WHo says you have to buy popcorn or drinks? What a stereotype to think that going at the movies involves popcorn.
Can't you not eat for 2-3 hours?
I find it hillarious when I see the same old comments that go against theatres like "noisy kids, idiots, overpriced food".
- Noisy kids or idiots? Do something about it? There's always a few who always talk but I have gone to the movies enough to know that once I'm into the movie, unless the whole theatre is filled of idiots, it doesn't annoy to have a few idiots in the room. - Overpriced food? Eat before or after. Of course it's pricy, they know people like you will buy the overpriced popcorn that actually costs 5 cents
What about when you slashdotters went to see the original Star Wars at the threatre. Were you against theatres at that time? So I guess at that time the theatre was filled of people who were quiet, from a rich family educated who will stfu when they are told to right? Yesyes and I live on Mars.
I am sure if you want to buy one enermax won't say, nah you're goofy for spending money on this everyone knows that a 250 watt compusa generic brand works for just as good.
Sorry to say it but buying (and trusting) a generic-branded power supply is more dumb or "goofy" than getting an Enermax PSU regardless of the wattage it provides.
The PSU being the most important part in a pc has to be made by a company renown for reliable PSU's if you want the juice to flow forever and ever. Otherwise, you're playing with fire and in some cases, real fire.
Apple calls it liquid cooling when in fact it's a bunch of heatpipes transfering the heat towards the radiator. Nothing too impressive.
There are no reservoirs or tubes or pumps so its not "actually" liquid-cooled hardware unlike what most of us think liquid cooling is which involves the above.
Mr. Burns: Smithers, I think I'll donate a million dollars to the local orphanage........ when pigs fly *Burns and Smithers laugh and see Homer's pig fly by* Smithers: So, are you going to donate right now sir Mr. Burns: Hmm I prefer not to.
Scientists: Ok fellow scientists. We have to decide on a name for this new planet. All in favor of planet X? Everyone: Aye Scientists: And now all in favor of Effram the Retarded Planet Peter Griffin: Ah screw you guys!
Oh yeah gotta love those contracts. They are written using an english so refined that you end up saying "yeah... sounds good..." when what you agreed to is giving half of your left testicle to the company.
I swear, sometimes I wish these companies could be more real.
I'd just like to add I gave EA as an example because it was the perfect example, but it goes well beyond what they have produced.
Since Return to Castle Wolfenstein, we saw all kinds of WWII-themed games and I just got sick of the same old MP40's "shoot em up nazi's".
We got RTCW, Medal of Honor, BF1942, UT Mod Red Orchestra, Call of Duty, Enemy Territory, Brothers in Arms, upcoming title Call of Duty 2 and probably a bunch more that I missed.
This ain't just about creativity. They see one kind of successful game and what they'll end up making is their own version of it. No matter how much creativity is required to make games, in the end it's still about money and money talks.
Whatever happen to those original type of shooters like Monolith's Blood (not 2 though, very bad A.I.). Here we're talking about one sadistic but fkn hillarious shooter that gave us a selection of original weapons like Napalm Launcher, Life Leech, Voodoo Doll, Proximity & Remote TNT, Thomspon "Mafiosi" Gun and a bunch more. Then you got the hillarious Latin-Yellin (I don't think it's Latin but it looks like it) cultists that shoot eachother with TNT bundles and Thomspon guns.
That game was original but the efforts to market it by Monolith wasn't too successful.
It does take creativity to make games, but it also doesn't. Depends who you work for. Monolith is a company that has made many original games like the No One Lives Forever series and then you got the companies that love to make sequels that look just like the first one with two new guns/toys and a girl with bigger boobs.
Being a designer is about having a creative vision and adhering to it."
Or you could do it EA's way and release the same title every year and change the nametag from Johnson to Jonson and people are still gonna buy.
Why wait? Everybody waits..
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Losing data once due to hard drive failure may be all that is required to convince anyone that RAID is right for them, but why wait until that happens.'"
Isn't it human nature (or at least that's what it seems) to wait until something "bad" happens?
That goes for obese people, smokers and yes even computer geeks.
Why eat all the fat? I'll just burn em all! - Wait til your 40-50 and check that cholesterol strike...
So many people smoke and get away with it so I will to right? - Yeah wait til you get some health problem that will make you say "OH NOES!"
Why I need firefox? ActiveX hasn't screwed me. - A week later "omfg whats all this junk, I want Firefox!"
Why Do I need RAID or even a burner? I got 3 hard drives that contains all my data! - 8 months later, 1 hdd crashes "AH F*K ALL MY Pr0n!" and then he thinks of having a simple RAID 1 setup...
These kind of situations makes me think of the episode when Herb wants Homer to design a car.
Herb: OK Homer, pick out any one you want. Homer: I'd like a big one, then. Automotive Engineer: We don't have big ones. Homer: Why not? Automotive Engineer: Because Americans don't want big cars. Homer: Well then give me one with lots of pep. Automotive Engineer: "Sorry our cars don't have pep. Herb: Why not? Automotive Engineer: Because American's want good mileage, not pep. Herb: Homer, tell the nice man what country you come from. Homer: America! Herb: Did you hear that ya moron?!
