Same.. I really liked the Oblivion approach to "character" upkeep, although constantly repairing one's equipment was annoying eventually... but I guess probably a quasi-realistic addition that helped promote non-long dungeon crawls. Jeff used to have a food system but he stopped it eventually. At any rate, I agree he could look at using a different engine... but only if it really gains him something that he doesn't have right now.
Perhaps, although I know Jeff has decided that he decidedly doesn't like the micro-management stuff... like having to always lug around lots of food, etc.
Yeah it is. I enjoy RPG's and even one online one, but I enjoyed playing the slightly slower, less frilly Avernum 6 recently, too (released in March). I like "visually stunning games" just as much as anyone else, but Avernum[/Exile]'s 2D/isometric (is that the right word? hehe) visuals have never been a hindrance to me enjoying the game.
Avernum (I played it in the 90s when it was "Exile") is quite fun. I have pretty much played all the Exile and Avernum games. I'm not a sci-fi type guy, so I didn't like Geneforge.
If you like a game where really the story takes precedence - as well as the general fun in gaining experience and leveling and new skills, etc - then you should indeed like Avernum...
No, I don't work for him... just have enjoyed his games for 12-13 years now.:) Also, I really like his shareware mindset... giving, for free, a large portion of the actual game (like 20%), to me, was very effective. If I didn't like the game, I didn't pay for it. If I did like the game, I really wanted to know the end of it so I paid for it.
If there are no 5.8GHz base stations, then the iPad won't use 5.8GHz Wi-Fi
Don't wireless devices look on the given frequencies? Possibly send out signals asking who is around? I didn't think connecting to a network was entirely passive, even in the discovery stage...
Why are there different operating systems? Why doesn't everyone just use Microsoft Windows?
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Not quite the same thing, but it's sort of related. Having standards compete just like businesses compete hopefully will lead to better standards. Having one standard only that everyone has to adhere to? Hm... SOMEONE is controlling the standard (or some group). Having one standard that everyone adheres to will lead to that one group being rather powerful. And people who work on standards are no more inherently ethical than those that don't.
No, but my manager does not require me to work overtime.
On the other hand, I'm willing - because I like my job, my work, and my manager - to put in some time without pay to get some projects done. Not much, of course.
Maybe other managers/jobs/workplaces aren't as good and whatever, so I understand that. But I don't want to be paid per job like a contractor, and I don't want to be on a salary where I simply get my hours bumped down when there's not much to do that the upper management sees as useful...
I am also not required to be working every single minute. I am encouraged to participate in site events, to get to know other groups in my building, etc. (assuming it doesn't interfere with my main job functions/priorities and my unit's schedules).
On the whole, it seems Google has gotten some of this right. I wonder what their employee salary/payment stuff is like.
wouldn't have exactly been advantageous during the time of the Huns, but today she'd probably fit in all right and would be a great person to know and be around.
Ah... because... people are morally better now? Girls no longer get kidnapped, raped, and murdered? People no longer become under the influence of substantives which make them more dangerous? (note - I know that not all drugs make you dangerous, but some certainly do impair your judgement)
Open violence may be less, but people are just as selfish, self-serving, egotistical, and evil. We have gotten good at generally hiding it, since we mostly have everything we typically want, in western civilization anyways.
That's called "contract" work... where people pay you for each individual job.
I get paid to be available for what my boss wants me to do. I get paid per hour of time, not per job.
If he doesn't give me enough to do, that's his fault. Usually, I have plenty to do; if I don't, I try to FIND something to do so that I am not useless (and in fact show initiative).
If you work in a job where you don't have anything to do anymore and you are still employed... you must work for the government!;)
You may as well have put "evolution" in your list. Except it wouldn't go well with the typical slashdotter. Or, even more appropriate... how about philosophy or psychology or behavioral sciences or sociology? Metaphysics? Homer? Plato? Aristotle? Shakespeare? Victorian literature?
All of the above have had less of an effect on society and history than "theology" or "creationism" (both of which were meant to refer to, I assume, those topics as written of in the Bible)...
I know it was a joke, but it's interesting that the joke tends to be focused towards one particular belief set, because it's not fashionable to harp on certain disputed areas - like behavioral "sciences" or philosophy (since they are "respected" areas now).
Then the mandate that ALL Americans have access to broadband needs to have limitations.
