i could not have said it better myself. Sure the crackers have proven themselves, but wouldn't you rather have someone that is just as skilled but has the moral capability NOT to use his skills in a immoral way?
I've done it since i've played games that gave me a choise of what to do. Act nice, or evil. I believe you could do these things in Ultima I for the NES. I've been doing it ever since.
In games like diablo, I pick a character that matches my physical disposition, mental state, and so on. I guess I don't have much to be ashamed of or I am very confident in myself if I want to portray myself as best as possible. If I could put my face on UT2003's characters, I probably would.
This is as simple as 2+2=5... Less calories + more exercize = weight loss.
Why is this premiss so hard to understand? I truely believe some people have something wrong with their heads that blocks that out. Ask those same people what will happen if you sit around eating twinkies and drinking mountain dew all day while playing everquest nonstop and they will say "you will get fat" but you won't ever hear "you will get skinny" to the less calories + more exercize fact.
I read somewhere that a doctor wanted to test the 10,000 steps a day theory. Even as a very active doctor, who took the stairs, and parked his car far away from the building, he could hardly ever get to the magical 10,000 steps that everyone should take a day becuase it is set in our genetics by our ancestors who HAD to walk a lot. They didn't have the option of just sitting all day.
people that tend to use AOL like to hide behind their computer. Its the whole "I can be whomever I want behind this computer screen" syndrome that apeals to so many. THERE ARE STUDIES that prove this.
By using video cameras and incorporating it into the newly released AOL broadband, they are trying to apeal to a certain niche. I would think they would have studies to tell them that this is a horrible idea and it will not work becuase guys can't pretend to be girls and ugly girls can't pretend to be really hot. I'm sure I don't need to point out that short film - "The Parlor"
People just won't use it. Those that do and happen to be good looking will get so sick of people without webcam's spaming them with messages all day long they will just take it down.
They were ~420 for the both of them. One was extremely blurry. I returned it. Been using them and loveing them for about 8 months now.
I suppose you could pull a little scamage on them and KDS would bite the bullet - just go up there buy a new one, then take the crappped out one back and say "THIS THING DOESN'T WORK, I WANT MY MONEY BACK."
You aren't technically lying because you didn't say you bought the defective unit 7 months ago. =p
As the human species progress over the course of time, without destroying itself, it will inherently gain many qualities. One of which is, since we've developed many ways to aid in our progress, to make machines that will aid in our progress. To think otherwise is insane - do you know anyone that would have taken Pi to the extent pc's have? I thought not.
As computers become more common place humans will evolve further. We will no longer have to invest in hard core brain power, and perhaps will concentrate on a different role. If you disagree with darwinism please disregard this post entirely, I don't want to say anything but my opinion. As computers start to do some things for us we will learn how to do other things we couldn't imagine of doing right now. The question is - will we get there without losing sight of what is really important?
If I lost you, I apologize in advance - mod this down all you want:)
before you go off on voicing your opinion for either way, realize that for every positive there is a negative to keep checks and balances in effect. Go on and try to prove relativity wrong - I dare you. =p
as long as people will buy CRT's and have the space for them, they will never become mainstream. So they will remain something for corporate offices and people with too much money. (the latter of which is declining rapidly)
This is an awsome thing. I know I can't program worth a lick besides making a simple graphical text based adventure game on the apple 2 basic, but when I did do that I was overshooting my teacher (7th grade). However, now that my mind was infected with goto's and if/thens, I just can't understand subroutines and such.
Anywho, on to my real point - quite a few times i've been in the situation where I saw some very left minded people programming, and not knowing much about what they were doing - I could 'visualize' a fix. Of course I would have no way to program it, but I could tell them how I could see it being done. I guess what i'm trying to say (and this statement is very generic so don't correct me as I know i'm not entirely right) is that behind that person that made the atom bomb is that absent minded creative person that knows how to do it but can't for some reason or another
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That all I wanted to say - you can keep reading if you want. (im going into a "this one time at band camp mode now) Anyways, this one time at band, er on IRC right around the time the guys who were learning quakeC were really starting to understand it, I started talking to the quakeforge guys about motion bluring (that being something that looked neato wowwie to me at the time) and I suggested that it might be feaseable to simply draw the model twice on the client side. Make it a complete client side cvar so that people with crappy vid cards could turn it off. I suggested simply monitor an entities speed and then based on that speed, draw one two or how ever many instances of it to get a generic motion blur effect. He thought it was cool, but of course it really wasn't something that was on the top of their agenda and I guess he said it was too tough to do - I don't remember. I regress back to my point - it doesn't take a genius or a code monkey to think of a good idea - almost anyone can, but the truely good ideas are ones that are collaborated on by both left and right brained people. (i'm not saying my idea was good, it was just an idea and a way to do it)
Make it small enough to power a gameboy sized device and run GLQuake and then get back to me. I've already lost my current cellphone in my pocket. Anyone ever seen that show "Trigger Happy TV" with the guy with the overly ginormous phone? THATS the phone for me.
