I just heard some sad news on talk radio - PDA brand PALM Pilot was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss them - even if you didn't enjoy thier work, there's no denying their contributions to popular geek culture. Truly a bussiness icon.
They don't know a good game if it slaped them in the face. Pong, is a truely insirational game, Andthe mind testing skill for tetris...and ET....well...if anyone has ever played that, they should have burried it in the desert.
Parts of China are quite backwards, and surely the money could be better spent on solving immediate social and ecological problems there.
In all fairness though, governments in many different nations have their spending priorities all messed up.
Like the $87 billion President Bush has asked Congress to appropriate for expenditures related to the military occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.
For example:
The UN estimates the cost of providing treatment and prevention in developing countries for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria at $12 billion a year.
The WHO estimates that $27 billion a year, on TB, AIDS and malaria, as well as to eliminate other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies, could save 8 million lives a year. That's eight million lives. A year.
The UN Development Program estimated in 1998 that the annual additional cost of achieving basic education for all was $6 billion.
It would only cost $6 billion a year to provide health insurance to all uninsured children in the United States. You can provide Head Start and Early Head Start to all eligible children for $8 billion annually. You can reduce class size to 15 students per teacher in all first-, second- and third-grade classrooms for $11 billion a year.
Imagine your a stupid computer user and it does crazy shit to you. It would scare you. You'd get stressed out and panic. That isn't good for office morale. What about when they find out it's you? What may be a joke to you might not be to another person. What if an error occurs and they feel it's your doing and so they don't report it. Do you want to keep your job? If so, leave the luddites alone and let them do their little monkey work. If not, see if oyu can get me a position, I'd love to have a job in computers. It beats being fucking unemployed.
That is one of the reasons why cartirges were better. I mean, granted they were still copyable, but I can go to my local radio shack, buy a burner and then I get to copy whatever I want.
With cartriges, it was a little more difficult. To copy cartiges, for my "personal backup" usually involved dealing with shady characters and not so normal business practices. I mean, other then online stores, where can you find a cartridge copier?
This would be a perfect example as to why we need to allow roms. For example, I download Metroid fussion. I play it for a bit. I like it. I cough up the 50$ for it becasue it's a worthy additon to the metroid series. Boom, game makers just won themselves another loyal costomer.
But on the flipside, I downloaded Pokemon Pinball (for xmas gift material, I swear). I play it for a bit and I find the graphics are lacking. The game control is terrible. So, therefore instead of paying for that game, I don't buy it, delete the rom (becasue I won't play it). This money I set aside for entertainment goes towards a different game.
Either way, the company gets my money, I'm a more satisfied costomer.
Even if the companies are against the whole ROMs thing for "potential piracy", they should offer a free sample rom for download off their site of a game that will let oyu play like 2 or 3 levels.
So this way money is made, and costomers are happy.
I'm aware its already legal in some places, but I can't say it's like that everywhere. I mean, I would love for my gay friends to marry eachother and stuff, but in Sask, I don't tihnk that's allowed yet.
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goatse.cx is hosting that pic for today.
Assuming my numbers and calculations are correct 4270500 times the distance between the earth and the sun (average distance)
oh...about 614952000000000 km
Step 1: Annoy potential customers Step 2: ?????? Step 3: Bankruptcy!
I misread the title to read, Leaken white paper condoms. Damn I need to get laid. lol
heh, I always get a laugh when I see a map of europe and sweden and finland and norway look like a cock and balls. lol. Esp. on the Euro
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - PDA brand PALM Pilot was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss them - even if you didn't enjoy thier work, there's no denying their contributions to popular geek culture. Truly a bussiness icon.
missing poll option, RIAA
They don't know a good game if it slaped them in the face. Pong, is a truely insirational game, Andthe mind testing skill for tetris...and ET....well...if anyone has ever played that, they should have burried it in the desert.
Parts of China are quite backwards, and surely the money could be better spent on solving immediate social and ecological problems there.
In all fairness though, governments in many different nations have their spending priorities all messed up.
Like the $87 billion President Bush has asked Congress to appropriate for expenditures related to the military occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.
For example:
The UN estimates the cost of providing treatment and prevention in developing countries for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria at $12 billion a year.
The WHO estimates that $27 billion a year, on TB, AIDS and malaria, as well as to eliminate other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies, could save 8 million lives a year. That's eight million lives. A year.
The UN Development Program estimated in 1998 that the annual additional cost of achieving basic education for all was $6 billion.
It would only cost $6 billion a year to provide health insurance to all uninsured children in the United States. You can provide Head Start and Early Head Start to all eligible children for $8 billion annually. You can reduce class size to 15 students per teacher in all first-, second- and third-grade classrooms for $11 billion a year.
Now about those backwards spending priorities?
Shelter, duh.
I quit you insensitive clod. It was a shitty job anyway.
I tihnk it was supposed to be: Chinese Takeouts Arrive at Lunch Facility
That was me you insesnitive clod!
Imagine your a stupid computer user and it does crazy shit to you. It would scare you. You'd get stressed out and panic. That isn't good for office morale. What about when they find out it's you? What may be a joke to you might not be to another person. What if an error occurs and they feel it's your doing and so they don't report it. Do you want to keep your job? If so, leave the luddites alone and let them do their little monkey work. If not, see if oyu can get me a position, I'd love to have a job in computers. It beats being fucking unemployed.
Informative? How is this informative?
That is one of the reasons why cartirges were better. I mean, granted they were still copyable, but I can go to my local radio shack, buy a burner and then I get to copy whatever I want. With cartriges, it was a little more difficult. To copy cartiges, for my "personal backup" usually involved dealing with shady characters and not so normal business practices. I mean, other then online stores, where can you find a cartridge copier?
This would be a perfect example as to why we need to allow roms. For example, I download Metroid fussion. I play it for a bit. I like it. I cough up the 50$ for it becasue it's a worthy additon to the metroid series. Boom, game makers just won themselves another loyal costomer. But on the flipside, I downloaded Pokemon Pinball (for xmas gift material, I swear). I play it for a bit and I find the graphics are lacking. The game control is terrible. So, therefore instead of paying for that game, I don't buy it, delete the rom (becasue I won't play it). This money I set aside for entertainment goes towards a different game. Either way, the company gets my money, I'm a more satisfied costomer. Even if the companies are against the whole ROMs thing for "potential piracy", they should offer a free sample rom for download off their site of a game that will let oyu play like 2 or 3 levels. So this way money is made, and costomers are happy.
um..please don't swear or else my mommy will ban me from going to slashdot. k, thx, buhbye
How about I just automatically use your email address for the things I do. Then watch you Spam keep rolling in.
...I couldn't read slashdot without it.
Did captain Picard approve?
I'm not even going to touch that one
I, For one, Will greatly appretiate and welcome our new SBC overlords.
I'm aware its already legal in some places, but I can't say it's like that everywhere. I mean, I would love for my gay friends to marry eachother and stuff, but in Sask, I don't tihnk that's allowed yet.