I agree with Dvorak: it's those darn, girly-man, librul blue state writers that are making Mikersoft look bad! Why, every red-blooded Amurrican uses some kind of Mikersoft product, it's the patriotic thing to do!
Wasn't Linnix made by some Eurotrash guy? Probably French. Gosh Darn Them!
"My Operating System, Right or Wrong";) </sarcasm> 6.2
Chicken and the egg. The Adobe SVG plug in is kinda crufty, especially if your primary browser is not IE.
The other problem is SVG editors. Personally, I use Inkscape. Right now, I compose a graphic in Inkscape, export to a PNG file, and upload to my web site. I'll dispense with the export step when the state of SVG browser support improves.
Hopefully I'll see some space improvement, too;) But to answer your question, think of SVG as "poor man's Flash". Static pictures are here today. More dynamic stuff is coming.
And to me, on a limited budget, this is a Big Deal.
You're ovbiously going to burn in Hell forever. Moderator! Save your soul and mod the parent down! And send me a dollar while you're at it... </sarcasm>
The same "problem" exists in television and film. Film's "answer" was the Indie movemet. Televisions "answer", as far as I can tell, is Public Television and cable.
As long as it takes as much money to make a new game as it does to make a hollywood film.
I've seen a lot of 'little guys' working hard to make games. The problem is financing. The answer might be to work the Long Tail:
1. Create an indie game clearing house, a place you could go to see who's working on what
2. find a game that 'looks cool' that's in production. Send 'em some cash, buy $50 "shares", share the thrill and risk of investing in a new game! You sent $50 to support vaporware? You won't be the first one to lose money: even happens to the Big Boys, so don't whine to me. At least you'll never find out how badly the game would suck
3. Now you're not only part of a Community, you're an investor, too! How slick is that? It's what Adam Smith had in mind all along. Stay involved, ask questions, ask for milestones, meet the developers. This game is partly yours, after all.
4. Ah, beta! Guess what? YOU'RE A TESTER! You get to suggest changes, and they'll take you seriously because (he he ) you've invested hard earned time AND money in their effort.
5. Holy crap, we released. Find a publisher? Go your own way? Who knows? You have version 1.0, so how involved you want to get in the politics is up to you.
This is not Open Source. I have no idea how the legal angles would work, but a good boiler plate would be some version of an investment contract now. If you don't like this, create your own business model.
Open Source is actually easier, as most of the legal stuff is dealt with under the license the developers are publishing under. I think.
What do I know, I'm a wage slave, and I ususally buy my games from the discount rack.
I'm afraid not. Most deli meat comes from certain cuts of the Spamalope. Shoulder cuts ususally taste like ham, limb and joint cuts taste like capricola and bolognia, and the haunch tastes like...spam.
The statement "This spam tastes like ass!" is therefore redundant.
Spamalope are native to the Hudson Valley area in New York (the state), which is why the best deli meat comes from New York City. The Yiddish word for the Spamalope is Delicatessen.
Once they covered the landscape from horizon to horizon, but their numbers have been drastically reduced. The only known free range spamalope are now controlled by a consortium of deli meat companies, particularly Hormel and Oscar Meyer.
It is rumored you can still hear the lonesome mating cry of the Spamalope in the wilds of Yonkers and Sheboygan, but most people write it off as just another Urban Ledgend.
Hope that clears things up.
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A man with the courage of his convictions, and the courage to face facts.
Man, we need to set you up with some (Christian) women so you can breed. Let's not leave the next generation to chance.
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You'll get new operating systems when the underlying hardware changes OR when the "old" hardware becomes powerful enough to emulate "something else"
The automobile metaphore was insightful. The basic auto design has not changed since the 40's (back any further and you throw out your electric starter). What came next? The airplane.
The computer's basic purpose is to keep track of "stuff", a checkbook, a payroll, TCP/IP protocal session. The next "os" will not be recognizable as an "os" at all. It will feel more like the Arabian Nights Djinn (or Genie with the Light Brown Hair, if you will) than Windows XP, OSX, or GNOME/KDE.
