, but you can't just grab someone who's never seen a computer before, sit them down in front of a computer (regardless of whose GUI you're using) and have them instinctively find there way around. They may learn in a relatively short amount of time, but the interface isn't perfect.
IMO, The ideal interface for any device would be one that is completely transparent and intuitive, which means it would almost have to "emulate biological systems".
Anyway, since this appears to be the only thread so far that doesn't refer to pr0n potential, I figured I'd post something here.
And here my friend, you've hit the nail on the head. Mod this guy up, please.
The only way to get someone to pay for something they could otherwise get for free is to make the non-free product have some kind of percieved value.
People pay for bottled water because ther percieve it to be of better quality (cleaner) than regular tap water. People still by CDs because they have a better audio quality than MP3s. The RIAA would have much better success if they spent time increasing the quality/cost ratio of their products than they will by adding security features/ Digital Restrictions Management / etc to their products. If I could by a high-quality 5.1 audio disc (maybe audio DVD) for $10/album, I'd choose that over the MP3s any time. But if they try to throw a bunch of convoluted crap on the disc so it won't play on my PC/Mac/[insert favorite device here], then I want nothing to do with it.
I think that, in response to current marketing trends, Linux 3.0 should be given a 2-letter version id instead of a number.
How about: Linux IS (For those unbelievers...) Linux ME (friendlier, bloatier, used like a verb) Linux XL (for those kernel with everything) or Linux ** (just take care of all the letter names at once)
It's kinda like a high school computer lab where all the kids trade floppy disks and there is no anti-virus protection....
Don't they teach kids about this sort of thing in school? They should now better than to run around "swapping floppies" with multiply partners without protection! What is it with kids these days?
This explains a lot about China though, the high virus rate and the billions of people... :-)
Try Jaguar (OS X 10.2). All the screen drawing stuff is offloaded onto the video card, which MS is still talking about doing in their next OS version (Longhorn). Secure, stable, pretty, and fast. To bad you have to be able to afford a Mac to get it...
Does anyone know the origin of the term WarDriving? I mean, on the one hand you have the Slashdot group that's trying to end the myth that all "hackers" are malicious sociopaths with laptops, but then they go around reffering to something like documenting wireless access points as "WarDriving". Not exactly good marketing.
This isn't intended as a flame or a troll or whatever, I'm just curious as to why it's called that.
For Quake 3, the trick is not to think of it as an adventure (as us Old-school gamers tend to do), but as a sport (I know, a foreign concept to geeks). In fact, Epic is promoting this view with UT 2003 and I wouldn't be suprised to see more games going this way.
There will always be a place for the story-oriented adventure games (every play System Shock 2 in the dark? shudder), but the multiplayer-only sport-style game is a great way to show off a new engine while you work on your story-based epic.
I know there's supposed to be places in the US to deposit your used electronics for recycling (I know this has been mentioned here before...), are these places just shipping their stuff off to China?
How can you tell the difference between a "reputable" electronics recycler and someone whose contributing to the poisining of people who are all ready in a bad position?
I know I've gone through my share (or more than my share) of electronics in my day, and I'm afraid that a lot of it has just made it's way to the landfill. With computers becoming obsolete at the rate they do, how can I get rid of this stuff without wasting the reusable metals or poisoning complete strangers?
Great idea, and while your at it, give certain people the ability to dodge bullets, leap over unrealistically long distances (like from building to building) and break the sunglasses off of badass guys in suits. Wait a minute... where have I heard that before...
Instead, the top 1% are really screwing the rest of us with illegeal activities, fraud, lies and cheating. It really makes me sick.
And how is this different from the last 10,000 years of human history?
Simple, with all the advances in modern technologies and modern buisiness practices, the top 1% can now scew many more people much harder and faster than ever before.
