Gameplay and artistic depth are two very orthogonal goals. It's hard to engineer a game which is fun to play and tells a truly original story -- generally, the high ratio of (time spent killing people) to (time spent talking to people) precludes a lot of useful dialogue.
Probably the last game which spoke to me in any meaningful literary way was Deus Ex -- and even that had long stretches of plot-thin killing.
Actually, looking at other mainstream press coverage suggests that it was indeed a test set of the XO computers that are part of the OLPC project. I think the Gizmodo text is mistaken.
Take a look at the most recent Reuters story, which is datelined in Nigerian capital Abuja. By inference, the "U.S. aid organization" being referred to in the lede is the OLPC nonprofit mentioned later. (Terribly ambiguous writing!)
For a little more proof, take a look at this earlier coverage of the initial laptop donation to the Abuja school. This coverage says that the "News Agency of Nigeria" (which Reuters said reported Friday about porn on the laptops) reported on June 29 that a donation of 300 laptops had been received from the OLPC program. The reason it was a story then is that the school which received the donated laptops did not have power.
An interesting question: why the negative spin? Why report that the school which got the laptops had no power; and why report that the laptops are being used to look at porn? Is there coverage of positive educational uses of the devices that the other media isn't picking up?
We switched to a new content management system and gleefully informed users that their new default password was (an organization-standard eight-character string) followed by their username.
We realized something was wrong when someone noticed that all the password hashes were the same.
For unrelated reasons, I was reading the OLPC Wiki's Myths page weeks ago and noticed this entry, which hasn't changed any in the time since:
The proposed $100 machine will run a Microsoft Windows operating system True: Microsoft is working on a Windows based system that can be executed on the OLPC laptop. False: There is no strategy change. The OLPC is continuing to develop a Linux-based software set for the laptop in conjunction with Red Hat. But since the OLPC project is open we cannot (and maybe even don't want to) stop other people from developing and supplying alternate software packages.
I assumed you were joking. Then I read the comments on one of the linked articles:
its good to know that finally some legal action is taking place somewhere. ORKUT is doing real damage to 3 major areas when it comes to India&Pakistan regios specifically...
1. Inter-National relations between india and Pakistan 2. Inter-Relegion relations between different relegions (Especially Hindu-Muslim) 3. Inter-Sect relations between different sects of same relegion or region( Islam and certain local territories of Indo-Pak area is being a visible target)
there are only few ppl who want this kind of sh*t. and ORKUT is providing them a medium to do what they want. what happens is, they just put a flame to an issue and all the stupid people start a war on that.
I know that majority of Indians are NOT AGAINST pakistanis, and same for Pakistanis about Indians. same thing is true about relegions and sects.
what goes wrong is, if someone says "I HATE PAKISTAN", i feel like killing him. but, i have to control myself. it is not appropriate in anyway that i start abusing India in response. but not much of ppl stay controlled. they start reacting in stupid ways. without even thinking that its a cyberworld where even identities are not actual identities. where playing with issues is easier than ever. maybe some anti indian pakistani has said that "I HATE PAKISTAN" just to start a well expected social war against india. same story remains true for indians as well.
both nations are pround of them. both nations have their own dignity and respect. but when it comes to ORKUT, only two things are there to make it stop... 1. sensible people, or control by sensible people (this is very hard to implement on such media) 2. legal action to ensure that anti-national, anti-relegion, anti-sect or any such communities/blogs get banned right away.
really i am feeling very happy that at least india is taking some action. i hope Pakistan cana lso learn something and start some legal movement.
When you write "Good luck, sorry to hear about your loss!", to whom exactly are you saying that? The person who posted this Slashdot article isn't the same as the person who submitted content to the blog that Slashdot links to. You're talking to a wall, in other words, and odds are pretty high that the consumerist poster will never read these comments.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the submitter of this Slashdot article isn't the narrator of the original. You're not talking to anyone, and your helpful advice has no audience.
After Sept. 11, the observation deck at the top of tallest building in Boston -- the John Hancock tower -- was closed to the public. It hasn't reopened since. (This is not really for security reasons; at least one tenant signed a lease in the tower only on the condition that the top floor be private space.)