It's not "where do you want to go today". It's "What is thy bidding, my Master?" Strap yourselves in, it's gonna be a bumpy flight.
Communist 'cause I'm Left Handed! That's the hand to use...well, never mind.
From: A Desultory Philipic, Paul Simon.
You know, as someone who almost went to Viet Nam (lottery number 412), I have only one thing to say, especially to those writing from.edu domains.
You guys are being McNamarra'd! Big Time! It's all new and exciting to you guys, but I've seen all this...fertilizer...before!
I'm sure it feels great to be on the winning side in the election, but the end result of Iraq is going to be the end result of Viet Nam: casualties. And the greatest damage is going to be done to the tender part between the ears.
6.2
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Get your ass in gear then, and sic a werewolf or a vampire on this lady! What good is an "irrational belief" if it does you no good!
"Sorry, her irrational belief was torn to shreds by a delusional thought!"
Poetic Justice, I say! Hell, Justice for ALL POETS!
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I sympathize with you 100%. But as two failed marriages have taught me" "Sometimes Being Right Doesn't Matter".
We get the mistaken idea that the rules of Democracy extend inside the corporate workplace. Some do, but a suprising number do not. You are on private property...SOMEONE ELSE'S private property. You have been invited onto that property to do a job.
The dress code will change in accordance to how much you are in the "public eye", and how anal management is.
Don't expect to get a job at Galactic Headquarters with "Deth Rulz" tatooed on your forehead.
Have misread this they way I did: "No, my exoskeleton doesn't hinder me in the workplace at all! I had to take that 'Deth Rulz' decal off, but after that, everything was fine..."
Guys, to this crowd, a "body mod" means a Borg arm!
Tell you what: you give up antibiotics, factory food, heat in the winter, and lving in a mostly plastic house, and I'll light a candle in the house of worship of your choice, government travel restrictions permitting.
That seems fair to me. Your milage may vary, of course.
Bad teeth, rotting away from the Plague, or starving to death doesn't make you more noble, but it certainly makes you more colorful.
As to wether we are a better, happier people, well, that's a funciton of each individual. And one's own happiness, that's an individual's responsibility, isn't it? Happiness is not a guarantee. Hapiness is a possibility.
You know, all this just boils down to people who cannot deal with any amount of uncertainty in their lives. Just let everything be explained, and they'll be happy.
A saint once said, If it were not for the miracles, I would not be a Christian.
The Age of Miracles is over. I'm an empiricist. Miracles are one thing, repeatable results are another. These days, Science gets the results.
Let's look at the scorecard, shall we?
Faith ruled Europe for fifteen hundred years with an iron hand. Faith's crowning achievement was some pretty buildings, some nifty art, and some good books that only a privileged few could read.
Reason has ruled the Western world for the last five hundred. And while some may lament the dubious contributions in the areas of art and literature, our quality of life has risen dramatically.
Faith gives you the courage to face the ravages of Nature as Nature pummels you into the ground. Big Reward to come in the Great Bye and Bye.
Science gives you a big fat honking stick to beat Nature back with. Payoff in this lifetime if you don't get too stupid or too greedy.
You know, maybe that's why the Fundies get so outraged: Science says that all of their "faith" is probably for nothing. No Hell below us, above us only sky. as John Lennon said. Pretty unsettling stuff for someone expecting his singing to drown out the screams of the damned in the Great By and By.
Just remember: Corporate America isn't about *you*. It's about enhancing "value" to "shareholders".
This means that if they have to make 1000 employees miserable by laying them off for a quarter (or eight) so the financials look rosy for Wall Street, they'll do it.
And if they have to gobble up a superior technology as a bargaining chip, they'll do it.
Corporate America is the ultimate communal reptilian brain: cold, efficient, ruthless, amoral, it WILL achieve it's goals, no matter who it has to hurt. Things are very black and white in Corporate America: profit/good loss/bad.
Open Source, on the other hand, is very mamillian: there are others "like it", there's a *community*. Altruism actually has a place in this scheme.
