For a while he was doing engineering commentary for the show battlebots, but I can't think of anything he's done since then (or if he's still doing it).
Actually, lpd can run on windows NT. I'm sure there are good reasons for running LPD on NT, but short of the fact that setting up printing on samba is definately not easy, I can't think of one.
Generally the production value goes up in movie publications, but there is a lot of crap out there too, so it's hard to judge. Granted it's none of that touched up CG stuff that disney does. All animation chops framerate when possible.
Personally I don't care about the whole gun control issue. I don't carry them in my home, but I don't want to restrict access to them until I read things like this:
Really? If you arm more GOOD people, they then can stop BAD people from doing bad things.
This statement scares me to no end. Who decides who's good and who's bad? And most certainly, define both terms for the use of this argument? They are most extremely subjective.
The fact is, people lose lives due to guns. Whether that is a good or a bad thing depends on the sitaution. I would argue that most cases, if properly handled would not require a gun, but the extreme nature of a firearm ("stopping power", if you'll pardon the pun) causes the end of a situation. I'll even go to the length of saying that a good portion of altercations with police officers end not because the officer used his gun, but simply for the fact that he is carrying one and it's well known that he's able to use it effectively.
Something that really concerns me is that a lot of people in this discussion use guns as an example to end crime. A long time ago in a land far, far away, I worked in a convenience store. We were *ordered* not to carry any kind of weapon whatsoever. Let them take what they want and leave.
Why, on earth, do you ask? Simple. Statistically, violent crime happens more often when BOTH parties are armed, especially in the case of a robbery. Thieves do not want to enter a violent scenario, they just want to get at your stuff. You whip out ol' trusty, and they're going to enact their own protection too.
That said, I grew up in a family that collected, sold and traded guns to make a living on the side. We were also taught that guns were for sport, and not self defense, as they rarely were useful for such.
You don't have a problem with the sites that don't work, because you avoid them. That's like saying it's not a problem to have a car 5 metres wide, because you just avoid all the roads where it doesn't fit. I'll be damned if I'm going to go though all that hazzle to fight the fight against the evil nonconformists - in that sense I'm definitely not geeky enough.
It's not that bad though! I don't know when the last time that you used mozilla was, but I haven't found a page in a long time that renders differently between the two.
Coming from other support channels I know this scenario.
Guy: Blah Blah 2.6 Blah Blah Beta Blah Blah Production Server Blah Blah Fucked. Help: Did you check this and this and that? Did you make backups? Guy: WTF? d00d, I just installed the shit, I shouldn't have to make backups. Why doesn't this work like windows? Just tell me how to fix it. Help: Well, read this and this and that. If you're having any problems along the way just ask.
for(0..1000) { Guy: JUST TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT Help: I just did. }
Guy: parts channel Help: has one more notch towards the never-ending RTFM response loop.
(The irony is, even though this guy 'didn't get help', he will indefinately come back 15-20 times and ask other questions which could be easily answered but his lack of ability to understand that he's getting SUPPORT ON SOMEONE ELSE'S FREE TIME makes him a candidate for/kb)
No one wants to debug other people's code, when they can't actually fix it.
They're not saying, 'we won't debug it', they're saying 'tell us it's not hte nvidia driver and then we'll debug it'. This just sounds like a problem that's gone on far too long to even cause a question in their heads.
Why, do you ask? One game in particular did it for me -- 'Metal Gear Solid 2'.
I have been a big fan of Metal Gear since the original nintendo. I owned it, 'Snakes Revenge', Metal Gear Solid 1.
So, I'm your prime candidate for MGS2, right? I still read the reviews. I got 'Zone of the Enders', which came with the MGS2 preview, the mission on the ship at the beginning of the game.
I can get past the cheezy dialogue and the plot development. I have no problem with that. The reviews kept going into how great the plot was, and the gameplay was excellent. I thoguht the demo was pretty good too.
Of course, as anyone knows that played the game, the game is total trash. None of the problem-solving puzzles, none of the openness, none of the gameplay - any self respecting game reviewer should have torn this shit to shreds.
