- To write a document, I use Word. I know 500 key combimations and tricks to get my work done.
- To use a spreadsheet, I open Excel. I also know 500 key combos and tricks.
I once knew 500 WordPerfect key combinations and tricks.
It's the same with movies nowadays. I recently bought Serenity, and every time I put it in the DVD player, I have to watch several minutes of footage portraying me as a pirate.
Declaring certain protocols to be "illegal" is silly enough (just like the April Fool's joke of the "evil bit" and the CP80 project that requires labelling all p0rn traffic), but then they propose slapping a flat-fee on it, essentially saying, "We don't want you to do it, but we realize we can't stop you. So we'll at least try and make some money off you."
Ridiculous.
I was agreeing with you up to that last word. I thought you were going to conclude "Brilliant" instead. But in hindsight, you misinterpreted what they are essentially saying. What they are saying is that the current model doesn't work, and they need to get their money in another way.
If you find internal consistency (within the dogma of a religion, including their trusted documents) and external consistency with the outer (earth/cosmos) and inner (conscience/mind) world, then you can start taking it seriously.
The FACT that XBOX 360 with the SAME launch titles would have done much better if it simply had a Nintendo or Sony stamp on it PROVES that the Japanese are closed-minded when it comes to the video game market.
Unfortunately, your fact relies on counterfactual history (the XBOX was not released with the same launch titles but branded by Nintendo) makes your whole chain of reasoning very shaky.
Why do people always complain about the way stuff is moderated? You seem to think that hundreds of people voted this guy insightful, while in reality, only 3 people did. Of the thousands of people visiting/., 3 thought this was insightful. Sure, many didn't bother to mod him down again, but 1) why spend you modpoints negatively, and 2) this article is not that old yet, stuff may happen.
And then, there's also the botnut (three of which got arrested), the bitnut (such as yourself), the butnut (erm...), the botknit (a network of 100000 computers strung together by my grandma), the botNAT, and the bitenight (Buffy the movie).
There's a nice discrepancy between the way your post is moderated (+5, Interesting) and the replies to it (everyone basically thinks your idea sucks). But if you think outside the box for a second, your idea isn't that bad at all. For example, by having the libraries on your game CD you'll never get into DirectX version difficulties (which used to haunt me years ago, perhaps this has been solved). Anyway, this separate part of the filesystem could host an override directory as well, of course. Your replies tell you:
1. You need drivers for all the different PC-hardware, so it can't be done.
Then read some stuff from the harddrive, especially if the drivers are there. Suppose we use linux for your idea, then we could have a separate partition, or known location in the filesystem, and we place all drivers there. The hardware vendors just put them there with each update. And really, isn't this something open standards can do very well. And that's exactly what we were talking about.
2. You want to have a console, not a PC
Yes! We really do want the PC to run games as easily as consoles. That's why we can get people to buy separate (usually lower-specs) computers for games only.
3. I want to switch between my game and my mail/word processor/anything
So perhaps we need some sort of virtualization? Surely it can be done, as hardware gets faster and cheaper.
Admittedly, I'm hardly an expert, but some of the experts seem to think more in terms of the problems than in creative ways to solve them.
The one great thing about this country is that we can disagree with each other. I don't believe, as long as "moderated", religion is a danger to the country.
In that case, I mod religion -1, Flamebait. Let's browse society at +2, shall we?
According to this valuable web resource, 6-8 percent of people lack stereoscopic vision, and that includes me. It's not a lot of fun sitting in a theatre looking at other people grabbings stuff in front of them that doesn't exist.
You're right of course, at least you have control over your cookies. But what's the use of having bookmarks and RSS feeds on a personalized homepage? Firefox does that already, right? Unless you want to see those feeds and bookmarks on several computers. Then the cookies won't work. So in effect, start.com saves bookmarks to a single computer, but there's no use for that.
That's a strange way to conserve power. It takes less power per second, but you have to wait more seconds till it's available? I suppose it has something to do with the inability to make throttling really dynamic...
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- To write a document, I use Word. I know 500 key combimations and tricks to get my work done.
- To use a spreadsheet, I open Excel. I also know 500 key combos and tricks.
I once knew 500 WordPerfect key combinations and tricks.
Northern Ireland? It isn't in the US (as per your first sentence), but it's surely Christian fundamentalism.
Isn't the password in your bash history now (twice)?
It's the same with movies nowadays. I recently bought Serenity, and every time I put it in the DVD player, I have to watch several minutes of footage portraying me as a pirate.
We know why you're anonymous, mister 314!
