2) DRM - nobody wants to *PAY EXTRA* for less control. If you want BluRay to succeed, give the players away for $25 - (meaning cheaper than a standalone DVD-ROM drive current cost).
A common misconception on Slashdot is that Joe Consumer understands the issues with DRM and even more importantly, cares.
While I am unlikely to buy the new format for this reason, nobody else in my family would care one whit about DRM.
Can't you guys make up your minds? On the one hand, you deride Bush as being "Chimpy W. Hitler," an incompetent that's so incompetent he can't find has ass with both hands. On the other hand, he's this evil, diabolical mastermind that's capable of gerrymandering an election where over 100 million Americans participated in, and he did it with such cunning and subtlety that no one has been able to find hard, concrete evidence of it.
My label of "incompetence" wasn't directed at Chimpy, rather the multitude of problems that many of these black box voting machines seem to have. In fact, I rarely refer to him as incompetent.
I don't know if that's the Orwellian twist of language that you were looking for, but I see no contradiction in my stance. Then again, maybe you were just making a sweeping generalization, which is also, as you say, stupid.
what's the point if you're not going to demand that your vote is an actual vote for the president and not just a vote for which political party from your state gets to send a group of people to go vote for the president?
That's a great point, although on a much larger topic of complete election reform.
There are problems with every election on both sides. The Democrats had their share of fraud in the last election. Remember the Seattle fiasco? The same people who are bitching about electronic touch screen voting are the same ones that told us we had to get rid of paper and punchcard ballots.
That's my point - this needs to be a bipartisan issue. Until there is a reliable voting system that everyone can trust, we should not be satisfied. It's not a Republican or Democrat problem, but it can become one if either side becomes resistant to accountable voting practices.
Anybody wanting a system making auditing impossible must be assumed to be up to fraud. No other interpretation makes sense.
You stated it better than I, but this is really what I'm driving at. Why some people choose to say "get over it" instead of embracing the idea of verifiable voting is beyond me.
Brilliant response. Maybe you're OK with whatever happens in the world around you, but I actually give a damn about making a positive change in whatever small way I can.
If you want to call it snivelling, feel free. Frankly, if you're someone who's OK with the way the elections went down in 2004, I don't much care what you want to call it.
Its an appealing thought. I mean, the alternative is to believe that more than half the country was dumb enough to believe that the same jackasses who failed to stop 9/11 and royally screwed up in Iraq were the best guys to protect us from further terrorist attacks and the best guys to fix Iraq.
That's exactly what I'm clinging to - the hope that just maybe my fellow countrymen haven't been turned into ignorant beleivers by the constant stream of lies and misdirection coming out of this administration. I also beleive that a certain percentage of Republicans are just simply too stubborn to admit they were wrong with Dubya.
There's something very comforting about conspiracy theories in general. I mean, if it's a conspiracy you at least have a chance to fight that; it's just the actions of a few people. But if the problems of the world emerge from the apathy, stupidity, ignorance, greed, and hate of billions of people, including ourselves... well, that's a little more difficult to tackle and a little more depressing to think about.
The task would be much simpler if there was an alternative to the Republicans in power who could be trusted to tell the truth. But quite frankly, I don't think the Democrats fit that bill well enough. They need some major changes before they can take back their base - the average working class American.
Does anybody still beleive that this election wasn't fixed? I mean, really. Of course it'll
never be proven, but it's so freakin' obvious. Incompetence can only explain so many
problems - I think we've passed that point a long time ago.
And once again - no matter what your political persuasion, you need to demand that your
representatives introduce or support legislation that requires a voting machine to produce a
paper receipt for each vote, or some equally verifiable and recountable paper trail. Any politician that objects to a fair election needs to be fired and replaced.
I used to run my personal firewall and internet services on a AMD 5x86, AKA a fast 486. I think mine was running at 200MHz, although it may have been 166 - can't remember for sure.
It worked just fine, and would have continued to do so, but I decided to consolidate and move my services and firewall onto my main Linux workstation. It just didn't make enough sense to maintain and power a separate box for tasks that could easily be done with spare CPU cycles.
I still have the old chip and motherboard, though - it's special to me, as it was the first CPU I worked on out of school.
You're not the right person to trust anecdotal evidence from, in this case. None of us here on Slashdot are.
Well that's a good point as well, and my wife is an anecdote in the other case. When I bought her a new computer, it was a Mac that did replace a Windows box. It would be interesting to see annual statistics of new computers running Windows/OSX/Linux over the past 5 years - that would probably paint a more complete picture than either of my anecdotal experiences certainly would.
....while driving to work in the early morning. Brightest one I'd ever seen, and was quite a shock to see so clearly amidst the street and traffic lights. Honestly had no idea they could be so bright - it was easy to see it break up and fragment. Very cool indeed!
...I couldn't help thinking throughout the game that there's safety in numbers
Nicely put. Thinking back, I can specifically remember the feeling of being completely alone and paranoid that System Shock 2 created. SS2 was far and away the creepiest game that I've ever played - it left me jittery even after I'd turned it off and left the computer.
While this is a very fair and appropriate question, the obvious answer is that the Slashdot Q&A is a one-time thing, while answering questions by their own users is a never-ending process.
Not trying to sound flippant, but that's the reality of it.
Disclaimer: I don't play WoW or any online games, but this Q&A interests me nonetheless.
You're still going to tell us controversy always helps sales?
Don't be stupid, I'm not saying always. So it was #1, and now is #2, behind something that's listed as pre-order only. The controversy didn't knock it out of the top spot, a new release did.
