"It's a pain in the ass to get simple brain-dead stuff like printing and mounting drives working in Windows, too"
Ok, so they both fail. I wouldn't be too smug about being as good as Windows.
More importantly, it doesn't matter. The goal is to get things working correctly on Linux. Windows' performance has NOTHING to do with how well Linux works. Let's put this particular train of thought away forever.
This proclivity to such knee-jerk responses is one of the things I despise most about the Open Source community.
"Nuh-uh" and then point out Windows' flaws. It gets tired.
First, we weren't talking about FPS's. we were talking about MMORPG's. They are not the same, and require different standards. READ please, and try to keep up.
Second, again you inserted something unrelated. NO ONE was discussing the APPEARANCE of the games, jackass. We were discussing gameplay. Please, if you can't keep up, let the adults discuss it.
Now to be honest, I think you ralize you've made two posts with only marginally the same subject. Reread your original post, and you'll realize it has NOTHING to do with your follow up, apart from discussing Everquest 2.
I'm not trying to flame, but there's no way a person could infer what you stated in your second post from what you stated in the first.
And you never really answered my question. Why do they try so hard to re-create REALITY (capitalism, ownership, love, sex, religion) when these things aren't required for the internal consistency of the game?
"The way a man takes care of his car/house/etc. is how he treats everything"
While it is a bit of an overstatement, I can't help but discount the intelligence and credibility of a poster if they fail to at least attempt to check their post for errors.
Is that really all you can offer to a discussion about science? I've read virtually all of this thread, and everyone has been well behaved and direct with their observations. Great discussion so far.
And then you come along with nothing intelligent to say, and you chose to speak up anyway. Why?
It's ok to be ignorant. Just don't make the rest of us put up with it.
"Now why do you accept that you need a new phone when moving from Sprint to Version?"
Perhaps because Sprint offers better reception and technology than verizon (yes I know they use the same format) or exclusive content (video for example) or because I'm vain, and the verizon phones are ugly.
Why isn't it ok to make people buy YOUR stuff? Especially when those people are free to tell you to fuck off? You people always forget that part.
I always laugh when people discuss a government regulated entity and then bring up prices. Did you figure in the taxes you pay as well? Of course not, because that's not "your" money, it's the gevernment's.
So, is it more likely that life formed on Mars, or that it moved through space from earth. I say the odds are pretty... astronomical. Sorry.
But seriously, which is more likely?
Any idiot who thinks Windows works "right out of the box" has obviously never tried to use Windows "right out of the box"
I just installed a fresh copy of WinXP on my laptop. Everything works.
And strangely, I don't FEEL like an idiot, but perhaps that because I haven't said or done anything idiotic. Like claiming something is true, and that other people are idiots for disagreeing, when what I say is clearly not true, and other people aren't idiots.
Parent was flamebait mods, which is why you jackasses modded it insightful.
"confidentiality between a journalist and his sources. A similar confidentiality exists between a doctor and patients, and between a religious officials and their parishoners"
You're confusing two completely different types of confidentiality.
More importantly, there is no blanket protection for sources anywhere in the constitution. None. Also, precendent has followed that idea and extended protection on a case by case basis.
So this
"It doesn't have any buisness trying to extricate their names from the blogers in question. What is told to a journalist remains in strictist confidance"
is completely wrong. You may not agree, but that doesn't matter. The law is pretty clear on this one.
And? Not to sound unconcerned, but I'm unconcerned.
I am sympathetic. I wish them well, but at what point do you stop wallowing in what was and find a way to move on?
Many times in the course of history, cities have come and gone. All of these citys fell for a reason, be it war, disaster, or the loss of key industries. Boom towns in the old west are a perfect example.
And sadly, when it happens, people suffer. I have seen it, my family dealt with it, so I know the difficulties involved.
If flint doesn't have the industries to support itself as it used to, then instead of trying to maintain past glory, they should get realistic.
I don't understand why they should be entitled to the same lifestyle as they were used to. Those things are earned through effort. If they had such things before, then it follows that they earned them, and should be able to do so again.
But not in Flint. Because sometimes you have to compromise, and do something you don't like to get something better.
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"It's a pain in the ass to get simple brain-dead stuff like printing and mounting drives working in Windows, too"
Ok, so they both fail. I wouldn't be too smug about being as good as Windows.
More importantly, it doesn't matter. The goal is to get things working correctly on Linux. Windows' performance has NOTHING to do with how well Linux works. Let's put this particular train of thought away forever.
This proclivity to such knee-jerk responses is one of the things I despise most about the Open Source community.
"Nuh-uh" and then point out Windows' flaws. It gets tired.
Ok 2 things.
First, we weren't talking about FPS's. we were talking about MMORPG's. They are not the same, and require different standards. READ please, and try to keep up.
Second, again you inserted something unrelated. NO ONE was discussing the APPEARANCE of the games, jackass. We were discussing gameplay. Please, if you can't keep up, let the adults discuss it.
Thank you for clarifying.
Now to be honest, I think you ralize you've made two posts with only marginally the same subject. Reread your original post, and you'll realize it has NOTHING to do with your follow up, apart from discussing Everquest 2.
