I don't stick 3 or 4 different labels on documents and throw them all into the same drawer.
That's like saying you don't use email because you wouldn't blockquote when answering real letters. Of course you don't stick labels to real-life files. Do you know why? Because your filing cabinet wouldn't sort them by these labels. The computer (i.e. Google), however, can and will.
Sorry, ATI was a bad example. Take nVidia instead. Or Yahoo! (with the exclamation mark, thank you very much).
Anyway, the way the name Lego was derived does not motivate spelling it in all-caps in this case. It's not an initial-letter-only acronym like TCP/IP, and it's read like a word: Lego. I know for sure that standard English rules do not condone mixed-case spelling, and even less so Danish.
Yes, we're talking about everyday language. Don't be afraid to write Ikea, Nvidia, Dotnet and Lego. It does wonders for readability. If you want to write it as --->>LEGO!!!!<<--- in your Lego reports and advertising, then be my guest.
(Now, to be honest, I'm not sure how HP-UX is pronounced, but I'm pretty damn sure it isn't Hp-Ux, so don't try to equate that to Lego.)
Besides, writing Lego in all-caps is really annoying. There is no reason for that other than making their name standing out in context. Like.NET or ATi. One capital letter is enough.
Calling the bricks "Lego bricks" is a valid request, though, since there really isn't anything called "a lego". At least not in my vocabulary. But that might be a matter of taste.
However, the first Google bomb mentioned in the popular press may have occurred accidentally in 1999, when users discovered that the query "more evil than Satan " returned Microsoft's home page. Now, it returns links to several news articles on the discovery.
As you see on the MSN search page, the same is happening here. I doubt they've made changes to target this exact query.
That's because moron's start using them incorrectly and that new usage sticks. (BTW: I am intentionally using the "new" definition of moron, stupid person, not the psychological definition, A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years.)
The new definition of moron where the plural is moron's?
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Most single player games are only played once.
From the beginning to the end, perhaps. The article does mention between-level humour, but (if I read it correctly) asks for in-game humour. That will drive you crazy if, for example, as tepples writes, you need 29 lives to complete a level, and the same joke is repeated each time.
Player-created humour, now that's something completely different, and unavoidable. It doesn't have much to do with the game itself, I think, but the players.
I just remembered the cow level of Diablo II. That's another kind of humour, a hidden level, and a reference to the Diablo fan-base created myths.
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Maybe the reason games are low on humour is because most jokes are only funny once or twice, whereas a game needs to be playable many, many times. If playing the game a second time is like watching reruns of Fresh Prince in Bel-Air, I'd rather not.
Of course, there is comedy that will always be funny, such as Monty Python, but who dares create a complete game hoping that all or most of the comedy will last?
The Incredible Machines and Day of the Tentacle are two of my favourite old games with lots humour. But I think the reason I still like them is because I haven't played them for a long time.
Try pressing the ~ key twice while holding down Alt Gr. It works on Swedish keyboards on all Linux systems I've tried it on. It also works for all other diacritics, plus Å, Ä and Ö in Matlab.
Do you think that perhaps the ones who are eager to answer this "poll" are so because they don't download most of their music off Kazaa and want you to know about it? Makes them look good, I suppose.
I think my quote of copyright violating audio files to authorized audio files/my own rips/my own compositions is something like 10 to 1. I'm not going to brag about that on Slashdot. You didn't either; you posted anonymously.
For the record, I've bought all CDs I own but one since the mp3-revolution. You should thank Kazaa for that, Mr Jean Michel Jarre.
OK, you explained Jackal82277's joke, now let me explain mine.
By taking another property of the ATM (that it won't give your ATM card back if there is some error) and transferring that to the poker playing situation, which involves playing cards, I've made a different interpretation of the analogy Jackal82277 made. It has the element of surprise (look, I misinterpreted you), it has the element of humorous tragedy (my ATM card is often eaten by the machine) and it has the element of slap stick (someone eating playing cards during a poker game).
It also makes it impossible to use the data for anything useful.
I think that's the point. Hide the text in a Flash file, and no one will be able to steal it. Of course, this is akin to putting programs om audio-CDs to prevent people from copying music; it only hurts the honest people.
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That's like saying you don't use email because you wouldn't blockquote when answering real letters. Of course you don't stick labels to real-life files. Do you know why? Because your filing cabinet wouldn't sort them by these labels. The computer (i.e. Google), however, can and will.
