This comes up every decade or two with the tech of the day implimented and gets shot down every time.
Honestly though? I don't see why. Lets see, I've had to provide my drivers licence, my birth certificate, my tax file number, a bank statement with my address on it, etc. to the government for some benefits recently, all this card would be is conveniant. It means instead of collecting all this crap and digging out an old and fragile certificate I'd just have to take one or two cards, and it's not like there's anything on there the police can't find by running your licence number anyway.
So, anyone care to step up to the plate and explain why this is such an incredible invasion of privacy when we've all been asked for our papers, american and australian, for decades?
Actually, we only fine you if you don't show up, you're free to submit a blank ballot, scribble obcenities on it, take it home etc. etc. Well they might not like you taking it home, but it's not like they can stop you folding it up and sticking it in your pocket. One problem with our system is everyone thinks they -have- to vote, so they cast bullshit, yet valid votes.
Not only that, but he's said in an interview that he enjoys programming for phones, that working with the limited resources is fun. He also codes ordinary hardware drivers to "Ground" himself if I remember correctly. So yeah, he does everything from drivers to simple games to brain liquifying 3D awesome. I would not put coaxing a little more Uberness out of a Wii past him.
Remember like, a decade ago, when implanting yourself with an RFID chip was an awesome idea because you could unlock your door by walking up to it or switch on lights by entering a room?
Who cares what Jobs says? Have we ever taken him seriously before? It's not like it won't be hacked within hours of it's release. Calm down, if we want third party apps on it, someone out there in geekdom will find a way.
"Makes impressive engines" is a bit of an understatement. "Has been at the head of engine development since Commander Keen cought up with Mario tech-wise." is a bit closer to the mark. Though he's sharing the limelight with a lot more people these days like Epic, Valve and Crytek. You're right though, when Carmak speaks, they all listen to what he has to say.
It really is a shame that the games tacked on these days tend to be glorified engine demos...
If my "Close" you mean "Everquest is bleeding to death" and "Both Everquests and Runescape combined might make up one sixth of WoW's subscribers". I don't know about guild wars though, for some reason there's no numbers on MMOGCharts possibly because you don't pay for a monthly subscription. And just for reference, runescape is beating the snot out of everquest.
All text based captcha's are broken, it doesn't matter how they're rendered, they're still a pre-defined set of characters that a bot can pick out eventually. Now, the "Click three kittens" captcha, that was fucking genious, no bot on the planet will be able to tell the difference between a kitten and a ham sandwich. Why isn't it being used? People seem to think obscuring text and making it harder for humans to read is a better idea than using something a computer will not be able to identify.
The FBI's TALON database shows the government has been spying on nonterrorist groups, including Quakers, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and Veterans for Peace.
It came in the middle of peak raiding times for.au players, actually. it was one of the two main reasons we want a server that's actually -in- Australia, downtimes and finally getting a stable ping under 400. So what do they do when aussies complain about these things? open servers with the same problems, but a rotated clock and no ability to transfer characters to them... gee, thanks Blizzard, no, really I appreciate it.
Of course it's likely not all Blizzard's fault, I mean, Telstra fucked over Ultima Online, I've got no doubt they'd try to rape Blizzard in exchange for aussie bandwidth as well.
I've seen video of one guy breaking the straps on a Wiimote.
Be was pitching in baseball and threw the fucking controller.
You do not throw the fucking controller.
Aparrantly people seem to thing you have to put the same force behind your movements as if you were actually pitching or hitting or bowling or swinging a golf club. I'm starting to thing WiiSports was a really bad title to include with the console, maybe they should have gone with WiiPlay, I'm sure far fewer dickweeds would fling thier controller with enough force to break thier TV then.
It's not the strap that's broken, the strap is only meant to stop you from accidentally dropping it, it's the retards putting way too much force behind thier movements. Maybe if they used it without the strap they'd be more careful.
how the shit did this get modded insightful? The fact that after he spouts incoherant babble he recognises the fact he has no clue?
"Touch" is an ingame command to activate a script in an object, the "Worm" was an object on a linden labs server, when a user touches it, it replicates and follows them around, more people touch, more people get followed, more objects replicate untill the servers can no longer track the objects and go *splat* kinda like a runaway nanotech "Grey Goo" scenario.
I have no problem with people babbling randomness, so long as they're modded down and kept the fuck off my screen.