And it drives the lizards crazy. If one lizard attacks another lizard, no other lizard intervenes. If a lizard attacks a mamal, all of the mamal's kin come down on that lizard like, well, a pack of wild animals.
Hence...the antipithy between Corporate America and Open Source.
This is a metaphore, to be sure: some businesses "get it". These are the businesses that can plan further than a quarter ahead at a time, or are big enough that they can say "screw the Street" and take a short term hit (IBM?)
Companies are like lizards, they are always prey to bigger lizards.
Open Source is like a herd of (your favorite heard animal here). They can only be taken down by a BIG lizard or another pack based life form.
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Squirt some more leamon juice in my paper cut, pal.
Yes, yes, I admit it! I'm weak!
Me: Hi, I'm Number 6.2, and I have a Civilization Problem.
all: Hi 6.2!
Dr. Meyer: Here, take these two tablets and call me in 2000 years...
6.2
I agree with Dvorak: it's those darn, girly-man, librul blue state writers that are making Mikersoft look bad! Why, every red-blooded Amurrican uses some kind of Mikersoft product, it's the patriotic thing to do!
Wasn't Linnix made by some Eurotrash guy? Probably French. Gosh Darn Them!
"My Operating System, Right or Wrong"
</sarcasm>
6.2
Chicken and the egg. The Adobe SVG plug in is kinda crufty, especially if your primary browser is not IE.
;) But to answer your question, think of SVG as "poor man's Flash". Static pictures are here today. More dynamic stuff is coming.
The other problem is SVG editors. Personally, I use Inkscape. Right now, I compose a graphic in Inkscape, export to a PNG file, and upload to my web site. I'll dispense with the export step when the state of SVG browser support improves.
Hopefully I'll see some space improvement, too
And to me, on a limited budget, this is a Big Deal.
6.2
You're ovbiously going to burn in Hell forever. Moderator! Save your soul and mod the parent down! And send me a dollar while you're at it...
</sarcasm>
They just won't stay "on message". You tell them to say one thing, and they insist on saying whatever they want! They're just not Loyal Americans.
That...and I don't think they love Jesus...
It was better in the good old days, when you could just lock up anybody who disagreed with you...
</sarcasm>
(*grumble*)
I know how John, Paul, Ringo, and George would have said it:
He wants you Iä, Iä, Iä!
He wants you Iä, Iä, Iä!
He wants you Iä, Iä, Iä!
With a lust like that, you know it's gonna be baaaad!
Apologies to the Pre Fab Four
The same "problem" exists in television and film. Film's "answer" was the Indie movemet. Televisions "answer", as far as I can tell, is Public Television and cable.
As long as it takes as much money to make a new game as it does to make a hollywood film.
I've seen a lot of 'little guys' working hard to make games. The problem is financing. The answer might be to work the Long Tail:
1. Create an indie game clearing house, a place you could go to see who's working on what
2. find a game that 'looks cool' that's in production. Send 'em some cash, buy $50 "shares", share the thrill and risk of investing in a new game! You sent $50 to support vaporware? You won't be the first one to lose money: even happens to the Big Boys, so don't whine to me. At least you'll never find out how badly the game would suck
3. Now you're not only part of a Community, you're an investor, too! How slick is that? It's what Adam Smith had in mind all along. Stay involved, ask questions, ask for milestones, meet the developers. This game is partly yours, after all.
4. Ah, beta! Guess what? YOU'RE A TESTER! You get to suggest changes, and they'll take you seriously because (he he ) you've invested hard earned time AND money in their effort.
5. Holy crap, we released. Find a publisher? Go your own way? Who knows? You have version 1.0, so how involved you want to get in the politics is up to you.
This is not Open Source. I have no idea how the legal angles would work, but a good boiler plate would be some version of an investment contract now. If you don't like this, create your own business model.
Open Source is actually easier, as most of the legal stuff is dealt with under the license the developers are publishing under. I think.
What do I know, I'm a wage slave, and I ususally buy my games from the discount rack.
I'm afraid not. Most deli meat comes from certain cuts of the Spamalope. Shoulder cuts ususally taste like ham, limb and joint cuts taste like capricola and bolognia, and the haunch tastes like...spam.
