But at the same time, why bother with 64bit hardware/system if you're going to use a 32bit OS? The only reason is that 32bit is seemingly being phased out on the retail/consumer end and it's harder and harder (and less affordable) to drop into your local PC shop and grab an OEM anything-other-than-64...:/
Funny thing. I live in Colorado just down the street from one of the Level 3 campuses and the other day I was doing a random local-google search for "gay strip clubs" and the TOP result was the Level 3 campus down the street.
Well, for what it's worth, the usability study conducted by Sun seemed to be fairly thorough to me. Then again, I'm not a design guru of any sort, so what do I know?
I rarely buy DVDs or pay to see a movie in the theater (last time I did that was in 1998 for X-Files). The last time (recently) I actually paid for a DVD, I was disapointed to find that there were three full length commercials at the beginning of the CD . . . before you got to the menu . . . that you COULD NOT skip . . . *sigh*
The funniest thing about the AXE commercials is that, apparently, there are men over the age of twelve who thinks that shit smells good and is going to attract chicks.
TIP #324: A good cologne / scent is going to run you more than $4.99/bottle. Do yourself a favor and splurge for the $50+ bottle of Bvlgari or something (actually, you should have several variations of scents so you aren't predictable).
And while we're on the subject of Tivo causing an increase in product placements - I would correlate that with Adblock for Firefox has caused an increase in Slashdot's product placements *cough* **Beatles-Beatles *cough* . . .
It's getting to the point where it's almost as expensive (or more) to build a 32bit system so most people are going with 64bit. If you're going with a 64bit system, it'd be a waste of money to run a 32bit OS... So people run Windows XP 64bit. An operating system that has only been out since MAY of 2005. An operating system on which you can barely find 64bit printer drivers, most cames crash to desktop if you're not careful and seemingly the only 64bit application available is the special 64bit version of MSIE that comes with the OS.
I dunno about you, but I prefer not crashing to desktop just because my game was only tested on a 32bit OS or becuase the video drivers still need plenty of fine tuning.
I've actually had an impossible time trying to explain the whole "the more antibiotics you take, the more resistant you're making the next generation of colds" thing to people. I've actually talked with people who are certain that colds do not mutate and that there are just a bazillion strains out there and after you catch one, you'll never get it again so who cars about any bad affect antibiotics has on the strain since you'll never have to deal with it again?
Strangely enough, these were regular normal people and not anti-science "there's no such thing as evolution" types, either.
I know that a sterile environment can be bad for children in that it doesn't help build their immune system, but I don't know that actually exposing a child to colds and flus and other viruses is a good thing, either. I'm no biologist so perhaps one can reply - does my body fighting off today's strain of colds and flus make me considerably more capable of fighting off the one that goes around next year? And if so - then why do just as many people get colds and flus each year when the number should be dropping as time passes?
Erm... No. While there was a brief one-liner about the suggestion "timely exposure to infection" may be "important" (though they don't expound on that), the point of this article is that "infections such as colds may trigger childhood cancers"
So yes, while there may be a benefit to SOME exposure to things to increase the immune system (which is why children who grow up in households with pets tend to have a better immune system and less allergies than children who grow up without pets), there's also the risk that it could in some way instigate a form of cancer.
Now, schools are cracking down because your sickly little Junior could die from sniffing my child's nuts from thirty yards away. So clearly, even a minute risk is too big for schools to take. With that in mind, maybe they should get more serious about not sending clearly sick kids into classes (rather than chastising children and making them feel bad for missing a day or three because they were puking their guts out).
The Intelligent Designer works in Mysterious Ways. Who are we to question? It's all part of the Intelligent Designer's plan. Cancer is probably just the Intelligent Designer's method of solving the need for more angels in Heaven.
At least, that's my understanding from watching crazy religious people any time tragedy strikes.
Perhaps it's also possible (hey, just as much as anything they've offered so far in the study) that it's not so much the colds as it is that children who are more neglected (parents who stick their toddler's in daycare and pre-pre-pre-school and so forth rather than . ..you know . . . raise them) somehow have a greater chance of both colds and cancer due to poor care and lack of attention.
