sorry, i forgot, we currently live in a world where if we are given a cup of coffee there are two possible eventualities...
1) its cold, in which case we take it back, abuse whoever gave it to us for offering sub standard service, and demand a free coffee, cookie, three course meal, shares in the company and monies for 'hardships endured' or some other legal bullshit... or
2) its hot, in which case we pour it over our genitals, claim it was the companies fault for making, god forbid, *hot* coffee (can you believe it???), and then sue the company for all we can, siting 'negligence' on the part of the company, for giving us, of all things, HOT BLOODY COFFEE!!
... what impresses me most is that someone who is so lacking in knowledge of the basic concepts of chemistry and physics with regards to hot substances has the ability to operate a motor vehicle, let alone the intelligence required to form the words needed to request a cup of coffee in the first place...
If coffee is hot enough to melt off my balls I am going to sue.
you, sir (not fitting of an AC, or someone with this mentality, but anyway), are exactly whats wrong with the world at the moment. this not-my-fault mentality is exactly what causes so much of the bullshit lawsuit-fests that seem to be all the go ATM.
... out of all these 'billions' of habitable planets... how many of them are filled with beings who believe in ancient myths which tell them that they are the only life in the universe as specially chosen by a mythical deity?
the whole free software, open source thing doesnt really cut it with games.
with the majority of popular games coming out now, mainly in the land of FPS and RTS, you can gain access to an SDK within days of the games release, as well as normally a section of source code with which to rewrite sections to make your own mod or just to tinker with the game, making the whole 'port games to linux because its open source etc etc' a moot point
and with every developer and his mother trying to release another version of quake, c&c etc, and all the 'its like <genre defining classic> but quicksave is now F10 instead of F6' games coming out, its hard enough to make money without charging the large amounts companies already do for games.
how could a company that is rewriting already existing games for an operating system that is really only a niche market *in the land of gaming* (note this point before you flame) expect to cope? even though they dont have all the issues with art, music etc, these things dont convert themselves. and the amount of people that downloaded a full OS for free, then a browser for free, then everything else for free arent gonna wanna pay just to play games. i think this whats happened to loki has proved this point.
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windows is the premier gaming platform, and its gonna be a hard thing to change. sure, i whinge like the rest of us when IE crashes for the millionth time for no good reason, and i despise all the 'invasion of privacy bullshit that makes me use Eudora and Netscape/Opera instead of Outlook/IE, but games wise, you arent gonna get a better platform.
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of course the article is wrong. you cant create energy out of nowhere, its impossible, in the same way that the earth cant possibly revolve around the sun.:)
scientific advances are normally made by people finding that the current rules that they have been adhering to have in fact been incorrect, regardless of the amount of 'proof' found to support the previous 'law'.
i dont have the knowledge to immediately embrace or dismiss the claims made, and from reading a lot of what has been posted, neither do most of the rest of you. its just fun to follow the first person to starting making it fun of it all like sheep.
i find it an exciting prospect to consider, just like the petrol car that was adapted to run on water. never heard of it? what a suprise, it was taken to big business instead of to a media outlet and after a few 'strange' accidents was never heard of again, only to be made fun of by people who think that 'that possibly couldnt happen', when they know nothing about the subject (begin relevant conspiracy theory here). wish i had a link to point to.
you shouldnt be so quick to jump all over something just because you think you know better [troll] leave that to the hardcore religious types [/troll]
yeah, thats all well and good, but does that mean you are gonna have to grow a third arm in order to still be able to operate the keyboard at the same time... hehehe
a further two points i myself (no longer wanting to speak of behalf of anyone else) have taken from this...
1) out of all the people to correct you when you have said something in error (or made reference to your own experience and then generalised, a mistake i shouldnt have made, ill admit), the amount of people that insist on being derogatory and making (subtle or otherwise) personal attacks instead of being diplomatic towards you in regards to your comments is always greater than zero...
... and...
2) whenever anyone charges someone else with being illiterate you only need to look back no more than two sentences in what they have written to see a spelling error. i find that "unaccaptable".
two important points to take from this ...
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... are as follows...
