I'm surprised that it took this long. I'm surprised that it was even made.
Why the hell did this moronic worm writer -- or, more likely, some dumbfuck who altered a perfectly fine, already existing worm -- add these functions when he already fucking has root/admin access on their machines? It just adds useless bulk to the worm; no wonder that the Register article says "It's a thoroughly nasty piece of code so it comes as some relief that Rbot-GR hasn't particularly widespread." Doesn't take a tech genius to realize that...
They mostly make fun of people who're breaching good old non-partisan values like "don't be a hypocrite", "fair play", "thou shalt not bear false testament" etc.
I fail to see how that's not taking a stand.
And I fail to see why you should only criticise people who you're not politically allied with. To me that smacks of hypocrisy. And not a little bit of blind stupid faith, or noticing a splinter in some one's eyes whilst having a beam in your own..
I agree, and what I was trying to express before, but couldn't quite word, is that the South Park creators don't limit themselves to ridicule what is wrong with a person/situation, but also what is right with it. They make fun of EVERYTHING, good or bad, and that is what I meant when I called them cowards for not standing for what they believe.
Gee, I seem to remember that episode when Timmy went to join a gang.. And that episode when succesfull Hollywood black people suddenly all moved into Southpark on a whim. The episode where Cartman's hand channeled Jennifer Lopez ("I like burrito's!"). The black kid is called "Token". Not to mention the fact that their highschool cafetaria chef is an over-amorous Isaac Hayes..
But perhaps you didn't notice those episodes ripping on blacks or latino's because those stereotypes are truthful in your eyes? Or perhaps you're bitching about Southpark without having watched it? (Come on! Chef is in almost every episode!)
You misinterpreted my words. I didn't wrote that blacks and latinos weren't represented in South Park. What I meant was that, in the wacky politically correct world of the U.S.A., nobody seems to notice the irony that while South Park creators act racially conscient by portraying black Afro-Americans and latinos as sucessful/intelligent/cool characters, and denouncing the fact that the cultural melting pot that is America is more akin to olive and water, with discrimination against blacks and latinos still being common... and then they go and portray Native Americans as deceitful snake oil sellers that take advantage of their cultural heritage for monetary purposes. The point is, while it is seen as bad and racist to denigrate blacks and, to a lesser degree, latinos, they don't have any problem doing that to other ethnical groups.
It's pure hipocrisy to satire the american society as being racist, and then go and be racist yourself.
You misinterpreted my words. I didn't wrote that blacks and latinos weren't represented in South Park. What I meant was that, in the wacky politically correct world of the U.S.A., nobody seems to notice the irony that while South Park creators act racially conscient by portraying black Afro-Americans and latinos as sucessful/intelligent/cool characters, and denouncing the fact that the cultural melting pot that is America is more akin to olive and water, with discrimination against blacks and latinos still being common... Then they go and portray Native Americans as deceitful snake oil sellers that take advantage of their cultural heritage for monetary purposes. The point is, while it is seen as bad and racist to denigrate blacks and, to a lesser degree, latinos, they don't have any problem doing that to other ethnical groups.
It's pure hipocrisy to satire the american society as being racist, and then go and be racist yourself.
1. http://www.imdb.com and broaden your world view. 2. Because they like to view themselves as social/political commentators, and that's what social/political commentators do. Which is my point, if they don't have a message, then they're just some slapstick comedians and should just stop trying to make social/political satires. 3. See 2.
They make fun of the ridiculousness of all political perspectives. They make fun of people on the left, people on the right, liberals, conservatives, etc.
In other words, they're afraid of taking a position and standing by it. Since they make fun of EVERYONE, nobody can accuse them of having a liberal/conservative bias, because nobody can figure out what exactly they stand for. The only message that comes through is "everybody is wrong, don't trust anyone".
This wouldn't be so bad if the criticism was actually justified, but most of the time it's just incredibly stupid things like "lets tear down the rain forest because it's filled with bugs and environmental groups annoy us" or "lets make corporations look good because all the slack they get annoy us" or "lets make Native Americans look bad on national television (but never blacks or latinos... that would be racism, heh) because people thinking highly of them annoy us". They're just like Tom Green in their mentality, they'd call their own mothers dirty sluts for no good reason and people would hail that as "social criticism" when it's just the way they are and think.
my only complaint so far is that it's so dark that even the flashlight doesn't even really let you see much
I had the same problem, tried setting brightness to max in options, but the game was still much too dark to enjoy. Here is the real solution: The game has 0-2 gamma levels, level 1 is standard. Open the Console (CTRL+ALT+~) and type in r_gamma 1.5. Now the game is bright enough to play!
