XBox 360 gamers voting for "awesome" drone strikes unwittingly validate their own suspected terrorist status, firing missiles into each other's homes. However, some Kinect users' experiences varied.
Perhaps we need an impractical leap. Are we not tired of trying to figure how to best store our data in directory structures? Do you create folders for your photos by date, by photographer, by subject/content, by location? A filesystem based on tagging would demand design changes in all applications. Death to the file browser. I don't want to organize my files, I want them to organize themselves. When you change your context, the data/files you wish to see present themselves. For ClearCase users, imagine something like a View.
I do feel hyped. I wish there wasn't an article every week promising new wonders that if they ever come to pass I've long forgotten about them. I love it when technology simply comes to market and POW, suddenly we all have megapixel cameras on our cell phones... The industry didn't blah-blah about that for years.
If you don't like the whining about the game don't read it. Simple. You owe nobody nuthin'. If people like to whine, so be it. No one is forcing you to read it. Blizzard have a product and you have the chance to whine about it. That's it. We're all entitled.
Just messing with you... I agree. Whining pansies!:)
Feh indeed. I can't believe the time wasted here. Everybody should be ashamed for making this look like a hot topic. Ignore Microsoft and maybe their flying cat shit will go away.
I should have chosen more explicit terms for my joke lest someone on Slashdot would find fault, as per your self fulfilling warning. I meant "computer *input* system"--a simple controller, easier than a keyboard for a 2 year old. But you already knew that I wasn't trying to educate Slashdot about the M5. Anyway...let me go learn more about the M5's five separate computer systems. I want to one-up the next nerd.
Windows has always been more accessible to the programmer wanna-be's who learn the hype. Of more than a dozen MS programmers I was considering when I made my comment, all but a few were fired for incompetence. Those few were NOT the ones chanting "DCOM, DCOM, rah rah rah!" and claiming they can fix anything with a Microsoft solution.
UNIX programmers can suck too. Some like to shout about "Open Source" but they don't talk the same level of smack as the guys who think Bill Gates is behind them.
They chose to mimic whatever C++ interface they had on Windows for the Linux side (Postgres). Yes, it builds a tree (with MS nomenclature: "HKEY"...).
These are smart guys who need a little more experience with software architecture and modularity. I agree that bad architecture is not just a Microsoft phenomenon.
Well...This is more of a hardware shop with Windows experience and the lead engineer doesn't know SQL. The database didn't need performance (until now). Updating each and every single variable means connecting to the database, authenticating, starting a transaction, committing, and disconnecting. Once per variable.
I speak from about 15 years experience at multiple companies and not bias that the more "Microsofty" the programmer is, the worse they are. The current project I am on is full of the Microsoft way of doing things. And get this: We have a Linux server and Windows client, and they designed a Windows Registry as an interface to the database on Linux. They are having piss-poor performance due to many design issues related to this thing. I should probably post it to Daily WTF. I mean WTF indeed.
Yes, gameplay is far more important than appearance. I don't mind their new style.
Here's my short D3 wish-list:
1) A true marketplace. Make it Ebay like. Post magic items, get bids, buy/sell/swap efficiently and safely.
2) Less repetition, mouse clicking, maintenance.
For example, gambling for circlets:
click, gamble, exit, click, gamble, exit, click, gamble, exit...(until circlet appears)
And rearranging potions after picking up a body should be automatic in town.
3) Blizzard wants simple mouse based controls, but I just want better control.
For example, having a clutter of items on the ground interferes with actions like teleporting, or trying to enter a town-portal. I want to setup my character to avoid these kinds of problems.
4) smarter monsters with a greater variety of behavior
5) better inter-player communication, network
----------------------
Some funny things about Diablo2 that don't make sense:
1) Rare items are actually the most unique and Unique items are the most rare!
2) Mercs hit with Iron Maiden keep swinging until they die
3) Mercs don't listen to the provided voice commands like "Run Away!"(in regards to #2)
Here's a magic ring that does me no good...or would you prefer to sell it back to me?
Becoming frustrated with basic and lacking on-line information, I had to peruse books to find better examples and explanations.
I found only one GWT book at a Barnes & Noble. But Borders had several.
Also, I've heard that Eclipse isn't up to snuff with the GWT stuff. But as a `vi` guy, I'll keep my rat's ass and not give it.
I don't care if somebody does get my files...It's my password I want to protect! I'd be embarrassed if anybody knew it was L3zp0Rn. Do mom's read Slashdot?
It was a rhetorical question so the author himself could present the reasons. The Slashdot community should have read it, shrugged, and said nothing. But can you imagine a Slashdot posting without a single nerd in the horde responding? Inconceivable!
Shhhhh.....here's what I stole from Microsoft:
Top Secret from the office of James I. Cash Jr. to the office of David F. Marquardt:
"Stinky britches, you've got stinky britches!"
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XBox 360 gamers voting for "awesome" drone strikes unwittingly validate their own suspected terrorist status, firing missiles into each other's homes. However, some Kinect users' experiences varied.
ALWAYS always always install your own software at the Playboy Mansion.
Perhaps we need an impractical leap. Are we not tired of trying to figure how to best store our data in directory structures? Do you create folders for your photos by date, by photographer, by subject/content, by location? A filesystem based on tagging would demand design changes in all applications. Death to the file browser. I don't want to organize my files, I want them to organize themselves. When you change your context, the data/files you wish to see present themselves. For ClearCase users, imagine something like a View.
