As a high school senior, I've learned that your peers can often influence your performance, even subconscienciously. At school, I take honors/AP classes and notice my performance often improves when I'm with my more intellectual peers; compared to the standard classes that I have taken in the pas; which I just slacked off of, cause most of the other kids cheated and got away it, and didn't care....Made me feel why I should care, if not much is showing ?
Since we already do it on the internet for web content;
I'm wondering how long it will be before 'crackers' or just benevolent others 'patch'/'hack' the game so that the advertisements will be edited/blacked out in the game ?
Any slashdotters know of such a current project existing now ? If not, let's start one..
As a movie employee, I see this myth being held by many, especially young, afraid adolescents; the myth you have to be at least 13 or with an adult to see a PG-13 movie.
The actual guideline (that the MPAA doesn't really like to promote) is that the PG-13 rating still allows those under 13 to be admitted without a parent or guardian
source: http://www.mpaa.org/movieratings/about/content5.ht m
I'm even though a little surprised that PG-13 allow to get away with the RTFM word [In alien v. predator]; though it was used only briefly.
As for the article, it's accurate. I've seen customers turned off of a movie, who hold that a PG movie is mere anime and for little kiddies. [Napoleon Dynamite is one example]
Summary - Parents find out what your kids are watching; Tweens - don't feel bad sneaking into R-Rated movies. It's fun when me and fellow teenage workers watch your dissapointed & shockedlooks when you get kicked out. ^_^
uhh...actually the site currently says as of now "11792.07 TB" and according to google;
11792.07 TB = 11.5156934 petabytes
So yeah, the DOJ is lying, but hey - look on the bright side, it's not as much as we thought ^_^
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I read this in a few days, with only about 150 pages long during the school year, about 4 months ago. It's diction is pretty light, and is on a 8th grade reading level.
*Tries to remember the story more* From what I do remember, it was pretty prophetic in describing the commercialization of schooling and teenagers. The reviewer touched on this point a little too.
Speaking from a teenage geek's perspective; it's often sickening to see how invasive advertising is
becoming in teenagers' lives.
Unfortunately, the advertisers seem to have already won - as I and many others are already 'casted' by other peers as 'outsiders' for not being as consumptious or brand-loyal as them.
Both the main character and I feel torn, as we do not like to befriend/hang out with such a 'phony' crowd [I hate to use Holden's word, but it fits here]; and there's little alternatives for us.
"And it usually turns out that those programmers are users of the code themselves."
That quote explains why a majority of Linux/OSS programs are geared towards more experienced computer users and not the end-user; which Gunton explained in the article.
Thus, these OSS programmers instead use more sophisticated ones; instead of extra-friendly end-user programs. Thus, those end-user programs are less likely to be found in today's world, with programmers fixing their attention on programs that they obviously use more often.
Usually during big plays and events worthy of next morning's [espn] sportscenter; the crowd usually gets extremely loud, in a short burst of time. They [software makers] could use this to their advantage, and record footage when the db level is above a certain amount, say 100 [give or take 15 secs.,before and after, the length of time of the desired db level.
[why was this auction removed ? im speculating the dev. kits, that or ebay thought something was fishy when his page got 20,000 hits in a matter of a few hrs.]
ahh..this is very true. We're reinventing the wheel again, and it seems not really anyone has noticed it, nor are they pointing it out [except for you onerous coward, and maybe a few others].
The Linux community needs to ultimately shift our 'help the newbie' resource into a central help repository. The LDP first attempted to do this, but it somehow has been shafted, as many of the docs haven't been updated recently, as well as some of the documentation for newer things [digital cameras, last updated 2002, hint] is barren.
Is there already one huge repository, yeah, g00gle, but it's not exactly ONE place [as in, just mearly links other sites] and isn't moderated well to display accurate results.
Wiki-style documentation is more advanced and capable than LDP, to ultimately be noted as the focal point of linux documentation.
So, who or what is stopping us, but ourselves, to create a central depository of linux documentation, led by the bases of wiki.linuxquestions.org ; grokdoc, the Linux documentation project, Rute; and the linux cookbook ?!?!?!?!? The information to provide newbies with a comprehensive and formidable documentation to the world of Linux is there, but it's lack of organization and a central web-based location prevents it from doing so.
