Very true. When teh user comes in and says, "I think my key is fried, I left it in the computer during a storm" (read, it went throught the washing machine), what do you do? "Sorry buddy, you're fscked"
the problem of gaining power by killing weaker characters is easily solved.
Low level kills are worth very little to high level characters. Low enought that it's not worth risking getting your own head chopped of during your quickening.
This would make a great MMORPG. If only I could code, I'd propose it to the company. Ya know, I thik I know some people who have worked on some MMORPG
I remember the origional techmo bowl. All nighters, leagues, best stat competitions, and the whole lat are mixed in with my momories of that game. Graphics were terrible compared to todays, but what do yo expect from 8 bit? I really don't know what about the gameplay made that game so addictive, but it sure wasnt the sound or graphics.
some game companies have gotten lost. Content is dropping, while the games become more and more visually interesting. Play them once, and never again. It's like the movie industry. A few realy interesting movies, that maybe don't look as good, and a whole bunch of movies with hardcore FX, but the closest thing you can find to a plot is the plot holes.
I guess I'm ranting about the quality of the entertainment industry in general. Looks arent everything. Frame-rate isnt the goal. They help, but they cant make a bad game good. Think of it like a band. The lead singer could be the hottest looking thing alive, but if they suck, they suck
To them you're just an endless supply of renewable resources.
Peharps you've never noticed the term Human Resources?
dollar70 does have a point though. somthing like this means that you can gather an even lower level of unskilled labor, expanding the resource pool.
and on a creepier (funnier?) thought, suppose you could recieve updated instructions from your manager/ supervisor on the fly. Does anyone else have an image of somone sitting at their computer, clicking on a real-time layout of their production floor, selection someone wearing this gear, and moving them to another project? If that happens, would we have to say funny things if the click on us repeatedly?
it would be interesting, but for the same reasons, it would never happen. they know people will typically only have enough money to buy one system at a time. there's a risk that that one system won't be theirs if they are all released too close together. i doubt any company is willing to take that risk.
that said, it would be cool.
Why is this /. worthy?
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Seriously. What's interesting about a bigger, badder stereo? If someone submitted a story about their overpowered PC, it would get rejected. As it should be. Builing a big sound system into a caravan makes it through though.
It's time for some perspective people. Next on/. the worlds biggest lasagna.
so you're one of the reaons my keyboard used to go clickity clickity (ah, the old model m), why my digital camera makes a whirring noise when I push an electronic (i.e. not mechanical) button, and why a million other products have feed-back, when there is no other reason for it, other than, "so I know it's working"
Does anyone know what the by-rpoducts of the reaction would be? I'm no chemist, but I'm guessing water, carbon dioxide, and probably heat.
I don't really mind the CO2, but water and more heat with my laptop? I dunno....
Of course I'm guessing about the reaction and leftovers. Can someone tell me if I'm right or wrong?
Most people have an idea of how to commit robbery or murder, but most don't know how to get away with it.
Following this line of thought, a person selling a "How to Commit Murder and Get Away With It" kit, should be charged with murder, even though no 'crime' has been comitted.
Should it be a crime? Maybe. Should they be charged as if they commited the crime? Some judges apparently would say yes.
It sounds great in theory, The Fall of RIAA, but truth be told, there are still a great number of people out there who think that since they buy the crap, they are morally superior to those who steal the crap.
More likely is that RIAA will get 'support' from the 'righteous', popular opinion will turn against those who trade files, and the latter will continue to trade files.
I didn't see anything that indicates how long it take to bind to the appropriate sequence. Or how many false positives or compelete misses there are. (though I would guess false positives are very low).
It's a good start, but clearly there's a long way to go before it is more than just a 'lab' tool.
The premise is very simple. Target a few, vulnerable people, and watch the rest squirm. If they don't squirm enough, Target a few more in the next batch.
You don't haave to punish everyone, just enough so that the majority are scared of punishment. And you have to mean business.
