It's real easy to sit there and say, "Well, how hard could it have been to do x?" Unless you're actually working in the code, you have no idea. If the decision was made to drop a feature, there was very likely a damned good reason for it.
I, for one, sincerely hope the game succeeds in getting (some) players excited about personal hygiene.
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In fact, I'd be willing to bet that there are a lot of multiple computer households that are *much* worse off, because they are run by someone who *thinks* they know about security.
Errr...no. Adrian Carmack is a dude, and he's been with id since the beginning. The last name is a coincidence, he's not related (and definitely not married) to John.
Not sure about Keith Richards, but I believe Keith Relf, who was the lead singer for the Yardbirds, died from a shock from a guitar amp.
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Right, but most trackways (is that the right term?) have a fairly wide, relatively clear area on either side of the rails, often made of gravel or crushed stone. To get around an obstruction, it wouldn't have to get very far from the rails. It wouldn't be the smoothest ride in the world, but I think it would be feasible in many situations.
I lasted at that job about a month before I quit, just something about being frisked in the middle of the store, in front of customers that makes you unexcited to go to work.
Sadly, that's pretty much SOP in the music retail biz. I worked for TheWall (which later morphed into Strawberries) for a couple of years, and you couldn't leave the store with having a manager do a "bag check". It wasn't quite a frisking, but it was close. It didn't bother me too much, except my manager (one of the very few non-pinheads I've worked for) had this monstrous purse, just filled with *stuff*. We used to go crazy at the end of a long day, as she would empty out the entire thing and then have to pack it back up.
What on earth is wrong with waiting until a sale is on til you buy whatever it is that you have your heart set on?
The idea is that they put stuff on sale virtually at cost to lure you into the store, and then you're supposed to be a good little consumer and buy a bunch of other crap at full price. The store would prefer not to do business with people who don't fall for this ploy.
Argh... I *hate* the way they aggressively push that damned ripoff service plan. I once bought a TV at Worst Buy, and the last thing the clerk said to me wasn't "Thank you", it was "You realize that if it breaks you can't bring it back here."
Of course, a truly smart criminal would know that a smart investigator would realize that most people know that you shouldn't ask for the check to be written out to your own real name; so he should not have the check written to his own name. But naturally, a well-trained detective would recommend that possibility and immediately discount the possiblity that the name he demanded to be written on the check was his own name; so he should have used his own name.
Why is legislation necessary here? this is a problem that could be solved with just a little technical nous.
It's also a problem that could be solved with a little common sense. Do you know how many instances of spyware my Windows box has had? One. I had switched from Mozilla to IE to view a site that wasn't working correctly, and I accidentally clicked he wrong button on the dialog. I knew what had happened instantly and immediately took steps to rip the fucker out.
Now granted, I am a/. reading nerd, and I know more about computers than the average joe, but it doesn't take any great technical knowledge to actually read a dialog when it appears on the screen and click "Cancel". Even IE these days doesn't install this crap automatically. I hate it when I'm fixing a computer for someone, and they tell me that all this spyware "just installed by itself." I always just smile and shrug, but in my head I'm screaming, "LIAR!!"
Everyone touts this as the holy grail of browser features, and for the life of me I can't get used to it. Everytime I try to use it, I always forget what I'm doing and close the damn browser. At least the more recent versions warn you before closing.
The only time I see a real advantage to tabbed browsing is if your taskbar is so crowded that it's started combining items.
I would *love* to know what causes that. In any situation where I am not supposed to sleep, in my cubical, in a classroom, driving (scary!), I can be asleep in seconds. Anytime sleep is allowed (or required), I'm wide awake. It's like my own body is working against me.
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It's real easy to sit there and say, "Well, how hard could it have been to do x?" Unless you're actually working in the code, you have no idea. If the decision was made to drop a feature, there was very likely a damned good reason for it.
How does someone fire a bullet in a gang shootout and hit a little girl on a porch 3 blocks away?
heck even an everyday tool such as a screw driver can cause terror in supermarkets.
Actually, a pricing gun would be a more effective weapon for causing terror in supermarkets.
That's every 584,942,417 years. Which is simply not going to be good enough in my book.
What are you? A geologist?
I, for one, sincerely hope the game succeeds in getting (some) players excited about personal hygiene.
In fact, I'd be willing to bet that there are a lot of multiple computer households that are *much* worse off, because they are run by someone who *thinks* they know about security.
