It always amuses me when I hear people advocating putting the Three Laws into robots. They don't work, and that's the point of every story Asimov wrote about them.
...meaning that those who couldn't get into real fields of work have decided to major in education.
This statement is so nonsensical and insulting I couldn't pass it up.
Speaking as one of those who apparently "couldn't get into real fields of work", perhaps you should try switching desks for a minute and see what teaching is really like. Remember, each educator deals with at least 100-120 students in a public school (at least, one that's not grossly overpopulated). Could you go through every student and decide which ones will come back? If you could, could you deal with the students and their parents who you decided is a flight risk? Could you pay for lawsuits from said parents if, heaven forbid, their child got into a car accident during school hours? (Think they wouldn't sue?)
Believe it or not, you teachers even care about you. They want you to succeed. Whether you get to run out for lunch or not will not decide the success you earn in life. It's a non-issue.
There are good educators and there are bad ones. Agreed. There are good rules and bad rules. Of course. But don't make a bad situation worse by equating staying at school during lunch with being a prisoner. Educating is hard enough as it is.
All spelling and grammar mistakes may be attributed to the indignation of being accused of being unable to get a "real job".
I am toying around with building my "ultimate console" with a subset of the systems you've listed. Mostly the bigger ones like the NES, SNES, and Genesis. Does the XBOX handle all your systems well? Originally I was going to hack a linux box in an attractive case for it, but if the xbox can do it...
So tell me, should I take the easy way out and buy an Xbox or make my own?
It was a joke on me, actually. I said chores, but I really meant she had to clean up my messes. She thought it was hilarious.
I just needed some task and some reward. Didn't think much of it. "Pick up Johnny's smelly socks" was just more interesting to her than "take red key."
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I'm suprised to see this review now, since I've had the book for several months. I guess I assumed it had already been reviewed.
It really is a great book, but the reviewer only gave my favorite parts a passing glance. Chapter 7 has 15 hacks collectively titled "Playing you own games." These center around 3 main ideas: Making a vehicle for UT2004, writing a text game, and working with Pygame, the python "games" library.
Now, my wimpy hardware won't handle UT2004 (I shouldn't really even be talking about it on it) but I got several weeks of fun out the other two. I wrote a little text game for my wife in which she had to do all the chores before she could watch TV and then began a little Python game.
Admittedly, these two sections aren't entirely accurate (I seem to recall the code in them doesn't work in some places), but they introduced me to the concepts and I was able to go from there.
Overall, I highly recommend this book to someone who enjoys computer and console games but longs for just a little bit more creativity. Well worth the $20.
me and my dad do it all the time. With singles, though.
Of course, you have to say "Hot off the presses!" when you do it, or it's just not corny enough.
It doesn't require a landline, even during the initial setup.
There is an undocumented dialing prefix (#,4011 or something similar) that allows you to use the USB port for ethernet for the initial setup. I believe I remember hearing that you can't use wireless at this point, though.
So get a USB-Ethernet adapter and string a long blue cable to your TV for an hour. After that, use wireless.
But I've crashed my hard drive three times cuz I didn't know what I was doing when I took the plunge. I still find the shell cumbersome sometimes.
Let's all switch now!
In the U.S. anyway, most of the Cheeto-munching, reality-tv-watching, Coors-drinking communications majors are just going to want to point and click.
With a year-long learning curve and the chances of crashing a hard drive (try crashing your HD in Windows just browsing and typing Word documents) I can't blame them.
That I would believe if I saw it, but I've never seen a Microsoft run computer that could stay up for more than a day or so with as much as one user.
Your ignorance is not a proof. I haven't had to reboot any of my windows installations, save for updates (which is, yes, usually a dumb reason to have to reboot) since I moved to the NT line. Hell, even my old 98 laptop stays up until I tell it not to.
If you really want great uptime, though, you have to only use it to ssh into lonestar. Hail lonestar!
well, it was one fine movie. just with the longest intermission known to man.
I'm fairly lonely in liking the last two Matrices. I thought it ended perfectly and expanded upon the universe.
I also liked Star Wars:PM and AotC. Sure, PM was too kiddie at times, but so were those gorram ewoks. My wife and I both loved AotC. I figure, that kid was annoying as hell because his character is a teenager. If someone filmed my teenage years, i'm sure they'd be a lot less watchable.
A lot of people talk like these movies were just horrible. I think that they don't like them because they didn't fit what they expected (for whatever reasons). If you want to see a horrible movie, pick up "Surf Nazis Must Die."