I'm not trying to flame, but there's no way a person could infer what you stated in your second post from what you stated in the first.
And you never really answered my question. Why do they try so hard to re-create REALITY (capitalism, ownership, love, sex, religion) when these things aren't required for the internal consistency of the game?
I agree. There's an old saying
"The way a man takes care of his car/house/etc. is how he treats everything"
While it is a bit of an overstatement, I can't help but discount the intelligence and credibility of a poster if they fail to at least attempt to check their post for errors.
Then why do the games struggle so much to provide realism? I think your assessment of what people (other than you) want is a bit off.
"God doesn't just go far out; He goes far in"
That's what Mary said too.
By the way, your belief system is a fairy tale based on a book of lies.
Have a nice day.
"my mother's been a teacher for a looooong time"
What does she teach?
"that's all there is too it"
"they arn't all doing"
I can guess what she doesn't teach...
"Because it is anti-american?
Because it bashes the bible?"
No, I think it's because it was a troll, it was flame bait, and it was offtopic.
Does your bias cloud your ability to see that?
Is that really all you can offer to a discussion about science? I've read virtually all of this thread, and everyone has been well behaved and direct with their observations. Great discussion so far.
And then you come along with nothing intelligent to say, and you chose to speak up anyway. Why?
It's ok to be ignorant. Just don't make the rest of us put up with it.
"Now why do you accept that you need a new phone when moving from Sprint to Version?" Perhaps because Sprint offers better reception and technology than verizon (yes I know they use the same format) or exclusive content (video for example) or because I'm vain, and the verizon phones are ugly. Why isn't it ok to make people buy YOUR stuff? Especially when those people are free to tell you to fuck off? You people always forget that part.
I always laugh when people discuss a government regulated entity and then bring up prices. Did you figure in the taxes you pay as well? Of course not, because that's not "your" money, it's the gevernment's.
Of course, what else could he say? Admitting it torpedoes a billion people's world view would probably not be an option.
And people ask me why I don't believe this garbage. I hope you snickered when you typed "logically consistent" because it sure made me laugh.
Of course, now begone!
So, is it more likely that life formed on Mars, or that it moved through space from earth. I say the odds are pretty... astronomical. Sorry. But seriously, which is more likely?
The developers disagree with you. Take it up with them.
Or I can get one from Google, which is the one I was claiming WORKS.
So, my math puts that at four options, and someone mentioned X1, which makes five. I imagine I've missed some, but three was clearly wrong.
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"What am I missing?"
Apparently the ability to discern between a fact and FUD. When a marketing hack claims something "appears" to be happening, that does not make it so.
"and it's already somewhat usable"
I think the "What about Beagle" is exactly as you said, that it's "somewhat" useable.
Why would I give two craps about something that "somewhat" works (even though it's good) when I can get something that WORKS.
When the "somewhat" goes away, we can talk.
"would be in high enough concentration to do filtering on even the commercial providers"
Maybe. Chances are just as good that the commercial providers aren't local, however, so thay probably don't give a shit what the local religioso want.
"And if it's companies doing it, you don't have any recourse"
Of course this is wrong. You can change companies, and go to one that provides what you want.
Any idiot who thinks Windows works "right out of the box" has obviously never tried to use Windows "right out of the box"
I just installed a fresh copy of WinXP on my laptop. Everything works.
And strangely, I don't FEEL like an idiot, but perhaps that because I haven't said or done anything idiotic. Like claiming something is true, and that other people are idiots for disagreeing, when what I say is clearly not true, and other people aren't idiots.
Parent was flamebait mods, which is why you jackasses modded it insightful.
"confidentiality between a journalist and his sources. A similar confidentiality exists between a doctor and patients, and between a religious officials and their parishoners"
You're confusing two completely different types of confidentiality.
More importantly, there is no blanket protection for sources anywhere in the constitution. None. Also, precendent has followed that idea and extended protection on a case by case basis.
So this
"It doesn't have any buisness trying to extricate their names from the blogers in question. What is told to a journalist remains in strictist confidance"
is completely wrong. You may not agree, but that doesn't matter. The law is pretty clear on this one.
And? Not to sound unconcerned, but I'm unconcerned.
I am sympathetic. I wish them well, but at what point do you stop wallowing in what was and find a way to move on?
Many times in the course of history, cities have come and gone. All of these citys fell for a reason, be it war, disaster, or the loss of key industries. Boom towns in the old west are a perfect example.
And sadly, when it happens, people suffer. I have seen it, my family dealt with it, so I know the difficulties involved.
If flint doesn't have the industries to support itself as it used to, then instead of trying to maintain past glory, they should get realistic.
I don't understand why they should be entitled to the same lifestyle as they were used to. Those things are earned through effort. If they had such things before, then it follows that they earned them, and should be able to do so again.
But not in Flint. Because sometimes you have to compromise, and do something you don't like to get something better.
I hope it works out exactly the same.
Cheap cars, that are better than American offerings. Cheap computers that are better than American offerings.
Yeah, that would sure suck.