Thanks for sharing; I'm aware of the complaints some have against Walmart. I just don't believe the ones that are of any consequence (most of it is pure whining, IMHO.)
I have no "desire to piss [you] off by shopping at Wal-Mart." I'm just trying to show how zealotry can often have the opposite of the desired effect. Continue to ignore that reality at your own peril.
This mp3 player is being showcased/introduced by Walmart and you chided the poster for not recommending one or more of the "hundreds" of "less evil" alternate stores (none of which did you bother to list yourself.) The odds are that any you might have named, including many "mom & pop" stores, do the exact same things Walmart does, on a smaller scale, yet get miffed that some other company does it better and on a larger scale.
Please don't tell me to be an activist. I know what activism is all about. I don't want to be an activist. I'd rather just do my best to lend some balance to the claims that activists such as yourself make. To me, "activism" (especially when manifest as barely on-topic walmart-bashing posts oin slashdot is not as noble as you seem to think.
Is your car powered by your own sense of self-satisfaction?
Um, and it's considerably cheaper than any ipod with a display.
Capacity isn't everything. For some, it's almost nothing. Of course, the same could be said about having a display and some input/control other than "next song" and "off." Thanks for sharing this alternate viewpoint.
"Almost exactly" is my favorite oxymoron, but please note that this thing is actually 20% smaller than an iPod shuffle by volume.
It also has FM radio, which no ipod does.
It's also considerably cheaper than an iPod.
This little cube is more than 20% smaller than an iPod shuffle by volume. (24 mm per side / 25.4 mm/inch)^3=0.84 cubic inches, which is.84/1.06=0.79 times the volume of an ipod shuffle (1.06 cu. in.)
It also has FM radio, which no ipod does.
It's also considerably cheaper than an iPod.
Sorry mods -- this post may appear to disparage the ipod and/or other apple products, but, um, well, ipods rulezorz!!!!111!one
Which other national chain has these in stock? Or shall we compile a list of "mom & pop" retailers and link to that list by region, then completely ignore that the world's largest retailer is selling this new startup product? That seems like part of the news to me.
After all, it is the world's largest retailer, and when they carry a new tech product it tends to (1) sell well and (2) be reasonably priced.
Wally world isn't my favorite store for anything, but you anti-Walmart zealots make me want to shop there more just to piss you off.
Wait, what? You're praying that this guy gets a good (or at least not the worst) deal in the afterlife? Why?
I'd always assumed that neither penis enlargement nor v1agr4 were necessary in heaven. So what do you know that I don't? Or are you so under-equipped in this life that you fear even a heavenly boost won't be enough improvement?
">What isn't said in the article is why he was killed. "
">>Yes, the article is very weak: obvious questions are not covered. "
Yes; terrible reporting indeed. Everyone knows killers always leave detailed notes at the scene of the crime describing their motives so that those wondering "why?" may have their answers in complete detail.
It's positively criminal for those journalists to not share with thier readers the juicy details of the murderer's motivation that we all know they have access to.
Karmic balance. The great-grandparent post claimed "violence against anyone is wrong, unless it's in self-defense" with zero supporting arguments, and the grand-parent post disagreed with equal logical support.
The clueful will instantly note that whether or not violence is ever right is a debate akin to religion versus athiesm and, no matter how hotly contested by either side, arguments will unavoidably reduce to "well, that's what I believe."
Well, funny you mention that. We were spending all of our scientific and technological resources on ways to make bunnies fluffier and flowers prettier, but then the rioters destroyed the lab and all our hard (but cute!) work.
So, we had to come up with this to protect us from the rioters next time.
"Because before George "Fucking Haliburton" Walker Bush there were no "Free Speech Zones", and hence no "No-free-speech zones"."
For the record, the "Free Speech Zone" was first (and AFAIK exclusively) used at the DNC, which was before the RNC. The RNC didn't have a "Free Speech Zone." Protests were allowed all over the place, though some resulted in some mass arrests.
Or did you mean "before George "Fucking Haliburton" Walker Bush" was elected the first time, or before he was born, or what?
BF2 is almost an exact copy of Desert Combat for BF1942
Translation "I've never played BF2."
* DC has static ammo and health boxes. BF2 has medics and supply players.
* BF2 has squads, DC doesn't.
* BF2 has a commander for each team, with arty, scans, UAV, etc. DC doesn't.
* BF2's helicopter and plane controls and phsyics are totally different. (i.e., hands-off the controls will hover a BF2 chopper, while a DC heli will fall.)
So many differences. They're similar in a way, for sure, but nothing like "almost an exact copy".
FYI there's already a server-side mod (no download required for clients) that implements a new game mode similar to UT (you can only cap a command point after having first captured certain other ones, which forces a primary front-line, more organized battles, and eliminates ring-around-the-rosie capture-point chases).
