Agreed. Not only is this giving google too much credit, but also far too romantic. Google is not self-aware, terminator style. It performs specific back-traceable functions.
I was a Comcast customer in Tallahassee, Florida for cable internet and television. I'm just a college student, so I tried to save myself from needing a phone line for DSL to minimize expenses. Comcast essentially has a "contracted monopoly" (they are the sole managers for all of the cable in Tallahassee). If you live in Tallahassee, you are well aware of total weekend internet outages and service slowdowns in the afternoons. As a student in computer science, I simply couldn't stand it. I switched to DSL, which is slower and more expensive since I wasn't paying for a phone line before. But, so far *knock on wood* I haven't had any outages.
My theory why this practice is "acceptable" for Comcast in Tallahassee, other than the monopoly on cable, is that no one actually calls to complain. I'll talk with friends about it the next day before class, but no one actually tries to do anything about it (other than reset their cable modem and cross fingers). I've encouraged friends to give the finger to Comcast and leave it, but most simply can't afford switching.
I loved Firefox all the way up to 1.5, but these new releases crash all the time for me. I was finally fed up and switched to opera -- even though opera has problems loading some medias. It's almost like Firefox has become my old IE -- when firefox wouldn't load it, I would bring up IE in the past. Now when opera won't load it, I'll bring up firefox to load it.
Please fix the crashing! Even when I revert to 1.5 I have an undue number of problems!
I've played every DOA game since DOA 1 came out on Playstation 1. Unfortunately, they've all been pretty irredeemable. Instead of focusing on better gameplay, Team Ninja has realized that it is far easier to sell games to desperate teenage boys by focusing on the sex appeal of their one-dimensional characters (Concessions made for the fact that they all have "favorite food" stats). If this game wasn't full of large breasted women, it simply wouldn't sell. DOA 4 displays impressive command of normal mapping in order to appeal to the absolute worst in human nature. Additionally, the character endings have become even more mindless: assaults on the senses that run a gradient between alternative rock videos and porn.
This game is, in fact, plagued by a complete lack of balance that other reviewers have mentioned. The primary problem is that the attacks from your opponent can come at three different levels (high, medium, and low) - each require their own type of reversal. For the majority of attacks, blows fly too fast for any human to respond other than pre-emptively, making defense just a bunch of guess work. The game is not overly difficult because of this, but brute force is ultimately the only viable strategy.
Although I like how the storyline of each character comes accross in an amalgam constructed by the interaction of various storylines - each of those storylines is complete crap. For example, the recurring socialist themes are poorly illustrated: An apparently destitute Hitomi (the proletariat) can't pay for a head of cabbage and attempts to use her good looks (Hard work) to seduce(Earn) an old cabbage vendor into giving her a discount. Lei Fang, seemingly socioeconomically more secure, (The bourgeoisie) pays(excercises illegitimate power) for said cabbage. Lei Fang's vulgar display of oppulence launches them into a battle to the death.
Team Ninja obviously isn't even trying anymore; they are simply repackaging their old game into a more technologically advanced package. DOA 4 looks errily like DOA Ultimate with busier levels. And although Xbox 360 has the power to handle the graphics and impressive models used in the game, their only hope of success lies in more substantial titles.
Not to say that I like Office better necessarily, but I have always figured that the header and footer always exist in a document, so you need to request to "View" the header and footer to edit them.
I remember a few years ago when I was about 17; I was angry that some people were posting some GNAA crap and just joking about the stupidity of the article. I was an internet geek -- and was sad when people made fun of something that had potential. Saw that very cartoon when it came out. Laughed in my glee running around on my brand spanking new DSL connection that would blink out every so often.
Flash forward, now 20 years old, been looking at slashdot every once and a while. Seen all the complaints over the years, but never really understood. Bored with the internet, only checking one forum that I started moderating back then 1 time every 2 days. Post counts uninteresting, login ID numbers no longer a sign of seniority. I check slashdot using my 3 meg cable connection in my apartment at college to find an article presenting that cartoon I saw, what feels like, so long ago presented as new.
My feelings verified. Same junk circling around from years past, and finally understand what people were complaining about back then. I have just been reading a website put together by some random person with nothing to do. Gods of the internet I saw back then, prove themselves just to be another Joe who is out to make a buck.
