The French revolution. Those in power repeatedly ignore the cries of the people and defile common sense with their governmental decisions. The rich live their lives in naive luxury while those outside their homes are starving. Finally the straw that breaks the camel's back will fall, and the people will rise to usurp their so-called "leaders". Chaos will soon follow, and the rage, blood, and death will spread across the countryside like wild-fire...
Anything and everything just seems to be getting more and more messed up in the world of politics today. My only question is what will be the 21st century equivalent of the guillotine? Laser guns? Oh please, please let it be laser guns!!! =D
If they clearly label a game "Mature" and some fool sells it to a kid. The one responsible should be the seller, because the company clearly made the game for an audience that was old enough to understand the implications of doing such things in real-life. Same thing can be said for kids who sneak into R-rated movies. Or kids that smoke underage, or drink, or get porn. Would you seek penalties against the movie production/tobacco/alcohol/porn company that made the material in those cases? No!
The problem here is that there is no strict enforcement on the game maturatiy rating system, not with the developers for making mature and violent games.
I was very delighted to read "Competition is a good thing." It's good to see a company that isn't trying to bring about extinction on all it's competitors so it can completely control the market. *cough* My rapport for Yahoo has been modded up a couple points. One for the statement about competition, and one for the free ice-ceram. =D
That's what I was thinking, since I saw on the news that animals had fled even before the tsunami hit. So maybe the tribes people share this 6th sense with the animals because they are more in-tune with nature and their instincts. Or perhaps like you said they saw the animals running and were able to deduce the disaster from that scene. Who knows.
I have never played or even seen someone play a MMORPG. Yet, I am a huge fan of RPG games, enough so that I've been working on creating my own since June. So why haven't I jumped on the MMORPG bandwagon? Well that's an easy question to answer.
I'm afraid. I'm terrified that I will become an addict like so many others, and then my performance will degrade at my job, my grades will lower, I'll become less productive, and I'll sleep less. Then when I realize my life has become so horrible and ugly, what will I do? I'll probably start playing the MMORPG *even more* to escape from my reality.
That scenario is so terribly realistic for me, I'm not even going to take the chance. FFXI will probably be the only FF game I will never play (unless Square-Enix decides to make another FF MMORPG...)
I disagree. What's the point of even buying a console if it's going to be replaced with a next-gen every 2 years? Plus think of the overhead in getting game developers to familiarize themselves with the new hardware/API (which means less time for actually making games). It's not a win-win situation by any means. I think the current hardware on the PS2/GameCube/X-Box is more than enough to make great games for the next year or so. I am inclined to agree with the statement that the only reason M$ is doing this is for profit. They simply want to use this strategic move to take a larger chunk of the market because they have "the best" machine (in terms of hardware performance). I doubt that they are interested in anything other than that, but that's just my opinion.
I'm one of the 10% of college students that do not have a cell phone. Well, grad student but student all the same. I hate people that just yap yap yap into their phones whenever they have nothing that immediately requires their attention (especially those "queens of gossip" as I like to call them). Sitting on the bus I've practically heard people's life stories from hearing them talk on the phone. I just find it annoying I guess.
On the otherhand, I know they are useful in times of emergency and when you are trying to meet up with someone somewhere, but that isn't enough justification for me to go get a cell phone. In the first place, I don't like talking on the phone so I don't do it that much. I have my landline in my apartment mostly so I can connect to DSL, that's about all I need these days.;)
This just seems ridiculous. A normal random number generator predicting the future? Maybe Jesus was reborn into the form of a microprocessor. (Holy crap, that would be friggin' awesome!!!)
Seriously though, every single day somewhere something "amazing" happens and I don't see the black box picking up that. What about the day George Bush was re-elected? Or the day Saddam Hussein was found? Or the day I finally figured out how to make good macaroni and cheese? I think these scientists are just over-excited about an odd coincidence. So the numbers shot up a few hours before the events happen. What if they shot up a few days before? A few months before? Would they still make these claims? No, I see nothing interesting in this article no matter how hard I look. Maybe someone can convince me otherwise.
I'm not 100% certain, but I believe I heard this somewhere before too. My senior design professor (for computer engineering) actually encouraged any of us who were planning to be lawyers to work to put an end to the patent madness. In class he showed us a patent that some young punk made for caller ID or something, then re-constructed the device in the patent and showed us that it didn't work at all.
The 95% of those out there that are 'unenlightened' when it comes to computers and technology probably wouldn't even question M$'s claims. "Oh, Microsoft say they've issued less patches for Windows than others did for Linux and thus Windows is safer. I'm glad to have someone trustworthy to tell me these things!". (-_-)
Because M$ is more reputatable than Red Hat or Novell, the general public will much more likely consider their claims to be true. Oh well. At least it makes for a good laugh for us/.ers.
