We really can't say anything because we don't know exactly what's involved in this registration process. What information do they take and is there a background check? Also, can groups or parties register a website or does it have to be an individual? What if a website, that is updated by several people, becomes under question by the government? Does the individual responsible for registering this website take the fall? Seems like these groups/parties will be less willing to register their websites because of these consequences. Then again, this is probably what they want.
not only PC-Gaming, the whole home-PC industry is in danger.
just add a browser, an email app and a picturre/movie/music/tv player to that game-console and over 90% of the people dont need the home PC anymore
I don't see that as a bad thing. Add in a text-editor/word processor and I think that covers just about all of the things that the average user needs their computer for.
Couldn't you argue that the reason that MSIE is associated with cybercrime is simply because it is the most popular browser? It's equivalent to SAAB or Volvo saying that they have the safest car but, in fact, the reason that they are the safest, statistically, is because there are less of them on the road.
Furthermore, FireFox and Opera users tend to be a little bit more advanced and experienced with computers. They can usually spot a malicious website easier where my mother wouldn't have a fucking clue, regardless of what browser she was using.
Unless they start making existing porn sites convert to this new.xxx then I really don't see a point. This way, we can atleast just block all.xxx top level domains and our kids (or co-workers if you're a net admin) won't "accidentally" navigate to these websites.
I disagree simply because the boom of multiplayer games being released tells me that players want more challenging "life-like" opponents. They want the satisfaction of defeating another human player in combat and bragging about it to their friends. This is why I think "mimicking" this human behavior in single players games would do wonders.
Personally, I would rather have a more life-like or realistic AI controlling enemy objects. It would give me a greater sense of accomplishment when I defeat them. What's the point if my kid brother can mow down the same 50 guys in the same amount of time?
There's also Books on Tape for those unwilling to even read. Granted you'll pay more than the paper pack version, but it could come in quite handy in many situations.
Yes but, the books are still being published and produced as normal. Google is just "indexing" them. If anything, they are using more resources (people power) to accomplish this.
Why not just buy the game and get a better perspective? These "panoramic" screen shots don't do any justice to the game. The player's interation with the environment and its objects is what made the game stand out.
Unless his intention was to tease the users that can't afford the system required to play this game, it seems like a lot of work for nothing.
Dr. Pearson is 44 years old so, most likely, he'll be gone by 2050.. It's a shame that he won't be able to use his own work to download all of that knowledge before he kicks the bucket.
Then again, I guess it could be just as bad as dying before you find a cure to a disease that you have... only later to have someone else use your work to cure themselves.
I'm working on a website where the original author used the MS FrontPage WYSIWYG to create all of his pages. There are <font> tags all over the place. I've been converting most of it over to css so that I can control its formatting more.
HTML code looks so ugly when it comes out of a WYSIWYG editor such as FrontPage, DreamWeaver, or even Adobe ImageReady.
The fact that HL2 and Doom3 sold so well, regardless of the high system requirements and bugs, tells me that consumers will do anything to play these games.
I completely upgraded my system to play HL2 so the gaming companies are not the only ones benefiting from this.
This seems akin to scheduling firefighter visits every two weeks, and if your house catches fire in the meantime, being told to wait it out.
Shouldn't it be more like finding a flaw in your house that might cause it to catch fire and not being able to get it fixed until weeks later? In the meantime, your house might catch on fire (or, as a comparison, your computer might become compromised).
So how is this any different than a company that releases a piece of software that has spyware all over it and forces the user to give up money to remove it?
Yes, but cooking meals for kids does not necessarily mean that you are a father. Also, playing with tinker toys does not necessarily mean that you have children;)
The point is that it may require multiple, unforseen, skills to become "elite" at something and the ability to get along with others might be one of them.
I'm a little confused as to how you can blame science on the American's as a bad thing. Considering, many of our discoveries are based on, or in conjunction with, the disciveries of other scientists in other countries. You'd think that they'd have to take part of the blame aswell.
Furthermore, much of our technology is used to improve the quality of our lives and not soley for desctruction as you speak.
The great thing about America is that we are so diverse and that there will allways be opposition to whomever is in charge. This is good, it keeps us in check, and prevents us from getting out of hand, which, from your point of view, we already are.
Slashdot Mirror
We really can't say anything because we don't know exactly what's involved in this registration process. What information do they take and is there a background check? Also, can groups or parties register a website or does it have to be an individual? What if a website, that is updated by several people, becomes under question by the government? Does the individual responsible for registering this website take the fall? Seems like these groups/parties will be less willing to register their websites because of these consequences. Then again, this is probably what they want.
Isn't that what DNS is for?
not only PC-Gaming, the whole home-PC industry is in danger. just add a browser, an email app and a picturre/movie/music/tv player to that game-console and over 90% of the people dont need the home PC anymore
I don't see that as a bad thing. Add in a text-editor/word processor and I think that covers just about all of the things that the average user needs their computer for.
