Why do the editors of Slashdot ALWAYS put their unproductive, derogatory, flaming, two cents at the end of _every_ story regarding something "AWFUL" Microsoft has done? Either they are really insecure about "their Linux," and can't get fullfillment from any other means than bashing the competition, or they really don't believe in what they advocate so much. I'm sick and tired of hearing it! Come ON Slashdot! There are countless posts in previous stories that sound just like this one - all in reponse to the crap you guys put in the Microsoft stories. Get the picture: no one wants your bias. Bias makes for unreliable, untruthful, and slanted news.
With that being said, of course there are problems with Windows security. There are security problems in EVERY OS. Stop pointing the relentless finger at Microsoft every chance you get.
Also, I believe that for the Sonic games (as in the Hedgehog) the code was Up Up Down Down Left Right Left A B (C + Start). I could be wrong, though. But, when you did it correctly, it made a nice chime and the secret was unlocked. I forget what the secret is, though. hehe
... one of the articles reads that they can't keep the project in operation for another year due to the failure to appropriate the several million dollars necessary from NASA. I wonder: what do they need _that_ much money for? Aside from the people to work on the project (how many does it really take?) and the transmission capabilities (how much power can it comsume?) what other _real_ costs are there?
I am not too experienced in this area, but I often wonder why it costs so much to keep something like this going.
Excuse me, do you have any idea what the word luddite means? It's a person who is against technology because it took away their jobs. This has NOTHING to do with that. You (And SlashDot) need to get your act together. Misinformation has become far too popular here.
Furthermore, who is to say that "animals" do not have an awareness of God? They may not be able to express it to us, but, we too, cannot express it to them.
If you do a bit of searching on google.com you can easily find hordes of people/organizations who take time out of their lives to go overseas to set up Internet access labs. Think about how helpful that ends up being to people in oppressed areas! I was following a man who went to Serbia and set up a lab for the Bosians. It's a great thing to do, as it gives them access to one of the most important things of our generation: information.
I'm an avid video game player, and have been for several years. At first, I read this story and said to myself "HELL NO", as I really don't buy into much of the modern art out there today. A lot of it does not seem to be the result of talent, thought, meaning, or artform. The same thing can be said about MANY video games. This is why I originally said "HELL NO". However, there are exceptions. Final Fantasy is perhaps one of the most moving video game series every produced on this planet. It has story, it has beauty, depth, and meaning. It is art. Just as there exists art with little or no apparant worth to me, there exist video games with little or no apparant worth. Yet, there are the few that truly qualify as art. So, in conclusion: some video games should be considered art, just as some "art" should really not be considered art.
This is similar to the technique used to add color to pictures of Russia, circa 1863-1944. Images can be found at The Library of Congress's website. The link is: (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/gorskii.html). Enjoy!
I was the person who made the snide post to which you responded; and I would like to defend my stance.
I am extremely satisfied with my TI-89. Note, however, that I have not used, extensively, an HP calculator. I've heard great things about them, but you know what: MY 89 IS FINE. It gets the job done, and quite well, if you ask me. I've never had a problem with it (aside from the "feet" falling off), and I am impressed by the enormous number of functions that come built into the OS.
I really should not have said what I said above, as I am sure HP calculators are great, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the TI line. My friends use them, and I use them. They work wonders for us.
Does anyone here remember a while back when that "fake" company tried to sell us SETI @ Home PCI cards? I was about to place my order, until the word came to me that they were a fraud. Kind of a funny joke at the time, though. At any rate, here is the old/. story on it:
It would have been GREAT to have an improvement in CPU speed on a PCI card, as I always have at least two free in every system I own. What I wonder, though, is what instructional speed would the PCI card "CPUs" give us?
Yes, actually, I did. I was picking. I also disagree with the writer of the comment: nature, as we see it, was not necessarily "designed." If God/a god is behind it, then it could have been, but otherwise, nature is simply a collection of random forces, and surely we can do better than that.
if there's anything that's gotten the American people in more trouble it's got to be decisions made by our leaders during wartime related to its citizens.
Are you proposing that they STOP making decisions regarding the well-being of the population? Come on here, they don't have much to work with, and they have to make due. The job of a (good) politician is extremely difficult, and is often a tremendous balancing act. I think there is much credit due to the job they are doing and have done. So far, I'm not too uncomfortable with any decisions made thus far.
The worst terrorist attack ever just happened less than a month ago, and the start of WW3 is going on as I type this, and you people are talking about a Perl script for Mozilla?!?
You are absolutely right, we should not worry about things that are "necessary" for our world to continue as it does, and instead just spend all our time and effort being concerned with the attacks/military action.