Of course, who really got to see the previews? IGN, Gamespot, the people who make a living 'reviewing' video games.
Everytime I have bought something based on a review from one of these big sites, or magazines (magazines have always been bad), I get a piece of shit.
I am convinced these companies only exist to spout well-laced press releases to the masses.
What always got to me were the people that seem to think that it's my job to fix their computer from now on after the first visit.
I'd fix a computer. Most of the time, I wouldn't ask for anything, but sometimes they'd give me something like a piece of old hardware or whatever.
Then, I'd get a call a week later - what I did doesn't work anymore. I'd go over, fix the problem they created, and politely told them how to avoid having it happen again.
A week later - another call.... Rarely after the second call it's the same thing. It's something new, like 'can you install office for me?' or something of the like. I tell them I'm too busy.
They, for some reason, have come to the conclusion that it's my honor-bound duty to do these things for them, and won't speak to me, etc., because of it.
Recently, I've just become so bitter about it that I really haven't done anything for anybody.
I tend to buy games when they first come out, but I also only buy 'safe bets'. Basically that means that I play the game before I buy it.
It's nice to get old games for cheaper and all, but I'd rather spend $50 on one good game that I'm going to play for a long time than on two shitty games that I'll play once and forget.
GTA: Vice City is a perfect example. If you have played the game, it's much more mission-oriented than the first one... Granted, some of the addons are pretty stupid (like buying property), but the story actually is pretty decent and the new vehicles, guns, etc. are pretty cool.
That, and the bonus of getting all the 80's innuendo that's slathered all over the place (not to mention the GTA1 flashbacks...) is totally worth it:)
This might be nice for slower games, ala half life or adventure games....
But this tech is all but useless on a game like UT or Quake. In fact, I would be rather pissed to have to waste more money on hardware so I can see a guy's mouth move right before I get gibbed to bits with a rocket.:)
of course, vi stands for 'visual', and we all know that anything that makes light of the fact that it's 'visual' has to be a microsoft product in it's roots, which of course, makes it inherently bad.
and the 'K' desktop environment? What are they thinking? With that white toolbar, and the blue background, we all know what they stand for. WASP (white anglo saxon prostestants)'s only for this desktop!
"Throw whatever engineering ethics you might have to get the product out the door".
You know, in other forms of engineering they're FEDERALLY RESPONSIBLE for the mistakes they cause. The engineers themselves, and and the companies they work for. When was the last time you saw a bridge 'crash' because of a flaw in design? It certainly doesn't happen as often as it does with software.
Now, OTOH, we have software that controls air traffic and naval vessels. Microsoft has been trying to get into these kinds of markets for a long time now, because the cash potential is quite high.
Do *you* want an Air Traffic Control system that is powered by a company which uses the design methodology that you described above?
When given two (or more) sets of information, do you calculate the differences or the similarites when making a decision?
It's also an excellent test of listening/comprehension skills. Personally, I read that and was under the impression that the first man was deaf AND blind, only when I saw the second question and said "why doesn't he just ask?" did I realize that the first man wasn't blind.
Of course, the answer should be the differences, as the similarities are always constant:)
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So, by your logic, should we ban cd burners too because all they do is facilitate piracy?
For a while he was doing engineering commentary for the show battlebots, but I can't think of anything he's done since then (or if he's still doing it).
Actually, lpd can run on windows NT. I'm sure there are good reasons for running LPD on NT, but short of the fact that setting up printing on samba is definately not easy, I can't think of one.
Duke 3d had something that very few games (and certainly nothing from iD has ever produced) had:
:)
panache.
Duke 3d was funny, the game play was excellent, the weapons had originality.
There have been a few games out there that have this combo, but none of them are fun in multiplayer as well.
Perhaps you should let people make up their own minds? Having thoughts that are similar shouldn't subject someone to stereotypes.
Blame the creator, not the format.
Generally the production value goes up in movie publications, but there is a lot of crap out there too, so it's hard to judge. Granted it's none of that touched up CG stuff that disney does. All animation chops framerate when possible.
