and combined with its release date being right around Warcraft III, I suspect sleep will not be an option
We all know how fickle release dates are. Don't worry, we all have plenty of time before Blizzard gets areound to releasing Warcraft III. I expect it to go gold around winter 2007. By then Baulder's Gate 4 will be out as well as Neverwinter Nights 2.
Stuff like this is cool to daydream about but I don't see it going into the "superhero" direction. I think that it will go the route of more real world solutions like curing blindness and helping the paralyzed.
For example, there was a link a while ago that showed a computer camera system attached to a implant in a blind man's brain that allowed him to see (at a very basic level). This thing was pretty intense, but development for it started in the 70's. Also, the procedure was not allowed in the states because of all of the FDA red tape that exists. Stuff like this is cool, but your or I will be long gone before we see any real-world applications for it.
Before this is ignorantly modded down please see my point;
In all seriousness, to 99% of the people on Slashdot open-source means free software.
I would love to see anyone who actually opens up and edits code for the good of the community.
If I wrote some cool peice of software I would not want to make it open source either. I would want to make money off of my hard work. Why should some hippie kid get something I invested my time into for free?
Freeloaders.
I think it is all hype anyway. In a big office with a lot of machines running Windows, running Norton Antivirus corporate edition has been the savior many times over. This thing is controlled by a central server, and even if the braindead user opens a file inviting him to chat with naked camel penises, it will automatically catch the virus and not allow it to do further damage. Hundreds of viruses have been caught this way and we don't even bother worrying about the virus problem anymore, the server takes care of everything.
So how come a total idiot like me can't do stuff like this? At least I'd have the common sense to realize that I could be using my supernatural talents to actually make money for myself and work for NASA, rather than waste all of my free time building a complex robot that can blink his eyes after typing 10000000 lines of C++ code.
If he could make it give sexual favors without electrocuting the recepient he'd be onto something.
The sad thing is that this cost the guy $600+ dollars not to mention a LOT of free time. And where did it get him. . . Slashdotted . . . . I gues life is now complete.
They will never get it through with the DMCA, and frankly I hope it does not. What good use is it for people to have software like this for anything OTHER than illegally copying DVDs? And any lame assed person who says that it is used for "backup" purposes is lying through their asses.
Why does everyone in the entire world think everything should be free? If this type of attitude is allowed to be acted on then there will be nothing left for these losers to pirate because all of the victimized companies will have gone out of business because They are making no money!
Can't people get a life and spend some fucking money for once? That is why this economy is hitting the bricks, everyone wants free bootleg stuff like it is their god given right. The Capitalistic (not a commie) society that we live in thrives on people buying products not blatantly stealing them.
People who do stuff like this are no different than a common thief who rips off a 7-11 for a pack of condoms, they are just a bit more educated and can make up some kind of legal "out".
talking about market share here people. Why the would not make it available to these platforms is beyond me.
Not to sound like a troll, but everyone bitches about Microsoft and lack of competition, but look what they did. The whored their software out everywhere (practically giving it away) and are now reaping the benefits. Sun, Apple and company never took this route (and they had better products!) and have suffered in the long run.
Don't bitch about Microsoft when you are unwilling to make the same sacrifices!
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I don't want to be a troll, but god knows I am sure there are some asshole senators in the government that would restrict the net here in the US if they could get away with it. They probably think it would be good for us.
Shit slimeball scum companies like Gator are already spying on me.
This is so stupid. Like everyone mentioned above, the only people using this will be tight assed business execs. All these morons (mostly sales people, truly the bottom of the workplace barrel) do is check e-mail 19 hours a day anyway , they could manage that with only a 2400 baud modem and not notice the difference.
Me and my brok ass hard core gamers are never going to fly on an "executive" type jet anyway, so what difference does it make if you might get pings of 678 on Wolfenstein.
I agree, I think that they brought the Duron as far as it could go anyway. With the Athlon XP's running as fast as they do at the price, there really isn't a need for it to exist anyway.
Why would anyone buy the fastest Duron Processor when they could get a faster XP processor for the same, if not less money, it just does not make sense for the consumer.
I was merely bringing up the potential "outs" that the said criminal's legal team would use.
And believe me, I don't think any lawyer defending said crimanl would not try to exploit this.
You should know by now how bullheaded slashdotters can be by now, that was a pretty ignorant.
By the way, do you think this is entrapment?
Lets give DirectX a break. I know that computers running apps for it are completely decked out, but look at the graphics for christ's sake! With all of the enhancements that have been made between the hardware companies (ATI, NVIDIA) in conjunction with M$ (dx 8.1 enhancements) we are seeing some kick ass games, delivered in a relatively fast time due to a universal API. I think it is a good thing.
I totally agree. I always considered myself savy when it came to weeding out all of the spyware programs that the "marketing" scumbags try to install. However, based on an article in Computer Shopper, I installed the program you speak of "Ad-Aware". After doing a scan, I was shocked to find something to the tune of 25+ spyware components on my PC, all embedded in my registry. I feel that is a complete invasion of my privacy and people should not be allowed to get away with it.
