Girls are fine at that age, it is when they start dating that their IQ drops to room temperature. But I got a cunning plan: I just forbid my daughter to date! That will work right? I mean teengirls do listen to their father right? Right???
Episode 1 is now 11 years old, meaning your kids should be teens by now. Do they quote the movies? Has it seeped into every part of culture? Is it everywhere you can look?
The toys you remember did NOT come out directly after the first movie, a lot of the merchandising you dismiss so easily came out DECADES later and was gobbled up. It is what makes Star Wars still the biggest earner out there.
The entire proof that the prequels sucked can be found in the fact that TWO MMO's have skipped the era. Bioware wanted to do Star Wars, but were so desperate to stay away from the fall out that they invented an entire new era set so far apart (thousands of years) that they could completly distance themselves from it.
If you study movies, Star Wars: A New Hope, must be included. It MIGHT be a simple story but its impact on society was enormous. If it had not been for Star Wars we would never have had Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but rather a new series. (Okay, so that is another thing we can blame lucas for).
Kids now quote the Matrix, Lord of the Rings, etc. Episode 1 was just another blockbuster, made a lot of money but it has no lasting impact. It is the difference between Michael Jackson and McHammer... who?
I enjoyed the blackhole as a kid too, but for the life of me I could not quote anything from it or even name the characters.
My mom took me to see the first movies and she enjoyed them herself. Did you enjoy them? Really? The bit with the small droids on the fighter aircraft? Then there is no hope for you.
The Amish are not forbidden from driving cars, they do not want to. Big difference.
And I am fairly certain that the movie industry does NOT want to follow the Amish example as the Amish do not watch movies either.
What amazes me is how clearly corrupt politicians are in this area. It is clear that the people do not want it, so why do they try so damned hard? You don't see them try nearly so hard in say restricting petrol usage. So what is the money eh I mean motivator?
Good beer is NOT about the amount of alcohol, it is about the flavor. If it has low alcohol, you just can drink more of it. Granted, the better tasting beers tend to have high alcohol content, but I am sure that is just a coincidence. As is the fact that my new driving license has "revoked" pre-stamped across it.
Remember, slashdot is run by young rich white guys whose parents were all well-off. They don't need health-care right now, so screw everybody else.
For those of us on the continent, this whole thing is just another sign of the US tearing itself apart for some reason I at least cannot understand.
I am reminded a bit about the trouble britain went through in the 60/70's wear it was close to falling apart, almost as if the people hated their own country.
In the US it seems people hate so much the idea that someone else might get a penny out of them, they rather spend a dollar even if that someone is themselves.
Really, what is so damned scary about a national health care system. Surely paying less for a system (the US spends more and gets less then any other western nation) would be a good thing? Or is spending 1000 dollars on bad health care to a private company good and 100 dollars on good health care to the government bad?
Is that the one where slavery is legal? Were women are not allowed to vote? People always bring that tired old document out, and forget who the people were who wrote it. I don't need my freedoms defended by someone who condoned the owning of slaves.
Nah... java applets, trust me, it will WORK! This time...
Reminds me of a comment on a dutch tech site, remarked how much smarter a dutch tv station was, for choosing silverlight over flash, because it was more widely supported, except that particular function just happens to only be available for windows.
Silverlight may or may not be good, but after ActiveX and COM and such, why do people keep building their business model on an MS product? You know that sooner or later they will pull a move that screws you.
It would be like putting a bet on Apple announcing a sensible, non-sexy, non-drool inducing, cheap and essential item. Or IBM doing anything interesting in the consumer market. I don't know about leopards, but I do know companies never change their spots.
Because the entire point of someone a LOT smarter then you, is that if the very tool you use is compromised, then how can you ever check it? Your write your program to the memory, but the memory controller itself is corrupted. So you check everything, and you never see anything wrong.
A compromised system can never be trusted and if you don't control the system, then you can never know it is compromised unless you verify every last detail, down to grinding the top of the chip and seeing exactly what the layout is. And do this for every last element.
