Seriously, if gaming habituation becomes an addiction, and then a "disease", how long before the Americans with Disabilities Act protection kicks in so I can play my games at work without getting the ire of the bosses?
But, it's a disease!
What you think is silly, is only the logical extent this is carried toward...or perhaps the illogical extent...but the result is often the same; and it won't be long before someone tries what I just mentioned.
...I hate the following: "Cyberspace," it's usually used by people who don't know jack about anything. What's more it's not even an Internet word, it's from some pretty awful novels. And lastly, I hate "ZERGRUSH! kekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekeke..." I mean, does that need to be in every Starcraft posting?
" Thus, a skill roll looks like this: d20 + half your character's level + relevant ability score (strength for climbing, etc.) + 5 if you are trained. That's it."
If that's the case, why did my quick thumb-through the book at my local retailer turn up people with skills that have "plusses" such as "Negotiate +13"? Now I freely admit to not having read the skill use section, I just looked through it, but it seems what you say and what's in the book do not jive 100%... Of course, I could just be stoned; but there shouldn't be skill plusses if you get, as you say, +5 for skilled and +0 for not...
Couldn't any DRM-maker say this same thing and sue again, and again, and again.... Hell, I could make up some random cipher and claim that, too!
These guys are pretty big tools to think that they'll actually get away with this....then again, the way the government (and silly laws) work, they may just win the day.
Just another reason why DRM is not just shit, but it's evil shit.
...just like there was nothing wrong with the Khmer Rouge...they just had a bad name. Change the name and they're now smiling teddy bears!... That's the ticket!
Read my Journal for the scoop, but it works like this: they (ATI) know their OSS/Linux support is "teh suck," but choose not to fix it. Why? The answer is simple: why should they? In the 3D realm, you have two choices ATI or nVidia. That's it. Linux isn't where the bread-n-butter is, Windows is where the revenue is. As a business, you go where the money is, not where your heart may lead you.
What's more, it may not be just one component that's truly sucky: All I know is that ATI's FGLRX + 3D + Xorg = failure. Their driver may be fine, there could be an issue with Xorg and ATI together, or some unseen combo that nobody is looking at--or it would have been fixed. So, as a result you have, really, only one good choice for Linux 3D, and that's nVidia. Nvidia knows this and loves it. ATI chooses to chase the other guy rather than fix things and gain new converts.
In a month or two when nothing has come of this, at least you'll know why. Pay no attention to the flapping heads of ATI until they actually DO something.
Yes it is, that is why we have words in the first place...to separate and define topics. You don't go around calling the color red "blue" just because we can refer to it as "color."
...is something to which I must express my disdain. People shouldn't be afraid what they say will be illegal. Think what you like, speak how you feel, but do not play innocent: your words can call you to be held accountable--but that doesn't mean you have no right to speak them. Should anyone attpemt to silence you, your writings, your thoughts, your person--this is even more of a reason to speak louder. I would rather there were a thousand Hitler-wannabe's speaking openly, than one doing so clandestinely. The evil we see can be defeated; the evil we don't see can defeat us.
Damn, Elf, your name is highly appropriate. You fail at Comprehension 101. I broke laws in several countries, yes; however, I'm not "in" those countries, nor am I acting toward them. Their laws do not apply because I didn't do anything to THEM. The Backwardistanis would need to prove that I've done anything inappropriate with the woman in question; what's more they couldn't prove that she wasn't my wife--the paperwork hadn't been filed yet. Secondly, why would I go to Backwardistan? Sounds like I'd need a paddlin' for that one. Yes, the Internet DOES transport you if you specifically go after something physically located (the media or the server) in another location. Putting a server on the Internet doesn't make you a non-citizen of the place in which you reside, it merely makes you a person with a server on the Internet. And, no, the Chinese can't arrest me for sending info to them as I've done no such thing...last I looked./ required an HTTP REQUEST... it's not UDP streamed. The poor Asian punk who loded this page is the guilty party, not me; I haven't broken any laws in the country in which I reside.