I'll tell you what's the problem and this is one thing the author of this article has not addressed. The problem is having tens of thousands of different linux distributions. Sounds crazy? Hear me out.
It's time for a story, a story about a man called Art Vandelay. He's an importer/exporter who has used Windows in his business until today when he heard about this "Linux" thing.
Mr. Vandelay wasn't sure how to start off for he is confused of how many variations of Linux there are online. Nevertheless, he will not give up and seek an answer.
Art found a discussion forum where he could talk about Linux (e.g Linuxquestions.org) so he decides to become part of the community and there he posts the following:
----- Hello everbody! I'm Art Vandelay. I have done a lot of reading about Linux and it looks really neat from the screenshots and all the things it has to offer for free so I decided to give it a shot.
What I want to know is which distribution should I go with. I read about Fedora but also Gentoo and Ubuntu. Which is the easiest and best to use? -----
That was the story. The problem with this story is it has no end. The end is always different.
Before the user even starts migrating, he has to make a decision of what linux distro to go for. Some random select a distro that appeared nice in screenshots (simple but not the best way of choosing) and others will ask linux-savvy users.
It has to be simple folks. End-users like simple things. The choice of how to start off to these new incoming windows users has to be simple.
Another thing that would vastly help is if there would be a universal file format/package throughout all distros to install/manage/remove programs. Having.deb's with Debian, Ubunto and rpm's for Fedora, SuSE, RedHat, Mandriva and.tgz for Slackware... That's no good.
Imagine if you take all the communities of every distro and combine them into one and combien the best of every distro into one distro. It's like taking your 5 fingers and forming a fist. Each finger is a distro but take the best of each, combine them and you got one solid rock ready to face off.
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WHo says you have to buy popcorn or drinks? What a stereotype to think that going at the movies involves popcorn.
Can't you not eat for 2-3 hours?
I find it hillarious when I see the same old comments that go against theatres like "noisy kids, idiots, overpriced food".
- Noisy kids or idiots? Do something about it? There's always a few who always talk but I have gone to the movies enough to know that once I'm into the movie, unless the whole theatre is filled of idiots, it doesn't annoy to have a few idiots in the room.
- Overpriced food? Eat before or after. Of course it's pricy, they know people like you will buy the overpriced popcorn that actually costs 5 cents
What about when you slashdotters went to see the original Star Wars at the threatre. Were you against theatres at that time? So I guess at that time the theatre was filled of people who were quiet, from a rich family educated who will stfu when they are told to right? Yesyes and I live on Mars.
You know, those Super Doors :o
I am sure if you want to buy one enermax won't say, nah you're goofy for spending money on this everyone knows that a 250 watt compusa generic brand works for just as good.
Sorry to say it but buying (and trusting) a generic-branded power supply is more dumb or "goofy" than getting an Enermax PSU regardless of the wattage it provides.
The PSU being the most important part in a pc has to be made by a company renown for reliable PSU's if you want the juice to flow forever and ever. Otherwise, you're playing with fire and in some cases, real fire.
Dude, its Japan.
They got Toilets with heated seats probably playing AM/FM radio while spraying hot water on your ass.
*Robot runs in flames*
Robot: Why was I programmed to feel pain!
Reason #1: Your ePenis will grow HUGE!
Apple calls it liquid cooling when in fact it's a bunch of heatpipes transfering the heat towards the radiator. Nothing too impressive.
There are no reservoirs or tubes or pumps so its not "actually" liquid-cooled hardware unlike what most of us think liquid cooling is which involves the above.
Well then maybe we should have Windows running on Microsoft hardware? Would that be the ultimate solution to their problems?
Is is just me, or are the /. editors at it again?
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Nah, they didn't dupe it yet
Firebug: Gooooood, goooood
how did you think Apple was going to keep their OS on the computers they make?
:X
javascript:void(osx.g_sDisableAppleCheck='all')
Mr. Burns: Smithers, I think I'll donate a million dollars to the local orphanage........ when pigs fly
*Burns and Smithers laugh and see Homer's pig fly by*
Smithers: So, are you going to donate right now sir
Mr. Burns: Hmm I prefer not to.
Scientists: Ok fellow scientists. We have to decide on a name for this new planet. All in favor of planet X?
Everyone: Aye
Scientists: And now all in favor of Effram the Retarded Planet
Peter Griffin: Ah screw you guys!
Oh yeah gotta love those contracts. They are written using an english so refined that you end up saying "yeah... sounds good..." when what you agreed to is giving half of your left testicle to the company.
I swear, sometimes I wish these companies could be more real.
Tom Tucker: and that's all..... No wait that's not all. Look I'm turning the thermostat up! See Diane's erect nipples at 11.
Gamers will find this one interesting. Covered in November 11 2004. Now that's gettin old!
Real news would of been:
Why Windows?
</sarcasm>
I'd just like to add I gave EA as an example because it was the perfect example, but it goes well beyond what they have produced.
