i've always been mostly nocturnal, comfortably going to bed a 7am and waking up around the crack of noon (thank you daniel for the expression), but for the last few years i've been forced into a routine of waking up super-early. about two years ago that finally took effect, and i found myself unable to sleep in, even on weekends.
i recently got an opportunity to relax for a month, and the second i knew that i was out of the routine (that never happened on vacation) i suddenly found myself back in my old habits and sleeping beautifully, correctly keeping my eyes shut in the mornings but viewing the dawn from the other side:)
now that i'm back in a routine, i simply cannot bring myself to give up the best hours of the day: i'm sleeping about 3 hours a night, and i feel physically better off and mentally more alert if i don't get much more than that. i'm incredibly active in addition to my desk job, so either i'm on my way to a heart attack or i'm doing just fine. it's not insomnia, it's a gift.
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
- John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher
"Killing the enemy's courage is as vital as killing his troops"
- Carl von Clausewitz
Soldiers shouldn't be policing. They should be wreaking havoc and crushing enemies. *Police* should do the policing. Make police-bots, make robocops, send in floating laser-droids...
But if it's not a battlefield, leave soldiers out of it. And if it is, let them have their way.
- This is one of mine
on a more sanitary note, my first experience was castle on pcdos 1.0, which had a huge impact on my formative years and later got me into table-top gaming too:)
for any idiot still wondering, i'm just kidding about corridor 7.
you took the words right out of my mouth - two different concepts, two different products, two different uses. all the others need to take a deep breath and think about why this news upsets them so much.
that is a possibility, but wouldn't it be better to recycle all that material by using it for space construction? i'm sure we have enough out there to cover a few ground launches.
or a suitable likeness of l. ron hubbard.
i'm fairly sure it could be organized without giving up on persecuting spammers. i hold them all in the same esteem for causing fellow 'beans unnecessary frustration: life's short enough as it is.
it's pretty simple, actually: it's because he's a gamer himself... his reflexes are so bad-ass that nobody's as yet managed to get close to him.
all these complaints of his actually stem from first-hand experience. computer games turned him into a serial killer and he's frustrated that they've made him too good to be caught. hence the limelight.
this was almost exactly my planned post, just with the words "stopped... sentence" replaced by "he had my attention until". it's not possible to take a reviewer like this seriously. i feel sorry for any of the grandma's or uncles or whoever that will miss out on a good deal after reading this review.
100%: this is more of a case of managers managing badly. the worst system is an inflexible one, and the coordination required between design, production and marketing is implemented in the real world as marketing - everything else is drastically time-limited to meet up with the demand created by the people who least understand what's going on.
if you want a good solution, you might have to give it time. or take your time...
and things take a lot longer if you're being constantly interrupted by your boss. why do we have so much unemployment if every engineer and developer needs a secretary?
i'm just writing this out a little more clearly for those who're catching up:
mtv is blaming the internet for the fact that the last ten years have seen it pushing tracks that are not only musically and lyrically challenged, but that can't manage to hold its target audience's interest for more than a week or two at a go...
aside from pushing the rest of us out of pool halls and dance clubs, and forcing us to find alternative (mostly internet) channels to listen to all the wonderful new stuff that is coming out (because all the regular radio stations pander to the record industry too), they've also had a huge and highly detrimental effect on record stores who can't sell what people don't know and can't sell to kids who won't be listening in a couple of days anyway.
they've backed the wrong horse, and it's time to get back on the real bandwagon instead of trying to pimp their rickety jalopy.
we're used to rocket scientists being unable to handle metric / imperial conversions. mars missions, anyone?
hmmm. would it be possible to mess with someone using google earth to track things down and convince them that they're located in a different area... have them running around their office like crazy while you're standing outside holding them:D
i've just returned to playing fallout 2; yeah, you start off weak, but the storyline is completely open and being a munchkin isn't fun, or advisable. it just proves that there are games where the story is important, and it's the story YOU make.
it's amazing what can happen when a developer actually cares. too bad the author of the article didn't.
and thiefs will have tiny embedded reader units in *their* hands.
and that's about the point where shaking somebody's hand will begin to frighten people. the end of social graces? that type of tech might result in us avoiding physical contact with other people at all cost.
that kind of thing might not bother most readers of slashdot, but for the average joe (erm, the one with basic social skills) it might pose a problem.
ha! that's the point - you have plenty of lawyers, we just need to provide the disease. however, if there are already cases over there, that's half the job taken care of ^_^
hailing from south africa, i find it distasteful to hear us being described as "the far reaches". malaria most definitely hasn't been eradicated, and although preventative measures are available, it's still not unthinkable to contract it in relatively developed areas. all it requires is some blood-suckers and a single infected person... think about how many lawyers exist YOUR side of the world!
we're sending you an infected person over right now, we'll see how long you last.
And instead of just putting the shooter in jail for using a gun to kill someone, lets put the person who sold that guy the gun in jail too
actually, that IS a valid point. people who sell weapons should profile the customer - or each sale should be approved by a federal agency charged with verifying its legitimacy.
imagine having to get a permit for each weapon you own? and being checked every few months to make sure that you're still in possesion of said weapon?
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i've always been mostly nocturnal, comfortably going to bed a 7am and waking up around the crack of noon (thank you daniel for the expression), but for the last few years i've been forced into a routine of waking up super-early. about two years ago that finally took effect, and i found myself unable to sleep in, even on weekends.
