I beg to differ, Poker not like Blackjack, involve something more called bluff. Sure they are strategies involve in both of them, Blackjack even has a couting theorie, so you know when to bet more...
But to play Poker you need, skills, social skills, straight face, lying face, and alot of luck. I really think that the big million games aren't won by does with alot of luck, but the ones with more bluffing skills, except if you play open poker...
And you're write I can be called a nerd and the two games I would "risk" (calculated risk), would still be poker and blackjack(cause I can count!).
Redmond-based behemoth was up to its world domination plans once again
When I hear something like this I'm afraid and think: "They could do it, they really CAN..."
If that think works, if people can really build entire games, with only little help from real programmers. If the design is their only limitation. They REALLY gonna do it! World domination... Those words echo in my ears. Do I want to be a part of it? or work against it? Do I embrace it and build better richer games? They have all the cards in they're hands. They're actualy helping the gaming industry. Is it a revolution? We'll see in a near futur, till this thing pass the first few years learning process
(BTW better start a project that will make it usable under linux, like Mono did with C#)
I wonder now, if this wasn't the plan in the first place... To get people to buy stocks. First give them free Gig email, then give them a little piece of what they can really give little by little, so people will crave to buy... They are not really in the email business (yet). Searching seems their main business as of now. And they pay that with advertising only? I know they have the brainpower of some of the brightiest geeks out there. But surely they must have a better skeem of somekind to give (freely) that much email space. I mean my last hardrive cost me 200$ US and I got 40 Gig...
I'm really starting to think that this much altruism is really gonna profite some few people.
Or they have found a hole in the thin layer of space and time, and manage to be able to give without any real return on investment (ROI).
Call me paranoid, call me non-believer, believe me I WANT to believe. But nothing on earth is free. People don't give unless, they get something in return. Unless they want to polish they're image. (Like Micro$oft with Hotmail. Theyre less evil, cause they give free emails)
But Google does'nt need a better image, they are the image. The best search engine ever in human history( for now ). I think they're in for the money.
How about a space rally between earth and the moon?(something easy) You could use any type of space craft. You would need to take pictures of celestial reference on the way, land a flag on the moon, and come back, then crash on earth...
Oh and it could go ummaned if you don't want to bring some food along.
The other challenge would be to go and pick up the flag...
What is this thing with running boxes with root privilege. I run my Linux and win as admin all the time, and never had a single problem ever... wait IE just popup a certificate warning, gonna click ok so it won't annoy me anymore, Be right back..........
Your right, If I was Caesar or Napoleon, I would think well this is good It'll help me. But for the one conquered it is bad.
It will always depend on which side your are. Winning or losing side.
Could we say that if there's nobody left on earth, everything would be just as fine?:P
Ok my mistake I put them all under RTS. You're right I should added Turn Base Strategy(Civ MOO), Real Time Strategy(the good ones, Starcraft), Role Playing Game (FF anyone?):)
Personaly I played Doom I, it was fun the multi option was way cool. But then I was young and they mainly where monsters killing...
how about Heroes of Might and Magic or Civilization
Isn't Civ an RTS? Master of Orion? Warcraft I, even Starcraft as somekind of strategy. They're not just click. Sure in starcraft, its a simple game where you find oppenent and destroy him. But if you are above average gamer, and your adversary is about your skill, it can be pretty challenging, and it involves more than just some clicks.
I really meant that there's no direct point to point connection. When I see Israli people shooting at Palestinians who throws rocks. I won't get out in the street doing the same.
But then again others will probably do. When see a violent act, I understand the uselessness of it, but others will not. I can't say its the majority cause thats not true alot of people have a brain. Its the few stupid dorks that are the problem.
I shoulda said theres no direct connection that can proove the link between viloence seen on tv or in a game and real life
And the people who go out and shoot others because they played doom in their basement, are just plain dumb, its a social issue, they weren't educated and thats what I'm afraid of. Why didn't they had that little voice that told them to stop is beyond my comprehension.
It's true the market isn't the same. Cause the culture IS not the same period.
Sure the market will migrate a little, they are getting McDonalds and a little of Western culture. But do they really need to? I mean is the western culture gonna dictate the gaming scene for all?
I'm in Canada, so I'm influence mainly by the big country south of me.
But I don't like FPS either, I like more brainy, self-involving nature of RTS or RPG style games.
I'm hardly playing games anymore, the last thing I touched was solitary, but if I had time I'll surely get into Final Fantasy Series.
