Wtf? Are you serious posting this nonsense?? Do you *really* expect people to think that, in this day and age with the latest in sattelite technology, the powers-that-be are going to service an instrument of war containing visible top-secret technology in *gasp* plain view for all to see?? I'm even more amazed that people don't stop and think for a second before posting additional comments speculating as to what all this may mean. Think people, use your damn brain... if it's out in the freaking open, it's not a secret, and in this particular case the technology in question hasn't been in ages. Friggin' lemmings...
The first time I saw a computer was when I was 10 years old. My father signed me up for an after-school program in NYC where you can run around with other kids, play pool, games, do arts & crafts, etc... One day they took us to a computer center called "Playing To Win" where they had all kinds of computers including the Atari 800, Apple ][e, Macs, Commodores, etc... They started us off with LOGO on the Atari 800 where we learned to move the turtle around, that was a lot of fun back then! We also played games on the 800 like Agent USA and Gateway to Apshai. But even though playing was fun, I was hit by the programming bug through LOGO and started dabbling in BASIC on the Apple ][e (which quickly became THE computer of choice for many years) and once I was an expert at it I taught myself 65C02 machine language and the binary system so that I could get the most out of my Apple ][e. Man, I had sooo many games on that system! My favorite of all time would have to be Ultima V and the Zork series (anybody remember those?) When I was 16 the Apple ][ was dying and though I was still in denial about the whole thing I switched to the PC and learned Pascal. I was lucky because one of the older volunteers at Playing To Win saw what I was doing and took me under his wing, switched me to the PC world, taught me Pascal and Computer Science 101, offered me a job on Wallstreet where I learned C and Unix on the Sun Sparcstations (I was 16!) Once I got that job the rest was easy, I learned more and more languages and started working as a consultant. I'm 31 now and have started milking the.NET wave (every year there's a new fad!) but I can't help but miss the old days when you could program in hex and know the computer inside out. Nowadays I wouldn't even venture into assembly language programming, I don't have the least bit of curiosity since it's so complex nowadays and besides, I hear that unless you're an absolute expert on the specific chip you're programming on, the compiler would do a much better job. Viva Apple ][!!!
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That game truly kicked ass. I've gotta say that the only games that managed to scare me have been the original Doom and System Shock 2. Everything worked so well together in SS2, I couldn't stop playing it, and when I finished, I played it again as another character. It is so good that I'm getting the itch to install it and replay it one more time. I've a former roommate that played it for a few hours (I purposely turned off the lights in the whole apartment and pumped up the 3D sound) and he kept shitting in his pants until he got up and refused to play any more of it, and that night he kept looking over his shoulder. I just died laughing. Good memories. I wish the do a SS3, I would be first in line to buy it!
Are you obtuse? Who's talking about learning an entire language? We're talking about the arrogance of expecting others to know your language when you're travelling abroad, and here you are talking about learning entire languages??? Please, go infect some other herd...
*Someone please do us all a favor and mod the parent outta here.*
lol, what an idiot... What kind of lemming are you that you have to follow the majority because it's expected? It's true, people who want to learn about the locals are the minority, just like people who are cultured are in the minority and people who are ignorant are the majority (which you seem to be siding with.) So you're saying that these people would rather speak to ignorant people (majority) rather than cultured people that are interested in them (minority)? LOL! I need not say more. On a side note, the only reason why I stated I'm an American is as a disclaimer so people would know that I'm not some foreigner trying to bash Americans. Also, I don't think that we have much to be proud of in light of relatively recent events, but that's a different subject.
Where in my post did I say I didn't have translation tools? If that's all it took to make the difference, do you really really really think the bitching would end? Please.
Yup, the bitching would end. If someone knocked on your door, speaks a foreign language that you don't understand at all, then yells at you and makes gestures indicating that you're an idiot and stupid for not understanding their language, I'm pretty sure you'd bitch about it, especially since they knocked on *your* door! The problem isn't that Americans don't learn foreign languages that they have no use for, the problem is that us Americans in general are rude by expecting others to know our language when we're in their country. Most don't even freaking try, and some are even downright assholes by calling these people stupid idiots and marching off in a huff to someone else who happens to understand a little bit of English. What do foreigners do when they get here? They try their darndest to speak the few words of English that they know. What do we do when we go abroad? We give those who speak English an A+ while we shit on everyone else. Crack open a dictionary, learn a word or two that will come in handy while you're there. But I tell you what... if you insist on speaking English, then go to Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro during a Flamengo game and ask the Flamengo "torcida" (fans) to take a picture of you (in English). I would love for you to post a vivid description on slashdot of what happens next to you, your pretty English speaking mouth, and your camera. Btw, I'm half Brazilian.
I'm sick of hearing this sterotype as well, because 1) I don't fall under it and 2) I get a bad rap as an American because of other Americans who travel abroad and act like they're king of the mountain. The argument you give is such a cop-out, I don't care how much it costs for a ticket or how far you have to travel, as if us Americans are the only ones that have to travel far or pay for our trip. Pocket dictionaries or even electronic translators are cheap, ESPECIALLY if you're an American who paid $1,200 for a ticket to Brazil TWICE.
