Who knows when the next Quake is coming? What will probably happen is that they'll predict a date but when the date arrives the Quake will be nowhere to be seen and then the Quake people will announce another date that may or may not be accurate.
I'm sorry that it just moronic. Now that kid is gonna have a pretty fucked up life from being mollycoddled, smothered and any other word that is suitable. Fast forward to the when that kid has their own child, and the cycle continues.
What the fuck is wrong with parents these days? Oh wait, it's because of all the paedophiles. Yeah, you know those paedophiles that never existed ten years ago but just magically appeared in the forest along with the pixies and the fairies. Now they're lurking at every street corner, with a lollipop for every innocent child - OH WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
I bet you if you take any guy who has taken a $500 loan and turned it into a multi million dollar business, or someone who has invented a breakthrough in medical science then there's something these people share - that they were given freedom as children to go play in the woods, build treehouses and try and jump logs on their bikes. If they cut their knee they would go home and their parents would tell them to be careful and fix up their wounds, and not shout 'oh my god that's the last time you're going out on your own!' Children that learned to become independent and productive to society, who could be free thinkers and not worry what mommy would say.
I'm sorry but if you think you need a Big Brother installation in your house to watch your kid while your bidding for pointless shit on eBay, then there is something mentally wrong with you.
Get together a group of geeks who have a broad range of skills in electronic engineering and computer science. Give them each a few copies of Playboy, Hustler and the like as a sort of 'payment' for their duties. Then sit back as they concoct some sort of bypass device that can be hooked up to the camera. This device will play back a constant loop of say, maybe 10 seconds of footage. You might need Keanu Reeves to come into the classroom and look nonchalant to add to the effect. Now, whatever you do in the classroom, the grunts in the monitoring room will just see a class full of kids with their heads in the books, and a teacher that looks supsiciously like papier mache
I mean like it's not like teachers these days are under that much stress anyway. What with the violent, disruptive kids, taking on the role of parents for the neglected ones, poor pay, taking all of the large volumes of coursework/homework/exam marking home with them over the weekends and holidays, etc. there's no reason whatsoever that they should mind Big Brother watching their every move!
Someone emailed me the other day and apparently I can view "High School Girls" in the changing rooms and showers having fun and splashing out. I tried to subscribe but my credit card was refused, which seems weird as it worked when I bought some Viagra off of a Nigerian prince.
Any other slashdotters managed to view these high school webcams?
It's always been living in the shadow of the Simpsons which is quite unfortunate because it is actually a very funny show IMHO. I have both seasons on DVD and they're great, and sure while it might not be a laugh a minute like the Simpsons, there is some very clever, dry humour in there.
I dunno what it is but I prefer the characters of Futurama, maybe because they are newer but they still each have their own zing about them - Fry, Leela, Bender, Amy, Prof F., Hermes and Zoidberg (the funniest cartoon character ever). Is it me or is Homer's stupidity getting a little tiresome?
Add to that some great sci-fi - cool gadgets, more zany storylines, AND EXCELLENT COMPUTER JOKES! Some of the ones I can remember
Sign in a Robot Church:
"10 Sin
20 Goto Hell"
Wall plaque:
"10 Home
20 Sweet
30 Goto 10"
Bender: "I had a crazy dream, all ones and zeros, and I think I saw a 2 in there too!"
And of course the episode in the haunted house with the flying Windows logo and eery startup sound.
I have that on DVD and at first I didn't think much of it. After a few run throughs I found it can be quite +5 Insightful on some issues, including the bleeding of games into reality (and vice versa) and the difficulty to tell the two apart.
is a web site with a "catchy" domain name like www.offficial-console-sales-figures.com that is just a plain black background with white text showing the sales figures for each console, with the numbers updated on a real time basis, constantly ticking up like a movie or something!
that Microsoft buying Rare could have done nothing but harm Nintendo's cause. If you think of the games that Nintendo have become famous for, most people would name those that have had Rare input: Goldeneye, Perfect Dark etc. With Rare out of the picture, the "inconsistent flow" of "attractive software" would be anything but improved.
the group had stumbled with the Game Cube console and conceded that it had made a strategic mistake by not ensuring that it had a consistent flow of attractive software for the Game Cube.
would it actually hurt Nintendo at all to follow Sega's path and go multiplatform? With the Game Boy raking in huge wads of cash they could focus on making those classics for Xbox/PS2, slicing a chunk of the market from their would be competitors and spread the ole 'Games are fun' ethos for which Nintendo has become famous for, without get caught up in the hardware wars.
