Because kids need a cause. They don't need to UNDERSTAND a cause, or to grasp implications and both sides of the issue, they just need something to wear on their sleeves, next to the patch promoting that super-cool underground indie band only they have ever heard of.
InfoWorld pays him to astroturf their editors' ramblings here on slashdot, and drive traffic back to their mish-mash of a site. But who knows, Infoworld could be paying slashdot as well and all the snydeq submissions could be slashvertisements.
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If not Katz, then maybe someone who will stand in here in all the meaningfully Katz-like ways. We desperately need a Katz-figure here now to allow for some steam blowing off. I will say that, writing an article about pop-ups and IE, he's off to a fabulous start if he wants to pick up Katz's Post-Columbine Banner.
So put it to a vote. You think the majority of people in the US favor the legalization of marijuana? Gallup polls suggest otherwise, and politicians know it.
How's that stack up against being a "Toaster Oven Geek"? Or "iPhone Geek"? Or "Honda Civic Geek"? Hell, I'm hungry, I think I'm going to go be a Peanut-Butter-and-Jelly-on-White-Bread-Geek.
If that doesn't work, I suggest that Google just taunt them further. Worst case scenario, Eric Schmidt can wave his private parts at them. That seemed to work for this l'il troublemaker.
There are a series of books about "Barbie" and the "Disney Fairies," too. Doesn't mean they're any good, just means there is a targeted audience for the follow-on merchandise.
And I read the first "Halo" book, about a year and a half ago, just to see if there had been a sea change in video game book tie-ins. There was not a single idea or character or plot line in the book that has not been done better -- and done to death -- in legit science fiction. Thirty years ago.
I admit to being amused -- in the nicest, gentlest, least-condescending way possible -- by the "video game story people." I'm just not fathoming that folks are playing games like "Halo" or "Bioshock" or whatever for their stories. I know that they *are*, because I read about it here on slashdot, and somebody always hauls out "Planescape: Torment" as if it were "Hamlet," and it all leaves me in head-shaking mode. Comic books have better written stories than these games -- and I mean no slight against comic books. Is it all relative, sliding scale, are folks just happy to playing a game with more of a "plot" then, say, "Duke Nukem" or "Serious Sam?" Or are the game stories actually regarded as being "good" as far as written stories go?
When I want a story, I read a book. When I want to play a game, or venture into some escapism that requires a modicum of physical engagement, I play a videogame. When I want the escapism without the physical component, I'll watch a movie like Star Wars. I'm seeing more and more, however, that that is "just me," and I'm not sure how I feel about that...
Take Slashdot hivemind favorite Neal Stephenson. Are you trying to tell me that I -- or better yet, some e-e-e-e-vil Hollywood studio -- should be able to make a movie today from his "Snowcrash" -- same title, characters, lift the dialogue, whole nine yards -- and not pay Stephenson a dime? Is that what you are proposing? Seriously?
In Eve, the PvP happens alongside (well, sorta -- too complex to go into detail about here) the PvE. Players can build their own "home" -- a space station (but it's not a home for one character, it needs to be built by -- and more importantly -- defended by, a group of people). You can steal from the weak, who in turn hire mercs to have their revenge. Pretty much a complete player-run economy.
No Elves in lederhosen frolicking about in the woods hoping to steal a kiss, but then again, there are the Gallente...
Good vs. Evil. Karma. Deviate from the path you have chosen, lose points. Stick to the path, accrue points and power.
Michael Moorcock, whose Eternal Champion books were the inspiration for Gygax's Law/Chaos/Evil/Good/Neutral "alignment" system that has in turn been at the core -- subtly or not -- of every RPG produced should be getting residuals. Instead, he's probably just getting a good laugh.
Nobody who does anything remotely important or meaningful with computers would ever use the prefix "cyber" in any shape or form. It's clearly just some misdirection being carried out by a D.C. PR/Marketing firm retained by the DoD to keep the Chinese off-balance.
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Because kids need a cause. They don't need to UNDERSTAND a cause, or to grasp implications and both sides of the issue, they just need something to wear on their sleeves, next to the patch promoting that super-cool underground indie band only they have ever heard of.
...who brought you "The Gimp." Another great product no self-respecting adult will ever ask for by name.
InfoWorld pays him to astroturf their editors' ramblings here on slashdot, and drive traffic back to their mish-mash of a site. But who knows, Infoworld could be paying slashdot as well and all the snydeq submissions could be slashvertisements.
If not Katz, then maybe someone who will stand in here in all the meaningfully Katz-like ways. We desperately need a Katz-figure here now to allow for some steam blowing off. I will say that, writing an article about pop-ups and IE, he's off to a fabulous start if he wants to pick up Katz's Post-Columbine Banner.
