I thought Iraq kept their WMD in heaven? They had to take them out. There wasnt enough room too keep all the suicide bombers, the fifty virgins they are supposed to get, and all Saddam's WMDs.
On a side note, how can they say 90% of the universe is missing? Its still there, they just cant account for it. Missing is when you cant find your keys. Their statement is like saying Columbus invented America.
What amazes me is that anyone listens to Larry Ellison anymore. Does this guy do anything but bitch, moan, and make idiotic statements?
Saying 'software is dead' is like saying Oracle is dead. Wait, he may have a point then... Anyway, that company needs to just ditch that guy. You will start seeing their p/e value go up real fast.
France attacks CNN building to free censored journalists.
France announces that it stringly regrets assisting the creation of the Unites States of America and asks the world for forgiveness.
France decides to beat the shit out of the UK "just like in the old napoleonic days"
France decides to continue to developping its culture, now that most western countries have either lost theirs (UK) or never had one (US).
In a stunning victory by overwhelming forces, Greenpeace reprises their long ago role of protecting the world from French agression. France will be paying Greenpeace another $8 million in reparations.
In other news, North Korea agrees to a multi-billion dollar sweatshop market, assembling French clothing, apparel, and electronics. Despite the great amount of profit being made, workers are reportedly being signed for 2-7 cents per hour.
In an unrelated story, France has announced its backing for a N. Korea-US non-agression pact, and has stressed it will not support war with N. Korea, "under any circumstances".
I remember back before the internet, pussies used to keep quiet because they were afraid of getting their asses kicked.
Now, antisocial losers get to be loudmouths because they are anonymous. Too bad. Most people here do with a good ass-kickin once in a while, and it probably wouldnt be much work on my part; Ive got the time, and you've got the teeth to spare.
Hey, I have nothing against people making money, but IMO the most you can do in a year is make something along the lines of an expansion pack. Actually doing a full update takes longer, especially if you are going to impliment an engine upgrade into the product.
Another thing this hurts is its mod community. Why make a UT map or mod if its going to be unusable next year? It hardly seems worth the effort. Thats pretty much the reason I stopped playing Day of Defeat- I would just start getting good and knowing the map, and they would go and change the whole game.
Personally, I think the FPS with the best weapons ever was UT. All the weaps were unique, useful, and had their place.
I have a question. Since they are claiming that the Linux kernel contains some of their Unix code, does that mean that Linus is responsible for putting it there, and SCO is suing IBM because they,unlike most companies which use Linux, have money?
I guess they could also sue Oracle, but it seems Oracle's continued cash flow depends upon suing Microsoft, but that would basically be the vulture eating the jackal. I dont know why redundant bottom-feeding strikes me as funny.
Perhaps SCO is also hoping IBM will continue the trend of buying out companies that file lawsuits against them...
Soon, Intel will merge with CyberDyne Systems Corporation to take advantage of some of their bleeding-edge AI research.
Soon after, they will receive a government contract to create a unified defense infrastructure, and merge it with their wireless networked robots. Soon after, it will determine that humans are outdated.
...and "Unreal Tournament 2004" for PC will all be shown by Infogrames at E3.
Who's genius idea was it to release a new version of Unreal Tournament every year? Hell, Im still playing Half-Life. What makes them think Im willing to spring $50 per year to play the latest and greatest patch of the same game?
This is entirely different to a public body's decision-making process. There, it is other people's money that is being spent. The choice should not be merely what's best for that body, but what's best for the people who are funding that body. It could be argued that the public should have a right to use software that they have funded
Irregardless, the best tool should still be used for the job. Just because somebody can go outside and get a rock doesnt mean hammers shouldnt be used.
Plus, last time I checked, the public was funding Microsoft as well. At least, the paying customers...
I remember as a lad, one time I jumped off the Sears Tower. Wow, what fun! Except for stubbing my finger when I bounced off the Hancock Center, I really didnt get hurt.
Then there was the time I went over Niagra Falls in a barrel...
No, it's spelled correcty. The punctuation is just incorrect, due to informal writing. I also sometime don't capitalize things, but my spelling is generally correct.
Perhaps Slashdot should impliment a spell-checker. Oh ya, and a grammar checker as well.
Many games are picky about which version of Direct X you have installed. I used to have multiple versions of Windows installed just to play my games. Some only worked in Win 98, others only worked in Win2000, and I had one that would only work in win95. It was really annoying and put me off gaming.
I generally just install the latest and greatest version of direct x: seems to work fine for me. Ive been recently reliving past gaming glories (system shock 2, Red Alert, etc), and havent had a single problem. Of course, I stopped using Win9x about two years ago, so that could account for a lot of problems as well.
Other than getting DOS stuff working, its fine, and some of it will actually even run (with some PIF changes).
See, I can see that being the case, if you my line of reasoning.