...But I think the guy should be extradited to the US to stand trial. Why? Becuase he knew what he was doing was illegal (not only according to US law, but UK law as well), he did it anyway, and then hid behind the whole "it was just my curiosity" faux-argument. Of course, I believe that any crime committed should warrant extradition, because that's just the right thing to do. I also believe that you should be judged on the laws of the land where the event took place, not on laws in your own homeland. What this means is that if you're going to do something that's legal where you live, but not legal in come other place, you make damn sure that all the pieces line up squarely in the land of legality: if I perform some act in, say, Thailand, that is perfectly legal there I should not face prosecution at home (in the USA) because that same act may be illegal. In essence: obey the law of the land of the country in which you are in or are acting. He acted "in" the USA, against US servers and security (which was pretty lame, I'll admit); and thus he should be extradited and pay the price of what the US courts allow. Now, mind you, what he did shouldn't warrant a 45 year time in the pokey...that's just crazy. Let's save that kind of sentence for the violent offenders among us.
How's Dell going to get around the legal issues of selling these machines here in the USA? As you all know, there's this little problem of having a legal DVD player (for movies) on Linux. I for one want to know that. Sure, they could just go with something like Linux Mint, which has all the stuff in it, but some of that is against US law.
Maybe they'll sell these in two versions: the USA's crapified version, and the rest of the world's functional version.
Regardless, there are some issues to resolve, and they need to do it.
So, at what percentage does the sheep begin to obtain certain "unalienable rights"? Or; "When is a toaster not a toaster?"
And yes, I'm aware that "unalienable" is wrong, but it was good enough for the Founding Fathers, so it's good enough for me. Grammar Nazis can keep their mouth shut.
Make multiple copies of the NSL, along with your story, set it all up so that in 30 days, if you do nothing, they get mailed out to all the media outlets, faxed out of the country to overseas media (BBC, et. al.) and then you go and hold a public announcement in front of the Capitol and say "Nope, not gonna do it." Utterly refuse to obey a law that is "evil."
The biggest weapon against overbearing government is transparency. If a government cannot withstand scrutiny, they are doing something very wrong. The PATRIOT act is the biggest piece of shit written, and Congress (most of whom never read it) just rolled over. Were they a computer, I'd FDISK them and start over.
I would personally go with AIXGL and Beryl instead of the slower-evolving Compiz (after re-writing Beryl's pref panels of course to be more humane/sane).
Compiz/Beryl/AIXGL all really serve no purpose other than slow your system down to a crawl, introduce instability, and waste your time. I played around with them and see no benefit other than the "Whee, look at the cube!" which is boring as hell in about 5 seconds. So, can anyone actually tell me what's the point?
Basically, we have to because of HIPAA, which makes an excellent "boogeyman" to use against rogue employees. We provide Internet access for business use, not for surfing on your own time and not for forwarding that latest email from Aunt Judy. We also block incoming attachments (the common ones,.PIF,.EXE,.COM, etc.) because we've been hit before because our users will open goddamed anything. But that's a training issue, which isn't my department, and I can't control. It used to be worse, we used to not give Internet access at all unless the user's immediate manager could make a business case for such. Eventually, we had to give up on that measure because you'd be surprised how many "absolutely MUST have Internet access to do their job!!!" (even though all they do is put paper in the fax machines.)
"There is this assumption that you can't control it (the Internet)," Yarro said. "It's a toaster, we made it, we can fix it.... We can solve the Internet pornography problem tomorrow if we decided to."
...doesn't mean we need it... our brains have nicotine receptors as well. Why? I feel the same way about being hardwired for religion. It serves no purpose and has to be nothing more than an evolutionary left-over...like the appendix.
...as determined by whom? Previously, the RIAA did things like sue for $150K per song. Now assuming each song is 10 minutes long (and we know that won't be true, but it works for the math), there would be 6 such songs in one hour; or $150K x 6 = $900K per hour. So, if her defending team worked, say, 100 hours on the suit (not unheard of), then the RIAA would be forced to pay legal fees of $900K x 100 = $90,000,000.00
What's reasonable for the goose must be reasonable for the gander, right?
I actually suggested this several times to them, each time it was shot down because apparently consensus is better than expertise. What happens when you have 1000 laymen hack on an article and not one of them is an actual expert is you get a close approximation of fact diluted by bias and misunderstanding.
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Seriously, if gaming habituation becomes an addiction, and then a "disease", how long before the Americans with Disabilities Act protection kicks in so I can play my games at work without getting the ire of the bosses?
But, it's a disease!
What you think is silly, is only the logical extent this is carried toward...or perhaps the illogical extent...but the result is often the same; and it won't be long before someone tries what I just mentioned.
