The people who really suffer are those who did buy the game, and want to make their legal archive/backup copy. I used to make a copy, which I used to play the game. The original I kept in a safer place where it was less likely to be damaged. Now however, I like to make CD images and play off of those, which I think fair use easily allows.
The big joke is that these companies spend so much money on copy protections that won't be worth squat 2-4 months after the game's release (if that).
Playing SC2 on the Xbox I didn't have any big stability problems, however that game felt less refined, and more of a quick-write-a-new-story-and-release-another-game thoughtless process. It was a lot shorter than the first, and felt more "made up" (because the first was based on fact, you know;)
What we really should do is add onto the existing codes and take the unused 600 section of HTTP codes for Slashdot use.
A few that come to mind:
HTTP 600: Nothing For You To See Here HTTP 601: Dupe HTTP 602: Is Having Uncompehensibal Splelling Nad Gramer HTTP 603: Moderator Points Denied HTTP 604: Profit Not Found
Any others?
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Sigh. It will soon be replaced with something better from the EU or Japan anyway.
Well if they're going to it's about time. Geez, they've had 15 years to work on something. Hell, maybe the EU should leave Microsoft alone for 10 minutes and pony up some of the dough they fined MS for to help keep Hubble functional until a replacment is ready.
Does anyone know how HT and dual cores will work? Will it appear as 4 processors (2*2) or still at only 2, but with better performance? HT is one of my favorite processor improvements of late, things just seem to run smoother with it.
That's one reason I'm a little wary of it. My grandmother is gung-ho crazy about how bad MSG is for you, and out of curiosity I started looking at labels for food to see how many products have it. It's surprising how much stuff it's in. Pretty much anything canned like soups or chilies have it. Chicken and other broths have a ton. It's not always listed under "monosodium glutamate", there's other names for it too I guess. I think Ramen noodles are something like 32% MSG by weight (joke).
I don't know. MSG probably isn't too expensive, but unless it has a big impact on food flavor why would it be in so much? Manufactures must really think that MSG helps them sell their product if they pay to use so much of it. For a mere "flavor enhancer" it seems pretty dominant.
Interesting. I did a little looking and it appears that what you said is true from most perspectives.
There's still a lot of people who think otherwise though. I wonder why this is still debated a lot? What is there to gain from removing MSG as many seem to want?
The one thing about all those "pro MSG" sites was that they all refer to mono-sodium glutamate as simply "glutamate", saying it's found naturally in proteins and in out bodies. Glutamate is an essential and natural amino acid. That's fine, but is plain old "glutamate" the exact same as MSG? MSG might be based on glutamate, but chemicals can change drastically if you add or remove extra elements. Anyone know more?
I saw a thing on Discovery Channel (I think) that talked about fast food places and what they did to try to get you to buy more and stay in the restaurant for less time.
As to eating more, ever hear of MSG? They call it a "flavor enhancer" but what it really does is make you want to eat more of whatever it's in. KFC was the worst offender in this--their chicken was drenched in the stuff. It's been known for a while that it excites neurons in the brain and is believed by a lot of people to be very unhealthy (like fried chicken is healthy, but wtf).
Also, restaurants don't like it when customers hang out longer than necessary, so they shape their tables/booths to be uncomfortable as well as choose aggravating colors. McDonald's used to use bright yellow and red colors because these were unpleasant to see and made you want to leave sooner (this show claimed anyway). Temperatures were also chosen to be colder in the dining area and warmer in the ordering are (if possible).
I would imagine that any way a company can influence a consumer to their advantage, as long as it's subtle, cheap, and easy they will do it in a heartbeat. This isn't paranoia talking, it's a model of corporate survival in a capitalist environment. It's not really that bad I guess, unless it gets out of hand and becomes potentially dangerous or truly unethical.
Don't blame the poor Slashdot editors, they were probably just using Word's grammar checker (which finds no fault with the article's summary incidentally [though the fact that it's not even a word may have something to do with that {however since it's all about making fun of/. editors this doesn't matter}]).
Interesting article (second link). I realized right after posting that I'd erroneously called it an "ASCII code" but didn't figure it was worth posting again to correct myself.
This triggers the body's natural repair process which corrects the gene where the DNA was cut.
No way. Anyone knows anything knows this will really result in a crazy mutation. Maybe they could play with the part of my genome that doesn't let me create fireballs in the palm of my hand and the body will "fix" it so I can?
I bet many people here have read Starship Troopers. In it, Heinlein makes quite a point that physical punishment is used, and used effectively in the timeframe of the book (the future most likely). Several references to a public flogging pole where people could be sentenced to receive a number of lashes by the state. Then again later in the novel, for crimes committed while a member of the Federal Service one may be flogged publicly, at least public to other soldiers.
"Many. I'm raising a dachshund now -- by your methods. Let's get back to those juvenile criminals.
