Even if we cannot simulate the entire world it is very possible that we could simulate entire towns/cities non-stop for the minds of those enslaved/inside.
By Jove, I've figured it out! Like, there's not enough power to simulate all of America. So only the coasts are simulated! That's why nobody knows anyone that actually lives in, say, Topeka or Tulsa! THERE IS NO TULSA! Only fake video feeds of it!
rue + true = true
true + false = true
false + true = true
false + false = false
and
true x true = true
true x false = false
false x true = false
false x false = false
Which means that addition is like or'ing booleans together and multiplication is like and'ing booleans together. Therefofore, multiplication would seem to be the correct operation, as women are both time and money, not one or the other.
Correct. Which is exactly why I stated that both TIME and MONEY had to be "true" for the whole statement to be true.
WOMEN = TIME x MONEY (Logical statement that women require time AND money - statement only TRUE when both "time" and "money" are TRUE)
TIME = MONEY ("Time is Money")
WOMEN = (MONEY)^2
MONEY = sqrt(EVIL) ("Money is the Root of all evil)
WOMEN = (sqrt(EVIL))^2
WOMEN = EVIL
WOMEN = TIME x MONEY (Logical statement that women require time AND money - statement only TRUE when both "time" and "money" are TRUE)
TIME = MONEY ("Time is Money")
WOMEN = (MONEY)^2
MONEY = sqrt(EVIL) ("Money is the Root of all evil)
WOMEN = (sqrt(EVIL))^2
WOMEN = EVIL
I've been playing video games my entire life, and yet I've had 5 automobile accidents, countless number of knife mishaps and I am probably up for "most likely to be on 'America's Funniest Home Videos'".
Well, if you didn't play video games, you probably would no longer be around to irritate us.
With Apple first, and now Real, our wish has been granted... or has it? We are now able to download hundreds of songs for pennies per track,
"Pennies per track"? Yeah, 99 or 79 of them. *sheesh*
Here's a pretty good measure of cost - an album of MP3s should cost nowhere near what the physical CD from a store would. $10 albums from Apple isn't good enough for most people that can get the real thing from Target for $12.
Neither Apple nor Real has priced things where they need to be.
I think linux might be getting on their nerves. See a little competition does work.
The funny thing is when you sit someone down in front of OpenOffice, and make them actually use it, they realize that it's just like what they're already comfortable with - and it's free.
I got an IM from my mother today, asking about my 17-year-old little brother's laptop and if she could use it on a business trip for some spreadsheet stuff. My little bro uses OpenOffice on his Windows install. Just explaining that all she has to do is Save As in an MS format to make her work portable to and from MS Office software seemed to be sufficient for her.
Given her constant frustrations with random crashes of MS products, I won't be surprised if she switches over after using OO.
If it's not in the Inbox, it's not hurting me. I already have a Spam mailbox where my pretty successful mail filters route junk mail. I go through it pretty routinely, and even occasionally look at things.
But part of the point is that people could send it to/dev/null instead of an Ads box if they wanted.
Spam's not going to go away entirely, because people actually read it and click through 'em. If they had 0% response rates, they would give up. If you could set 1 filter that takes care of all unsolicited email (be it forwarding to a mailbox or deleting it), then there would be no reason for you to whine.
Frankly, I'm tired of finding out about *actual* great deals online that I already missed out on. If THAT info made it to my Ads box, then I'd be happy.
You know, I wouldn't mind receiving advertisements in email if:
1. They were about things I gave a damn about
2. They were marked (like ADV:) for easy filtering
What bothers me about spam are the violations of those two. I don't want emails about printer toner, or bigger schlongs. And I don't like having ads clutter up my inbox, where email from people I know and such belongs.
But if I could filter it all into an "Ads" mailbox, just like I have mailboxes for various mailing lists, I would scan the offers about stuff I might actually want. I'd be much more inclined to "click through" then, while my all-time number of click-throughs of spam email to date totals 0.
Originality does not necessarily make a game good. A game should be entirely about the *experience*. Do we bash movies that are comedies because there have been countless comedies before? Why do people say "oh god, another first person shooter" and not "oh god, another comedy"?
