RPGs arent necessarily my bag in the first place. However, I'll pay to play the first MMOFPS. Or a MMOGTA, massively multiplayer online grand theft auto! Get to work, Rockstar.
I'll assume you never heard of (The now defunct) 10Six. It was an MMO FPS with RTS aspects. Your only opponents were players, and their automated turrets/vehicles. An amazing amount of fun, hosted through the even more defunct Heat.net.
Also, PlanetSide is pretty much a MMOFPS. Likewise with WWIIO. I can't claim to make a solid recomendation on either, but I'm sure someone could.
I can't belive you used the term "Dark side of the moon" and no astro-geek has leaped up to correct you. Usually there's fifty posts along the lines of "You're wrong blah blah Tidal Locking blah Synchronous rotation blah blah."
What ? Don't look at me. *I* am not going do start that kinda thing !
This is clearly an attempt at SATIRE. It's supposed to use lame script kiddie speak. The article has its tongue planted so firmly in its cheek, half the Slashdotters missed it completely.
Go back and read the article again. Slowly. Run off the assumption that it is not serious. Apply a bit of reading comprehension and critical thinking. For the love of god...
When was the last time you saw a Slashdotter read an article that mentioned Linux/Microsoft/Apple/SCO rather than just post their pre-determined opinion ?
--LordPixie
...while still taking the report seriously ? Holy crap, this entire discussion has got to be the saddest thing I've ever seen.
Talk about FUD ! I see people ranting about how biased TCO studies are when they haven't even read the fucking article. Jesus Christ. Microsoft may fund piece of shit studies, but at least that includes some studying. That ranks slightly better than complete knee-jerk reactionary/. comments. God damnit.
--LordPixie
p.s. Pseudo-Apologies for picking on the parent post. He was definitely not the only offender.
What versions of windows supported raw sockets, anyways? Anyone know? I thought it was introduced in 2000, but I'm not sure.
I believe that 2K had raw sockets support only for applications running as administrator. XP runs everything with administrator privileges, so everything has access to full raw sockets.
You just wait. We can do so much worse than that. The more we solidify this two party system, the more polarized we're going to get. You think Bush was bad, just wait 'till 2008. Both parties will up the ante to keep the votes in their court. And four years after that, the same. Best case scenerio would soon be the complete self-destruction of our country. Worst case means taking some of you with us.
We need to put an end to this bullshit now and be forever thankful that this is all the damage that was done. Invading a country the size of Texas and killing several thousand innocent civilians is insignificant in the grand scheme of possible human atrocities. If you think that too much is at stake in this election, wait until the next one. What makes you think that either party is going to back down ? It's not in their best interests to do so.
Namely, here. The website has survived three rulings that supported its legality....in Holland ? Denmark ? (Wherever Dutch people are from.)
I don't know what the legal ramifications are for posting a link to something legal elsewhere...but screw it. You're also free to just search for "Fishman Documents".
A dozen question marks, four numbers, four parentheses, one ellipsis, and an exclamation point. Mathematically, such a joke really shouldn't have been that funny.
Titles of Nobility are attached to those who have special rights. President, Secretary are all titles of office or post. These titles reflect what their job is They do not have special rights granted to them.
Actually, they do. At least in regards to ex-presidents. They're affording personal security for life. They're allowed to review security briefings. Etc. Not really bad ideas, but there nonetheless.
And he's likely angry about what society is doing in regards to such titles, not the government. He's chastising the common folk for granting life-long titles like "Mr. President", even if it has nothing given by law.
What's needed is something like a controversy metric that is the degree to which ratings conflict.
Those are the messages I want to read because they are the places where the most conflicts of interest manifest -- and conflicts of interest are more important than "informative" messages since by seeing conflicts of interest clearly we can look directly at what ethicists might call the foundation for public discourse.
I certainly wouldn't consider this post as flamebait. Nor would I claim it as informative. Hell, I don't even agree with it all that much. But it qualifies as 'interesting', IMO. Not in the 'Let's raise his Karma' interesting, like it's generally used. But rather that he had a different outlook on things, and provided enough support to get a discussion going.
God forbid us Slashdotters see a different view of things every once in a while. There's absolutely no reason that disagreement with a post should result in it getting modded as flamebait or trolling.
PCI Express slots look nothing like regular PCI slots. PCIE-E 1x are tiny, about a half inch or so long.
That being said, your new Dell likely does not have PCI-E. Such motherboards only became available in the past couple months. (And then got promptly recalled.:|)
Wow, I really loved playing that. Kept me busy for God knows how long back in gradeschool. Sure, the graphics were unamazing. (In fact, took me quite a while to figure out what everything was, without a manual) But you're correct about the strategy involved. The games market puts far too much emphasis on the graphics. This is as much the gamers' fault as anyone elses...I was drooling at early 3D accellerated games like the rest of us.
