Well that's sort of how Majesty worked. You built facilities to attract heroes to fight the bad guys and you offered rewards for exploration or for slaying of certain enemies or destruction of enemy facilities. This was a fantasy based one, but maybe a more realistic or futuristic game could be made in the same way.
I think the 'informative' mods on jokes are an attempt to reward the poster with the karma bonus that a 'funny' mod doesn't give. I think 'interesting' would be more appropriate.
Linux is far better on my desktop, because my son built this computer using hardware from manufacturers that support it.
I like having a computer that doesn't lock up or crash frequently just because an application is misbehaving, that lets me do what I want to do without trying to read my mind and do things I didn't tell it to do.
I like knowing that the OS I'm using has had a lot of people looking at it and finding the bugs and vulnerabilities so they can be fixed.
I like the fact that the software didn't cost an arm and a leg.
I like that I don't have a lot of bloatware to eat up my resources.
I like being able to trust my computer, instead of having my computer decide whether I'm to be trusted or not.
I tell everyone I know how much I like Linux, and I'm never going back to Windows!
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If you like Tim Powers, you might also like James Blaylock, who writes with a similar style but a bit more whimsy. They have collaborated a few times.
Thr violation of copyright they are claiming is that IBM continued to sell AIX after SCO tried to revoke their irrevocable license, which Novell disputed their (SCO's) right to do anyway. Their whole reason for revoking the license was apparently IBM's contribution of IBM's code, which SCO claims is derivative of UNIX SYSVr4 just because it appears in AIX.
I would think that management would pay some attantion to the odds of SCO being able to make their case, and weight the potential profit vs. loss accordingly. But then, I'm a rational being, and so uunqualified for management.
I'm pretty sure that what spam I get mostly has to do with causes or websites I've donated to or things I've actually bought. Nearly all of it is either political or from companies I've dealt with online or their affiliates, so it might not fit many people's definition of spam anyway. I never get any of the pronographic or Nigerian or fake drug varieties. Clearly none of what I get has any relationship to NYT or any of the other news sites I have signed up for.
I wouldn't register for at least one LA publication because they wanted so much info that it was way too much hassle, but NYT wasn't that bad.
So when are they going to print books on demand! We have the technology. I have been frustrated too often in the last couple of years looking for books on Amazon only to find they are out of print or just "Publisher out of stock". Most of them aren't available in ebook form either, and I haven't seen a reader for those yet that I'd like to curl up with in my lap and just read for hours at a time, as I do books. If they have been formatted for modern electronic publishing, I should be able to order the books I want and have them printed, maybe even to be picked up at my local Kinko's.
There should be some priority given to getting those books that are worth reading that are out of print put into digital form also, so we don't lose them, even if they haven't entered the public domain yet. Maybe individual publishers could be encouraged by Amazon or some other online bookseller to have their own internal Project Gutenbergs.
I spent hours playing this, got over a million points once, before the free trial was up. If they'd had a Linux or OS X port I'd have bought it, but I didn't want to register online because I never connect to the internet while using Windows anymore, only boot into Windows to play games. I don't know if I could actually register it while booted into Linux and have it work in Windows.
Have you looked at the cost of textbooks? Also, with the censorship of textbooks currently being done by both the religious right and the PC left, I despair of children being able to learn anything from them. Internet access, even filtered, can be a way of getting around that. The problem of having to figure out how much trust to place in what information you find on the internet should be viewed as an opportunity to teach critical thinking, IMO. The people who censor our textbooks would no doubt object to that also, if they realized it was being done.
I also make more than most of the guys I work with, in a field dominated by men. I believe it's because I work harder and have been doing it longer than most of them. It certainly has nothing to do with height, as i'm only 5'5"
Sorry I'm coming back to this so late, I didn't see your post the first time. No, She happens to be a She. I'm a member of that board, and I've seen several posts she's made where she talks about being a lesbian. Where did you get the idea that she was male?
You mean the endless recounts that were never allowed to be completed? Including one case where a riot was staged by Republicans from out of state? They would not have been endless had they been allowed to happen at all, as they should have been by state law, since the difference in the original count was statistically insignificant.
It won't help to move, all the states are following the lead of California and Texas when it comes to textbooks. Textbook and test questions are gone over with a fine-toothed comb by extremists of both the left and the right, and what is left is devoid of meaning and context. I'm glad I got my education before the fundies and the PC types got control, and my son got more of an education from me than from the time he spent in the public educational system.
How about Sarah Zettel, Karl Schroeder and Sean McMullen? L.E. Modesitt writes both SF and fantasy, I particularly like the Ecolitan stories. I'd say their are too many people writing fantasy these days, it makes it hard to wade through it all to find the best of it. I think SF actually has less of a problem with that.
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Well that's sort of how Majesty worked. You built facilities to attract heroes to fight the bad guys and you offered rewards for exploration or for slaying of certain enemies or destruction of enemy facilities. This was a fantasy based one, but maybe a more realistic or futuristic game could be made in the same way.
I think the 'informative' mods on jokes are an attempt to reward the poster with the karma bonus that a 'funny' mod doesn't give. I think 'interesting' would be more appropriate.