1) amazon appear to have made a profit without anyone (or me at least) every receiving any spam from them (sure, i get occasional mailing list stuff, but i signed up for that when i created my account with them)... see? you dont have to piss ppl off with unsolicited emails to try and make money. sometimes you can just work hard at it (and yes, patent and sell off stuff, but they arent the only business to do it, so GET OVER IT already)
2) the news link in the article has what may be the worlds first html anchor of the phrase "pooh-poohed"... i think this page should be archived somewhere for posterity. im pretty sure that even winnie the poohs personal website doesnt have that phrase on it.
great. more 'internet censorship' bull that we australians have had to go thru before. if they arent banning classic games like GTA3, they are dictating that we cant display 'adult' material for other adults on the web, because 'minors' can have access to it. its a standard govt ploy to appeal to the voters thru scare tactics... "the net is full of evil pornographers and blah blah blah that your children need to be protected from and WE are the people to do it".
for some reason it seems to work well tho (see the basis for the current australian govts recent election win; keeping out illegal immigrants) so im sure it will be a big hit with parents so lacking in parenting skills that instead of thinking that maybe they might possibly need to be the person required to guide their childs internet surfing, they can just sit back and let the govt turn into criminals anyone who wants to display anything the current govt doesnt agree with.
and who can possibly claim to properly be able to regulate what is 'suitable' and what is not? surely not some out-of-touch politicians. it all comes down to a point of view thing. i am tired of being told what to do and what to look at and what i can buy based on rules that are applicable only to 'minors' (i am 24). is there some way of getting a transfer to another planet for people who dont need to be told what to think and what they can look at and what they can do? not that it matters, im sure the site for that particular travel agency is blacklisted as well:)
'This site is intended for people over 18, but only because kids shoot each other if they hear the word "fuck"' (seanbaby.com)
(btw, to all you other aussies out there who missed out on GTA3, order it from a UK games site, mine only took 7 days to get here, and it all up cost about the same as it would have to get it from here. but im sure you all knew that anyway)
Yeah, I can see how this can now put ads in all the right places. This is a Great Idea (tm). They dont even have any real applications for it yet, thats just opening the door for ads to step in. I can see myself stepping up to the urinal, unzipping, looking down and suddenly hearing in my ear "EXTEND YOUR PENIS SIZE BY 6 INCHES!!!"
And imagine all the hassles with who 'owns' what co-ordinates... does McDonalds own all the co-ordinates in a certain area around all its buildings, or can Hungry Jacks (the Australian version of Burger King I guess), fill all the airspace with its own ads? There is one for the law-talkin' guys.
As if we arent bombarded with enough visual and aural stimulation as it is, most of it brain numbing ads... I suppose the only plus is that you arent forced to hear it... everything else about it just screams free-to-air-SPAM...
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sorry, i forgot, we currently live in a world where if we are given a cup of coffee there are two possible eventualities ...
... or
... what impresses me most is that someone who is so lacking in knowledge of the basic concepts of chemistry and physics with regards to hot substances has the ability to operate a motor vehicle, let alone the intelligence required to form the words needed to request a cup of coffee in the first place ...
1) its cold, in which case we take it back, abuse whoever gave it to us for offering sub standard service, and demand a free coffee, cookie, three course meal, shares in the company and monies for 'hardships endured' or some other legal bullshit
2) its hot, in which case we pour it over our genitals, claim it was the companies fault for making, god forbid, *hot* coffee (can you believe it???), and then sue the company for all we can, siting 'negligence' on the part of the company, for giving us, of all things, HOT BLOODY COFFEE!!
If coffee is hot enough to melt off my balls I am going to sue.
you, sir (not fitting of an AC, or someone with this mentality, but anyway), are exactly whats wrong with the world at the moment. this not-my-fault mentality is exactly what causes so much of the bullshit lawsuit-fests that seem to be all the go ATM.
... out of all these 'billions' of habitable planets ... how many of them are filled with beings who believe in ancient myths which tell them that they are the only life in the universe as specially chosen by a mythical deity?
if they want to stop the sales of DVD the answer is simple ...
bring back betamax!
bring back betamax!
bring back betamax!
L-A-M-E
the whole free software, open source thing doesnt really cut it with games.
with the majority of popular games coming out now, mainly in the land of FPS and RTS, you can gain access to an SDK within days of the games release, as well as normally a section of source code with which to rewrite sections to make your own mod or just to tinker with the game, making the whole 'port games to linux because its open source etc etc' a moot point
and with every developer and his mother trying to release another version of quake, c&c etc, and all the 'its like <genre defining classic> but quicksave is now F10 instead of F6' games coming out, its hard enough to make money without charging the large amounts companies already do for games.
how could a company that is rewriting already existing games for an operating system that is really only a niche market *in the land of gaming* (note this point before you flame) expect to cope? even though they dont have all the issues with art, music etc, these things dont convert themselves. and the amount of people that downloaded a full OS for free, then a browser for free, then everything else for free arent gonna wanna pay just to play games. i think this whats happened to loki has proved this point.
