My method: For a text book I've read (or even skim read) open book at the nth [colour] sticky book marker. I'm on the page I want.
For a book I've not read I open the index, and it takes longer but I get the pleasure of exploring parts of the book I've not seen before, and perhaps thinking "that's useful; I'd better place a marker on this page for future reference" even if they don't contain what I'm looking for.
Although I agree that many people still use and enjoy books, they are still obsolete. They have no way to quickly search them, annotating them sucks (what do I do with my notes after I've written them, retype them?) and they are usually out of date by the time I get my hands on them. I refer you to a magical device called an "index", combined with coloured sticky page markers and a memory I can search a book that I've read faster than a pdf document that I've read. Add the better resolution, the fact that it's DRM free and has better battery life than any PDA, I think I'll stick with books.
So why hasn't someone specified a PC into the ground, Wouldn't that be a Mac? Locked down hardware to suite the software that runs on it? 100% controlled by Apple. It hasn't proved all that popular for gaming, though I expect the main limiting factor is market share, if Macs dominated the market you'd see many more games for them.
When you get mod points you can also select "underrated" and "overrated" which just add or remove one from the current score without changing the modifier. So a post that starts at 2 and gets a one troll and four underrated mods will end up at (5, troll).
I just went through your entire back history of posts (yes, I am that bored) and you've got a couple of 3, Trolls and a 2, Offtopic or two but I couldn't see the elusive 5, Troll. Either it was modded back down, someone changed the mod from troll to something else or most likely I just missed it.
Just FYI here's your very first post: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2901&cid=1468107
and as of this posting you've made 1791 Slashdot posts. Yes, you really have spent that long here...;-p
First, why mix the two, they have absolutely nothing to do with each other; and why is it a UN problem? I don't recall either conflict being UN sanctioned.
International law and terrorists, making smaller countries comply
It can only do that when the larger countries start to lead by example. The UN only has the power of it's member nations, when the nations on the security council starts playing politics with the rule of law. It's the USA that consistently uses it's veto to block resolutions against Israel, why be surprised if the Russians and\or Chinese do the same in respect of Iran? Both stances are purely political, and should have no place in a hypothetical ideal UN.
Making the UN more constructive and productive so we don't think they are an expensive ineffective joke
I don't know about the GP, but Godesses are better looking yet still kick ass. Not all that many gods are armed to the teeth yet remain beautiful; never mind using a tiger as a mount...
Or perhaps you didn't even think that the GP might not be referring to the god of the Abrahamic religions. We don't all believe that Yahweh is the only face of god you know.
Yes, I know I'm totally Off topic; feel free to mod me so; but do me a favour and mod someone else up first.
Are you being intentionally stupid? Don't start with a design for a console game, start with a design for a PC game something simple but addictive; a good example is those people popcap
after you've had success with a Bejeweled or Lumines type game*, then you can release your multi-player console game. It's called building up a brand. If you can't do the simple games, then pitch your idea to an already established games company, or get a job at one. Expecting to start big is a silly idea, don't run before you can walk.
*These games appeal to a wide audience and can be easily ported to XBox live so you can show Nintendo that you've not only done PC, but console development as well.
So do you use a third computer to run games that are not available for Wii? How would you recommend that independent game developers get their products onto Wii? I'm not the GP, but I do it a similar way; not available for Wii (or DS)? Then I go without (unless it's a quality RTS or a CIV game; personal preference means I have a Windows partition for gaming). If you want to get your game on the Wii I believe Nintendo require you to prove yourself on another platform. There are plenty of PC gamers out there, release your game on PC, distribute via the internet. If it's a hit Nintendo should have no problems letting you release it on the Wii, if it's not a hit well then you're unlikely to make Nintendo money so try again until you come up with a quality title.
living in a democracy IS a privilege, but as I live under a proportional representation system in a safe tory seat in the UK Just FYI here in the UK we don't (IMO unfortunately) have a proportional representation system, we have a first past the post (FPTP) system like the USA; except for elections to the Scotish parliment, Welsh assembly and Northern Irish executive which all use various PR systems. Personally I would like us to move to the single transferable vote (a form of PR) system for all UK & English elections, but as FPTP is generally weighted towards whoever is in power I doubt it'll happen any time soon.