What we have here is a classic example of a flamebaiting retard that has absolutely no clue about either a) The subject in question. b) The game in the subject. Or c) Reality.
- Virus problems. Quite entertaining that you have to buy extra software to fix the deficiencies in Windows, but it gets better, now you can buy it from Microsoft! Yes, the very company that gave you the problem in the first place - quite a track record.
- Trojan problems. As virus problems, but with the added bonus that you can be taken to court for privacy violations. Or taken to the cleaners because someone stole your identity. Or both.
Alternatives are not virus-free because they're more secure, they're virus-free because they're not worthwhile targets. If they become worthwhile targets, people will find holes in them just as fast as they do windows.
- THERE ARE VIABLE ALTERNATIVES.
for web browsing and email and menial word processing, sure, but how often are you gonna upgrade systems that only do that? Who this really hurts is gamers, and where's the alternative?
When game companies other than Id and a handfull of indipendants start shipping Linux versions alongside Windows versions, then I -might- use linux on my main PC. When I can walk down the store and grab a linux copy of the latest game, then I -might- use linux. Now, if I'm using a computer for something spesific, like a laptop for wardriving, or an old box in the garage to live as a jukebox, or an in-car entertainment system, you're damn right I'm going to use Linux, but gaming on linux is a fucking joke and anyone that tells you otherwise is lieing through his teeth.
There's already a company that is selling a product with a multi-touch sensor that doesn't require a camera behind the screen to see your fingers (which is how this rear-projected screen works) right here. It's a 15 inch LCD interface for controlling MIDI and OSC applications.
just for reference, the only people making meth out of psudoephedrine tablets are retards. It's much easier to just social engineer you way to aquiring a larger order of ephedrine from a chemical supply outfit.
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I don't see why people gripe about this kind of thing so often, it only costs Amazon money, not the purchaser
And how do you think Amazon covers that cost?
Yeah, it' awesome and all, unless you want to actually game on it, or watch 1080 video. Call me when there's a 3920x1200 curved OLED display.
This comes up every decade or two with the tech of the day implimented and gets shot down every time.
Honestly though? I don't see why. Lets see, I've had to provide my drivers licence, my birth certificate, my tax file number, a bank statement with my address on it, etc. to the government for some benefits recently, all this card would be is conveniant. It means instead of collecting all this crap and digging out an old and fragile certificate I'd just have to take one or two cards, and it's not like there's anything on there the police can't find by running your licence number anyway.
So, anyone care to step up to the plate and explain why this is such an incredible invasion of privacy when we've all been asked for our papers, american and australian, for decades?
Actually, we only fine you if you don't show up, you're free to submit a blank ballot, scribble obcenities on it, take it home etc. etc. Well they might not like you taking it home, but it's not like they can stop you folding it up and sticking it in your pocket. One problem with our system is everyone thinks they -have- to vote, so they cast bullshit, yet valid votes.
They are the phone company.
Though, with wall-climbing buggies and a snowmobile, not a robot.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-QBiBcK96Bs
Not only that, but he's said in an interview that he enjoys programming for phones, that working with the limited resources is fun. He also codes ordinary hardware drivers to "Ground" himself if I remember correctly. So yeah, he does everything from drivers to simple games to brain liquifying 3D awesome. I would not put coaxing a little more Uberness out of a Wii past him.
Remember like, a decade ago, when implanting yourself with an RFID chip was an awesome idea because you could unlock your door by walking up to it or switch on lights by entering a room?
Who cares what Jobs says? Have we ever taken him seriously before? It's not like it won't be hacked within hours of it's release. Calm down, if we want third party apps on it, someone out there in geekdom will find a way.
"Makes impressive engines" is a bit of an understatement. "Has been at the head of engine development since Commander Keen cought up with Mario tech-wise." is a bit closer to the mark. Though he's sharing the limelight with a lot more people these days like Epic, Valve and Crytek. You're right though, when Carmak speaks, they all listen to what he has to say.
It really is a shame that the games tacked on these days tend to be glorified engine demos...
If my "Close" you mean "Everquest is bleeding to death" and "Both Everquests and Runescape combined might make up one sixth of WoW's subscribers". I don't know about guild wars though, for some reason there's no numbers on MMOGCharts possibly because you don't pay for a monthly subscription. And just for reference, runescape is beating the snot out of everquest.