Good point, Mike. The difference between 'stealing' of the valve code and mp3's on p2p is that the Valve code was not intently released to the public for consumption [game-playing]. MP3's, on the otherhand, [almost all] have been released to the public by the artist and available for listening/consumption.
If I were an iraqi webmaster: 1. sell some of your hidden stash of arms 2. register www.pr0n.iq 3. [well, you know what] 4. Profit !/An IPO near you soon !
[Plus, any dissidents there should pick up www.low.iq before USA's Republican Party registers it...:p ]
This is obviously slashdot, with most of the replies being programming-oriented and arguing whether or not HTML is a programming language....
However, [IMHO] , the best things for her to do are ones that transcend the 'typical' computer activities. Instead of choosing a computer-focused hobby, suggest to her to impliment a non-pc based hobby/activity/job onto the computer or internet.
Examples include converting her recipes into a nice database and then print them out and organize them rolodex-style; help her contribute to a computer volunteering foundation, or just volunteer in general, where she could share her skills with others close to her age; convert her old vinyl records & cassettes into mp3/ogg and then burn them onto cd's.
Those are just a few of the ideas that popped into my head...The key point is to integrate an already-existing activity that she's passionate about with the computer, and not vice versa.
This article was the feature of the June 2004 issue of Game Informer [the magazine].
Eurogamer's article seems to have almost "ripped" complete sentences, verbatim, from the GI magazine article [if my memory serves me correct; I read GI's article yesterday @ the library].
While it's a good idea; it does not seem very feasible. Are customers willing to use ANOTHER e-mail address ? Most are lazy and probably will feel burned by checking an extra e-mail account just for his business.
When i put in video game lounges + my zip code into google [[I live in cleveland]; it spits out directions to the local strip club.....
Anyways, this idea seems like it's plausible for teenage geeks like me; provided it's not more expensive than the movies and that we do have our unadulterated entertainment. The article implies that Game World Nation has tweens as a good portion of the customer base.
*This, my slashdotters, is the key to alienate your teenage and adult customers.....
Once you release your music to public viewing and consumption; you 'lose' some of your control and rights, as an artist.
Hell, refusing to allow outside interpretation of your created work in a manner that you disagree with is just musical masterbation; you're refusing to share the pleasure.:D
Well, of course teenagers are going to shun it, many U.S. schools can't even provide an environment which fosters technological creativity and ambition.
For pete's sakes, I go to an all-boy "college prep" Catholic high school [ http://www.ignatius.edu ] and the ONLY COMPUTER COURSE MY HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS IS "INTRO TO MS OFFICE." Enough said.
With a lack of formal computer and tech education, comps are running win98 full of spyware; with my classmates being groomed to be ignorant, MS newbies for life !!!!!!!!
[There's only so much a rogue like me can do besides installing mozilla on all the comps in the labs and library]
While I agree with you on the few point, Piracy isn't just going to 'magically' go away.
There's always going to be a minority who pirate whether or not the price is good. For them, the thrill of pirating and\or the zero cost is what will keep them doing it.
The MPAA fears change, that's all. Most likely, they will continue to dominate the movie industry too; less consumers become so annoyed with the their habits and integration of technology (or lack of).
The RIAA did the same thing, just hope the MPAA doesn't screw up as well.
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As a high school senior, I've learned that your peers can often influence your performance, even subconscienciously.
At school, I take honors/AP classes and notice my performance often improves when I'm with my more intellectual peers; compared to the standard classes that I have taken in the pas; which I just slacked off of, cause most of the other kids cheated and got away it, and didn't care....Made me feel why I should care, if not much is showing ?
Since we already do it on the internet for web content; I'm wondering how long it will be before 'crackers' or just benevolent others 'patch'/'hack' the game so that the advertisements will be edited/blacked out in the game ?
Any slashdotters know of such a current project existing now ? If not, let's start one..
