The good news is that wireless earpieces for cellphones are becoming smaller and smaller everyday. Soon we will reach a point where you can wear them as a small plug in your ear. Once it gets to the point where people wear them most of the day, you'll REALLY be able to tell who just wants you to think they're cool, and who got the ringtone because they like it.
The ones who listen to them through the plugs will be the only ones who will hear it, and the rest are open targets to laughter.
Well scubabear, if you'd like to do something about it, how about posting a link to a log of this abuse, vitriol, and cursing, along with the persons assumed identity on the boards, and their real name if you have it.
If JBoss refuses to point fingers within their company, lets do it for them.
I don't mean to sound inconsiderate, and I'll probably get modded troll for this...
But how exactly is this News for Nerds?
And more importantly, do you really want Cmdr. Taco and Michael or worse...the Slashdot masses...taking the roll of Dr. Phil? Seriously, think about that for a second.
The thing that doesn't work with your analogy to the d20 system is that the d20 system is not difficult to modify at all. You simply cannot compare the flexibility and openendedness of a tabletop RPG with that of a console game. The human element is too big of a factor.
No kidding. I have a HP digital camera (it was a gift). I lost the software CD for it, and when I went to the website, I saw that they had it available to purchase on CD only. Even the fucking drivers!
I called and complained to tech support (in india) and she just kept reading the script on loop. When I asked to file a formal complaint, she said that there was no way to do this at all from her office. Fucking wonderful. They outsource to india, and then prevent you from filing a complaint when the service sucks.
" (I have no connection with them other than as a satisfied customer)"
I know I'm going to get modded into oblivion for this, but please just read anyway, I've got the points to burn.
This isn't a direct attack on you so much as it is an attack on all who use this reasoning. "Oh, I say I'm not an astroturfer for them so I MUST be telling the truth." Is there any way for us to verify this? No.
So attention all Slashdotters. In the future, when people make statements like this, even though it might be about something as benign as green beans from Sweetmarias, don't believe someone has no connection with a company just because they say so.
Remember, you can never really trust ANYBODY on the internet, no matter how low their uid may be.
I know your comment was a joke, but I've been seriously wanting this kind of thing for both my computer and for the internet. I know autopr0n kind of does that, but honestly the interface is complicated, and it rarely turns up what i've searched for.
If someone combined image recognition technology with Google's search technology and let people filter based on things like position, hair color, body type, ethnicity, age, etc, it would be a hot selling item.
"Google seems to be as anti-ad as most people on Slashdot."
You either have to be a complete idiot or incredibly naive to believe that. Google's entire revenue source depends on ads. They may make them tasteful, relevant, and non-invasive, but dont' think for a second that Google is anti-ads.
I'm in the market for a new computer now, and what I've seen is a lot of places trying to phase out CRTs in favor of LCDs. I really wish they wouldn't. I don't mind the space issues with CRTs, the image quality is FAR superior, and they cost a lot less.
I know this is a dumb question, but can someone please explain the benefit of printing a competing products coupon? Do the competing companies pay for this "placement"?
I mean, if not, why would the store care, as you would buy more of a product you like, and even though it may be at a lower price, they'd still be making a profit.
'The best way to explain this in bricks & mortar terms is your competition coming in and slapping their ads on or around your store. Especially without your permission!"
If the sidewalk in front of the store was on public property wouldn't this be perfectly legal (not necessarily ethical)?
The reason why I would never consider it is because publically held companies are owned by the shareholders and are legally accountable for their actions (or lack thereof). There is no such protection for investing in a guild.
"We had a kid who used our hosting service but never paid us. Kept putting up porno pages in direct violation of our co-loc's TOS (thus endangering everybody on the server). One day, four months into this, he asks for a hand with CGI. I say sure, help him, and ask when he intends to pay us."
And why exactly did you let him keep using your service? I mean, the kid never paid, and directly violated your TOS. And you let this go on for 4 FUCKING MONTHS?! I'm sorry, but you have no reason to complain because you didn't do a damned thing about it and you even helped him out after all this. I don't mean this to come off as a troll, but I can't say I feel sorry for you at all.
Well, I'm inclined to agree with all the others who are saying that this guy is just trying to get articles posted (which he doesn't even write) for advertisers, and I wouldn't be surprised if he was getting paid to include links to those people as well.
"In my opinion a good chunk of this money deserves to be paid to individuals who help catch the Microsoft employees behind the design of Windows Registry and Windows Update."
I actually haven't played the PC version. And its not that I have anything against realism. I would LOVE to have a GTA where everything was real. However, I feel it would detract from the game if most of it was fake (for the legal reasons) and then because McDonalds parntered with them there was an ingame McDonalds. It just makes it stand out and look garish. I am saying they should either go one way or another, and nothing inbetween.
I know you are joking, but shorthand notation online has evolved to make number substitutes for words (not parts of words necessarily, although there are exceptions) increasingly acceptably. So while "u 2" might be acceptable, "in4m8ion" would not be.
The great thing about language is that it is highly flexible, and that even if you substitute numbers, people still understand you, and if used in certain ways, can even let you read things quicker.
