Apologies son, my memory ain't so good these days!:)
On a separate note though, I recall a member of a popular Voodoo card fan site actually using two Voodoo cards to run Doom 3, it actually looked quite intriguing, the game was utterly stripped of its effects, including the darkness which pretty much defined it to most gamers.
In the end it seemed the Voodoos had successfully displayed the barebones of Doom 3 in general. It almost seemed like the older Doom games.
Interestingly though, one area which was somewhat untouched was the view of the Mars bases from the Alpha facility windows, it looked quite similar as a whole, though the Mars sky possessed a somewhat more washed out appearance.
3D gaming, 3D schaming. Back in my day we had the Voodoo 2's and the ol' 6mb of ram, 12 if you were rich! Couldn't even get two separate sprites on the screen without extreme lag... but we liked it!
From all the owners of computers I've serviced in the past, I'd say only around 5% knew roughly what a cookie was, with even fewer being able to give a good definition. But, a fair proportion had managed to remove cookies through using Ad-aware or Spybot.
PIE will ultimately fail, as programs such as Ad-Aware are created by paid profressionals with an extensive knowledge, aswell as being actively able to update and modify their products on a very regular basis.
Marketers however, cannot hope to acheive more than a failed gimmick as most firms simply can't concentrate heavily on creating software to monitor potential customers, let alone have the time or resources to continually update and refine it.
Indeed, its a pity some mistook this comment as a troll, as it was simply criticising the editors. I feel your pain dude, lets hope next April on/. is better:)
Guys seriously, I logged onto slashdot today actually expecting some decent April Fools pranks, no more than a couple though, instead we all got a tonne of unfunny crap.
You did accomplish one thing though Taco, you conducted a mass-trolling, but thats a pretty shitty accomplishment on a day thats supposed to bring us all a laugh isn't it?
This journalist appears to have set a blurry line as what constitutes a "repair... as we all know the most common reason computers tend to break is because they are either deluged with adware/spyware or if they've become infested with a virus.
Instead of emphasizing these facts, the guy just natters on about his advertisement, the intensely complex nature of computers (backing it up with little evidence, typical journo) and the huge amount of consumer demand there is (oddly, he backs this up quite extensively). If anything this article is more inclined to the business itself than the "cowboys" who profit from it,
By the end of the article, hes become pedantic and I daresay sardonic, if anything such an article encourages the "cowboys", indeed, even this guys very point is inane.
I mean, so what is computer repair is a lowly skilled job which doesn't happen to require a degree in computer science? If the job is done well, and the "cowboy" gives you some advice about preventing your computer breaking further, then what computer owner in the right mind would give a flying feck about his qualifications?
Don't take this as redundant, but since when were web design books "hip" at all? Most beginners in my view would simply want clear concise instructions, and clear concise instructions don't need to be dressed up or "style-laden", the aesthetics of the book are perhaps of the least importance to I daresay ANY web designer.
Given the BBC's reputation for sneaky reporting, I wouldn't be surprised.
Over here in the UK, the BBC was repremanded for criticising the Hutton report of its own report, their were complications, but the bottom line was the organization was acting wrongly and of its own accord (rather than by its legal charter)
However, from the BBC's point of view, the act of leaking Doctor Who, then reporting on it extensively, is quite a cheap tactic for promotion. (as opposed to TV advertising - I haven't seen a Doctor Who advert on the TV yet.)
Oh yeah, costwise it was moderately cheap, a good sized vial of PVA costs a few bucks, and chipboard is among the cheapest forms of artificial wood around, my 6 x 6 was about $30 , paints were around $25 for a cheap set (still had much left over for some figurines). The rest of the materials I found for free, I used a couple of Amazon order boxes for the cardboard etc etc...
(I meant 6 x 6 chipboard slab, not cardboard sorry)
A few years ago, I attempted to construct a landscape for Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 games, and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be....my plan was to make a large field, split in the centre by a river (two fords for armies to cross) and some buildings here and there, aswell as rocks.