There is a story of Sun Wu (Sun Tzu Wu of The Art of War), who is demonstrating the effectiveness of his strategies and rules. He give an order (turn tight I think), and the soldiers (actually a group of the king's concubines) giggle. He says that if the troops do not follow orders because they are not clear and well spoken, it is the generals fault. He then gives other orders (turn left). They giggle again. He says that if the ordes are spoken clearly, but not followed, it is the officers fauult. he then order the two lead women killed. After some argument with the kin, they are killed. The next orders he gives are followed.
It's a similar concept, except that RIAA is going after the followers, instead of the leaders, which breeds resentment, not respect.
Since the late 1980's, when I designed the first O'Reilly Animal covers, I've been deluged with questions from our customers about how I choose the animals. People have all sorts of theories about why a specific animal is chosen for a specific topic. Even the authors of the books ask questions--some authors have been upset with my choices because they think people will think they are as fat as a hippopotamus, or as silly as a blue-footed booby. I never reveal the reasons behind my choices, but I can assure all interested parties that there is always a reason. (No, I'm not going to tell you here, either.)
When I was first approached by O'Reilly to propose new covers for their books, I was immersed in the VAX/VMS world of Digital Equipment Corporation. I had heard of UNIX, but I had a very hazy idea of what it was. I had never met a UNIX programmer or tried to edit a document using vi. All of the terms associated with vi, sed and awk, uucp, lex, yacc, curses, to name just a few, sounded to me like words that might come out of a popular game called "Dungeons and Dragons." I developed a mental picture of the UNIX programmer as a "Dungeons and Dragons" player. As I started to look for imagery for the book covers, I came across some wonderful wood engravings from the 19th century. The strange animals I found seemed to be a perfect match for all those strange-sounding UNIX terms, and were esoteric enough to appeal to what I believed the UNIX programmer type to be.
When I presented the first animal covers to the people at O'Reilly, they were a bit taken aback.
"But they're so ugly!" said one.
"No one will want to pick these up!" said another.
"They're scary!"
Tim liked the quirkiness of the animals, and thought it would help to make the books stand out from other publishers' offerings. Today, the O'Reilly animal brand is well known all over the world.
I don't think this post was about being PC. Being PC is mostly about using euphamisms, and not hurting peoples feelings.
The type of comments the author referred to are simply bigoted, racist, and ignorant.
PC is saying things like, "persons of mainland asiatic descent" instead of Chinese. Bigoted is "Chink"
We're all old enough to know the difference.
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... would be to find a way to covertly plant one of these on Mars, for some unmanned (manned?) explorer to find. That'll mess with their heads
If I recall correctly, one of the SImon and Garfunkle albums was recorded in the bathroom.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/March00/APS_W ang.hrs.html
Note the year when reading
An overly long tribal orgy makes you think? Exactly what part of my 'brain' was that part of the movie supposed to 'stimulate'?
... talk to the hand
did you miss the line that says that they are going PC only? RTFA
Very true. When teh user comes in and says, "I think my key is fried, I left it in the computer during a storm" (read, it went throught the washing machine), what do you do? "Sorry buddy, you're fscked"
People were shot, not definitavely killed. It had faded to black after Avon is caught, then you hear gunfire. They could all be alive
the problem of gaining power by killing weaker characters is easily solved. Low level kills are worth very little to high level characters. Low enought that it's not worth risking getting your own head chopped of during your quickening. This would make a great MMORPG. If only I could code, I'd propose it to the company. Ya know, I thik I know some people who have worked on some MMORPG
um, game first, movies later.
some game companies have gotten lost. Content is dropping, while the games become more and more visually interesting. Play them once, and never again. It's like the movie industry. A few realy interesting movies, that maybe don't look as good, and a whole bunch of movies with hardcore FX, but the closest thing you can find to a plot is the plot holes.
