These arent online games as much as CONSOLE online games. Vent and TS servers obviously have this feature. It is pretty elementary, as you state. I am also surprised in such a popular game as halo (including a sequel), this has not been done. One can only blame the ignorance of console players here for not requesting it. It's not surprising though, as anyone who is content to mouselook with a joystick is probably already comfortable with their UI being handicapped.
"All I could think reading this article is I wish people devoted this kind of energy, passion, and dedication to their "Real Lives" (TM). The world would be a much better place..."
I dont understand this statement. How do you know they don't? Wouldn't you think these same people would be just as upset at real world corruption? Theres no difference between something like insider trading and this scenario, so I dont really get your point.
"And if it were possible, the person you'd have left would not be the same person you started with."
Too true. Ive seen the exact same thing happen to friends and realatives who started taking anti depressants. These things evolved for a reason and shouldn't be medicated away. Diversity of the species ftw.
"I say that whoever is going to go on this mission needs to be a complete introvert who does not need constant human interaction and can while away their time on experiments and reading"
Like say, a wow player? Just give them bandwidth and the time would disappear, sort of like suspended animation. The only problem would be co ordinating launch windows with their raiding schedule.
Although I 100% agree about videogames, banning something isn't "socialist". Many things are banned for legit reasons, DDT for example. Considering there is no hard science linking video games to violent behaviour (and I do believe a few studies showing an inverse relationship), there is no reason to have a ban. Its all about the science, not opinions people shoot off their hip with their high and mighty wisdom about. And calling the nazi party socialist is similar to calling the neoconservatives republicans.
You quite simply took the words out of my mouth, after reading his post. You will have lots of time to enjoy your phat lewts while your dead, fuckers. The sad thing is they probably have experimental broad spectrum cures for pretty much everything locked up somewhere. And the capitalisits shall inherit the earth.
"What are YOU doing to prepare the Avian Flu vaccine?"
Well I'm willing to bet that as with most drugs, my taxes paid for the initial research and development which was then given to a pharma company to develop further. Not to mention various tax breaks and other subsudies that large corporations enjoy on MY behalf. The government is me and you, americans would do better to realize that. Im fully behind the government doing all pharma research as then we would have less penis pills and more FREE drugs that in turn, lowers the healthcare costs for everyone. Why are medical companies run by private individuals for profit? Why cant scientists at universities develop, release research (public domain), and manufacture drugs? If you took all the money that people and governments spend on healthcare and gave it to universities and government run labs, you would have more than enough free (as in tax supported) drugs for all.
"You don't cure a pandemic for free"
Un the contrary, thats the only ethical way to react to a pandemic. But I bet you werent thinking of your ethical obligations were you? Thought so.
Man that sounds like the perfect women co worker to me! Maybe even the perfect wife! Quiet and reserved beats never-shuts-up about her inane life, everytime.
I'd ask her out. Shes probably absolutely violent in bed.
"My problem, essentially, is attempting to buy a Windows PC with Windows installed and think I actually have the ability to run the OS and recover it should I have any errors or difficulties."
Well live and learn right? Maybe you'll have the good sense to pirate a corporate copy next time.
"or download an illegal version of Windows and put my legal key in."
That probably wont work either, as thats a "gateway" windows so you need a "gateway" os disc. (sometimes it works, roll the dice!)
You sure about that? Its pretty easy, and far far better quality then most of the file sharing networks. I know many people some who admititedly Ive had a hand in making, that dont know what the hell they are doing to get the movies. They fire up mininova and their preconfigured azerus and are g2g. The only hard part about bittorrent is proper port forwarding and with upnp even thats not a big problem. I would say anyone under 30, or anyone who has kids under 30 and has the desire to watch things for free, can and does. Most people can even grasp concepts like "seed", "tracker" and "peer" pretty well. My sample includes girls, rednecks and 50+ year olds.
And also your now addicted to zoloft. Depressed people are a nessecary part of society and we should not soma them away. Of course if you are happier than good for you, but I think you'll find the side effects far outway the benefits. Just get drunk and high. Thats worked for centuries.
So should I be able to ejaculate in random peoples faces/foods? because thats what smoking in a restaurant is. Do alcoholics pour liquor over everyone around them? Do they pour liquor over the minimum wage watresses that have to work there? No. But somehow, you think its OK for smokers to do this. Smoking is masturbation. Keep it in your house or car and to yourself. Would you like it if I was smoking crack at the table next to you while you ate?
"CFL, dimmer at night for the night light - can add to the mercury content for a child if the light blows up."
I dont think ive ever seen a light bulb "blow up" peppering mercury and shards of glass everywhere. Is this a common occurance in your household? Perhaps you should stop turning your lights off with your handgun. Just a thought...
"William H Gates III has stepped away from the company's spotlight"
Thats why I just watched him spend 15 minutes hyping vista on the daily show and around the world right?
"No true credible alternative OS has emerged after fifteen years of trying in each and every way"
Win2k. If they had just taken win2k and made optional addons (firewall, wireless config) then we would all still be running the most stable windows os ever made. Now you get a pile of vista crap, a giant step backwards.
I take it you don't tutor them with excel? Because thats what everyone complains "doesn't work right" in my office. OO is a great product but its not fully compatable at all. I also remember someone getting very confused by the way it did mail merges. I seem to remember it involved one or two extra steps, but really you cant say "well learn the new way" because people are lazy and its far easier to bitch to my boss than actually take time to learn something new.