How do you know there is not a simple element in the USB connector that records everything? How do you know the simple chip in your ethernet card doesn't transmit everything? How do you know your router hasn't been hardcoded to ignore such traffic?
You don't. Granted, putting it all together seems like an enormous task and there are far simpler ways of spying. But it is possible.
Yes,no,no,Yes. There are to many eyes on linux for anything to slip through. Given that even closed source is prodded from all sides, I am sure there are people who read Linux code for no other reason then because. I am not smart enough to read kernel code myself but have read through PHP packages, just because. Japanese read manga, americans comic, europeans strips and nerds source code. It is fun, and we need something to do with the time normal humans spend on mating.
Then why do I pay the same per song as if I would by the whole CD? 99 cents ain't cheap. He has kept prices the same. Granted that is an achievement when the music industry wanted to RAISE it.
If he is who I think he is, he is also a real lord, not a made one. Means he is rich, or at least of that kind of well to do family that scoffs at the typical goverment bribes as being WAAAAAAY to low.
Lords like Lucas are very difficult to pressure or to get them to shut up. As a whole, the lords are a bit of a nuisance because they tend to get in everybodies way. If you are on the left, they go against a ban on fox hunting and if you are on the right they keep insisting on this bloody liberty thing. That is where they get this bad rep from, because politicians don't like to be questioned. As citizens, we shouldn't take politicians word for it that the lords are all bad.
How many terrorist attacks have happened against planes? Well, depends how far you go back. You see, all the security is nothing new and BEFORE they were put in place, attacks happened far more often. That an entire generation has grown up without constant hijackings, that says something.
And they are far better then any foreign beaches. No burning sand to scorch your feet on, you do not have to actually enter the sea to be soaked to the bone and free condoms float by whenever you need one!
The DS is the DS, the PSP is the PSP, but what exactly is a phone? Both the hand holds are designed for gaming and nothing else. They suck as phones or even as computers. But a smartphone has for a long time been hampered by the need to have a keypad. That keypad is fine for dialing a number but sucks for gaming input where handhelds TEND to have buttons on both sides because you hold the device with both hands. So, how are you going to create a phone that is both a high quality phone worthy of its high price AND good for general gaming AND a big enough success to have development for its design?
the nGage is the anser, you don't. The ngage failed because it was a lousy phone design and that lousy design made it a lousy handheld design and that lousy design meant no existing proper games worked on it and that meant only java games were half-heartedly ported for it that could run on any decent phone.
And the problem ain't really just with phones, MP3 players are lousy gaming platforms as well. Only with the iPhone that did away with the keys altogether managed to break this mold. And Apple is going to hit a limit really soon. Either they upgrade their phone and split the app market or they don't and become relics. The DS and PSP are by todays standards horribly underpowered. They can't upgrade to much, because who is going to produce a DS++ game for 1 million handhelds instead of DS game for millions more?
That is the final answer why there is no gaming phone, phones advance to fast to develop for. Develop a 1 year title starting at launch and the phone will be hopelessly obsolete.
If the point was humerous then why do you need to point it out? Good comedy does not need a laugh track and a smart comment does not need a smiley.
And there is also another point, to succeed in society you need to know when to play by the rules and when not. You do for instance NOT fistbump the judge, no matter how cool or accepted it has become.
There is a room for smiley's and that is place is the web. It does NOT belong in a term paper, unless of course it is about smiley's.
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Girls are fine at that age, it is when they start dating that their IQ drops to room temperature. But I got a cunning plan: I just forbid my daughter to date! That will work right? I mean teengirls do listen to their father right? Right???
Episode 1 is now 11 years old, meaning your kids should be teens by now. Do they quote the movies? Has it seeped into every part of culture? Is it everywhere you can look?
The toys you remember did NOT come out directly after the first movie, a lot of the merchandising you dismiss so easily came out DECADES later and was gobbled up. It is what makes Star Wars still the biggest earner out there.
The entire proof that the prequels sucked can be found in the fact that TWO MMO's have skipped the era. Bioware wanted to do Star Wars, but were so desperate to stay away from the fall out that they invented an entire new era set so far apart (thousands of years) that they could completly distance themselves from it.
