Well, according to what I've seen on the series, it would appear that StarTrek is fortelling the future. You see, there are these time travelling aliens who...:]
Maybe if we sent the beowolf cluster trolls over to Intel or something, they'd get moving on some sort of on-chip clustering just so the trolls would get their cluster & shut up?:)
Well, maybe someday we'll have more fair use rights and someone can distribute a mod to remove him from it...
Of course, I'm dreaming, because it will be a *long* time before this is very feasible [not necessarily even for the technology, either--more like the legal aspects of it]
Better read that again. When it spoke of "romantic partners" it was talking about RL one, not fantasy ones. It's just as well, since half the female charactors are really males, though that only disturbs people a little less than 2 on a 1 to 5 scale, apparently [1 is "not bothered at all"].
There are plenty of interesting tidbits, though. For one, females are likely to be attracted to the game by their SO. Female charactors tend to get unsolicited help a lot more, while male charactors tend to be taken more seriously [note that this refers only to the charactors, not the players--the section on "gender bending" illuminates this quite a lot, from telling us that a lot of the people play a charactor of the opposite gender because they like the looks of them, to telling us about some guys who like to play women for the deferential treatment]
Granted, none of it is exactly earth-shattering, but it's still an interesting read if you have any interest in what motivates people.
Yeah... that sounds like the computer you'd expect Dracula to use...:]
But what about the one that comes with a *cookbook*? After that cooked Palm Pilot just a bit ago, it kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it? Maybe some people aren't getting enough silicon in their diet...?:]
Why would *anyone* even try to erase it when they can flood it?
Every printer runs out of paper [or ink...] eventually. Or HD space, for that matter...
They figure that it "hurts consumers" because it raises costs for them & they intend to pass those costs on to us.
Of course, given that they sell junk I don't want, I don't mind that at all. They'll just be selling more expensive junk that I still don't want & they haven't 'hurt' me at all, so far as I can see...
Bullies usually back down when someone stands up to them.
OTOH, they're quite good at encouraging the use of open source:] If they're not threatening enough [they are] they won't get anyone to comply. If they're too threatening [they are] they'll drive people from those vendors... probably to free licenses, which don't have these sorts of entanglements...:]
Yeah, we only have 7,000 trolls? *sheesh*
We should've sent many more letters...
It's just as well those were rejected, though--I would hate to see the federal register forced to post that goatse pic...
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Ergo, cloning supports terrorism; specifically bioterrorism. Just imagine how terrified you'd be if someone cloned Britney Spears... :)
Well, according to what I've seen on the series, it would appear that StarTrek is fortelling the future. You see, there are these time travelling aliens who... :]
Maybe if we sent the beowolf cluster trolls over to Intel or something, they'd get moving on some sort of on-chip clustering just so the trolls would get their cluster & shut up? :)
It's worth a shot...
Well, maybe someday we'll have more fair use rights and someone can distribute a mod to remove him from it...
Of course, I'm dreaming, because it will be a *long* time before this is very feasible [not necessarily even for the technology, either--more like the legal aspects of it]
Better read that again. When it spoke of "romantic partners" it was talking about RL one, not fantasy ones. It's just as well, since half the female charactors are really males, though that only disturbs people a little less than 2 on a 1 to 5 scale, apparently [1 is "not bothered at all"].
There are plenty of interesting tidbits, though. For one, females are likely to be attracted to the game by their SO. Female charactors tend to get unsolicited help a lot more, while male charactors tend to be taken more seriously [note that this refers only to the charactors, not the players--the section on "gender bending" illuminates this quite a lot, from telling us that a lot of the people play a charactor of the opposite gender because they like the looks of them, to telling us about some guys who like to play women for the deferential treatment]
Granted, none of it is exactly earth-shattering, but it's still an interesting read if you have any interest in what motivates people.
Nah, most /.ers are too lazy :]
They'd just use it to fry a few ants, or something...
Yeah... that sounds like the computer you'd expect Dracula to use... :]
But what about the one that comes with a *cookbook*? After that cooked Palm Pilot just a bit ago, it kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it? Maybe some people aren't getting enough silicon in their diet...? :]
They're afraid that the universe would run out of karma if they allowed people to moderate posts as "pathetic" ...
:]
Of course, if you listen to Homer, karma can only be portioned out by the universe, anyhow
... and I prefer them shaken, not stirred :]
Why would *anyone* even try to erase it when they can flood it? Every printer runs out of paper [or ink...] eventually. Or HD space, for that matter...
They figure that it "hurts consumers" because it raises costs for them & they intend to pass those costs on to us. Of course, given that they sell junk I don't want, I don't mind that at all. They'll just be selling more expensive junk that I still don't want & they haven't 'hurt' me at all, so far as I can see...
Bullies usually back down when someone stands up to them. OTOH, they're quite good at encouraging the use of open source :] If they're not threatening enough [they are] they won't get anyone to comply. If they're too threatening [they are] they'll drive people from those vendors... probably to free licenses, which don't have these sorts of entanglements... :]
Yeah, we only have 7,000 trolls? *sheesh* We should've sent many more letters... It's just as well those were rejected, though--I would hate to see the federal register forced to post that goatse pic...