I've learned my lesson on underestimating women in the geek realms. Example: My sister, who looks like computers would be the last thing on her mind (tall, blond, tan, etc.) actually asked me the other night how letters are represented by ones and zeros. I was busting at the seams, busting out the ascii charts and translating her name to binary and hex for her. And she was genuinely interested!
Well, I agree to a certain extent. I think these MMORPGS should dichotomize (word?) into those with a plot ands those without (shootem-ups) for marketability. And it's not that there is a certain group out there who only likes one and not the other, personally I like both. Lineage started to piss me off after while because the learning curve was a bit big for becoming an elf. Then again, I was only playing for 8 hours a day, not 10 or 12 like most who are insanly addicted.
I don't know, I'm sure that while it's more "natural" for dudes to feel that way, I'm also certain there are a few outlier dudettes that'd take my ass home and spank it in a few games of Quake from sheer kill-adrenaline alone.
I learned most of what I know from a web site. Of course this gets back to the whole learn via book versus learn via google searches saga, but I think there's a wealth of info on this site.
I know, I know you can't learn everything from there and you should pick up a book after a while, but nonetheless a great place to start.
I mean should I wait for this to come out, will it cost an assload more that $199? I haven't owned a gaming console since the Atari 2600 and I was considering buy a ps2. And what of the ps3? I heard rumors that was going to come out a lot sooner than expected.
There are some out there. As a non-technical (no programming) elective for my CS degree, I decided to take a "special topics" class call information law. We covered DMCA, Elrod v Reno, Franklin v Apple, all that fun stuff. The professor was a computer scientist who also is a patent attorney. Although the prof himself was a little loopy (saw him in a bar and didn't even recognize me although I sat in the front row every day), the class was very interesting. I think it'd be great if more colleges would cover this as a non-tech cs elective.
I bet there were countless others that submitted it too, and given that I don't understand why it didn't make it? I'm not grousing, I'm just curious...
I actually sat through that entire commercial, as cool as it was, thinking there was going to be some killer car at the end. Rather, it was a friggen' station wagon
Was sex a disappointment for you the first time, too?;)
I actually sat through that entire commercial, as cool as it was, thinking there was going to be some killer car at the end. Rather, it was a friggen' station wagon
I completely sympathize with your thoughts on scrutinizing the budget on this matter. I don't like money being distributed as if it were growing on your outside foliage. And although I can appreciate those that think outside the box, I think the type of idealism that does not question consequences no matter what those consequences are is analogous to blindly leaping.
BUT, I think space exploration is different. We need this, but more importantly, our descendants need this. The advancement of civilization cannot be measured in terms of financial consequences. Although I think it's probably important to not spend your entire FY2003-2010 budget doing it, it remains part of what it means to be human and what is means to be scientific: being naturally inquisitive in nature.
I *think* (maybe someone could prove me right/wrong?) that JFK had thought when he made that speech that the actual landing would probably happen sometime outside his presidency. But things got heavy with the Cold War and somehow, ironically, we got technologically advanced a lot quicker. I don't always think that president are completely motivated by elections, though I certain this happens quite a bit. There should be some grey area in that respect. Fast forward a half century or so to now, and we could see the same from current politicial figures attempting to boost the global economy, although another poster on this topic was probably correct when s/he said it's a bit far away for there to be economic gains.
I think what we need, in addition to the usual "announcements", is a leader somewhere, presumable the president of the united states or russia, to just come out and tell the world it's gonna happen. People are held accountable when this happens (sometimes at least). Think about JFK's speech. People really latched on to that announcement. Bush/Putin or sucesssors should follow suit. It's time to put people on that frigging planet, people!
I mean, I have been a Mac fan for years and you could easily talk me into paying maybe a little extra for a Apple computer. But $200 for this is, umm, well, almost as much as the iPod itself!
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But I don't think I'd buy an M$ branded one. And what of the small screens? I'll wait until 15 inches become popular / cost effective.
I kill me.
And NO, you may not have her either.
I didn't actually say I knew very much ;-) I just dabble.
Well, I agree to a certain extent. I think these MMORPGS should dichotomize (word?) into those with a plot ands those without (shootem-ups) for marketability. And it's not that there is a certain group out there who only likes one and not the other, personally I like both. Lineage started to piss me off after while because the learning curve was a bit big for becoming an elf. Then again, I was only playing for 8 hours a day, not 10 or 12 like most who are insanly addicted.
I don't know, I'm sure that while it's more "natural" for dudes to feel that way, I'm also certain there are a few outlier dudettes that'd take my ass home and spank it in a few games of Quake from sheer kill-adrenaline alone.
I know, I know you can't learn everything from there and you should pick up a book after a while, but nonetheless a great place to start.
I should do a better job of RTFA. I thought it said it was going to have DVD-R capabilities, when actually it's just saying it can READ them ...
I mean should I wait for this to come out, will it cost an assload more that $199? I haven't owned a gaming console since the Atari 2600 and I was considering buy a ps2. And what of the ps3? I heard rumors that was going to come out a lot sooner than expected.
perhaps the universe is solving itself?
we start OUT the day telling us how cool the chip is, and END the day telling us the REAL story
There are some out there. As a non-technical (no programming) elective for my CS degree, I decided to take a "special topics" class call information law. We covered DMCA, Elrod v Reno, Franklin v Apple, all that fun stuff. The professor was a computer scientist who also is a patent attorney. Although the prof himself was a little loopy (saw him in a bar and didn't even recognize me although I sat in the front row every day), the class was very interesting. I think it'd be great if more colleges would cover this as a non-tech cs elective.
I bet there were countless others that submitted it too, and given that I don't understand why it didn't make it? I'm not grousing, I'm just curious ...
Not the French, though. We need our allies to fight alongside us if we get invaded by space aliens, not catch the first escape pod ;-)
Yeah, especially when they're used to make one of these.
I'M A CELEBRITY, WHO FARTED - IN SPACE.
Of course in space no one can hear your fart.
BUT, I think space exploration is different. We need this, but more importantly, our descendants need this. The advancement of civilization cannot be measured in terms of financial consequences. Although I think it's probably important to not spend your entire FY2003-2010 budget doing it, it remains part of what it means to be human and what is means to be scientific: being naturally inquisitive in nature.
I *think* (maybe someone could prove me right/wrong?) that JFK had thought when he made that speech that the actual landing would probably happen sometime outside his presidency. But things got heavy with the Cold War and somehow, ironically, we got technologically advanced a lot quicker. I don't always think that president are completely motivated by elections, though I certain this happens quite a bit. There should be some grey area in that respect. Fast forward a half century or so to now, and we could see the same from current politicial figures attempting to boost the global economy, although another poster on this topic was probably correct when s/he said it's a bit far away for there to be economic gains.
I could be wrong, I don't speak freaky-deaky dutch.