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Yes! Let's pull out immediately and leave all those worthless brown people to step on mines and be brutalized by terrorists!
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Yes! Let's keep charging blindly on without any idea of what we're doing, so that we can get this out of the way and find more worthless brown people to step on our mines and be brutalized by our soldiers!
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"This scenario presents an ideal opportunity to deploy a squadron of F-2 fighter/bombers [wikipedia.org] to combat Godzilla or the Chinese naval fleet."
Why does this have anything to do with the Chinese naval fleet? When were the Chinese even mentioned?
A friend of mine went to several Indian villages to do a documentary and tells me that there are many projects initiated by the government to bring modern ideas and methods to villages that have functioned, more or less, the same way for hundreds of years.
These projects are bringing new ideas and ways of thinking to the villagers (like gender equality), but at the same rate, many of the young people of the village are being encouraged more and more to leave the country and find their fortune in the city.
Now will this internet-access for all encourage young people to stay in the country, doing all of their work and research online; or, will this extra exposure encourage more to leave? I'd be interested to hear others' views on this.
I have to agree. With many RPGs where you generate your own character (ie Baldur's Gate, Morrowind, etc.) the main character lacks any identity and it's hard for me as a player to instill any identity in the character I'm playing - it just feels too... well, contrived.
This doesn't apply to all RPGs tho - Planescape Torment had a very intriguing character!
Apple does not note, however, that Software Update will attempt to quit Terminal.app when installing the Security Update.
Is that such a big deal? I mean, if it's replacing the application, it's kinda going to have to quit it! Normally I like to quit as many running processes and applications before applying updates, just be sure.
Anyways, good to get an update so early. Haven't really noticed any of the problems with XCode, but it's reassuring knowing they're being addressed before I can encounter them!
Neither, however, should a narrow view that fails to take into account the big picture be used to discourage anything, much less nuclear power.
I don't see how you could think I was taking a 'narrow view' when you quote my final point: To measure the degree of environmental impact of any form of power, you need to measure not just the end product, but everything that happens between it being pulled from the earth until its final end product.
You see, I was talking about the 'big picture'. People need to examine the impact of power-sources at every stage of its existence - disposal is just one part of its existence. Every power source has an impact on the people and the environment, just some sources of power have less of an impact than others. Solar or wind power for example.
Better some sterile ground somewhere than harmful particles in my lungs.
Where do the toxins go when the mine leaks? Into groundwater. The plants are poisened by this water. Sterile ground is a symptom of a much larger problem. Consider also that the nearby town DRINKS that water! This is arid land, we're talking about - if there is no water (that is drinkable without risk of illness) then the town cannot exist.
The only "away" in most people's idea of the word, is rather "out of their sight". If its not in their backyard, or home or street, then it is effectively "away".
I think this development is an excellent thing as it _helps_ deal with the waste we have already made. However, it is certainly not a solution and shouldn't simply be used as a way of encouraging Nuclear Power proliferation.
At Roxby Downs (a mine near a town in outback Australia) 5 million cubic metres of liquid had leaked from its tailings retention system. I went there a few years back as part of an action, and the effects on the area were horrific - blasted ground, plants struggling to grow, the place had an eerie, sterile feeling to it.
To measure the degree of environmental impact of any form of power, you need to measure not just the end product, but everything that happens between it being pulled from the earth until its final end product.
If all Kazaa are going to do is charge for the service but not provide their customers with legal confirmation that they are safe trading files with them, then this isn't going to work.
Nobody will want to pay for the service if there's a chance that the legal contract Kazaa have made with the music companies (if any) is not watertight. What steps have Kazaa taken to ensure they can rightfully distribute the music so long as they charge for it? Let's face it, the company is rather dodgy and I have a hard time trusting them.
I totally believe in paying for music I like, if only so that some of that revenue ends up in the artists' hands
I wonder if the idea of paying for online music is now finally at a state where the average consumer can consider it. Apple's offering is one example of how successful it can be, and there are a lot of other options out there with different payment options.
I am curious to see if we see a mass-migration to another system (like from Audiogalaxy to Morpheus) or if people will be happy to pay for the service and stay.
However, can Kazaa can legally charge for the transfer of files it doesn't have any rights to? Have they signed any contracts with the big music-heavyweights?