I'm an American who's tired of hearing from foreigners that one reason why Americans are not liked is because we travel abroad to other countries and EXPECT them to speak english, as if they're expected to know our language. I'm a firm believer of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" and when I visit abroad I try to speak as much of that nation's language as possible and keep a dictionary handy. I wonder if this is just another show of our much detested arrogance...
Dell Optiplexes will be sold in Europe, come with the Linspire operating system and include a one year free membership to their download warehouse.
Hmmmm... well, as long as they don't institute BestBuy's new "The Customer Is No Longer Always Right" policy, then I should be able to buy an Optiplex, get the one year free membership of downloads, and return the Optiplex. Woohoo!
See, more knee-jerk reactions from the herd. Please people, take yer heads out of the sand and think for once. Cameras are most likely placed in places where crime is high or where needed to increase safety (ie. frequently visited public places, parks, banks, etc..) Sure, criminal activities will now take place elsewhere, but the point is that it's now safer for the 1 million city residents who travel within these camera surveilance areas 99% of the time versus the 100 people who travel in a forest or something 1% of the time. The only reason why I would see anyone against having a camera around is if it was located inside their residence which would be an invasion of their privacy since they own the place. However, the public places where these cameras are to be located are by definition PUBLIC, therefore you are not entitled to any privacy. If you're walking down the street or into a store or crossing the green light on some intersection, you are exposing yourself to be seen by others. If you don't mind others seeing you, why do you mind if a person sitting behind a camera does??? In the end, the only argument I can see against the use of these cameras in public places will come from people who have something to hide when in public... like criminals.
This whole paranoia thing is really silly. Abuse? Police State? Come on, give it a break, it's really a wonder at all that we've been able to progress with all these doomsayers singing the Chicken Little song. I wonder if these same people are going to start boycotting knives because they can lead to death via abuse. How about computer monitors, which via abuse can lead to death or serious injury if dropped on someones head? For that matter, let's boycott oil, which will lead to people driving motorized vehicles which via abuse kills hundreds of thousands of people every year all over the world. When are people going to stop with the silly what-if paranoia rants??? Jesus...
Hello out there? Any lawyers want to comment on the legalities of this case? You would think that out of such a huge/. reader base you would find one stinking lawyer when you need one.:/
Come on, shed some light on this please!
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Wtf? Are you serious posting this nonsense?? Do you *really* expect people to think that, in this day and age with the latest in sattelite technology, the powers-that-be are going to service an instrument of war containing visible top-secret technology in *gasp* plain view for all to see?? I'm even more amazed that people don't stop and think for a second before posting additional comments speculating as to what all this may mean. Think people, use your damn brain... if it's out in the freaking open, it's not a secret, and in this particular case the technology in question hasn't been in ages. Friggin' lemmings...
The first time I saw a computer was when I was 10 years old. My father signed me up for an after-school program in NYC where you can run around with other kids, play pool, games, do arts & crafts, etc... One day they took us to a computer center called "Playing To Win" where they had all kinds of computers including the Atari 800, Apple ][e, Macs, Commodores, etc... They started us off with LOGO on the Atari 800 where we learned to move the turtle around, that was a lot of fun back then! We also played games on the 800 like Agent USA and Gateway to Apshai. But even though playing was fun, I was hit by the programming bug through LOGO and started dabbling in BASIC on the Apple ][e (which quickly became THE computer of choice for many years) and once I was an expert at it I taught myself 65C02 machine language and the binary system so that I could get the most out of my Apple ][e. Man, I had sooo many games on that system! My favorite of all time would have to be Ultima V and the Zork series (anybody remember those?) When I was 16 the Apple ][ was dying and though I was still in denial about the whole thing I switched to the PC and learned Pascal. I was lucky because one of the older volunteers at Playing To Win saw what I was doing and took me under his wing, switched me to the PC world, taught me Pascal and Computer Science 101, offered me a job on Wallstreet where I learned C and Unix on the Sun Sparcstations (I was 16!) Once I got that job the rest was easy, I learned more and more languages and started working as a consultant. I'm 31 now and have started milking the .NET wave (every year there's a new fad!) but I can't help but miss the old days when you could program in hex and know the computer inside out. Nowadays I wouldn't even venture into assembly language programming, I don't have the least bit of curiosity since it's so complex nowadays and besides, I hear that unless you're an absolute expert on the specific chip you're programming on, the compiler would do a much better job. Viva Apple ][!!!
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You have moved into a dark place
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
That game truly kicked ass. I've gotta say that the only games that managed to scare me have been the original Doom and System Shock 2. Everything worked so well together in SS2, I couldn't stop playing it, and when I finished, I played it again as another character. It is so good that I'm getting the itch to install it and replay it one more time. I've a former roommate that played it for a few hours (I purposely turned off the lights in the whole apartment and pumped up the 3D sound) and he kept shitting in his pants until he got up and refused to play any more of it, and that night he kept looking over his shoulder. I just died laughing. Good memories. I wish the do a SS3, I would be first in line to buy it!