I absolutely concur. Someone intelligent in the government needs to stop this lawsuit bullshit. Only problem is, do we have anyone intelligent in office? ^_~
Perpetual upgrade to Windows? Wait, I thought they already did that with every release? Just take a look at the leaked Windows 2000 source code (don't worry, clean link)
^_~
Does the phrase "longhorn" have anything to do with the University of Texas at Austin (who's mascot is the Longhorn), or is it just some weird coincidence? If UT and M$ are in cohoots, I'm going to have to transfer schools...:p
...that make me wish I studied life science instead of computer engineering. I'd love to say I contributed to a great advancement like this, and the biomedical field really interests me. In computer architecture if I were to say "I invented a new branch predictor that's 100% accurate and only consumes 20% of the normal die area", about 19/20 people wouldn't know what the hell I was talking about. Are we forever to be unsung heroes? >_>
Wow, and here I always thought that succotash was a made up word by Sylvester on looney toons. You learn something new (but not necessarily useful) everyday
Visually I can see no leaps and bounds here, so I'm a little baffled at the purpose of the "screenshot slideshow". Then again, graphics certainly aren't everything. I haven't been reading up on GNOME developments lately but what is "Assistive Technology"? It sounds like something dubious and misleading that Microsoft would promote...
Here's a nice little read on the US Patent System that was in IEEE Spectrum a couple months ago. The US Patent System sucks ass
So you see, the US Patenting Office appears to patent just about everything. Oh no, I hope they haven't patented my favorite peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches...!
"What is 'real'? How do you define 'real'? If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain."
The depth of philosophy in the Matrix never ceases to amaze me. =D
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The French revolution. Those in power repeatedly ignore the cries of the people and defile common sense with their governmental decisions. The rich live their lives in naive luxury while those outside their homes are starving. Finally the straw that breaks the camel's back will fall, and the people will rise to usurp their so-called "leaders". Chaos will soon follow, and the rage, blood, and death will spread across the countryside like wild-fire...
Anything and everything just seems to be getting more and more messed up in the world of politics today. My only question is what will be the 21st century equivalent of the guillotine? Laser guns? Oh please, please let it be laser guns!!! =D
If they clearly label a game "Mature" and some fool sells it to a kid. The one responsible should be the seller, because the company clearly made the game for an audience that was old enough to understand the implications of doing such things in real-life. Same thing can be said for kids who sneak into R-rated movies. Or kids that smoke underage, or drink, or get porn. Would you seek penalties against the movie production/tobacco/alcohol/porn company that made the material in those cases? No!
The problem here is that there is no strict enforcement on the game maturatiy rating system, not with the developers for making mature and violent games.
I was very delighted to read "Competition is a good thing." It's good to see a company that isn't trying to bring about extinction on all it's competitors so it can completely control the market. *cough* My rapport for Yahoo has been modded up a couple points. One for the statement about competition, and one for the free ice-ceram. =D
Which is going to be heavier. This removable hard drive or the XBox2 controller... ^_^
Actually.....no. Divide the percentage by 100 and that's your multiplication factor. 300% / 100 = 3x power.
That's what I was thinking, since I saw on the news that animals had fled even before the tsunami hit. So maybe the tribes people share this 6th sense with the animals because they are more in-tune with nature and their instincts. Or perhaps like you said they saw the animals running and were able to deduce the disaster from that scene. Who knows.
So that's where Iraq was keeping their weapons of mass destruction! I bet Bush feels pretty dumb for looking everywhere but up!
I have never played or even seen someone play a MMORPG. Yet, I am a huge fan of RPG games, enough so that I've been working on creating my own since June. So why haven't I jumped on the MMORPG bandwagon? Well that's an easy question to answer.
I'm afraid. I'm terrified that I will become an addict like so many others, and then my performance will degrade at my job, my grades will lower, I'll become less productive, and I'll sleep less. Then when I realize my life has become so horrible and ugly, what will I do? I'll probably start playing the MMORPG *even more* to escape from my reality.
That scenario is so terribly realistic for me, I'm not even going to take the chance. FFXI will probably be the only FF game I will never play (unless Square-Enix decides to make another FF MMORPG...)
Damn, I don't think there's an equivalent of this type of program on Linux! How am I going to get rid of all my..., oh. Wait a minute... >_>
I disagree. What's the point of even buying a console if it's going to be replaced with a next-gen every 2 years? Plus think of the overhead in getting game developers to familiarize themselves with the new hardware/API (which means less time for actually making games). It's not a win-win situation by any means. I think the current hardware on the PS2/GameCube/X-Box is more than enough to make great games for the next year or so. I am inclined to agree with the statement that the only reason M$ is doing this is for profit. They simply want to use this strategic move to take a larger chunk of the market because they have "the best" machine (in terms of hardware performance). I doubt that they are interested in anything other than that, but that's just my opinion.