If they think games encourage violence, well its a good thing no?, and "Violent games are not so popular in Japan"
How can this be bad? Even if its a game ??? I understand that there's no connection between violence seen or in games and real life but
people should realise, that if somethings are not liked somewhere, then maybe theres a good reason for it...
Will we see Samus helmetless and out of her power suit? Will it just be another tired Aliens clone?
If they make a film on Metroid one day, and Samus isn't naked at least once in the film.
You can call the SWAT Team, to contain all the riot caused by Geeks and Nerds Metroid fan...
Whats prettier than a girl with a big frozen beam?
A girl with two big frozen b...
Really this should be viewed as really old news.
I learned about global warming, CFC's destroying ozones, pollution... etc. like 12 years ago, thats why we (in Canada) are recycling alot of stuff, like papers, aluminium, plastics...
I knew THEN, that if we didn't do nothing, il would create disasters, floods, tornadoes, animals would die, people would get cancer.
But we where young and couldn't do sh*t about it.
Now I'm way older and can do sh*t about it.
There are theories that says,its already happening and others that says we can still change things from being disastrous.
Whom to believe, what should we as a person do?
I'm doing my best, recycle every week, buy recycled stuff or with less paper or plastic.
People knew then, people know now, or are learning it right now. Only a few will try to change things. And thats how the world works...
Remember when you were young and people told you to never trust someone you don't know with candies? :)
Now they're grownups, and they do what they want.
Many adopt very unsafe tactics to remember these login names. Some of those questioned simply use the same password for every system they must log on to
And that would mean if I had 10 accounts on different machine, I would have to make 10 very disctinct password with no link to my life whatsoever? If I like my pet name I should be able to use it
The real issue is, do doze people have any sensitive data? That would threat the world or reveal the Kennedy assassination?
Cause in my office, I wouldn't care less, if they knew my password. Hell they could even sit at my computer and work on my comp doing my job:)
Ordinary people are no security freak, and the majority are no computer geeks either. They wouldn't do anything beside changing the background of my desktop if they had my login.
Now if only the black sheep didn't spoiled it for us all... I would have plenty candy!
Sure I'll give my money to them like I gave my hard earned 699$, money to SCO, then I'll be sure to never be sued and I even have an insurance to protect me, so I can continue to develop on a free as in free beer operating system. Earn more money to give to another insurance compagnie who will get sued, that will counter sue...
At the pace were going Linux will never achieve,
the useability for the mass. I mean, It will never be able to take on the easy, pretty, self-installing windows market. Cause It can't do those thing.
I ain't saying that people are dumb and can't learn, on the contrary. But they won't try. they just want to click next, connect to the web, check their emails, work on spreadsheet, PLAY GAMES. Without ever needing to edit a single line of text in an unknown region called/etc. Than people would not mind.
If you can make that happen, than your working for Micros*ft and make profit.
Really if everyone would just, put some of their ability in making the low level interface childish usable. And let all console interface for the claiming uber hacker that we think we are.
Oh wait theres a thing called OSX thats doing that just fine already. I'll be d*mn
Like one of the above post says, a nano device would need only the computationnal power needed for its purpose. Like for example, a nanorobot who's main purpose would be to find and destroy a "type" of cancer. It would only need to be able to recognize and destroy the desired disease or family of disease.
Do we really need a nanite that has intensive fpu, cpu power?
Wouldn't it be better, if we had multiple little devices with unique function that can be called at ease?
Big really complex nano devices surely can exist and probably will, but what would be the point?, but again if you look closely at the human body you have billions of molecules (nano devices) who interacts and have different purpose and function and are kinda complex, but they exist solely for one thing, and don't have that "many" function.
I don't mean that a nanorobot shouldn't have somekind of cpu.
But if you believe in One Nano CPU to rule them all...
With windows XP, CTRL-ALT-ESC. Brings you the Windows Task Manager. Find the sphere.exe process and click on End Process.
That will stop it. And you'll see how much mem it eats too...:)
I tried It, you need to install the csgl library first, and then unzip sphere 0.75 and execute. No virus found.
Beware it takes a bit of resource, 68 meg ram on my computer...
Its fun and cool but, its not making anything more efficient.
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I beg to differ, Poker not like Blackjack, involve something more called bluff. Sure they are strategies involve in both of them, Blackjack even has a couting theorie, so you know when to bet more...
