Because of competition. It seems any species that ultimately ended up being the dominant one in a planet, managed so by killing, eating, enslaving or exterminating other species as part of the process. It is only our hope that technological advances means spiritual moral evolution - but that doesn't have to be necessarily so. How many times us human - supposed to be relatively advanced & civilized - still completely decimated other nations or races, or destroyed other habitats and brought other natural species to complete extinction?
if you have the code, you can modify it or experiment further to create impressive textural.. ok more life "fluid".. soundscapes. Add that to music production and whoosh / wow / ahhhhhh ok...
When I went to see the film Batman, I was extremely impressed by the performance of the Joker and:
1- Had no idea who the actor was
2- Had no idea he had died.
Had anyone suggested he would win the Oscar - I would have replied: Great! Whoever that guy is - he is absolutely brilliant!
The other actors however paled before him. He did steal the show.
But the problem is that once he died, opinions got divided. People who haven't seen the film went to see it now with very critical pendantic eyes. Looking for - or imagining any - flaw. It's a bit like it's hard to have an unbiased jury if the accused has an article about him written in the press. Or finding a woman of another race attractive when you are racist. Or acknowledging Hitler's watercolours were incredibly beautiful
So his acting was hyped. Making it harder to be objective.
Heath is an actor's actor. If you ever trained yourself to be one, you would appreciate the incredible talent.
But if you try to find any fault - because of some emotional bias - well you will find many.
I have a feeling that most people that think his acting was over-rated or bad, would have a second more honest / sombre opinion had he: not been famous or dead.
I had a really bad experience with Orange Box. Long story.
Anyway, I don't have a Windows PC any more - that one blew up. But I began missing playing games like Grand Theft Auto and so on.
I am scared of this DRM thing. I hear so many bad things about GTA 4 because of DRM issues - I keep wondering if ALL games are DRM-locked as standard these days. I keep postponing investing on a new Gaming Machine.
Fear of purchasing is the worse feeling towards a business. It's worse than boycotting.
RIAA or Not - People do feel scared of buying a DVD movie or Audio CD. But with DRM people are feeling nervous about purchasing Games that end up messing with your PC.
I am very possibly one of the best SEO consultant / webdesigner on this planet but am such a crap salesman business person it seems I am destined to die in utter poverty.
Ah well such is life...
I am so-and-so with graphic design. A tad above the mediocre but not more. Say 6 out of 10.
But worse of all is writing. Copy-writing Web-writing totals 80% of my time / energy spent on a new project.
Valve/Steam is nasty. I've purchased the Orange Box legit, to play on a Windows computer that was given to me. I've added the Orange Box games to PC previous owner's Steam account. Some games were there present, I thought of added a few more, in fact I was even left with 3 extra games I could "donate" (as they were also present). Played HL2 and Portal for a bit, had my fare share of fun, then stopped playing for 6 months. Then recently wanted to check out Team Fortress 2.
Now I don't know what happened, but it would refuse to log me in (cookies reset?). Now I can't contact the original owner of the PC. But I couldn't play any game (even the ones that were "surplus"). People told me I still could claim my original games as long as I contact Steam and scan a copy of my original receipt. As if I keep these things.. as if I have time also = easier to buy a new one, but that would be too wrong paying for a product twice.
Little or big annoyances like that is what makes people hate DRM so much and the industry that endorses it. People don't necessarily hate DRM because they are closet pirates. But because they often have to pay for a crime they have not committed. They are deemed guilty and untrustworthy before anything else. It's patronising and offensive - and yet many put up with that.
DRM will always count as a negative when deciding to buy software or games in future. I just can't put with the hassle anymore. I didn't know BioShock was DRM, so thanks for telling me, I won't be spending my money on that now.
"Play" is the most effective way of learning. Animals do it still when adults.
Which is why "roleplaying" and "similuations" are so widely used in the military. Even in Language Courses deals heavily with that, the reason being: it's a big business that is pressurized in delivering results fast. Play is the best strategy.
Take Science and Maths courses they are not so under pressure or well-funded (in most countries) hence "Play" does not take part - but dry old books and boring teachers instead. Unlike repeating again: Language Courses.
And the thing about being an adult is the ability to choose - if you happen to be an 4-eyed over-intellectualized alien creature sure - go and read the Principia Electronica @ 4000 words per sec. Breathe the dust from old Library basements.
It is not unwise to choose one's method of learning as long as one believe it is effective. Be it games, be it for 8 year old. That should be the thing about adulthood: choice.. however err,, uhmm.. infantile:)
In the 1950's Adults would buy children book (LadyBird) to read or learn something quick about something. But for fear of embarrassment used to hide those educational series inside Adult Magazines.
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I have a Windows XP machine. And I've learnt this. The more I install, the slower it becomes. How else could you explain this phonemenom ?
So don't tell me that memory has no weight, cos it does !!!
Machines gets heavy yeah? Them fat disks spinnin ever more sloow.
Because of competition. It seems any species that ultimately ended up being the dominant one in a planet, managed so by killing, eating, enslaving or exterminating other species as part of the process. It is only our hope that technological advances means spiritual moral evolution - but that doesn't have to be necessarily so. How many times us human - supposed to be relatively advanced & civilized - still completely decimated other nations or races, or destroyed other habitats and brought other natural species to complete extinction?
if you have the code, you can modify it or experiment further to create impressive textural .. ok more life "fluid" .. soundscapes. Add that to music production and whoosh / wow / ahhhhhh ok ...
Rubbish.
