Now that Microsoft has control over Unix, it will display it's magical ability of King Microsoft's Hole-en Touch, where fifty five thousand new bugs shall appear in SCO's Unix as Microsoft gains control.
Okay, I know that might sound odd, but it's true... Super Mario Bros. has affected me more than... well most anything else in my life.
Growing up as a kid who had difficulty dealing with normal schedules, life, etc., I ended up feeling like I couldn't succeed at anything. At this game, I got really good. Fantastic, even. I was able to beat all my friends. And I learned to keep going, to try and succeed no matter how hard the task was that lay ahead of me. At six years old, this was a big thing for me. Without it, I may not have ever gained the confidence that later on helped me make it through college.
Yes, it sounds odd. But Mario made all the difference for me, and my life. Yet, ironically, many people still criticize video games as "good for nothing wastes of a kid's time." Needless to say, I hold a very different opinion. And I still play Super Mario Bros. games to this day.
Really, this is a big deal. I should be up and running around, ranting and raving about how horrible it is. I told people to go rant and rave about how great it was when Congress (it was Congress, wasn't it?) decided to re-examine the DMCA, so I'm going to just end up sounding like a hypocrite, so I do understand that this isn't okay. But I just don't feel like caring anymore.
I want to care. Really I do. And I suppose in all reality, the problem is that I actually do care. I love my country, and that's why I hate to see it raped so horribly. And it's not just this either, there are so many things America, my country which I do very much so love, is doing horribly wrong right now. Honestly, I feel like a bunch of our government officials are taking the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and wrapping them around their phalli and using them to whack off, not noticing or caring that they fall to shreds, just caring about their own personal orgasms. And humorous as this may sound to some people, I don't mean it as a joke.
I suppose this is exactly why I should be jumping up and taking action. And I know that I have to, because if I don't stand up for my beliefs, I can't expect anyone else to. I will keep fighting, too, in whatever ways I can. But for now, it's just too much, too depressing for me to handle. I think I'll just lie here awhile then, just lie back in my chair and let the depression swoop over me like a dark sheet....
The depression is comforting somehow...
Once again, Linus has shown his ability to intelligently respond to a situation. I think this has to be his best response since he said something (regarding microsoft) loosely along the lines of "I don't think anything good can come out of trying to destroy something." (once again, I know that's not the exact quote.) I found it to be a good commentary not only on Microsoft, but on zealous advocates trying to force it to choke and die. (It's doing good enough of a job doing that on it's own.)
Also, kudos to the authors for leaving this article without a summary or commentary.
In other words, both Linus and the writers did an excellent job here. Long live intelligence. Well done.
Really, this isn't. Microsoft is far behind in the game. Nintendo has been working on the Triforce board for a while ago (over a year I believe), partnered with Namco and Sega. It's based off the GameCube's hardware, and, guess what? It's going to hit the arcades soon. Sega is developing two F-Zero (a futuristic racing game, for those of you who don't know somehow) titles for nintendo, one for the gamecube and one for the triforce arcade board. Here's the website: http://www.f-zero.jp/ Now here's a twist. Gamecube owners of the game can use their memory cards in the arcade machine, allowing them to shoot data back and forth between the machines. Innovative ideas at their best. And, already, both the GC version and the arcade version have been playable, on display at conventions. http://planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?a ction=item&id= 3987 http://planetgamecube.com/impressions.cfm?ac tion=p rofile&id=547
Here's what I see coming: situation 1) Microsoft will try and rush their arcade machine to attempt to release at the same time as Nintendo, ending up with a shitty machine. situation 2) Microsoft will take their time on and not rush the machine (oh that's so funny it hurts) and end up releasing a machine that's amazingly brilliant.... had it been released a year ago.
Another example of Microsoft's amazing ability to provide a product that provides absolutely nothing new or innovative. Bravo!
Often times news such as this creates only slight interest, as the war against the DMCA has not yet seen a complete victory. But is not each battle won in a war indeed still a victory? Should we not still celebrate this small step? Our cries of satisfaction over that which we approve are indeed just as important as our groans of disgust over that which we disapprove (which we seem to be much more willing to display). For you see, this is more than just encouragement amongst us geeks; it piques the curiosity of others, for they shall wonder why we rejoyce as we do. Not all, but surely some, shall investigate, and many shall join our cause. And our cry shall become louder. Thus I encourage you to join me in whooping, hollering, and just plain happily ranting about how this wonderful event when in the accompanyment of others. Believe it or not, in doing so you are helping to win yet another battle.
With the media abuzz and critics ranting, George Bush gave a speech to further clarify his plan for cyber warfare.
"We have firsthand evidence that Iraq has computers. As we all know, an evil mind only does evil things, and if you don't believe me pick up a Bible like the good Catholic American you are.
Suddam is undeniably using these computers to generate weapons of mass destruction. We also have word from a classified source that Suddam is hiring computer people to make programs that when you run them do horrible things to computers other than those in Iraq."
Bush continued the speech speaking about patriotism and his ability to have the knowlege and wisdom of God. He also invented three new words, and became the first person to somehow misspell a word while trying to pronounce it aloud.