But to play Poker you need, skills, social skills, straight face, lying face, and alot of luck. I really think that the big million games aren't won by does with alot of luck, but the ones with more bluffing skills, except if you play open poker...
And you're write I can be called a nerd and the two games I would "risk" (calculated risk), would still be poker and blackjack(cause I can count!).
Redmond-based behemoth was up to its world domination plans once again
When I hear something like this I'm afraid and think: "They could do it, they really CAN..."
If that think works, if people can really build entire games, with only little help from real programmers. If the design is their only limitation. They REALLY gonna do it! World domination...
Those words echo in my ears. Do I want to be a part of it? or work against it? Do I embrace it and build better richer games? They have all the cards in they're hands. They're actualy helping the gaming industry. Is it a revolution? We'll see in a near futur, till this thing pass the first few years learning process
(BTW better start a project that will make it usable under linux, like Mono did with C#)
I wonder now, if this wasn't the plan in the first place... To get people to buy stocks. First give them free Gig email, then give them a little piece of what they can really give little by little, so people will crave to buy...
They are not really in the email business (yet). Searching seems their main business as of now. And they pay that with advertising only? I know they have the brainpower of some of the brightiest geeks out there. But surely they must have a better skeem of somekind to give (freely) that much email space. I mean my last hardrive cost me 200$ US and I got 40 Gig...
I'm really starting to think that this much altruism is really gonna profite some few people.
Or they have found a hole in the thin layer of space and time, and manage to be able to give without any real return on investment (ROI).
Call me paranoid, call me non-believer, believe me I WANT to believe. But nothing on earth is free. People don't give unless, they get something in return. Unless they want to polish they're image. (Like Micro$oft with Hotmail. Theyre less evil, cause they give free emails)
But Google does'nt need a better image, they are the image. The best search engine ever in human history( for now ). I think they're in for the money.
How about a space rally between earth and the moon?(something easy) You could use any type of space craft. You would need to take pictures of celestial reference on the way, land a flag on the moon, and come back, then crash on earth...
Oh and it could go ummaned if you don't want to bring some food along.
The other challenge would be to go and pick up the flag...
What is this thing with running boxes with root privilege. I run my Linux and win as admin all the time, and never had a single problem ever... wait IE just popup a certificate warning, gonna click ok so it won't annoy me anymore, Be right back..........
JUST FINE
:P
Your right, If I was Caesar or Napoleon, I would think well this is good It'll help me. But for the one conquered it is bad.
It will always depend on which side your are.
Winning or losing side.
Could we say that if there's nobody left on earth, everything would be just as fine?
Ok my mistake I put them all under RTS. You're right I should added Turn Base Strategy(Civ MOO), Real Time Strategy(the good ones, Starcraft), Role Playing Game (FF anyone?) :)
Personaly I played Doom I, it was fun the multi option was way cool. But then I was young and they mainly where monsters killing...
how about Heroes of Might and Magic or Civilization
Isn't Civ an RTS? Master of Orion? Warcraft I, even Starcraft as somekind of strategy. They're not just click. Sure in starcraft, its a simple game where you find oppenent and destroy him. But if you are above average gamer, and your adversary is about your skill, it can be pretty challenging, and it involves more than just some clicks.
in my opinion, there is a connection.
I really meant that there's no direct point to point connection. When I see Israli people shooting at Palestinians who throws rocks. I won't get out in the street doing the same.
But then again others will probably do.
When see a violent act, I understand the uselessness of it, but others will not. I can't say its the majority cause thats not true alot of people have a brain. Its the few stupid dorks that are the problem.
I shoulda said theres no direct connection that can proove the link between viloence seen on tv or in a game and real life
And the people who go out and shoot others because they played doom in their basement, are just plain dumb, its a social issue, they weren't educated and thats what I'm afraid of. Why didn't they had that little voice that told them to stop is beyond my comprehension.
It's true the market isn't the same. Cause the culture IS not the same period.
Sure the market will migrate a little, they are getting McDonalds and a little of Western culture. But do they really need to? I mean is the western culture gonna dictate the gaming scene for all?
I'm in Canada, so I'm influence mainly by the big country south of me.
But I don't like FPS either, I like more brainy, self-involving nature of RTS or RPG style games.
I'm hardly playing games anymore, the last thing I touched was solitary, but if I had time I'll surely get into Final Fantasy Series.
If they think games encourage violence, well its a good thing no?, and "Violent games are not so popular in Japan"
How can this be bad? Even if its a game ??? I understand that there's no connection between violence seen or in games and real life but people should realise, that if somethings are not liked somewhere, then maybe theres a good reason for it...
