Oh yeah, forgot about that. But then again the Odyssey II had the same Magnavox lock in. I remember my dad had to go to that store, and only that store for it and its games.
Showing age here, but that thing was *way* more fun than the Atari 2600. Remember the Atari's lame Pac Man cartridge? To think they had to sue the makers of KC Munchkin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07JtE4pIq8U to put that crap on the market.
I spent literally thousands of hours in front of KC Munchkin. It was programmable, you could make your own mazes!
I think what he meant is not that the corporations are justified, but that its healthier to maintain and adhere to a personal sense of right and wrong, regardless of rewards or lack thereof.
I actually *prefer* the grind model in games, and RL, but there is one problem with it...
...Time is by definition limited, and any one person can't possibly grind every single skill he want's to massive success without sacrificing things like health, family, etc - that might be more important.
Perhaps the true skill , or talent, in these systems is prioritizing your grind, and choosing your personal *build*
I wish there were more hours in the day (30+ would be nice) so to give more grind time =, because prioritizing sucks!
This guy (above) made a sounds module for the above game! Very Cool! Try it.
Disclaimer: You will need to read (briefly) the directions to get this installed, and if you want tiles too, make sure to run the tiles version, not the plain old text version. Also, unknown if works on linux. I think it does.
Seriously, I need to do this eventually, Can you give me action items to use toward "billing myself out" at that rate? Currently back in school for a degree because of trouble getting hired after the tech bust...
What if you've tried to find something "new" and "real work" since the.com Bust, but IT is really all you are really, really talented at, or interested in?
I already an guessing what my answer will be, find some niche industry or niche job and cram myself in there before the next guy does, and hold on tight!, oh, and be the very best at that niche.
Is there anyone on slashdot left that thinks the DMCA has screwed the consumer?
What about any users left that actually support piracy?
I posted a sentence blasting the DMCA in another related thread and got ANOTHER troll mod. Stop it please, my karma is cratered already.
The only complaint anyone ever has with capitalism is the 'I got here first' problem.
Recently, I have been contemplating the difficulty of the task (talking big picture here) "Attempting to get there before 95% of others do" and... It is a very BIG task to undertake as an individual. It can very easily consume more than %100 of your life!...
Yes, but what happens when you don't have the money to pay for what you want?
That is instant defeat, try better next time, you lose, game over, etc. Very hard to not vilify the person who just priced it out of your reach when they just bested you at the game.
Can anyone come up with possible solutions for getting HDMI INPUTS to devices such as recorders, computers, or anything that is not a display?
Bonus points if it violates some section of the DMCA and requires a soldering iron.
It seemed to me that around that time the availability of jobs took a sharp nose dive. It was like the recession that was brewing during the dot-com burnout along with the Enron and Worldcom scandals came to a full boil after the attacks and well on through the year of 2002.
Hey man, just wanted to let you know I *did* read your reply. I get where you are coming from, and understand your frustration. Trust me, there are *some* Christians (myself included) that break from the mold and don't do the predictable thing. Heck, I voted against bush the last TWO times when all the right wing christian banter was saying the opposite. I understand there is another side over there in palestine, but unfortunately there is no win win situation there. I still think, if I was gonna choose a side, I would have to come down in favor of the Jews.
Look, read the commentary at the bottom of the page from the link:
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee. God will take care that none are losers, by any service done for his people. 6. In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Jesus Christ is the great blessing of the world, the greatest that ever the world possessed. All the true blessedness the world is now, or ever shall be possessed of, is owing to Abram and his posterity. Through them we have a Bible, a Saviour, and a gospel. They are the stock on which the Christian church is grafted.
Thats it, if it weren't for the Jews, there would be no Christian church today! -- And I completely understand the people who wish that was so, LOL!
Actually, the Christian view should just come down to this verse IMHO:
"And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
http://bible.cc/genesis/12-3.htm
Basically God was talking to Abram(Abraham)
Its better to be on Israel's side than NOT on Israel's side, according to this verse.
The rest of your post I agree with, that God can take care of Himself.
I must be lucky then, very lucky. I fell backwards off a 3 story apt. balcony hit the grass and only broke 3 bones and almost dislocated a shoulder.
2 of those bones were cervical vertebra unfortunately. But after a halo brace my neck still functions fine, even if it bothers me from time to time.
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http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/a7ea/ ++++ a bunch of cheap drives from your favorite vendor, in rotation and stored offsite? Plug one in, backup, store it somewhere safe, wash rinse repeat.
Oh yeah, forgot about that. But then again the Odyssey II had the same Magnavox lock in. I remember my dad had to go to that store, and only that store for it and its games.
Showing age here, but that thing was *way* more fun than the Atari 2600. Remember the Atari's lame Pac Man cartridge? To think they had to sue the makers of KC Munchkin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07JtE4pIq8U to put that crap on the market.
I spent literally thousands of hours in front of KC Munchkin. It was programmable, you could make your own mazes!