Sounds silly, but think of the general belief (I don't know if it's true) that newborns will do far better if they are cuddled and held and given lots of attention than if they're ignored or just barely tended to.
Either way, I really hate the idiotic parents who use school as daycare and send their sick kids anyone so the other 2,500 students can potentially get sick, too. After all, 800 sick kids isn't as important as your ONE day of having to take care of your frigging brat yourself.
Anyway, who wants earbuds? I hate earbuds. Even for a phone. I hate my bluetooth earpiece because of that (and the fact that wearing it automatically makes me a total dick).
I didn't even know documenting facts and events involved any sort of "morality" in the first place. Some degree of ethics, sure - but morality? You can present history and facts and data in an ETHICAL manner... but how the hell do you present them in a MORAL manner? How do you describe the reign of Hitler in a MORAL manner? I don't get it.
If they actually distribute the devices, I doubt they're going to be PSP/DS quality. Think more like a fancy CueCat with a screen. Ultra cheap. Not to mention - McDonald's is such a massive corporation that they would buy and distribute enough of these little devices to make it affordable on their end.
Another alternative might be that they'd provide you with a cheap ass thumbdrive that slowly sucks down the content onto the device and then you run home and play it on your PC.
Just wait until brick and mortar porn shops start doing this... Five visits and you have the entire Attack That Ass or Ass To Mouth series. Brilliant!
I didn't even realize it until you mentioned it, but what's up with the modding? I used to get mod points on a weekly basis, but I think it's been over a year since I've had any mod points. I sure don't remember participating in any sort of great uncovering of Slashdot secrets that would deserve such a response...?
This one, the Nanotech one and the Search Engine one.
Obviously it's intentional now so they're probably just dicking with the readers (even slashdot can't be stupid enough to do something commercial like that in such a flagrant way). Besides, with the number of pages they serve and the advertising that goes with them, just how much do you think a paid-for article like this would bring to slashdot? For it to be enough for them to sell out, it would probably have to be too much for the Beatles Beatles guy to shell out. Not to mention, they'd be smart enough to hide it a little better with different submitter names.
Still, why would Slashdot editors intentionally publish articles that, regardless of circumstance, direct you to a sleazy internet SEO type guy's crappy site? I don't get how that part fits in.
Rather, Wikinews is news from the general news media that you would traditionally get somewhere else (FOX, AP, Reuters, MSNBC, CNN, NY Times, WSJ) but written with different words and then submitted to wiki.
This isn't a site where people actual go out and find out what the news is. They don't have reporters. They don't generate news. They don't produce anything new. They just rehash existing news from existing news sites which themselves are re-hashing news from the AP -- wikinews people just do it in different words to avoid plagiarism. Otherwise, it's pretty much just like your average blog linking to news stories.
For cutscenes, that's fine - I suppose. But I wan't REALISM in my game. And by REALISM, I don't mean "like a movie". Contrary to apparant popular belief - MOVIES are not REALITY.
Gee, anyone think the film's producers might have included very adult content knowing the MPAA would have to rate it NC-17 according to their policies and then capitalize on the publicity of "oh noes! censorshipzors!"?
Seriously. Come on Slashdotters. I know common sense isn't that common around here but put your fucking tin foil hats down for a second.
The NC-17 rating was given due to "some graphic sexual content"
That's what NC-17 is for.
NEWSFLASH! Producers of anti-MPAA film include racy content with intention to pull an NC-17 rating that causes typical Slashdot readers who never read articles and jump to conclusions to conclude that the MPAA is rating such film inappropriately because of the target of said film and not the adult content. More at 11!
Seriously though - what the fuck? I don't even listen to music much and my collection (just in MP3s) is about 24,000. The nano would cary ONE or TWO discographies of my favorite bands.
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But at the same time, why bother with 64bit hardware/system if you're going to use a 32bit OS? The only reason is that 32bit is seemingly being phased out on the retail/consumer end and it's harder and harder (and less affordable) to drop into your local PC shop and grab an OEM anything-other-than-64... :/
$400 a share is madness
I can only imagine what you would have to say to Warren Buffet, then -- with BRK.A at almost $90,000/share.
