Nothing, really. Television doesn't have anything bad (unless you really don't like corporate brainwashing), it's just devoid of all the good things present in the alternatives. You could be going for a walk, talking to friends, even reading Slashdot. You're either thinking or doing more than you would be if you spent your time watching TV. Even most video games require you to use _some_ thought or improve your hand/eye coordination.
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The link didn't work for some reason. http://home.arcor.de/six/
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Darwinian evolution happens through the survival of the fittest. Mutations don't magically point the species in the right direction. Most mutations are bad for you. Evolution requires that people with bad mutations die (or don't breed) and people with good mutations live (or breed a lot).
Futurama: "Wow, I'm watching a really great show."
Virtual Futurama: "Wow, I could almost swear I was watching Futurama."
Virtual Virtual Futurama: "Wow, I could almost swear I was watching Virtual Futurama."
It seems to me that saying x is good because there are other things that could be done is a pretty poor argument. Yes, they could be killing people. Yes, they could be snorting cocaine. But you're overlooking the fact that they could also be reading or playing baseball/soccer/whatever and getting some exercise. The only benefit of computer games I can see is that it might (emphasis on might) get the kids interested in computer science and/or programming. I'll admit that video games are slightly better than television, because if anything they aren't being spoon-fed corporate brainwashing, but they're still letting their bodies waste away for a slight improvement in their mind's reaction times and hand-eye coordination.
Apparently he's not too wild about software patents. I can understand why he doesn't like gif because of that, but the rest of his reasons are silly. He called gif an "outdated" format that is only used to be compatible with older browsers. Riiiight. I'm sure the entire world secretly wants to use png on their websites, but, gosh-darn-it, those ancient browsers that everyone uses only support gif. _Nobody_ uses browsers like Netscape or IE or Opera or Mozilla or any of the other browsers that support png. What's this world coming to? (/sarcasm)
The dreamcast had a NIC which it called a "broadband adapter." The PS2 had firewire ports to which it gave some new name if memory serves me right. Only fair that the X-Box gets a chance to add to the confusion.
Remember: If you can't use proprietary features, use standardized ones and claim you invented them.
I don't see any evidence that he altered the images or the UI. Those images seem to be straight from the source official suse.de-hosted png files. If the distributor spent so much time deciding on the best defaults, those images represent the distributor's decision.
"Eugenia's review seems unduly harsh to me, but you can look at the screenshots and judge for yourself. "
If you _can_ judge a program solely by its screenshots, you probably don't even need to.
Last time I checked, there were lots of rip-offs of the battlebots concept, with varying degrees of quality. Unless all of these have died out without my noticing, and Battlebots is the last one, It seems like robot-smashing will be around for a bit longer.
Of course, these too will eventually die off if they haven't done so already. To me, Battlebots was a novelty thing. It's interesting the first few times, but after a while the effect wears off. Maybe it's different if you're a follower and you know all the robots and root for the ones you like, but all the best designs have been copied up the wazoo, which really runis it for me. Half the fun at first was saying "Ooh. That's a clever idea." Once that wears off, it's just a bunch of the same old wedges and blades fighting with annoying announcers, and the occaisional gimmick to help add variety and attract interst (supermodels, Bill Nye, "multi-bots", etc.) I for one won't be greatly missing the show, but it's still a mildly entertaining way to deal with insomnia.
Am I the only one that wasn't deeply disturbed by the slideshow? Maybe it's just because it was a slideshow and not some DVD-quality video with a VR helmet. Neat idea, anyways.
Read the article. Specifically the second to last question. This isn't an act of philanthropy, it's just that Verizon's interests are shared with ours. None-the-less, they deserve to be congratulated for this effort. Corporate America isn't _all_ bad.
I'd say it's a safe bet to say the overwhelming majority of mp3s are pirated over the net. If free mp3 decoders dissapear, I'm sure most of these people won't lose sleep over pirating the players aswell. Sad that the only victims of this are law-biding mp3 users. Hopefully this will encourage a wide-spread migration to a more open format than mp3, but it's still going to hang around for a while more.
I can understand the medical benefits of taking organs from pigs and putting them into people... but if we keep doing this... won't we eventually run out of politicians and CEOs?
You'd have to have a lot of bawls to try something like this. We all know that a cup of caffeine is as dangerous as a red bull. Your best bet is to try the traditional methods of sun protection, the kind you apply to your skin. You should also wear clothing that provides lots of coverage. And of course, you can avoid the problem entirely by staying inside and just reading a book.
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Well... that sure was... a nice... screenshot. Let's do this again sometime. *dodges flying troll moderations*
Nothing, really. Television doesn't have anything bad (unless you really don't like corporate brainwashing), it's just devoid of all the good things present in the alternatives. You could be going for a walk, talking to friends, even reading Slashdot. You're either thinking or doing more than you would be if you spent your time watching TV. Even most video games require you to use _some_ thought or improve your hand/eye coordination.
