I only got a cell phone 3 years ago and use it less than 30 min a month, it doesn't have a camera, and the only text messages I've sent is "Wrong number" replies. I'm not signed up with myspace/facebook/twitter/whateverelseisthefadthisyear, and abandoned my blog after a few months since I had nothing interesting to say. I don't have satellite/digital cable or and do not own a single HDTV set. I still use a VCR - no TIVO/DVR. I'm satisfied with a $15/month 768kb DSL connection since anything faster would cost at least twice as much in my area. I'm a software engineer, yet by today's standards I would be considered a Luddite.
Anyone remember the good old days of shareware, where you got a large chunk of the game for free? Ah, Apogee/3D Realms, Id, Epic Megagames, at those times they'd provide you much more than 15 minutes of play time.
Nowadays I also like the way lots of casual games handle it, like those hosted by Reflexive Arcade. You pretty much get the full game, all features, and 30 min to 1 hour of play time. If the game doesn't wear thin by the time the play period is over, it's probably worth the $10-$20. I bought Zuma Deluxe after being addicted by the trial, and don't regret it.
I'm as big a predestination fan as anyone, but personally I believe I'm destined to do everything I can to live. You know, short of exercise, eating right, getting regular checkups, etc. But as soon as we get the tech to upload our minds into immortal robot bodies, I'm so there!
Spacetime is a block. If you can travel the "time" axis instantaneously, without passing through all the intervening years between 1985 and 1955, there is absolutely no reason that you wouldn't be able to travel the three "space" axises instantaneously as well. It's not a spaceship, it's a spacetime teleporter.
Frankly, if I was the parent of any of these teens, I would start filing suit against EVERY major media provider that influences children with their unavoidable crap selling sexuality to teenagers.
How is that different from what Jack Thompson did?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. We need to ban children. Then all child abuse problems will go way pretty quickly, and not too long afterwords all other problems will as well.
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Because celebrities aren't people. They are cloned organisms created solely for our amusement, and have no rights.
Bush might not have always been wrong.
You take that back. YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW1!!!1!
That's the theory. In theory, communism works. In theory.
I only got a cell phone 3 years ago and use it less than 30 min a month, it doesn't have a camera, and the only text messages I've sent is "Wrong number" replies. I'm not signed up with myspace/facebook/twitter/whateverelseisthefadthisyear, and abandoned my blog after a few months since I had nothing interesting to say. I don't have satellite/digital cable or and do not own a single HDTV set. I still use a VCR - no TIVO/DVR. I'm satisfied with a $15/month 768kb DSL connection since anything faster would cost at least twice as much in my area. I'm a software engineer, yet by today's standards I would be considered a Luddite.
And does everyone who purchase a dime bag off the street deserve to have it laced with crack?
What's the world coming too? I mean if you can't even trust a warez provider...
"No you just winged him, now he's a Unitarian."
I hear ManFaye's available.
Anyone remember the good old days of shareware, where you got a large chunk of the game for free? Ah, Apogee/3D Realms, Id, Epic Megagames, at those times they'd provide you much more than 15 minutes of play time.
Nowadays I also like the way lots of casual games handle it, like those hosted by Reflexive Arcade. You pretty much get the full game, all features, and 30 min to 1 hour of play time. If the game doesn't wear thin by the time the play period is over, it's probably worth the $10-$20. I bought Zuma Deluxe after being addicted by the trial, and don't regret it.
I'm as big a predestination fan as anyone, but personally I believe I'm destined to do everything I can to live. You know, short of exercise, eating right, getting regular checkups, etc. But as soon as we get the tech to upload our minds into immortal robot bodies, I'm so there!
Don't forget Looking Glass (Ultima Underworld, System Shock and Thief franchises)!
You're right about the rules, but nine times out of ten, large retailers will deny you if you don't show ID
Let me guess, you're were buying tobacco, alcohol, or porn, weren't you? Or you look extremely creepy, since usually the retailer won't even look at the signature unless you buy an expensive big screen tv.
I, for one, won't rest until everyone who tries and fails to commit suicide is charged with attempted murder.
who's tires can I slash so they don't make it to work on time :)
The Boss? I mean he's above everyone so it stands to reason....
Spacetime is a block. If you can travel the "time" axis instantaneously, without passing through all the intervening years between 1985 and 1955, there is absolutely no reason that you wouldn't be able to travel the three "space" axises instantaneously as well. It's not a spaceship, it's a spacetime teleporter.
Dude, as you're posting on slashdot, I doubt you were in the "in crowd" that would've been receiving such pics.
What happens if they are tried as adults?
They'd go into the federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison of course. Makes perfect sense.
Frankly, if I was the parent of any of these teens, I would start filing suit against EVERY major media provider that influences children with their unavoidable crap selling sexuality to teenagers.
How is that different from what Jack Thompson did?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. We need to ban children. Then all child abuse problems will go way pretty quickly, and not too long afterwords all other problems will as well.
How does one disable autoplay in XP, without making a half dozen manual registry changes?
Truth is always a valid defense (I think).
Not if it's revealing secret information protected by law. Otherwise we wouldn't have had the Valerie Plame scandal.
You can have a balance between freedom of speech and censorship. The common example of yelling fire in a crowded theater comes to mind.
You realize there are minors in South Carolina reading slashdot, right? Which makes this a public forum in South Carolina....
Personally, I'd prefer it if the job required a college Bachelor's degree. I don't care what in.
One of the first games you ever played, tic-tac-toe can be won a decent amount of the time with random moves. Ditto rogue.
Dude, I can't even win rogue with deliberate moves. I think you'd have a higher chance in chess.....