As a movie employee, I see this myth being held by many, especially young, afraid adolescents; the myth you have to be at least 13 or with an adult to see a PG-13 movie.t m
The actual guideline (that the MPAA doesn't really like to promote) is that the
PG-13 rating still allows those under 13 to be admitted without a parent or guardian
source: http://www.mpaa.org/movieratings/about/content5.h
I'm even though a little surprised that PG-13 allow to get away with the RTFM word [In alien v. predator]; though it was used only briefly.
As for the article, it's accurate. I've seen customers turned off of a movie, who hold that a PG movie is mere anime and for little kiddies. [Napoleon Dynamite is one example]
Summary - Parents find out what your kids are watching; Tweens - don't feel bad sneaking into R-Rated movies. It's fun when me and fellow teenage workers watch your dissapointed & shockedlooks when you get kicked out. ^_^
uhh...actually the site currently says as of now "11792.07 TB" and according to google;
11792.07 TB = 11.5156934 petabytes
So yeah, the DOJ is lying, but hey - look on the bright side, it's not as much as we thought ^_^
I read this in a few days, with only about 150 pages long during the school year, about 4 months ago. It's diction is pretty light, and is on a 8th grade reading level.
*Tries to remember the story more*
From what I do remember, it was pretty prophetic in describing the commercialization of schooling and teenagers. The reviewer touched on this point a little too. Speaking from a teenage geek's perspective; it's often sickening to see how invasive advertising is becoming in teenagers' lives.
Unfortunately, the advertisers seem to have already won - as I and many others are already 'casted' by other peers as 'outsiders' for not being as consumptious or brand-loyal as them.
Both the main character and I feel torn, as we do not like to befriend/hang out with such a 'phony' crowd [I hate to use Holden's word, but it fits here]; and there's little alternatives for us.
That quote explains why a majority of Linux/OSS programs are geared towards more experienced computer users and not the end-user; which Gunton explained in the article.
Thus, these OSS programmers instead use more sophisticated ones; instead of extra-friendly end-user programs. Thus, those end-user programs are less likely to be found in today's world, with programmers fixing their attention on programs that they obviously use more often.
Usually during big plays and events worthy of next morning's [espn] sportscenter; the crowd usually gets extremely loud, in a short burst of time. They [software makers] could use this to their advantage, and record footage when the db level is above a certain amount, say 100 [give or take 15 secs.
Damn you, ebay !!!! - Homer Jay Simpson
[why was this auction removed ? im speculating the dev. kits, that or ebay thought something was fishy when his page got 20,000 hits in a matter of a few hrs.]
ahh..this is very true.
/end rant.
We're reinventing the wheel again, and it seems not really anyone has noticed it, nor are they pointing it out [except for you onerous coward, and maybe a few others].
The Linux community needs to ultimately shift our 'help the newbie' resource into a central help repository. The LDP first attempted to do this, but it somehow has been shafted, as many of the docs haven't been updated recently, as well as some of the documentation for newer things [digital cameras, last updated 2002, hint] is barren.
Is there already one huge repository, yeah, g00gle, but it's not exactly ONE place [as in, just mearly links other sites] and isn't moderated well to display accurate results.
Wiki-style documentation is more advanced and capable than LDP, to ultimately be noted as the focal point of linux documentation.
So, who or what is stopping us, but ourselves, to create a central depository of linux documentation, led by the bases of wiki.linuxquestions.org ; grokdoc,
the Linux documentation project, Rute; and the linux cookbook ?!?!?!?!?
The information to provide newbies with a comprehensive and formidable documentation to the world of Linux is there, but it's lack of organization and a central web-based location prevents it from doing so.
Good point, Mike.
The difference between 'stealing' of the valve code and mp3's on p2p is that the Valve code was not intently released to the public for consumption [game-playing].
MP3's, on the otherhand, [almost all] have been released to the public by the artist and available for listening/consumption.
If I were an iraqi webmaster:
1. sell some of your hidden stash of arms
2. register www.pr0n.iq
3. [well, you know what]
4. Profit !
[Plus, any dissidents there should pick up www.low.iq before USA's Republican Party registers it...:p ]
At my theater, the projector is run only by the managers and the projector guy [all adults]. A teenager has never ran the projector...