Berkshire-Hathaway
Funny thing. I live in Colorado just down the street from one of the Level 3 campuses and the other day I was doing a random local-google search for "gay strip clubs" and the TOP result was the Level 3 campus down the street.
r +500+eldorado+blvd,+80021&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=gay+strip+clubs+nea
And for your information, the search was for a friend who wanted to take her gay friend somewhere when he visited town. Bastards.
Well, for what it's worth, the usability study conducted by Sun seemed to be fairly thorough to me. Then again, I'm not a design guru of any sort, so what do I know?
I rarely buy DVDs or pay to see a movie in the theater (last time I did that was in 1998 for X-Files). The last time (recently) I actually paid for a DVD, I was disapointed to find that there were three full length commercials at the beginning of the CD . . . before you got to the menu . . . that you COULD NOT skip . . . *sigh*
The funniest thing about the AXE commercials is that, apparently, there are men over the age of twelve who thinks that shit smells good and is going to attract chicks.
TIP #324: A good cologne / scent is going to run you more than $4.99/bottle. Do yourself a favor and splurge for the $50+ bottle of Bvlgari or something (actually, you should have several variations of scents so you aren't predictable).
And while we're on the subject of Tivo causing an increase in product placements - I would correlate that with Adblock for Firefox has caused an increase in Slashdot's product placements *cough* **Beatles-Beatles *cough* . . .
Here's a reason not to use Windows:
It's getting to the point where it's almost as expensive (or more) to build a 32bit system so most people are going with 64bit. If you're going with a 64bit system, it'd be a waste of money to run a 32bit OS... So people run Windows XP 64bit. An operating system that has only been out since MAY of 2005. An operating system on which you can barely find 64bit printer drivers, most cames crash to desktop if you're not careful and seemingly the only 64bit application available is the special 64bit version of MSIE that comes with the OS.
I dunno about you, but I prefer not crashing to desktop just because my game was only tested on a 32bit OS or becuase the video drivers still need plenty of fine tuning.
I've actually had an impossible time trying to explain the whole "the more antibiotics you take, the more resistant you're making the next generation of colds" thing to people. I've actually talked with people who are certain that colds do not mutate and that there are just a bazillion strains out there and after you catch one, you'll never get it again so who cars about any bad affect antibiotics has on the strain since you'll never have to deal with it again?
Strangely enough, these were regular normal people and not anti-science "there's no such thing as evolution" types, either.
I know that a sterile environment can be bad for children in that it doesn't help build their immune system, but I don't know that actually exposing a child to colds and flus and other viruses is a good thing, either. I'm no biologist so perhaps one can reply - does my body fighting off today's strain of colds and flus make me considerably more capable of fighting off the one that goes around next year? And if so - then why do just as many people get colds and flus each year when the number should be dropping as time passes?
Hah. Hardly. As long as there is television, Americans will be too apathetic and delusionally contented to bother "rising up" or any such thing.
Erm... No. While there was a brief one-liner about the suggestion "timely exposure to infection" may be "important" (though they don't expound on that), the point of this article is that "infections such as colds may trigger childhood cancers"
So yes, while there may be a benefit to SOME exposure to things to increase the immune system (which is why children who grow up in households with pets tend to have a better immune system and less allergies than children who grow up without pets), there's also the risk that it could in some way instigate a form of cancer.
Now, schools are cracking down because your sickly little Junior could die from sniffing my child's nuts from thirty yards away. So clearly, even a minute risk is too big for schools to take. With that in mind, maybe they should get more serious about not sending clearly sick kids into classes (rather than chastising children and making them feel bad for missing a day or three because they were puking their guts out).
The Intelligent Designer works in Mysterious Ways. Who are we to question? It's all part of the Intelligent Designer's plan. Cancer is probably just the Intelligent Designer's method of solving the need for more angels in Heaven.
At least, that's my understanding from watching crazy religious people any time tragedy strikes.
Perhaps it's also possible (hey, just as much as anything they've offered so far in the study) that it's not so much the colds as it is that children who are more neglected (parents who stick their toddler's in daycare and pre-pre-pre-school and so forth rather than . . .you know . . . raise them) somehow have a greater chance of both colds and cancer due to poor care and lack of attention.