The statement "This spam tastes like ass!" is therefore redundant.
Spamalope are native to the Hudson Valley area in New York (the state), which is why the best deli meat comes from New York City. The Yiddish word for the Spamalope is Delicatessen.
Once they covered the landscape from horizon to horizon, but their numbers have been drastically reduced. The only known free range spamalope are now controlled by a consortium of deli meat companies, particularly Hormel and Oscar Meyer.
It is rumored you can still hear the lonesome mating cry of the Spamalope in the wilds of Yonkers and Sheboygan, but most people write it off as just another Urban Ledgend.
Hope that clears things up.
--
What is he capable of? Satanic sacrifices, orgies involving catgirls, spitting on Easter and the Pentacost. The usual Secular Humanist atrocities. -- Jedidiah Grist.
Generated by SlashdotRndSig via GreaseMonkey
A man with the courage of his convictions, and the courage to face facts.
Man, we need to set you up with some (Christian) women so you can breed. Let's not leave the next generation to chance.
----
Left Behind and Loving It! The irreverent series that turns The Rapture on it's head!
--
My mom is only forgetful sometimes. Does that mean she has Somezheimers?
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The terrifying thing is the parent was modded "insightful" rather than funny.
Gallows humor, anyone? Oh, sorry, that's handled by our OffShore staff now...
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My mom is only forgetful sometimes. Does that mean she has Somezheimers?
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You'll get new operating systems when the underlying hardware changes OR when the "old" hardware becomes powerful enough to emulate "something else"
The automobile metaphore was insightful. The basic auto design has not changed since the 40's (back any further and you throw out your electric starter). What came next? The airplane.
The computer's basic purpose is to keep track of "stuff", a checkbook, a payroll, TCP/IP protocal session. The next "os" will not be recognizable as an "os" at all. It will feel more like the Arabian Nights Djinn (or Genie with the Light Brown Hair, if you will) than Windows XP, OSX, or GNOME/KDE.
It's not "where do you want to go today". It's "What is thy bidding, my Master?" Strap yourselves in, it's gonna be a bumpy flight.
--
Sometimes, being Right Does Not Matter.
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1. From you general tone, I assumed you voted for Bush. My apologies. I now understand you did not vote for Bush. I won't make that mistake again.
2. As for the rest of it, I believe I can live with myself if I say "Sir, let us agree to disagree."
Fare Thee Well
6.2
Communist 'cause I'm Left Handed!
.edu domains.
...fertilizer...before!
That's the hand to use...well, never mind.
From: A Desultory Philipic, Paul Simon.
You know, as someone who almost went to Viet Nam (lottery number 412), I have only one thing to say, especially to those writing from
You guys are being McNamarra'd! Big Time! It's all new and exciting to you guys, but I've seen all this
I'm sure it feels great to be on the winning side in the election, but the end result of Iraq is going to be the end result of Viet Nam: casualties. And the greatest damage is going to be done to the tender part between the ears.
6.2
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My mom is only forgetful sometimes. Does that mean she has Somezheimers?
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Get your ass in gear then, and sic a werewolf or a vampire on this lady! What good is an "irrational belief" if it does you no good!
"Sorry, her irrational belief was torn to shreds by a delusional thought!"
Poetic Justice, I say! Hell, Justice for ALL POETS!
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My mom is only forgetful sometimes. Does that mean she has Somezheimers?
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Stirring the pot since 19 mumblty mumble...
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I sympathize with you 100%. But as two failed marriages have taught me" "Sometimes Being Right Doesn't Matter".
We get the mistaken idea that the rules of Democracy extend inside the corporate workplace. Some do, but a suprising number do not. You are on private property...SOMEONE ELSE'S private property. You have been invited onto that property to do a job.
The dress code will change in accordance to how much you are in the "public eye", and how anal management is.
Don't expect to get a job at Galactic Headquarters with "Deth Rulz" tatooed on your forehead.
6.2
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Have misread this they way I did: "No, my exoskeleton doesn't hinder me in the workplace at all! I had to take that 'Deth Rulz' decal off, but after that, everything was fine..."