...I hate the following: "Cyberspace," it's usually used by people who don't know jack about anything. What's more it's not even an Internet word, it's from some pretty awful novels. And lastly, I hate "ZERGRUSH! kekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekeke..." I mean, does that need to be in every Starcraft posting?
I am a baby seal, and I'm getting a kick out of these replies....
I mean it, stop kicking!
" Thus, a skill roll looks like this: d20 + half your character's level + relevant ability score (strength for climbing, etc.) + 5 if you are trained. That's it."
If that's the case, why did my quick thumb-through the book at my local retailer turn up people with skills that have "plusses" such as "Negotiate +13"? Now I freely admit to not having read the skill use section, I just looked through it, but it seems what you say and what's in the book do not jive 100%... Of course, I could just be stoned; but there shouldn't be skill plusses if you get, as you say, +5 for skilled and +0 for not...
Come on, /., you're slipping....
...how long before they use that as a pretense to destroy it?...
Easy to answer: The IIe wins over the IIc because Karateka wouldn't run on the IIc.
Couldn't any DRM-maker say this same thing and sue again, and again, and again.... Hell, I could make up some random cipher and claim that, too!
These guys are pretty big tools to think that they'll actually get away with this....then again, the way the government (and silly laws) work, they may just win the day.
Just another reason why DRM is not just shit, but it's evil shit.
...just like there was nothing wrong with the Khmer Rouge...they just had a bad name. Change the name and they're now smiling teddy bears!... That's the ticket!
Who is this fool trying to kid, himself or us?
Read my Journal for the scoop, but it works like this: they (ATI) know their OSS/Linux support is "teh suck," but choose not to fix it. Why? The answer is simple: why should they? In the 3D realm, you have two choices ATI or nVidia. That's it. Linux isn't where the bread-n-butter is, Windows is where the revenue is. As a business, you go where the money is, not where your heart may lead you.
What's more, it may not be just one component that's truly sucky: All I know is that ATI's FGLRX + 3D + Xorg = failure. Their driver may be fine, there could be an issue with Xorg and ATI together, or some unseen combo that nobody is looking at--or it would have been fixed. So, as a result you have, really, only one good choice for Linux 3D, and that's nVidia. Nvidia knows this and loves it. ATI chooses to chase the other guy rather than fix things and gain new converts.
In a month or two when nothing has come of this, at least you'll know why. Pay no attention to the flapping heads of ATI until they actually DO something.
Yes it is, that is why we have words in the first place...to separate and define topics. You don't go around calling the color red "blue" just because we can refer to it as "color."
Not Dyslexia, it's Dyscalculia when dealing with numbers.
...is something to which I must express my disdain. People shouldn't be afraid what they say will be illegal. Think what you like, speak how you feel, but do not play innocent: your words can call you to be held accountable--but that doesn't mean you have no right to speak them. Should anyone attpemt to silence you, your writings, your thoughts, your person--this is even more of a reason to speak louder. I would rather there were a thousand Hitler-wannabe's speaking openly, than one doing so clandestinely. The evil we see can be defeated; the evil we don't see can defeat us.
Damn, Elf, your name is highly appropriate. You fail at Comprehension 101. I broke laws in several countries, yes; however, I'm not "in" those countries, nor am I acting toward them. Their laws do not apply because I didn't do anything to THEM. The Backwardistanis would need to prove that I've done anything inappropriate with the woman in question; what's more they couldn't prove that she wasn't my wife--the paperwork hadn't been filed yet. Secondly, why would I go to Backwardistan? Sounds like I'd need a paddlin' for that one. Yes, the Internet DOES transport you if you specifically go after something physically located (the media or the server) in another location. Putting a server on the Internet doesn't make you a non-citizen of the place in which you reside, it merely makes you a person with a server on the Internet. And, no, the Chinese can't arrest me for sending info to them as I've done no such thing...last I looked ./ required an HTTP REQUEST ... it's not UDP streamed. The poor Asian punk who loded this page is the guilty party, not me; I haven't broken any laws in the country in which I reside.
I win.
