Russ complains a lot, but he never offers any solutions to the problem
Well...I think the solution is obvious. If the problem is that errors in scanning for updates returns "no updates needed," then the OBVIOUS solution is to change it so that it reports an error code with a link to a manual update site. Just because he didn't spell out the answers doesn't mean they weren't there.
So what about "Weird" Al Yankovic? As I understand it, he usually asks for permission to parodize popular songs. However, when Coolio denied him permission to do "Amish Paradise," he did it anyway. And "The Saga Begins?" Heck, he had an illegal copy of the script, but all George Lucas said when he heard it was "hey, that song's pretty cool."
Is there something wrong with that picture? Honestly, I don't know. Someone tell me. Foobar.
Well, it's a million songs in one week. If Apple plays their cards right, they could see similar business for an entire year, and that's where the money is.
Also, like you said, the Apple user base isn't the entirety of digital music enthusiasts. Once they get off their high horse and make a Windows/Linux/Whatever version, sales will skyrocket.
HOUSTON, TX - Researchers at the University of Houston-Downtown Computer Science department have been, for the past few months, studying the Necronomicon, or Book of the Dead. They claim to have found the incantation used to create the enthusiastic following that the popular UNIX operating systems have enjoyed over the past years.
"We noticed that UNIX was really shoddy, but these long-haired, unshaven geeks were just foaming at the mouth over how great it was, so we knew something had to be up," says the professor who started the project in February.
According to their analysis of the incantation, UNIX OSes, regardless of their quality or features, are always considered leaps and bounds above any Microsoft OS by most CS majors and people who have been fired from big, MS-friendly companies.
"First, we thought they were just spiteful or jealous," says a graduate assistant. "But this spell is airtight. Just last week, we were able to convince some freshmen that Solaris looks better than Windows XP's 'Luna' interface."
Implications may be limited, as the spell, once invoked, creates such a stubborn mindset in the victims, termed "UNIX junkies," that they will never concede to Microsoft's ability to develop any decent software, regardless of its features or stability.
After being asked how the researchers managed to use UNIX in their project without falling victim to the spell, the head professor leaned back, and replied: "Simple. We just constantly used Windows on a computer next to it. Every time we started getting a 'warm and fuzzy' feeling on the *NIX box, we just did a comparison. After that, we're just like 'What the hell were we thinking? I hate UNIX!'"
Ash Campbell, who is well versed in the Necronomicon, was unavailable for comment.
Well, I can't get the fscking thing to download, but one of the notable songs from a Two Towers trailer was the theme from "Requiem for a Dream." I believe Clint Mansell's the one who wrote it.
Even if that wasn't what you're looking for, it's a good listen....;)
How about a gatling gun that "lauches" rockets containing mini-gatling guns that launch mini rockets that shoot out mini-mini-rockets that search out as much goatse as I can handle?
No, I don't think that girls in video games is deserving of being called an "issue." Video games, in this respect, are no different from the television/movie industries (and sadly, the the music industry as well): Get the hot people, they sell to the opposite sex.
It really is as simple as that, folks. Are you raising any "tough issues" by noticing that Lara Croft is well endowed and wears skimpy clothes? Of course not. There is no point to churning out this pseudo-intelligent crap.
Yeah...the sad thing is you'd be paying extra money just to get locked out of running your own code on it.
Imagine if you started slapping IR devices on all your stuff...damn, you could make toast from 50 feet away!
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Hmm...Good point. That idea could get even hairier (if and) when Honda's ASIMO gets genitalia and unfriendly prime directives:
1. Kill.
2. Rape.
3. Dismember.
4. Repeat.
5. ???
6. Profit!!
I smell a movie deal...
HuuHuuHuuuu! SLOTH LOVES CHUNK! This isn't a Tablet PC, YOU GUYS! SLOTH LOVES CHUNK! HEY YOU GUYS!
Point taken. Let's just ignore the M$ bashing article now, 'kay? Kay.