it was sort of the same thing. Intresting that he sort of "foresaw" something like that.
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Some like to have the original "collectors edition" - if you will - CD case, box, and possibly tin in their possesion. I know I still have my CD case of Quake from the day it came out, as I'm sure many other/.'ers do also. Or what about quake3 or any game that revolutionized gaming and made for lots of mods. I mean look at Half Life. IT CAME FROM QUAKE!!! Please don't say it came from quake2, I don't want to argue semantics with people who just don't know.
Heck, this is offtopic as it comes, but I just recently threw away my VOODOO card box. I still have the card:) Sucker cost 250 bucks when it first came out. OUCH! But boy did it make GLQuake a work of art. I bet you old cards like that will be come like old baseball cards down the road. Well probably not. =p
I simply used the autoit script and wrote my own "pindlebot" after I saw what could be done by people with bad intensions. My rating on ebay is flawless and i'm sure that many people are enjoying the 3 legitimate windforces I sold them along with the many other things.
Of course now that all you have to do is download the program, you can't make a dime off diablo2.
Hopefully the 1.10 patch with fix that if indeed it isn't vaporware.
if all you use your computer for is browsing the web, sending emails, and you want to play ANY game that comes out - linux isn't for you.
I give credit where credit is due and while this might be a great book for beginners, I don't see the point in learning an OS if you are never going to run any sort of server off of it.
And before you start doggin' on windows security issues - let me specify that this post is ENTIRELY aimed at personal users. The person who wants to play any game, browse the web, and check their email.
And before anyone says "well outlook express is the mail propagator of viruses (besides people lacking common sense) - I KNOW THIS. THATS WHY I DON'T USE IT. I use a simple email that has been wonderful called yahoo. Sure I may not be able to sign up for fileshack download services and whatnot, but when it comes to the virus and spam protection I get from them, its quite obvious that if you know how to use Windows CORRECTLY it is a very effective tool to do whatever you want.
So all that being said - why in the world would you want to go to another OS when the one you are currently on does everything you need? Play games, read email, and browse the web. Even if you are a programmer, chances are you do quite a bit of your programming on a win32 platform? Am I wrong here?
I say, use what works. If I needed to run a server, I would love to pick this book up, but unfortunatly i'm capped by my cable company making any atempt to frivolous becuase I know Win2k can handle a pittly 32k upstream. I've run ftp's and small multiplayer servers off it until people just can't play anymore, and linux is not going to help that a bit.
All I have to do is double click a link to get my game to work.... what do YOU have to do? =/
Please don't take any offense in my post, i'ts just how I feel. For instance - right now on my quicklaunch bar I have DiabloII, Unreal2, Unreal2003, kazaa, Serious Sam, RTCW, Gamespy, Nero, Quake3, GTA3, Sim City 4, Splinter Cell, Neverwinter Nights, and many more.
All I have to do is single click. I don't have to worry about configuring my video card to run the right resolution and refresh rate becuase windows is so supported all I have to do is right click my desktop and change a couple slider bars.
I'm sorry - but the phrase "Linux for Beginners" is a bit of a paradox in itself.
And before you flame me or take any of what I've said as flames just know one thing - I would love to know how to use linux but to put it simply, I don't need to. Good day.