:)
i recently got an opportunity to relax for a month, and the second i knew that i was out of the routine (that never happened on vacation) i suddenly found myself back in my old habits and sleeping beautifully, correctly keeping my eyes shut in the mornings but viewing the dawn from the other side
now that i'm back in a routine, i simply cannot bring myself to give up the best hours of the day: i'm sleeping about 3 hours a night, and i feel physically better off and mentally more alert if i don't get much more than that. i'm incredibly active in addition to my desk job, so either i'm on my way to a heart attack or i'm doing just fine. it's not insomnia, it's a gift.
enjoy it!
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
- John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher
"Killing the enemy's courage is as vital as killing his troops"
- Carl von Clausewitz
Soldiers shouldn't be policing. They should be wreaking havoc and crushing enemies. *Police* should do the policing. Make police-bots, make robocops, send in floating laser-droids...
But if it's not a battlefield, leave soldiers out of it. And if it is, let them have their way.
- This is one of mine
first... and last.
:)
on a more sanitary note, my first experience was castle on pcdos 1.0, which had a huge impact on my formative years and later got me into table-top gaming too
for any idiot still wondering, i'm just kidding about corridor 7.
you took the words right out of my mouth - two different concepts, two different products, two different uses. all the others need to take a deep breath and think about why this news upsets them so much.
what * were we talking about?
that is a possibility, but wouldn't it be better to recycle all that material by using it for space construction? i'm sure we have enough out there to cover a few ground launches.
or a suitable likeness of l. ron hubbard.
i'm fairly sure it could be organized without giving up on persecuting spammers. i hold them all in the same esteem for causing fellow 'beans unnecessary frustration: life's short enough as it is.
by nature of this forum it's safe to assume so :)
oh no! he's coming for me now!
it's pretty simple, actually: it's because he's a gamer himself... his reflexes are so bad-ass that nobody's as yet managed to get close to him.
all these complaints of his actually stem from first-hand experience. computer games turned him into a serial killer and he's frustrated that they've made him too good to be caught. hence the limelight.
this was almost exactly my planned post, just with the words "stopped... sentence" replaced by "he had my attention until". it's not possible to take a reviewer like this seriously.
i feel sorry for any of the grandma's or uncles or whoever that will miss out on a good deal after reading this review.
100%: this is more of a case of managers managing badly. the worst system is an inflexible one, and the coordination required between design, production and marketing is implemented in the real world as marketing - everything else is drastically time-limited to meet up with the demand created by the people who least understand what's going on.
if you want a good solution, you might have to give it time. or take your time...
and things take a lot longer if you're being constantly interrupted by your boss. why do we have so much unemployment if every engineer and developer needs a secretary?
i'm just writing this out a little more clearly for those who're catching up:
mtv is blaming the internet for the fact that the last ten years have seen it pushing tracks that are not only musically and lyrically challenged, but that can't manage to hold its target audience's interest for more than a week or two at a go...
aside from pushing the rest of us out of pool halls and dance clubs, and forcing us to find alternative (mostly internet) channels to listen to all the wonderful new stuff that is coming out (because all the regular radio stations pander to the record industry too), they've also had a huge and highly detrimental effect on record stores who can't sell what people don't know and can't sell to kids who won't be listening in a couple of days anyway.
they've backed the wrong horse, and it's time to get back on the real bandwagon instead of trying to pimp their rickety jalopy.
i think the fact that it was fully organized, specifically with folders titled "been there", "done that", and "to do" was a bit of a give-away.
...
yes, yes. i just made that up. don't get your 8 year- old panties in a knot.
we're used to rocket scientists being unable to handle metric / imperial conversions. mars missions, anyone?
:D
hmmm. would it be possible to mess with someone using google earth to track things down and convince them that they're located in a different area... have them running around their office like crazy while you're standing outside holding them
i've just returned to playing fallout 2; yeah, you start off weak, but the storyline is completely open and being a munchkin isn't fun, or advisable. it just proves that there are games where the story is important, and it's the story YOU make.
it's amazing what can happen when a developer actually cares. too bad the author of the article didn't.
i think you replied to the wrong post ;)
[dammit - i'm not trying to troll but it always comes out wrong]
when the cutter is protected by a clamshell. THAT'S solid marketing.
??? = sell it to slashdotters.
and thiefs will have tiny embedded reader units in *their* hands.
and that's about the point where shaking somebody's hand will begin to frighten people. the end of social graces? that type of tech might result in us avoiding physical contact with other people at all cost.
that kind of thing might not bother most readers of slashdot, but for the average joe (erm, the one with basic social skills) it might pose a problem.
that's RUBBISH!
dammit, that's not funny. i managed to screw up a crap joke.
well. well, well, well. good luck to you guys then! and thanks - i've now got a huge grin pasted all over my face ^_^
ha! that's the point - you have plenty of lawyers, we just need to provide the disease. however, if there are already cases over there, that's half the job taken care of ^_^
hailing from south africa, i find it distasteful to hear us being described as "the far reaches".
malaria most definitely hasn't been eradicated, and although preventative measures are available, it's still not unthinkable to contract it in relatively developed areas.
all it requires is some blood-suckers and a single infected person... think about how many lawyers exist YOUR side of the world!
we're sending you an infected person over right now, we'll see how long you last.
And instead of just putting the shooter in jail for using a gun to kill someone, lets put the person who sold that guy the gun in jail too
actually, that IS a valid point. people who sell weapons should profile the customer - or each sale should be approved by a federal agency charged with verifying its legitimacy.
imagine having to get a permit for each weapon you own? and being checked every few months to make sure that you're still in possesion of said weapon?