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But why limit it to females. I'd want a version to sense when some girl was staring at my ass or package. Reminds me of that episode of Weird Science where they have Lisa make them a handheld tv player that lets them see through the eyes of any woman they want. At the end they notice her checking out their asses.
Planet ES is a wonderful anime that takes place in the somewhat near future, shortly after space colonization has begun to take place. It follows the lives of trash collectors in space (space trash is a DANGEROUS problem) but it also deals with a lot of serious global issues towards the end.
You see, in their world, the wealthy nations have funded everything. There are very few people from poor nations in space, and they lack space age technology even when the rest of the world is so advanced. When the largest nations reach an agreement as to how they are going to divide up the resources of the moon, they decide to base it off of what each nation has contributed.
This puts an unimaginable gap between the wealth of the different nations, so much so that the impoverished nations form a terrorist group to halt the conference where it is to be announced and hold the people hostage in order to make them change it.
While this may not necessarily happen in the future, I think it is CERTAINLY a possibility with the way things are today. I mean, if the US were to colonize the moon, do you seriously think we'd want to let other countries share the resources? The world has seen what our president will do for oil, just wait until he finds out about H3.
I've always wondered why the Networks don't really do this. I mean, they could charge advertisers based on number of downloads, but the key thing is that they realize their ads would get viewed MANY more times because of reply value, but they don't really have any way of measuring this, which equals lots of lost dollars for them.
More importantly, what kind of contractual agreement is there to make him give you the shares? What's to stop him from selling this information, maybe getting some shares for himself, and not giving away any of them?
"through dozens of accurately modelled restaurants and other eateries"
I couldn't help but read this and cringe. I know the GTA franchise has done a great job of satirizing cars and such, but that was because they had to legally.
I am terrified that there will be a real McDonalds in this game. In a game that's been about a quasi-real world, a real restaraunt would take away from the feel of the game I feel. Some games like Gran Turismo NEED real company logos/cars etc. to make it feel right. GTA needs fake things to make it feel right.
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The ones who listen to them through the plugs will be the only ones who will hear it, and the rest are open targets to laughter.
If JBoss refuses to point fingers within their company, lets do it for them.
But how exactly is this News for Nerds?
And more importantly, do you really want Cmdr. Taco and Michael or worse...the Slashdot masses...taking the roll of Dr. Phil? Seriously, think about that for a second.
I know I'm going to get modded into oblivion for this, but please just read anyway, I've got the points to burn.
This isn't a direct attack on you so much as it is an attack on all who use this reasoning. "Oh, I say I'm not an astroturfer for them so I MUST be telling the truth." Is there any way for us to verify this? No.
So attention all Slashdotters. In the future, when people make statements like this, even though it might be about something as benign as green beans from Sweetmarias, don't believe someone has no connection with a company just because they say so.
Remember, you can never really trust ANYBODY on the internet, no matter how low their uid may be.
If someone combined image recognition technology with Google's search technology and let people filter based on things like position, hair color, body type, ethnicity, age, etc, it would be a hot selling item.
You either have to be a complete idiot or incredibly naive to believe that. Google's entire revenue source depends on ads. They may make them tasteful, relevant, and non-invasive, but dont' think for a second that Google is anti-ads.
I mean, if not, why would the store care, as you would buy more of a product you like, and even though it may be at a lower price, they'd still be making a profit.
If the sidewalk in front of the store was on public property wouldn't this be perfectly legal (not necessarily ethical)?
A very interesting essay on this exact topic can be found here relating Everquest to a giant Skinner box which causes psychological addiction.
And why exactly did you let him keep using your service? I mean, the kid never paid, and directly violated your TOS. And you let this go on for 4 FUCKING MONTHS?! I'm sorry, but you have no reason to complain because you didn't do a damned thing about it and you even helped him out after all this. I don't mean this to come off as a troll, but I can't say I feel sorry for you at all.
Michael has an opinion on this,what a surpise.
The great thing about language is that it is highly flexible, and that even if you substitute numbers, people still understand you, and if used in certain ways, can even let you read things quicker.
You see, in their world, the wealthy nations have funded everything. There are very few people from poor nations in space, and they lack space age technology even when the rest of the world is so advanced. When the largest nations reach an agreement as to how they are going to divide up the resources of the moon, they decide to base it off of what each nation has contributed.
This puts an unimaginable gap between the wealth of the different nations, so much so that the impoverished nations form a terrorist group to halt the conference where it is to be announced and hold the people hostage in order to make them change it.
While this may not necessarily happen in the future, I think it is CERTAINLY a possibility with the way things are today. I mean, if the US were to colonize the moon, do you seriously think we'd want to let other countries share the resources? The world has seen what our president will do for oil, just wait until he finds out about H3.
I couldn't help but read this and cringe. I know the GTA franchise has done a great job of satirizing cars and such, but that was because they had to legally.
I am terrified that there will be a real McDonalds in this game. In a game that's been about a quasi-real world, a real restaraunt would take away from the feel of the game I feel. Some games like Gran Turismo NEED real company logos/cars etc. to make it feel right. GTA needs fake things to make it feel right.