Apple has always been a market innovator (Rendevous, spearheading the Digital Hub, etc) wheras Microsoft have generally been a market follower (Internet Explorer, Windows).
Apple usually push new ideas while Microsoft tend to follow current trends. Further, Apple products ooze quality in appearance and user-experience, that while not to everyone's taste, show that they are keen to make computing... well, cool! Microsoft have always focused on business success and creating utilitarian products.
That said, Apple have for a long time built an 'air' about them that speaks, 'stylish', 'trendy', and 'friendly'; MS have one of 'office', 'corporate', 'conservative'.
Microsoft will have to work hard to steal any of Apple's polish...
I disagree. Reviews of the game in magazines, tv, or other forms of media are going to give a more objective overall review of the game, as opposed to forum dedicated to a discussion of the game.
The forum could be detrimental to their marketing in that only the most vocal forumites make their views clear, and in many cases, these views tend to be impassioned and sometimes irrational.
Gameboy is a different story. But there's a crucial difference between Gameboy and mobile gaming:
Gameboy was designed for mobile entertainment.
Cell phones aren't.
But both were designed for people constantly on the move. A lot of people enjoy whiling away long rides in the train to and from work with a bit of "snakes" or "pong". I know I do.
Over the past few months, I've been working towards getting a server up and running on my university network to provide streaming videos of club activities and music from uni-bands.
The hard part has been scrounging up bits and pieces to create a half-decent server for all this as the Clubs & Societies deperatment of our Student Union has been rather tight-fisted. A cheap x-box preloaded with this software would be perfectly within budget.
Now to convince the less practical members of the committee to drop their insistance on Win32 platform. Convincing them we can achieve our target with an off-the-shelf, cheap-as console rather than an expensive box will take some work...:-/
The system prefs seem to not have user-focus (judging by the lack of colour close, resize etc buttons). That could be the explanation for the missing pinstripes.
I can't see by the screenshots if the menu-bars are still transparent without focus. I suspect they are no longer transparent as stacked transparent menu-bars often got a little confusing in the older versions.
Will be intersting to see the next evolution of the UI for this OS and its less obvious (from the screenshots) changes. Apple have provoked extreme reactions with their UI, but they do seem to be listening to recommendations.
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Yes! Let's keep charging blindly on without any idea of what we're doing, so that we can get this out of the way and find more worthless brown people to step on our mines and be brutalized by our soldiers!
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"This scenario presents an ideal opportunity to deploy a squadron of F-2 fighter/bombers [wikipedia.org] to combat Godzilla or the Chinese naval fleet." Why does this have anything to do with the Chinese naval fleet? When were the Chinese even mentioned?
Ahhh... eurodance lives forever!
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Let's go easy on their servers, eh?
http://screenshots.freeciv.org.nyud.net:8090/gallA friend of mine went to several Indian villages to do a documentary and tells me that there are many projects initiated by the government to bring modern ideas and methods to villages that have functioned, more or less, the same way for hundreds of years.
These projects are bringing new ideas and ways of thinking to the villagers (like gender equality), but at the same rate, many of the young people of the village are being encouraged more and more to leave the country and find their fortune in the city.
Now will this internet-access for all encourage young people to stay in the country, doing all of their work and research online; or, will this extra exposure encourage more to leave? I'd be interested to hear others' views on this.
Nah, they are just modded down so much, so quickly that we never get to see them. Thank God...
I have to agree. With many RPGs where you generate your own character (ie Baldur's Gate, Morrowind, etc.) the main character lacks any identity and it's hard for me as a player to instill any identity in the character I'm playing - it just feels too... well, contrived.
This doesn't apply to all RPGs tho - Planescape Torment had a very intriguing character!
Is that such a big deal? I mean, if it's replacing the application, it's kinda going to have to quit it! Normally I like to quit as many running processes and applications before applying updates, just be sure.
Anyways, good to get an update so early. Haven't really noticed any of the problems with XCode, but it's reassuring knowing they're being addressed before I can encounter them!
I don't see how you could think I was taking a 'narrow view' when you quote my final point: To measure the degree of environmental impact of any form of power, you need to measure not just the end product, but everything that happens between it being pulled from the earth until its final end product.