What if she didn't have a wheelchair? Jet-powered mother-in-law?
And once someone invents a way to punch people through the Internet your plan will be complete.
Oh, man... whoever does that is gonna make a ton of money.
It's still less annyoing than "walla".
Errr...no. Adrian Carmack is a dude, and he's been with id since the beginning. The last name is a coincidence, he's not related (and definitely not married) to John.
Next up, watch Dell decide to sell off their computer production business and go into making bathmats. or something.
Hey, that wouldn't be a bad idea. I mean, I can knock together a decent PC in an hour or two, but a good bathmat? That's hard to come by.
It's also handy because, when a release is so many weeks late (varies by company), "Release To Manufacture" changes to "Release The Motherfucker"
You might have some difficulty making the 286 laptop enticing enough to steal. Ford Escort owners often have the same problem.
Good grief, it's as bad as spyware.
Not sure about Keith Richards, but I believe Keith Relf, who was the lead singer for the Yardbirds, died from a shock from a guitar amp.
Right, but most trackways (is that the right term?) have a fairly wide, relatively clear area on either side of the rails, often made of gravel or crushed stone. To get around an obstruction, it wouldn't have to get very far from the rails. It wouldn't be the smoothest ride in the world, but I think it would be feasible in many situations.
I am *so* in favor of the government generating revenue through gambling. It's like an idiot tax.
I lasted at that job about a month before I quit, just something about being frisked in the middle of the store, in front of customers that makes you unexcited to go to work.
Sadly, that's pretty much SOP in the music retail biz. I worked for TheWall (which later morphed into Strawberries) for a couple of years, and you couldn't leave the store with having a manager do a "bag check". It wasn't quite a frisking, but it was close. It didn't bother me too much, except my manager (one of the very few non-pinheads I've worked for) had this monstrous purse, just filled with *stuff*. We used to go crazy at the end of a long day, as she would empty out the entire thing and then have to pack it back up.
What on earth is wrong with waiting until a sale is on til you buy whatever it is that you have your heart set on?
The idea is that they put stuff on sale virtually at cost to lure you into the store, and then you're supposed to be a good little consumer and buy a bunch of other crap at full price. The store would prefer not to do business with people who don't fall for this ploy.
Argh... I *hate* the way they aggressively push that damned ripoff service plan. I once bought a TV at Worst Buy, and the last thing the clerk said to me wasn't "Thank you", it was "You realize that if it breaks you can't bring it back here."
Of course, a truly smart criminal would know that a smart investigator would realize that most people know that you shouldn't ask for the check to be written out to your own real name; so he should not have the check written to his own name. But naturally, a well-trained detective would recommend that possibility and immediately discount the possiblity that the name he demanded to be written on the check was his own name; so he should have used his own name.
Inconceivable!
Why is legislation necessary here? this is a problem that could be solved with just a little technical nous.
/. reading nerd, and I know more about computers than the average joe, but it doesn't take any great technical knowledge to actually read a dialog when it appears on the screen and click "Cancel". Even IE these days doesn't install this crap automatically. I hate it when I'm fixing a computer for someone, and they tell me that all this spyware "just installed by itself." I always just smile and shrug, but in my head I'm screaming, "LIAR!!"
It's also a problem that could be solved with a little common sense. Do you know how many instances of spyware my Windows box has had? One. I had switched from Mozilla to IE to view a site that wasn't working correctly, and I accidentally clicked he wrong button on the dialog. I knew what had happened instantly and immediately took steps to rip the fucker out.
Now granted, I am a
One feature to get rid of IE: tabbed browsing.
Everyone touts this as the holy grail of browser features, and for the life of me I can't get used to it. Everytime I try to use it, I always forget what I'm doing and close the damn browser. At least the more recent versions warn you before closing.
The only time I see a real advantage to tabbed browsing is if your taskbar is so crowded that it's started combining items.
but it's just not the same as waiting to dial in on Terminate or PCPlus and getting that busy signal.
Argh... and after hours of redialing, you'd finally connect... and suddenly have to go to the bathroom.
Or was that just me?
I would *love* to know what causes that. In any situation where I am not supposed to sleep, in my cubical, in a classroom, driving (scary!), I can be asleep in seconds. Anytime sleep is allowed (or required), I'm wide awake. It's like my own body is working against me.