...may be interested in a radio interview just made available: ChatterBox Video Game Radio just posted an 80-minute audio interview with Jack Thompson...
Audio posted on the web is not "radio". Did any radio stations actually "air" this? Just wondering...
Most security badges have to be "renewed" every few years, if only to account for them. What's your beef? It's really no big deal, unless you have WAY too much time to bitch about things that don't matter.
and now they have cut the promised wonder-shell from the consumer version too?
I not so sure a consumer version really needs a command line utility anyway. But what surprises me is that this is much of an issue. In the right (or wrong or nube) hands, bash is dangerous too. Big deal. Monad should have been left in, although it really needs a name that doesn't sound like an alien sex organ.
and the ability to legitimately return goods that do not fit your needs.
While I see the need for retailers to offer return policies to the actual purchaser of an item, I've always had the feeling that the ability to return something that someone else gave you was a service that no retiler had any obligation to do. You didn't buy it, the retailer has no obligation to take it back from you.
Nothing's easier than saying "Sorry, I won't do it again" and pulling up your pants after getting caught.What? Fucking a goat? Jacking off? Playing "doctor"? WHAT?
You're a programmer? Stay away from my children, you sex-crazed GAME PROGRAMMER. You have FOREVER dirtied the good name of America's signiture beverage, Hot Coffee...
Realistically, what portion of their enormous profits are from minors? How many families are wealthy enough to afford to pay an hourly fee soley so their kid can play the game?
The fee in China may not be the same as the one here? And, those without some form of credit card can play in Internet cafes.
There are many types of applications that get up-graded in a regular basis, even Operating Systems. Linux and Windows both get upgraded on a regular basis, and you will pay for your new Windows if you want a legit copy. The same is true of many commercial software products.
That YOU don't buy a lot of software says nothing at all except YOU don't run a lot of commercial software.
His point is that a good programmer will simply create code of a quality that average programmers never can create.
Isn't this fairly obvious? The thing is, in the code sweatshops that many "software" companies operate, high quality code is no longer the point. It's very much the same attitude that tangible goods manufacturers have taken, making a marginally acceptable product that is more or less disposable in the long run is the point. Get it out there, sell a few million units, and move on to the next version. If the product is too good, no one will buy the next version, and so good enough is the target. Companies that make a product you will never need another of go out of business.
My real hope here is that increased competition leads to a higher percentage of the click fee going to the publisher instead of Google or Yahoo.
Good point. Many people seem to go on and on about how they rake in hundreds and in some cases thousands in payments from Google for running their ads on their blogs or other sites. I think that this is actually a tiny minority, and that many of these claims are suspect anyway. I think most people may get at most one or two hundred every few months, if that. The main reason for this is the incredibly tiny amount per click-through. In most cases, the obnoxiousness of having large amounts of real estate taken up by Google ads simply is not justified by the return to the site owner.
Yet another Roland story posted by WHO ELSE? Timothy. Is Timothy ACTUALLY Roland? Well, I for one have NEVER seen both of them in the same room at the same time, so I think that about says it all...
And for the reasons that the parent talks about, though I am assuming out of my ass, I would guess that the car companies and their suppliers have much more rigerous code testing than the average (or in Microsoft's case, below average) software house.
If the OSS community could convince AOL to add a Linux distro to their ubiquitous CDs, I'm sure it would reach a lot of people.
And although I'm sure this idea will get flame broiled here, I think Linspire would be the distro for AOL to go with, as it is clearly aimed at the same general audience. Maybe Linspire would actually take this up with AOL?
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Audio posted on the web is not "radio". Did any radio stations actually "air" this? Just wondering...
And it sounded like it came from the pompous ass of Comic Book Man. Some people just need to get over themselves.
Yes, and as I said, I don't think most consumers who have WinXP use or need it.
Most security badges have to be "renewed" every few years, if only to account for them. What's your beef? It's really no big deal, unless you have WAY too much time to bitch about things that don't matter.
I not so sure a consumer version really needs a command line utility anyway. But what surprises me is that this is much of an issue. In the right (or wrong or nube) hands, bash is dangerous too. Big deal. Monad should have been left in, although it really needs a name that doesn't sound like an alien sex organ.
It's interesting that many people here thing the only things that people use servers for is Internet. This is so far from the truth.
While I see the need for retailers to offer return policies to the actual purchaser of an item, I've always had the feeling that the ability to return something that someone else gave you was a service that no retiler had any obligation to do. You didn't buy it, the retailer has no obligation to take it back from you.
Yes, I know a lot of Visual Studio hacks. Some say it's coders like them that are the problem with software today...
So, you are suggesting saving possible critical email at Geocities? Why didn't I think of that...
Nothing's easier than saying "Sorry, I won't do it again" and pulling up your pants after getting caught.What? Fucking a goat? Jacking off? Playing "doctor"? WHAT?
You're a programmer? Stay away from my children, you sex-crazed GAME PROGRAMMER. You have FOREVER dirtied the good name of America's signiture beverage, Hot Coffee...
The fee in China may not be the same as the one here? And, those without some form of credit card can play in Internet cafes.
How could it get much lower than the average Zonk story?
Two Roland stories in two days! Slashdot must not be getting enough quality submissions from OTHER people.
That YOU don't buy a lot of software says nothing at all except YOU don't run a lot of commercial software.
Isn't this fairly obvious? The thing is, in the code sweatshops that many "software" companies operate, high quality code is no longer the point. It's very much the same attitude that tangible goods manufacturers have taken, making a marginally acceptable product that is more or less disposable in the long run is the point. Get it out there, sell a few million units, and move on to the next version. If the product is too good, no one will buy the next version, and so good enough is the target. Companies that make a product you will never need another of go out of business.
Good point. Many people seem to go on and on about how they rake in hundreds and in some cases thousands in payments from Google for running their ads on their blogs or other sites. I think that this is actually a tiny minority, and that many of these claims are suspect anyway. I think most people may get at most one or two hundred every few months, if that. The main reason for this is the incredibly tiny amount per click-through. In most cases, the obnoxiousness of having large amounts of real estate taken up by Google ads simply is not justified by the return to the site owner.
Sure fine. But what is the relationship between TIMOTHY and ROLAND?
Yet another Roland story posted by WHO ELSE? Timothy. Is Timothy ACTUALLY Roland? Well, I for one have NEVER seen both of them in the same room at the same time, so I think that about says it all...
And for the reasons that the parent talks about, though I am assuming out of my ass, I would guess that the car companies and their suppliers have much more rigerous code testing than the average (or in Microsoft's case, below average) software house.
There don't seem to be any passwords, but I'll bet this is a common issue! Just guess at names...
And although I'm sure this idea will get flame broiled here, I think Linspire would be the distro for AOL to go with, as it is clearly aimed at the same general audience. Maybe Linspire would actually take this up with AOL?
No. it's really like the there/their/they're issue, which took me years to master.
Most people do mind a performance hit, and will go out of the way (read: more work on the code) to avoid it.
Maybe after this issue, they should re-direct the URL to seeq.com.