Hmm, I lost two mod points one right after another in a matter of seconds and now I can't even get comment moderation messages. Can't get metamoderation messages (I assume they don't work). Couldn't get moderation despite having excellent karma for quite some time (until now, now it's just good). Couldn't post with my +1 bonus either. I think michael might have it out for me, what do you think?
On the topic of my parent post, I don't see how this is flamebait, it's the truth. Now, if I said that SCO was run by a bunch of assholes (which I do believe, by the way) because of what they're doing, and that we had to take action, that post would probably be moderated sky high despite being considered flamebait by whatever crazy criteria that was used to moderate this post down. It wouldn't be modded down though, nor should my parent post be. Yep, I'm telling you that there's bias around here, something that you should already know.
Anyways, keep wasting your mod points on me. You won't keep me from being noticed nor will you keep me quiet. Rah Rah Rah!
I know that many Slashdot editors and story submitters like to put their two cents in, but this story is worse than almost any that I've seen before.
So, slashdotters, we need to find a copy of the letter and tear it apart with specificity before tomorrow morning in the US East Coast, so that any analysts/reporters will not be distracted.
This is about as bad as the stuff at indymedia.org! That's not news. In combination with the title of the story, SCO Gets More Desperate; Sends More Letters, this might as well be a political action site instead of a news source.
Michael, couldn't you just show an ounce of journalistic integrity and not accept stories with this much spin? Stating your opinion in something that's not an editorial doesn't help your credibility, either.
Of course public bathrooms are going to be subscription based. They've been one of the most popular gay hangouts for years. Might as well make a few bucks in return, right?
Anyways, subscription models make more money. Software developer network often times offer code snippets, tech support, and other perks. Most games that are subscription based are MMO. Something has to pay for bandwidth costs, hiring game admins, and funding the overall project. Also, saying that every good radio frequency is subscription based is debatable. There's still plenty of good free sports radio where I'm at.
So, don't whine about how everything is taking up a subscription model, because you don't have to buy into one if you don't want to. Stop trying to spook everybody into thinking that things are worse than they actually are. You're using the same type of scare tactics that people accuse Darl McBride and Bill Gates of using.
Besides, too much crying makes you sound like you listen to emo. You don't want to sound like you listen to emo, do you?
Just to note, I'm a big fan of sports in general, but particularly American football. I was also active in many sports for years.
You can often tell whether or not somebody wants to play actively at a very early age. If you've ever played tee-ball or watched a game of it, you'll know what I am talking about. There's some kids sitting in the outfield picking at grass and watching the sky, while there are others that really try hard. Sports video games really don't sway the young kids because they are too complicated. Do you really think that a kid would be able to decide what play to run or what pitch to throw?
Most parents take a scattershot approach to finding out what sports their kids like at an early age by enrolling them in almost every sport available. Then, as they grow older, they focus on which sport that the kid likes the most, if any. By the time that somebody would be playing sports video games, their interests are already set in and therefore the games still won't have too much of an effect.
There are many factors as to why kids might not like to actually participate in a sport. They might find playing the sport boring. They might not be able to play the game well enough. Their parents might exclude them from it because they worry about an injury risk. The list goes on! That doesn't mean that they might not be a fan of it. They still might want to play a sports video game if they are nothing but a fan. Chris Isidore, the author, doesn't seem to take that into consideration.
Chris also mentions about how non-sports games are nothing but detrimental to sports. Most people who play sports usually aren't very interested in games anyways. They generally prefer a more active lifestyle. If a video game, or anything else for that matter, is all that is needed to keep somebody from playing a sport, then they probably just don't want to play. If they're not interested, they're not interested. Don't blame it on the games.
Yet I'm given a score of 1, Redundant at the time of this post?
Not only is the math bad, but the moderation stinks, too.
And I haven't received my karma bonus yet, despite still having excellent karma and the option to check the No Karma Bonus box. It looks like I have been $rtbl'd...
It seems as if nobody's wanting to make anything different. Publishers are only wanting to go with the safe bets that are likely to make some money, but not much. They'll copy another company's game and add a few extra features, then claim that their title is better.
My guess is that if publishers started to fund original ideas and took a few risks, that sales would boom for them. Since consumers are starved for something different, there's a good chance that those ideas would do well.