Eventhought it wasn't though for the OO. Don't think they would had put blindly a semi confuse drunk mascot to show the world.
:) But with little modification Im sure it can look has good as any other mascot.
We're talking about a software that wants to compete in the big league here.(thinking MSOffice anyone?)
And think again, the first time the penguin was sketched for linux, did anyone though it would become so widespread ?
Surely he looks kinda dumb, and look at the hair
Will we see Samus helmetless and out of her power suit? Will it just be another tired Aliens clone?
...
If they make a film on Metroid one day, and Samus isn't naked at least once in the film.
You can call the SWAT Team, to contain all the riot caused by Geeks and Nerds Metroid fan
Whats prettier than a girl with a big frozen beam?
A girl with two big frozen b...
Really this should be viewed as really old news. I learned about global warming, CFC's destroying ozones, pollution... etc. like 12 years ago, thats why we (in Canada) are recycling alot of stuff, like papers, aluminium, plastics...
I knew THEN, that if we didn't do nothing, il would create disasters, floods, tornadoes, animals would die, people would get cancer.
But we where young and couldn't do sh*t about it. Now I'm way older and can do sh*t about it.
There are theories that says,its already happening and others that says we can still change things from being disastrous.
Whom to believe, what should we as a person do?
I'm doing my best, recycle every week, buy recycled stuff or with less paper or plastic.
People knew then, people know now, or are learning it right now. Only a few will try to change things. And thats how the world works...
Remember when you were young and people told you to never trust someone you don't know with candies?
:)
Now they're grownups, and they do what they want.
:)
Many adopt very unsafe tactics to remember these login names. Some of those questioned simply use the same password for every system they must log on to
And that would mean if I had 10 accounts on different machine, I would have to make 10 very disctinct password with no link to my life whatsoever? If I like my pet name I should be able to use it
The real issue is, do doze people have any sensitive data? That would threat the world or reveal the Kennedy assassination?
Cause in my office, I wouldn't care less, if they knew my password. Hell they could even sit at my computer and work on my comp doing my job
Ordinary people are no security freak, and the majority are no computer geeks either. They wouldn't do anything beside changing the background of my desktop if they had my login.
Now if only the black sheep didn't spoiled it for us all... I would have plenty candy!
Sure I'll give my money to them like I gave my hard earned 699$, money to SCO, then I'll be sure to never be sued and I even have an insurance to protect me, so I can continue to develop on a free as in free beer operating system.
Earn more money to give to another insurance compagnie who will get sued, that will counter sue...
Man, when this madness will end.
At the pace were going Linux will never achieve, the useability for the mass. I mean, It will never be able to take on the easy, pretty, self-installing windows market. Cause It can't do those thing. I ain't saying that people are dumb and can't learn, on the contrary. But they won't try. they just want to click next, connect to the web, check their emails, work on spreadsheet, PLAY GAMES. Without ever needing to edit a single line of text in an unknown region called /etc. Than people would not mind.
If you can make that happen, than your working for Micros*ft and make profit.
Really if everyone would just, put some of their ability in making the low level interface childish usable. And let all console interface for the claiming uber hacker that we think we are.
Oh wait theres a thing called OSX thats doing that just fine already. I'll be d*mn
Like one of the above post says, a nano device would need only the computationnal power needed for its purpose. Like for example, a nanorobot who's main purpose would be to find and destroy a "type" of cancer. It would only need to be able to recognize and destroy the desired disease or family of disease. Do we really need a nanite that has intensive fpu, cpu power? Wouldn't it be better, if we had multiple little devices with unique function that can be called at ease? Big really complex nano devices surely can exist and probably will, but what would be the point?, but again if you look closely at the human body you have billions of molecules (nano devices) who interacts and have different purpose and function and are kinda complex, but they exist solely for one thing, and don't have that "many" function. I don't mean that a nanorobot shouldn't have somekind of cpu. But if you believe in One Nano CPU to rule them all...
With windows XP, CTRL-ALT-ESC. Brings you the Windows Task Manager. Find the sphere.exe process and click on End Process. That will stop it. And you'll see how much mem it eats too... :)
I tried It, you need to install the csgl library first, and then unzip sphere 0.75 and execute. No virus found. Beware it takes a bit of resource, 68 meg ram on my computer... Its fun and cool but, its not making anything more efficient.