Declaring certain protocols to be "illegal" is silly enough (just like the April Fool's joke of the "evil bit" and the CP80 project that requires labelling all p0rn traffic), but then they propose slapping a flat-fee on it, essentially saying, "We don't want you to do it, but we realize we can't stop you. So we'll at least try and make some money off you."
Ridiculous.
I was agreeing with you up to that last word. I thought you were going to conclude "Brilliant" instead. But in hindsight, you misinterpreted what they are essentially saying. What they are saying is that the current model doesn't work, and they need to get their money in another way.
They are potential source of outside influence (viruii, tojran horses, etc.)
That should read viruiis.
If you find internal consistency (within the dogma of a religion, including their trusted documents) and external consistency with the outer (earth/cosmos) and inner (conscience/mind) world, then you can start taking it seriously.
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For a list of internal bible inconsistencies, visit http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/by_n
For a list of inconsistencies between the bible and history/science, visit http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/science/lon
But add the '4', and it sounds incredibly hot!
The FACT that XBOX 360 with the SAME launch titles would have done much better if it simply had a Nintendo or Sony stamp on it PROVES that the Japanese are closed-minded when it comes to the video game market.
Unfortunately, your fact relies on counterfactual history (the XBOX was not released with the same launch titles but branded by Nintendo) makes your whole chain of reasoning very shaky.
Why do people always complain about the way stuff is moderated? You seem to think that hundreds of people voted this guy insightful, while in reality, only 3 people did. Of the thousands of people visiting /., 3 thought this was insightful. Sure, many didn't bother to mod him down again, but 1) why spend you modpoints negatively, and 2) this article is not that old yet, stuff may happen.
Then, there's this:
http://www.alldumb.com/item/12004/
The green laser is amazing. It's so bright you can see the lightbeam in the dark.
You should really vacuum more.
It's illegal in most cunties in Nevada
What kind of typo is this?
You're thinking of a bitnet.
Related concepts: the batnet and the butnet.
And then, there's also the botnut (three of which got arrested), the bitnut (such as yourself), the butnut (erm...), the botknit (a network of 100000 computers strung together by my grandma), the botNAT, and the bitenight (Buffy the movie).
Video games? Violence on TV? Of course, we know better. We know who's to blame. Blame Canada!
or 8, maybe.
possibly -2 even.
I read that as 53...
the release of Google Desktop 2.0 is beginning to take shape as a browser in itself as the need for a Firefox or IE is almost eliminated.
I've just downloaded the desktop search for the first time, and it seems that GDS relies heavily on the browser for all kinds of things.
There's a nice discrepancy between the way your post is moderated (+5, Interesting) and the replies to it (everyone basically thinks your idea sucks). But if you think outside the box for a second, your idea isn't that bad at all. For example, by having the libraries on your game CD you'll never get into DirectX version difficulties (which used to haunt me years ago, perhaps this has been solved). Anyway, this separate part of the filesystem could host an override directory as well, of course. Your replies tell you:
1. You need drivers for all the different PC-hardware, so it can't be done.
Then read some stuff from the harddrive, especially if the drivers are there. Suppose we use linux for your idea, then we could have a separate partition, or known location in the filesystem, and we place all drivers there. The hardware vendors just put them there with each update. And really, isn't this something open standards can do very well. And that's exactly what we were talking about.
2. You want to have a console, not a PC
Yes! We really do want the PC to run games as easily as consoles. That's why we can get people to buy separate (usually lower-specs) computers for games only.
3. I want to switch between my game and my mail/word processor/anything
So perhaps we need some sort of virtualization? Surely it can be done, as hardware gets faster and cheaper.
Admittedly, I'm hardly an expert, but some of the experts seem to think more in terms of the problems than in creative ways to solve them.
The one great thing about this country is that we can disagree with each other. I don't believe, as long as "moderated", religion is a danger to the country.
In that case, I mod religion -1, Flamebait. Let's browse society at +2, shall we?
You called the dog you rescued from euthanasia 'Terri'?
According to this valuable web resource, 6-8 percent of people lack stereoscopic vision, and that includes me. It's not a lot of fun sitting in a theatre looking at other people grabbings stuff in front of them that doesn't exist.
You're right of course, at least you have control over your cookies. But what's the use of having bookmarks and RSS feeds on a personalized homepage? Firefox does that already, right? Unless you want to see those feeds and bookmarks on several computers. Then the cookies won't work. So in effect, start.com saves bookmarks to a single computer, but there's no use for that.
That's a strange way to conserve power. It takes less power per second, but you have to wait more seconds till it's available? I suppose it has something to do with the inability to make throttling really dynamic...