Beware of statistics on children killed by guns. Usually they don't differentiate between the 10-year old who accidentally shoots his sister with daddy's pistol and the 17-year old gang banger who gets shot by the owner of a liquor store while attempting an armed robbery.
Which one should we count? Both the 10-year old boy and the 17-year old gang banger have possession of weapons they obviously weren't responsible enough to use in a correct manner (if the part about it being a hypothetical armed robbery was due to a gun the 17-year old was carrying...).
To me they both sound like examples of people who died due to irresponsible use of a firearm.
Stab in the dark here, but it could be a power thing. Ever since the Geforce1 Nvidia cards have had a tendency to suck down copious amounts of electricity. If your power supply is less than 300 watts (especially if you are also running an Athlon cpu), it could be the culprit.
That isn't meant as a flame. I am very happy with the Geforce3 Ti200 in my system and my next cpu will be AMD.
I can't remember where, but I recall American Mcgee (creator of Alice, Level Designer on Doom2, Quake2 and maybe a few other id games) saying that FPS games such as the ones he made levels for gave him motion sickness/simulator sickness. His solution was to make the viewing area as small as possible (usually done by pressing the "-" key in many games). Most FPS games that I know of allow you to do this. I doubt making the view smaller will help everybody, but it may be worth a try if you experience this.
AOL should act now by adding to it's "You've got mail!" sound. Having the computer say "It's not Spam!" afterwards would indicate to their users that an email is important enough not to delete.
Sports Night is available in a DVD boxed set now, btw. I am considering picking it up myself. Great series. I wish I had known about it before it was actually cancelled.
I don't think there is much need for a hero who sits in a burrow playing with his nuts all day... No way you would get that comic approved by the Comics Code Authority.
...Is if they made an opt in service for this where they would PAY YOU for the right to sell your data. Or at least discount from the amount that you pay them for their service. That way those who don't mind their information being sold can save some money and those who prefer to keep their privacy aren't losing anything either.
Of course, that would mean the company would be working with you, instead of getting away with whatever they can. Maybe brand loyalty just doesn't mean anything to corperations now.
That "review link" is just a preview that tells you some of the features and little more... As far as I can tell there are not reviews up on any gaming sites as of yet...
"With that pedigree, I'm sure you'll want to read the rest of czarneki's review, below."
I could do that, but like most I would rather skip the article and spend time jumping to conclusions and making unfounded accusations. Perhaps there should be a -1, RTFM score or something of the like.
What does the SEC need so much money for? Easy. How else are they going to attract a high profile CEO to lead their ship the dangerous financial waters of business, or whatever?
If only there was a common sense clause to make sure ideas as old and redundent as those couldn't be patented. But then again commen sense seems to be in such rare supply these days that maybe it has been patented as well...
I am not going to worry about Nvidia going the way of 3DFX until they buyout or merger with a board manufacturer (like 3DFX did with STB).
It is one thing to strategically partner with a company to have the support your stuff, it is another to alienate your 2nd party board makers so that they turn to your competitor for sales (Like 3DFX did to Creative Labs and others).
On top of that Nvidia isn't exactly falling behind technology wise. ATI may be keeping up, but there is room for both of them in the market.
Actually, if I remember correctly Britney Spears actually started by playing in shopping malls. That is essentially the pre-teen to teenage version of a bar in some places.
I am not sure if she started there to gain some sort of grassroots support or so her label could test the waters, but I would bet she isn't the only pop star to start this way.
I was thinking about all of the Survivor-alikes and Big Brother vote off the island type shows the other day and started to really wonder what they do for the major networks that run them in the long term.
If I understand the idea behind television series correctly, The producers of the programming make a bit of money off of the original run (more if the ratings are really good and the show really brings in the advertising) which is all well and good. But don't they end up making more money *long term* if their shows end up in syndication after the series has been around for a few (3 or 4?) seasons.
Now what I don't get is how the networks plan on making money off all of the "Reality Programming" after it has been aired once (other than making another season of it). Somehow I don't see people wanting to watch reruns of Survivor season 1 the same way they still watch The Simpsons season 1...
So while I can understand the whole cliche cop drama thing being run into the ground (Law and Order has been around for more than 10 seasons and still has a big audience. No wonder networks try to copy that), I get the feeling Fox, NBC, and all may end up shooting themselves in the foot in the long term by supporting too many shows that have little or no replay value whatsoever.
Am I right to believe this? Or am I underestimating the rerun value of Teen Idol and all completely?
So all we have to do is be completely compliant to their whims and they will give us what we want?