I guess I'm ranting about the quality of the entertainment industry in general. Looks arent everything. Frame-rate isnt the goal. They help, but they cant make a bad game good. Think of it like a band. The lead singer could be the hottest looking thing alive, but if they suck, they suck
their system would still have been slow as hell.
Peharps you've never noticed the term Human Resources?
dollar70 does have a point though. somthing like this means that you can gather an even lower level of unskilled labor, expanding the resource pool.
and on a creepier (funnier?) thought, suppose you could recieve updated instructions from your manager/ supervisor on the fly. Does anyone else have an image of somone sitting at their computer, clicking on a real-time layout of their production floor, selection someone wearing this gear, and moving them to another project? If that happens, would we have to say funny things if the click on us repeatedly?
that said, it would be cool.
Seriously. What's interesting about a bigger, badder stereo? If someone submitted a story about their overpowered PC, it would get rejected. As it should be. Builing a big sound system into a caravan makes it through though. /. the worlds biggest lasagna.
It's time for some perspective people. Next on
so you're one of the reaons my keyboard used to go clickity clickity (ah, the old model m), why my digital camera makes a whirring noise when I push an electronic (i.e. not mechanical) button, and why a million other products have feed-back, when there is no other reason for it, other than, "so I know it's working"
I don't really mind the CO2, but water and more heat with my laptop? I dunno....
Of course I'm guessing about the reaction and leftovers. Can someone tell me if I'm right or wrong?
Following this line of thought, a person selling a "How to Commit Murder and Get Away With It" kit, should be charged with murder, even though no 'crime' has been comitted.
Should it be a crime? Maybe. Should they be charged as if they commited the crime? Some judges apparently would say yes.
More likely is that RIAA will get 'support' from the 'righteous', popular opinion will turn against those who trade files, and the latter will continue to trade files.
It's a good start, but clearly there's a long way to go before it is more than just a 'lab' tool.
You know, I'll call it a guess, but I bet I know where the city of origin is.
I'm not referring to anything with the RIAA. I'm referring to the law.
You don't haave to punish everyone, just enough so that the majority are scared of punishment. And you have to mean business.
There is a story of Sun Wu (Sun Tzu Wu of The Art of War), who is demonstrating the effectiveness of his strategies and rules. He give an order (turn tight I think), and the soldiers (actually a group of the king's concubines) giggle. He says that if the troops do not follow orders because they are not clear and well spoken, it is the generals fault. He then gives other orders (turn left). They giggle again. He says that if the ordes are spoken clearly, but not followed, it is the officers fauult. he then order the two lead women killed. After some argument with the kin, they are killed. The next orders he gives are followed.
It's a similar concept, except that RIAA is going after the followers, instead of the leaders, which breeds resentment, not respect.
When I was first approached by O'Reilly to propose new covers for their books, I was immersed in the VAX/VMS world of Digital Equipment Corporation. I had heard of UNIX, but I had a very hazy idea of what it was. I had never met a UNIX programmer or tried to edit a document using vi. All of the terms associated with vi, sed and awk, uucp, lex, yacc, curses, to name just a few, sounded to me like words that might come out of a popular game called "Dungeons and Dragons." I developed a mental picture of the UNIX programmer as a "Dungeons and Dragons" player. As I started to look for imagery for the book covers, I came across some wonderful wood engravings from the 19th century. The strange animals I found seemed to be a perfect match for all those strange-sounding UNIX terms, and were esoteric enough to appeal to what I believed the UNIX programmer type to be.
When I presented the first animal covers to the people at O'Reilly, they were a bit taken aback.
"But they're so ugly!" said one.
"No one will want to pick these up!" said another.
"They're scary!"
Tim liked the quirkiness of the animals, and thought it would help to make the books stand out from other publishers' offerings. Today, the O'Reilly animal brand is well known all over the world.
Taken verbatum from here
The type of comments the author referred to are simply bigoted, racist, and ignorant.
PC is saying things like, "persons of mainland asiatic descent" instead of Chinese. Bigoted is "Chink"
We're all old enough to know the difference.