The link didn't work for some reason.
http://home.arcor.de/six/
One word: Proxomitron.
Um... he did.
Darwinian evolution happens through the survival of the fittest. Mutations don't magically point the species in the right direction. Most mutations are bad for you. Evolution requires that people with bad mutations die (or don't breed) and people with good mutations live (or breed a lot).
Futurama: "Wow, I'm watching a really great show."
Virtual Futurama: "Wow, I could almost swear I was watching Futurama."
Virtual Virtual Futurama: "Wow, I could almost swear I was watching Virtual Futurama."
Damn... I was expecting information on frog-boiling. Videos would've been cool.
It seems to me that saying x is good because there are other things that could be done is a pretty poor argument. Yes, they could be killing people. Yes, they could be snorting cocaine. But you're overlooking the fact that they could also be reading or playing baseball/soccer/whatever and getting some exercise. The only benefit of computer games I can see is that it might (emphasis on might) get the kids interested in computer science and/or programming. I'll admit that video games are slightly better than television, because if anything they aren't being spoon-fed corporate brainwashing, but they're still letting their bodies waste away for a slight improvement in their mind's reaction times and hand-eye coordination.
Apparently he's not too wild about software patents. I can understand why he doesn't like gif because of that, but the rest of his reasons are silly. He called gif an "outdated" format that is only used to be compatible with older browsers. Riiiight. I'm sure the entire world secretly wants to use png on their websites, but, gosh-darn-it, those ancient browsers that everyone uses only support gif. _Nobody_ uses browsers like Netscape or IE or Opera or Mozilla or any of the other browsers that support png. What's this world coming to? (/sarcasm)
The dreamcast had a NIC which it called a "broadband adapter." The PS2 had firewire ports to which it gave some new name if memory serves me right. Only fair that the X-Box gets a chance to add to the confusion.
Remember: If you can't use proprietary features, use standardized ones and claim you invented them.
I don't see any evidence that he altered the images or the UI. Those images seem to be straight from the source official suse.de-hosted png files. If the distributor spent so much time deciding on the best defaults, those images represent the distributor's decision.
I don't think the target audience of this program (Linux newbies) care very much about whether their package manager contributes to "GNU freedom".
"Eugenia's review seems unduly harsh to me, but you can look at the screenshots and judge for yourself. " If you _can_ judge a program solely by its screenshots, you probably don't even need to.
"But I don't _like_ spam!"
Last time I checked, there were lots of rip-offs of the battlebots concept, with varying degrees of quality. Unless all of these have died out without my noticing, and Battlebots is the last one, It seems like robot-smashing will be around for a bit longer.
Of course, these too will eventually die off if they haven't done so already. To me, Battlebots was a novelty thing. It's interesting the first few times, but after a while the effect wears off. Maybe it's different if you're a follower and you know all the robots and root for the ones you like, but all the best designs have been copied up the wazoo, which really runis it for me. Half the fun at first was saying "Ooh. That's a clever idea." Once that wears off, it's just a bunch of the same old wedges and blades fighting with annoying announcers, and the occaisional gimmick to help add variety and attract interst (supermodels, Bill Nye, "multi-bots", etc.) I for one won't be greatly missing the show, but it's still a mildly entertaining way to deal with insomnia.
Am I the only one that wasn't deeply disturbed by the slideshow? Maybe it's just because it was a slideshow and not some DVD-quality video with a VR helmet. Neat idea, anyways.
There's one at the top of the article. Follow the "interviewed" hyperlink.
Read the article. Specifically the second to last question. This isn't an act of philanthropy, it's just that Verizon's interests are shared with ours. None-the-less, they deserve to be congratulated for this effort. Corporate America isn't _all_ bad.
I'd say it's a safe bet to say the overwhelming majority of mp3s are pirated over the net. If free mp3 decoders dissapear, I'm sure most of these people won't lose sleep over pirating the players aswell. Sad that the only victims of this are law-biding mp3 users. Hopefully this will encourage a wide-spread migration to a more open format than mp3, but it's still going to hang around for a while more.
I would be interested in trying to decipher this. Anynone know where I can find some more pages (or the whole book)?
I can understand the medical benefits of taking organs from pigs and putting them into people... but if we keep doing this... won't we eventually run out of politicians and CEOs?
Sensei Google says: DRAM is cheaper.
You'd have to have a lot of bawls to try something like this. We all know that a cup of caffeine is as dangerous as a red bull. Your best bet is to try the traditional methods of sun protection, the kind you apply to your skin. You should also wear clothing that provides lots of coverage. And of course, you can avoid the problem entirely by staying inside and just reading a book.
Here's a mirror of the text of this website. Login/password haters of the world unite!
http://members.cox.net/infornography/nyt.txt