at last someone willing to put out mac versions of their games and publicly support mac as the brilliant platform it is.
I have often wondered why, with the kick ass apple machines, there was so little interest for porting games to the platform.
...The effects on the environment are positive as opposed to having to throw away a lot of paper and plastic (the manual in 4 languages, warranties in 4 languages, the box it came in, the plastic-wrap for the 4 manuals, the plastic-wrap on the CD/DVD,...) and eventually ending up with a bunch of retrostyle coasters.
People are sheep; they do not care if they are filmed every yard of the walk to work. The illusion of security is far more powerful than the need for freedom. But just wait until there is a real "thought police"; the soviet union managed for a while, but the censorship and punishment of people who vented frustration with the system, torrented a massive dislike for the system. I do not think people right now feel that they need their civil liberties, but that time may come. Given the very complicated electoral process, it may be very hard to get a member of parliment willing to sacrifice his relationship with the ministry of internal affairs for a "not existing problem" (in the public opinion). So I would expect this to keep on going more and more until the police actually targets "thoughtcrime" perpetrators.
I would think oil had some conductivity (?) well anyway
with the prizes on (non-conducting) cooling liquid from 3M
I guess oil would be a good alternative.. And on the environmental
side, you could burn it after you've upgraded.. Delayed combustion;)
Good fucking plan: take one office worker; normally not moving at all
construct a stupid technoarab phrase (digital bedouins) and market
a need for locomotion; one last trip before we all have to stay inside
our houses all the time because the carbon emissions created by the
mobile office workers flying to somewhere just for the fucking hell of
it. If you do not have to move; stay put. If I see an american office-dweller
"not on vacation" in my town I will leave (all) my lights on for 24 hours;
it can be like a competition (chicken). Who starts caring for the
environment last?
After travelling to 14 countries in europa and 3 in asia this is my preference:
1) A cellphone (GSM) that is capable of downloading your email-headers (so to enable choosing to read important email)
and 2) a paper copy of your phonebook (in case of phone-theft). 3) A dispendable mp3-player and a set of portable speakers.
Do not rely on people being honest. In a country where the population have less than
you they ARE more inclined to stealing what you have. If you do not need it; do not
bring it. Part of the holiday-experience is to be free from "stuff".
I actually think I may be suffering from "Statistical (stuff is an eternal) Bordom-Syndrome" (S.B.S.).
Is not this supposed to be about Linus? He rules - Gnome sucks ass. End of discussion.
Who really cares about Gnome anyway? Seriously?! Gnome should stop whining; start working.
Do not try diagnosing yourselves but remember that 1 in 300 males (according to DSM4 criterias and etiology) may have (are statistically in the danger of *-ing)
Asbergers, 1 in 10.000 may (---"---) have Rett's and that the (broader but non AS-, RE- specific) Autism spectrum is aprx. 7 pr. 1000 males.
One of you nerds with a high IQ and low social-skills can add these up to find the statistical possibility of avoiding diagnosis. I think your supposed to add
the unrelated statistical possibilities.. Dunno.. I find my self half asleep during most of the statistics-courses.. And yes: nay-sayers: consider that the possibility
of you having a personality disorder (undiagnosed) is much higher given the fact that you bother responding to the ravings of the ""autistic" internet geeks"...
The US militarys insistence on tauting research into the field of non-lethal
weapons is probably only a ploy to satisfy the humanitarians within US and
to appear a little saner in the UN. I do not believe that non-lethal weapons
will be the main focus of any army for the next 20-30 years. For non-leathal
weapons to work you will have to control the population. No invading army
really controls the population the first 20-30 years of their presence. You
will have to shoot dissenters; they cannot be silenced with non-lethal weapons.
If you detain enough of them in the same place they will organize and come
out of the situation stronger then when they came in. The US cannot continue
the nazi-style detention camps on Cuba; you will have to humanize the "rehabilitation"
of the so-called "terrorist detention centers"; most of us know that it is a place for letting
CIA-officers get some rage out of their systems by raping muslims in the a*-hole and
forcing them to listen to RAP. (troll)
Seriously; before climbing up on a mountain of humanism and "concern" for killing;
imagine a world where all political dissenters were tazed and internalized for the
next 15 years. A place where you did not even get shot in the head by the CIA for
voicing a plea of democracy; orange jump-suit and an eternity of mental and physical
torture in a US "political vacation center". Yuck: I'd prefer those robots killing me!