The idea will never catch on. People don't like to be locked in to one expensive product. Rather, they upgrade as they need to. Financially, it doesn't hurt the pocketbook as much as making one big purchase. Logically, it makes a lot more than having your big device get old, forcing you to upgrade everything whether or not it's necessary. As fast as technology advances, your big device will get old quickly.
A company might make an uberdevice, which is a horrible name for this idea, just to say that they did it. It still wouldn't make it a good idea.
That goes both ways. It all depends on what the views of the people in control of the source are. Liberals show the liberal angle, conservatives show the conservative angle, so on and so forth.
Be careful to not imply that it's only the conservatives that do this.
It seems to me like it doesn't actually make you dumb, but might not be the best way to represent data. Saying that it affects your intelligence is a bit of a low blow. Maybe the want to rub it in on Microsoft should be subdued.
On another note, is anything going to be reported on capturing Saddam Hussein? It seems like Slashdot would mention it for consistency's sake because they did report on Iraq before. I'll give them time, but it would only be right.
And having a Strapping Young Lad lyric in your post isn't?
Just kidding, just kidding. I actually like them too.
Anyways, if a retail chain doesn't feel like carrying the title, that's one thing. When the government bans it, that's another. The choice shouldn't be up to them. It's not right for the government to parent the young and old alike.
Well, I checked in to what you said because it did ring a bell somewhat, and you're not wrong. But that ruling was overturned.
In short, St. Louis County tried to limit the access of mature games to children, won its initial case, but had it overturned. Here's more information.
Don't throw tax money at a problem and hope that it will go away.
And, don't believe a politician when they say that the tax is going to be used to discourage the use of something. They know very well that the usage rates won't drop much, which means pure profit. You can tax beer, but everybody still likes to get drunk.
Most importantly, when you have people who want to tax items that don't directly have to do with the problem in order to make money, it might be a good idea to relocate to another country, because the people in charge of yours might be getting a little bit greedy and a little bit socialist at the same time. That's quite ironic, because isn't socialism supposed to prevent from greed? It seems like that's just being collectively greedy. Anyways, be careful where you move, though, you wouldn't want to move to another country that's just as bad if not worse, right?
You could learn a lot from a Libertarian.
I've made comments about this situation in the last thread, so I'll try not to repeat too much.
I think that this effects much more than M-rated games now that the State of Florida is getting involved. When Rockstar and Take Two self-censored, I didn't like it, but it was their decision. However, to use political muscle to try to censor the comment that the Haitian group misinterpreted is fascism. The Florida Attorney General should be removed. No matter how you slice it, it's protected speech. Not to mention, it's pretty scary that the government is trying to blatantly censor speech.
But, can the State of Florida even do anything? Does Rockstar or Take Two even have offices there?
Good work Rockstar and Take Two, now that you tried to please the Haitian community by removing the content, but because you apoligized you indirectly admitted that you were wrong when indeed you were right. You made it that much harder to say that it was protected speech considering that you wouldn't even protect it yourselves.
Slashdot Mirror
I pictured a naked lady sitting on the moss, but I couldn't picture food. I got hungry and ate the moss, now I feel terrible.
Pffft, Slashdot is not a news site.
Then they should really change their slogan.
Or, maybe they're using that RMS style of thinking. News as in opinions about information, not news as in information. Silly me.
Hmm, I lost two mod points one right after another in a matter of seconds and now I can't even get comment moderation messages. Can't get metamoderation messages (I assume they don't work). Couldn't get moderation despite having excellent karma for quite some time (until now, now it's just good). Couldn't post with my +1 bonus either. I think michael might have it out for me, what do you think?
On the topic of my parent post, I don't see how this is flamebait, it's the truth. Now, if I said that SCO was run by a bunch of assholes (which I do believe, by the way) because of what they're doing, and that we had to take action, that post would probably be moderated sky high despite being considered flamebait by whatever crazy criteria that was used to moderate this post down. It wouldn't be modded down though, nor should my parent post be. Yep, I'm telling you that there's bias around here, something that you should already know.
Anyways, keep wasting your mod points on me. You won't keep me from being noticed nor will you keep me quiet. Rah Rah Rah!
I know that many Slashdot editors and story submitters like to put their two cents in, but this story is worse than almost any that I've seen before.
So, slashdotters, we need to find a copy of the letter and tear it apart with specificity before tomorrow morning in the US East Coast, so that any analysts/reporters will not be distracted.