I couldn't agree more. I would bet the only people that like spam either a) have some monetary gain to make off it, or b) like it served with a side of eggs and hash browns.
its called the Cameron Law - it dictates that game companies and graphics cards companies are in a conspiracy together to force us buy more and more of each, and every 18 months we will have to buy a new video card, which probably coincides with new technology video game releases. (this is a joke, so don't take it that seriously)
but storylines like the ones that Little Ninjai has blow me away. Its a wonderful myraid of anime but for some reason it seems americanized in a way. I know this is a little offtopic but if you look at it in a way I am talking about something similar to the subject and sort of "pimping out Little Ninjai" for those of you who havn't seen it. I'd just like to see more of that "something" that most anime's seem to lack. Don't get me wrong, I loved Tenchi Meauo (I know thats spelled wrong, but just pronounce it)
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i could not have said it better myself. Sure the crackers have proven themselves, but wouldn't you rather have someone that is just as skilled but has the moral capability NOT to use his skills in a immoral way?
In games like diablo, I pick a character that matches my physical disposition, mental state, and so on. I guess I don't have much to be ashamed of or I am very confident in myself if I want to portray myself as best as possible. If I could put my face on UT2003's characters, I probably would.
Why is this premiss so hard to understand? I truely believe some people have something wrong with their heads that blocks that out. Ask those same people what will happen if you sit around eating twinkies and drinking mountain dew all day while playing everquest nonstop and they will say "you will get fat" but you won't ever hear "you will get skinny" to the less calories + more exercize fact.
I read somewhere that a doctor wanted to test the 10,000 steps a day theory. Even as a very active doctor, who took the stairs, and parked his car far away from the building, he could hardly ever get to the magical 10,000 steps that everyone should take a day becuase it is set in our genetics by our ancestors who HAD to walk a lot. They didn't have the option of just sitting all day.
By using video cameras and incorporating it into the newly released AOL broadband, they are trying to apeal to a certain niche. I would think they would have studies to tell them that this is a horrible idea and it will not work becuase guys can't pretend to be girls and ugly girls can't pretend to be really hot. I'm sure I don't need to point out that short film - "The Parlor"
People just won't use it. Those that do and happen to be good looking will get so sick of people without webcam's spaming them with messages all day long they will just take it down.
SOrry AOL - not this time.
They were ~420 for the both of them. One was extremely blurry. I returned it. Been using them and loveing them for about 8 months now.
I suppose you could pull a little scamage on them and KDS would bite the bullet - just go up there buy a new one, then take the crappped out one back and say "THIS THING DOESN'T WORK, I WANT MY MONEY BACK."
You aren't technically lying because you didn't say you bought the defective unit 7 months ago. =p
Just an idea.
and say "BEST TRAILER EVER!"
the value of a MCSE drops another 20 G's a year.
I see the price of boats in that area going up soon.
As computers become more common place humans will evolve further. We will no longer have to invest in hard core brain power, and perhaps will concentrate on a different role. If you disagree with darwinism please disregard this post entirely, I don't want to say anything but my opinion. As computers start to do some things for us we will learn how to do other things we couldn't imagine of doing right now. The question is - will we get there without losing sight of what is really important?
If I lost you, I apologize in advance - mod this down all you want :)
before you go off on voicing your opinion for either way, realize that for every positive there is a negative to keep checks and balances in effect. Go on and try to prove relativity wrong - I dare you. =p
as long as people will buy CRT's and have the space for them, they will never become mainstream. So they will remain something for corporate offices and people with too much money. (the latter of which is declining rapidly)
Anywho, on to my real point - quite a few times i've been in the situation where I saw some very left minded people programming, and not knowing much about what they were doing - I could 'visualize' a fix. Of course I would have no way to program it, but I could tell them how I could see it being done. I guess what i'm trying to say (and this statement is very generic so don't correct me as I know i'm not entirely right) is that behind that person that made the atom bomb is that absent minded creative person that knows how to do it but can't for some reason or another
. That all I wanted to say - you can keep reading if you want. (im going into a "this one time at band camp mode now) Anyways, this one time at band, er on IRC right around the time the guys who were learning quakeC were really starting to understand it, I started talking to the quakeforge guys about motion bluring (that being something that looked neato wowwie to me at the time) and I suggested that it might be feaseable to simply draw the model twice on the client side. Make it a complete client side cvar so that people with crappy vid cards could turn it off. I suggested simply monitor an entities speed and then based on that speed, draw one two or how ever many instances of it to get a generic motion blur effect. He thought it was cool, but of course it really wasn't something that was on the top of their agenda and I guess he said it was too tough to do - I don't remember. I regress back to my point - it doesn't take a genius or a code monkey to think of a good idea - almost anyone can, but the truely good ideas are ones that are collaborated on by both left and right brained people. (i'm not saying my idea was good, it was just an idea and a way to do it)
Ouch - mt fungers are cramping.... tume ti stip.
