Now that I think about it, my parent comment was stupid, as were other comments which I've made on Slashdot; that's why I've got bad karma. I've got these brilliant scripts, which I plug far too often. Each plug gives more reason for people to not check it out. I wish I could delete some of my previous comments, including this one. Commander Taco should sell a service which erases a person's history from Slashdot.
I don't like this idea one bit. If someone wants to copy my series of unproduced anime scripts about an orphan whose trying to prevent the armageddon, they have my blessings to do so! If congress disallows people from copying vast databases of information which people translate into online content, it'll destroy not only the dreams and ambitions of authors whose soul purpose in life is to have their stuff get read, but it'll also slow down internet surfing by making temporary caches illegal, because they're copies of vast amounts of information, some of which could be considered information from databases. It'd also make the internet archive illegal, and that would EXTREMELY tick me off, because I refer to that archive frequently for tidbits from my old sites; it's nice to know that I can go to their database for my files which have been erased by hosts with whom my accounts have expired.
The first next gen console is still the best next gen console! Sega Dreamcast is a powerful little machine, and I love it! Only recently, X-Box was given a taste of Jet Grind Radio, but Sega Dreamcast had it years ago! Only recently, X-Box was given SHENMUE 2, but Sega Dreamcast has the SUPERIOR SUBTITLED VERSION WHICH HAS THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE DIAOLOGUE with voice acting far superior than X-Box's corny english dubbed version of it. PlayStation 2 top-sellers Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2 are better played on their original Dreamcast. Speaking of PS2, Space Channel 5, and Space Channel 5 Part 2 recently came out for PS2, but Dreamcast had them first, and they kick ass on Dreamcast. Feet of Fury, a new dancing game for Dreamcast, is far superior than any PS2 version of DDR. Dreamcast is the first home console to allow web-access for MMORPGs, and web-access for surfing. Programs available at www.dcemulation.com allow Dreamcast to do many tasks unique to that console, such as playing VCDs, DIVX CDs, MP3s, old arcade games, emulated versions of old systems. Oh yeah!
Online worlds are obviously the best multipurpose computer simulations! The army monitors the activities of bad guys in Everquest, or so I've read, in order to learn more about the habits of real bad guys. A "sim mob boss" was recently interviewed on CNN, in a feature about "griefers." Everyone's using online worlds as proving grounds, too, such as what the article implies about economics. For example, online worlds gave me the imagination which fueled my unproduced television scripts!
Hi. My question: I've heard that the universe gets thinner as it expands. And the thinner it gets, the quicker it expands. Is this true? If so, will the universe eventually get so thin that its atoms smash in a quick flash, called "the thin flash"? In other words, will the universe end in an amazing subatomic nuclear explosion? Why, or why not?
If they recorded my classrooms when I was a kid, I wouldn't have gotten beaten up by bullies every day at school! This is a good step foreward, as long as it isn't taken too far.
I saw a headline about a GPS service for cell-phones; a cool toy! I read more, and was disillusioned by "for emergency purposes only." Turns out, the GPS information is only seen by emergency persons if you call 911. Sucks, eh?
Information Technology will be a neccessary feild for as long as humans need to store information -- viable, you ask? Well, as software users increase, brains to upkeep their databases, troubleshoot, and otherwise code their software, will become more and more valuable. In other words, if you know how to REALLY use a computer, your job is important, thus viable.
I need more violent video games in my life; seriously, I write shojo anime as a hobby, when a heterosexual male, in his early twenties, such as myself should instead be writing shonen! Let's blast everything until it's toasty!
In my line of work (interviewing Americans via telephone for a Canadian market research firm), I talk to a lot of Americans on the phone. A lot of the time when I tell them I'm Canadian, they ask me about SARS. Some people even said, "Are they still droppin' like flies from the SARS up there?" Now I can reply, "No."
This method of sending messages might seem stupid now, but in the long run a James Bond like spy might do something like this to save a life. Hmm, or maybe spies are such jocks that computer code alludes them. Any unorthodox method of sending a message is important, though.
You said, "If you don't like it, find another job." For some reason, that makes me smile. Maybe I should find another job. Maybe the place I work at is like a cult. Maybe they make us think it's noble, when in fact we're bothering too much people at in-opportune times. Yeah, I think I'll quit and search for different employment...and I mean it. Please wish me luck, because it'll mean one less phone call to your place at an inopportune time.