This is about as bad as the stuff at indymedia.org! That's not news. In combination with the title of the story, SCO Gets More Desperate; Sends More Letters, this might as well be a political action site instead of a news source.
Michael, couldn't you just show an ounce of journalistic integrity and not accept stories with this much spin? Stating your opinion in something that's not an editorial doesn't help your credibility, either.
Of course public bathrooms are going to be subscription based. They've been one of the most popular gay hangouts for years. Might as well make a few bucks in return, right?
Anyways, subscription models make more money. Software developer network often times offer code snippets, tech support, and other perks. Most games that are subscription based are MMO. Something has to pay for bandwidth costs, hiring game admins, and funding the overall project. Also, saying that every good radio frequency is subscription based is debatable. There's still plenty of good free sports radio where I'm at.
So, don't whine about how everything is taking up a subscription model, because you don't have to buy into one if you don't want to. Stop trying to spook everybody into thinking that things are worse than they actually are. You're using the same type of scare tactics that people accuse Darl McBride and Bill Gates of using.
Besides, too much crying makes you sound like you listen to emo. You don't want to sound like you listen to emo, do you?
We're fucked? But that construction worker in GTA 3 called me an asshole! He had to pay!
Bah, this poetry stuff isn't hard. I'll give you one.
Programmer's Solitude
by illuminata
Cold, snow
winter breeze blow
at home desk, sorrow.
No love comes to the programmer
no matter how good his code.
Internally crumbling
about to implode.
Couples happy
streets alive.
Not the programmer
dead inside.
The right hand is warm
but dangerous.
For that hand prevents love.
But in return, gives instant gratification.
Why not?
Never very attractive
no female attention
only apprehension.
On a lonely winter's day
do not approach the programmer.
You know where that hand has been.
And the programmer never works all day.
...because he needs the kind of help that only a hooker could give!
Just to note, I'm a big fan of sports in general, but particularly American football. I was also active in many sports for years.
You can often tell whether or not somebody wants to play actively at a very early age. If you've ever played tee-ball or watched a game of it, you'll know what I am talking about. There's some kids sitting in the outfield picking at grass and watching the sky, while there are others that really try hard. Sports video games really don't sway the young kids because they are too complicated. Do you really think that a kid would be able to decide what play to run or what pitch to throw?
Most parents take a scattershot approach to finding out what sports their kids like at an early age by enrolling them in almost every sport available. Then, as they grow older, they focus on which sport that the kid likes the most, if any. By the time that somebody would be playing sports video games, their interests are already set in and therefore the games still won't have too much of an effect.
There are many factors as to why kids might not like to actually participate in a sport. They might find playing the sport boring. They might not be able to play the game well enough. Their parents might exclude them from it because they worry about an injury risk. The list goes on! That doesn't mean that they might not be a fan of it. They still might want to play a sports video game if they are nothing but a fan. Chris Isidore, the author, doesn't seem to take that into consideration.
Chris also mentions about how non-sports games are nothing but detrimental to sports. Most people who play sports usually aren't very interested in games anyways. They generally prefer a more active lifestyle. If a video game, or anything else for that matter, is all that is needed to keep somebody from playing a sport, then they probably just don't want to play. If they're not interested, they're not interested. Don't blame it on the games.
A lot of weird shit is going on with my account. Sure, it's only Slashdot, but I'm interested in knowing what's happening.
I've been trolled, I know, I know.
30% Insightful
30% Informative
20% Flamebait
Yet I'm given a score of 1, Redundant at the time of this post?
Not only is the math bad, but the moderation stinks, too.
And I haven't received my karma bonus yet, despite still having excellent karma and the option to check the No Karma Bonus box. It looks like I have been $rtbl'd...
actually, some people may not know what an .exe is. or they may assume it is just a mis-named zip. or something.
I highly doubt it.
. there is nothing wrong with pointing out that the file at the link provided is platform specific.
I never said there was.
I also don't find it insulting to say "some other OS." He probably is not using Windows. It's not like he said "some other CRAPPY OS".
Then why didn't he just call it Windows?
If there's anything worse than ia troll, it is someone hunting imaginary trolls.
That's nice, but it's a bit unrelated to what I've said, now isn't it?
Note, last link requires some other OS.
As if we weren't supposed to know what OS an EXE is for?
Why is it so necessary to constantly get your MS insults in? It's not as if we haven't heard them before.