Generally for water, dried Poly Vinyl Acetate (PVA) adhevise serves well for water, obviously rocks and pebbles, aswell as grit can be used for its banks.
I had two buildings, ruined cottages beside my river, largely these were cardboard, I also used some black painted straws as chimneys, I applied yet more grit/soil to the base to make it look derelict, and painted the entire structure a sort of industrial brick work colouration.
Countryside was fairly easy, I actually used cotton soaked in dark green paint for bushes/shrubs, and simply used a combination of the gravel Games Workshop had and paint for the ground.
All this was done on a 6 x 6 foot cardboard slab , so a fairly small gaming surface overall, and it took me just under a month of evenings after college to accomplish, huzzah.
1) Wait until demise of newspapers 2) Go abroad 3) Buy cheap phones with news bulletins just MINUTES after the event happens (tm) 4) Bring phones back 5) ???? 6) Profit! 7) Take over Microsoft 8) Make windows illegal 9) Laugh as the world turns to Mac and Linux 10) ???? 11) Nerd Profit!!
Absolutely, which is why the government is wrong to suggest parents be vigilant regarding filesharing. How can they be if they have no idea what it even is, let alone its legislative status in their country.
Yet this is a dilemma, as other responses have indicated, as it is widely seen as irresponsable and downright immoral to charge a child with illegal filesharing, as they couldn't come close to paying any damages.
The solution in the music industry's eyes is to blame the child, and then fine the parents x amount of dollars. And while immoral yes, the industry see it as an effective way to disuade any fence sitters on the issue, aswell as a method of informing parents of the legality of filesharing.
The economics of the situation. Basic supply and demand theory would indicate that Europe's overall usage of mobile phones would be lower.
The reason being that prices are higher in Europe, not significantly, but enough to influence some sections of the market. Its the same with many luxuries really (cars, dvds, designer clothing etc).
Despite the fact economies are growing in the Old World, we can't seem to reflect this in lower prices.
Msn could decrease the amount of bandwidth it takes to even load up its pages, and also change the layout. The current msn.com layout is a few years old, and has seen little change or improvement in that time. How does Microsoft expect to compete if its page is so hard to even navigate, let alone be of preferance to Google's simplicity.
Yahoo's greatest weakness currently, is its e-mail service. Junk mail is rife on Yahoo, the time the mailbox takes to load is huge, and there is still just a miniscule 250mb of space, as opposed to G-mail's 1000mb.
'We would particularly advise parents to check what their children are doing on the internet and make sure that they are not breaking the law by filesharing illegally,'
Its amazing that government authorities still aren't aware that in most cases, its pretty damn clear to a child (over the age of 11 anyway) whether they are filesharing illegally or not. They should be responsible for checking their actions, not the parents.
Interesting...A company as huge as Google trying to maintain its squeeky clean company reputation (and hence respect of us nerds) through such meticulous work and attention to its userbase.
Maybe Google's return to its old informal self is on the cards?:)
A couple of years back, I serviced a friends computer which was literally deluged with adware and spyware from KaZaA (KaZaA was at its peak then).
Around 300 files, mostly registry entries, aswell as Gator were on his computer, combined it all took up roughly 35% of his RAM to run, on his 128mb chip it was difficult to even play civ or counter-strike without extreme slowdown...
Is it just me, or did KaZaA seem the scourge of commercialism when it first started? Heck, since then its become a veritable beacon of it.
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Apologies son, my memory ain't so good these days! :)
On a separate note though, I recall a member of a popular Voodoo card fan site actually using two Voodoo cards to run Doom 3, it actually looked quite intriguing, the game was utterly stripped of its effects, including the darkness which pretty much defined it to most gamers.
In the end it seemed the Voodoos had successfully displayed the barebones of Doom 3 in general. It almost seemed like the older Doom games.
