This has helped developers focus less on creating a video game's underlying technology and more on anti-piracy tecnology, ad-serving technology, nickel and dime technology.
When people take courses at their own free will (as opposed to fulfilling a degree requirement), they tend to gravitate towards courses they feel comfortable with; not necessarily know the subject being taught (otherwise, what's the pont?), but something within their comfort zone.
Where's the challenge in that??
How many art students take classes in nuclear physics or string theory just for the "chalnge of learning"??
The newest version os Stardock Start 8 completely bypasses the Modern interface (in the old version, you could still see it flash on the screen during boot), disables hot corners, charms and everything that we hate about Win8.
It basically turns Win8 into Win7 with the new Win8 tweaks under the hood.
Best of all, it's only $5 bucks. If this Blue update doesn't bring me what I want, I'll definitely buy a legit version of Start8.
How could this possibly be mistaken for a bomb?? From the picture, I can see: (and I'm no EE)
- a bunch of wires - a bunch of tape - an Arduino board - a capacitor - all inside what seems to be an acryllic case - a camera taped to the edge of the box - a power brick
Where's the explosive charge (C4), timer or radio receiver (with antenna obviously)??
I'm sure the carrier's (USPS/UPS/FedEx) employees are trained to know what to look for if they suspect something is a bomb, which is precisely why they let this package throough.
Had this news come from Apple, Razer, Samsung, Huawei, or any other tech manufacturer, I'd be fairly excited.
But this is fucking HP, for crying out loud. The same HP that lost its lead in desktop PC sales, had serious QC issues with its notebooks recently, botched what was to be the biggest merger in the PC industry, drove its lucrative digital camera business into the ground, and is on the fast track to demolish its lead in the undisputed cash cow, printers, as well.
Should we really give them another chance on a new product, when there are alternatives??
If this is what passes for research nowadays, I got some more data. Check out these Google queries and the results... (something, something, think of the children, something).
"make a bomb" 557,000,000 results "rape sister" 99,000,000 results "kill mother" 274,000,000 results (funny how "kill mother in law" turns up on Google's autocomplete thingy) "cheat taxes" 59,700,000 results
I'm not the creative type. So, when I'm bored I read or go lounge by the pool. I doubt anyone, no matter how intelligent, will find the cure for cancer, or the solution to Europe's economic crisis by being bored.
Sure, some people will knit, others will do woodwork, but that's about it. Then again, time you enjoy wasting isn't time wasted.
I'd much rather see people kill time with a smartphone than go get high/drunk, etc.
And I'm typing this on a Nexus 10, you insensitive clod.
It wasn't the "voting with dollars" that did this (or rather non-voting), and I would continue to argue that individual purchases don't do dick. What made a difference here was PUBLIC SPEECH, outrageously bad reviews, blog posts, and forum discussions. This is what forced EA spokespersons to take up the issue publicly and make detailed responses; the wildfire of public condemnation. And communities organizing to protest and boycott in the future.
No, not really. At the executive level, companies keep track of sales, not forum comments or Metacritic reviews. Sim City 5 sales were shit, CEO got the boot, and that's that. EA directors don't give a rat's ass about nerd-rage on/.
Voting with dollars work at the aggregate level, not individual. It always has and it always will. Capitalism hinges on this very principle.
Considering the most efficient ad blockers (AdKill is my favorite) only work on rooted devices, and only a minority of users root their phones/tablets, I don't see this having any serious impact on the user experience.
And if you can root your phone, you can certainly enable sideloading and say fuck you to Google Play.
The market crash to which you're referring happened in 1983 and had nothing to do with the platform craze, which happened after 1985 with the advent of the NES.
I agree with everything else. Most platform games eventually became bland and uninspired (Terminator, Robocop or Rambo platform games for NES anyone?)
We're rapidly getting there with modern games. Every so-called AAA game seems to be either an FPS (a COD wannabe, more precisely), an MMORPG, or a 3rd person action RPG. Lame.
That, along with consolitis (which doesn't fully explore the capabilities of modern PC hardware) and obnoxious DRM are the reasons I'm withdrawing from games altogether.
Slashdot Mirror
If retrieving your posts is that important to you, get a court order, so Facebook must give you access to download them.
This has helped developers focus less on creating a video game's underlying technology and more on anti-piracy tecnology, ad-serving technology, nickel and dime technology.
I don't recall seeing Jar Jar Binks in Episode 4...
When people take courses at their own free will (as opposed to fulfilling a degree requirement), they tend to gravitate towards courses they feel comfortable with; not necessarily know the subject being taught (otherwise, what's the pont?), but something within their comfort zone.
Where's the challenge in that??
How many art students take classes in nuclear physics or string theory just for the "chalnge of learning"??
If this it what will take Microsoft to get more traction in the mobile market, so be it.