C'mon!! Go for it, D00D!
Because the bosses are hanging on every word and observation that the Help Desk Guy shares with them.
Note to Slashdot Editors: Apps that avoid the use of Flash are Less Evil than Apps which do not run in Linux.
And please, if you're ever unclear on any of this Good/Evil stuff, don't hesitate to ask me.
the people have no representation.
So put it to a vote. You think the majority of people in the US favor the legalization of marijuana? Gallup polls suggest otherwise, and politicians know it.
Words means something.
They may not mean what you want them to mean, and they may not mean what they meant for about seven months in 1993, but they still mean something.
...Schmidt would have been fuckin' knighted for this.
How's that stack up against being a "Toaster Oven Geek"? Or "iPhone Geek"? Or "Honda Civic Geek"? Hell, I'm hungry, I think I'm going to go be a Peanut-Butter-and-Jelly-on-White-Bread-Geek.
The Brits seem to be on the forefront of pseudo-science debunking.
Good job, mates!
If that doesn't work, I suggest that Google just taunt them further. Worst case scenario, Eric Schmidt can wave his private parts at them. That seemed to work for this l'il troublemaker.
there are a series of books about halo
There are a series of books about "Barbie" and the "Disney Fairies," too. Doesn't mean they're any good, just means there is a targeted audience for the follow-on merchandise.
And I read the first "Halo" book, about a year and a half ago, just to see if there had been a sea change in video game book tie-ins. There was not a single idea or character or plot line in the book that has not been done better -- and done to death -- in legit science fiction. Thirty years ago.
I'm a fast reader, but life is just too short...
I admit to being amused -- in the nicest, gentlest, least-condescending way possible -- by the "video game story people." I'm just not fathoming that folks are playing games like "Halo" or "Bioshock" or whatever for their stories. I know that they *are*, because I read about it here on slashdot, and somebody always hauls out "Planescape: Torment" as if it were "Hamlet," and it all leaves me in head-shaking mode. Comic books have better written stories than these games -- and I mean no slight against comic books. Is it all relative, sliding scale, are folks just happy to playing a game with more of a "plot" then, say, "Duke Nukem" or "Serious Sam?" Or are the game stories actually regarded as being "good" as far as written stories go?
When I want a story, I read a book. When I want to play a game, or venture into some escapism that requires a modicum of physical engagement, I play a videogame. When I want the escapism without the physical component, I'll watch a movie like Star Wars. I'm seeing more and more, however, that that is "just me," and I'm not sure how I feel about that...
I'm just sayin'...
Let's break it down:
Take Slashdot hivemind favorite Neal Stephenson. Are you trying to tell me that I -- or better yet, some e-e-e-e-vil Hollywood studio -- should be able to make a movie today from his "Snowcrash" -- same title, characters, lift the dialogue, whole nine yards -- and not pay Stephenson a dime? Is that what you are proposing? Seriously?
In Eve, the PvP happens alongside (well, sorta -- too complex to go into detail about here) the PvE. Players can build their own "home" -- a space station (but it's not a home for one character, it needs to be built by -- and more importantly -- defended by, a group of people). You can steal from the weak, who in turn hire mercs to have their revenge. Pretty much a complete player-run economy.
No Elves in lederhosen frolicking about in the woods hoping to steal a kiss, but then again, there are the Gallente...
Good vs. Evil. Karma. Deviate from the path you have chosen, lose points. Stick to the path, accrue points and power.
Michael Moorcock, whose Eternal Champion books were the inspiration for Gygax's Law/Chaos/Evil/Good/Neutral "alignment" system that has in turn been at the core -- subtly or not -- of every RPG produced should be getting residuals. Instead, he's probably just getting a good laugh.
It's their plans to DIRECT it, in focused beams, from satellites, onto civilian populations, that I have a problem with.
Answer one question and you have the answer to the other.
I'm not sure, but I think polaroids are involved...
Google has kept Wikimedia afloat with gimmicked page rankings and search results for years.
Nobody who does anything remotely important or meaningful with computers would ever use the prefix "cyber" in any shape or form. It's clearly just some misdirection being carried out by a D.C. PR/Marketing firm retained by the DoD to keep the Chinese off-balance.
This is the industry that twisted "architect" into a verb. Presumably "build" or "code" weren't pompous enough.
zinged over your head like a fast-flying, um, what's the word...beetle.
If that's your idea of a funny quip then you are forgiven for thinking these scientists have a sense of humor.
Right up there with Lady Gaga's perspectives on Quantum Mechanics or Keith Olberman's taste in pop music.
Thanks, I'll pass.