Interestingly though, one area which was somewhat untouched was the view of the Mars bases from the Alpha facility windows, it looked quite similar as a whole, though the Mars sky possessed a somewhat more washed out appearance.
3D gaming, 3D schaming.
Back in my day we had the Voodoo 2's and the ol' 6mb of ram, 12 if you were rich! Couldn't even get two separate sprites on the screen without extreme lag... but we liked it!
From all the owners of computers I've serviced in the past, I'd say only around 5% knew roughly what a cookie was, with even fewer being able to give a good definition. But, a fair proportion had managed to remove cookies through using Ad-aware or Spybot.
PIE will ultimately fail, as programs such as Ad-Aware are created by paid profressionals with an extensive knowledge, aswell as being actively able to update and modify their products on a very regular basis.
Marketers however, cannot hope to acheive more than a failed gimmick as most firms simply can't concentrate heavily on creating software to monitor potential customers, let alone have the time or resources to continually update and refine it.
We recently returned from a road trip to discover a very large box waiting for us.
If the processors that big how the heck will I fit it on my motherboard?!
Indeed, its a pity some mistook this comment as a troll, as it was simply criticising the editors. /. is better :)
I feel your pain dude, lets hope next April on
Guys seriously, I logged onto slashdot today actually expecting some decent April Fools pranks, no more than a couple though, instead we all got a tonne of unfunny crap.
You did accomplish one thing though Taco, you conducted a mass-trolling, but thats a pretty shitty accomplishment on a day thats supposed to bring us all a laugh isn't it?
This is the most amusing thing I spotted on slashdots frontpage today!
6 of 9 comments.
LoL!!!
(For fucks sake post something funny for April Fools you insensitive super-clods)
In Korea, only old people catch Malwarlaria.B. :)
This journalist appears to have set a blurry line as what constitutes a "repair... as we all know the most common reason computers tend to break is because they are either deluged with adware/spyware or if they've become infested with a virus.
Instead of emphasizing these facts, the guy just natters on about his advertisement, the intensely complex nature of computers (backing it up with little evidence, typical journo) and the huge amount of consumer demand there is (oddly, he backs this up quite extensively). If anything this article is more inclined to the business itself than the "cowboys" who profit from it,
By the end of the article, hes become pedantic and I daresay sardonic, if anything such an article encourages the "cowboys", indeed, even this guys very point is inane.
I mean, so what is computer repair is a lowly skilled job which doesn't happen to require a degree in computer science? If the job is done well, and the "cowboy" gives you some advice about preventing your computer breaking further, then what computer owner in the right mind would give a flying feck about his qualifications?
The "starter" software near enough fails to get started itself!
"hip-looking, style-laden books"
Don't take this as redundant, but since when were web design books "hip" at all? Most beginners in my view would simply want clear concise instructions, and clear concise instructions don't need to be dressed up or "style-laden", the aesthetics of the book are perhaps of the least importance to I daresay ANY web designer.
It bears a likeness to R2-D2...
Now all they need to do is affix a gin & tonic brewer...
I said TV advertisements, not billboards.
Given the BBC's reputation for sneaky reporting, I wouldn't be surprised.
Over here in the UK, the BBC was repremanded for criticising the Hutton report of its own report, their were complications, but the bottom line was the organization was acting wrongly and of its own accord (rather than by its legal charter)
However, from the BBC's point of view, the act of leaking Doctor Who, then reporting on it extensively, is quite a cheap tactic for promotion. (as opposed to TV advertising - I haven't seen a Doctor Who advert on the TV yet.)
Oh yeah, costwise it was moderately cheap, a good sized vial of PVA costs a few bucks, and chipboard is among the cheapest forms of artificial wood around, my 6 x 6 was about $30 , paints were around $25 for a cheap set (still had much left over for some figurines). The rest of the materials I found for free, I used a couple of Amazon order boxes for the cardboard etc etc...