Sounds silly, but think of the general belief (I don't know if it's true) that newborns will do far better if they are cuddled and held and given lots of attention than if they're ignored or just barely tended to.
Either way, I really hate the idiotic parents who use school as daycare and send their sick kids anyone so the other 2,500 students can potentially get sick, too. After all, 800 sick kids isn't as important as your ONE day of having to take care of your frigging brat yourself.
Anyway, who wants earbuds? I hate earbuds. Even for a phone. I hate my bluetooth earpiece because of that (and the fact that wearing it automatically makes me a total dick).
I didn't even know documenting facts and events involved any sort of "morality" in the first place. Some degree of ethics, sure - but morality? You can present history and facts and data in an ETHICAL manner... but how the hell do you present them in a MORAL manner? How do you describe the reign of Hitler in a MORAL manner? I don't get it.
If they actually distribute the devices, I doubt they're going to be PSP/DS quality. Think more like a fancy CueCat with a screen. Ultra cheap. Not to mention - McDonald's is such a massive corporation that they would buy and distribute enough of these little devices to make it affordable on their end.
Another alternative might be that they'd provide you with a cheap ass thumbdrive that slowly sucks down the content onto the device and then you run home and play it on your PC.
Just wait until brick and mortar porn shops start doing this... Five visits and you have the entire Attack That Ass or Ass To Mouth series. Brilliant!
I didn't even realize it until you mentioned it, but what's up with the modding? I used to get mod points on a weekly basis, but I think it's been over a year since I've had any mod points. I sure don't remember participating in any sort of great uncovering of Slashdot secrets that would deserve such a response...?
Um... Three stories, actually.
This one, the Nanotech one and the Search Engine one.
Obviously it's intentional now so they're probably just dicking with the readers (even slashdot can't be stupid enough to do something commercial like that in such a flagrant way). Besides, with the number of pages they serve and the advertising that goes with them, just how much do you think a paid-for article like this would bring to slashdot? For it to be enough for them to sell out, it would probably have to be too much for the Beatles Beatles guy to shell out. Not to mention, they'd be smart enough to hide it a little better with different submitter names.
Still, why would Slashdot editors intentionally publish articles that, regardless of circumstance, direct you to a sleazy internet SEO type guy's crappy site? I don't get how that part fits in.
Even the trolls have too much class for the **Beatles-Beatles bullshit.
Fair use?
What decade do you think this is?
Rather, Wikinews is news from the general news media that you would traditionally get somewhere else (FOX, AP, Reuters, MSNBC, CNN, NY Times, WSJ) but written with different words and then submitted to wiki.
This isn't a site where people actual go out and find out what the news is. They don't have reporters. They don't generate news. They don't produce anything new. They just rehash existing news from existing news sites which themselves are re-hashing news from the AP -- wikinews people just do it in different words to avoid plagiarism. Otherwise, it's pretty much just like your average blog linking to news stories.
Hey, there are PLENTY of people who take EVERYTHING they read in THE BIBLE as FACT.
So don't overestimate the intelligence of the general reading public.
EXACTLY.
For cutscenes, that's fine - I suppose. But I wan't REALISM in my game. And by REALISM, I don't mean "like a movie". Contrary to apparant popular belief - MOVIES are not REALITY.
Gee, anyone think the film's producers might have included very adult content knowing the MPAA would have to rate it NC-17 according to their policies and then capitalize on the publicity of "oh noes! censorshipzors!"?
Seriously. Come on Slashdotters. I know common sense isn't that common around here but put your fucking tin foil hats down for a second.
The NC-17 rating was given due to "some graphic sexual content"
That's what NC-17 is for.
NEWSFLASH! Producers of anti-MPAA film include racy content with intention to pull an NC-17 rating that causes typical Slashdot readers who never read articles and jump to conclusions to conclude that the MPAA is rating such film inappropriately because of the target of said film and not the adult content. More at 11!
Who listens to 1,000 songs?
Sounds like someone who is a radio listener.
Seriously though - what the fuck? I don't even listen to music much and my collection (just in MP3s) is about 24,000. The nano would cary ONE or TWO discographies of my favorite bands.