And remember, it's ok to like a movie just because it's pretty.
Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time for my 3rd viewing of Firefly.
In the most respectful way possible, I feel inclined to tell you that you are wrong.
I was like that when I was 14. A decade later, I realize that being in a relationship (married, in my case) doesn't change who I am. There's more to me now, but I still have my same interests and desires.
If she asked me to game less, fine. Give it up? Hell no. That is a sacrifice, and it's one I won't make. (less porn? fine...)
Love is all about sacrifices. When you're infatuated, sure, its easier. But when you've grown past that and truly love that person, you realize that there are things about you that define you, and giving those up is unthinkable.
I may give up dead baby jokes, but football, never.
But we are talking about YOUR ideal relationship, so who cares what I have to say about it, right? But your ideal relationship scares me.
One more thing: Love means saying you're sorry every day - some dead guy
My wife and I game together a lot. (currently trying to burn a whole right through my GC Worms3D disc that she bought me for our anniversary).
I would never complain about something like that, though. However, I would turn right back around and do it to her. There aren't a whole lot of things in life that are important, and I'm going to make her understand that. If my game isn't important, neither are her friend's flowers for her wedding in 8 months.
But the important thing to remember is, marriage is all about being stepped on and stepping back. Compromise is funny like that.
Actually, I know a guy who got brought up on death threat charges for something similar. He said it to the person, though: "I could kill you for that" or something. I think the charges got dropped, but still...
I'm not sure if you meant strictly bringing your keys in from another OS, but WinPT is a god-send for GPG on Windows.
I've never used GPG on another platform, so I don't know how it works, but WinPT lets you encrypt the current window or clipboard, which allows you to sign or encrypt in applications that don't otherwise have support.
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It always amuses me when I hear people advocating putting the Three Laws into robots. They don't work, and that's the point of every story Asimov wrote about them.
According to AP style and general usage, "Congressman" refers only to U.S. Representatives.
Yes, it is stupid.
Create a filter, apply a label, check "Skip inbox". Voila! Folders.
because "it" is a pronoun.
stupid language...
This statement is so nonsensical and insulting I couldn't pass it up.
Speaking as one of those who apparently "couldn't get into real fields of work", perhaps you should try switching desks for a minute and see what teaching is really like. Remember, each educator deals with at least 100-120 students in a public school (at least, one that's not grossly overpopulated). Could you go through every student and decide which ones will come back? If you could, could you deal with the students and their parents who you decided is a flight risk? Could you pay for lawsuits from said parents if, heaven forbid, their child got into a car accident during school hours? (Think they wouldn't sue?)
Believe it or not, you teachers even care about you. They want you to succeed. Whether you get to run out for lunch or not will not decide the success you earn in life. It's a non-issue.
There are good educators and there are bad ones. Agreed. There are good rules and bad rules. Of course. But don't make a bad situation worse by equating staying at school during lunch with being a prisoner. Educating is hard enough as it is.
All spelling and grammar mistakes may be attributed to the indignation of being accused of being unable to get a "real job".
And he finished the Dark Tower series. Hmm...
On the other hand, those dark chocolate M&M's are pretty damn good.
Define "How it should".
I am toying around with building my "ultimate console" with a subset of the systems you've listed. Mostly the bigger ones like the NES, SNES, and Genesis. Does the XBOX handle all your systems well? Originally I was going to hack a linux box in an attractive case for it, but if the xbox can do it...
So tell me, should I take the easy way out and buy an Xbox or make my own?
It was a joke on me, actually. I said chores, but I really meant she had to clean up my messes. She thought it was hilarious.
I just needed some task and some reward. Didn't think much of it. "Pick up Johnny's smelly socks" was just more interesting to her than "take red key."
I'm suprised to see this review now, since I've had the book for several months. I guess I assumed it had already been reviewed.
It really is a great book, but the reviewer only gave my favorite parts a passing glance. Chapter 7 has 15 hacks collectively titled "Playing you own games." These center around 3 main ideas: Making a vehicle for UT2004, writing a text game, and working with Pygame, the python "games" library.
Now, my wimpy hardware won't handle UT2004 (I shouldn't really even be talking about it on it) but I got several weeks of fun out the other two. I wrote a little text game for my wife in which she had to do all the chores before she could watch TV and then began a little Python game.
Admittedly, these two sections aren't entirely accurate (I seem to recall the code in them doesn't work in some places), but they introduced me to the concepts and I was able to go from there.