Domination is a new gameplay mode for Battlefield 2. Its aim is to enhance the Battlefield experience by focusing battles to certain areas and eliminating the repetitive "flag hopping" methods that we see in many games. In traditional conquest mode, players are often forced to capture as many flags as possible to gain a "points advantage" over the opposition. Particularly on large maps, players often spend more time travelling than fighting.
Domination uses a different method by linking up flags to one another to form dynamic frontlines. This increases battlefield immersion, and players are generally always in the action, even on defense.
I understand that a CTF mode is in the works also.
In previous BF titles (1942, Vietnam) you could not use your rifle or other kit-weapons in a vehicle, so having the 1-9 keys change seats didn't cause any problem. Keys 1-9 were only for changing weapons.
In BF2, you can use your weapons (or medic bag, or engy wrench, etc.) in any vehicle seat except gunner positons. APC passengers, helicopter passengers, etc. can shoot while riding. If the seat-selection keys were still 1-9, you'd change weapons when you changed seats. This would not work well.
I'm not sure what "other buttons for lesser commands" you mean, but I'm pretty sure they're all configurable (though with the annoying control-mapping interface) so you can make them whatever you want.
Dude, chill. You did say OSX has this, and it doesn't. I mean, I love OSX, but it just doesn't do this the same. Expose and popping windows is not the same as this. The end result is the same, but if that makes it identical then WinXP has it too (even Win95 did.)
And, based on that flawed assumption, you went off on a wild rant about how this is standard on OSX and then mocked the new GUI idea in the article. It annoyed me, and I think the GP poster was more than polite enough about it given the tone you set.
I think you're making a false distinction, unless you really think there's value and meaning in the "drag" portion of "drag & drop" other than the start and destination points/icons/windows. I can't see any value or info there myself.
If the printer or application has an icon, folder, or area-of-desktop-representing-it in any way, then you can select that thing somehow (tab, alt-tab, arrow keys, or some combo) before pasting (ctrl-V.)
You didn't spot the little tecnhicality in Article 29 that makes it very, very much not as good as the US Constisution? Read it again. Slowly.
If you still don't get it, look up a few posts to get the answer.
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He was saying, if you'd listen, that those are neither "compatible with and more or less equivalent to the USA's first amendment." The bill of rights enumerates inalienable rights that can't be taken away for any reason. They are bestowed "by the creator" and transcend everything else.
The UN's charter , however, says (from your link):
Article 29.
(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
So, you get all those rights as long as the UN doesn't decide that they are being "exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations." Or that suspension of some or all of your rights is critical to "meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society."
So, yeah. Those rights are subject to the whim of the UN.
No, it really doesn't. Any delay over 0s is too much. Yes, I've tried one.
Moreover, all wireless mice except one require batteries, which makes the mouse heavier (and therefore slower to start/stop) and magnifies the effects of differences in static and kinetic coefficients of friction, which is bad for gaming.
The one wireless mouse that doesn't use batteries requires a special powered mouse pad and is too slow and clunky for gaming.
Ironically, while googling for transistor or gate speed will show hundreds of hits, you can't actually find the switching speed for individual gates in a P4 or AMD chip. This stuff seems to be super secret stuff, and only the overall CPU clock it published. I wouldn't be surprised if the individual gates and transistors are transitioning at several dozens of ghz if not a couple of hundred or more. While Moore's Law death claims may have been premature 10 and 20 years ago, they may not be now.
The vast majority of the gates (and the transistors that comprise them) in any CPU switch at the the same clock rate. Some areas may be clocked at lower rates (fed by a divided clock.) But except for glitches (which don't propagate) there's very little logic running at a higher frequency than the "advertised" CPU speed.
I'm not sure what makes you think there's anything in a ~4GHz CPU switching at "several dozens of ghz if not a couple of hundred or more."
BTW, Moore's law refers to the number of transistors that can be manufactured on a single die. It says nothing of operating rates, though an increase in max freq has been a nice bonus in most process shrinks.
You can play HL2 in offline mode without steam calling the mothership. You can even play without any internet connection whatsoever. Once you've validated once, it's yours.
If oyu don't connect to Steam, the game will not be updated.
Steam also includes a backup feature that you can use, but it's easier to just burn the game directory to DVD. If you accidentally let steam update, you can restore the backup.
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Thanks for sharing; I'm aware of the complaints some have against Walmart. I just don't believe the ones that are of any consequence (most of it is pure whining, IMHO.)
I have no "desire to piss [you] off by shopping at Wal-Mart." I'm just trying to show how zealotry can often have the opposite of the desired effect. Continue to ignore that reality at your own peril.