WRONG. That is exactly what the terrorists want us to do - that will give them a higher degree of satisfaction. In order to give them the symbolic finger, we have to persist in our day-to-day activities. After all, there are people to whom our tax dollars go who work on the issues at large.
To beat this horse just a little bit more, don't forget that the Slashdot community was perhaps the greatest beacon for information when the attacks took place. I am sure that it will continue to play an appropriate role as things unfold, but it's wheels will never stop turning. That's what makes it, and America so great, we never sit down and take it.
CNN just aired a broatcast that was taped earlier (it was daylight in the broadcast) of bim Laden giving an address to the people of Afghanistan. According to the translation, "American is full of fear" and we can not expect safety until bin Laden, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are satisfied.
Mr. Laden better be sure his covered his tracks when he gave that little speech.
Actually, the derivative of that function is f'(x)=6x, so when you evaluate f'(x) at 1, you get 6. So, the slope at x=1 of that function is 6 y units per y unit. Simple, really. It is not false, and I am not graphing it for you on here.:) Good first post, though! Come on, moderators, don't mod me down.... and heck, mod him up! That was funny!
I agree with what you say, but this is not the place for it. This was an ASSAULT on American people going about their every day lives. This should be respected, just as we should respect other countries and their peoples.
The other message is that even if you get caught, your sentence will be ridiculously easy.
You are calling 8 MONTHS in a correctional facility an EASY sentence for a youth? 8 months out of any person's life is a significant portion, but for a youth it could be extremely harmfull, as he is still open to so much influence.
First of all, take a look at the alternatives to "learning through violence."
1) Barney. Or, as I like to call it "unlearning through sensory numbing." Obviously not a good choice for anyone, at all, period.
2)Not learning, although still through violence. Example: most pointless video games. I say most, because I am still a firm believer in the idea that viedo games are great for the imagination, among other things.
This leaves us with the healthy alternative of:
C)Learning through violence! Yes, blowing up giant robots is FUN, and most kids would be thrilled to pull the trigger and show off his or her prowess on the virtual battlefield. I know I would love to destroy a an opposing process or script with the knack of my own creation. What is the big problem, when the kid would more than likely spend his or her time on a (possibly) less productice game? I say that this is a great idea. People learn better when they are having fun with what they are doing.
Finally, it is not "rewarding" the child for following through with a violent act - it is simply a mode by which the student can learn a new skill. Haven't you ever built an erector set? Most of them involved the construction of battlefield tanks or other war machines. It just happens to be one of the best-suited applications for teaching programming.
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Not that there's a problem with windows security.
Why do the editors of Slashdot ALWAYS put their unproductive, derogatory, flaming, two cents at the end of _every_ story regarding something "AWFUL" Microsoft has done? Either they are really insecure about "their Linux," and can't get fullfillment from any other means than bashing the competition, or they really don't believe in what they advocate so much. I'm sick and tired of hearing it! Come ON Slashdot! There are countless posts in previous stories that sound just like this one - all in reponse to the crap you guys put in the Microsoft stories. Get the picture: no one wants your bias. Bias makes for unreliable, untruthful, and slanted news.
With that being said, of course there are problems with Windows security. There are security problems in EVERY OS. Stop pointing the relentless finger at Microsoft every chance you get.
Also, I believe that for the Sonic games (as in the Hedgehog) the code was Up Up Down Down Left Right Left A B (C + Start). I could be wrong, though. But, when you did it correctly, it made a nice chime and the secret was unlocked. I forget what the secret is, though. hehe
Thank God someone finally said it correctly.
I am not too experienced in this area, but I often wonder why it costs so much to keep something like this going.
Excuse me, do you have any idea what the word luddite means? It's a person who is against technology because it took away their jobs. This has NOTHING to do with that. You (And SlashDot) need to get your act together. Misinformation has become far too popular here.
Furthermore, who is to say that "animals" do not have an awareness of God? They may not be able to express it to us, but, we too, cannot express it to them.
If you do a bit of searching on google.com you can easily find hordes of people/organizations who take time out of their lives to go overseas to set up Internet access labs. Think about how helpful that ends up being to people in oppressed areas! I was following a man who went to Serbia and set up a lab for the Bosians. It's a great thing to do, as it gives them access to one of the most important things of our generation: information.
The solution is simple: when benchmarking, don't use the executable by the default name. No reason to panick about this "cheating".
I'm an avid video game player, and have been for several years. At first, I read this story and said to myself "HELL NO", as I really don't buy into much of the modern art out there today. A lot of it does not seem to be the result of talent, thought, meaning, or artform. The same thing can be said about MANY video games. This is why I originally said "HELL NO". However, there are exceptions. Final Fantasy is perhaps one of the most moving video game series every produced on this planet. It has story, it has beauty, depth, and meaning. It is art. Just as there exists art with little or no apparant worth to me, there exist video games with little or no apparant worth. Yet, there are the few that truly qualify as art. So, in conclusion: some video games should be considered art, just as some "art" should really not be considered art.