Within a few hours of the attacks on the United States, chess genius Bobby Fischer called frequent contact Pablo Mercado on Filipino radio to express his thoughts on the tragedy. This is the transcript of the interview:
Mercado: We have on the line one of our friends we used to interview every now and then for the past several years, uh, I think for the past two years already. We have a chess grandmaster, the World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. He's on the line right now and would like to give some thoughts of his own opinion, his global commentary on what happened at the World Trade Center just about a few hours ago, including attack of the White House and I think the Pentagon too, right? In fact, right now, Bobby, good day. It's evening right here.
Fischer: Yeah, how are you doing, Pablo? Yes, well, this is all wonderful news. It's time for the fucking US to get their heads kicked in. It's time to finish off the US once and for all.
Mercado: Of course, everybody knows how you... uh... how you...
Fischer: You know, I heard on the BBC a few months ago a very profound, but simple, statement. It really stunned me, I couldn't believe that guy was saying, you know, talking about some of the crimes of the US. You know, of the horrible behavior that the US is committing all over the world, and there the BBC guy just said it! I couldn't believe my ears! This just shows you that what goes around comes around, even for the United States. That is what has happened tonight. What goes around comes around, even for the United States.
Mercado: Mmm, you are saying you are... you are happy at what happened?
Fischer: Yes, I applaud the act. Look. Nobody gets... the US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them. Nobody gave a shit. Now it's coming back to the US. Fuck the US. I wanna see the US wiped out.
Mercado: Heh heh. All right. The US is a superpower, how could...
Fischer: Well, apparently it's not as powerful as everybody thought. They hijacked all these planes, and they had no intelligence on this. This is a major operation, Pablo. Probably hundreds of people were involved in this. How is it possible "the great US" didn't know about it?
Mercado: Yeah, that's what people were asking here in the Philippines. Considering the technology that they have right now, wouldn't they be able to, you know, notice these things...
Fischer: What I am really hoping for now, Pablo... did you ever see that movie Seven Days in May?
Mercado: Yes, yes.
Fischer: That's a movie about a general who tries to take over the US. Do you remember that? I think it was dark Burt Lancaster; it was based on a book. I saw that years ago. I was rooting for the generals, you know, but in the end the
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I'm still waiting for my robot maid, holiday on the moon and flying car.
Flying cars are already here, you can't spend a holiday on the moon (yet), but this guy got the next best thing, and there aren't any fully fledged robotic maids out there yet, so you'll have to do with this sucker.
(...) Sometimes, with all the innovative development and cool graphics the actual story a game has to tell can get lost in the shuffle.
With Max Payne, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Only game where the story justified the gameplay was Half-Life, and I really can't think of any other videog that reaches its level.
Get a doctor to say to a patient he has a nasty cold and needs head surgery. Implant a sneaky eyecam and this thingie into his brain. Watch in amusement as he leads a completely normal life (except for the huge broadcasting satellite coming out of his head).
Users of Mozilla Firefox are (presumably) profiting off the work of the Mozilla collective, without contributing anything back. That goes against the spirit and the letter of the project.
You're either with us or against us, right, comrade?
They're aren't taking the game "too seriously," they're just taking their fun seriously. And it is very interesting from a sociological point of view as well, since it crudely mimics reality.
Not everyone likes short games for lazy people with an attention span of... hey, look! Some dirt! Yum!
Besides, if real life is so good, why is everyone trying to get away from it?
"(...) turn into an outcast of some sort or, worse, could refuse to do work altogether. They will think of petty homework and tasks such as character charts and subjects such as The Renaissance as beneath their intelligence."
Obviously, you don't need to be a genius to do that.
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I'm surprised that it took this long.
I'm surprised that it was even made.
Why the hell did this moronic worm writer -- or, more likely, some dumbfuck who altered a perfectly fine, already existing worm -- add these functions when he already fucking has root/admin access on their machines? It just adds useless bulk to the worm; no wonder that the Register article says "It's a thoroughly nasty piece of code so it comes as some relief that Rbot-GR hasn't particularly widespread." Doesn't take a tech genius to realize that...
Just plain stupid.