/kid making $5.15/hour @ movie theater cleaning up your Icee spills
This is obviously slashdot, with most of the replies being programming-oriented and arguing whether or not HTML is a programming language....
However, [IMHO] , the best things for her to do are ones that transcend the 'typical' computer activities.
Instead of choosing a computer-focused hobby, suggest to her to impliment a non-pc based hobby/activity/job onto the computer or internet.
Examples include converting her recipes into a nice database and then print them out and organize them rolodex-style; help her contribute to a computer volunteering foundation, or just volunteer in general, where she could share her skills with others close to her age; convert her old vinyl records & cassettes into mp3/ogg and then burn them onto cd's.
Those are just a few of the ideas that popped into my head...The key point is to integrate an already-existing activity that she's passionate about with the computer, and not vice versa.
This reminds of my experience @ best buy a year or so ago, shopping for a firewall. My worst case of tech support ever.
Me [then-14 yr old geek]: do you know where the firewalls are at ?
employee [teenage jock]: *confused* uhhh....Don't you mean 'firewire' ?
Me: No...Firewalls...
employee: ohh....we don't have them here. You can go buy them at Lowe's...
[FYI: Lowe's is a national home improvement store chain in the USA]
This article was the feature of the June 2004 issue of Game Informer [the magazine].
Eurogamer's article seems to have almost "ripped" complete sentences, verbatim, from the GI magazine article [if my memory serves me correct; I read GI's article yesterday @ the library].
Can anyone confirm my suspicions ?
While it's a good idea; it does not seem very feasible. Are customers willing to use ANOTHER e-mail address ? Most are lazy and probably will feel burned by checking an extra e-mail account just for his business.
When i put in video game lounges + my zip code
into google [[I live in cleveland]; it spits out directions to the local strip club.....
Anyways, this idea seems like it's plausible for teenage geeks like me; provided it's not more expensive than the movies and that we do have our unadulterated entertainment. The article implies that Game World Nation has tweens as a good portion of the customer base.
*This, my slashdotters, is the key to alienate your teenage and adult customers.....
[by catering to the tween population]
I happened to check the online site for my high school grades, too, and noticed it's on a HTTP, not HTTPS for pete's sake !
A Clockwork Orange, the great film by Kubrick.
An well-developed adaptation of the movie could take the horror genre to new heights..
I disagree with you.
Once you release your music to public viewing and consumption; you 'lose' some of your control and rights, as an artist.
Hell, refusing to allow outside interpretation of your created work in a manner that you disagree with is just musical masterbation; you're refusing to share the pleasure.
Well, of course teenagers are going to shun it, many U.S. schools can't even provide an environment which fosters technological creativity and ambition.
For pete's sakes, I go to an all-boy "college prep" Catholic high school [ http://www.ignatius.edu ] and
the ONLY COMPUTER COURSE MY HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS IS "INTRO TO MS OFFICE."
Enough said.
With a lack of formal computer and tech education, comps are running win98 full of spyware; with my classmates being groomed to be ignorant, MS newbies for life !!!!!!!!
[There's only so much a rogue like me can do besides installing mozilla on all the comps in the labs and library]
No new browser protocol is needed.
The technology is already available at http://freecache.org/ [from the peeps @ archive.org]
I don't why many others have jumped on the bandwagon yet.
While I agree with you on the few point, Piracy isn't just going to 'magically' go away.
There's always going to be a minority who pirate whether or not the price is good. For them, the thrill of pirating and\or the zero cost is what will keep them doing it.
The MPAA fears change, that's all. Most likely, they will continue to dominate the movie industry too; less consumers become so annoyed with the their habits and integration of technology (or lack of).
The RIAA did the same thing, just hope the MPAA doesn't screw up as well.
you can get the voice rips from the actual game website. http://socko-entertainment.com/downloads.htm [voice pack]
The torrent for the bushin30secs.org 'ad'vertisement, along with the semifinalists as well:h In30Seconds.com.Ad.Contest.Videos.%5BMOV%5D-rar(2) .torrent
http://66.79.177.160/~suprnova//torrents/1066/Bus