(I meant 6 x 6 chipboard slab, not cardboard sorry)
A few years ago, I attempted to construct a landscape for Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 games, and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be....my plan was to make a large field, split in the centre by a river (two fords for armies to cross) and some buildings here and there, aswell as rocks.
Generally for water, dried Poly Vinyl Acetate (PVA) adhevise serves well for water, obviously rocks and pebbles, aswell as grit can be used for its banks.
I had two buildings, ruined cottages beside my river, largely these were cardboard, I also used some black painted straws as chimneys, I applied yet more grit/soil to the base to make it look derelict, and painted the entire structure a sort of industrial brick work colouration.
Countryside was fairly easy, I actually used cotton soaked in dark green paint for bushes/shrubs, and simply used a combination of the gravel Games Workshop had and paint for the ground.
All this was done on a 6 x 6 foot cardboard slab , so a fairly small gaming surface overall, and it took me just under a month of evenings after college to accomplish, huzzah.
"The best way to be ready for the future is to invent it"
So by PHP's reckoning.....
1) Establish PHP
2) "Invent the future"
3) ????
4) Profit!/Use your hovercar for daily commute
A profit! venture.
1) Wait until demise of newspapers
2) Go abroad
3) Buy cheap phones with news bulletins just MINUTES after the event happens (tm)
4) Bring phones back
5) ????
6) Profit!
7) Take over Microsoft
8) Make windows illegal
9) Laugh as the world turns to Mac and Linux
10) ????
11) Nerd Profit!!
Absolutely, which is why the government is wrong to suggest parents be vigilant regarding filesharing. How can they be if they have no idea what it even is, let alone its legislative status in their country.
Yet this is a dilemma, as other responses have indicated, as it is widely seen as irresponsable and downright immoral to charge a child with illegal filesharing, as they couldn't come close to paying any damages.
The solution in the music industry's eyes is to blame the child, and then fine the parents x amount of dollars. And while immoral yes, the industry see it as an effective way to disuade any fence sitters on the issue, aswell as a method of informing parents of the legality of filesharing.
The economics of the situation. Basic supply and demand theory would indicate that Europe's overall usage of mobile phones would be lower.
The reason being that prices are higher in Europe, not significantly, but enough to influence some sections of the market. Its the same with many luxuries really (cars, dvds, designer clothing etc).
Despite the fact economies are growing in the Old World, we can't seem to reflect this in lower prices.
Msn could decrease the amount of bandwidth it takes to even load up its pages, and also change the layout. The current msn.com layout is a few years old, and has seen little change or improvement in that time. How does Microsoft expect to compete if its page is so hard to even navigate, let alone be of preferance to Google's simplicity.
Yahoo's greatest weakness currently, is its e-mail service. Junk mail is rife on Yahoo, the time the mailbox takes to load is huge, and there is still just a miniscule 250mb of space, as opposed to G-mail's 1000mb.
'We would particularly advise parents to check what their children are doing on the internet and make sure that they are not breaking the law by filesharing illegally,'
Its amazing that government authorities still aren't aware that in most cases, its pretty damn clear to a child (over the age of 11 anyway) whether they are filesharing illegally or not. They should be responsible for checking their actions, not the parents.
Interesting...A company as huge as Google trying to maintain its squeeky clean company reputation (and hence respect of us nerds) through such meticulous work and attention to its userbase.
:)
Maybe Google's return to its old informal self is on the cards?
A couple of years back, I serviced a friends computer which was literally deluged with adware and spyware from KaZaA (KaZaA was at its peak then).
Around 300 files, mostly registry entries, aswell as Gator were on his computer, combined it all took up roughly 35% of his RAM to run, on his 128mb chip it was difficult to even play civ or counter-strike without extreme slowdown...
Is it just me, or did KaZaA seem the scourge of commercialism when it first started? Heck, since then its become a veritable beacon of it.
I have only one question for you my fellow WoW'er....
:)
Mage or Warlock?