I think I'd go with the carrots. I dunno, maybe I'm just weird.
I'm one of the 10% of college students that do not have a cell phone. Well, grad student but student all the same. I hate people that just yap yap yap into their phones whenever they have nothing that immediately requires their attention (especially those "queens of gossip" as I like to call them). Sitting on the bus I've practically heard people's life stories from hearing them talk on the phone. I just find it annoying I guess.
;)
On the otherhand, I know they are useful in times of emergency and when you are trying to meet up with someone somewhere, but that isn't enough justification for me to go get a cell phone. In the first place, I don't like talking on the phone so I don't do it that much. I have my landline in my apartment mostly so I can connect to DSL, that's about all I need these days.
This just seems ridiculous. A normal random number generator predicting the future? Maybe Jesus was reborn into the form of a microprocessor. (Holy crap, that would be friggin' awesome!!!)
Seriously though, every single day somewhere something "amazing" happens and I don't see the black box picking up that. What about the day George Bush was re-elected? Or the day Saddam Hussein was found? Or the day I finally figured out how to make good macaroni and cheese? I think these scientists are just over-excited about an odd coincidence. So the numbers shot up a few hours before the events happen. What if they shot up a few days before? A few months before? Would they still make these claims? No, I see nothing interesting in this article no matter how hard I look. Maybe someone can convince me otherwise.
I'm not 100% certain, but I believe I heard this somewhere before too. My senior design professor (for computer engineering) actually encouraged any of us who were planning to be lawyers to work to put an end to the patent madness. In class he showed us a patent that some young punk made for caller ID or something, then re-constructed the device in the patent and showed us that it didn't work at all.
Remember Microsoft produces LESS security patches than Linux distros so Windows is safer!!! You can not deny the facts! [/extreme sarcasm]
The 95% of those out there that are 'unenlightened' when it comes to computers and technology probably wouldn't even question M$'s claims. "Oh, Microsoft say they've issued less patches for Windows than others did for Linux and thus Windows is safer. I'm glad to have someone trustworthy to tell me these things!". (-_-)
/.ers.
Because M$ is more reputatable than Red Hat or Novell, the general public will much more likely consider their claims to be true. Oh well. At least it makes for a good laugh for us
I absolutely concur. Someone intelligent in the government needs to stop this lawsuit bullshit. Only problem is, do we have anyone intelligent in office? ^_~
Perpetual upgrade to Windows? Wait, I thought they already did that with every release? Just take a look at the leaked Windows 2000 source code (don't worry, clean link) ^_~
Does the phrase "longhorn" have anything to do with the University of Texas at Austin (who's mascot is the Longhorn), or is it just some weird coincidence? If UT and M$ are in cohoots, I'm going to have to transfer schools... :p
...that make me wish I studied life science instead of computer engineering. I'd love to say I contributed to a great advancement like this, and the biomedical field really interests me. In computer architecture if I were to say "I invented a new branch predictor that's 100% accurate and only consumes 20% of the normal die area", about 19/20 people wouldn't know what the hell I was talking about. Are we forever to be unsung heroes? >_>
Wow, and here I always thought that succotash was a made up word by Sylvester on looney toons. You learn something new (but not necessarily useful) everyday
Sufferin sakataush!!! (sp?)
Visually I can see no leaps and bounds here, so I'm a little baffled at the purpose of the "screenshot slideshow". Then again, graphics certainly aren't everything. I haven't been reading up on GNOME developments lately but what is "Assistive Technology"? It sounds like something dubious and misleading that Microsoft would promote...
"Pretty sure the US Patent Office has a say in what is and isn't patentable."
Oh really? I beg to differ. I've come across a couple fun examples recently
Method of Swinging on a Swing.
Gee, I wouldn't have thought of that one! I think I heard somewhere that this patent was granted to a 5-year-old? 0_o
Method of Exercising a Cat (with a laser pointer...)
Here's a nice little read on the US Patent System that was in IEEE Spectrum a couple months ago. The US Patent System sucks ass
So you see, the US Patenting Office appears to patent just about everything. Oh no, I hope they haven't patented my favorite peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches...!
Patent 5,567,454
Patent 5,855,939
Patent RE37,275
OH NOES!!!!
"What is 'real'? How do you define 'real'? If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain." The depth of philosophy in the Matrix never ceases to amaze me. =D