If you want to talk hands free when you're out and about on you mobile and you don't have the cash to spend on Bluetooth headsets, these things are ideal
. If money from the real world gets involved, that destroys the fantasy
I agree, games are a fantasy, an escape from the day to day pressures of reality. If I wanted to see people lie to get money, cheat to get money, choose profit over human compassion etc. then all I need to do is....um, go out the front door.
Price of new mobile phone: $400
Price of bluetooth headset: $60
The look on that chick's face as she sees you talking to yourself with what looks like a cybernetic implant in your ear: Priceless
Or, as I do, hide it in a technical geeky sounding folder that 'normal people' will ignore because it confuses them. Mine is in a folder called 'Hardware Monitor' (not particularly technical, I know) and I'm sure that most people wouldn't be interested in opening it. After all, if a computer geek wanted to find porn, you're gonna have a hard time stopping them no matter what you call the folder; Stuff, Graphics Drivers, Windows Files or otherwise
If we take a look at this picture the main unit is pretty much the same size as the PSOne. Just add a few buttons on the bottom of that nifty little screen and you basically have a portable, full size DVD reading, games machine
Slashdot Mirror
Someone find a reference to this "story" in a real newspaper and we can talk about it.
Yeah, like the Daily Mirror!
Brings a whole new meaning to the term pay packet
is that you?
(I've just finished reading Stupid White Men)
Perhaps instead of "boxers or briefs," our next presidential candidate will have to answer "POP3 or IMAP?"
How about white on black or black on white?
Who knows when the next Quake is coming? What will probably happen is that they'll predict a date but when the date arrives the Quake will be nowhere to be seen and then the Quake people will announce another date that may or may not be accurate.
These quakes are like, sooooo psychadelic, man.
I'm sorry that it just moronic. Now that kid is gonna have a pretty fucked up life from being mollycoddled, smothered and any other word that is suitable. Fast forward to the when that kid has their own child, and the cycle continues.
What the fuck is wrong with parents these days? Oh wait, it's because of all the paedophiles. Yeah, you know those paedophiles that never existed ten years ago but just magically appeared in the forest along with the pixies and the fairies. Now they're lurking at every street corner, with a lollipop for every innocent child - OH WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
I bet you if you take any guy who has taken a $500 loan and turned it into a multi million dollar business, or someone who has invented a breakthrough in medical science then there's something these people share - that they were given freedom as children to go play in the woods, build treehouses and try and jump logs on their bikes. If they cut their knee they would go home and their parents would tell them to be careful and fix up their wounds, and not shout 'oh my god that's the last time you're going out on your own!' Children that learned to become independent and productive to society, who could be free thinkers and not worry what mommy would say.
I'm sorry but if you think you need a Big Brother installation in your house to watch your kid while your bidding for pointless shit on eBay, then there is something mentally wrong with you.
Get together a group of geeks who have a broad range of skills in electronic engineering and computer science. Give them each a few copies of Playboy, Hustler and the like as a sort of 'payment' for their duties. Then sit back as they concoct some sort of bypass device that can be hooked up to the camera. This device will play back a constant loop of say, maybe 10 seconds of footage. You might need Keanu Reeves to come into the classroom and look nonchalant to add to the effect. Now, whatever you do in the classroom, the grunts in the monitoring room will just see a class full of kids with their heads in the books, and a teacher that looks supsiciously like papier mache
I mean like it's not like teachers these days are under that much stress anyway. What with the violent, disruptive kids, taking on the role of parents for the neglected ones, poor pay, taking all of the large volumes of coursework/homework/exam marking home with them over the weekends and holidays, etc. there's no reason whatsoever that they should mind Big Brother watching their every move!