Fot a ptototype to do this is tematkable. Gteat, now we can celebtate!!
... the BeOS file system? I heard that it was supposed to be the latest and greatest, the OS to end all OSes.
it intersects in the center of the White House?
Are you obtuse? Who's talking about learning an entire language? We're talking about the arrogance of expecting others to know your language when you're travelling abroad, and here you are talking about learning entire languages??? Please, go infect some other herd...
*Someone please do us all a favor and mod the parent outta here.*
lol, what an idiot... What kind of lemming are you that you have to follow the majority because it's expected? It's true, people who want to learn about the locals are the minority, just like people who are cultured are in the minority and people who are ignorant are the majority (which you seem to be siding with.) So you're saying that these people would rather speak to ignorant people (majority) rather than cultured people that are interested in them (minority)? LOL! I need not say more. On a side note, the only reason why I stated I'm an American is as a disclaimer so people would know that I'm not some foreigner trying to bash Americans. Also, I don't think that we have much to be proud of in light of relatively recent events, but that's a different subject.
Where in my post did I say I didn't have translation tools? If that's all it took to make the difference, do you really really really think the bitching would end? Please. Yup, the bitching would end. If someone knocked on your door, speaks a foreign language that you don't understand at all, then yells at you and makes gestures indicating that you're an idiot and stupid for not understanding their language, I'm pretty sure you'd bitch about it, especially since they knocked on *your* door! The problem isn't that Americans don't learn foreign languages that they have no use for, the problem is that us Americans in general are rude by expecting others to know our language when we're in their country. Most don't even freaking try, and some are even downright assholes by calling these people stupid idiots and marching off in a huff to someone else who happens to understand a little bit of English. What do foreigners do when they get here? They try their darndest to speak the few words of English that they know. What do we do when we go abroad? We give those who speak English an A+ while we shit on everyone else. Crack open a dictionary, learn a word or two that will come in handy while you're there. But I tell you what... if you insist on speaking English, then go to Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro during a Flamengo game and ask the Flamengo "torcida" (fans) to take a picture of you (in English). I would love for you to post a vivid description on slashdot of what happens next to you, your pretty English speaking mouth, and your camera. Btw, I'm half Brazilian.
I'm sick of hearing this sterotype as well, because 1) I don't fall under it and 2) I get a bad rap as an American because of other Americans who travel abroad and act like they're king of the mountain. The argument you give is such a cop-out, I don't care how much it costs for a ticket or how far you have to travel, as if us Americans are the only ones that have to travel far or pay for our trip. Pocket dictionaries or even electronic translators are cheap, ESPECIALLY if you're an American who paid $1,200 for a ticket to Brazil TWICE.
I'm an American who's tired of hearing from foreigners that one reason why Americans are not liked is because we travel abroad to other countries and EXPECT them to speak english, as if they're expected to know our language. I'm a firm believer of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" and when I visit abroad I try to speak as much of that nation's language as possible and keep a dictionary handy. I wonder if this is just another show of our much detested arrogance...
Dell Optiplexes will be sold in Europe, come with the Linspire operating system and include a one year free membership to their download warehouse. Hmmmm... well, as long as they don't institute BestBuy's new "The Customer Is No Longer Always Right" policy, then I should be able to buy an Optiplex, get the one year free membership of downloads, and return the Optiplex. Woohoo!
See, more knee-jerk reactions from the herd. Please people, take yer heads out of the sand and think for once. Cameras are most likely placed in places where crime is high or where needed to increase safety (ie. frequently visited public places, parks, banks, etc..) Sure, criminal activities will now take place elsewhere, but the point is that it's now safer for the 1 million city residents who travel within these camera surveilance areas 99% of the time versus the 100 people who travel in a forest or something 1% of the time. The only reason why I would see anyone against having a camera around is if it was located inside their residence which would be an invasion of their privacy since they own the place. However, the public places where these cameras are to be located are by definition PUBLIC, therefore you are not entitled to any privacy. If you're walking down the street or into a store or crossing the green light on some intersection, you are exposing yourself to be seen by others. If you don't mind others seeing you, why do you mind if a person sitting behind a camera does??? In the end, the only argument I can see against the use of these cameras in public places will come from people who have something to hide when in public... like criminals.
This whole paranoia thing is really silly. Abuse? Police State? Come on, give it a break, it's really a wonder at all that we've been able to progress with all these doomsayers singing the Chicken Little song. I wonder if these same people are going to start boycotting knives because they can lead to death via abuse. How about computer monitors, which via abuse can lead to death or serious injury if dropped on someones head? For that matter, let's boycott oil, which will lead to people driving motorized vehicles which via abuse kills hundreds of thousands of people every year all over the world. When are people going to stop with the silly what-if paranoia rants??? Jesus...
Hello out there? Any lawyers want to comment on the legalities of this case? You would think that out of such a huge /. reader base you would find one stinking lawyer when you need one. :/
Come on, shed some light on this please!
thematrixhasy 011? *snif!* troll?