You see, I was talking about the 'big picture'. People need to examine the impact of power-sources at every stage of its existence - disposal is just one part of its existence. Every power source has an impact on the people and the environment, just some sources of power have less of an impact than others. Solar or wind power for example.
Where do the toxins go when the mine leaks? Into groundwater. The plants are poisened by this water. Sterile ground is a symptom of a much larger problem. Consider also that the nearby town DRINKS that water! This is arid land, we're talking about - if there is no water (that is drinkable without risk of illness) then the town cannot exist.
The only "away" in most people's idea of the word, is rather "out of their sight". If its not in their backyard, or home or street, then it is effectively "away".
I think this development is an excellent thing as it _helps_ deal with the waste we have already made. However, it is certainly not a solution and shouldn't simply be used as a way of encouraging Nuclear Power proliferation.
At Roxby Downs (a mine near a town in outback Australia) 5 million cubic metres of liquid had leaked from its tailings retention system. I went there a few years back as part of an action, and the effects on the area were horrific - blasted ground, plants struggling to grow, the place had an eerie, sterile feeling to it.
To measure the degree of environmental impact of any form of power, you need to measure not just the end product, but everything that happens between it being pulled from the earth until its final end product.
If all Kazaa are going to do is charge for the service but not provide their customers with legal confirmation that they are safe trading files with them, then this isn't going to work.
Nobody will want to pay for the service if there's a chance that the legal contract Kazaa have made with the music companies (if any) is not watertight. What steps have Kazaa taken to ensure they can rightfully distribute the music so long as they charge for it? Let's face it, the company is rather dodgy and I have a hard time trusting them.
I totally believe in paying for music I like, if only so that some of that revenue ends up in the artists' hands
I wonder if the idea of paying for online music is now finally at a state where the average consumer can consider it. Apple's offering is one example of how successful it can be, and there are a lot of other options out there with different payment options.
I am curious to see if we see a mass-migration to another system (like from Audiogalaxy to Morpheus) or if people will be happy to pay for the service and stay.
However, can Kazaa can legally charge for the transfer of files it doesn't have any rights to? Have they signed any contracts with the big music-heavyweights?
Apple has always been a market innovator (Rendevous, spearheading the Digital Hub, etc) wheras Microsoft have generally been a market follower (Internet Explorer, Windows).
Apple usually push new ideas while Microsoft tend to follow current trends. Further, Apple products ooze quality in appearance and user-experience, that while not to everyone's taste, show that they are keen to make computing... well, cool! Microsoft have always focused on business success and creating utilitarian products.
That said, Apple have for a long time built an 'air' about them that speaks, 'stylish', 'trendy', and 'friendly'; MS have one of 'office', 'corporate', 'conservative'.
Microsoft will have to work hard to steal any of Apple's polish...
I disagree. Reviews of the game in magazines, tv, or other forms of media are going to give a more objective overall review of the game, as opposed to forum dedicated to a discussion of the game.
The forum could be detrimental to their marketing in that only the most vocal forumites make their views clear, and in many cases, these views tend to be impassioned and sometimes irrational.
But both were designed for people constantly on the move. A lot of people enjoy whiling away long rides in the train to and from work with a bit of "snakes" or "pong". I know I do.
Over the past few months, I've been working towards getting a server up and running on my university network to provide streaming videos of club activities and music from uni-bands.
The hard part has been scrounging up bits and pieces to create a half-decent server for all this as the Clubs & Societies deperatment of our Student Union has been rather tight-fisted. A cheap x-box preloaded with this software would be perfectly within budget.
Now to convince the less practical members of the committee to drop their insistance on Win32 platform. Convincing them we can achieve our target with an off-the-shelf, cheap-as console rather than an expensive box will take some work... :-/
The system prefs seem to not have user-focus (judging by the lack of colour close, resize etc buttons). That could be the explanation for the missing pinstripes.
I can't see by the screenshots if the menu-bars are still transparent without focus. I suspect they are no longer transparent as stacked transparent menu-bars often got a little confusing in the older versions.
Will be intersting to see the next evolution of the UI for this OS and its less obvious (from the screenshots) changes. Apple have provoked extreme reactions with their UI, but they do seem to be listening to recommendations.
Wicked. No longer will my flatmate's tape-reel millenium falcon and punchcard x-wing dominate the living room.