Your attitude is what's keeping tons of IT departments from getting linux on the desktop.
As much as it pains me to say, word of mouth and stigma is everything, and fortunately people like you are going the way of the ghost.
Personally I don't care about the whole gun control issue. I don't carry them in my home, but I don't want to restrict access to them until I read things like this:
Really? If you arm more GOOD people, they then can stop BAD people from doing bad things.
This statement scares me to no end. Who decides who's good and who's bad? And most certainly, define both terms for the use of this argument? They are most extremely subjective.
The fact is, people lose lives due to guns. Whether that is a good or a bad thing depends on the sitaution. I would argue that most cases, if properly handled would not require a gun, but the extreme nature of a firearm ("stopping power", if you'll pardon the pun) causes the end of a situation. I'll even go to the length of saying that a good portion of altercations with police officers end not because the officer used his gun, but simply for the fact that he is carrying one and it's well known that he's able to use it effectively.
Something that really concerns me is that a lot of people in this discussion use guns as an example to end crime. A long time ago in a land far, far away, I worked in a convenience store. We were *ordered* not to carry any kind of weapon whatsoever. Let them take what they want and leave.
Why, on earth, do you ask? Simple. Statistically, violent crime happens more often when BOTH parties are armed, especially in the case of a robbery. Thieves do not want to enter a violent scenario, they just want to get at your stuff. You whip out ol' trusty, and they're going to enact their own protection too.
That said, I grew up in a family that collected, sold and traded guns to make a living on the side. We were also taught that guns were for sport, and not self defense, as they rarely were useful for such.
Gentoo's entire repository is located on ibiblio, so it shouldn't be too hard finding them.
Have you ever heard of macrovision?
You don't have a problem with the sites that don't work, because you avoid them. That's like saying it's not a problem to have a car 5 metres wide, because you just avoid all the roads where it doesn't fit. I'll be damned if I'm going to go though all that hazzle to fight the fight against the evil nonconformists - in that sense I'm definitely not geeky enough.
It's not that bad though! I don't know when the last time that you used mozilla was, but I haven't found a page in a long time that renders differently between the two.
I can't say anything for opera.
For the most part I agree, and that's part of the reason why I don't hang out in those channels anymore.
The other reason was what I said in the grandparent. No matter how many times I would help people, they would refuse to help themselves.
Coming from other support channels I know this scenario.
/kb)
Guy: Blah Blah 2.6 Blah Blah Beta Blah Blah Production Server Blah Blah Fucked.
Help: Did you check this and this and that? Did you make backups?
Guy: WTF? d00d, I just installed the shit, I shouldn't have to make backups. Why doesn't this work like windows? Just tell me how to fix it.
Help: Well, read this and this and that. If you're having any problems along the way just ask.
for(0..1000) {
Guy: JUST TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT
Help: I just did.
}
Guy: parts channel
Help: has one more notch towards the never-ending RTFM response loop.
(The irony is, even though this guy 'didn't get help', he will indefinately come back 15-20 times and ask other questions which could be easily answered but his lack of ability to understand that he's getting SUPPORT ON SOMEONE ELSE'S FREE TIME makes him a candidate for
No, this is a support issue.
No one wants to debug other people's code, when they can't actually fix it.
They're not saying, 'we won't debug it', they're saying 'tell us it's not hte nvidia driver and then we'll debug it'. This just sounds like a problem that's gone on far too long to even cause a question in their heads.
Personally I gave up a long time ago.
Why, do you ask? One game in particular did it for me -- 'Metal Gear Solid 2'.
I have been a big fan of Metal Gear since the original nintendo. I owned it, 'Snakes Revenge', Metal Gear Solid 1.
So, I'm your prime candidate for MGS2, right? I still read the reviews. I got 'Zone of the Enders', which came with the MGS2 preview, the mission on the ship at the beginning of the game.
I can get past the cheezy dialogue and the plot development. I have no problem with that. The reviews kept going into how great the plot was, and the gameplay was excellent. I thoguht the demo was pretty good too.