It is like someone coming into my house and placing a camera on my wall to see my dumping habitsin the morning.
if you have Windows, you owe it to yourself to download this. We need to get rid of this garbage so these internet advertising scumbags can go back where they came from.
Is all Internet advertising bad? I don't think so, catalog companies who put banners advertising good prices is a good thing (TigerDirect). Also I get newsletters in e-mail from that same company showing me current sales. And you know what? I do click on them. I do it because I do not fell like I am being maliciously forced into it by some "marketing" guy. They should really give it up, if Internet advertising is so dead, then this crap is not going to help.
Try to find better prices on anything on the net outside of yahoo's inner-circle of shopping sites. The search engine rules, and their free e-mail seems to give terrorists and pedophiles immunity from and legal reprocussions of their actions. Sounds like a good deal to me . . . ..FOR FREE.
99.9% of the shit they give you is fucking free, so technically they can do whatever the fuck they want. Fuck off. All of the articles on this pitiful bowel movement of a site are always the same thing . . . ..BITCHING AND MOANING.
And why is the color of this artick brown like the shit I just took.
Why is Microsoft ALWAYS mentioned in a negative fashion? It is as if anyone wants to complain about ANYTHING relating to computers they have to throw in an obligatory reference to Microsoft, because they are evil.
Last week Bill Gates put a bannana in the tailpipe of my car. Did my gay ass get mad at him? No, because I know that my life is easier because of his existance, if he wants to force me to look at a homoerotic Windows messenger icon in my task bar for eternity, he has earned the fucking right.
I wonder how many slashdot neophytes type their anti-microsoft pro OSDN rah rah shit on a Windows box. Blazing hypocrites that lick camel anus. So the next time someone tries to tell you that Windows is evil and smells like putrid bowel movements, just ask them to send it in e-mail typed in some obscure file format that 0.00000000001% of the computer users can read it. This way it was be unopenable and I don't have to listen to the constant complaining.
how to use Linux? When these fuckers get transferred they will be like a fish out of water! If they knew a simple GREP command then they would be OK.
Now THAT would make a good slashdot story. No Linux Mention = no Slashdot story./. does not know that only 0.0000000001% of the population even knows how to screw a penguin, let alone know where its anus is. When you close off 99.99999999% of your readership (0.00000000000000000000000000001% with macs), the/. effect will be ancient history.
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We all know how fickle release dates are. Don't worry, we all have plenty of time before Blizzard gets areound to releasing Warcraft III. I expect it to go gold around winter 2007. By then Baulder's Gate 4 will be out as well as Neverwinter Nights 2.
For example, there was a link a while ago that showed a computer camera system attached to a implant in a blind man's brain that allowed him to see (at a very basic level). This thing was pretty intense, but development for it started in the 70's. Also, the procedure was not allowed in the states because of all of the FDA red tape that exists. Stuff like this is cool, but your or I will be long gone before we see any real-world applications for it.
How many linux kernels will it run on?
I love your name! You are a troll God!
In all seriousness, to 99% of the people on Slashdot open-source means free software.
I would love to see anyone who actually opens up and edits code for the good of the community.
If I wrote some cool peice of software I would not want to make it open source either. I would want to make money off of my hard work. Why should some hippie kid get something I invested my time into for free? Freeloaders.
I think it is all hype anyway. In a big office with a lot of machines running Windows, running Norton Antivirus corporate edition has been the savior many times over. This thing is controlled by a central server, and even if the braindead user opens a file inviting him to chat with naked camel penises, it will automatically catch the virus and not allow it to do further damage. Hundreds of viruses have been caught this way and we don't even bother worrying about the virus problem anymore, the server takes care of everything.
Downloading movies is illegal.
The DMCA said so, don't mess with em.
If he could make it give sexual favors without electrocuting the recepient he'd be onto something.
The sad thing is that this cost the guy $600+ dollars not to mention a LOT of free time. And where did it get him. . . Slashdotted . . . . I gues life is now complete.
I am jealous
Why does everyone in the entire world think everything should be free? If this type of attitude is allowed to be acted on then there will be nothing left for these losers to pirate because all of the victimized companies will have gone out of business because They are making no money!
Can't people get a life and spend some fucking money for once? That is why this economy is hitting the bricks, everyone wants free bootleg stuff like it is their god given right. The Capitalistic (not a commie) society that we live in thrives on people buying products not blatantly stealing them.
People who do stuff like this are no different than a common thief who rips off a 7-11 for a pack of condoms, they are just a bit more educated and can make up some kind of legal "out".
Get a life.
Don't use open source. No matter how cool your friends say it is.
However, people also have to spend money to make money. Do you think M$ made much money on all of the free copies of Win 98 it gave away?
If apple was not so elitest and closed-minded, they might have become the monopolistic bastard that everyone calls M$ today.
Also how much money could it cost when the only have six people working on it?
Not to sound like a troll, but everyone bitches about Microsoft and lack of competition, but look what they did. The whored their software out everywhere (practically giving it away) and are now reaping the benefits. Sun, Apple and company never took this route (and they had better products!) and have suffered in the long run.