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Hearing the name/term "Waldo" reminds me of this classic.
And you're absolutely right in your categorization of the device mentioned in the article.
2) DRM - nobody wants to *PAY EXTRA* for less control. If you want BluRay to succeed, give the players away for $25 - (meaning cheaper than a standalone DVD-ROM drive current cost).
A common misconception on Slashdot is that Joe Consumer understands the issues with DRM and even more importantly, cares.
While I am unlikely to buy the new format for this reason, nobody else in my family would care one whit about DRM.
Inch by inch, we're getting closer to living in a massive panopticon.
Great album, too.
Can't you guys make up your minds? On the one hand, you deride Bush as being "Chimpy W. Hitler," an incompetent that's so incompetent he can't find has ass with both hands. On the other hand, he's this evil, diabolical mastermind that's capable of gerrymandering an election where over 100 million Americans participated in, and he did it with such cunning and subtlety that no one has been able to find hard, concrete evidence of it.
My label of "incompetence" wasn't directed at Chimpy, rather the multitude of problems that many of these black box voting machines seem to have. In fact, I rarely refer to him as incompetent.
I don't know if that's the Orwellian twist of language that you were looking for, but I see no contradiction in my stance. Then again, maybe you were just making a sweeping generalization, which is also, as you say, stupid.
what's the point if you're not going to demand that your vote is an actual vote for the president and not just a vote for which political party from your state gets to send a group of people to go vote for the president?
That's a great point, although on a much larger topic of complete election reform.
There are problems with every election on both sides. The Democrats had their share of fraud in the last election. Remember the Seattle fiasco? The same people who are bitching about electronic touch screen voting are the same ones that told us we had to get rid of paper and punchcard ballots.
That's my point - this needs to be a bipartisan issue. Until there is a reliable voting system that everyone can trust, we should not be satisfied. It's not a Republican or Democrat problem, but it can become one if either side becomes resistant to accountable voting practices.
Anybody wanting a system making auditing impossible must be assumed to be up to fraud. No other interpretation makes sense.
You stated it better than I, but this is really what I'm driving at. Why some people choose to say "get over it" instead of embracing the idea of verifiable voting is beyond me.
If you want to call it snivelling, feel free. Frankly, if you're someone who's OK with the way the elections went down in 2004, I don't much care what you want to call it.
Its an appealing thought. I mean, the alternative is to believe that more than half the country was dumb enough to believe that the same jackasses who failed to stop 9/11 and royally screwed up in Iraq were the best guys to protect us from further terrorist attacks and the best guys to fix Iraq.
That's exactly what I'm clinging to - the hope that just maybe my fellow countrymen haven't been turned into ignorant beleivers by the constant stream of lies and misdirection coming out of this administration. I also beleive that a certain percentage of Republicans are just simply too stubborn to admit they were wrong with Dubya.
There's something very comforting about conspiracy theories in general. I mean, if it's a conspiracy you at least have a chance to fight that; it's just the actions of a few people. But if the problems of the world emerge from the apathy, stupidity, ignorance, greed, and hate of billions of people, including ourselves... well, that's a little more difficult to tackle and a little more depressing to think about.
The task would be much simpler if there was an alternative to the Republicans in power who could be trusted to tell the truth. But quite frankly, I don't think the Democrats fit that bill well enough. They need some major changes before they can take back their base - the average working class American.
Get over it.
No. OK? Thanks.
Does anybody still beleive that this election wasn't fixed? I mean, really. Of course it'll never be proven, but it's so freakin' obvious. Incompetence can only explain so many problems - I think we've passed that point a long time ago.
And once again - no matter what your political persuasion, you need to demand that your representatives introduce or support legislation that requires a voting machine to produce a paper receipt for each vote, or some equally verifiable and recountable paper trail. Any politician that objects to a fair election needs to be fired and replaced.
You'll do better if you go after end-users.
It worked just fine, and would have continued to do so, but I decided to consolidate and move my services and firewall onto my main Linux workstation. It just didn't make enough sense to maintain and power a separate box for tasks that could easily be done with spare CPU cycles.
I still have the old chip and motherboard, though - it's special to me, as it was the first CPU I worked on out of school.
Well that's a good point as well, and my wife is an anecdote in the other case. When I bought her a new computer, it was a Mac that did replace a Windows box. It would be interesting to see annual statistics of new computers running Windows/OSX/Linux over the past 5 years - that would probably paint a more complete picture than either of my anecdotal experiences certainly would.
Excellent point. I added OSX to my arsenal this past year, but did not "switch" from Windows or Linux, both of which still get daily use by me.
"Yeah, well for 1/100th the cost, we'll put one in orbit around Uranus"
Nicely put. Thinking back, I can specifically remember the feeling of being completely alone and paranoid that System Shock 2 created. SS2 was far and away the creepiest game that I've ever played - it left me jittery even after I'd turned it off and left the computer.
Who is this "Casrto", and why would he be playing UO?
Sorry, but I don't want to be on the freeway with someone who needs instructions on how to drive.
Not trying to sound flippant, but that's the reality of it.
Disclaimer: I don't play WoW or any online games, but this Q&A interests me nonetheless.
The TRS-80 would not support 1MB of RAM. Even with the Expansion Interface.
I got your nerdy right here, baby!
Don't be stupid, I'm not saying always. So it was #1, and now is #2, behind something that's listed as pre-order only. The controversy didn't knock it out of the top spot, a new release did.