Stay tuned for more mind numbing details.
Quite the contrary. It is secret to all people except Americans and American allies. However, in the event that any enemy of ours is to hear of this information, they will be charged with the crime of espionage, as they are in posession of information the president had flagged classified against them.
Their interest in this knowlege can only be explained by the obvious: they are terrorists wishing to discover our government secrets. This of course will give us proper reason to attack them for their horrible tyranny against the wonderful United States.
God bless freedom.
God bless America.
(implied: God bless irony.)
This is one of the problems I have with modern society: the belief that the "American dream" is to make big money. That may be the dream of a lot of people in America, or who come to America, but that's not the ideals America was founded upon. Having a big wad of cash in your wallet doesn't make you any more qualified as president than the next guy.
May I ask you what reason would you vote for Steve Jobs?
Alright, I agree, he probably would be a hell of a lot better than G.W.
But not by much.
I remember when Hulk Hoagan decided to run for president, and all these wrestling fans were like, "Whoo! Let's vote for him!" I asked them, for what reasons would you vote this man into office? What qualifications does he have? I got three reasons:
1) Because he's cool!
2) *silence*
3) *scoff and roll of eyes*
Only one of these even comes close to a "reason", and not by much. Now, had Hulk Hoagan displayed fantastic talent and ability for being a president, then yes I would vote for him. But he didn't. The same applies to Steve Jobs. If, for some reason, he demonstrates outstanding ability as a government official, and you're sure his corporate motives won't effect his decision making, then yes, by all means, vote for him. I still haven't seen any good reason to believe he has this ability yet, however.
I think it's about time that people grow up and take their vote seriously and realize a few things. This isn't a popularity contest. Who you vote for will effect the way the country is run in the future. And my last, but most lengthy comment, is this one.
Voting for someone because they're republican and you're republican or because they're a democrat and because you're a democrat is foolish. Those are names. When you vote, don't just think about what "party" you belong to, or how much money this person is going to bring you. On that note, voting purely on your own perosnal greed is an undeniably selfish way to go about voting, and stupid too: your personal state of being is a product of the world.
Okay, one more final bunch of comments (yes, I meant that as a joke). You shouldn't always support everything that whoever you voted for did just because you voted for him. If you feel that a decision is wrong, it shouldn't matter to you who made it, it's wrong. And last but not least, peaceful protest (and I don't mean just by physical assembly, but also by writing letters and speaking your opinion) is a PATRIOTIC thing to do. Why? Because if you think your government is doing something wrong and you really love your country, you should want it to do what's right. Or is that wrong somehow?
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Now that Microsoft has control over Unix, it will display it's magical ability of King Microsoft's Hole-en Touch, where fifty five thousand new bugs shall appear in SCO's Unix as Microsoft gains control.
Okay, I know that might sound odd, but it's true... Super Mario Bros. has affected me more than... well most anything else in my life. Growing up as a kid who had difficulty dealing with normal schedules, life, etc., I ended up feeling like I couldn't succeed at anything. At this game, I got really good. Fantastic, even. I was able to beat all my friends. And I learned to keep going, to try and succeed no matter how hard the task was that lay ahead of me. At six years old, this was a big thing for me. Without it, I may not have ever gained the confidence that later on helped me make it through college. Yes, it sounds odd. But Mario made all the difference for me, and my life. Yet, ironically, many people still criticize video games as "good for nothing wastes of a kid's time." Needless to say, I hold a very different opinion. And I still play Super Mario Bros. games to this day.
Really, this is a big deal. I should be up and running around, ranting and raving about how horrible it is. I told people to go rant and rave about how great it was when Congress (it was Congress, wasn't it?) decided to re-examine the DMCA, so I'm going to just end up sounding like a hypocrite, so I do understand that this isn't okay. But I just don't feel like caring anymore. I want to care. Really I do. And I suppose in all reality, the problem is that I actually do care. I love my country, and that's why I hate to see it raped so horribly. And it's not just this either, there are so many things America, my country which I do very much so love, is doing horribly wrong right now. Honestly, I feel like a bunch of our government officials are taking the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and wrapping them around their phalli and using them to whack off, not noticing or caring that they fall to shreds, just caring about their own personal orgasms. And humorous as this may sound to some people, I don't mean it as a joke. I suppose this is exactly why I should be jumping up and taking action. And I know that I have to, because if I don't stand up for my beliefs, I can't expect anyone else to. I will keep fighting, too, in whatever ways I can. But for now, it's just too much, too depressing for me to handle. I think I'll just lie here awhile then, just lie back in my chair and let the depression swoop over me like a dark sheet.... The depression is comforting somehow...
Once again, Linus has shown his ability to intelligently respond to a situation. I think this has to be his best response since he said something (regarding microsoft) loosely along the lines of "I don't think anything good can come out of trying to destroy something." (once again, I know that's not the exact quote.) I found it to be a good commentary not only on Microsoft, but on zealous advocates trying to force it to choke and die. (It's doing good enough of a job doing that on it's own.) Also, kudos to the authors for leaving this article without a summary or commentary. In other words, both Linus and the writers did an excellent job here. Long live intelligence. Well done.