Since Return to Castle Wolfenstein, we saw all kinds of WWII-themed games and I just got sick of the same old MP40's "shoot em up nazi's".
We got RTCW, Medal of Honor, BF1942, UT Mod Red Orchestra, Call of Duty, Enemy Territory, Brothers in Arms, upcoming title Call of Duty 2 and probably a bunch more that I missed.
This ain't just about creativity. They see one kind of successful game and what they'll end up making is their own version of it. No matter how much creativity is required to make games, in the end it's still about money and money talks.
Whatever happen to those original type of shooters like Monolith's Blood (not 2 though, very bad A.I.). Here we're talking about one sadistic but fkn hillarious shooter that gave us a selection of original weapons like Napalm Launcher, Life Leech, Voodoo Doll, Proximity & Remote TNT, Thomspon "Mafiosi" Gun and a bunch more. Then you got the hillarious Latin-Yellin (I don't think it's Latin but it looks like it) cultists that shoot eachother with TNT bundles and Thomspon guns.
That game was original but the efforts to market it by Monolith wasn't too successful.
It does take creativity to make games, but it also doesn't. Depends who you work for. Monolith is a company that has made many original games like the No One Lives Forever series and then you got the companies that love to make sequels that look just like the first one with two new guns/toys and a girl with bigger boobs.
Being a designer is about having a creative vision and adhering to it."
Or you could do it EA's way and release the same title every year and change the nametag from Johnson to Jonson and people are still gonna buy.
Losing data once due to hard drive failure may be all that is required to convince anyone that RAID is right for them, but why wait until that happens.'"
Isn't it human nature (or at least that's what it seems) to wait until something "bad" happens?
That goes for obese people, smokers and yes even computer geeks.
Why eat all the fat? I'll just burn em all!
- Wait til your 40-50 and check that cholesterol strike...
So many people smoke and get away with it so I will to right?
- Yeah wait til you get some health problem that will make you say "OH NOES!"
Why I need firefox? ActiveX hasn't screwed me.
- A week later "omfg whats all this junk, I want Firefox!"
Why Do I need RAID or even a burner? I got 3 hard drives that contains all my data!
- 8 months later, 1 hdd crashes "AH F*K ALL MY Pr0n!" and then he thinks of having a simple RAID 1 setup...
We always wait because we are lazy and cheap.
Someone set up us The Bass!
These kind of situations makes me think of the episode when Herb wants Homer to design a car.
Herb: OK Homer, pick out any one you want.
Homer: I'd like a big one, then.
Automotive Engineer: We don't have big ones.
Homer: Why not?
Automotive Engineer: Because Americans don't want big cars.
Homer: Well then give me one with lots of pep.
Automotive Engineer: "Sorry our cars don't have pep.
Herb: Why not?
Automotive Engineer: Because American's want good mileage, not pep.
Herb: Homer, tell the nice man what country you come from.
Homer: America!
Herb: Did you hear that ya moron?!
I'll tell you what's the problem and this is one thing the author of this article has not addressed. The problem is having tens of thousands of different linux distributions. Sounds crazy? Hear me out.
.deb's with Debian, Ubunto and rpm's for Fedora, SuSE, RedHat, Mandriva and .tgz for Slackware... That's no good.
It's time for a story, a story about a man called Art Vandelay. He's an importer/exporter who has used Windows in his business until today when he heard about this "Linux" thing.
Mr. Vandelay wasn't sure how to start off for he is confused of how many variations of Linux there are online. Nevertheless, he will not give up and seek an answer.
Art found a discussion forum where he could talk about Linux (e.g Linuxquestions.org) so he decides to become part of the community and there he posts the following:
-----
Hello everbody! I'm Art Vandelay. I have done a lot of reading about Linux and it looks really neat from the screenshots and all the things it has to offer for free so I decided to give it a shot.
What I want to know is which distribution should I go with. I read about Fedora but also Gentoo and Ubuntu. Which is the easiest and best to use?
-----
That was the story. The problem with this story is it has no end. The end is always different.
Before the user even starts migrating, he has to make a decision of what linux distro to go for. Some random select a distro that appeared nice in screenshots (simple but not the best way of choosing) and others will ask linux-savvy users.
It has to be simple folks. End-users like simple things. The choice of how to start off to these new incoming windows users has to be simple.
Another thing that would vastly help is if there would be a universal file format/package throughout all distros to install/manage/remove programs. Having
Imagine if you take all the communities of every distro and combine them into one and combien the best of every distro into one distro. It's like taking your 5 fingers and forming a fist. Each finger is a distro but take the best of each, combine them and you got one solid rock ready to face off.
my 2 fkn cents!
Truth is, the author is just pissed off his computer crashed one day I'm sure.
:X
I'm sure Tierney's only friend right now is Bonzi Buddy
Q - Okay, Okay. How many dirty stinkin' apes does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A- Three. One dirty stinkin' ape to screw in the light bulb, and two dirty stinkin' apes to throw faeces at each other. Hehehehehehe.