since it doesn't specify the V7 processor. I wanted to port my firefox plugin to android and I had to go with a newer android build because FF requires the V7 spec processor.
we all use and depend on the modern desktop computer, and the OS is a pretty basic element of that. At this stage in mankinds' development they qualify as essential infrastructure. Let the gov't (in the form of grants to GNU/OSS developers) drive OS development. Just like they do the roads.
if it's not cheaper than an iPad. I mean, I know there are lots of/.ers that'll say they want an open platform and all, but most ppl don't care. These things are set to run $599. Then again, is apple actually running tight margins or is Samsung just trying to muscle in on their 'soak the rich' territory?
This is _exactly_ the sort of thing that shouldn't be done by private companies. Private companies will _always_ cut corners and compromise the health and welfare of local citizens. The ones that don't get run out of business by the ones that do. Take a look at dialysis clinics. The private ones have a 25%-30% higher death rate. Google it, it's all over the (independent) news.
Nobody disputes big box stuff (like Fallout 3) isn't going anywhere, and the indie stuff like this is doing great, but whatever happened to the middle tier stuff? You know, Stuff like No One Lives Forever & Blood, or Independence War or even Fallout Tactics? Is it just me or did they get squeezed out this generation?
Indie games are fun in spurts, but I'm starting to miss the days of a steady stream of B grade titles with the budgets to do something a bit more meaty, but without the baggage of a big budget release. Anyone see gamespy's PC release list this month? They're listing stuff like 4 packs of girls games and emulated Sega Genesis games released on Steam for Pete's sake...:(
a. There is no risk. People in the $250k+ bracket have their investments protected by the gov't and get bailed out when they screw up. Gore Vidal said it: Socialism for the rich & dog-eat-dog Capitalism for the poor.
b. $250k/yr puts him in the top 10%, that's rich in my book. He's got virtually no worries either, see comment a.
c. I'm not trolling. It's a fact that 5% of the population of the United States is sitting on 2 TRILLION dollars in capital and doing nothing with it. If that's not hording, I don't know what is.
Ever heard of the dark ages? Do you even know what it means outside the context of poorly written fantasy novels? 1000 years of stagnation to keep the rich rich, only broken up when the Arabs, of all people, brought back knowledge. Google for the origin of the word 'Algebra' some time.
Yes. It does. For the last fucking time, you're country is not socialist, it's fascist. Just because you live there doesn't mean you understand a thing about it. Can you see Alaska from there?
The rich guy doesn't make anything. Jeez, do you not know what a ruling class is? They're 'property owners'. They don't produce, they just own and horde. They play the poor off of each other to their own benefit. We used to call them the 'gentry', nowadays we call them 'venture capitalists'. They point is, they horde everything and we get nothing.
'cause conservatives like to laud this kind of thing as a sign that their take on capitalism works. But why should us lower classes have to go begging to some rich guy just to get what they need? Random generosity & hoping for the best isn't a good way to stabilize human society.
Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Seriously. Odds are at least 40% of the people posting voted Republican last election, and they're the one's pushing this crap. Yeah, the Dems go along, but begrudgingly and only because they can't win reelection from you twits w/o a huge wad of cash to run votes.
Oh, and if you're 'independent' you're just part of the problem. Look at how you've voted the last decade. Notice how you vote for Dems when Reps are in and vice versa? Yeah, you're that easy to predict, and that easy to manipulate.
Start voting with your wallet and stop voting for the guy you want to have a beer with. Yeesh!
Um, the position of having all our jobs sent overseas? Here's another thought, when you think 'union' think the American Medical Association & the BAR. They're both unions you know?
There's more to Unions then striking you know? There's voting as a block for economic interests. Right now the trouble with the middle class is they're easily frightened by social issues. A Union gets them back on track and voting for a protectionist agenda that's needed to keep work in your country.
game forums are littered with comments about Realtek cards crashing games. I've got sound accelleration turned to 'Basic' in dxdiag to work around most of it, but I lose a lot of cool effects. I'm still too cheap to spring for an extra soundcard, but yeah, Realteks are unstable as heck...
You're dad did a lot more for you then just spout pointless anecdotes. I always hate these stories, because they boil the brutally hard job of parenting down to false, romanticized nonsense. Kids are weak, easily manipulated and incapable of making intelligent rational choices. If you'd really been given that choice without a ton of guidance and support (as your comment implies, BTW), you'd be shoveling shit right now.
It's not the choking, it's what happens if the swallow them. They're so powerful they can twist up the kids' insides and kill them. That's why you don't see those magnet toys on the market anymore...
These, 'If only the kids werkd (sic) harder' crowd. Education starts at home. When mom & dad get home at 9 o'clock dead tired from a ruff scrabble for existence that doesn't leave much time for junior. Shmucks point to Abe Lincoln and his log cabin school and ignore the other 50 kids from his school that died of cholera & gangrene from buckshot wounds in the war.
The point of civilization is so we don't have to 'earn' a basic level of comfort, and so the standard of what's 'basic' continues to rise. If for some reason you don't feel that way please post your home address so the/. crowd can come by and take all your stuff and harvest your organs for the Black^W Free Market.
Jesus, even your sig is dumb, and you got modded up. What the hell is this country going to do?
of having children well enough disciplined they don't wreck everything in their path? Seriously, people in Europe and Asia don't do that crap, so why the hell do Americans?
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just ban this kind of trading already. The easy way to do it is set a minimum timeframe you're required to hold onto stock before selling.
since it doesn't specify the V7 processor. I wanted to port my firefox plugin to android and I had to go with a newer android build because FF requires the V7 spec processor.
we all use and depend on the modern desktop computer, and the OS is a pretty basic element of that. At this stage in mankinds' development they qualify as essential infrastructure. Let the gov't (in the form of grants to GNU/OSS developers) drive OS development. Just like they do the roads.