If you study movies, Star Wars: A New Hope, must be included. It MIGHT be a simple story but its impact on society was enormous. If it had not been for Star Wars we would never have had Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but rather a new series. (Okay, so that is another thing we can blame lucas for).
Kids now quote the Matrix, Lord of the Rings, etc. Episode 1 was just another blockbuster, made a lot of money but it has no lasting impact. It is the difference between Michael Jackson and McHammer... who?
I enjoyed the blackhole as a kid too, but for the life of me I could not quote anything from it or even name the characters.
My mom took me to see the first movies and she enjoyed them herself. Did you enjoy them? Really? The bit with the small droids on the fighter aircraft? Then there is no hope for you.
The Amish are not forbidden from driving cars, they do not want to. Big difference.
And I am fairly certain that the movie industry does NOT want to follow the Amish example as the Amish do not watch movies either.
What amazes me is how clearly corrupt politicians are in this area. It is clear that the people do not want it, so why do they try so damned hard? You don't see them try nearly so hard in say restricting petrol usage. So what is the money eh I mean motivator?
Good beer is NOT about the amount of alcohol, it is about the flavor. If it has low alcohol, you just can drink more of it. Granted, the better tasting beers tend to have high alcohol content, but I am sure that is just a coincidence. As is the fact that my new driving license has "revoked" pre-stamped across it.
Remember, slashdot is run by young rich white guys whose parents were all well-off. They don't need health-care right now, so screw everybody else.
For those of us on the continent, this whole thing is just another sign of the US tearing itself apart for some reason I at least cannot understand.
I am reminded a bit about the trouble britain went through in the 60/70's wear it was close to falling apart, almost as if the people hated their own country.
In the US it seems people hate so much the idea that someone else might get a penny out of them, they rather spend a dollar even if that someone is themselves.
Really, what is so damned scary about a national health care system. Surely paying less for a system (the US spends more and gets less then any other western nation) would be a good thing? Or is spending 1000 dollars on bad health care to a private company good and 100 dollars on good health care to the government bad?
Because the federal government is going to give a damn about a porn peddlers business case.
Is that the one where slavery is legal? Were women are not allowed to vote? People always bring that tired old document out, and forget who the people were who wrote it. I don't need my freedoms defended by someone who condoned the owning of slaves.
Where is this right written down?
Nah... java applets, trust me, it will WORK! This time...
Reminds me of a comment on a dutch tech site, remarked how much smarter a dutch tv station was, for choosing silverlight over flash, because it was more widely supported, except that particular function just happens to only be available for windows.
Silverlight may or may not be good, but after ActiveX and COM and such, why do people keep building their business model on an MS product? You know that sooner or later they will pull a move that screws you.
It would be like putting a bet on Apple announcing a sensible, non-sexy, non-drool inducing, cheap and essential item. Or IBM doing anything interesting in the consumer market. I don't know about leopards, but I do know companies never change their spots.
You clearly must be an American, since you compare beer to water. Over here in the old world, we know there is a difference by the taste for one.
Because the entire point of someone a LOT smarter then you, is that if the very tool you use is compromised, then how can you ever check it? Your write your program to the memory, but the memory controller itself is corrupted. So you check everything, and you never see anything wrong.
A compromised system can never be trusted and if you don't control the system, then you can never know it is compromised unless you verify every last detail, down to grinding the top of the chip and seeing exactly what the layout is. And do this for every last element.
How do you know there is not a simple element in the USB connector that records everything? How do you know the simple chip in your ethernet card doesn't transmit everything? How do you know your router hasn't been hardcoded to ignore such traffic?
You don't. Granted, putting it all together seems like an enormous task and there are far simpler ways of spying. But it is possible.
Yes,no,no,Yes. There are to many eyes on linux for anything to slip through. Given that even closed source is prodded from all sides, I am sure there are people who read Linux code for no other reason then because. I am not smart enough to read kernel code myself but have read through PHP packages, just because. Japanese read manga, americans comic, europeans strips and nerds source code. It is fun, and we need something to do with the time normal humans spend on mating.