Where are these theaters located anyway? Here in Maryland we have one in the Baltimore Science Center, and one in the Smithsonian (I think it's the Museum of Natural History) in DC. Are any of these theaters meant for the general movie-going public or all they all attatched to educational centers? If they're all in museums and such, then I don't see the point in releasing the latest summer blockbuster there.
They'd make a great commuter vehicle. I wouldn't have to worry about pricks cutting me off and sideswiping me anymore. No parking spots? Just vaporize a couple lowly cars to make a space.
That's my dream, right there. The image I love the best is climbing down from my 50-ton death machine, and as I'm walking to the office buy the little button on the key-chain thingie and hear the mech emit that tiny little "chirp" when the alarm activates:-)
All I have to say is that those kids damn well better love their Dad. I know, a lot of it was just because it's a fun thing to do, but the amount of time, effort, and money that this guy shelled out for this overblown treehouse (minus the tree) better be appreciated.
That is, without a doubt, one of the coolest garage projects I've ever seen.
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If you want programmable robot destruction, check out Mind Rover. It's a pretty cool game from a very small software company, comes with a great manual, and they let (hell, encourage) you hack the crap out of it.
From what I've read about the Army's promotional game, it's probably got one of the strictist anti-cheating things I've herd of. If you shoot too many civillians or ANY of your teammates, you're given a time-out, and if you do it a few times in a row, you're banned. Automatically.
As an aside, and I really hate to ask this, I still haven't figured out how to post a root-level comment. I mean, even the First Post-ers and gotse lamers can figure it out, but I'm stumped. Where's the "post comment" button?
Unfortunately, you can't remove the seats from the techies, and knowing the physiche (sp?) of the average Slashdotter, there's going to be some big licenses...
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Thank for you review of the review. Well written, but a little on the short side. Next time, try to be a little more detailed about what the good and bad points of the review were. :-)
Another Theory on this...
I'm no neophyte, but I'll often google for a company name if I'm not 100% sure of the URL, mostly at work where I share an office and want to avoid URL typo-camping pr0n sites. Nothing more annoying than accidently getting sent to a pr0n site when you're actually trying to get to a legitimate work-related site. And we won't even talk about the stuff that keeps popping up when you try to close the window...
People need to learn /new/ idioms for remote manipulation, not attempt to emulate biological systems
Hmm, hopefully this doesn't start some kind of troll war, but I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. For now, yes it's easier for us humans to adapt to the technology, but ideally any machine should be intuitive enought that there's no need to learn anything new.
There's this continued drive to force people to adapt to suit our machines, look at all the confusing devices peopl have to learn to use... they seem simple enough now, but you can't just grab someone who's never seen a computer before, sit them down in front of a computer (regardless of whose GUI you're using) and have them instinctively find there way around. They may learn in a relatively short amount of time, but the interface isn't perfect.
IMO, The ideal interface for any device would be one that is completely transparent and intuitive, which means it would almost have to "emulate biological systems".
Anyway, since this appears to be the only thread so far that doesn't refer to pr0n potential, I figured I'd post something here.
And here my friend, you've hit the nail on the head. Mod this guy up, please.
The only way to get someone to pay for something they could otherwise get for free is to make the non-free product have some kind of percieved value.
People pay for bottled water because ther percieve it to be of better quality (cleaner) than regular tap water. People still by CDs because they have a better audio quality than MP3s. The RIAA would have much better success if they spent time increasing the quality/cost ratio of their products than they will by adding security features/ Digital Restrictions Management / etc to their products. If I could by a high-quality 5.1 audio disc (maybe audio DVD) for $10/album, I'd choose that over the MP3s any time. But if they try to throw a bunch of convoluted crap on the disc so it won't play on my PC/Mac/[insert favorite device here], then I want nothing to do with it.
I think that, in response to current marketing trends, Linux 3.0 should be given a 2-letter version id instead of a number.
How about:
Linux IS (For those unbelievers...)