This is similar to the technique used to add color to pictures of Russia, circa 1863-1944. Images can be found at The Library of Congress's website. The link is: (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/gorskii.html). Enjoy!
This will probally cause the next ice age
Wait, how is the MELTING of the ice caps going to result in another Ice Age? I think you have that the wrong way around...
I am extremely satisfied with my TI-89. Note, however, that I have not used, extensively, an HP calculator. I've heard great things about them, but you know what: MY 89 IS FINE. It gets the job done, and quite well, if you ask me. I've never had a problem with it (aside from the "feet" falling off), and I am impressed by the enormous number of functions that come built into the OS.
I really should not have said what I said above, as I am sure HP calculators are great, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the TI line. My friends use them, and I use them. They work wonders for us.
Does anyone here remember a while back when that "fake" company tried to sell us SETI @ Home PCI cards? I was about to place my order, until the word came to me that they were a fraud. Kind of a funny joke at the time, though. At any rate, here is the old /. story on it:
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/07/23/215
It would have been GREAT to have an improvement in CPU speed on a PCI card, as I always have at least two free in every system I own. What I wonder, though, is what instructional speed would the PCI card "CPUs" give us?
Yes, actually, I did. I was picking. I also disagree with the writer of the comment: nature, as we see it, was not necessarily "designed." If God/a god is behind it, then it could have been, but otherwise, nature is simply a collection of random forces, and surely we can do better than that.
Really... the next thing they will come up with are cells! Geesh! All that DNA transcription is obviously a farse!
Are you proposing that they STOP making decisions regarding the well-being of the population? Come on here, they don't have much to work with, and they have to make due. The job of a (good) politician is extremely difficult, and is often a tremendous balancing act. I think there is much credit due to the job they are doing and have done. So far, I'm not too uncomfortable with any decisions made thus far.
You are absolutely right, we should not worry about things that are "necessary" for our world to continue as it does, and instead just spend all our time and effort being concerned with the attacks/military action.
WRONG. That is exactly what the terrorists want us to do - that will give them a higher degree of satisfaction. In order to give them the symbolic finger, we have to persist in our day-to-day activities. After all, there are people to whom our tax dollars go who work on the issues at large.
To beat this horse just a little bit more, don't forget that the Slashdot community was perhaps the greatest beacon for information when the attacks took place. I am sure that it will continue to play an appropriate role as things unfold, but it's wheels will never stop turning. That's what makes it, and America so great, we never sit down and take it.
CNN just aired a broatcast that was taped earlier (it was daylight in the broadcast) of bim Laden giving an address to the people of Afghanistan. According to the translation, "American is full of fear" and we can not expect safety until bin Laden, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are satisfied.
Mr. Laden better be sure his covered his tracks when he gave that little speech.
Actually, the derivative of that function is f'(x)=6x, so when you evaluate f'(x) at 1, you get 6. So, the slope at x=1 of that function is 6 y units per y unit. Simple, really. It is not false, and I am not graphing it for you on here. :) Good first post, though! Come on, moderators, don't mod me down.... and heck, mod him up! That was funny!
Yeah, but it is also a game in its own Reich. *grin*
Good point. Abstract, but good point.
You know... call me old fashioned, but what photo-realism? For the life of me I can't remember meeting anyone that looked like "Bones" before.
I agree with what you say, but this is not the place for it. This was an ASSAULT on American people going about their every day lives. This should be respected, just as we should respect other countries and their peoples.
You are calling 8 MONTHS in a correctional facility an EASY sentence for a youth? 8 months out of any person's life is a significant portion, but for a youth it could be extremely harmfull, as he is still open to so much influence.
1) Barney. Or, as I like to call it "unlearning through sensory numbing." Obviously not a good choice for anyone, at all, period.
2)Not learning, although still through violence. Example: most pointless video games. I say most, because I am still a firm believer in the idea that viedo games are great for the imagination, among other things.
This leaves us with the healthy alternative of:
C)Learning through violence! Yes, blowing up giant robots is FUN, and most kids would be thrilled to pull the trigger and show off his or her prowess on the virtual battlefield. I know I would love to destroy a an opposing process or script with the knack of my own creation. What is the big problem, when the kid would more than likely spend his or her time on a (possibly) less productice game? I say that this is a great idea. People learn better when they are having fun with what they are doing.
Finally, it is not "rewarding" the child for following through with a violent act - it is simply a mode by which the student can learn a new skill. Haven't you ever built an erector set? Most of them involved the construction of battlefield tanks or other war machines. It just happens to be one of the best-suited applications for teaching programming.