One of you said "Screw them and their $6/hr Job." Another one of you called telemarketters pitiful. A lot of people make their living as telemarketters. My parent post, which called the victims of current legislation the people who make their livings as telemarketters, and Market Researchers, remains a valid point, because: My hobbies are funded by my Market Research job. I call people to conduct surveys for legitimate research purposes, and I'm hung up on, and often yelled at and sworn at, by people who think I'm trying to sell them something. The type of telephone research which my company conducts never sells anything. We're paid to gather information on a variety of topics, often political topics whose ramifications are important to the nation, however I'm hung-up on, and sworn at, before my introduction is over, because people think I'm selling them something. I get paid $8.50 per hour to get yelled at all day, and if you ask me, it's not enough, but I continue with it because I understand the
importance of the topics which my firm researches, and I understand how useful this type of research is to the way things work in North America, and because everyone's opinions matter, and without telephone researchers most opinions would go unheard by the corporations and goverments who must hear them. The real victims are the people who must fund their creativity, and their lives, through telemarketting, and through Market Research.
The real victims of this battle are the people who must make their living as telemarketters. Also, Market Researchers are victims because people automatically assume they're trying to sell something.
Airlines, banks, phone companies, and insurance companies, usually hire market research firms to do their calling, however. Market Research, which covers such non-sales calls as telephone surveys and recruitment calls for focus groups, does not follow Do Not Call lists, because research, even market research, is recognised by North American goverments as being important. For more information about Market Research, read the Itracks web-site.
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You said, "This site is more about entertainment then anything else." I completely disagree. This site is a valuable tool; it's the super-newswire. And it's also the spawn of much intelligent conversation. This site means a hell of a lot to me, dispite the fact that I've got horrible karma on it.
I've got a lot of questions for Rob Malda -- many, many, many. I've e-mailed him twice regarding the tip of the iceberg of topics I wanted to discuss with him, but got no replies. Rob, if you can hear me, please give a week in advance the next time you do the IRC thing, because I'm working tonight and I'll have to miss the chat because of work.
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Now that I think about it, my parent comment was stupid, as were other comments which I've made on Slashdot; that's why I've got bad karma. I've got these brilliant scripts, which I plug far too often. Each plug gives more reason for people to not check it out. I wish I could delete some of my previous comments, including this one. Commander Taco should sell a service which erases a person's history from Slashdot.
I don't like this idea one bit. If someone wants to copy my series of unproduced anime scripts about an orphan whose trying to prevent the armageddon, they have my blessings to do so! If congress disallows people from copying vast databases of information which people translate into online content, it'll destroy not only the dreams and ambitions of authors whose soul purpose in life is to have their stuff get read, but it'll also slow down internet surfing by making temporary caches illegal, because they're copies of vast amounts of information, some of which could be considered information from databases. It'd also make the internet archive illegal, and that would EXTREMELY tick me off, because I refer to that archive frequently for tidbits from my old sites; it's nice to know that I can go to their database for my files which have been erased by hosts with whom my accounts have expired.
The first next gen console is still the best next gen console! Sega Dreamcast is a powerful little machine, and I love it! Only recently, X-Box was given a taste of Jet Grind Radio, but Sega Dreamcast had it years ago! Only recently, X-Box was given SHENMUE 2, but Sega Dreamcast has the SUPERIOR SUBTITLED VERSION WHICH HAS THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE DIAOLOGUE with voice acting far superior than X-Box's corny english dubbed version of it. PlayStation 2 top-sellers Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2 are better played on their original Dreamcast. Speaking of PS2, Space Channel 5, and Space Channel 5 Part 2 recently came out for PS2, but Dreamcast had them first, and they kick ass on Dreamcast. Feet of Fury, a new dancing game for Dreamcast, is far superior than any PS2 version of DDR. Dreamcast is the first home console to allow web-access for MMORPGs, and web-access for surfing. Programs available at www.dcemulation.com allow Dreamcast to do many tasks unique to that console, such as playing VCDs, DIVX CDs, MP3s,
old arcade games, emulated versions of old systems. Oh yeah!
Online worlds are obviously the best multipurpose computer simulations! The army monitors the activities of bad guys in Everquest, or so I've read, in order to learn more about the habits of real bad guys. A "sim mob boss" was recently interviewed on CNN, in a feature about "griefers." Everyone's using online worlds as proving grounds, too, such as what the article implies about economics. For example, online worlds gave me the imagination which fueled my unproduced television scripts!
Hi. My question: I've heard that the universe gets thinner as it expands. And the thinner it gets, the quicker it expands. Is this true? If so, will the universe eventually get so thin that its atoms smash in a quick flash, called "the thin flash"? In other words, will the universe end in an amazing subatomic nuclear explosion? Why, or why not?