Why not re-record them with the new cast? I'd love to see the old stories, but where there's nothing left but audio & a few stills...
if it's not cheaper than an iPad. I mean, I know there are lots of /.ers that'll say they want an open platform and all, but most ppl don't care. These things are set to run $599. Then again, is apple actually running tight margins or is Samsung just trying to muscle in on their 'soak the rich' territory?
they're big polluters, what with all that idling. Then again, I'm in the States. Does France even have those abominations?
Joel Test for my scientific endeavors.
This is _exactly_ the sort of thing that shouldn't be done by private companies. Private companies will _always_ cut corners and compromise the health and welfare of local citizens. The ones that don't get run out of business by the ones that do. Take a look at dialysis clinics. The private ones have a 25%-30% higher death rate. Google it, it's all over the (independent) news.
as long as you're an executive. Carly Fiorina ran HP into the ground. I don't see her collecting unemployment checks.
Nobody disputes big box stuff (like Fallout 3) isn't going anywhere, and the indie stuff like this is doing great, but whatever happened to the middle tier stuff? You know, Stuff like No One Lives Forever & Blood, or Independence War or even Fallout Tactics? Is it just me or did they get squeezed out this generation?
:(
Indie games are fun in spurts, but I'm starting to miss the days of a steady stream of B grade titles with the budgets to do something a bit more meaty, but without the baggage of a big budget release. Anyone see gamespy's PC release list this month? They're listing stuff like 4 packs of girls games and emulated Sega Genesis games released on Steam for Pete's sake...
a. There is no risk. People in the $250k+ bracket have their investments protected by the gov't and get bailed out when they screw up. Gore Vidal said it: Socialism for the rich & dog-eat-dog Capitalism for the poor.
b. $250k/yr puts him in the top 10%, that's rich in my book. He's got virtually no worries either, see comment a.
c. I'm not trolling. It's a fact that 5% of the population of the United States is sitting on 2 TRILLION dollars in capital and doing nothing with it. If that's not hording, I don't know what is.
Ever heard of the dark ages? Do you even know what it means outside the context of poorly written fantasy novels? 1000 years of stagnation to keep the rich rich, only broken up when the Arabs, of all people, brought back knowledge. Google for the origin of the word 'Algebra' some time.
Yes. It does. For the last fucking time, you're country is not socialist, it's fascist. Just because you live there doesn't mean you understand a thing about it. Can you see Alaska from there?
The rich guy doesn't make anything. Jeez, do you not know what a ruling class is? They're 'property owners'. They don't produce, they just own and horde. They play the poor off of each other to their own benefit. We used to call them the 'gentry', nowadays we call them 'venture capitalists'. They point is, they horde everything and we get nothing.
The rich man only has all that stuff because the poor man is tricked into making it for him.
'cause conservatives like to laud this kind of thing as a sign that their take on capitalism works. But why should us lower classes have to go begging to some rich guy just to get what they need? Random generosity & hoping for the best isn't a good way to stabilize human society.
Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Seriously. Odds are at least 40% of the people posting voted Republican last election, and they're the one's pushing this crap. Yeah, the Dems go along, but begrudgingly and only because they can't win reelection from you twits w/o a huge wad of cash to run votes.
Oh, and if you're 'independent' you're just part of the problem. Look at how you've voted the last decade. Notice how you vote for Dems when Reps are in and vice versa? Yeah, you're that easy to predict, and that easy to manipulate.
Start voting with your wallet and stop voting for the guy you want to have a beer with. Yeesh!
Um, the position of having all our jobs sent overseas? Here's another thought, when you think 'union' think the American Medical Association & the BAR. They're both unions you know?
There's more to Unions then striking you know? There's voting as a block for economic interests. Right now the trouble with the middle class is they're easily frightened by social issues. A Union gets them back on track and voting for a protectionist agenda that's needed to keep work in your country.
2 weeks after he's sent to US Federal prison.
game forums are littered with comments about Realtek cards crashing games. I've got sound accelleration turned to 'Basic' in dxdiag to work around most of it, but I lose a lot of cool effects. I'm still too cheap to spring for an extra soundcard, but yeah, Realteks are unstable as heck...
You're dad did a lot more for you then just spout pointless anecdotes. I always hate these stories, because they boil the brutally hard job of parenting down to false, romanticized nonsense. Kids are weak, easily manipulated and incapable of making intelligent rational choices. If you'd really been given that choice without a ton of guidance and support (as your comment implies, BTW), you'd be shoveling shit right now.
It's not the choking, it's what happens if the swallow them. They're so powerful they can twist up the kids' insides and kill them. That's why you don't see those magnet toys on the market anymore...
Luxury! Utter Luxury! In my day we did it with 4 commands and 8 lines... In the Snow!
These, 'If only the kids werkd (sic) harder' crowd. Education starts at home. When mom & dad get home at 9 o'clock dead tired from a ruff scrabble for existence that doesn't leave much time for junior. Shmucks point to Abe Lincoln and his log cabin school and ignore the other 50 kids from his school that died of cholera & gangrene from buckshot wounds in the war.
/. crowd can come by and take all your stuff and harvest your organs for the Black^W Free Market.
The point of civilization is so we don't have to 'earn' a basic level of comfort, and so the standard of what's 'basic' continues to rise. If for some reason you don't feel that way please post your home address so the
Jesus, even your sig is dumb, and you got modded up. What the hell is this country going to do?
of having children well enough disciplined they don't wreck everything in their path? Seriously, people in Europe and Asia don't do that crap, so why the hell do Americans?