PC World has announced it will no longer carry the floppy disk
Who the hell cares what a 3rd rate magazine thinks about floppy disks? Does the magazine have storefronts in the usa or something? Wake me up when ingram, techdata and the other REAL computer wholesalers dump the floppy. Its no where near close to dying. Its been dying for years. Don't believe me? Try installing winxp on a raid controller without a floppy disk. Sure you can remake the windows install disk to include the driver, but come on. Maybe if manufacturers included a small jumpdrive on the motherboard that mapped as A: that could work, but thats just a clever idea I thought up just now and not reality.
WTF dude? Is the os, JUST the os using a gig of ram?!?
My windows xp right now is using 324 mbs of ram with firefox open, email and rdp connections. 1gb of ram for an IDLE machine?!?! How is that in any way acceptable! And for the record, my cpu is sitting at 0% with all that stuff running.
Personally, I feel sickened by slashdot when people take shit too fucking seriously. Its just one guy, maybe hes having an adventure like in hemmingways old man and the sea?
Slashdot Mirror
These arent online games as much as CONSOLE online games. Vent and TS servers obviously have this feature. It is pretty elementary, as you state. I am also surprised in such a popular game as halo (including a sequel), this has not been done. One can only blame the ignorance of console players here for not requesting it. It's not surprising though, as anyone who is content to mouselook with a joystick is probably already comfortable with their UI being handicapped.
I dont understand this statement. How do you know they don't? Wouldn't you think these same people would be just as upset at real world corruption? Theres no difference between something like insider trading and this scenario, so I dont really get your point.
Too true. Ive seen the exact same thing happen to friends and realatives who started taking anti depressants. These things evolved for a reason and shouldn't be medicated away. Diversity of the species ftw.
Like say, a wow player? Just give them bandwidth and the time would disappear, sort of like suspended animation. The only problem would be co ordinating launch windows with their raiding schedule.
Although I 100% agree about videogames, banning something isn't "socialist". Many things are banned for legit reasons, DDT for example. Considering there is no hard science linking video games to violent behaviour (and I do believe a few studies showing an inverse relationship), there is no reason to have a ban. Its all about the science, not opinions people shoot off their hip with their high and mighty wisdom about. And calling the nazi party socialist is similar to calling the neoconservatives republicans.
You quite simply took the words out of my mouth, after reading his post. You will have lots of time to enjoy your phat lewts while your dead, fuckers. The sad thing is they probably have experimental broad spectrum cures for pretty much everything locked up somewhere. And the capitalisits shall inherit the earth.
Well I'm willing to bet that as with most drugs, my taxes paid for the initial research and development which was then given to a pharma company to develop further. Not to mention various tax breaks and other subsudies that large corporations enjoy on MY behalf. The government is me and you, americans would do better to realize that. Im fully behind the government doing all pharma research as then we would have less penis pills and more FREE drugs that in turn, lowers the healthcare costs for everyone. Why are medical companies run by private individuals for profit? Why cant scientists at universities develop, release research (public domain), and manufacture drugs? If you took all the money that people and governments spend on healthcare and gave it to universities and government run labs, you would have more than enough free (as in tax supported) drugs for all.
Un the contrary, thats the only ethical way to react to a pandemic. But I bet you werent thinking of your ethical obligations were you? Thought so.
If I were you I'd kill myself. To each his own.
Be more energetic? Youre like begging me to erase all your email aren't you?
Man that sounds like the perfect women co worker to me! Maybe even the perfect wife! Quiet and reserved beats never-shuts-up about her inane life, everytime.
I'd ask her out. Shes probably absolutely violent in bed.
Sounds like someone got a ps3 for xmas!
Its really not that hard.
Thats an important one too! It does cure depression trust me.
And also your now addicted to zoloft. Depressed people are a nessecary part of society and we should not soma them away. Of course if you are happier than good for you, but I think you'll find the side effects far outway the benefits. Just get drunk and high. Thats worked for centuries.
So should I be able to ejaculate in random peoples faces/foods? because thats what smoking in a restaurant is. Do alcoholics pour liquor over everyone around them? Do they pour liquor over the minimum wage watresses that have to work there? No. But somehow, you think its OK for smokers to do this. Smoking is masturbation. Keep it in your house or car and to yourself. Would you like it if I was smoking crack at the table next to you while you ate?
Just a thought...
Besides, its the internets, there is no "law". This is doubbley true of eve.
Awesome post.
I take it you don't tutor them with excel? Because thats what everyone complains "doesn't work right" in my office. OO is a great product but its not fully compatable at all. I also remember someone getting very confused by the way it did mail merges. I seem to remember it involved one or two extra steps, but really you cant say "well learn the new way" because people are lazy and its far easier to bitch to my boss than actually take time to learn something new.
WTF dude? Is the os, JUST the os using a gig of ram?!?
My windows xp right now is using 324 mbs of ram with firefox open, email and rdp connections. 1gb of ram for an IDLE machine?!?! How is that in any way acceptable! And for the record, my cpu is sitting at 0% with all that stuff running.
Personally, I feel sickened by slashdot when people take shit too fucking seriously. Its just one guy, maybe hes having an adventure like in hemmingways old man and the sea?
Why do you hate adventure?