Because they need retailers on their side. Retailers want people to come to the store, buy a PS3, buy some games, and return to the same store later to buy more games.
Yeah, contests should promote creative abuses of the rules, like the venerable IOCCC.
Completely off-topic, just to satisfy my curiosity: what were some of the other entries in that egg contest? I've been looking at the rules, and about the only thing I can think of would be a parachute... what other ways are there to get an egg slowly from 15 feet up to the ground?
Of course I agree with Google on this one, but I'm fairly sure that if Google did that, most people would just do without Google and find another search engine/mail account/etc. Us nerds may love Google to death, but to most people it's just a handy search thingie, just like Yahoo and MSN Search.
GPL3 goes way too far. So if they want to marginalize themselves...go right ahead.
Marginalize themselves? Why? GPLv2 is still available for those who want it, but others might decide the GPLv3 is for them. Of course, perhaps few projects will adopt GPLv3 because of cross-licensing issues, but that's another story..
That's interesting, isn't it? Because E=MC^2 isn't catchy at all, when you think about it. It's a frickin' maths formula! How many people can quote Pythagoras? Or Newton's laws of motion? Far less, that's for sure.
The truth is, it only seems catchy now because everyone knows it. And everyone knows it because of Einstein's popularity, not the other way around.
Hey, I come from a proud line of.JPGs you insensitive clod! I resent your insinuations regarding the virtues of the women in my family!
Our family name dates all the way back to 17th century Dutch merchants. Originally we were called "Punt-Jan-Pieters' Grootvaeder" ("Dot-Jan-Pieters' Grandfather", in a mysterious reversal of the normal practice of naming people "so-and-so's son or daughter")). It later got shortened to.JPG by a lazy government administrator.
I find that, for me at least, stress is the biggest factor. Whenever things aren't going well at work, I get wrist pains. But I've done hobby coding for years at home without any problems.
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*hic* Best name evar!
..oh, wait.
I hope not.. I love bees! ;-)
Because they need retailers on their side. Retailers want people to come to the store, buy a PS3, buy some games, and return to the same store later to buy more games.
...dick.mobi?
From Hell's heart, I stab at thee, for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.
(Yes, the other obvious use of dick.mobi also crossed my mind. Unfortunately.)
Are you saying George W. Bush is the next-generation Al Gore? Wow, this one's deep, give me a minute...
Ah. Man, I should really choose a different default font.
Of course not, it was.. err, will be outlawed in 2025.
(of course, Slashdotters complained that when time-travel is outlawed, only outlaws will time-travel)
...Geologist SMASH!
Maybe, but Nintendo has a far bigger library of games that people still want to play. What is Microsoft's Mario, Zelda or Metroid?
And wormii! Don't forget wormii.
The whole bit goes:
Even if you don't appreciate mods, there's no denying their contribution to future game development. True American icons!
(sorry sorry sorry... the blurb just put this into my head and I couldn't resist posting..)
Yeah, contests should promote creative abuses of the rules, like the venerable IOCCC.
Completely off-topic, just to satisfy my curiosity: what were some of the other entries in that egg contest? I've been looking at the rules, and about the only thing I can think of would be a parachute... what other ways are there to get an egg slowly from 15 feet up to the ground?
trueineverusewhitespaceanditneverdidmeanyharm
(yes, I know about the programming language Whitespace. And, for good measure, let's throw in Brainfuck and its Pratchettesque dialect Oook)
Distributed peer-to-peer web 2.0 rss news updates? You young whippersnappers and your fancy-schmancy names!
In my day we simply called it gossip!
Of course I agree with Google on this one, but I'm fairly sure that if Google did that, most people would just do without Google and find another search engine/mail account/etc. Us nerds may love Google to death, but to most people it's just a handy search thingie, just like Yahoo and MSN Search.
...and RMS and company worship a vengeful god, who will rain fiery death on the evil proprietary DRMed software.
:-p
That's an easy one - she's a warrior princess, isn't she?
That's interesting, isn't it? Because E=MC^2 isn't catchy at all, when you think about it. It's a frickin' maths formula! How many people can quote Pythagoras? Or Newton's laws of motion? Far less, that's for sure.
The truth is, it only seems catchy now because everyone knows it. And everyone knows it because of Einstein's popularity, not the other way around.
£300 worth of all-natural herbal Viagra?
Hey, I come from a proud line of .JPGs you insensitive clod! I resent your insinuations regarding the virtues of the women in my family!
Our family name dates all the way back to 17th century Dutch merchants. Originally we were called "Punt-Jan-Pieters' Grootvaeder" ("Dot-Jan-Pieters' Grandfather", in a mysterious reversal of the normal practice of naming people "so-and-so's son or daughter")). It later got shortened to .JPG by a lazy government administrator.
Sincerely,
Hendrik Olivier Thomas .JPG
I find that, for me at least, stress is the biggest factor. Whenever things aren't going well at work, I get wrist pains. But I've done hobby coding for years at home without any problems.