Oh wait, Israel and Ireland, that MUST be a conspiracy. Both start with I. So does Intel... coincidence? I think not.
A 200 euro laptop, 1.5gb of ram, 16GB SSD. Compare that to a laptop 20 years ago, half the screen size, works with floppies costs 2000+
Account for inflation, and you are saying things aren't getting cheaper?
Moped then (50cc scooter) 900 euro, used to be 1900 or more 10 years ago.
# times people see the cover and start talking to you about: 2x per book.
# times you can scribble a comment in the margin: not infinite but a lot.
# times you find a rare first edition: 1.
# times you can get the author to sign your copy: 1.
# times you can crack the spine of your virgin book: 1.
# times you can buy a paper book for the price of kindle: 40.
# times you inherited a book from your great-grandmother you never met because of WW2: 1.
Oh and no point for an ebook list with the same because they would ALL be 0.
Then why do I pay the same per song as if I would by the whole CD? 99 cents ain't cheap. He has kept prices the same. Granted that is an achievement when the music industry wanted to RAISE it.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87352/uks-lord-lucas-compares-p2p-to-sharing-a-newspaper/
If he is who I think he is, he is also a real lord, not a made one. Means he is rich, or at least of that kind of well to do family that scoffs at the typical goverment bribes as being WAAAAAAY to low.
Lords like Lucas are very difficult to pressure or to get them to shut up. As a whole, the lords are a bit of a nuisance because they tend to get in everybodies way. If you are on the left, they go against a ban on fox hunting and if you are on the right they keep insisting on this bloody liberty thing. That is where they get this bad rep from, because politicians don't like to be questioned. As citizens, we shouldn't take politicians word for it that the lords are all bad.
This is a rake, lying on the ground in plain sight with red markers all over it and a big sign.
Step on it at your own risk, but don't come crying when the rake hits you in the face.
After the gif debacle, you would think people would learn.
How many terrorist attacks have happened against planes? Well, depends how far you go back. You see, all the security is nothing new and BEFORE they were put in place, attacks happened far more often. That an entire generation has grown up without constant hijackings, that says something.
And they are far better then any foreign beaches. No burning sand to scorch your feet on, you do not have to actually enter the sea to be soaked to the bone and free condoms float by whenever you need one!
The DS is the DS, the PSP is the PSP, but what exactly is a phone? Both the hand holds are designed for gaming and nothing else. They suck as phones or even as computers. But a smartphone has for a long time been hampered by the need to have a keypad. That keypad is fine for dialing a number but sucks for gaming input where handhelds TEND to have buttons on both sides because you hold the device with both hands. So, how are you going to create a phone that is both a high quality phone worthy of its high price AND good for general gaming AND a big enough success to have development for its design?
the nGage is the anser, you don't. The ngage failed because it was a lousy phone design and that lousy design made it a lousy handheld design and that lousy design meant no existing proper games worked on it and that meant only java games were half-heartedly ported for it that could run on any decent phone.
And the problem ain't really just with phones, MP3 players are lousy gaming platforms as well. Only with the iPhone that did away with the keys altogether managed to break this mold. And Apple is going to hit a limit really soon. Either they upgrade their phone and split the app market or they don't and become relics. The DS and PSP are by todays standards horribly underpowered. They can't upgrade to much, because who is going to produce a DS++ game for 1 million handhelds instead of DS game for millions more?
That is the final answer why there is no gaming phone, phones advance to fast to develop for. Develop a 1 year title starting at launch and the phone will be hopelessly obsolete.
All your owls are belong to us.
I helped my uncle Jack of a horse.
Strider- helped his uncle jack of a horse.
If the point was humerous then why do you need to point it out? Good comedy does not need a laugh track and a smart comment does not need a smiley.
And there is also another point, to succeed in society you need to know when to play by the rules and when not. You do for instance NOT fistbump the judge, no matter how cool or accepted it has become.
There is a room for smiley's and that is place is the web. It does NOT belong in a term paper, unless of course it is about smiley's.