Of course, as anyone knows that played the game, the game is total trash. None of the problem-solving puzzles, none of the openness, none of the gameplay - any self respecting game reviewer should have torn this shit to shreds.
Of course, who really got to see the previews? IGN, Gamespot, the people who make a living 'reviewing' video games.
Everytime I have bought something based on a review from one of these big sites, or magazines (magazines have always been bad), I get a piece of shit.
I am convinced these companies only exist to spout well-laced press releases to the masses.
That thought this was an opening for a Jon Katz article?
What always got to me were the people that seem to think that it's my job to fix their computer from now on after the first visit.
I'd fix a computer. Most of the time, I wouldn't ask for anything, but sometimes they'd give me something like a piece of old hardware or whatever.
Then, I'd get a call a week later - what I did doesn't work anymore. I'd go over, fix the problem they created, and politely told them how to avoid having it happen again.
A week later - another call.... Rarely after the second call it's the same thing. It's something new, like 'can you install office for me?' or something of the like. I tell them I'm too busy.
They, for some reason, have come to the conclusion that it's my honor-bound duty to do these things for them, and won't speak to me, etc., because of it.
Recently, I've just become so bitter about it that I really haven't done anything for anybody.
I tend to buy games when they first come out, but I also only buy 'safe bets'. Basically that means that I play the game before I buy it.
:)
It's nice to get old games for cheaper and all, but I'd rather spend $50 on one good game that I'm going to play for a long time than on two shitty games that I'll play once and forget.
GTA: Vice City is a perfect example. If you have played the game, it's much more mission-oriented than the first one... Granted, some of the addons are pretty stupid (like buying property), but the story actually is pretty decent and the new vehicles, guns, etc. are pretty cool.
That, and the bonus of getting all the 80's innuendo that's slathered all over the place (not to mention the GTA1 flashbacks...) is totally worth it
This might be nice for slower games, ala half life or adventure games....
:)
But this tech is all but useless on a game like UT or Quake. In fact, I would be rather pissed to have to waste more money on hardware so I can see a guy's mouth move right before I get gibbed to bits with a rocket.
of course, vi stands for 'visual', and we all know that anything that makes light of the fact that it's 'visual' has to be a microsoft product in it's roots, which of course, makes it inherently bad.
and the 'K' desktop environment? What are they thinking? With that white toolbar, and the blue background, we all know what they stand for. WASP (white anglo saxon prostestants)'s only for this desktop!
You mean like the current economy?
This comment makes my stomach turn.
A quick translation:
"Throw whatever engineering ethics you might have to get the product out the door".
You know, in other forms of engineering they're FEDERALLY RESPONSIBLE for the mistakes they cause. The engineers themselves, and and the companies they work for. When was the last time you saw a bridge 'crash' because of a flaw in design? It certainly doesn't happen as often as it does with software.
Now, OTOH, we have software that controls air traffic and naval vessels. Microsoft has been trying to get into these kinds of markets for a long time now, because the cash potential is quite high.
Do *you* want an Air Traffic Control system that is powered by a company which uses the design methodology that you described above?
It's the one problem with the open-source community - there's no-one to pay me to pay my staff for the lost man-hours caused by this.
Do you expect sun or microsoft to pay you, either?
"So, you can't enter your password. Are you sure your caps lock isn't on?"
"Nope, it's not"
"So... Hrm.. Can't figure it out -- but ask me this question, that little light bar on the keyboard. Do you see it?"
"Yes"
"Are any of the lights lit up?"
"Yes"
"Which one is it, the one in the middle?"
"Yeap"
"Ok, I want you to press your CAPS LOCK button, and try typing in the password again."
"Wow, that worked! Thanks a lot. I wonder what it was..."
"Yep, I wonder."
I think the point behind the quiz is this:
:)
When given two (or more) sets of information, do you calculate the differences or the similarites when making a decision?
It's also an excellent test of listening/comprehension skills. Personally, I read that and was under the impression that the first man was deaf AND blind, only when I saw the second question and said "why doesn't he just ask?" did I realize that the first man wasn't blind.
Of course, the answer should be the differences, as the similarities are always constant