And, furthermore, it is not a right in the same way other rights (e.g., the right to pursue happiness) are thought of. If it's a right to have broadband then I should get it anywhere I live in the US, just like I can pursue "happiness" anywhere in the US. Of course, that pursuit may not work everywhere;)
Unfortunately, most people view rights as something you should receive no matter who you are or where you live... so if broadband is a right, then the interpretation is that I should get it in the middle of the woods in my cabin, 5 miles from the nearest public road; otherwise, you are denying me my right and I have to rely on corporations to provide it.
I may be confusing ideas of "rights" and whatnot, but I think the majority of people are confusing those, these days... e.g., the right to free health care; but what if you chronically eat McDonald's, transfats, and everything else known to be bad; why should I, the taxpayer, pay for your negligence of your health? I see no reason you have the right to my money to pay for the consequences of your negligent eating. I'm not talking about eating disorders here, FWIW.
Like the roads, power, phone, water, garbage collection, natural gas, and others, the Internet has to become a public utility, and companies that want to provide access need to be regulated as such.
You say everyone in the US should be able to access the net at high speed... with no qualifications. And yet, roads/power/phone/water/garbage collection/natural gas are NOT available everywhere. Let's say I have a 1 mile private road into my 200 acre ranch. Where does the phone company have to run wires? Does garbage collection have to get to my house?
Perhaps you mean internet access, power, roads, phone, water, etc., at public access locations... e.g., wherever I can put a mailbox I should be able to get high speed internet, perhaps. Or garbage collection, etc.
That's a big deal. Why? Because some people live on HUGE ranches and have to drive just to get to a public road. I see no reason they should expect to get high speed internet access more or less at taxpayer expense. They've chosen to live in a remote area far away from public utilities, probably have their own well, generator, solar power, or paid for it themselves...
I know it's not your main point, but it seems the government likes making these "holes" too;) and then wasting taxpayer money filling them.
So they are open source friendly if it makes them money, and not if it loses them money.
Most business work that way, it's not something strange to "open source."
They are not your friend. As the VB developers found out a few years ago, they'll dump you with no upgrade path if it makes financial sense to do so.
Unfortunately, most businesses work that way.
Like Microsoft (and others), they are probably very close to dropping below 50% american employees.
Most businesses work that way. They try to get cheap labor. Until it bites them (if it does). Oh, but I guess in this post-modern post-racial international world, we should DEMAND that this business hire only American employees. I mean, that's what's fair. We should require this company to hire us!...
Frankly, I wish it made more financial sense for them to hire American employees. Apparently, something is wrong with the US that makes them want to hire non-US workers. Maybe it has to do with the same reason that many companies are moving out of California.
Naaaah. Couldn't be. They are just being evil for the sake of being evil...
Disclaimer: I am against greed, but I have a consistent enough worldview to know that most people ARE greedy, no matter what I want them to be... and any governing or economic system that expects people to be what they are not and won't be is destined to fail.
I got Baldur's Gate from the library. My first CRPG I ever played... that one... is one that I checked out from the library. It had quite a few holds on it, so I waited.
Depending on what they filter, prehaps filtering should be used simply to not allow kids to waste their time "researching." If you're using a school computer for "research" then you should be researching your topic, not using facebook or whatever.
Totally unfiltering/uncensoring is basically like giving people the option of "go outside and play" or "stay inside and study." Most kids choose to play rather than study by nature. That's why if you leave a kid to do what he wants until he's 15, you probably won't end up with a well-rounded, educated, well-behaved member of society...
I'm not sure why you brought up Bush... I would have brought up someone not quite so controversial... like, say, Michael Moore. Last time I checked, there was almost nothing negative and there was no "Controversy" section... because, apparently, most major figures don't have those sections. Even though they do. The "Discussion" pages for these pages is quite enlightening.
How about some sort of controversy section for Obama? There's plenty of negative stuff on Bush... and yet, appears to be no section dealing with negative things of Obama?
That's just one example... and highly political at that.
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It's the same as old school cRPGs... e.g., Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, etc.
Same.. I really liked the Oblivion approach to "character" upkeep, although constantly repairing one's equipment was annoying eventually... but I guess probably a quasi-realistic addition that helped promote non-long dungeon crawls. Jeff used to have a food system but he stopped it eventually. At any rate, I agree he could look at using a different engine... but only if it really gains him something that he doesn't have right now.