...But I think the guy should be extradited to the US to stand trial. Why? Becuase he knew what he was doing was illegal (not only according to US law, but UK law as well), he did it anyway, and then hid behind the whole "it was just my curiosity" faux-argument. Of course, I believe that any crime committed should warrant extradition, because that's just the right thing to do. I also believe that you should be judged on the laws of the land where the event took place, not on laws in your own homeland. What this means is that if you're going to do something that's legal where you live, but not legal in come other place, you make damn sure that all the pieces line up squarely in the land of legality: if I perform some act in, say, Thailand, that is perfectly legal there I should not face prosecution at home (in the USA) because that same act may be illegal. In essence: obey the law of the land of the country in which you are in or are acting. He acted "in" the USA, against US servers and security (which was pretty lame, I'll admit); and thus he should be extradited and pay the price of what the US courts allow. Now, mind you, what he did shouldn't warrant a 45 year time in the pokey...that's just crazy. Let's save that kind of sentence for the violent offenders among us.
How's Dell going to get around the legal issues of selling these machines here in the USA? As you all know, there's this little problem of having a legal DVD player (for movies) on Linux. I for one want to know that. Sure, they could just go with something like Linux Mint, which has all the stuff in it, but some of that is against US law.
Maybe they'll sell these in two versions: the USA's crapified version, and the rest of the world's functional version.
Regardless, there are some issues to resolve, and they need to do it.
So, at what percentage does the sheep begin to obtain certain "unalienable rights"? Or; "When is a toaster not a toaster?"
And yes, I'm aware that "unalienable" is wrong, but it was good enough for the Founding Fathers, so it's good enough for me. Grammar Nazis can keep their mouth shut.
Make multiple copies of the NSL, along with your story, set it all up so that in 30 days, if you do nothing, they get mailed out to all the media outlets, faxed out of the country to overseas media (BBC, et. al.) and then you go and hold a public announcement in front of the Capitol and say "Nope, not gonna do it." Utterly refuse to obey a law that is "evil."
The biggest weapon against overbearing government is transparency. If a government cannot withstand scrutiny, they are doing something very wrong. The PATRIOT act is the biggest piece of shit written, and Congress (most of whom never read it) just rolled over. Were they a computer, I'd FDISK them and start over.
I would personally go with AIXGL and Beryl instead of the slower-evolving Compiz (after re-writing Beryl's pref panels of course to be more humane/sane).
Compiz/Beryl/AIXGL all really serve no purpose other than slow your system down to a crawl, introduce instability, and waste your time. I played around with them and see no benefit other than the "Whee, look at the cube!" which is boring as hell in about 5 seconds. So, can anyone actually tell me what's the point?
Basically, we have to because of HIPAA, which makes an excellent "boogeyman" to use against rogue employees. We provide Internet access for business use, not for surfing on your own time and not for forwarding that latest email from Aunt Judy. We also block incoming attachments (the common ones, .PIF, .EXE, .COM, etc.) because we've been hit before because our users will open goddamed anything. But that's a training issue, which isn't my department, and I can't control. It used to be worse, we used to not give Internet access at all unless the user's immediate manager could make a business case for such. Eventually, we had to give up on that measure because you'd be surprised how many "absolutely MUST have Internet access to do their job!!!" (even though all they do is put paper in the fax machines.)
"There is this assumption that you can't control it (the Internet)," Yarro said. "It's a toaster, we made it, we can fix it. ... We can solve the Internet pornography problem tomorrow if we decided to."
What Internet Porn problem? Nevermind the silly thought of the 'Net being a toaster.
Don't you see? With "Cap" dead, now we must become Cap. That's the point.
Avengers, Assemble!
...doesn't mean we need it... our brains have nicotine receptors as well. Why? I feel the same way about being hardwired for religion. It serves no purpose and has to be nothing more than an evolutionary left-over...like the appendix.
...as determined by whom? Previously, the RIAA did things like sue for $150K per song. Now assuming each song is 10 minutes long (and we know that won't be true, but it works for the math), there would be 6 such songs in one hour; or $150K x 6 = $900K per hour. So, if her defending team worked, say, 100 hours on the suit (not unheard of), then the RIAA would be forced to pay legal fees of $900K x 100 = $90,000,000.00
What's reasonable for the goose must be reasonable for the gander, right?
I actually suggested this several times to them, each time it was shot down because apparently consensus is better than expertise. What happens when you have 1000 laymen hack on an article and not one of them is an actual expert is you get a close approximation of fact diluted by bias and misunderstanding.