Guys, to this crowd, a "body mod" means a Borg arm!
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Can you say "thoughtcrime"?
Mod the parent up "plusplusgood"! %D
"Not even Prozac can save us now!"
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Any truth to the rumor that they're going to oursource their call center to a US firm?
I'm kidding!
That's not really William Shatner, it's a Klingon!
Col. Green: "Now can you do Lincoln?"
Klingon: "Help me...Kirk! Help...me...Kirk!"
Col. Green: "Excellent. Now, can you do the Star Trek franchise?"
Klingon: "Help me...Mr. Shatner! For God's sake...Bill...please help me!"
Thank you for making my point.
The only thing I'll admit to is...needing a spelling checker.
Have a perfect day. 6.2
P.S. feel free to have the all-important Last Word. I'm done.
TITAN ROVER MISSION!
My mother always told me to Never Feed the Negative Energy Monster. Have a perfect day, my friend
Yours truly: 6.2
Tell you what: you give up antibiotics, factory food, heat in the winter, and lving in a mostly plastic house, and I'll light a candle in the house of worship of your choice, government travel restrictions permitting.
That seems fair to me. Your milage may vary, of course.
Bad teeth, rotting away from the Plague, or starving to death doesn't make you more noble, but it certainly makes you more colorful.
As to wether we are a better, happier people, well, that's a funciton of each individual. And one's own happiness, that's an individual's responsibility, isn't it? Happiness is not a guarantee. Hapiness is a possibility.
6.2 version 6.3 Real Soon Now
You know, all this just boils down to people who cannot deal with any amount of uncertainty in their lives. Just let everything be explained, and they'll be happy.
A saint once said, If it were not for the miracles, I would not be a Christian.
The Age of Miracles is over. I'm an empiricist. Miracles are one thing, repeatable results are another. These days, Science gets the results.
Let's look at the scorecard, shall we?
Faith ruled Europe for fifteen hundred years with an iron hand. Faith's crowning achievement was some pretty buildings, some nifty art, and some good books that only a privileged few could read.
Reason has ruled the Western world for the last five hundred. And while some may lament the dubious contributions in the areas of art and literature, our quality of life has risen dramatically.
Faith gives you the courage to face the ravages of Nature as Nature pummels you into the ground. Big Reward to come in the Great Bye and Bye.
Science gives you a big fat honking stick to beat Nature back with. Payoff in this lifetime if you don't get too stupid or too greedy.
You know, maybe that's why the Fundies get so outraged: Science says that all of their "faith" is probably for nothing. No Hell below us, above us only sky. as John Lennon said. Pretty unsettling stuff for someone expecting his singing to drown out the screams of the damned in the Great By and By.
Hey, that's what I believe, anyway
6.2
Just remember: Corporate America isn't about *you*. It's about enhancing "value" to "shareholders".
This means that if they have to make 1000 employees miserable by laying them off for a quarter (or eight) so the financials look rosy for Wall Street, they'll do it.
And if they have to gobble up a superior technology as a bargaining chip, they'll do it.
Corporate America is the ultimate communal reptilian brain: cold, efficient, ruthless, amoral, it WILL achieve it's goals, no matter who it has to hurt. Things are very black and white in Corporate America: profit/good loss/bad.
Open Source, on the other hand, is very mamillian: there are others "like it", there's a *community*. Altruism actually has a place in this scheme.
And it drives the lizards crazy. If one lizard attacks another lizard, no other lizard intervenes. If a lizard attacks a mamal, all of the mamal's kin come down on that lizard like, well, a pack of wild animals.
Hence...the antipithy between Corporate America and Open Source.
This is a metaphore, to be sure: some businesses "get it". These are the businesses that can plan further than a quarter ahead at a time, or are big enough that they can say "screw the Street" and take a short term hit (IBM?)
Companies are like lizards, they are always prey to bigger lizards.
Open Source is like a herd of (your favorite heard animal here). They can only be taken down by a BIG lizard or another pack based life form.
enough
cheers
6.2