Perhaps, although I know Jeff has decided that he decidedly doesn't like the micro-management stuff... like having to always lug around lots of food, etc.
but would it kill him to take another existing engine and use it?
why ask "would it kill him" ... how about, would it help him?
Yeah it is. I enjoy RPG's and even one online one, but I enjoyed playing the slightly slower, less frilly Avernum 6 recently, too (released in March). I like "visually stunning games" just as much as anyone else, but Avernum[/Exile]'s 2D/isometric (is that the right word? hehe) visuals have never been a hindrance to me enjoying the game.
Avernum (I played it in the 90s when it was "Exile") is quite fun. I have pretty much played all the Exile and Avernum games. I'm not a sci-fi type guy, so I didn't like Geneforge.
If you like a game where really the story takes precedence - as well as the general fun in gaining experience and leveling and new skills, etc - then you should indeed like Avernum...
No, I don't work for him... just have enjoyed his games for 12-13 years now. :) Also, I really like his shareware mindset... giving, for free, a large portion of the actual game (like 20%), to me, was very effective. If I didn't like the game, I didn't pay for it. If I did like the game, I really wanted to know the end of it so I paid for it.
Art is anything that has the ability to inspire emotions in people.
Then war is art.
Huh. I didn't know that (obviously).
If there are no 5.8GHz base stations, then the iPad won't use 5.8GHz Wi-Fi
Don't wireless devices look on the given frequencies? Possibly send out signals asking who is around? I didn't think connecting to a network was entirely passive, even in the discovery stage...
Why are there different operating systems? Why doesn't everyone just use Microsoft Windows?
...
Not quite the same thing, but it's sort of related. Having standards compete just like businesses compete hopefully will lead to better standards. Having one standard only that everyone has to adhere to? Hm... SOMEONE is controlling the standard (or some group). Having one standard that everyone adheres to will lead to that one group being rather powerful. And people who work on standards are no more inherently ethical than those that don't.
Yikes, I bet he uses predicate nominatives, too. ;) hehe...
No, but my manager does not require me to work overtime.
On the other hand, I'm willing - because I like my job, my work, and my manager - to put in some time without pay to get some projects done. Not much, of course.
Maybe other managers/jobs/workplaces aren't as good and whatever, so I understand that. But I don't want to be paid per job like a contractor, and I don't want to be on a salary where I simply get my hours bumped down when there's not much to do that the upper management sees as useful...
I am also not required to be working every single minute. I am encouraged to participate in site events, to get to know other groups in my building, etc. (assuming it doesn't interfere with my main job functions/priorities and my unit's schedules).
On the whole, it seems Google has gotten some of this right. I wonder what their employee salary/payment stuff is like.
wouldn't have exactly been advantageous during the time of the Huns, but today she'd probably fit in all right and would be a great person to know and be around.
Ah ... because ... people are morally better now? Girls no longer get kidnapped, raped, and murdered? People no longer become under the influence of substantives which make them more dangerous? (note - I know that not all drugs make you dangerous, but some certainly do impair your judgement)
Open violence may be less, but people are just as selfish, self-serving, egotistical, and evil. We have gotten good at generally hiding it, since we mostly have everything we typically want, in western civilization anyways.
That's called "contract" work... where people pay you for each individual job.
I get paid to be available for what my boss wants me to do. I get paid per hour of time, not per job.
If he doesn't give me enough to do, that's his fault. Usually, I have plenty to do; if I don't, I try to FIND something to do so that I am not useless (and in fact show initiative).
If you work in a job where you don't have anything to do anymore and you are still employed... you must work for the government! ;)
But this is a poll in the cloud. It's much more important.
Yes, I know there are other "creation" stories, but did you read the part of my post where I said that I was assuming a Bible version?
(both of which were meant to refer to, I assume, those topics as written of in the Bible)
Yeah.
You may as well have put "evolution" in your list. Except it wouldn't go well with the typical slashdotter. Or, even more appropriate... how about philosophy or psychology or behavioral sciences or sociology? Metaphysics? Homer? Plato? Aristotle? Shakespeare? Victorian literature?
All of the above have had less of an effect on society and history than "theology" or "creationism" (both of which were meant to refer to, I assume, those topics as written of in the Bible)...
I know it was a joke, but it's interesting that the joke tends to be focused towards one particular belief set, because it's not fashionable to harp on certain disputed areas - like behavioral "sciences" or philosophy (since they are "respected" areas now).
*grabs troll/flamebait mod by the horns* ;)
(4) Users who actually come up with relatively easy-to-remember passwords that make sense to them and are difficult to guess.