I do feel hyped. I wish there wasn't an article every week promising new wonders that if they ever come to pass I've long forgotten about them. I love it when technology simply comes to market and POW, suddenly we all have megapixel cameras on our cell phones... The industry didn't blah-blah about that for years.
I believe the team from Gamera II has another radical solution.
If you don't like the whining about the game don't read it. Simple. You owe nobody nuthin'. If people like to whine, so be it. No one is forcing you to read it. Blizzard have a product and you have the chance to whine about it. That's it. We're all entitled.
Just messing with you... I agree. Whining pansies! :)
> Given that this is a tech site ...
As a tech site, we would like to hear about evidence from comprehensive computer models.
These are the kinds of articles I tend to believe:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html
Feh indeed. I can't believe the time wasted here. Everybody should be ashamed for making this look like a hot topic. Ignore Microsoft and maybe their flying cat shit will go away.
I should have chosen more explicit terms for my joke lest someone on Slashdot would find fault, as per your self fulfilling warning.
I meant "computer *input* system"--a simple controller, easier than a keyboard for a 2 year old. But you already knew that I wasn't trying to educate Slashdot about the M5. Anyway...let me go learn more about the M5's five separate computer systems. I want to one-up the next nerd.
The BMW M5 has a very simple computer system, just a single turn and push knob. Easy to learn.
D&D? Hey Diablo2ers we have a nerd among us! NERD! :)
There's a lot of truth to that.
Windows has always been more accessible to the programmer wanna-be's who learn the hype.
Of more than a dozen MS programmers I was considering when I made my comment, all but a few were fired for incompetence. Those few were NOT the ones chanting "DCOM, DCOM, rah rah rah!" and claiming they can fix anything with a Microsoft solution.
UNIX programmers can suck too. Some like to shout about "Open Source" but they don't talk the same level of smack as the guys who think Bill Gates is behind them.
They chose to mimic whatever C++ interface they had on Windows for the Linux side (Postgres). Yes, it builds a tree (with MS nomenclature: "HKEY"...).
These are smart guys who need a little more experience with software architecture and modularity. I agree that bad architecture is not just a Microsoft phenomenon.
Yes, "irresponsible." You have a way with words!
Well...This is more of a hardware shop with Windows experience and the lead engineer doesn't know SQL. The database didn't need performance (until now).
Updating each and every single variable means connecting to the database, authenticating, starting a transaction, committing, and disconnecting. Once per variable.
I speak from about 15 years experience at multiple companies and not bias that the more "Microsofty" the programmer is, the worse they are.
The current project I am on is full of the Microsoft way of doing things. And get this:
We have a Linux server and Windows client, and they designed a Windows Registry as an interface to the database on Linux. They are having piss-poor performance due to many design issues related to this thing. I should probably post it to Daily WTF. I mean WTF indeed.
Who wants to be a Microsoft Star!! Wooohoo!
Yes, gameplay is far more important than appearance. I don't mind their new style.
Here's my short D3 wish-list:
1) A true marketplace. Make it Ebay like. Post magic items, get bids, buy/sell/swap efficiently and safely.
2) Less repetition, mouse clicking, maintenance. For example, gambling for circlets:
click, gamble, exit, click, gamble, exit, click, gamble, exit...(until circlet appears)
And rearranging potions after picking up a body should be automatic in town.
3) Blizzard wants simple mouse based controls, but I just want better control.
For example, having a clutter of items on the ground interferes with actions like teleporting, or trying to enter a town-portal. I want to setup my character to avoid these kinds of problems.
4) smarter monsters with a greater variety of behavior
5) better inter-player communication, network
----------------------
Some funny things about Diablo2 that don't make sense:
1) Rare items are actually the most unique and Unique items are the most rare!
2) Mercs hit with Iron Maiden keep swinging until they die
3) Mercs don't listen to the provided voice commands like "Run Away!"(in regards to #2)
Here's a magic ring that does me no good...or would you prefer to sell it back to me?
Yes...That is the book I had gleaned some information from at Borders! It looked like the best.
Becoming frustrated with basic and lacking on-line information, I had to peruse books to find better examples and explanations. I found only one GWT book at a Barnes & Noble. But Borders had several.
Also, I've heard that Eclipse isn't up to snuff with the GWT stuff. But as a `vi` guy, I'll keep my rat's ass and not give it.
After you retrieve your stolen computers (using one of the many fine techniques suggested by Slashdot readers), please share your story with us.
I have a similar story with an equally good ending (though no flux capacitor)...I slipped, fell and hit my head on the sink. Then I came.
So instead of snorting Slashdot, I can inject it into my veins?
I don't care if somebody does get my files...It's my password I want to protect! I'd be embarrassed if anybody knew it was L3zp0Rn. Do mom's read Slashdot?
So...like the 2008 Golden Globe awards?
It was a rhetorical question so the author himself could present the reasons. The Slashdot community should have read it, shrugged, and said nothing. But can you imagine a Slashdot posting without a single nerd in the horde responding? Inconceivable!
Shhhhh.....here's what I stole from Microsoft: Top Secret from the office of James I. Cash Jr. to the office of David F. Marquardt: "Stinky britches, you've got stinky britches!"