I'm sorry, I had to respond to the flamebait.
It seems as if nobody's wanting to make anything different. Publishers are only wanting to go with the safe bets that are likely to make some money, but not much. They'll copy another company's game and add a few extra features, then claim that their title is better.
My guess is that if publishers started to fund original ideas and took a few risks, that sales would boom for them. Since consumers are starved for something different, there's a good chance that those ideas would do well.
How about investigating quantum computing?
Could a quantum computer even be built?
If so, what could it solve?
How would you have to pose the extremely tough questions for the quantum computer to solve, such as time travel?
At what point would the computers become greater than we are, if ever?
How would they impact surveillance?
Would the government try to control the technology or keep it from the people?
There's much more that would be worth asking.
The idea will never catch on. People don't like to be locked in to one expensive product. Rather, they upgrade as they need to. Financially, it doesn't hurt the pocketbook as much as making one big purchase. Logically, it makes a lot more than having your big device get old, forcing you to upgrade everything whether or not it's necessary. As fast as technology advances, your big device will get old quickly.
A company might make an uberdevice, which is a horrible name for this idea, just to say that they did it. It still wouldn't make it a good idea.
That goes both ways. It all depends on what the views of the people in control of the source are. Liberals show the liberal angle, conservatives show the conservative angle, so on and so forth.
Be careful to not imply that it's only the conservatives that do this.
On point #3, "on this" is in regards to the Iraqi situation as a whole to clarify.
Grammar whores, I apologize for the accidental capitalized L in point #2.
That should do it.
This isn't normal Slashdot subject matter, but I figured it was worth mentioning.
1. Of course it's worth mentioning. I'd be surprised to hear somebody say that it wasn't.
2. Of course it's not normal SLashdot subject matter, tech news is (along with certain unrelated YRO stuff).
3. You have reported on this as well as other major world events.
So, CmdrTaco, why did you give little more than a couple of links and a snide comment about such a major event?
It seems to me like it doesn't actually make you dumb, but might not be the best way to represent data. Saying that it affects your intelligence is a bit of a low blow. Maybe the want to rub it in on Microsoft should be subdued.
On another note, is anything going to be reported on capturing Saddam Hussein? It seems like Slashdot would mention it for consistency's sake because they did report on Iraq before. I'll give them time, but it would only be right.
And having a Strapping Young Lad lyric in your post isn't?
Just kidding, just kidding. I actually like them too.
Anyways, if a retail chain doesn't feel like carrying the title, that's one thing. When the government bans it, that's another. The choice shouldn't be up to them. It's not right for the government to parent the young and old alike.
Well, I checked in to what you said because it did ring a bell somewhat, and you're not wrong. But that ruling was overturned.
In short, St. Louis County tried to limit the access of mature games to children, won its initial case, but had it overturned. Here's more information.
Hey, what'd you do to my formatting, Slashcode?
I said plain text. Plain text dammit!
Don't throw tax money at a problem and hope that it will go away. And, don't believe a politician when they say that the tax is going to be used to discourage the use of something. They know very well that the usage rates won't drop much, which means pure profit. You can tax beer, but everybody still likes to get drunk. Most importantly, when you have people who want to tax items that don't directly have to do with the problem in order to make money, it might be a good idea to relocate to another country, because the people in charge of yours might be getting a little bit greedy and a little bit socialist at the same time. That's quite ironic, because isn't socialism supposed to prevent from greed? It seems like that's just being collectively greedy. Anyways, be careful where you move, though, you wouldn't want to move to another country that's just as bad if not worse, right? You could learn a lot from a Libertarian.
I've made comments about this situation in the last thread, so I'll try not to repeat too much.
I think that this effects much more than M-rated games now that the State of Florida is getting involved. When Rockstar and Take Two self-censored, I didn't like it, but it was their decision. However, to use political muscle to try to censor the comment that the Haitian group misinterpreted is fascism. The Florida Attorney General should be removed. No matter how you slice it, it's protected speech. Not to mention, it's pretty scary that the government is trying to blatantly censor speech.
But, can the State of Florida even do anything? Does Rockstar or Take Two even have offices there?
Good work Rockstar and Take Two, now that you tried to please the Haitian community by removing the content, but because you apoligized you indirectly admitted that you were wrong when indeed you were right. You made it that much harder to say that it was protected speech considering that you wouldn't even protect it yourselves.