It should be noted that this emphasis on visuals also detracts from our review process. Half a rewview is now basically just screenshots. It gives takes the critical thought out of a rewview, since the graphics can be measured pretty objectively. (And quickly)
"Fahrenheit 451" is public domain? Does Bradbury know? It doesn't seem to be on gutenberg.net, imagine that.
What the...Did I just read a Slashdotter implying that the burning point of paper should be removed from the public domain ? That's some crazy shit right there.
StarGate. As in, the series from SciFi. I couldn't tell if you were being cheeky or not, so I'll just go ahead and explain it. They launch a UAV through the StarGate, and use it to scout about on the other side. (A different planet)
It should also be noted that the StarGate itself is powered by Windows XP Embedded. So I'm still on topic here.
'You see, there is a difference between a joke, blaming the victim and saying the victim might have prevented the crime (you lock your doors don't you?). The parent in a joke, so LEAVE OUR BLACK HUMOR alone. I don't blame victims and don't know enough about the particular crime to speak about the last one.
I'm well aware that it was a joke. And make no mistake, I'm a huge fan of the dark humor myself. But this one was quite malicious and in extremely poor taste. It quite simply crossed the line and went too far.
By all means, keep up the off-color commentary. But you still need to know when your joke becomes inappropriate.
That was just over the line. Yes, the Penguin side of the issue is doing their best to bring their personal totalitarian dystopia to the Internet. Fine, call them on it. You can even disagree with Katie T.'s actions in this whole affair, no problem.
But let's not stoop to insinuating that a thirteen year old being raped was somehow her fault. And what sort of retardity possessed that mods that made this funny ?!? Goddamnit guys, let's at least try to be somewhat respectful here.
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RPGs arent necessarily my bag in the first place. However, I'll pay to play the first MMOFPS. Or a MMOGTA, massively multiplayer online grand theft auto! Get to work, Rockstar.
I'll assume you never heard of (The now defunct) 10Six. It was an MMO FPS with RTS aspects. Your only opponents were players, and their automated turrets/vehicles. An amazing amount of fun, hosted through the even more defunct Heat.net.
Also, PlanetSide is pretty much a MMOFPS. Likewise with WWIIO. I can't claim to make a solid recomendation on either, but I'm sure someone could.
--LordPixie
Why didn't you get a '-1 redundant' mod ?
--LordPixie
I can't belive you used the term "Dark side of the moon" and no astro-geek has leaped up to correct you. Usually there's fifty posts along the lines of "You're wrong blah blah Tidal Locking blah Synchronous rotation blah blah."
What ? Don't look at me. *I* am not going do start that kinda thing !
--LordPixie
This is clearly an attempt at SATIRE. It's supposed to use lame script kiddie speak. The article has its tongue planted so firmly in its cheek, half the Slashdotters missed it completely.
Go back and read the article again. Slowly. Run off the assumption that it is not serious. Apply a bit of reading comprehension and critical thinking. For the love of god...
--LordPixie
When was the last time you saw a Slashdotter read an article that mentioned Linux/Microsoft/Apple/SCO rather than just post their pre-determined opinion ? --LordPixie
Read the article. Then realize you're insanely off-topic, and making ignorant knee-jerk posts.
--LordPixie
Yeah, I'm flaming. Office boredom drives me to do malicious things.
--LordPixie
...while still taking the report seriously ? Holy crap, this entire discussion has got to be the saddest thing I've ever seen.
/. comments. God damnit.
Talk about FUD ! I see people ranting about how biased TCO studies are when they haven't even read the fucking article. Jesus Christ. Microsoft may fund piece of shit studies, but at least that includes some studying. That ranks slightly better than complete knee-jerk reactionary
--LordPixie
p.s. Pseudo-Apologies for picking on the parent post. He was definitely not the only offender.
You apparently misstyped the URL of your porn server. Please resend.
--LordPixie
What versions of windows supported raw sockets, anyways? Anyone know? I thought it was introduced in 2000, but I'm not sure.
I believe that 2K had raw sockets support only for applications running as administrator. XP runs everything with administrator privileges, so everything has access to full raw sockets.
Full Disclosure: I'm taking this info from GRC.
--LordPixie
You just wait. We can do so much worse than that. The more we solidify this two party system, the more polarized we're going to get. You think Bush was bad, just wait 'till 2008. Both parties will up the ante to keep the votes in their court. And four years after that, the same. Best case scenerio would soon be the complete self-destruction of our country. Worst case means taking some of you with us.
We need to put an end to this bullshit now and be forever thankful that this is all the damage that was done. Invading a country the size of Texas and killing several thousand innocent civilians is insignificant in the grand scheme of possible human atrocities. If you think that too much is at stake in this election, wait until the next one. What makes you think that either party is going to back down ? It's not in their best interests to do so.