The most vicious averaged somewhat younger than you here in this class . . . and they often started their lawless careers much younger. Let us never forget that puppy. These children were often caught; police arrested batches each day. Were they scolded? Yes, often scathingly. Were their noses rubbed in it? Rarely. News organs and officials usually kept their names secret -- in many places the law so required for criminals under eighteen. Were they spanked? Indeed not! Many had never been spanked even as small children; there was a widespread belief that spanking, or any punishment involving pain, did a child permanent psychic damage."
(I had reflected that my father must never have heard of that theory.)
"Corporal punishment in schools was forbidden by law," he had gone on. "Flogging was lawful as sentence of court only in one small province, Delaware, and there only for a few crimes and was rarely invoked; it was regarded as 'cruel and unusual punishment.' " Dubois had mused aloud, "I do not understand objections to 'cruel and unusual' punishment. While a judge should be benevolent in purpose, his awards should cause the criminal to suffer, else there is no punishment -- and pain is the basic mechanism built into us by millions of years of evolution which safeguards us by warning when something threatens our survival. Why should society refuse to use such a highly perfected survival mechanism? However, that period was loaded with pre-scientific pseudo-psychological nonsense.
"As for 'unusual,' punishment must be unusual or it serves no purpose." He then pointed his stump at another boy. "What would happen if a puppy were spanked every hour?"
"Uh . . . probably drive him crazy!"
"Probably. It certainly will not teach him anything. How long has it been since the principal of this school last had to switch a pupil?"
"Uh, I'm not sure. About two years. The kid that swiped -- "
"Never mind. Long enough. It means that such punishment is so unusual as to be significant, to deter, to instruct. Back to these young criminals -- They probably were not spanked as babies; they certainly were not flogged for their crimes. The usual sequence was: for a first offense, a warning -- a scolding, often without trial. After several offenses a sentence of confinement but with sentence suspended and the youngster placed on probation. A boy might be arrested many times and convicted several times before he was punished -- and then it would be merely confinement, with others like him from whom he learned still more criminal habits. If he kept out of major trouble while confined, he could usually evade most of even that mild punishment, be given probation -- 'paroled' in the jargon of the times.
"This incredible sequence could go on for years while his crimes increased in frequency and viciousness, with no punishment whatever save rare dull-but-comfortable confinements. Then suddenly, usually by law on his eighteenth birthd
Maybe they could get a deal with ThinkGeek and pull straight from their fortunes database. Just show that 24 hours a day. Hey, maybe I'll even finally see one of my own fsking posts!
I had to remap F5 to F6 just because F5 stopped working after a little use, and I am determined to see my own post. It's coming. Really. I can feel it. Just a few more refreshes...
I figured I'd give the new Our Media site a try and added this movie.
The file is located here but doesn't show up until after some sort of waiting period. I have no idea how long it will take, or if it will even show up. Maybe somebody can post if/when it does.
Yes, the title is a little dramatic, but that's the evil overlord talking.
Slashdot Mirror
Ah, the joys of Starforce 3.
For the interested, some links about Starforce 3.
The people who really suffer are those who did buy the game, and want to make their legal archive/backup copy. I used to make a copy, which I used to play the game. The original I kept in a safer place where it was less likely to be damaged. Now however, I like to make CD images and play off of those, which I think fair use easily allows.
The big joke is that these companies spend so much money on copy protections that won't be worth squat 2-4 months after the game's release (if that).
Playing SC2 on the Xbox I didn't have any big stability problems, however that game felt less refined, and more of a quick-write-a-new-story-and-release-another-game thoughtless process. It was a lot shorter than the first, and felt more "made up" (because the first was based on fact, you know ;)
more like... piss poor porting.
:)
Maybe. I've got it for the Xbox and the game is very stable. I've not had it lock up, freeze, or crash yet.
Needless to say, I'm not impressed with Ubisoft.
Did they write the PC port themselves? I'd guess they did, but sometimes companies have a 3rd party do that.
It certainly can't be a problem with your hardware.
Ah, the benefits of console gaming!
You've obviously never seen Stargate. Senators get to see cool shit all the time (and screw it up good too).
We can see stars literally hundreds of miles away...
--
Shitram Brown, PhD
Professor of Mathematics
All I can say is it's a good thing you went for math and not astronomy.
why not a flag on the moon?
Gooooooooooooooooooooooogle
404? No...
What we really should do is add onto the existing codes and take the unused 600 section of HTTP codes for Slashdot use.
A few that come to mind:
HTTP 600: Nothing For You To See Here
HTTP 601: Dupe
HTTP 602: Is Having Uncompehensibal Splelling Nad Gramer
HTTP 603: Moderator Points Denied
HTTP 604: Profit Not Found
Any others?
Sigh. It will soon be replaced with something better from the EU or Japan anyway.
Well if they're going to it's about time. Geez, they've had 15 years to work on something. Hell, maybe the EU should leave Microsoft alone for 10 minutes and pony up some of the dough they fined MS for to help keep Hubble functional until a replacment is ready.
They should get one of these gadgets. I hear they're becoming pretty popular. It's even USB!
Does anyone know how HT and dual cores will work? Will it appear as 4 processors (2*2) or still at only 2, but with better performance? HT is one of my favorite processor improvements of late, things just seem to run smoother with it.