This mp3 player is being showcased/introduced by Walmart and you chided the poster for not recommending one or more of the "hundreds" of "less evil" alternate stores (none of which did you bother to list yourself.) The odds are that any you might have named, including many "mom & pop" stores, do the exact same things Walmart does, on a smaller scale, yet get miffed that some other company does it better and on a larger scale.
Please don't tell me to be an activist. I know what activism is all about. I don't want to be an activist. I'd rather just do my best to lend some balance to the claims that activists such as yourself make. To me, "activism" (especially when manifest as barely on-topic walmart-bashing posts oin slashdot is not as noble as you seem to think.
Is your car powered by your own sense of self-satisfaction?
Um, and it's considerably cheaper than any ipod with a display.
Capacity isn't everything. For some, it's almost nothing. Of course, the same could be said about having a display and some input/control other than "next song" and "off." Thanks for sharing this alternate viewpoint.
"Almost exactly" is my favorite oxymoron, but please note that this thing is actually 20% smaller than an iPod shuffle by volume. It also has FM radio, which no ipod does. It's also considerably cheaper than an iPod.
This little cube is more than 20% smaller than an iPod shuffle by volume. (24 mm per side / 25.4 mm/inch)^3=0.84 cubic inches, which is .84/1.06=0.79 times the volume of an ipod shuffle (1.06 cu. in.)
It also has FM radio, which no ipod does.
It's also considerably cheaper than an iPod.
Sorry mods -- this post may appear to disparage the ipod and/or other apple products, but, um, well, ipods rulezorz!!!!111!one
Which other national chain has these in stock? Or shall we compile a list of "mom & pop" retailers and link to that list by region, then completely ignore that the world's largest retailer is selling this new startup product? That seems like part of the news to me.
After all, it is the world's largest retailer, and when they carry a new tech product it tends to (1) sell well and (2) be reasonably priced.
Wally world isn't my favorite store for anything, but you anti-Walmart zealots make me want to shop there more just to piss you off.
Wait, what? You're praying that this guy gets a good (or at least not the worst) deal in the afterlife? Why?
I'd always assumed that neither penis enlargement nor v1agr4 were necessary in heaven. So what do you know that I don't? Or are you so under-equipped in this life that you fear even a heavenly boost won't be enough improvement?
">What isn't said in the article is why he was killed. "
">>Yes, the article is very weak: obvious questions are not covered. "
Yes; terrible reporting indeed. Everyone knows killers always leave detailed notes at the scene of the crime describing their motives so that those wondering "why?" may have their answers in complete detail.
It's positively criminal for those journalists to not share with thier readers the juicy details of the murderer's motivation that we all know they have access to.
Karmic balance. The great-grandparent post claimed "violence against anyone is wrong, unless it's in self-defense" with zero supporting arguments, and the grand-parent post disagreed with equal logical support.
The clueful will instantly note that whether or not violence is ever right is a debate akin to religion versus athiesm and, no matter how hotly contested by either side, arguments will unavoidably reduce to "well, that's what I believe."
The clueless will be "disappointed in Slashdot."
Wow. Yes, it even says that in the link the grandparent poster included in his melodramatic "This is not a trivial issue. Observe . . . " hilarity.
:) lol
Won't someone think of R'ing TFM?
I disagree with your characterization. Rioters annoy (and harm) citizens too, you know.
Moreover, we know why (most) terrorists do that terrorism thing. Problem is, meeting their demands is an unacceptable solution.
Now what?
Well, funny you mention that. We were spending all of our scientific and technological resources on ways to make bunnies fluffier and flowers prettier, but then the rioters destroyed the lab and all our hard (but cute!) work.
So, we had to come up with this to protect us from the rioters next time.
Won't someone think of the bunnies and flowers?!
"Because before George "Fucking Haliburton" Walker Bush there were no "Free Speech Zones", and hence no "No-free-speech zones"."
For the record, the "Free Speech Zone" was first (and AFAIK exclusively) used at the DNC, which was before the RNC. The RNC didn't have a "Free Speech Zone." Protests were allowed all over the place, though some resulted in some mass arrests.
Or did you mean "before George "Fucking Haliburton" Walker Bush" was elected the first time, or before he was born, or what?
BF2 is almost an exact copy of Desert Combat for BF1942
Translation "I've never played BF2."
* DC has static ammo and health boxes. BF2 has medics and supply players.
* BF2 has squads, DC doesn't.
* BF2 has a commander for each team, with arty, scans, UAV, etc. DC doesn't.
* BF2's helicopter and plane controls and phsyics are totally different. (i.e., hands-off the controls will hover a BF2 chopper, while a DC heli will fall.)
So many differences. They're similar in a way, for sure, but nothing like "almost an exact copy".
No CTF or anything other than conquest mode.
FYI there's already a server-side mod (no download required for clients) that implements a new game mode similar to UT (you can only cap a command point after having first captured certain other ones, which forces a primary front-line, more organized battles, and eliminates ring-around-the-rosie capture-point chases).
