But if you don't like the stuff, you won't be missing out on anything.
I can't stand mushrooms: does that make me deprived? I'm also allergic to peanuts. Yet there are thousands of other plants I can ingest instead, so I'm not particularly saddened by these things.
I think that people are shy enough as it is. We do very little REAL social interaction as it is.
Well thanks for you opinion regarding the behaviour of the people around you. But please note that it is none of your business to be telling people that they don't act like you envision. Are you going to force them into uncomfortable situations in order to get them to conform to some social aesthetic? Are you going to go on saying that people should act more like you because they couldn't possibly be happy otherwise?
After reading the article, you can see the wisdom that Molyneux has acquired after his years of experience designing games. The design aspects he emphasizes--accessibility, familiarity, and interface--are incredibly important. I found this paragraph particularly insightful:
Molyneux pointed out that whenever you try to tell a friend about a great book or a great movie, they often ask "What's it about?" A game is no different. Successful games can be summed up in one line, no matter how wild or unconventional the final gameplay or technology behind it. For example, Populous is summed up with the idea: "You are a God." "Build your own theme park" is the concept behind Molyneux's Theme Park. The concept is something people can easily grab on to, easily understand -- they know they want to play the game before they even see it. "This is the lynchpin of developing a game," Molyneux explained.
However, the question this raises is this: does this make a good game, or does this make a commercially successful game? And is there a difference?
The monitor should attempt to do that automatically, adjusting its voltage ever higher until it deteriorates completely. While I'm not sure about monitors in particular, I have read that television sets are supposed to do this.
Oh, I'm very familiar with North American 'news.' My original post employs what is called sarcasm. It's actually quite useful, but may sometimes be misinterpreted in media which are lacking the ability to convey tone of voice.
putting aside the blatant extortion, since when was "using a computer to commit a crime" a crime? Commiting a crime is bad in itself, but when you use a computer to do it, it's even worse? Does that make sense?
The way I see it, Slashdot is providing is readers with valuable lessons in critical thinking. At what other news site could you exercise your mind to read between the lines, besides Slashdot?
Wow! This idea is incredibly exciting ! This is on the verge of being able to semantically track information flow between people... with the Internet, tracking like this is made possible which can show evidence for so many fascinating kinds of socioinformational phenomena. We're not just talking about quizzes here, we're talking about actual ideas.
This is evidence of a massive unconscious distributed process, which is indeed akin to the physics of a disease epidemic. The idea is seeded somewhere, and it is passed along through the social network, each person considering it and modifying it slightly, processing it more and more as it propagates. Think of it as evolutionary telephone - a mechanism for knowledge purification.
I have noticed myself that interactions with other people have a huge effect on the particular directions my own thoughts take... and, in fact, many of my own ideas are the result of conversations such as these. In a conversation, you are forced to express your ideas, to solidify its form within the structure of language. And then it can be manipulated and communicated and corrected: it is allowed to be processed further and percolated through society.
Then perhaps two types of patents should be issued: a temporary prototype-level patent, which would only last for the few years necessary to develop a working protoype; and a long-term patent which would operate as standard patents do now, only the patent-holder is now guaranteed to not just be 'sitting on the patent.'
Slashdot Mirror
Germans have a history of building up a meticulous and highly ordered societies, then burning up everything in a orgy of violence and mayhem.
jesus, that's hilarious. can I quote you on that?
Of course I don't believe you, because that's flawed logic and you're wrong.
There's more than one way to get a headache.
But if you don't like the stuff, you won't be missing out on anything.
I can't stand mushrooms: does that make me deprived? I'm also allergic to peanuts. Yet there are thousands of other plants I can ingest instead, so I'm not particularly saddened by these things.
Oh get over yourself. Star Trek's great and that's nothing you should be ashamed about.
Well obviously. But the weight and volume of water is the entire basis for the metric system, so this correlation is no coincidence.
I think that people are shy enough as it is. We do very little REAL social interaction as it is.
Well thanks for you opinion regarding the behaviour of the people around you. But please note that it is none of your business to be telling people that they don't act like you envision. Are you going to force them into uncomfortable situations in order to get them to conform to some social aesthetic? Are you going to go on saying that people should act more like you because they couldn't possibly be happy otherwise?
Worthless ramblings indeed.
Hmm. That is a most interesting observation. Thank you.
Quicktime? Ugh. What's wrong with streaming MP3?
You have a good point, but let's try not to anthropomorphize inhuman natural processes, okay? Thanks.
Wow, I doubted your numbers as first but they look like they're right. (1.5 tons of water ~= 1.36 m3)
Water is pretty damn heavy.
The monitor should attempt to do that automatically, adjusting its voltage ever higher until it deteriorates completely. While I'm not sure about monitors in particular, I have read that television sets are supposed to do this.
Oh, I'm very familiar with North American 'news.' My original post employs what is called sarcasm. It's actually quite useful, but may sometimes be misinterpreted in media which are lacking the ability to convey tone of voice.
I generally tend to ignore American media.
curious happening. hardly stuff that matters though.
;)
What do you mean? It does matter! If anything, it's damn cool-looking. Mutants are neat.
Think of it as a biological memory leak.
putting aside the blatant extortion, since when was "using a computer to commit a crime" a crime? Commiting a crime is bad in itself, but when you use a computer to do it, it's even worse? Does that make sense?
The way I see it, Slashdot is providing is readers with valuable lessons in critical thinking. At what other news site could you exercise your mind to read between the lines, besides Slashdot?
No, please, don't go! I'll give you candy!
Fastest way to find a needle in a haystack? Burn down the haystack...
Hey, that's a good idea. Way to think outside the box!
"One... two... five!"
"Three, sir."
"Three!"
*kaboom*
Lucky to be alive? Some would say that killing it would be an act of mercy.
'theses'?
'thoses'?
Wow, I didn't know that Jar-Jar had a Slashdot account!
Wow! This idea is incredibly exciting
! This is on the verge of being able to semantically track information flow between people... with the Internet, tracking like this is made possible which can show evidence for so many fascinating kinds of socioinformational phenomena. We're not just talking about quizzes here, we're talking about actual ideas.
This is evidence of a massive unconscious distributed process, which is indeed akin to the physics of a disease epidemic. The idea is seeded somewhere, and it is passed along through the social network, each person considering it and modifying it slightly, processing it more and more as it propagates. Think of it as evolutionary telephone - a mechanism for knowledge purification.
I have noticed myself that interactions with other people have a huge effect on the particular directions my own thoughts take... and, in fact, many of my own ideas are the result of conversations such as these. In a conversation, you are forced to express your ideas, to solidify its form within the structure of language. And then it can be manipulated and communicated and corrected: it is allowed to be processed further and percolated through society.
This is most wonderful stuff.
Then perhaps two types of patents should be issued: a temporary prototype-level patent, which would only last for the few years necessary to develop a working protoype; and a long-term patent which would operate as standard patents do now, only the patent-holder is now guaranteed to not just be 'sitting on the patent.'
I wonder if a system like this is feasible.
That's not irony, it's a bad pun.
Don't worry; it's a concept car. It'll never see the light of day.
I don't know who thought it was a good idea to humour this 'car for women,' but it's just plain ridiculous.