Linux ME (friendlier, bloatier, used like a verb)
Linux XL (for those kernel with everything)
or
Linux ** (just take care of all the letter names at once)
Don't they teach kids about this sort of thing in school? They should now better than to run around "swapping floppies" with multiply partners without protection! What is it with kids these days?
This explains a lot about China though, the high virus rate and the billions of people...
:-)
... we're starting to catch up with Microsoft in the vital worm-propagation field, where they've been unmatched for years. :-)
Laugh, it's a joke
This isn't intended as a flame or a troll or whatever, I'm just curious as to why it's called that.
For Quake 3, the trick is not to think of it as an adventure (as us Old-school gamers tend to do), but as a sport (I know, a foreign concept to geeks). In fact, Epic is promoting this view with UT 2003 and I wouldn't be suprised to see more games going this way.
There will always be a place for the story-oriented adventure games (every play System Shock 2 in the dark? shudder), but the multiplayer-only sport-style game is a great way to show off a new engine while you work on your story-based epic.
How can you tell the difference between a "reputable" electronics recycler and someone whose contributing to the poisining of people who are all ready in a bad position?
I know I've gone through my share (or more than my share) of electronics in my day, and I'm afraid that a lot of it has just made it's way to the landfill. With computers becoming obsolete at the rate they do, how can I get rid of this stuff without wasting the reusable metals or poisoning complete strangers?
Great idea, and while your at it, give certain people the ability to dodge bullets, leap over unrealistically long distances (like from building to building) and break the sunglasses off of badass guys in suits. Wait a minute... where have I heard that before...
Instead, the top 1% are really screwing the rest of us with illegeal activities, fraud, lies and cheating. It really makes me sick.
And how is this different from the last 10,000 years of human history?
Simple, with all the advances in modern technologies and modern buisiness practices, the top 1% can now scew many more people much harder and faster than ever before.
Where are these theaters located anyway? Here in Maryland we have one in the Baltimore Science Center, and one in the Smithsonian (I think it's the Museum of Natural History) in DC. Are any of these theaters meant for the general movie-going public or all they all attatched to educational centers?
If they're all in museums and such, then I don't see the point in releasing the latest summer blockbuster there.
exposing obvious security gaffes ... leads directly to major financial losses.
I'm sure someone will argue this, but the truth of the matter is that having obvious security gaffes leads directly to major financial losses.
Y'know, ILL doesn't really work well in that font...
Just saying...
Good point, but the story's from The Register. They use basically the same filter as Slashdot.
They'd make a great commuter vehicle. I wouldn't have to worry about pricks cutting me off and sideswiping me anymore. No parking spots? Just vaporize a couple lowly cars to make a space.
:-)
That's my dream, right there. The image I love the best is climbing down from my 50-ton death machine, and as I'm walking to the office buy the little button on the key-chain thingie and hear the mech emit that tiny little "chirp" when the alarm activates
All I have to say is that those kids damn well better love their Dad. I know, a lot of it was just because it's a fun thing to do, but the amount of time, effort, and money that this guy shelled out for this overblown treehouse (minus the tree) better be appreciated.
That is, without a doubt, one of the coolest garage projects I've ever seen.
If you want programmable robot destruction, check out Mind Rover. It's a pretty cool game from a very small software company, comes with a great manual, and they let (hell, encourage) you hack the crap out of it.
AHA!! The salary of the beast!
Cripes, slashdotted already? You people are animals!
D'OH!
From what I've read about the Army's promotional game, it's probably got one of the strictist anti-cheating things I've herd of. If you shoot too many civillians or ANY of your teammates, you're given a time-out, and if you do it a few times in a row, you're banned. Automatically.
As an aside, and I really hate to ask this, I still haven't figured out how to post a root-level comment. I mean, even the First Post-ers and gotse lamers can figure it out, but I'm stumped. Where's the "post comment" button?
Unfortunately, you can't remove the seats from the techies, and knowing the physiche (sp?) of the average Slashdotter, there's going to be some big licenses...