Someone emailed me the other day and apparently I can view "High School Girls" in the changing rooms and showers having fun and splashing out. I tried to subscribe but my credit card was refused, which seems weird as it worked when I bought some Viagra off of a Nigerian prince.
Any other slashdotters managed to view these high school webcams?
It's always been living in the shadow of the Simpsons which is quite unfortunate because it is actually a very funny show IMHO. I have both seasons on DVD and they're great, and sure while it might not be a laugh a minute like the Simpsons, there is some very clever, dry humour in there.
I dunno what it is but I prefer the characters of Futurama, maybe because they are newer but they still each have their own zing about them - Fry, Leela, Bender, Amy, Prof F., Hermes and Zoidberg (the funniest cartoon character ever). Is it me or is Homer's stupidity getting a little tiresome?
Add to that some great sci-fi - cool gadgets, more zany storylines, AND EXCELLENT COMPUTER JOKES! Some of the ones I can remember
Sign in a Robot Church:
"10 Sin
20 Goto Hell"
Wall plaque:
"10 Home
20 Sweet
30 Goto 10"
Bender: "I had a crazy dream, all ones and zeros, and I think I saw a 2 in there too!"
And of course the episode in the haunted house with the flying Windows logo and eery startup sound.
I have that on DVD and at first I didn't think much of it. After a few run throughs I found it can be quite +5 Insightful on some issues, including the bleeding of games into reality (and vice versa) and the difficulty to tell the two apart.
is a web site with a "catchy" domain name like www.offficial-console-sales-figures.com that is just a plain black background with white text showing the sales figures for each console, with the numbers updated on a real time basis, constantly ticking up like a movie or something!
that Microsoft buying Rare could have done nothing but harm Nintendo's cause. If you think of the games that Nintendo have become famous for, most people would name those that have had Rare input: Goldeneye, Perfect Dark etc. With Rare out of the picture, the "inconsistent flow" of "attractive software" would be anything but improved.
the group had stumbled with the Game Cube console and conceded that it had made a strategic mistake by not ensuring that it had a consistent flow of attractive software for the Game Cube.
Try the "Start/Pause" button.
would it actually hurt Nintendo at all to follow Sega's path and go multiplatform? With the Game Boy raking in huge wads of cash they could focus on making those classics for Xbox/PS2, slicing a chunk of the market from their would be competitors and spread the ole 'Games are fun' ethos for which Nintendo has become famous for, without get caught up in the hardware wars.
If you want to talk hands free when you're out and about on you mobile and you don't have the cash to spend on Bluetooth headsets, these things are ideal
. If money from the real world gets involved, that destroys the fantasy
I agree, games are a fantasy, an escape from the day to day pressures of reality. If I wanted to see people lie to get money, cheat to get money, choose profit over human compassion etc. then all I need to do is....um, go out the front door.
Price of new mobile phone: $400
Price of bluetooth headset: $60
The look on that chick's face as she sees you talking to yourself with what looks like a cybernetic implant in your ear: Priceless
Or, as I do, hide it in a technical geeky sounding folder that 'normal people' will ignore because it confuses them. Mine is in a folder called 'Hardware Monitor' (not particularly technical, I know) and I'm sure that most people wouldn't be interested in opening it. After all, if a computer geek wanted to find porn, you're gonna have a hard time stopping them no matter what you call the folder; Stuff, Graphics Drivers, Windows Files or otherwise
No explanation needed....
You say Tomayto, I say Tomahto, you say Potatoe, we spell it correctly... ;)
Wow, that's bleeding edge technology! And I mean that literally...
*cuts self on razor sharp jaggy*
A wireless 4 player Contra clone! *drools*
Now what was it again...
Up, Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, A, B, Select, Start?
If we take a look at this picture the main unit is pretty much the same size as the PSOne. Just add a few buttons on the bottom of that nifty little screen and you basically have a portable, full size DVD reading, games machine