Make it small enough to power a gameboy sized device and run GLQuake and then get back to me. I've already lost my current cellphone in my pocket. Anyone ever seen that show "Trigger Happy TV" with the guy with the overly ginormous phone? THATS the phone for me.
it was sort of the same thing. Intresting that he sort of "foresaw" something like that.
Heck, this is offtopic as it comes, but I just recently threw away my VOODOO card box. I still have the card :) Sucker cost 250 bucks when it first came out. OUCH! But boy did it make GLQuake a work of art. I bet you old cards like that will be come like old baseball cards down the road. Well probably not. =p
M$ Programmers - "But its a product that is still in use, we have a responsibility to our customers."
M$ Exec's - "Wats this respongeability you say?"
I simply used the autoit script and wrote my own "pindlebot" after I saw what could be done by people with bad intensions. My rating on ebay is flawless and i'm sure that many people are enjoying the 3 legitimate windforces I sold them along with the many other things.
Of course now that all you have to do is download the program, you can't make a dime off diablo2.
Hopefully the 1.10 patch with fix that if indeed it isn't vaporware.
I give credit where credit is due and while this might be a great book for beginners, I don't see the point in learning an OS if you are never going to run any sort of server off of it.
And before you start doggin' on windows security issues - let me specify that this post is ENTIRELY aimed at personal users. The person who wants to play any game, browse the web, and check their email.
And before anyone says "well outlook express is the mail propagator of viruses (besides people lacking common sense) - I KNOW THIS. THATS WHY I DON'T USE IT. I use a simple email that has been wonderful called yahoo. Sure I may not be able to sign up for fileshack download services and whatnot, but when it comes to the virus and spam protection I get from them, its quite obvious that if you know how to use Windows CORRECTLY it is a very effective tool to do whatever you want.
So all that being said - why in the world would you want to go to another OS when the one you are currently on does everything you need? Play games, read email, and browse the web. Even if you are a programmer, chances are you do quite a bit of your programming on a win32 platform? Am I wrong here?
I say, use what works. If I needed to run a server, I would love to pick this book up, but unfortunatly i'm capped by my cable company making any atempt to frivolous becuase I know Win2k can handle a pittly 32k upstream. I've run ftp's and small multiplayer servers off it until people just can't play anymore, and linux is not going to help that a bit.
All I have to do is double click a link to get my game to work.... what do YOU have to do? =/
Please don't take any offense in my post, i'ts just how I feel. For instance - right now on my quicklaunch bar I have DiabloII, Unreal2, Unreal2003, kazaa, Serious Sam, RTCW, Gamespy, Nero, Quake3, GTA3, Sim City 4, Splinter Cell, Neverwinter Nights, and many more.
All I have to do is single click. I don't have to worry about configuring my video card to run the right resolution and refresh rate becuase windows is so supported all I have to do is right click my desktop and change a couple slider bars.
I'm sorry - but the phrase "Linux for Beginners" is a bit of a paradox in itself.
And before you flame me or take any of what I've said as flames just know one thing - I would love to know how to use linux but to put it simply, I don't need to. Good day.
I couldn't agree more. I would bet the only people that like spam either a) have some monetary gain to make off it, or b) like it served with a side of eggs and hash browns.
Just think - becuase of one person, 880 million people didn't get their daily dose of heniti (sp)!
its called the Cameron Law - it dictates that game companies and graphics cards companies are in a conspiracy together to force us buy more and more of each, and every 18 months we will have to buy a new video card, which probably coincides with new technology video game releases. (this is a joke, so don't take it that seriously)
well, i guess at least I didn't spell it Mayo. Gimmie some pickles and ketcup with that mayo and spam. :)
but storylines like the ones that Little Ninjai has blow me away. Its a wonderful myraid of anime but for some reason it seems americanized in a way. I know this is a little offtopic but if you look at it in a way I am talking about something similar to the subject and sort of "pimping out Little Ninjai" for those of you who havn't seen it. I'd just like to see more of that "something" that most anime's seem to lack. Don't get me wrong, I loved Tenchi Meauo (I know thats spelled wrong, but just pronounce it)
but anonymous login to download the file is denied. Anyone know if this is just temp to deal with the /. effect?
whoever mod'ed that down... BITE ME When I hit reply there were no comments at all.