They mostly make fun of people who're breaching good old non-partisan values like "don't be a hypocrite", "fair play", "thou shalt not bear false testament" etc.
I fail to see how that's not taking a stand.
And I fail to see why you should only criticise people who you're not politically allied with. To me that smacks of hypocrisy. And not a little bit of blind stupid faith, or noticing a splinter in some one's eyes whilst having a beam in your own..
I agree, and what I was trying to express before, but couldn't quite word, is that the South Park creators don't limit themselves to ridicule what is wrong with a person/situation, but also what is right with it. They make fun of EVERYTHING, good or bad, and that is what I meant when I called them cowards for not standing for what they believe.
Gee, I seem to remember that episode when Timmy went to join a gang.. And that episode when succesfull Hollywood black people suddenly all moved into Southpark on a whim. The episode where Cartman's hand channeled Jennifer Lopez ("I like burrito's!"). The black kid is called "Token". Not to mention the fact that their highschool cafetaria chef is an over-amorous Isaac Hayes..
But perhaps you didn't notice those episodes ripping on blacks or latino's because those stereotypes are truthful in your eyes? Or perhaps you're bitching about Southpark without having watched it? (Come on! Chef is in almost every episode!)
You misinterpreted my words. I didn't wrote that blacks and latinos weren't represented in South Park. What I meant was that, in the wacky politically correct world of the U.S.A., nobody seems to notice the irony that while South Park creators act racially conscient by portraying black Afro-Americans and latinos as sucessful/intelligent/cool characters, and denouncing the fact that the cultural melting pot that is America is more akin to olive and water, with discrimination against blacks and latinos still being common... and then they go and portray Native Americans as deceitful snake oil sellers that take advantage of their cultural heritage for monetary purposes. The point is, while it is seen as bad and racist to denigrate blacks and, to a lesser degree, latinos, they don't have any problem doing that to other ethnical groups.
It's pure hipocrisy to satire the american society as being racist, and then go and be racist yourself.
You misinterpreted my words. I didn't wrote that blacks and latinos weren't represented in South Park. What I meant was that, in the wacky politically correct world of the U.S.A., nobody seems to notice the irony that while South Park creators act racially conscient by portraying black Afro-Americans and latinos as sucessful/intelligent/cool characters, and denouncing the fact that the cultural melting pot that is America is more akin to olive and water, with discrimination against blacks and latinos still being common... Then they go and portray Native Americans as deceitful snake oil sellers that take advantage of their cultural heritage for monetary purposes. The point is, while it is seen as bad and racist to denigrate blacks and, to a lesser degree, latinos, they don't have any problem doing that to other ethnical groups.
It's pure hipocrisy to satire the american society as being racist, and then go and be racist yourself.
You're right, I meant "flack", thanks for pointing that out.
1. http://www.imdb.com and broaden your world view.
2. Because they like to view themselves as social/political commentators, and that's what social/political commentators do. Which is my point, if they don't have a message, then they're just some slapstick comedians and should just stop trying to make social/political satires.
3. See 2.
They make fun of the ridiculousness of all political perspectives. They make fun of people on the left, people on the right, liberals, conservatives, etc.
In other words, they're afraid of taking a position and standing by it. Since they make fun of EVERYONE, nobody can accuse them of having a liberal/conservative bias, because nobody can figure out what exactly they stand for. The only message that comes through is "everybody is wrong, don't trust anyone".
This wouldn't be so bad if the criticism was actually justified, but most of the time it's just incredibly stupid things like "lets tear down the rain forest because it's filled with bugs and environmental groups annoy us" or "lets make corporations look good because all the slack they get annoy us" or "lets make Native Americans look bad on national television (but never blacks or latinos... that would be racism, heh) because people thinking highly of them annoy us". They're just like Tom Green in their mentality, they'd call their own mothers dirty sluts for no good reason and people would hail that as "social criticism" when it's just the way they are and think.
my only complaint so far is that it's so dark that even the flashlight doesn't even really let you see much
I had the same problem, tried setting brightness to max in options, but the game was still much too dark to enjoy. Here is the real solution:
The game has 0-2 gamma levels, level 1 is standard. Open the Console (CTRL+ALT+~) and type in r_gamma 1.5. Now the game is bright enough to play!