--LordPixie
The Hermann Goering post was the great-grandparent post. Your threshold is too low, and the AC was invisible. It confused me too. =)
--LordPixie
Namely, here. The website has survived three rulings that supported its legality....in Holland ? Denmark ? (Wherever Dutch people are from.)
I don't know what the legal ramifications are for posting a link to something legal elsewhere...but screw it. You're also free to just search for "Fishman Documents".
--LordPixie
The problem is that there WERE no good candidates in the primary. They ALL sucked!
Come again ?!? General Clark in the latest Democratic primary didn't suck. Senator McCain in the 2000 Republican primary was far from sucking.
Of course, the shitty way that primaries are run means it doesn't matter a whole lot.
--LordPixie
A dozen question marks, four numbers, four parentheses, one ellipsis, and an exclamation point. Mathematically, such a joke really shouldn't have been that funny.
--LordPixie
Ya, but the X Prize doesn't have a sexy blonde host.
:)
Neither does Junkyard Wars
Television has sunk to such lows nowadays.
--LordPixie
Titles of Nobility are attached to those who have special rights. President, Secretary are all titles of office or post. These titles reflect what their job is They do not have special rights granted to them.
Actually, they do. At least in regards to ex-presidents. They're affording personal security for life. They're allowed to review security briefings. Etc. Not really bad ideas, but there nonetheless.
And he's likely angry about what society is doing in regards to such titles, not the government. He's chastising the common folk for granting life-long titles like "Mr. President", even if it has nothing given by law.
--LordPixie
What's needed is something like a controversy metric that is the degree to which ratings conflict.
Those are the messages I want to read because they are the places where the most conflicts of interest manifest -- and conflicts of interest are more important than "informative" messages since by seeing conflicts of interest clearly we can look directly at what ethicists might call the foundation for public discourse.
I certainly wouldn't consider this post as flamebait. Nor would I claim it as informative. Hell, I don't even agree with it all that much. But it qualifies as 'interesting', IMO. Not in the 'Let's raise his Karma' interesting, like it's generally used. But rather that he had a different outlook on things, and provided enough support to get a discussion going.
God forbid us Slashdotters see a different view of things every once in a while. There's absolutely no reason that disagreement with a post should result in it getting modded as flamebait or trolling.
--LordPixie
PCI Express slots look nothing like regular PCI slots. PCIE-E 1x are tiny, about a half inch or so long.
:|)
That being said, your new Dell likely does not have PCI-E. Such motherboards only became available in the past couple months. (And then got promptly recalled.
--LordPixie
Wow, I really loved playing that. Kept me busy for God knows how long back in gradeschool. Sure, the graphics were unamazing. (In fact, took me quite a while to figure out what everything was, without a manual) But you're correct about the strategy involved. The games market puts far too much emphasis on the graphics. This is as much the gamers' fault as anyone elses...I was drooling at early 3D accellerated games like the rest of us.
It should be noted that this emphasis on visuals also detracts from our review process. Half a rewview is now basically just screenshots. It gives takes the critical thought out of a rewview, since the graphics can be measured pretty objectively. (And quickly)
--LordPixie
"Fahrenheit 451" is public domain? Does Bradbury know? It doesn't seem to be on gutenberg.net, imagine that.
What the...Did I just read a Slashdotter implying that the burning point of paper should be removed from the public domain ? That's some crazy shit right there.
--LordPixie
D'oh. Now we're both telling each other crap we already knew. Oh well, my fault for starting it. =)
--LordPixie
Ahem...didn't you hear Hawking a few weeks back?
StarGate. As in, the series from SciFi. I couldn't tell if you were being cheeky or not, so I'll just go ahead and explain it. They launch a UAV through the StarGate, and use it to scout about on the other side. (A different planet)
It should also be noted that the StarGate itself is powered by Windows XP Embedded. So I'm still on topic here.
--LordPixie
'You see, there is a difference between a joke, blaming the victim and saying the victim might have prevented the crime (you lock your doors don't you?). The parent in a joke, so LEAVE OUR BLACK HUMOR alone. I don't blame victims and don't know enough about the particular crime to speak about the last one.
I'm well aware that it was a joke. And make no mistake, I'm a huge fan of the dark humor myself. But this one was quite malicious and in extremely poor taste. It quite simply crossed the line and went too far.
By all means, keep up the off-color commentary. But you still need to know when your joke becomes inappropriate.
--LordPixie
That was just over the line. Yes, the Penguin side of the issue is doing their best to bring their personal totalitarian dystopia to the Internet. Fine, call them on it. You can even disagree with Katie T.'s actions in this whole affair, no problem.
But let's not stoop to insinuating that a thirteen year old being raped was somehow her fault. And what sort of retardity possessed that mods that made this funny ?!? Goddamnit guys, let's at least try to be somewhat respectful here.
--LordPixie