I hear all of this interesting talk about RSS, the video posted above is especially interesting. The interesting thing I find however, is not what it could do or who did what first, but who this is being worked on for. I don't have a single friend or relative who knows what RSS is or will have any clue what it means when a little colored square that says RSS on it means. Why aren't developers making this concept understandable and functional to PEOPLE, not just programmers and the tech-savvy? What steps would we have to take?
My guess is that the cost of flourescent tubes and petrol outweighs that of a $300 computer (which they already bought to edit on) and a free 3D application to make the glow.
And that is assuming they don't have any hospital bills and don't put any value on permanent disfigurement.
Sadly, TFA does not talk about accuracy of this very much. There is one blip at the end that talks about a function not dealing with Amazon at all. I "can guess" the age of everyone who reads this post, how right I will be is another story.
In my experience as a developer I would love to use GAIM, but find often that file transferring hardly ever works, which is a very useful feature when collaborating on a project. I has the same problems in my Trillian days. I loved GAIM and Trillian because I could connect to all the services, but recently have found myself primarily using the propietary AIM and MSN clients for reliable file transfer.
I RTFA, but I fail to understand how opening the protocol make it so that more people will use their client/clients that they would profit from. I can't imagine people using alternative clients are taking away from AOL's service, and when it is open to other clients, the majority of alternative users will just bum off of the AIM servers.
What am I missing?
If it offends you, don't play it. People will make it and there is nothing you can do it. It probably sucks anyway. Just shut up. This is not newsworthy, this buzz is exactly what the creator wanted. He is going to make a mint off of some shit 30 minute game for a headline on CNN. Otherwise no one would have even noticed. lets all not care in protest.
Slashdot Mirror
Agreed. Not only is this giving google too much credit, but also far too romantic. Google is not self-aware, terminator style. It performs specific back-traceable functions.
I was a Comcast customer in Tallahassee, Florida for cable internet and television. I'm just a college student, so I tried to save myself from needing a phone line for DSL to minimize expenses. Comcast essentially has a "contracted monopoly" (they are the sole managers for all of the cable in Tallahassee). If you live in Tallahassee, you are well aware of total weekend internet outages and service slowdowns in the afternoons. As a student in computer science, I simply couldn't stand it. I switched to DSL, which is slower and more expensive since I wasn't paying for a phone line before. But, so far *knock on wood* I haven't had any outages. My theory why this practice is "acceptable" for Comcast in Tallahassee, other than the monopoly on cable, is that no one actually calls to complain. I'll talk with friends about it the next day before class, but no one actually tries to do anything about it (other than reset their cable modem and cross fingers). I've encouraged friends to give the finger to Comcast and leave it, but most simply can't afford switching.
Will I get a free $1000 to start off with the same rate of increase as GMail?
I loved Firefox all the way up to 1.5, but these new releases crash all the time for me. I was finally fed up and switched to opera -- even though opera has problems loading some medias. It's almost like Firefox has become my old IE -- when firefox wouldn't load it, I would bring up IE in the past. Now when opera won't load it, I'll bring up firefox to load it.
Please fix the crashing! Even when I revert to 1.5 I have an undue number of problems!
This story marks my last visit to Slashdot! How unprofessional!
I've played every DOA game since DOA 1 came out on Playstation 1. Unfortunately, they've all been pretty irredeemable. Instead of focusing on better gameplay, Team Ninja has realized that it is far easier to sell games to desperate teenage boys by focusing on the sex appeal of their one-dimensional characters (Concessions made for the fact that they all have "favorite food" stats). If this game wasn't full of large breasted women, it simply wouldn't sell. DOA 4 displays impressive command of normal mapping in order to appeal to the absolute worst in human nature. Additionally, the character endings have become even more mindless: assaults on the senses that run a gradient between alternative rock videos and porn.
This game is, in fact, plagued by a complete lack of balance that other reviewers have mentioned. The primary problem is that the attacks from your opponent can come at three different levels (high, medium, and low) - each require their own type of reversal. For the majority of attacks, blows fly too fast for any human to respond other than pre-emptively, making defense just a bunch of guess work. The game is not overly difficult because of this, but brute force is ultimately the only viable strategy.
Although I like how the storyline of each character comes accross in an amalgam constructed by the interaction of various storylines - each of those storylines is complete crap. For example, the recurring socialist themes are poorly illustrated: An apparently destitute Hitomi (the proletariat) can't pay for a head of cabbage and attempts to use her good looks (Hard work) to seduce(Earn) an old cabbage vendor into giving her a discount. Lei Fang, seemingly socioeconomically more secure, (The bourgeoisie) pays(excercises illegitimate power) for said cabbage. Lei Fang's vulgar display of oppulence launches them into a battle to the death.