The gaming industry is still establishing itself as a major industry. The money is already there - big time. But the rules are still being figured out. Publishers obviously like the low-risk, high-reward established titles. These titles pay for everything else, though.
The article talks about reaching an apex of graphics technology. What the article doesn't focus on is the fact that this apex will bleed all the way down to the independent developers. Right now, an indie developer can't make a game that competes technologically with a large company's. However, once that apex is reached, and the indies have access to game engines that aren't leagues behind the big boys, you'll see a bigger presence from the indie vanguard.
It's like indie films. These days, an indie film can be shot on a budget and still look pretty darn good. It won't compete with The Matrix in visuals, but it's not something we would look at as if it was a relic from ages ago. Likewise, indie recording artists can create an album that sounds great - much better than even what the biggest recording artists were using years ago.
Black Isle recently released the editor for Fallout 2, as well as the scripts and script compiler. No doubt, there are some dedicated Fallout fans working on some new scenarios to play through.
Bill Gates already gives away a ton of money to charities, but he does so WITHOUT fanfare.
Gates is the ultimate competitor and I think his paranoia leads to some less than kosher business practices, and some of his products aren't the greatest. But I have no issue with the man himself.
urely this is a typo? Nobody uses rubber as a rocket fuel... unless this is a new kind of rubber that is completely diferent to the stretchy, boingy stuff?
Whereas, with Nintendo, we have designed the GameCube from the ground up to reflect Japanese aesthetic sentiments of small size, symmetry, and fitting into the big picture without standing out, a fundamental tenet of Zen Buddhist philosophy -- not to mention the practical advantages when considering the size of the typical Japanese home.
And when these same people add the network adapter and a hard drive to their PS2, and it becomes very close to the size of the Xbox... they're going to throw it away?
The quote about "rarely do we ask the question: is anybody interested in reading that?" kinda misses the point.
First of all, it's hard to know what websites are going to "take off". Did the guys at homestarrunner.com expect the kind of response they got? Not initially, that's for sure.
Second, not every website is MEANT for lots of activity. I have a homepage, and it's meant for small traffic from people I know. It's probably low traffic enough to be counted as one of those sites that goes "unread", but it serves the purpose that I intended it for.
There's no denying that the web has plenty of bad abuses of HTML. (Many of which would be erased if Geocities and other sites would just clean out their inactive accounts). But it's not hard to avoid such sites and move on.
Furthermore, atleast in my little part of america, there is a drastic lack of things sub(-)21 year olds can do (legaly). Rather then wondering the streets causing trouble, they could catch a film on pocket change.
From the looks of things, they needs ta' worry more 'bout gettin' sum good english books for skools 'round them parts.
TV is evil anyway. It really adds no value to one's life. It is a disease in that it gives your brain just enough stimulation to prevent it from getting bored and doing something worthwhile. Stop watching it. Doing so will change your life. I'm not joking. Watching TV conditions you for the worse, and the only way you'll know I'm not making this up is to go without for 2 months.
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By Jove, I've figured it out! Like, there's not enough power to simulate all of America. So only the coasts are simulated! That's why nobody knows anyone that actually lives in, say, Topeka or Tulsa! THERE IS NO TULSA! Only fake video feeds of it!
After listening to that song, I can't read any discussion about stem cell research without rolling my eyes over that stupid song. :)
Correct. Which is exactly why I stated that both TIME and MONEY had to be "true" for the whole statement to be true.
WOMEN = TIME x MONEY (Logical statement that women require time AND money - statement only TRUE when both "time" and "money" are TRUE)
TIME = MONEY ("Time is Money")
WOMEN = (MONEY)^2
MONEY = sqrt(EVIL) ("Money is the Root of all evil)
WOMEN = (sqrt(EVIL))^2
WOMEN = EVIL
WOMEN = TIME x MONEY (Logical statement that women require time AND money - statement only TRUE when both "time" and "money" are TRUE) TIME = MONEY ("Time is Money") WOMEN = (MONEY)^2 MONEY = sqrt(EVIL) ("Money is the Root of all evil) WOMEN = (sqrt(EVIL))^2 WOMEN = EVIL
For those times when you have to prove that you are absolutely, positively the biggest nerd at the party.