A Youtube client that blocks ads and allows downloads, what else could we ask for??
Who's being evil now???
The newest version os Stardock Start 8 completely bypasses the Modern interface (in the old version, you could still see it flash on the screen during boot), disables hot corners, charms and everything that we hate about Win8.
It basically turns Win8 into Win7 with the new Win8 tweaks under the hood.
Best of all, it's only $5 bucks. If this Blue update doesn't bring me what I want, I'll definitely buy a legit version of Start8.
All the while shielding his personal fortune from the IRS through a non-profit organization and endless tax exemptions.
A leopard doesn't change its spots.
F-Droid has all the apps rejected by Google Play.
All the good ad blockers, for instance, are there
There's a similar service for iDevices and iTunes rejects.
How could this possibly be mistaken for a bomb?? From the picture, I can see: (and I'm no EE)
- a bunch of wires
- a bunch of tape
- an Arduino board
- a capacitor
- all inside what seems to be an acryllic case
- a camera taped to the edge of the box
- a power brick
Where's the explosive charge (C4), timer or radio receiver (with antenna obviously)??
I'm sure the carrier's (USPS/UPS/FedEx) employees are trained to know what to look for if they suspect something is a bomb, which is precisely why they let this package throough.
And letting us know from the get go.
How many unscrupulous ISPs could be doing this behind closed doors right now without anyone noticing??
Toss the "stick it to the man," "taste your own medicine" rubbish aside...
$1000 says WB wins, considering the justice system is rigged to favor the party with the most money.
Come on, who are we trying to fool here?
Isn't this security measure a bit overkill for a stupid social network site??
What's next? All 3 to 5 friends will have to enter their codes simultaneously to recover the lost account?
... NOT!!
Wake me up when ants start building Mutalisks...
Had this news come from Apple, Razer, Samsung, Huawei, or any other tech manufacturer, I'd be fairly excited.
But this is fucking HP, for crying out loud. The same HP that lost its lead in desktop PC sales, had serious QC issues with its notebooks recently, botched what was to be the biggest merger in the PC industry, drove its lucrative digital camera business into the ground, and is on the fast track to demolish its lead in the undisputed cash cow, printers, as well.
Should we really give them another chance on a new product, when there are alternatives??
Contrary to widespread thought, Google Glass will not be an advertising platform... yet!
If this is what passes for research nowadays, I got some more data. Check out these Google queries and the results... (something, something, think of the children, something).
"make a bomb" 557,000,000 results
"rape sister" 99,000,000 results
"kill mother" 274,000,000 results (funny how "kill mother in law" turns up on Google's autocomplete thingy)
"cheat taxes" 59,700,000 results
It's easy to understand the judiciary. Whichever party has the most money wins.
Now where's my law degree?
I'm not the creative type. So, when I'm bored I read or go lounge by the pool. I doubt anyone, no matter how intelligent, will find the cure for cancer, or the solution to Europe's economic crisis by being bored.
Sure, some people will knit, others will do woodwork, but that's about it. Then again, time you enjoy wasting isn't time wasted.
I'd much rather see people kill time with a smartphone than go get high/drunk, etc.
And I'm typing this on a Nexus 10, you insensitive clod.
This is a company that leeches off government contractors (Lockheed et al.) that have virtually infinite budgets paid by our tax dollars.
Thus, $9000 for a low-level wipe.
Maybe they should just play You Suffer (the shortest song ever recorded at 1.316 seconds long) to see if the structure will hold.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Suffer
R/C aircraft != UAV.
See the 2nd link in the summary. The thing even has a RADIO!!!!!
How many times does it have to be pointed out?????
No, not really. At the executive level, companies keep track of sales, not forum comments or Metacritic reviews. Sim City 5 sales were shit, CEO got the boot, and that's that. EA directors don't give a rat's ass about nerd-rage on /.
Voting with dollars work at the aggregate level, not individual. It always has and it always will. Capitalism hinges on this very principle.
Considering the most efficient ad blockers (AdKill is my favorite) only work on rooted devices, and only a minority of users root their phones/tablets, I don't see this having any serious impact on the user experience.
And if you can root your phone, you can certainly enable sideloading and say fuck you to Google Play.
First part is wrong.
The market crash to which you're referring happened in 1983 and had nothing to do with the platform craze, which happened after 1985 with the advent of the NES.
I agree with everything else. Most platform games eventually became bland and uninspired (Terminator, Robocop or Rambo platform games for NES anyone?)
We're rapidly getting there with modern games. Every so-called AAA game seems to be either an FPS (a COD wannabe, more precisely), an MMORPG, or a 3rd person action RPG. Lame.
That, along with consolitis (which doesn't fully explore the capabilities of modern PC hardware) and obnoxious DRM are the reasons I'm withdrawing from games altogether.