Team Ninja obviously isn't even trying anymore; they are simply repackaging their old game into a more technologically advanced package. DOA 4 looks errily like DOA Ultimate with busier levels. And although Xbox 360 has the power to handle the graphics and impressive models used in the game, their only hope of success lies in more substantial titles.
Sshh.. they were just testing thier Pringles can server running on a Pringles can amplified wireless network while beating Pringles can drums.
Once you pop the fun don't stop, oh wait...
I'm sorry, but I thought this was already well established.
r n (the flash sucks, but at least you can listen)
http://launch.yahoo.com/track/2098134
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/internet4po
Not to say that I like Office better necessarily, but I have always figured that the header and footer always exist in a document, so you need to request to "View" the header and footer to edit them.
I remember a few years ago when I was about 17; I was angry that some people were posting some GNAA crap and just joking about the stupidity of the article. I was an internet geek -- and was sad when people made fun of something that had potential. Saw that very cartoon when it came out. Laughed in my glee running around on my brand spanking new DSL connection that would blink out every so often.
Flash forward, now 20 years old, been looking at slashdot every once and a while. Seen all the complaints over the years, but never really understood. Bored with the internet, only checking one forum that I started moderating back then 1 time every 2 days. Post counts uninteresting, login ID numbers no longer a sign of seniority. I check slashdot using my 3 meg cable connection in my apartment at college to find an article presenting that cartoon I saw, what feels like, so long ago presented as new.
My feelings verified. Same junk circling around from years past, and finally understand what people were complaining about back then. I have just been reading a website put together by some random person with nothing to do. Gods of the internet I saw back then, prove themselves just to be another Joe who is out to make a buck.
with my Visa CapitalOne Check Card. It's in my wallet.
Your RSS feed probably isn't updating on a timly manner.
I hear all of this interesting talk about RSS, the video posted above is especially interesting. The interesting thing I find however, is not what it could do or who did what first, but who this is being worked on for. I don't have a single friend or relative who knows what RSS is or will have any clue what it means when a little colored square that says RSS on it means. Why aren't developers making this concept understandable and functional to PEOPLE, not just programmers and the tech-savvy? What steps would we have to take?
How many bytes do I have to tweak to upgrade my XP Pro to Longhorn?
My guess is that the cost of flourescent tubes and petrol outweighs that of a $300 computer (which they already bought to edit on) and a free 3D application to make the glow.
And that is assuming they don't have any hospital bills and don't put any value on permanent disfigurement.
Sadly, TFA does not talk about accuracy of this very much. There is one blip at the end that talks about a function not dealing with Amazon at all. I "can guess" the age of everyone who reads this post, how right I will be is another story.
Am I the only one tired of being harrased by constant media pouring out of every possible faucet? Go outside or something, dang.
...yes without your iPod, Billy.
In my experience as a developer I would love to use GAIM, but find often that file transferring hardly ever works, which is a very useful feature when collaborating on a project. I has the same problems in my Trillian days. I loved GAIM and Trillian because I could connect to all the services, but recently have found myself primarily using the propietary AIM and MSN clients for reliable file transfer. I RTFA, but I fail to understand how opening the protocol make it so that more people will use their client/clients that they would profit from. I can't imagine people using alternative clients are taking away from AOL's service, and when it is open to other clients, the majority of alternative users will just bum off of the AIM servers. What am I missing?
If it offends you, don't play it. People will make it and there is nothing you can do it. It probably sucks anyway. Just shut up. This is not newsworthy, this buzz is exactly what the creator wanted. He is going to make a mint off of some shit 30 minute game for a headline on CNN. Otherwise no one would have even noticed. lets all not care in protest.
... but will it be able to reconstruct slashdotted servers from thier links?
Severn of Nine? I know I am upgrading right now! http://www.startreksite.com/crews/seven.jpg
It's like having your cake, and eating it too! *cough* sorry that was lame.
No, the government wouldn't call it freedom mail, they would just be working even harder to find a way to tax it.
So who is going to sue them for privacy violations over randomly IMing 1K?
That would really really suck to be sued for having porn on your computer that you didn't pay for.