I think what he meant is not that the corporations are justified, but that its healthier to maintain and adhere to a personal sense of right and wrong, regardless of rewards or lack thereof.
I actually *prefer* the grind model in games, and RL, but there is one problem with it...
...Time is by definition limited, and any one person can't possibly grind every single skill he want's to massive success without sacrificing things like health, family, etc - that might be more important.
Perhaps the true skill , or talent, in these systems is prioritizing your grind, and choosing your personal *build*
I wish there were more hours in the day (30+ would be nice) so to give more grind time =, because prioritizing sucks!
I thought this was a good place to voice my stance on RMT in games, which, yes, is a minority view.
...and allow some kind of regulated Real Money Trade inside their games.
http://www.youtube.com/user/raydarken
This guy (above) made a sounds module for the above game! Very Cool! Try it.
Disclaimer: You will need to read (briefly) the directions to get this installed, and if you want tiles too, make sure to run the tiles version, not the plain old text version. Also, unknown if works on linux. I think it does.
Seriously, I need to do this eventually, Can you give me action items to use toward "billing myself out" at that rate? Currently back in school for a degree because of trouble getting hired after the tech bust...
What if you've tried to find something "new" and "real work" since the .com Bust, but IT is really all you are really, really talented at, or interested in?
I already an guessing what my answer will be, find some niche industry or niche job and cram myself in there before the next guy does, and hold on tight!, oh, and be the very best at that niche.
Where was this? You did not mention it by name. Just curious.
Tell me how the US can't do better than Canada and England. No really, how could we suck badly enough to be worse than Canada at national health care?
Greed. And the bureaucracy of covering up said greed and defense of the status quo, of greed.
The movie was produced to make money.
People do all sorts of things in the expectation of making money. Sometimes this expectation is fulfilled; sometimes it isn't.
So if you produce only intellectual property at your job instead of a physical, tangible product, you don't deserve to get paid enough to eat?
2. You are not entitled to be paid for every little bit of "labor" you do.. first you have to find a buyer.
What if that leads the market to conclude that all labor that produces bits and bytes is not worth enough to pay a living wage?
Here's hoping someone is browsing at -1, my karma is buried in the mud.
Is there anyone on slashdot left that thinks the DMCA has screwed the consumer? What about any users left that actually support piracy? I posted a sentence blasting the DMCA in another related thread and got ANOTHER troll mod. Stop it please, my karma is cratered already.
The only complaint anyone ever has with capitalism is the 'I got here first' problem.
Recently, I have been contemplating the difficulty of the task (talking big picture here) "Attempting to get there before 95% of others do" and ... It is a very BIG task to undertake as an individual. It can very easily consume more than %100 of your life! ...
I think THAT'S the unethical thing.
Yes, but what happens when you don't have the money to pay for what you want?
That is instant defeat, try better next time, you lose, game over, etc. Very hard to not vilify the person who just priced it out of your reach when they just bested you at the game.
Can anyone come up with possible solutions for getting HDMI INPUTS to devices such as recorders, computers, or anything that is not a display? Bonus points if it violates some section of the DMCA and requires a soldering iron.
It seemed to me that around that time the availability of jobs took a sharp nose dive. It was like the recession that was brewing during the dot-com burnout along with the Enron and Worldcom scandals came to a full boil after the attacks and well on through the year of 2002.
Hey man, just wanted to let you know I *did* read your reply. I get where you are coming from, and understand your frustration. Trust me, there are *some* Christians (myself included) that break from the mold and don't do the predictable thing. Heck, I voted against bush the last TWO times when all the right wing christian banter was saying the opposite. I understand there is another side over there in palestine, but unfortunately there is no win win situation there. I still think, if I was gonna choose a side, I would have to come down in favor of the Jews.
Look, read the commentary at the bottom of the page from the link:
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee. God will take care that none are losers, by any service done for his people. 6. In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Jesus Christ is the great blessing of the world, the greatest that ever the world possessed. All the true blessedness the world is now, or ever shall be possessed of, is owing to Abram and his posterity. Through them we have a Bible, a Saviour, and a gospel. They are the stock on which the Christian church is grafted.
Thats it, if it weren't for the Jews, there would be no Christian church today! -- And I completely understand the people who wish that was so, LOL!
Actually, the Christian view should just come down to this verse IMHO: "And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." http://bible.cc/genesis/12-3.htm Basically God was talking to Abram(Abraham) Its better to be on Israel's side than NOT on Israel's side, according to this verse. The rest of your post I agree with, that God can take care of Himself.
I must be lucky then, very lucky. I fell backwards off a 3 story apt. balcony hit the grass and only broke 3 bones and almost dislocated a shoulder. 2 of those bones were cervical vertebra unfortunately. But after a halo brace my neck still functions fine, even if it bothers me from time to time.
You hopped skipped and jumped over Greenville/Spartanburg SC with that list!
As in you hit a Giant Spider with a bolt of lightning for 1,024 points of damage!
You have killed a Giant Spider!
You gain Experience!
Is that what you meant?
No anti-Semitics here, where are you getting this?