If by "in the past", you mean 1,000 years ago, then yes, eclipses have prompted some interesting responses in the past.
Today, however, even those dirty, dirty savages in the third world have access to science and communication technologies. Imagine that!
Kids do actually still program, even though it won't do them much good -- most programming jobs will go to Asia. What would probably be more beneficial to them is to understand hardware and learn how to engineer it.
Programming, of course, is an invaluable tool in and of itself, but programming-based jobs are going to become more and more scarce.....
might as well get kids into something that will benefit them more in the long run.
Does the article actually declare that XBL invented online console gaming?
Nope.
The most it says about that is that XBL has "standardized and automated the process of selecting servers and competitors for the best game playing experience."
The/. blurb says XBL "started the transition to online gaming on consoles.", which is a fair statement, since nothing you listed had a significant userbase. (the PS2 network adapter appeared after XBL started, IIRC).
"Just because you can doesn't mean you should."
In this case, if you can, you certainly should - simply to bring attention to a vulnerability that should be taken care of before malicious users discover it.
and you're giving the school board too much credit.:P
We've seen this before. In their eyes, a hacker is a hacker, and it's much easier to dismiss them as such than to actually confront the issues.
To those who cherish freedom, he has been a pillar of hope in an age when DRM (Digital Rights Management) threatens to overtake mainstream media."
That implies that people in the "copyright industry" and others who don't view Jon as a "pillar of hope" don't cherish freedom.
The writer presented both points of view, but colored it all in the shade of his own opinion.
"Depending on your point of view, Jon Lech Johansen is either your hero or adversary. To the copyright industry, Jon Lech Johansen has been a detriment to their policy of control since the advent of DeCSS (Decrypt Content Scrambling System.) To those who cherish freedom, he has been a pillar of hope in an age when DRM (Digital Rights Management) threatens to overtake mainstream media."
"Ramanujan had always lived in a tropical climate and had his mother (later his wife) to cook for him: now he faced the English winter, and he had to do all his own cooking to adhere to his caste's strict dietary rules."
Wow.. I really think they could have worded that better.
there's a slight problem with this business model..
theoretically, charging 5 cents a song should exponentially increase sales, but honestly, are there that many more songs you'd buy for 5 cents that you wouldn't for 99?
I, for one, would probably just continue to ignore the crap that floods the music industry these days.
A worthless song isn't worth 5 cents, no matter how little 5 cents actually is.
I didn't like the first one very much. I wanted to like it, but it gave me severe nausea, worst ever in a shooter except for Kingpin.
The nausea hits me in certain FPS as well, although I haven't played HL1 yet.
You may want to look into the new Half-Life: Source, as the graphics are now updated and you may not experience as much nausea.
"Eventually we'll get word of the final first day sales to see if Halo 2 can top the sales charts for the year, or possibly become the most popular console game in history."
You'd need to have a slightly larger userbase than xbox does to reach that feat.
It's a great game, and will sell a shitload, but probably won't even be the best seller for this year.
if you don't mind the missing hdd (meaning you'll have to run everything off a burned cd), Sega's Dreamcast has everything else, plus a still-flourishing homebrew scene.. Linux has already been done on it..
you can find em for $15 or less...
oh yea, and I hear there are a few decent games for it as well.;)
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If by "in the past", you mean 1,000 years ago, then yes, eclipses have prompted some interesting responses in the past. Today, however, even those dirty, dirty savages in the third world have access to science and communication technologies. Imagine that!
Kids do actually still program, even though it won't do them much good -- most programming jobs will go to Asia.
What would probably be more beneficial to them is to understand hardware and learn how to engineer it.
Programming, of course, is an invaluable tool in and of itself, but programming-based jobs are going to become more and more scarce.....
might as well get kids into something that will benefit them more in the long run.
It always seems like a "common sense method" after someone else has already done it.
Does the article actually declare that XBL invented online console gaming?
/. blurb says XBL "started the transition to online gaming on consoles.", which is a fair statement, since nothing you listed had a significant userbase. (the PS2 network adapter appeared after XBL started, IIRC).
Nope.
The most it says about that is that XBL has "standardized and automated the process of selecting servers and competitors for the best game playing experience."
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"His Kyrptonian biological makeup is enhanced by earth's yellow sun."
Odd, considering that our sun is white.
I'd tap that genre.
the games usually last about 4-5 minutes each.
"Just because you can doesn't mean you should." In this case, if you can, you certainly should - simply to bring attention to a vulnerability that should be taken care of before malicious users discover it. and you're giving the school board too much credit. :P
We've seen this before. In their eyes, a hacker is a hacker, and it's much easier to dismiss them as such than to actually confront the issues.
To those who cherish freedom, he has been a pillar of hope in an age when DRM (Digital Rights Management) threatens to overtake mainstream media." That implies that people in the "copyright industry" and others who don't view Jon as a "pillar of hope" don't cherish freedom. The writer presented both points of view, but colored it all in the shade of his own opinion.
"Ramanujan had always lived in a tropical climate and had his mother (later his wife) to cook for him: now he faced the English winter, and he had to do all his own cooking to adhere to his caste's strict dietary rules." Wow.. I really think they could have worded that better.
there's a slight problem with this business model.. theoretically, charging 5 cents a song should exponentially increase sales, but honestly, are there that many more songs you'd buy for 5 cents that you wouldn't for 99? I, for one, would probably just continue to ignore the crap that floods the music industry these days. A worthless song isn't worth 5 cents, no matter how little 5 cents actually is.
I didn't like the first one very much. I wanted to like it, but it gave me severe nausea, worst ever in a shooter except for Kingpin. The nausea hits me in certain FPS as well, although I haven't played HL1 yet. You may want to look into the new Half-Life: Source, as the graphics are now updated and you may not experience as much nausea.
"Eventually we'll get word of the final first day sales to see if Halo 2 can top the sales charts for the year, or possibly become the most popular console game in history." You'd need to have a slightly larger userbase than xbox does to reach that feat. It's a great game, and will sell a shitload, but probably won't even be the best seller for this year.
if you don't mind the missing hdd (meaning you'll have to run everything off a burned cd), Sega's Dreamcast has everything else, plus a still-flourishing homebrew scene.. Linux has already been done on it.. you can find em for $15 or less... oh yea, and I hear there are a few decent games for it as well. ;)
good lord, who actually needs all that stuff?