At least then I would die with a little dignity; with a spaghetti-portion-sized chunk of the
internal wiring in my hand while the robot screams "KILL ALL HUMANS!!";)
Actually this is not a political matter. This is the fact that DRM is against the law in Norway. Therefore Apple can risk paying fines every day until the DRM is removed. Worst case scenario (though unlikely) is that they have to pay "damages" to every inflicted customer. DRM is actually illegal in most of the European countries (as far as I know) and the signal-effect of a Norwegian outing would possibly be catastrophic for iTunes. I should also point out that Norway has a traditional dance involving kicking a hat, suspended two-three meters above the ground, of a stick. This is the likely action, put forth by traditionalist Norwegians, towards the hats of every single Apple employe (in the iTunes department ofcourse).
They should have made them bigger. Much bigger. Imagine one the size of a dog/dog-rabbit, bouncing around the countryside. Hail to the ball of vaporizing silicon!
If the iPhone can break from poorely written software I do not want it.
I want a device I can write software from without worrying about the
whole phone crashing/burning. So I get the Apple standpoint. But
what do we need this device for if it is to be worse than a smart-phone?
A designer phone? I do not want that. I want a computer-phone with OSX.
I was totally hyped during the keynote. But after reading up I lost interest.
A shame really. The UI looks so good. They should open it up and make sure
people can't break the phone-capabilities with code.
Well.. When I last visited Russia I saw ONE STORE that sold unpirated cds/dvds.
I am only guesstimating here, but I would say about 30 stores selling
pirated stuff. Even if Russia cracks down on one site, that will mean
nothing for the black marked of pirated music. And *nothing*
on a global scale, there being enough people interested in starting up
a site for distributing music/movies in a "user-oriented" manner.
Removing the cause of the problem would be simpler than imposing all this
control. People are miserable; so they fight and steal and kill.
You can not take away the social problems by herding
people around a monitored maze. Money spent on surveillance
could be used smarter; invested in the population.
Putting up cameras is a lot like pissing your pants to keep warm.
And on that note; how about integrating a "smell-o-scope" in
the surveillance-system. [crackling voice on speaker]"WHO
FARTED?!? Is it YOU?.., in the grey sweater??"[/]
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at last someone willing to put out mac versions of their games and publicly support mac as the brilliant platform it is. I have often wondered why, with the kick ass apple machines, there was so little interest for porting games to the platform.
Jesus: "Let me bury fossil-heads with you dad, fuck em, fuck em all."
...The effects on the environment are positive as opposed to having to throw away a lot of paper and plastic (the manual in 4 languages, warranties in 4 languages, the box it came in, the plastic-wrap for the 4 manuals, the plastic-wrap on the CD/DVD, ...) and eventually ending up with a bunch of retrostyle coasters.
People are sheep; they do not care if they are filmed every yard of the walk to work. The illusion of security is far more powerful than the need for freedom. But just wait until there is a real "thought police"; the soviet union managed for a while, but the censorship and punishment of people who vented frustration with the system, torrented a massive dislike for the system. I do not think people right now feel that they need their civil liberties, but that time may come. Given the very complicated electoral process, it may be very hard to get a member of parliment willing to sacrifice his relationship with the ministry of internal affairs for a "not existing problem" (in the public opinion). So I would expect this to keep on going more and more until the police actually targets "thoughtcrime" perpetrators.
"advenced"? "are a ways of"? That futuristic language must be from the other side of the wormhole!
will be one of the "happy news" :)
I would think oil had some conductivity (?) well anyway ;)
with the prizes on (non-conducting) cooling liquid from 3M
I guess oil would be a good alternative.. And on the environmental
side, you could burn it after you've upgraded.. Delayed combustion
But how do they? ... But what do they? ... What?!?
Good fucking plan: take one office worker; normally not moving at all construct a stupid technoarab phrase (digital bedouins) and market a need for locomotion; one last trip before we all have to stay inside our houses all the time because the carbon emissions created by the mobile office workers flying to somewhere just for the fucking hell of it. If you do not have to move; stay put. If I see an american office-dweller "not on vacation" in my town I will leave (all) my lights on for 24 hours; it can be like a competition (chicken). Who starts caring for the environment last?
she would probably scream: ex nihilo nullum fuit!
After travelling to 14 countries in europa and 3 in asia this is my preference: 1) A cellphone (GSM) that is capable of downloading your email-headers (so to enable choosing to read important email) and 2) a paper copy of your phonebook (in case of phone-theft). 3) A dispendable mp3-player and a set of portable speakers. Do not rely on people being honest. In a country where the population have less than you they ARE more inclined to stealing what you have. If you do not need it; do not bring it. Part of the holiday-experience is to be free from "stuff".
I concur, but I append a hope that they have accomplished it and that it is used for political dissent rather than making a quick profit playing WoW.
I actually think I may be suffering from "Statistical (stuff is an eternal) Bordom-Syndrome" (S.B.S.).