Linux is far better on my desktop, because my son built this computer using hardware from manufacturers that support it.
I like having a computer that doesn't lock up or crash frequently just because an application is misbehaving, that lets me do what I want to do without trying to read my mind and do things I didn't tell it to do.
I like knowing that the OS I'm using has had a lot of people looking at it and finding the bugs and vulnerabilities so they can be fixed.
I like the fact that the software didn't cost an arm and a leg.
I like that I don't have a lot of bloatware to eat up my resources.
I like being able to trust my computer, instead of having my computer decide whether I'm to be trusted or not.
I tell everyone I know how much I like Linux, and I'm never going back to Windows!
If you like Tim Powers, you might also like James Blaylock, who writes with a similar style but a bit more whimsy. They have collaborated a few times.
Thr violation of copyright they are claiming is that IBM continued to sell AIX after SCO tried to revoke their irrevocable license, which Novell disputed their (SCO's) right to do anyway. Their whole reason for revoking the license was apparently IBM's contribution of IBM's code, which SCO claims is derivative of UNIX SYSVr4 just because it appears in AIX.
No, JFS2 was a backport to AIX from a different version written for OS/2. Scroll down.
I would think that management would pay some attantion to the odds of SCO being able to make their case, and weight the potential profit vs. loss accordingly. But then, I'm a rational being, and so uunqualified for management.
I'm pretty sure that what spam I get mostly has to do with causes or websites I've donated to or things I've actually bought. Nearly all of it is either political or from companies I've dealt with online or their affiliates, so it might not fit many people's definition of spam anyway. I never get any of the pronographic or Nigerian or fake drug varieties. Clearly none of what I get has any relationship to NYT or any of the other news sites I have signed up for. I wouldn't register for at least one LA publication because they wanted so much info that it was way too much hassle, but NYT wasn't that bad.
I have been registered with them for three years now and I only get about five spam messages a week.
So when are they going to print books on demand! We have the technology. I have been frustrated too often in the last couple of years looking for books on Amazon only to find they are out of print or just "Publisher out of stock". Most of them aren't available in ebook form either, and I haven't seen a reader for those yet that I'd like to curl up with in my lap and just read for hours at a time, as I do books. If they have been formatted for modern electronic publishing, I should be able to order the books I want and have them printed, maybe even to be picked up at my local Kinko's. There should be some priority given to getting those books that are worth reading that are out of print put into digital form also, so we don't lose them, even if they haven't entered the public domain yet. Maybe individual publishers could be encouraged by Amazon or some other online bookseller to have their own internal Project Gutenbergs.
To avoid banks, do what I do. Put your money in a credit union. They are owned by the depositors.
I spent hours playing this, got over a million points once, before the free trial was up. If they'd had a Linux or OS X port I'd have bought it, but I didn't want to register online because I never connect to the internet while using Windows anymore, only boot into Windows to play games. I don't know if I could actually register it while booted into Linux and have it work in Windows.
I got laid OFF in 1987, from AT&T.
Maybe you could give her Brust's 'To Reign in Hell'. Though you might want to keep it for yourself if you don't have it.
Have you looked at the cost of textbooks? Also, with the censorship of textbooks currently being done by both the religious right and the PC left, I despair of children being able to learn anything from them. Internet access, even filtered, can be a way of getting around that. The problem of having to figure out how much trust to place in what information you find on the internet should be viewed as an opportunity to teach critical thinking, IMO. The people who censor our textbooks would no doubt object to that also, if they realized it was being done.
Where are those mod points when I need them!
Your "experience" must be quite short.
I also make more than most of the guys I work with, in a field dominated by men. I believe it's because I work harder and have been doing it longer than most of them. It certainly has nothing to do with height, as i'm only 5'5"
Sorry I'm coming back to this so late, I didn't see your post the first time. No, She happens to be a She. I'm a member of that board, and I've seen several posts she's made where she talks about being a lesbian. Where did you get the idea that she was male?
You mean the endless recounts that were never allowed to be completed? Including one case where a riot was staged by Republicans from out of state? They would not have been endless had they been allowed to happen at all, as they should have been by state law, since the difference in the original count was statistically insignificant.
Piers Anthony was never really funny, he relied to much on puns, which get old after a while. Read Terry Pratchett if you want funny fantasy.
It won't help to move, all the states are following the lead of California and Texas when it comes to textbooks. Textbook and test questions are gone over with a fine-toothed comb by extremists of both the left and the right, and what is left is devoid of meaning and context. I'm glad I got my education before the fundies and the PC types got control, and my son got more of an education from me than from the time he spent in the public educational system.
How about Sarah Zettel, Karl Schroeder and Sean McMullen? L.E. Modesitt writes both SF and fantasy, I particularly like the Ecolitan stories. I'd say their are too many people writing fantasy these days, it makes it hard to wade through it all to find the best of it. I think SF actually has less of a problem with that.
Do they have a car with an 'X' through it? because that's where she couldn't play it, in the CD player in her car.
What's wrong with Fischer's La Belle Strasbourgeiosie?