Sure, this will probably be used for "piracy" as much as any other technology is in this day and age. That doesn't mean it should be buried, and that doesn't mean it won't be legitimately used either. If you want to get rid of every tool and technology that is developed just because it could be used maliciously by somebody, you won't even be left with sticks and stones.
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Which one should we count? Both the 10-year old boy and the 17-year old gang banger have possession of weapons they obviously weren't responsible enough to use in a correct manner (if the part about it being a hypothetical armed robbery was due to a gun the 17-year old was carrying...).
To me they both sound like examples of people who died due to irresponsible use of a firearm.
That should be the place to get the correct codec.
That isn't meant as a flame. I am very happy with the Geforce3 Ti200 in my system and my next cpu will be AMD.
If they take goatse.cx down then the terrorists have already won.
I can't remember where, but I recall American Mcgee (creator of Alice, Level Designer on Doom2, Quake2 and maybe a few other id games) saying that FPS games such as the ones he made levels for gave him motion sickness/simulator sickness. His solution was to make the viewing area as small as possible (usually done by pressing the "-" key in many games). Most FPS games that I know of allow you to do this. I doubt making the view smaller will help everybody, but it may be worth a try if you experience this.
AOL should act now by adding to it's "You've got mail!" sound. Having the computer say "It's not Spam!" afterwards would indicate to their users that an email is important enough not to delete.
Trust me. Those tubs of Slim Fast only last two days or so. 4 at the most.
Duh. What do you think kept Baywatch around for all that time?
Sports Night is available in a DVD boxed set now, btw. I am considering picking it up myself. Great series. I wish I had known about it before it was actually cancelled.
Sweet. Radioactive paper would mean I won't have to get a backlit PDA to read books in the dark.
I don't think there is much need for a hero who sits in a burrow playing with his nuts all day... No way you would get that comic approved by the Comics Code Authority.
Of course, that would mean the company would be working with you, instead of getting away with whatever they can. Maybe brand loyalty just doesn't mean anything to corperations now.
Lesser visual quality maybe. There are some games ported to the GBA from that era that still hold there own against games of today.
Behold! Terrorism is the new Communism! I can't wait to see what this version of Mcarthyism ends up looking like.
That "review link" is just a preview that tells you some of the features and little more... As far as I can tell there are not reviews up on any gaming sites as of yet...
I could do that, but like most I would rather skip the article and spend time jumping to conclusions and making unfounded accusations. Perhaps there should be a -1, RTFM score or something of the like.
What does the SEC need so much money for? Easy. How else are they going to attract a high profile CEO to lead their ship the dangerous financial waters of business, or whatever?
If only there was a common sense clause to make sure ideas as old and redundent as those couldn't be patented. But then again commen sense seems to be in such rare supply these days that maybe it has been patented as well...
AFAIK, VIA bought out Cyrix a few years back, so the C3 chip may be based on some stuff Cyrix was developing at the time.
It is one thing to strategically partner with a company to have the support your stuff, it is another to alienate your 2nd party board makers so that they turn to your competitor for sales (Like 3DFX did to Creative Labs and others).
On top of that Nvidia isn't exactly falling behind technology wise. ATI may be keeping up, but there is room for both of them in the market.
I am not sure if she started there to gain some sort of grassroots support or so her label could test the waters, but I would bet she isn't the only pop star to start this way.
Well, so much for saving money...
If I understand the idea behind television series correctly, The producers of the programming make a bit of money off of the original run (more if the ratings are really good and the show really brings in the advertising) which is all well and good. But don't they end up making more money *long term* if their shows end up in syndication after the series has been around for a few (3 or 4?) seasons.
Now what I don't get is how the networks plan on making money off all of the "Reality Programming" after it has been aired once (other than making another season of it). Somehow I don't see people wanting to watch reruns of Survivor season 1 the same way they still watch The Simpsons season 1...
So while I can understand the whole cliche cop drama thing being run into the ground (Law and Order has been around for more than 10 seasons and still has a big audience. No wonder networks try to copy that), I get the feeling Fox, NBC, and all may end up shooting themselves in the foot in the long term by supporting too many shows that have little or no replay value whatsoever.
Am I right to believe this? Or am I underestimating the rerun value of Teen Idol and all completely?
If a person was to "subscribe" to Slashdot, do they still see this kind of fluffy paid for article? Do they get an option to filter such stories out?
Sure, this will probably be used for "piracy" as much as any other technology is in this day and age. That doesn't mean it should be buried, and that doesn't mean it won't be legitimately used either. If you want to get rid of every tool and technology that is developed just because it could be used maliciously by somebody, you won't even be left with sticks and stones.