Within a few hours of the attacks on the United States, chess genius Bobby Fischer called frequent contact Pablo Mercado on Filipino radio to express his thoughts on the tragedy. This is the transcript of the interview:
Mercado: We have on the line one of our friends we used to interview every now and then for the past several years, uh,
I think for the past two years already. We have a chess grandmaster,
the World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. He's on the line right now and
would like to give some thoughts of his own opinion, his global commentary on what happened at the World Trade Center just about a few hours ago, including attack of the White House and I think the Pentagon too, right? In fact, right now, Bobby, good day. It's evening right here.
Fischer: Yeah, how are you doing, Pablo? Yes, well, this is all wonderful news. It's time for the fucking US to get their heads kicked in. It's time to finish off the US once and for all.
Mercado: Of course, everybody knows how you... uh... how you...
Fischer: You know, I heard on the BBC a few months ago a very profound, but simple, statement. It really stunned me, I couldn't believe that guy was saying, you know, talking about some of the crimes of the US. You know, of the horrible behavior that the US is committing all over the world, and there the
BBC guy just said it! I couldn't believe my ears! This just shows you
that what goes around comes around, even for the United States. That is what has happened tonight. What goes around comes around, even for the United States.
Mercado: Mmm, you are saying you are... you are happy at what happened?
Fischer: Yes, I applaud the act. Look. Nobody gets... the US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them. Nobody gave a shit. Now it's coming back to the US. Fuck the US. I wanna see the US wiped out.
Mercado: Heh heh. All right. The US is a superpower, how could...
Fischer: Well, apparently it's not as powerful as everybody thought. They hijacked all these planes, and they had no intelligence on this. This is a major operation, Pablo. Probably hundreds of people were involved in this. How is it possible "the great US" didn't know about it?
Mercado: Yeah, that's what people were asking here in the Philippines. Considering the technology that they have right now, wouldn't they be able to, you know, notice these things...
Fischer: What I am really hoping for now, Pablo... did you ever see that movie Seven Days in May ?
Mercado: Yes, yes.
Fischer: That's a movie about a general who tries to take over the US. Do you remember that? I think it was dark Burt Lancaster; it was based on a book. I saw that years ago. I was rooting for the generals, you know, but in the end the
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You don't walk around with your portable music player on your head, do you?
I'm still waiting for my robot maid, holiday on the moon and flying car.
Flying cars are already here, you can't spend a holiday on the moon (yet), but this guy got the next best thing, and there aren't any fully fledged robotic maids out there yet, so you'll have to do with this sucker.
The 21st century has only just begun.
The truth about the 'Vice-President Al Gore claimed that he "invented" the Internet' urban myth.
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I can imagine the Bush Administration will now claim that Saddam Hussein had a hidden stash of golf balls... and send Tiger Woods to defuse them.
"Golf for your lifes"?
(...) Sometimes, with all the innovative development and cool graphics the actual story a game has to tell can get lost in the shuffle.
With Max Payne, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Only game where the story justified the gameplay was Half-Life, and I really can't think of any other videog that reaches its level.
You'd lose both a huge amount of your data and your only connection should something happen to those pigeons. Still, it's more reliable than AOL.
Get a doctor to say to a patient he has a nasty cold and needs head surgery. Implant a sneaky eyecam and this thingie into his brain. Watch in amusement as he leads a completely normal life (except for the huge broadcasting satellite coming out of his head).
Scary. Fascinating.
Highly sellable.
I want it.
Users of Mozilla Firefox are (presumably) profiting off the work of the Mozilla collective, without contributing anything back. That goes against the spirit and the letter of the project.
You're either with us or against us, right, comrade?
thankfully we're all far more cynical now
*cough*Blair/Bush Project*cough*
They're aren't taking the game "too seriously," they're just taking their fun seriously. And it is very interesting from a sociological point of view as well, since it crudely mimics reality.
Not everyone likes short games for lazy people with an attention span of... hey, look! Some dirt! Yum!
Besides, if real life is so good, why is everyone trying to get away from it?
"(...) turn into an outcast of some sort or, worse, could refuse to do work altogether. They will think of petty homework and tasks such as character charts and subjects such as The Renaissance as beneath their intelligence."
Obviously, you don't need to be a genius to do that.
Not surprising, since Jesse Ruderman hosts and maintains the Pornzilla project.
Use a Mozilla Firefox nightly build, the bug (217369, I think) that caused this problem is fixed in them.
More major changes since 0.8 here.
Better for one terrorist to escape than for ninetynine million innocents to be wrongfully monitored.
A related NY Times article is here.