When you 'combine' features like that, you arent making a 'perfect overall', you are making an average. And that was pretty much what I always said about Affleck- he wasnt good looking or bad looking, just extremely, excessively average. Same with his acting skill, etc. Just very ho-hum, very bland in an average way.
After all, its the flaws that give diamonds their value, and its the 'imperfections' (differences from the average) in people that catch our eyes.
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On a side note, how can they say 90% of the universe is missing? Its still there, they just cant account for it. Missing is when you cant find your keys. Their statement is like saying Columbus invented America.
Saying 'software is dead' is like saying Oracle is dead. Wait, he may have a point then... Anyway, that company needs to just ditch that guy. You will start seeing their p/e value go up real fast.
France attacks CNN building to free censored journalists.
France announces that it stringly regrets assisting the creation of the Unites States of America and asks the world for forgiveness.
France decides to beat the shit out of the UK "just like in the old napoleonic days"
France decides to continue to developping its culture, now that most western countries have either lost theirs (UK) or never had one (US).
In a stunning victory by overwhelming forces, Greenpeace reprises their long ago role of protecting the world from French agression. France will be paying Greenpeace another $8 million in reparations.
In other news, North Korea agrees to a multi-billion dollar sweatshop market, assembling French clothing, apparel, and electronics. Despite the great amount of profit being made, workers are reportedly being signed for 2-7 cents per hour.
In an unrelated story, France has announced its backing for a N. Korea-US non-agression pact, and has stressed it will not support war with N. Korea, "under any circumstances".
French KDE group surrenders to German GNOME group. Film at 11.
Im betting it was all the dupes that finally brought the house down.
It was either IBM, doing it for revenge, or else it was Linus Torvalds doing it to try and distroy evidence of the plagarism in his kernel code.
um, moron moderators, how is it redundant if its the first...
Now, antisocial losers get to be loudmouths because they are anonymous. Too bad. Most people here do with a good ass-kickin once in a while, and it probably wouldnt be much work on my part; Ive got the time, and you've got the teeth to spare.
Another thing this hurts is its mod community. Why make a UT map or mod if its going to be unusable next year? It hardly seems worth the effort. Thats pretty much the reason I stopped playing Day of Defeat- I would just start getting good and knowing the map, and they would go and change the whole game.
Personally, I think the FPS with the best weapons ever was UT. All the weaps were unique, useful, and had their place.
I guess they could also sue Oracle, but it seems Oracle's continued cash flow depends upon suing Microsoft, but that would basically be the vulture eating the jackal. I dont know why redundant bottom-feeding strikes me as funny.
Perhaps SCO is also hoping IBM will continue the trend of buying out companies that file lawsuits against them...
Soon after, they will receive a government contract to create a unified defense infrastructure, and merge it with their wireless networked robots. Soon after, it will determine that humans are outdated.
Let the games begin!
And WTF was up with Virtual Light? Did he write that right after he finished reading Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash"?
I pretty much have no further interest in anything involving Gibson: his 15 minutes ended years ago.
Who's genius idea was it to release a new version of Unreal Tournament every year? Hell, Im still playing Half-Life. What makes them think Im willing to spring $50 per year to play the latest and greatest patch of the same game?
I remember when people occasionally had something intelligent or witty to say.
Irregardless, the best tool should still be used for the job. Just because somebody can go outside and get a rock doesnt mean hammers shouldnt be used.
Plus, last time I checked, the public was funding Microsoft as well. At least, the paying customers...
Then there was the time I went over Niagra Falls in a barrel...
If only my milk cartons would self destruct after the experation date...
Finally, my grandmother can have that database cluster she has been bugging me about.
Perhaps Slashdot should impliment a spell-checker. Oh ya, and a grammar checker as well.
I generally just install the latest and greatest version of direct x: seems to work fine for me. Ive been recently reliving past gaming glories (system shock 2, Red Alert, etc), and havent had a single problem. Of course, I stopped using Win9x about two years ago, so that could account for a lot of problems as well.
Other than getting DOS stuff working, its fine, and some of it will actually even run (with some PIF changes).
BTW, you spelled "sentence" wrong
Nah, why bother? It takes away from playing Quake3, and besides, reading Slashdot gets boring after awhile, unless you start trolling.
Very true. If it werent for flashy junk, I wouldnt have to make a huge project to uninstall the million varieties of Hotbar's spyware.
However, on the server level, it will hardly be a consumer thing. If they install SkyNet, it probably wont be running a commercial OS.
Everyday is "Bash Microsoft" day at Slashdot. But subtlely is not a skill ever really displayed here. At least, not regarding bashing MS.
I liked my names better, but "Dumb and Dumber" are already copywrited.
When you 'combine' features like that, you arent making a 'perfect overall', you are making an average. And that was pretty much what I always said about Affleck- he wasnt good looking or bad looking, just extremely, excessively average. Same with his acting skill, etc. Just very ho-hum, very bland in an average way.
After all, its the flaws that give diamonds their value, and its the 'imperfections' (differences from the average) in people that catch our eyes.