Really, this isn't. Microsoft is far behind in the game. Nintendo has been working on the Triforce board for a while ago (over a year I believe), partnered with Namco and Sega. It's based off the GameCube's hardware, and, guess what? It's going to hit the arcades soon.a ction=item&id= 3987c tion=p rofile&id=547
Sega is developing two F-Zero (a futuristic racing game, for those of you who don't know somehow) titles for nintendo, one for the gamecube and one for the triforce arcade board. Here's the website:
http://www.f-zero.jp/
Now here's a twist. Gamecube owners of the game can use their memory cards in the arcade machine, allowing them to shoot data back and forth between the machines. Innovative ideas at their best.
And, already, both the GC version and the arcade version have been playable, on display at conventions.
http://planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?
http://planetgamecube.com/impressions.cfm?a
Here's what I see coming:
situation 1) Microsoft will try and rush their arcade machine to attempt to release at the same time as Nintendo, ending up with a shitty machine.
situation 2) Microsoft will take their time on and not rush the machine (oh that's so funny it hurts) and end up releasing a machine that's amazingly brilliant.... had it been released a year ago.
Another example of Microsoft's amazing ability to provide a product that provides absolutely nothing new or innovative. Bravo!
Often times news such as this creates only slight interest, as the war against the DMCA has not yet seen a complete victory. But is not each battle won in a war indeed still a victory? Should we not still celebrate this small step? Our cries of satisfaction over that which we approve are indeed just as important as our groans of disgust over that which we disapprove (which we seem to be much more willing to display). For you see, this is more than just encouragement amongst us geeks; it piques the curiosity of others, for they shall wonder why we rejoyce as we do. Not all, but surely some, shall investigate, and many shall join our cause. And our cry shall become louder.
Thus I encourage you to join me in whooping, hollering, and just plain happily ranting about how this wonderful event when in the accompanyment of others. Believe it or not, in doing so you are helping to win yet another battle.
With the media abuzz and critics ranting, George Bush gave a speech to further clarify his plan for cyber warfare. "We have firsthand evidence that Iraq has computers. As we all know, an evil mind only does evil things, and if you don't believe me pick up a Bible like the good Catholic American you are. Suddam is undeniably using these computers to generate weapons of mass destruction. We also have word from a classified source that Suddam is hiring computer people to make programs that when you run them do horrible things to computers other than those in Iraq." Bush continued the speech speaking about patriotism and his ability to have the knowlege and wisdom of God. He also invented three new words, and became the first person to somehow misspell a word while trying to pronounce it aloud. Stay tuned for more mind numbing details.
Quite the contrary. It is secret to all people except Americans and American allies. However, in the event that any enemy of ours is to hear of this information, they will be charged with the crime of espionage, as they are in posession of information the president had flagged classified against them. Their interest in this knowlege can only be explained by the obvious: they are terrorists wishing to discover our government secrets. This of course will give us proper reason to attack them for their horrible tyranny against the wonderful United States. God bless freedom. God bless America. (implied: God bless irony.)
This is one of the problems I have with modern society: the belief that the "American dream" is to make big money. That may be the dream of a lot of people in America, or who come to America, but that's not the ideals America was founded upon.
Having a big wad of cash in your wallet doesn't make you any more qualified as president than the next guy.
May I ask you what reason would you vote for Steve Jobs? Alright, I agree, he probably would be a hell of a lot better than G.W. But not by much. I remember when Hulk Hoagan decided to run for president, and all these wrestling fans were like, "Whoo! Let's vote for him!" I asked them, for what reasons would you vote this man into office? What qualifications does he have? I got three reasons: 1) Because he's cool! 2) *silence* 3) *scoff and roll of eyes* Only one of these even comes close to a "reason", and not by much. Now, had Hulk Hoagan displayed fantastic talent and ability for being a president, then yes I would vote for him. But he didn't. The same applies to Steve Jobs. If, for some reason, he demonstrates outstanding ability as a government official, and you're sure his corporate motives won't effect his decision making, then yes, by all means, vote for him. I still haven't seen any good reason to believe he has this ability yet, however. I think it's about time that people grow up and take their vote seriously and realize a few things. This isn't a popularity contest. Who you vote for will effect the way the country is run in the future. And my last, but most lengthy comment, is this one. Voting for someone because they're republican and you're republican or because they're a democrat and because you're a democrat is foolish. Those are names. When you vote, don't just think about what "party" you belong to, or how much money this person is going to bring you. On that note, voting purely on your own perosnal greed is an undeniably selfish way to go about voting, and stupid too: your personal state of being is a product of the world. Okay, one more final bunch of comments (yes, I meant that as a joke). You shouldn't always support everything that whoever you voted for did just because you voted for him. If you feel that a decision is wrong, it shouldn't matter to you who made it, it's wrong. And last but not least, peaceful protest (and I don't mean just by physical assembly, but also by writing letters and speaking your opinion) is a PATRIOTIC thing to do. Why? Because if you think your government is doing something wrong and you really love your country, you should want it to do what's right. Or is that wrong somehow?