Don't bitch about Microsoft when you are unwilling to make the same sacrifices!
Shit slimeball scum companies like Gator are already spying on me.
silly vagina fp's are for asses
This is so stupid. Like everyone mentioned above, the only people using this will be tight assed business execs. All these morons (mostly sales people, truly the bottom of the workplace barrel) do is check e-mail 19 hours a day anyway , they could manage that with only a 2400 baud modem and not notice the difference.
Me and my brok ass hard core gamers are never going to fly on an "executive" type jet anyway, so what difference does it make if you might get pings of 678 on Wolfenstein.
I agree, I think that they brought the Duron as far as it could go anyway. With the Athlon XP's running as fast as they do at the price, there really isn't a need for it to exist anyway.
Why would anyone buy the fastest Duron Processor when they could get a faster XP processor for the same, if not less money, it just does not make sense for the consumer.
-Mod me up, I need the karma!
Silly asshole, fp's are for kids.
Mod me up I need Karma.
I was merely bringing up the potential "outs" that the said criminal's legal team would use. And believe me, I don't think any lawyer defending said crimanl would not try to exploit this. You should know by now how bullheaded slashdotters can be by now, that was a pretty ignorant. By the way, do you think this is entrapment?
This almost reminds me of the First Death Wish movie where he baited the guys to car jack him only to kick their asses a second later.
Seriously though, I can't wait hearing from the car thief's legal team trying to get him off because methods like this are "unconstitutional"
I am sure the scumbag lawyers will have a field day with this one.
-Mod me up, I need the karma
Lets give DirectX a break. I know that computers running apps for it are completely decked out, but look at the graphics for christ's sake! With all of the enhancements that have been made between the hardware companies (ATI, NVIDIA) in conjunction with M$ (dx 8.1 enhancements) we are seeing some kick ass games, delivered in a relatively fast time due to a universal API. I think it is a good thing.
-Mod me up, I need the karma!!
I totally agree. I always considered myself savy when it came to weeding out all of the spyware programs that the "marketing" scumbags try to install. However, based on an article in Computer Shopper, I installed the program you speak of "Ad-Aware". After doing a scan, I was shocked to find something to the tune of 25+ spyware components on my PC, all embedded in my registry. I feel that is a complete invasion of my privacy and people should not be allowed to get away with it.
It is like someone coming into my house and placing a camera on my wall to see my dumping habitsin the morning.
if you have Windows, you owe it to yourself to download this. We need to get rid of this garbage so these internet advertising scumbags can go back where they came from.
Is all Internet advertising bad? I don't think so, catalog companies who put banners advertising good prices is a good thing (TigerDirect). Also I get newsletters in e-mail from that same company showing me current sales. And you know what? I do click on them. I do it because I do not fell like I am being maliciously forced into it by some "marketing" guy. They should really give it up, if Internet advertising is so dead, then this crap is not going to help.
Scumbags.
-mod me up, I need the Karma!
But do the sell titanium COCK rings? Now that would be something.
Also do any of those Ti Laptops run Linux?
Moderators. . . . . bring the shit to me!
Male ass!
Try to find better prices on anything on the net outside of yahoo's inner-circle of shopping sites. The search engine rules, and their free e-mail seems to give terrorists and pedophiles immunity from and legal reprocussions of their actions. Sounds like a good deal to me . . . . .FOR FREE.
.BITCHING AND MOANING.
99.9% of the shit they give you is fucking free, so technically they can do whatever the fuck they want. Fuck off. All of the articles on this pitiful bowel movement of a site are always the same thing . . . .
And why is the color of this artick brown like the shit I just took.
Fuckers
Why is Microsoft ALWAYS mentioned in a negative fashion? It is as if anyone wants to complain about ANYTHING relating to computers they have to throw in an obligatory reference to Microsoft, because they are evil.
Last week Bill Gates put a bannana in the tailpipe of my car. Did my gay ass get mad at him? No, because I know that my life is easier because of his existance, if he wants to force me to look at a homoerotic Windows messenger icon in my task bar for eternity, he has earned the fucking right.
I wonder how many slashdot neophytes type their anti-microsoft pro OSDN rah rah shit on a Windows box. Blazing hypocrites that lick camel anus. So the next time someone tries to tell you that Windows is evil and smells like putrid bowel movements, just ask them to send it in e-mail typed in some obscure file format that 0.00000000001% of the computer users can read it. This way it was be unopenable and I don't have to listen to the constant complaining.
Asses rule . . . especially male ones
how to use Linux? When these fuckers get transferred they will be like a fish out of water! If they knew a simple GREP command then they would be OK.
/. does not know that only 0.0000000001% of the population even knows how to screw a penguin, let alone know where its anus is. When you close off 99.99999999% of your readership (0.00000000000000000000000000001% with macs), the /. effect will be ancient history.
Now THAT would make a good slashdot story. No Linux Mention = no Slashdot story.
Private sector anal buggers only know Win 95.
Bill Gates can lick deeeeezzzzzzzzzzzz nutz!