I'm trying to figure out how 'NSFW' became 'NTSF'. Did you think it was some kind of bizarre video signal? Are you using a magically remapped Optimus keyboard?
Whenever you want to disprove (or prove) a hypothesis that "doing action X to children hurts them", you encounter some problems; pesky little things like research ethics often get in the way of scientific research.
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The Creative Commons license in question does not suggest that the photo's subjects have abandoned their right of publicity.
This is pretty explicit.
Gameplay and artistic depth are two very orthogonal goals. It's hard to engineer a game which is fun to play and tells a truly original story -- generally, the high ratio of (time spent killing people) to (time spent talking to people) precludes a lot of useful dialogue.
Probably the last game which spoke to me in any meaningful literary way was Deus Ex -- and even that had long stretches of plot-thin killing.
Take a cab, and go home earlier the next time.
If they extended the T's hours, they'd have to raise rates again -- or, God forbid, introduce variable pricing like in DC.
Actually, looking at other mainstream press coverage suggests that it was indeed a test set of the XO computers that are part of the OLPC project. I think the Gizmodo text is mistaken.
Take a look at the most recent Reuters story, which is datelined in Nigerian capital Abuja. By inference, the "U.S. aid organization" being referred to in the lede is the OLPC nonprofit mentioned later. (Terribly ambiguous writing!)
For a little more proof, take a look at this earlier coverage of the initial laptop donation to the Abuja school. This coverage says that the "News Agency of Nigeria" (which Reuters said reported Friday about porn on the laptops) reported on June 29 that a donation of 300 laptops had been received from the OLPC program. The reason it was a story then is that the school which received the donated laptops did not have power.
An interesting question: why the negative spin? Why report that the school which got the laptops had no power; and why report that the laptops are being used to look at porn? Is there coverage of positive educational uses of the devices that the other media isn't picking up?
I typically find that the DVD costs less than the soundtrack. Neither is likely to get cheaper.
This is not that unusual.
We switched to a new content management system and gleefully informed users that their new default password was (an organization-standard eight-character string) followed by their username.
We realized something was wrong when someone noticed that all the password hashes were the same.
(The fix: find a new better hash function.)
According to sources, it's over nine thousand.
Gosh.
Probably a very long time. This document's been online since Jan. 25 -- I read a bit of it weeks ago -- and Slashdot's attention shouldn't do much.
When you write "Good luck, sorry to hear about your loss!", to whom exactly are you saying that? The person who posted this Slashdot article isn't the same as the person who submitted content to the blog that Slashdot links to. You're talking to a wall, in other words, and odds are pretty high that the consumerist poster will never read these comments.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the submitter of this Slashdot article isn't the narrator of the original. You're not talking to anyone, and your helpful advice has no audience.
lol, is this battletoads?
After Sept. 11, the observation deck at the top of tallest building in Boston -- the John Hancock tower -- was closed to the public. It hasn't reopened since. (This is not really for security reasons; at least one tenant signed a lease in the tower only on the condition that the top floor be private space.)
It's a shame; the view is spectacular.
...something about networks. Hm. Network Solutions, I think. Check it out, netsol.com.
I think it's pretty clear that the Tamils should run Tiger.
I'm trying to figure out how 'NSFW' became 'NTSF'. Did you think it was some kind of bizarre video signal? Are you using a magically remapped Optimus keyboard?
1) Denounce self anonymously ...
2) Post logged-in denial
3) Instant karma!
4)
5) Profit
To be fair, though, that's 1700mm for medium format.
One of my favorites is still the Nikon 1200-1700mm f/5.6-f/8.
Okay, I'll bite: where do you get a 600mm f/2.8?
Whenever you want to disprove (or prove) a hypothesis that "doing action X to children hurts them", you encounter some problems; pesky little things like research ethics often get in the way of scientific research.
Some of us remember FTSoJ.
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@content Yesterday
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Happily, our government can now also check what percentage of Internet traffic is pornographic!
Imagine if Linus had become an hero! :/