They only wanted to thank one of them?
Well, if you didn't play video games, you probably would no longer be around to irritate us.
"Pennies per track"? Yeah, 99 or 79 of them. *sheesh*
Here's a pretty good measure of cost - an album of MP3s should cost nowhere near what the physical CD from a store would. $10 albums from Apple isn't good enough for most people that can get the real thing from Target for $12.
Neither Apple nor Real has priced things where they need to be.
The funny thing is when you sit someone down in front of OpenOffice, and make them actually use it, they realize that it's just like what they're already comfortable with - and it's free.
I got an IM from my mother today, asking about my 17-year-old little brother's laptop and if she could use it on a business trip for some spreadsheet stuff. My little bro uses OpenOffice on his Windows install. Just explaining that all she has to do is Save As in an MS format to make her work portable to and from MS Office software seemed to be sufficient for her.
Given her constant frustrations with random crashes of MS products, I won't be surprised if she switches over after using OO.
If it's not in the Inbox, it's not hurting me. I already have a Spam mailbox where my pretty successful mail filters route junk mail. I go through it pretty routinely, and even occasionally look at things.
But part of the point is that people could send it to /dev/null instead of an Ads box if they wanted.
Spam's not going to go away entirely, because people actually read it and click through 'em. If they had 0% response rates, they would give up. If you could set 1 filter that takes care of all unsolicited email (be it forwarding to a mailbox or deleting it), then there would be no reason for you to whine.
Frankly, I'm tired of finding out about *actual* great deals online that I already missed out on. If THAT info made it to my Ads box, then I'd be happy.
1. They were about things I gave a damn about
2. They were marked (like ADV:) for easy filtering
What bothers me about spam are the violations of those two. I don't want emails about printer toner, or bigger schlongs. And I don't like having ads clutter up my inbox, where email from people I know and such belongs.
But if I could filter it all into an "Ads" mailbox, just like I have mailboxes for various mailing lists, I would scan the offers about stuff I might actually want. I'd be much more inclined to "click through" then, while my all-time number of click-throughs of spam email to date totals 0.
The gaming industry is still establishing itself as a major industry. The money is already there - big time. But the rules are still being figured out. Publishers obviously like the low-risk, high-reward established titles. These titles pay for everything else, though.
The article talks about reaching an apex of graphics technology. What the article doesn't focus on is the fact that this apex will bleed all the way down to the independent developers. Right now, an indie developer can't make a game that competes technologically with a large company's. However, once that apex is reached, and the indies have access to game engines that aren't leagues behind the big boys, you'll see a bigger presence from the indie vanguard.
It's like indie films. These days, an indie film can be shot on a budget and still look pretty darn good. It won't compete with The Matrix in visuals, but it's not something we would look at as if it was a relic from ages ago. Likewise, indie recording artists can create an album that sounds great - much better than even what the biggest recording artists were using years ago.
And you'll see the same in games soon enough.
For those interested, info on the editor can be found here at Black Isle's new Fallout page
Gates is the ultimate competitor and I think his paranoia leads to some less than kosher business practices, and some of his products aren't the greatest. But I have no issue with the man himself.
They meant to put flubber.
Normal people couldn't care less.
And when these same people add the network adapter and a hard drive to their PS2, and it becomes very close to the size of the Xbox... they're going to throw it away?
First of all, it's hard to know what websites are going to "take off". Did the guys at homestarrunner.com expect the kind of response they got? Not initially, that's for sure.
Second, not every website is MEANT for lots of activity. I have a homepage, and it's meant for small traffic from people I know. It's probably low traffic enough to be counted as one of those sites that goes "unread", but it serves the purpose that I intended it for.
There's no denying that the web has plenty of bad abuses of HTML. (Many of which would be erased if Geocities and other sites would just clean out their inactive accounts). But it's not hard to avoid such sites and move on.
And apparently a bitch to spell, too....
From the looks of things, they needs ta' worry more 'bout gettin' sum good english books for skools 'round them parts.
Substitute "Slashdot" for "TV".
Since when has jurisdiction stopped us before?
Sincerely,
Agent J. Mehoff