Windows XP doesn't run MS-DOS, it runs a DOS emulator called "Windows DOS." I think you're just making up for a comment made a little too fast.
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Well, that's why there's people who make mods for games. One person can't make Unreal Tournament 2003, that's for sure, but one person CAN make a kick-butt mod of at least decent caliber. The (extremely) technical side has been taken care of, so you just model, texture, code, make some sounds/music, and slap it in. As for retail games...uh, just license the engine:D
That "Laughing Cow" brand is Babybel, and makes pretty good cheese, IMHO.
I don't know if it's already been mentioned, or if it's an official logo, but what about that simple logo that's just the letters "GNU" shaped to look like horns? That sounds plenty tasteful to me, and retains that gnu brand recognition.
"Bloat because we can afford to" isn't exactly a fair evaluation for that statement. It's not bloating, it's just not bending over backwards for super-efficiency.
Like he says, things like MySQL and other things that take a huge amount of work are the progs that need cutting-edge efficiency. The "dedication to high performance" should be directed towards features that don't suck, not "I can sort my mail, filter out spam, and auto-reply to clients in under 2 seconds."
Hmm...A computer science department...that'd be great. At my old high school, our best "CS" class was "Intro to Programming with VB," taught by a "soul sistah" who didn't know the order of operations, much less how to use/program a computer. Ugh.
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First off, I don't have a mac. And yes, Macs used to suck. But they don't now. They are good now.
Wow...insightful, eh? And he even cited how "Macs used to suck." No, wait nevermind. This is an insightful post.*sigh*
Russ complains a lot, but he never offers any solutions to the problem
Well...I think the solution is obvious. If the problem is that errors in scanning for updates returns "no updates needed," then the OBVIOUS solution is to change it so that it reports an error code with a link to a manual update site. Just because he didn't spell out the answers doesn't mean they weren't there.
No, I do believe he said that if it had 10x better sfx/action, then it would be a 10x better movie.
So what about "Weird" Al Yankovic? As I understand it, he usually asks for permission to parodize popular songs. However, when Coolio denied him permission to do "Amish Paradise," he did it anyway. And "The Saga Begins?" Heck, he had an illegal copy of the script, but all George Lucas said when he heard it was "hey, that song's pretty cool."
Is there something wrong with that picture? Honestly, I don't know. Someone tell me. Foobar.
Ah...lemonade stand....I lived for those "hot and dry" days...now I live for the sound of "three frags left.." *sigh*
but back to the topic at hand. IN SOVIET RUSSIA, DYING PLATFORM USES YOU!
Is Ford liable for you running your car against a 80 years old man crossing the street?
No, but even if they were, I'd be more worried about an 80 year old man in a Ford.
Well, it's a million songs in one week. If Apple plays their cards right, they could see similar business for an entire year, and that's where the money is.
Also, like you said, the Apple user base isn't the entirety of digital music enthusiasts. Once they get off their high horse and make a Windows/Linux/Whatever version, sales will skyrocket.
HOUSTON, TX - Researchers at the University of Houston-Downtown Computer Science department have been, for the past few months, studying the Necronomicon, or Book of the Dead. They claim to have found the incantation used to create the enthusiastic following that the popular UNIX operating systems have enjoyed over the past years.
"We noticed that UNIX was really shoddy, but these long-haired, unshaven geeks were just foaming at the mouth over how great it was, so we knew something had to be up," says the professor who started the project in February.
According to their analysis of the incantation, UNIX OSes, regardless of their quality or features, are always considered leaps and bounds above any Microsoft OS by most CS majors and people who have been fired from big, MS-friendly companies.
"First, we thought they were just spiteful or jealous," says a graduate assistant. "But this spell is airtight. Just last week, we were able to convince some freshmen that Solaris looks better than Windows XP's 'Luna' interface."