Sorry, ATI was a bad example. Take nVidia instead. Or Yahoo! (with the exclamation mark, thank you very much).
Anyway, the way the name Lego was derived does not motivate spelling it in all-caps in this case. It's not an initial-letter-only acronym like TCP/IP, and it's read like a word: Lego. I know for sure that standard English rules do not condone mixed-case spelling, and even less so Danish.
Yes, we're talking about everyday language. Don't be afraid to write Ikea, Nvidia, Dotnet and Lego. It does wonders for readability. If you want to write it as --->>LEGO!!!!<<--- in your Lego reports and advertising, then be my guest.
(Now, to be honest, I'm not sure how HP-UX is pronounced, but I'm pretty damn sure it isn't Hp-Ux, so don't try to equate that to Lego.)
Bra sagt, Groggy :-)
That's double-plus ungood.
Besides, writing Lego in all-caps is really annoying. There is no reason for that other than making their name standing out in context. Like .NET or ATi. One capital letter is enough.
Calling the bricks "Lego bricks" is a valid request, though, since there really isn't anything called "a lego". At least not in my vocabulary. But that might be a matter of taste.
Or maybe all the other pages mentioning "more evil than satan himself" got higher rank anyway. The same happened to the corresponding Google query.
Wikipedia/Google bomb:
As you see on the MSN search page, the same is happening here. I doubt they've made changes to target this exact query.
The new definition of moron where the plural is moron's?
From the beginning to the end, perhaps. The article does mention between-level humour, but (if I read it correctly) asks for in-game humour. That will drive you crazy if, for example, as tepples writes, you need 29 lives to complete a level, and the same joke is repeated each time.
Player-created humour, now that's something completely different, and unavoidable. It doesn't have much to do with the game itself, I think, but the players.
I just remembered the cow level of Diablo II. That's another kind of humour, a hidden level, and a reference to the Diablo fan-base created myths.
Maybe the reason games are low on humour is because most jokes are only funny once or twice, whereas a game needs to be playable many, many times. If playing the game a second time is like watching reruns of Fresh Prince in Bel-Air, I'd rather not.
Of course, there is comedy that will always be funny, such as Monty Python, but who dares create a complete game hoping that all or most of the comedy will last?
The Incredible Machines and Day of the Tentacle are two of my favourite old games with lots humour. But I think the reason I still like them is because I haven't played them for a long time.
Try pressing the ~ key twice while holding down Alt Gr. It works on Swedish keyboards on all Linux systems I've tried it on. It also works for all other diacritics, plus Å, Ä and Ö in Matlab.
And to think that all this time, I thought the candy was an indirect gift to dentists.
I have to admit, this is really interesting. I now feel I have to top him by actually building a cube that works seamlessly :-)
Because he has negative karma, thus posting at an initial score of 0, and Slashcode is inconsistent as to when it will apply this.
You'd think that'd have convinced both Clinton and Bush to sign it.
I'm doin' it for the environment! (w00t, six more years!)
No, he was ...
Do you think that perhaps the ones who are eager to answer this "poll" are so because they don't download most of their music off Kazaa and want you to know about it? Makes them look good, I suppose.
I think my quote of copyright violating audio files to authorized audio files/my own rips/my own compositions is something like 10 to 1. I'm not going to brag about that on Slashdot. You didn't either; you posted anonymously.
For the record, I've bought all CDs I own but one since the mp3-revolution. You should thank Kazaa for that, Mr Jean Michel Jarre.
We should co-write a book on the subject. I propose we call it "Humor -- why it is funny and why you should laugh".
OK, you explained Jackal82277's joke, now let me explain mine.
By taking another property of the ATM (that it won't give your ATM card back if there is some error) and transferring that to the poker playing situation, which involves playing cards, I've made a different interpretation of the analogy Jackal82277 made. It has the element of surprise (look, I misinterpreted you), it has the element of humorous tragedy (my ATM card is often eaten by the machine) and it has the element of slap stick (someone eating playing cards during a poker game).
HTH
You mean you swallow my cards?
I think that's the point. Hide the text in a Flash file, and no one will be able to steal it. Of course, this is akin to putting programs om audio-CDs to prevent people from copying music; it only hurts the honest people.
Flamed... BY THE FIREFOX!
I want frickin' sharks with frickin' laser printers attached to their heads!
Voltaire never said or wrote that. It was Evelyn Beatrice Hall.
No, you're still there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_Coward
Interesting read. Thank you for the link.
Microsoft's implementation is supposedly not affected.