If they recorded my classrooms when I was a kid, I wouldn't have gotten beaten up by bullies every day at school! This is a good step foreward, as long as it isn't taken too far.
The X-Prize winner will capture everyone's imagination, and take us one step closer to a world of casual space-tourists! Good luck!
Wow, finally Python 3! Are they as good as the original Monty Python? I didn't see the second Monty Python...Err... Is John Cleese still in Python?
Still no google.
Hubble can be part of an observatory on Mars!
Don't forget that the Dreamcast was the first that could do that...
I saw a headline about a GPS service for cell-phones; a cool toy! I read more, and was disillusioned by "for emergency purposes only." Turns out, the GPS information is only seen by emergency persons if you call 911. Sucks, eh?
Information Technology will be a neccessary feild for as long as humans need to store information -- viable, you ask? Well, as software users increase, brains to upkeep their databases, troubleshoot, and otherwise code their software, will become more and more valuable. In other words, if you know how to REALLY use a computer, your job is important, thus viable.
In a related story, William Shatner wants people to watch ST:TNG, DS9, VOYAGER, and ENTERPRISE, because they're "da bomb."
I need more violent video games in my life; seriously, I write shojo anime as a hobby, when a heterosexual male, in his early twenties, such as myself should instead be writing shonen! Let's blast everything until it's toasty!
In my line of work (interviewing Americans via telephone for a Canadian market research firm), I talk to a lot of Americans on the phone. A lot of the time when I tell them I'm Canadian, they ask me about SARS. Some people even said, "Are they still droppin' like flies from the SARS up there?" Now I can reply, "No."
This method of sending messages might seem stupid now, but in the long run a James Bond like spy might do something like this to save a life. Hmm, or maybe spies are such jocks that computer code alludes them. Any unorthodox method of sending a message is important, though.
You said, "If you don't like it, find another job." For some reason, that makes me smile. Maybe I should find another job. Maybe the place I work at is like a cult. Maybe they make us think it's noble, when in fact we're bothering too much people at in-opportune times. Yeah, I think I'll quit and search for different employment...and I mean it. Please wish me luck, because it'll mean one less phone call to your place at an inopportune time.
One of you said "Screw them and their $6/hr Job." Another one of you called telemarketters pitiful. A lot of people make their living as telemarketters. My parent post, which called the victims of current legislation the people who make their livings as telemarketters, and Market Researchers, remains a valid point, because: My hobbies are funded by my Market Research job. I call people to conduct surveys for legitimate research purposes, and I'm hung up on, and often yelled at and sworn at, by people who think I'm trying to sell them something. The type of telephone research which my company conducts never sells anything. We're paid to gather information on a variety of topics, often political topics whose ramifications are important to the nation, however I'm hung-up on, and sworn at, before my introduction is over, because people think I'm selling them something. I get paid $8.50 per hour to get yelled at all day, and if you ask me, it's not enough, but I continue with it because I understand the importance of the topics which my firm researches, and I understand how useful this type of research is to the way things work in North America, and because everyone's opinions matter, and without telephone researchers most opinions would go unheard by the corporations and goverments who must hear them. The real victims are the people who must fund their creativity, and their lives, through telemarketting, and through Market Research.
In my humble opinion as a web-designer, Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!
The real victims of this battle are the people who must make their living as telemarketters. Also, Market Researchers are victims because people automatically assume they're trying to sell something.
Astronauts deploy mechanical stuff which other mechanical stuff would deploy otherwise, thus astronauts are glorified-tourists.
Airlines, banks, phone companies, and insurance companies, usually hire market research firms to do their calling, however. Market Research, which covers such non-sales calls as telephone surveys and recruitment calls for focus groups, does not follow Do Not Call lists, because research, even market research, is recognised by North American goverments as being important. For more information about Market Research, read the Itracks web-site.
You said, "This site is more about entertainment then anything else." I completely disagree. This site is a valuable tool; it's the super-newswire. And it's also the spawn of much intelligent conversation. This site means a hell of a lot to me, dispite the fact that I've got horrible karma on it.
I've got a lot of questions for Rob Malda -- many, many, many. I've e-mailed him twice regarding the tip of the iceberg of topics I wanted to discuss with him, but got no replies. Rob, if you can hear me, please give a week in advance the next time you do the IRC thing, because I'm working tonight and I'll have to miss the chat because of work.