Implications may be limited, as the spell, once invoked, creates such a stubborn mindset in the victims, termed "UNIX junkies," that they will never concede to Microsoft's ability to develop any decent software, regardless of its features or stability.
After being asked how the researchers managed to use UNIX in their project without falling victim to the spell, the head professor leaned back, and replied: "Simple. We just constantly used Windows on a computer next to it. Every time we started getting a 'warm and fuzzy' feeling on the *NIX box, we just did a comparison. After that, we're just like 'What the hell were we thinking? I hate UNIX!'"
Ash Campbell, who is well versed in the Necronomicon, was unavailable for comment.
Well, I can't get the fscking thing to download, but one of the notable songs from a Two Towers trailer was the theme from "Requiem for a Dream." I believe Clint Mansell's the one who wrote it.
;)
Even if that wasn't what you're looking for, it's a good listen....
OH, GUYS, I'VE GOT IT!!!!!111^H^H^H!!!
How about a gatling gun that "lauches" rockets containing mini-gatling guns that launch mini rockets that shoot out mini-mini-rockets that search out as much goatse as I can handle?
HuuHuuHuu, SLOTH LOVES CHUNK!
No, I don't think that girls in video games is deserving of being called an "issue." Video games, in this respect, are no different from the television/movie industries (and sadly, the the music industry as well): Get the hot people, they sell to the opposite sex.
It really is as simple as that, folks. Are you raising any "tough issues" by noticing that Lara Croft is well endowed and wears skimpy clothes? Of course not. There is no point to churning out this pseudo-intelligent crap.
Yeah...the sad thing is you'd be paying extra money just to get locked out of running your own code on it.
Imagine if you started slapping IR devices on all your stuff...damn, you could make toast from 50 feet away!
Hmm...Good point. That idea could get even hairier (if and) when Honda's ASIMO gets genitalia and unfriendly prime directives: 1. Kill. 2. Rape. 3. Dismember. 4. Repeat. 5. ??? 6. Profit!! I smell a movie deal...
HuuHuuHuuuu! SLOTH LOVES CHUNK! This isn't a Tablet PC, YOU GUYS! SLOTH LOVES CHUNK! HEY YOU GUYS! Point taken. Let's just ignore the M$ bashing article now, 'kay? Kay.
Windows XP doesn't run MS-DOS, it runs a DOS emulator called "Windows DOS." I think you're just making up for a comment made a little too fast.
Well, that's why there's people who make mods for games. One person can't make Unreal Tournament 2003, that's for sure, but one person CAN make a kick-butt mod of at least decent caliber. The (extremely) technical side has been taken care of, so you just model, texture, code, make some sounds/music, and slap it in. As for retail games...uh, just license the engine :D
Hmm...Thoughts come to mind of the Nexus from Star Trek: Generations...
Brainwashed Luser: "No, take me back, take me back to the Nexus!"
That "Laughing Cow" brand is Babybel, and makes pretty good cheese, IMHO.
I don't know if it's already been mentioned, or if it's an official logo, but what about that simple logo that's just the letters "GNU" shaped to look like horns? That sounds plenty tasteful to me, and retains that gnu brand recognition.
"Bloat because we can afford to" isn't exactly a fair evaluation for that statement. It's not bloating, it's just not bending over backwards for super-efficiency.
Like he says, things like MySQL and other things that take a huge amount of work are the progs that need cutting-edge efficiency. The "dedication to high performance" should be directed towards features that don't suck, not "I can sort my mail, filter out spam, and auto-reply to clients in under 2 seconds."
Hmm...A computer science department...that'd be great. At my old high school, our best "CS" class was "Intro to Programming with VB," taught by a "soul sistah" who didn't know the order of operations, much less how to use/program a computer. Ugh.
What kind of town has that sort of infrastructure? One with phone lines.
Hmm...Do you think they'll finally add support for NIS+? 'Tis causing quite a headache over here.
third post, suckers!
In Soviet Russia, IIS exploits your "hole!"