<redundant>
windows is the premier gaming platform, and its gonna be a hard thing to change. sure, i whinge like the rest of us when IE crashes for the millionth time for no good reason, and i despise all the 'invasion of privacy bullshit that makes me use Eudora and Netscape/Opera instead of Outlook/IE, but games wise, you arent gonna get a better platform.
</redundant>
of course the article is wrong. you cant create energy out of nowhere, its impossible, in the same way that the earth cant possibly revolve around the sun. :)
scientific advances are normally made by people finding that the current rules that they have been adhering to have in fact been incorrect, regardless of the amount of 'proof' found to support the previous 'law'.
i dont have the knowledge to immediately embrace or dismiss the claims made, and from reading a lot of what has been posted, neither do most of the rest of you. its just fun to follow the first person to starting making it fun of it all like sheep.
i find it an exciting prospect to consider, just like the petrol car that was adapted to run on water.
never heard of it? what a suprise, it was taken to big business instead of to a media outlet and after a few 'strange' accidents was never heard of again, only to be made fun of by people who think that 'that possibly couldnt happen', when they know nothing about the subject (begin relevant conspiracy theory here). wish i had a link to point to.
you shouldnt be so quick to jump all over something just because you think you know better
[troll] leave that to the hardcore religious types [/troll]
I can have a second penis. Thank you science!
... hehehe
yeah, thats all well and good, but does that mean you are gonna have to grow a third arm in order to still be able to operate the keyboard at the same time
a further two points i myself (no longer wanting to speak of behalf of anyone else) have taken from this ...
...
...
1) out of all the people to correct you when you have said something in error (or made reference to your own experience and then generalised, a mistake i shouldnt have made, ill admit), the amount of people that insist on being derogatory and making (subtle or otherwise) personal attacks instead of being diplomatic towards you in regards to your comments is always greater than zero
... and
2) whenever anyone charges someone else with being illiterate you only need to look back no more than two sentences in what they have written to see a spelling error. i find that "unaccaptable".
... are as follows ...
... see? you dont have to piss ppl off with unsolicited emails to try and make money. sometimes you can just work hard at it (and yes, patent and sell off stuff, but they arent the only business to do it, so GET OVER IT already)
... i think this page should be archived somewhere for posterity. im pretty sure that even winnie the poohs personal website doesnt have that phrase on it.
1) amazon appear to have made a profit without anyone (or me at least) every receiving any spam from them (sure, i get occasional mailing list stuff, but i signed up for that when i created my account with them)
2) the news link in the article has what may be the worlds first html anchor of the phrase "pooh-poohed"
great. more 'internet censorship' bull that we australians have had to go thru before. if they arent banning classic games like GTA3, they are dictating that we cant display 'adult' material for other adults on the web, because 'minors' can have access to it. its a standard govt ploy to appeal to the voters thru scare tactics ... "the net is full of evil pornographers and blah blah blah that your children need to be protected from and WE are the people to do it".
:)
for some reason it seems to work well tho (see the basis for the current australian govts recent election win; keeping out illegal immigrants) so im sure it will be a big hit with parents so lacking in parenting skills that instead of thinking that maybe they might possibly need to be the person required to guide their childs internet surfing, they can just sit back and let the govt turn into criminals anyone who wants to display anything the current govt doesnt agree with.
and who can possibly claim to properly be able to regulate what is 'suitable' and what is not? surely not some out-of-touch politicians. it all comes down to a point of view thing. i am tired of being told what to do and what to look at and what i can buy based on rules that are applicable only to 'minors' (i am 24). is there some way of getting a transfer to another planet for people who dont need to be told what to think and what they can look at and what they can do? not that it matters, im sure the site for that particular travel agency is blacklisted as well
'This site is intended for people over 18, but only because kids shoot each other if they hear the word "fuck"' (seanbaby.com)
(btw, to all you other aussies out there who missed out on GTA3, order it from a UK games site, mine only took 7 days to get here, and it all up cost about the same as it would have to get it from here. but im sure you all knew that anyway)
Yeah, I can see how this can now put ads in all the right places. This is a Great Idea (tm). They dont even have any real applications for it yet, thats just opening the door for ads to step in. I can see myself stepping up to the urinal, unzipping, looking down and suddenly hearing in my ear "EXTEND YOUR PENIS SIZE BY 6 INCHES!!!"
... does McDonalds own all the co-ordinates in a certain area around all its buildings, or can Hungry Jacks (the Australian version of Burger King I guess), fill all the airspace with its own ads? There is one for the law-talkin' guys.
... I suppose the only plus is that you arent forced to hear it ... everything else about it just screams free-to-air-SPAM ...
And imagine all the hassles with who 'owns' what co-ordinates
As if we arent bombarded with enough visual and aural stimulation as it is, most of it brain numbing ads