Couldn't you argue that the reason that MSIE is associated with cybercrime is simply because it is the most popular browser? It's equivalent to SAAB or Volvo saying that they have the safest car but, in fact, the reason that they are the safest, statistically, is because there are less of them on the road.
Furthermore, FireFox and Opera users tend to be a little bit more advanced and experienced with computers. They can usually spot a malicious website easier where my mother wouldn't have a fucking clue, regardless of what browser she was using.
Unless they start making existing porn sites convert to this new .xxx then I really don't see a point. This way, we can atleast just block all .xxx top level domains and our kids (or co-workers if you're a net admin) won't "accidentally" navigate to these websites.
I disagree simply because the boom of multiplayer games being released tells me that players want more challenging "life-like" opponents. They want the satisfaction of defeating another human player in combat and bragging about it to their friends. This is why I think "mimicking" this human behavior in single players games would do wonders.
Personally, I would rather have a more life-like or realistic AI controlling enemy objects. It would give me a greater sense of accomplishment when I defeat them. What's the point if my kid brother can mow down the same 50 guys in the same amount of time?
"I do know several people who own NOTEBOOKS"
You should tell them to get laptops. All that writing is probably killing their wrists.
Perhaps Microsoft writes software/articles specifically for slashdot... well... atleast to get bashed on.
There's also Books on Tape for those unwilling to even read. Granted you'll pay more than the paper pack version, but it could come in quite handy in many situations.
Yes but, the books are still being published and produced as normal. Google is just "indexing" them. If anything, they are using more resources (people power) to accomplish this.
Why not just buy the game and get a better perspective? These "panoramic" screen shots don't do any justice to the game. The player's interation with the environment and its objects is what made the game stand out.
Unless his intention was to tease the users that can't afford the system required to play this game, it seems like a lot of work for nothing.
Dr. Pearson is 44 years old so, most likely, he'll be gone by 2050.. It's a shame that he won't be able to use his own work to download all of that knowledge before he kicks the bucket.
Then again, I guess it could be just as bad as dying before you find a cure to a disease that you have... only later to have someone else use your work to cure themselves.
There's already special editions out there...
Store Wars
Doesn't MS Frontpage still publish using the tag?
I'm working on a website where the original author used the MS FrontPage WYSIWYG to create all of his pages. There are <font> tags all over the place. I've been converting most of it over to css so that I can control its formatting more.
HTML code looks so ugly when it comes out of a WYSIWYG editor such as FrontPage, DreamWeaver, or even Adobe ImageReady.
tabbed browsing
MS is going to send me a bill for browsing now?
Jeez, what else are they going to charge us for...
The fact that HL2 and Doom3 sold so well, regardless of the high system requirements and bugs, tells me that consumers will do anything to play these games.
I completely upgraded my system to play HL2 so the gaming companies are not the only ones benefiting from this.
Does no one use XCOPY anymore?
No, we use robocopy. Which is also apart of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools.
This seems akin to scheduling firefighter visits every two weeks, and if your house catches fire in the meantime, being told to wait it out.
Shouldn't it be more like finding a flaw in your house that might cause it to catch fire and not being able to get it fixed until weeks later? In the meantime, your house might catch on fire (or, as a comparison, your computer might become compromised).
So how is this any different than a company that releases a piece of software that has spyware all over it and forces the user to give up money to remove it?
Inconceivable!
pun inteded I'm guessing...
Yes, but cooking meals for kids does not necessarily mean that you are a father. Also, playing with tinker toys does not necessarily mean that you have children
The point is that it may require multiple, unforseen, skills to become "elite" at something and the ability to get along with others might be one of them.
Well to be a "hacker" means to be "elite". Perhaps one could argue that being "elite" also requires being able to play well with others?
And I'm not refering to "3l33t" players because, obviously, they really don't get along with anyone.
I'm a little confused as to how you can blame science on the American's as a bad thing. Considering, many of our discoveries are based on, or in conjunction with, the disciveries of other scientists in other countries. You'd think that they'd have to take part of the blame aswell. Furthermore, much of our technology is used to improve the quality of our lives and not soley for desctruction as you speak. The great thing about America is that we are so diverse and that there will allways be opposition to whomever is in charge. This is good, it keeps us in check, and prevents us from getting out of hand, which, from your point of view, we already are.
In that case, I'm sure he won't be getting laid for awhile. Unless, perhaps, he buys her a $10,000 diamond necklace.
One could probably use a similiar approach to generate AdSense revenue as they would do a DDOS attack....
1.) send out trojan and infect 1000's of computers
2.) command zombies to goto your website and click on links
3.) profit!
But, then again, the average user doesn't have this capability