But I guess, to make a point, one has to ignore the possible good outcome ;)
In general though, I agree that your #s 1-3 are going to be a lot more prevalent.
Then the mandate that ALL Americans have access to broadband needs to have limitations.
And, furthermore, it is not a right in the same way other rights (e.g., the right to pursue happiness) are thought of. If it's a right to have broadband then I should get it anywhere I live in the US, just like I can pursue "happiness" anywhere in the US. Of course, that pursuit may not work everywhere ;)
Unfortunately, most people view rights as something you should receive no matter who you are or where you live... so if broadband is a right, then the interpretation is that I should get it in the middle of the woods in my cabin, 5 miles from the nearest public road; otherwise, you are denying me my right and I have to rely on corporations to provide it.
I may be confusing ideas of "rights" and whatnot, but I think the majority of people are confusing those, these days... e.g., the right to free health care; but what if you chronically eat McDonald's, transfats, and everything else known to be bad; why should I, the taxpayer, pay for your negligence of your health? I see no reason you have the right to my money to pay for the consequences of your negligent eating. I'm not talking about eating disorders here, FWIW.
Like the roads, power, phone, water, garbage collection, natural gas, and others, the Internet has to become a public utility, and companies that want to provide access need to be regulated as such.
You say everyone in the US should be able to access the net at high speed... with no qualifications. And yet, roads/power/phone/water/garbage collection/natural gas are NOT available everywhere. Let's say I have a 1 mile private road into my 200 acre ranch. Where does the phone company have to run wires? Does garbage collection have to get to my house?
Perhaps you mean internet access, power, roads, phone, water, etc., at public access locations... e.g., wherever I can put a mailbox I should be able to get high speed internet, perhaps. Or garbage collection, etc.
That's a big deal. Why? Because some people live on HUGE ranches and have to drive just to get to a public road. I see no reason they should expect to get high speed internet access more or less at taxpayer expense. They've chosen to live in a remote area far away from public utilities, probably have their own well, generator, solar power, or paid for it themselves...
I know it's not your main point, but it seems the government likes making these "holes" too ;) and then wasting taxpayer money filling them.
So they are open source friendly if it makes them money, and not if it loses them money.
Most business work that way, it's not something strange to "open source."
They are not your friend. As the VB developers found out a few years ago, they'll dump you with no upgrade path if it makes financial sense to do so.
Unfortunately, most businesses work that way.
Like Microsoft (and others), they are probably very close to dropping below 50% american employees.
Most businesses work that way. They try to get cheap labor. Until it bites them (if it does). Oh, but I guess in this post-modern post-racial international world, we should DEMAND that this business hire only American employees. I mean, that's what's fair. We should require this company to hire us! ...
Frankly, I wish it made more financial sense for them to hire American employees. Apparently, something is wrong with the US that makes them want to hire non-US workers. Maybe it has to do with the same reason that many companies are moving out of California.
Naaaah. Couldn't be. They are just being evil for the sake of being evil...
Disclaimer: I am against greed, but I have a consistent enough worldview to know that most people ARE greedy, no matter what I want them to be... and any governing or economic system that expects people to be what they are not and won't be is destined to fail.
I got Baldur's Gate from the library. My first CRPG I ever played... that one ... is one that I checked out from the library. It had quite a few holds on it, so I waited.
Depending on what they filter, prehaps filtering should be used simply to not allow kids to waste their time "researching." If you're using a school computer for "research" then you should be researching your topic, not using facebook or whatever.
Totally unfiltering/uncensoring is basically like giving people the option of "go outside and play" or "stay inside and study." Most kids choose to play rather than study by nature. That's why if you leave a kid to do what he wants until he's 15, you probably won't end up with a well-rounded, educated, well-behaved member of society...
Israeli–Palestinian conflict was nominated as a Social sciences and society good article but did not meet the good article criteria at the time.
You mean that one? :)
I'm not sure why you brought up Bush... I would have brought up someone not quite so controversial... like, say, Michael Moore. Last time I checked, there was almost nothing negative and there was no "Controversy" section... because, apparently, most major figures don't have those sections. Even though they do. The "Discussion" pages for these pages is quite enlightening.
How about some sort of controversy section for Obama? There's plenty of negative stuff on Bush... and yet, appears to be no section dealing with negative things of Obama?
That's just one example... and highly political at that.