All text based captcha's are broken, it doesn't matter how they're rendered, they're still a pre-defined set of characters that a bot can pick out eventually. Now, the "Click three kittens" captcha, that was fucking genious, no bot on the planet will be able to tell the difference between a kitten and a ham sandwich. Why isn't it being used? People seem to think obscuring text and making it harder for humans to read is a better idea than using something a computer will not be able to identify.
Wait, PETA's not a Terrorist group? Since when?
It's not removing C02 from the atmosphere, you put back what it takes out when you burn it. It does however help stop the escelation of C02 levels.
Kinda, with Jet Boots and a skydiving wingsuit, says he had level flight for a good 30 seconds.
It came in the middle of peak raiding times for .au players, actually. it was one of the two main reasons we want a server that's actually -in- Australia, downtimes and finally getting a stable ping under 400. So what do they do when aussies complain about these things? open servers with the same problems, but a rotated clock and no ability to transfer characters to them... gee, thanks Blizzard, no, really I appreciate it.
Of course it's likely not all Blizzard's fault, I mean, Telstra fucked over Ultima Online, I've got no doubt they'd try to rape Blizzard in exchange for aussie bandwidth as well.
I've seen video of one guy breaking the straps on a Wiimote.
Be was pitching in baseball and threw the fucking controller.
You do not throw the fucking controller.
Aparrantly people seem to thing you have to put the same force behind your movements as if you were actually pitching or hitting or bowling or swinging a golf club. I'm starting to thing WiiSports was a really bad title to include with the console, maybe they should have gone with WiiPlay, I'm sure far fewer dickweeds would fling thier controller with enough force to break thier TV then.
It's not the strap that's broken, the strap is only meant to stop you from accidentally dropping it, it's the retards putting way too much force behind thier movements. Maybe if they used it without the strap they'd be more careful.
actually that's his second hit. His first hit "Hyperactive" was even ripped off by comedy central.
it's been years in the making and you loose intrest because it takes a month longer than the absolute minimum to get your hands on one?
I, for one, will never get enough Metroid or Zelda.
how the shit did this get modded insightful? The fact that after he spouts incoherant babble he recognises the fact he has no clue?
"Touch" is an ingame command to activate a script in an object, the "Worm" was an object on a linden labs server, when a user touches it, it replicates and follows them around, more people touch, more people get followed, more objects replicate untill the servers can no longer track the objects and go *splat* kinda like a runaway nanotech "Grey Goo" scenario.
I have no problem with people babbling randomness, so long as they're modded down and kept the fuck off my screen.
What we have here is a classic example of a flamebaiting retard that has absolutely no clue about either a) The subject in question. b) The game in the subject. Or c) Reality.
- Virus problems. Quite entertaining that you have to buy extra software to fix the deficiencies in Windows, but it gets better, now you can buy it from Microsoft! Yes, the very company that gave you the problem in the first place - quite a track record.
- Trojan problems. As virus problems, but with the added bonus that you can be taken to court for privacy violations. Or taken to the cleaners because someone stole your identity. Or both.
Alternatives are not virus-free because they're more secure, they're virus-free because they're not worthwhile targets. If they become worthwhile targets, people will find holes in them just as fast as they do windows.
- THERE ARE VIABLE ALTERNATIVES.
for web browsing and email and menial word processing, sure, but how often are you gonna upgrade systems that only do that? Who this really hurts is gamers, and where's the alternative?
When game companies other than Id and a handfull of indipendants start shipping Linux versions alongside Windows versions, then I -might- use linux on my main PC. When I can walk down the store and grab a linux copy of the latest game, then I -might- use linux. Now, if I'm using a computer for something spesific, like a laptop for wardriving, or an old box in the garage to live as a jukebox, or an in-car entertainment system, you're damn right I'm going to use Linux, but gaming on linux is a fucking joke and anyone that tells you otherwise is lieing through his teeth.
There's already a company that is selling a product with a multi-touch sensor that doesn't require a camera behind the screen to see your fingers (which is how this rear-projected screen works) right here. It's a 15 inch LCD interface for controlling MIDI and OSC applications.
just for reference, the only people making meth out of psudoephedrine tablets are retards. It's much easier to just social engineer you way to aquiring a larger order of ephedrine from a chemical supply outfit.