Domination is a new gameplay mode for Battlefield 2. Its aim is to enhance the Battlefield experience by focusing battles to certain areas and eliminating the repetitive "flag hopping" methods that we see in many games. In traditional conquest mode, players are often forced to capture as many flags as possible to gain a "points advantage" over the opposition. Particularly on large maps, players often spend more time travelling than fighting.
Domination uses a different method by linking up flags to one another to form dynamic frontlines. This increases battlefield immersion, and players are generally always in the action, even on defense.
I understand that a CTF mode is in the works also.
It's not random, FYI. Think about it a bit:
In previous BF titles (1942, Vietnam) you could not use your rifle or other kit-weapons in a vehicle, so having the 1-9 keys change seats didn't cause any problem. Keys 1-9 were only for changing weapons.
In BF2, you can use your weapons (or medic bag, or engy wrench, etc.) in any vehicle seat except gunner positons. APC passengers, helicopter passengers, etc. can shoot while riding. If the seat-selection keys were still 1-9, you'd change weapons when you changed seats. This would not work well.
I'm not sure what "other buttons for lesser commands" you mean, but I'm pretty sure they're all configurable (though with the annoying control-mapping interface) so you can make them whatever you want.
Dude, chill. You did say OSX has this, and it doesn't. I mean, I love OSX, but it just doesn't do this the same. Expose and popping windows is not the same as this. The end result is the same, but if that makes it identical then WinXP has it too (even Win95 did.)
And, based on that flawed assumption, you went off on a wild rant about how this is standard on OSX and then mocked the new GUI idea in the article. It annoyed me, and I think the GP poster was more than polite enough about it given the tone you set.
No, we have the GPUs for games.
:)
This is just a bonus.
I think you're making a false distinction, unless you really think there's value and meaning in the "drag" portion of "drag & drop" other than the start and destination points/icons/windows. I can't see any value or info there myself.
If the printer or application has an icon, folder, or area-of-desktop-representing-it in any way, then you can select that thing somehow (tab, alt-tab, arrow keys, or some combo) before pasting (ctrl-V.)
Are you kidding? Hold ctrl and click multiple files, or shift and select a range or array of files, then ctrl-c/x to copy or cut, . . .
Ther are many dual-analog gamepads available.
There are alsp ps2/xbox to pc/usb converters if you must use an exact console controller.
You didn't spot the little tecnhicality in Article 29 that makes it very, very much not as good as the US Constisution? Read it again. Slowly.
If you still don't get it, look up a few posts to get the answer.
He was saying, if you'd listen, that those are neither "compatible with and more or less equivalent to the USA's first amendment." The bill of rights enumerates inalienable rights that can't be taken away for any reason. They are bestowed "by the creator" and transcend everything else.
The UN's charter , however, says (from your link):
Article 29.
(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
So, you get all those rights as long as the UN doesn't decide that they are being "exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations." Or that suspension of some or all of your rights is critical to "meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society."
So, yeah. Those rights are subject to the whim of the UN.
That's what he was saying, smartass.
No, it really doesn't. Any delay over 0s is too much. Yes, I've tried one. Moreover, all wireless mice except one require batteries, which makes the mouse heavier (and therefore slower to start/stop) and magnifies the effects of differences in static and kinetic coefficients of friction, which is bad for gaming. The one wireless mouse that doesn't use batteries requires a special powered mouse pad and is too slow and clunky for gaming.
Ironically, while googling for transistor or gate speed will show hundreds of hits, you can't actually find the switching speed for individual gates in a P4 or AMD chip. This stuff seems to be super secret stuff, and only the overall CPU clock it published. I wouldn't be surprised if the individual gates and transistors are transitioning at several dozens of ghz if not a couple of hundred or more. While Moore's Law death claims may have been premature 10 and 20 years ago, they may not be now.
The vast majority of the gates (and the transistors that comprise them) in any CPU switch at the the same clock rate. Some areas may be clocked at lower rates (fed by a divided clock.) But except for glitches (which don't propagate) there's very little logic running at a higher frequency than the "advertised" CPU speed.
I'm not sure what makes you think there's anything in a ~4GHz CPU switching at "several dozens of ghz if not a couple of hundred or more."
BTW, Moore's law refers to the number of transistors that can be manufactured on a single die. It says nothing of operating rates, though an increase in max freq has been a nice bonus in most process shrinks.
You can play HL2 in offline mode without steam calling the mothership. You can even play without any internet connection whatsoever. Once you've validated once, it's yours.
If oyu don't connect to Steam, the game will not be updated.
Steam also includes a backup feature that you can use, but it's easier to just burn the game directory to DVD. If you accidentally let steam update, you can restore the backup.