I've always been fairly un-social, but back in junior high I found a group of people who played Shadowrun, and joining them did wonders for me. I learned how to interact with peers, and had a strong common interest
It is true that RPGs are typically geeky activities, but that's both a good thing (since we feel more comfortable playing them) and a bad thing (since it won't help with popularity at school), so, in the end, you have to take the good with the bad. But how much do we really have to care about stereotypers? I know I don't:)
Although I'm only 21, I grew up in a DOS, and, later, a Linux environment. I still prefer vi and vim to VS.net.
I was using a Windows program a couple days ago, and it wanted the folder to rip music to, I went to type in the folder (q:\.......\music), and it wouldn't let me. When I realized that I would be forced to use a GUI folder selector for each of the three paths rather than copying and pasting, my heart sank: I realized just how horrible the world has gotten when even programmers expect me to use GUI for everything.
My point is, a lot of us grew up on command line, and we turned out great. A lot of people grew up on windows xp/msn messenger, and I can't help but look down on them. When I say, "Your 40gb drive is full of spyware and installed programs/partially uninstalled programs/whatnot, it's time to format" they say, "huh?" because they aren't famalier with core computer concepts.
When I was forced to learn what IRQ and DMA meant, and I had to use mscdex when I was 10, I ended up better for it. I understand how the machine works, and I am much happier for it.
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This reminds me of xbindkeys, easily one of my favorite Linux programs.
Then why was this posted to Slashdot?
*ducks*
Is that to protect from the coming data jacks?
sec.tw.seurebanking.BankOfAmerica.com/Login/aseer
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't both of those be controlled by "BankOfAmerica.com"? Unless the spaces are somehow significant..
Just watch out for the Black IC!
Am I crazy, or does that link back to the grandparent post?
Perhaps he's talking about the money they earned for MAKING a movie like that?
http://news.findlaw.com/andrews/bt/ebl/20060213/20 060213lin.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05292/590807.stm
Am I crazy?
Although it's already been explained somewhat, for the definition/origin of the word, see Wikipedia
I've always been fairly un-social, but back in junior high I found a group of people who played Shadowrun, and joining them did wonders for me. I learned how to interact with peers, and had a strong common interest
:)
It is true that RPGs are typically geeky activities, but that's both a good thing (since we feel more comfortable playing them) and a bad thing (since it won't help with popularity at school), so, in the end, you have to take the good with the bad. But how much do we really have to care about stereotypers? I know I don't
Although I'm only 21, I grew up in a DOS, and, later, a Linux environment. I still prefer vi and vim to VS.net. I was using a Windows program a couple days ago, and it wanted the folder to rip music to, I went to type in the folder (q:\.......\music), and it wouldn't let me. When I realized that I would be forced to use a GUI folder selector for each of the three paths rather than copying and pasting, my heart sank: I realized just how horrible the world has gotten when even programmers expect me to use GUI for everything. My point is, a lot of us grew up on command line, and we turned out great. A lot of people grew up on windows xp/msn messenger, and I can't help but look down on them. When I say, "Your 40gb drive is full of spyware and installed programs/partially uninstalled programs/whatnot, it's time to format" they say, "huh?" because they aren't famalier with core computer concepts. When I was forced to learn what IRQ and DMA meant, and I had to use mscdex when I was 10, I ended up better for it. I understand how the machine works, and I am much happier for it.