When I went to see the film Batman, I was extremely impressed by the performance of the Joker and:
1- Had no idea who the actor was
2- Had no idea he had died.
Had anyone suggested he would win the Oscar - I would have replied: Great! Whoever that guy is - he is absolutely brilliant!
The other actors however paled before him. He did steal the show.
But the problem is that once he died, opinions got divided. People who haven't seen the film went to see it now with very critical pendantic eyes. Looking for - or imagining any - flaw. It's a bit like it's hard to have an unbiased jury if the accused has an article about him written in the press. Or finding a woman of another race attractive when you are racist. Or acknowledging Hitler's watercolours were incredibly beautiful
So his acting was hyped.
Making it harder to be objective.
Heath is an actor's actor. If you ever trained yourself to be one, you would appreciate the incredible talent.
But if you try to find any fault - because of some emotional bias - well you will find many.
I have a feeling that most people that think his acting was over-rated or bad, would have a second more honest / sombre opinion had he: not been famous or dead.
"Eve Online does the impossible by making deep space boring .." - Zero Punctuation
I had a really bad experience with Orange Box. Long story.
Anyway, I don't have a Windows PC any more - that one blew up.
But I began missing playing games like Grand Theft Auto and so on.
I am scared of this DRM thing.
I hear so many bad things about GTA 4 because of DRM issues - I keep wondering if ALL games are DRM-locked as standard these days. I keep postponing investing on a new Gaming Machine.
Fear of purchasing is the worse feeling towards a business. It's worse than boycotting.
RIAA or Not - People do feel scared of buying a DVD movie or Audio CD. But with DRM people are feeling nervous about purchasing Games that end up messing with your PC.
I should know .. I used to be one :)
Ah ... if only British voters had such passion for party politics.
Looks like the teacher has been taking anti-Linux parodies a little too seriously.
What a fun place to work!
Can I have a job there please?
I do agree with you.
I am not really that good with graphics but I try.
Engineer != Designer != Writer != Marketer != Salesman
I agree.
I am very possibly one of the best SEO consultant / webdesigner on this planet but am such a crap salesman business person it seems I am destined to die in utter poverty.
Ah well such is life ...
I am so-and-so with graphic design. A tad above the mediocre but not more. Say 6 out of 10.
But worse of all is writing. Copy-writing Web-writing totals 80% of my time / energy spent on a new project.
I do really pretty favicons :)
Like this one
or this one
then there is this one
and this one
now this one was a gift in exchange for a link
If you need a favicon contact me.
OK in Slackware Linux and possibly others: Ubuntu?
More?
Yes, there is a fix, but not so straightforward.
But it boggles the mind, how can a site directed for Linux users, not be tested under a few common Linux distros.
The content management system for Linux.com seems to be written with Xaraya.
Do they test and develop the site under Windows though?
Linux.com developers. Kindly develop your site - with your main target audience in mind: Linux users.
Valve/Steam is nasty. I've purchased the Orange Box legit, to play on a Windows computer that was given to me. I've added the Orange Box games to PC previous owner's Steam account. Some games were there present, I thought of added a few more, in fact I was even left with 3 extra games I could "donate" (as they were also present). Played HL2 and Portal for a bit, had my fare share of fun, then stopped playing for 6 months. Then recently wanted to check out Team Fortress 2.
Now I don't know what happened, but it would refuse to log me in (cookies reset?). Now I can't contact the original owner of the PC. But I couldn't play any game (even the ones that were "surplus"). People told me I still could claim my original games as long as I contact Steam and scan a copy of my original receipt. As if I keep these things .. as if I have time also = easier to buy a new one, but that would be too wrong paying for a product twice.
Little or big annoyances like that is what makes people hate DRM so much and the industry that endorses it. People don't necessarily hate DRM because they are closet pirates. But because they often have to pay for a crime they have not committed. They are deemed guilty and untrustworthy before anything else. It's patronising and offensive - and yet many put up with that.
DRM will always count as a negative when deciding to buy software or games in future. I just can't put with the hassle anymore. I didn't know BioShock was DRM, so thanks for telling me, I won't be spending my money on that now.
Apart from the U.K
It's been a shitty Summer like always.
Google Applications - (Linux version appearing much later)
and probably some more apps out there.
Alert Negroponte!
Tell him of the good news - most laptops now come with Windows.
Why not ask them?
What like handing them over a thermometer? .. now here comes the second part .."
"Thanks very much for borrowing my laptop
.. can't money buy you love?
Bad guys make more money.
duh, indeed.
Nonsense.
"Play" is the most effective way of learning. Animals do it still when adults.
Which is why "roleplaying" and "similuations" are so widely used in the military. Even in Language Courses deals heavily with that, the reason being: it's a big business that is pressurized in delivering results fast. Play is the best strategy.
Take Science and Maths courses they are not so under pressure or well-funded (in most countries) hence "Play" does not take part - but dry old books and boring teachers instead. Unlike repeating again: Language Courses.
And the thing about being an adult is the ability to choose - if you happen to be an 4-eyed over-intellectualized alien creature sure - go and read the Principia Electronica @ 4000 words per sec. Breathe the dust from old Library basements.
It is not unwise to choose one's method of learning as long as one believe it is effective. Be it games, be it for 8 year old. That should be the thing about adulthood: choice .. however err ,, uhmm .. infantile :)
In the 1950's Adults would buy children book (LadyBird) to read or learn something quick about something. But for fear of embarrassment used to hide those educational series inside Adult Magazines.
doesn't quite work with zebras - too big.
I still don't get it .. :(
Or you may end up with a stinging paper-cut.