Overall, I highly recommend this book to someone who enjoys computer and console games but longs for just a little bit more creativity. Well worth the $20.
me and my dad do it all the time. With singles, though. Of course, you have to say "Hot off the presses!" when you do it, or it's just not corny enough.
It doesn't require a landline, even during the initial setup.
There is an undocumented dialing prefix (#,4011 or something similar) that allows you to use the USB port for ethernet for the initial setup. I believe I remember hearing that you can't use wireless at this point, though.
So get a USB-Ethernet adapter and string a long blue cable to your TV for an hour. After that, use wireless.
Play on IRC. Best of both worlds. Hell, I'll play on it with you.
That's why I voted for Cthulhu. He's the only candidate that had my soul in mnd.
Because He's hungry.
(Yes, I really did vote for Cthulhu. I wasn't informed on the issues, so I threw my vote away.)
Let's all switch now!
In the U.S. anyway, most of the Cheeto-munching, reality-tv-watching, Coors-drinking communications majors are just going to want to point and click.
With a year-long learning curve and the chances of crashing a hard drive (try crashing your HD in Windows just browsing and typing Word documents) I can't blame them.
Your ignorance is not a proof. I haven't had to reboot any of my windows installations, save for updates (which is, yes, usually a dumb reason to have to reboot) since I moved to the NT line. Hell, even my old 98 laptop stays up until I tell it not to.
If you really want great uptime, though, you have to only use it to ssh into lonestar. Hail lonestar!
see, I hated unbreakable, but liked Signs.
Unbreakable is on the long list of movies my wife can only watch when I'm not home. It's right up there with the Princess Diaries.
On a side note, did Kung-Fu Soccer ever come out in the States? Anyone? I really wanted to see it.
yeah, but i love it.
To this day my wife doesn't understand why I give potential scores to pedestrians.
By Levites.
well, it was one fine movie. just with the longest intermission known to man.
I'm fairly lonely in liking the last two Matrices. I thought it ended perfectly and expanded upon the universe.
I also liked Star Wars:PM and AotC. Sure, PM was too kiddie at times, but so were those gorram ewoks. My wife and I both loved AotC. I figure, that kid was annoying as hell because his character is a teenager. If someone filmed my teenage years, i'm sure they'd be a lot less watchable.
A lot of people talk like these movies were just horrible. I think that they don't like them because they didn't fit what they expected (for whatever reasons). If you want to see a horrible movie, pick up "Surf Nazis Must Die."
And remember, it's ok to like a movie just because it's pretty.
Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time for my 3rd viewing of Firefly.
geez.
In the most respectful way possible, I feel inclined to tell you that you are wrong.
I was like that when I was 14. A decade later, I realize that being in a relationship (married, in my case) doesn't change who I am. There's more to me now, but I still have my same interests and desires.
If she asked me to game less, fine. Give it up? Hell no. That is a sacrifice, and it's one I won't make. (less porn? fine...)
Love is all about sacrifices. When you're infatuated, sure, its easier. But when you've grown past that and truly love that person, you realize that there are things about you that define you, and giving those up is unthinkable.
I may give up dead baby jokes, but football, never.
But we are talking about YOUR ideal relationship, so who cares what I have to say about it, right? But your ideal relationship scares me.
One more thing: Love means saying you're sorry every day - some dead guy
My wife and I game together a lot. (currently trying to burn a whole right through my GC Worms3D disc that she bought me for our anniversary).
I would never complain about something like that, though. However, I would turn right back around and do it to her. There aren't a whole lot of things in life that are important, and I'm going to make her understand that. If my game isn't important, neither are her friend's flowers for her wedding in 8 months.
But the important thing to remember is, marriage is all about being stepped on and stepping back. Compromise is funny like that.
You're right: you know, and I know, it's not a programming language in most senses of the word.
However, to someone who can use a computer, but hasn't mastered the complexities of one, it's close enough.
I don't get the feeling that she wants to work on NLP, but just play around and have something to show for it. For that purpose, HTML is a great idea.
Hell, if he can teach her CSS, then she's miles ahead of 90% of the world (in the computer using sense).
Actually, I know a guy who got brought up on death threat charges for something similar. He said it to the person, though: "I could kill you for that" or something. I think the charges got dropped, but still...
I've never used GPG on another platform, so I don't know how it works, but WinPT lets you encrypt the current window or clipboard, which allows you to sign or encrypt in applications that don't otherwise have support.