I did read TFA, but didn't see this.
MSG is in just about EVERYTHING you eat
That's one reason I'm a little wary of it. My grandmother is gung-ho crazy about how bad MSG is for you, and out of curiosity I started looking at labels for food to see how many products have it. It's surprising how much stuff it's in. Pretty much anything canned like soups or chilies have it. Chicken and other broths have a ton. It's not always listed under "monosodium glutamate", there's other names for it too I guess. I think Ramen noodles are something like 32% MSG by weight (joke).
I don't know. MSG probably isn't too expensive, but unless it has a big impact on food flavor why would it be in so much? Manufactures must really think that MSG helps them sell their product if they pay to use so much of it. For a mere "flavor enhancer" it seems pretty dominant.
Interesting. I did a little looking and it appears that what you said is true from most perspectives.
There's still a lot of people who think otherwise though. I wonder why this is still debated a lot? What is there to gain from removing MSG as many seem to want?
The one thing about all those "pro MSG" sites was that they all refer to mono-sodium glutamate as simply "glutamate", saying it's found naturally in proteins and in out bodies. Glutamate is an essential and natural amino acid. That's fine, but is plain old "glutamate" the exact same as MSG? MSG might be based on glutamate, but chemicals can change drastically if you add or remove extra elements. Anyone know more?
There's a lot of other places you can see this.
I saw a thing on Discovery Channel (I think) that talked about fast food places and what they did to try to get you to buy more and stay in the restaurant for less time.
As to eating more, ever hear of MSG? They call it a "flavor enhancer" but what it really does is make you want to eat more of whatever it's in. KFC was the worst offender in this--their chicken was drenched in the stuff. It's been known for a while that it excites neurons in the brain and is believed by a lot of people to be very unhealthy (like fried chicken is healthy, but wtf).
Also, restaurants don't like it when customers hang out longer than necessary, so they shape their tables/booths to be uncomfortable as well as choose aggravating colors. McDonald's used to use bright yellow and red colors because these were unpleasant to see and made you want to leave sooner (this show claimed anyway). Temperatures were also chosen to be colder in the dining area and warmer in the ordering are (if possible).
I would imagine that any way a company can influence a consumer to their advantage, as long as it's subtle, cheap, and easy they will do it in a heartbeat. This isn't paranoia talking, it's a model of corporate survival in a capitalist environment. It's not really that bad I guess, unless it gets out of hand and becomes potentially dangerous or truly unethical.
Caltech and MIT.
Oh, wait. Were you trying to be funny?
Made of adamantium, right? :)
I want one made of unobtainium. That's some tough stuff.
when I detonate a small nuclear device at the bottom of this hole, Operation Glory-Hole will create a gigantic super-volcano
Duh, no it won't. It will make the Earth's core start to spin faster. Didn't you watch that documentery about the Earth's core?
Don't blame the poor Slashdot editors, they were probably just using Word's grammar checker (which finds no fault with the article's summary incidentally [though the fact that it's not even a word may have something to do with that {however since it's all about making fun of /. editors this doesn't matter}]).
Interesting article (second link). I realized right after posting that I'd erroneously called it an "ASCII code" but didn't figure it was worth posting again to correct myself.
:)
You're right, in any case
What? No recursion? How about:
PGGP Generated Gene Protection.
This triggers the body's natural repair process which corrects the gene where the DNA was cut.
No way. Anyone knows anything knows this will really result in a crazy mutation. Maybe they could play with the part of my genome that doesn't let me create fireballs in the palm of my hand and the body will "fix" it so I can?
Flying would be cool too.
You should just need the ASCII code for the character, then you can use ALT+nnn (nnn meaning 3 numbers on the number pad on Windows (others?).
For example, that é is ALT+130.
I bet many people here have read Starship Troopers. In it, Heinlein makes quite a point that physical punishment is used, and used effectively in the timeframe of the book (the future most likely). Several references to a public flogging pole where people could be sentenced to receive a number of lashes by the state. Then again later in the novel, for crimes committed while a member of the Federal Service one may be flogged publicly, at least public to other soldiers.
Here's an excerpt I've always liked from Starship Troopers, p.115 (© 1987 paperback). Mr. Dubois, the teacher of History and Moral Philosophy is discussing the best way to raise a puppy analogous to the problems with "juvenile delinquents" of years past (our time) with his students, one of which is the main character:
Good point.
Maybe they could get a deal with ThinkGeek and pull straight from their fortunes database. Just show that 24 hours a day. Hey, maybe I'll even finally see one of my own fsking posts!
I had to remap F5 to F6 just because F5 stopped working after a little use, and I am determined to see my own post. It's coming. Really. I can feel it. Just a few more refreshes...
Hey super, it's up.
Here's a direct link to the movie.
Likewise...
I figured I'd give the new Our Media site a try and added this movie.
The file is located here but doesn't show up until after some sort of waiting period. I have no idea how long it will take, or if it will even show up. Maybe somebody can post if/when it does.
Yes, the title is a little dramatic, but that's the evil overlord talking.