Is not this supposed to be about Linus? He rules - Gnome sucks ass. End of discussion.
Who really cares about Gnome anyway? Seriously?! Gnome should stop whining; start working.
Do not try diagnosing yourselves but remember that 1 in 300 males (according to DSM4 criterias and etiology) may have (are statistically in the danger of *-ing) Asbergers, 1 in 10.000 may (---"---) have Rett's and that the (broader but non AS-, RE- specific) Autism spectrum is aprx. 7 pr. 1000 males. One of you nerds with a high IQ and low social-skills can add these up to find the statistical possibility of avoiding diagnosis. I think your supposed to add the unrelated statistical possibilities.. Dunno.. I find my self half asleep during most of the statistics-courses.. And yes: nay-sayers: consider that the possibility of you having a personality disorder (undiagnosed) is much higher given the fact that you bother responding to the ravings of the ""autistic" internet geeks"...
The US militarys insistence on tauting research into the field of non-lethal
;)
weapons is probably only a ploy to satisfy the humanitarians within US and
to appear a little saner in the UN. I do not believe that non-lethal weapons
will be the main focus of any army for the next 20-30 years. For non-leathal
weapons to work you will have to control the population. No invading army
really controls the population the first 20-30 years of their presence. You
will have to shoot dissenters; they cannot be silenced with non-lethal weapons.
If you detain enough of them in the same place they will organize and come
out of the situation stronger then when they came in. The US cannot continue
the nazi-style detention camps on Cuba; you will have to humanize the "rehabilitation"
of the so-called "terrorist detention centers"; most of us know that it is a place for letting
CIA-officers get some rage out of their systems by raping muslims in the a*-hole and
forcing them to listen to RAP. (troll)
Seriously; before climbing up on a mountain of humanism and "concern" for killing;
imagine a world where all political dissenters were tazed and internalized for the
next 15 years. A place where you did not even get shot in the head by the CIA for
voicing a plea of democracy; orange jump-suit and an eternity of mental and physical
torture in a US "political vacation center". Yuck: I'd prefer those robots killing me!
At least then I would die with a little dignity; with a spaghetti-portion-sized chunk of the
internal wiring in my hand while the robot screams "KILL ALL HUMANS!!"
Actually this is not a political matter. This is the fact that DRM is against the law in Norway. Therefore Apple can risk paying fines every day until the DRM is removed. Worst case scenario (though unlikely) is that they have to pay "damages" to every inflicted customer. DRM is actually illegal in most of the European countries (as far as I know) and the signal-effect of a Norwegian outing would possibly be catastrophic for iTunes.
I should also point out that Norway has a traditional dance involving kicking a hat, suspended two-three meters above the ground, of a stick. This is the likely action, put forth by traditionalist Norwegians, towards the hats of every single Apple employe (in the iTunes department ofcourse).
would eliminate the need for this system.
The Koreans could worship them! The bouncing rabbit-size balls could help Men Tah Lee iLL (or whats his name) run the country!
http://imdb.com/title/tt0312004/ already. It won't be easy.
They should have made them bigger. Much bigger. Imagine one the size of a dog/dog-rabbit, bouncing around the countryside. Hail to the ball of vaporizing silicon!
If the iPhone can break from poorely written software I do not want it.
I want a device I can write software from without worrying about the
whole phone crashing/burning. So I get the Apple standpoint. But
what do we need this device for if it is to be worse than a smart-phone?
A designer phone? I do not want that. I want a computer-phone with OSX.
I was totally hyped during the keynote. But after reading up I lost interest.
A shame really. The UI looks so good. They should open it up and make sure
people can't break the phone-capabilities with code.
Well.. When I last visited Russia I saw ONE STORE that sold unpirated cds/dvds. I am only guesstimating here, but I would say about 30 stores selling pirated stuff. Even if Russia cracks down on one site, that will mean nothing for the black marked of pirated music. And *nothing* on a global scale, there being enough people interested in starting up a site for distributing music/movies in a "user-oriented" manner.
Removing the cause of the problem would be simpler than imposing all this control. People are miserable; so they fight and steal and kill. You can not take away the social problems by herding people around a monitored maze. Money spent on surveillance could be used smarter; invested in the population.
Putting up cameras is a lot like pissing your pants to keep warm. And on that note; how about integrating a "smell-o-scope" in the surveillance-system.
[crackling voice on speaker]"WHO FARTED?!? Is it YOU?.., in the grey sweater??"[/]
I think this is another ploy in the american plan to monitor the politically divergant opinions of europeans and other non-americans. :P
This is not america? Well I object to that bias! That cannot be right!