"Donald Kerr likes having sex with a sheep", Hey, it's an insult to the Welsh linking them with this retarded US official, and insulting the Welsh is a right reserved only for the other nations of the UK. As an Brit, I'm handing you this cease and desist notice...;p
Actually the N95 has a model with the same storage space and my choice of browser. On iTunes issue, the N95 has an integrated MP3 player; just not one branded with "i"* and on visual voice mail, there's nothing stopping you sending a video clip via MMS to achieve the same goal. So that leaves you with a better screen resolution (in addition to the earlier points); that's not certainly worth the money they're charging.
*I just have a generic MP3 player not an iPod, so iTMS is all but useless to me; yes I think that the iPod is over-hyped & and over priced for what it is as well. Why pay hundreds of pounds for an MP3 player when I can get one for under thirty?
I'm just sick of people saying rubbish like " all of its features are available generally in other phones" which istotally untrue. The iPhone haters are worse than the fans.
It has more than a touchscreen in difference.
A touch screen (the only thing the iPhone has that others don't) certainly isn't worth £269.
It has more than a touchscreen in difference.
Really? So, touch screen aside, what are the differences between the iPhone and N95?
Neither of the two official retailers will even give me full specs on the iPhone.
Here's what O2 has to say about each: N95 iPhone
It's the same story with Carphone warehouse: N95 iphone>
So from everything I've gathered from looking at them both in bricks and mortar O2 shop and on the web the differences seem to me to be thus:
iPhone has a touch screen
iPhone has longer talk time
N95 is cheaper
N95 is 3G
N95 can do MMS
N95 has expandable memory
N95 has GPS
The rest is more or less the same; the iPhone has it's place, it just doesn't deserve the hype it's getting. It's just another high end phone the only thing it brings to the party is a touch screen and pretty looks and even the latter depends on your taste, personally I've always liked my phones to be about the size and shape of a brick, and can't stand some of the tiny "cute" phones on the market.
I stand ready to be corrected just tell me where I'm wrong.
Judging from my experience with a third-gen iPod, this is going to take years, by which time the iPhone you have now won't be worth anything and a new, fancy version will be out.
Some of us don't want to get "the new fancy version" My last phone was a Nokia 3510i It did it's job fine (including being dropped, stepped on and slammed in a door besides other things) for over 5years with the help of a battery replacement; something in it finally gave up a couple of months ago. Unfortunately they don't sell the 3510i any more or I would have replaced it with another one, I ended up buying the closest thing I could get another Nokia. At least I know I can change the battery when it dies without needing anything but a new battery and my hands.
A honest Apple fan in this topic. How refreshing, all the others are trying to tell me how the iPhone conquers all. Your view is much more realistic and closely mirrors mine on the topic, I was at work today (yes, I work Saturdays). But during my lunch hour I popped by the O2 shop outside West Quay (Yes I live in Southampton too) to see if there were any fanboys I could taunt*. There weren't; during the five minutes I lingered I didn't see a single customer, and to be blunt, that's not surprising.
I have a low tech phone that's only a few months old (Nokia 6070; forced purchase after my 5yr old 3510i died), by coincidence I bought it from that same O2 shop, it cost me £30 on pay as you go and even it has a camera (both still and video), radio and browses the web. I don't understand why I should pay 10 times the price for apple branding on something that only has double the features. If and When I get a high end phone I'm likely to get something like a Nokia N95, that O2 shop was giving them away free with an 18 month contract.
*not really I was just interested in the hype; I was underwhelmed to say the least
Other phones don't even have real web browsers, Might not come as standard, but take a look at Opera mini and, aside from the iPhone, try and find a new phone that you *can't* install it on... There's even a version for my cheap phone, and I was looking for a phone that had as few bells and whistles as possible when I bought it.
Which other phones have a good web browser? Any phone you like: http://www.operamini.com/
I even have it installed on my Nokia 6070. Probably one of the lowest spec. phones you can still buy here in the UK
It was the second cheapest phone in the O2 shop when I bought it a few months ago (£30 using my old pay as you go sim) I finally upgraded when my 5yr old 3510i died. Comparing the 6070 to the iPhone, it may only have half the features but it's also only about 1\10th the Price.
If I wanted a high end phone I'd buy the N95 (IMO it actually beats the iPhone for features) and I'd get it for free as a comparison, the iPhone is £269. A touch screen (the only thing the iPhone has that others don't) certainly isn't worth £269.
Here in the UK we actually have a situation similar to that, although it takes up to 10 years, not three before a conviction is considered "spent", and it only applies to short sentences: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehabilitation_of_Offenders_Act_1974
For adults, the rehabilitation period is 5 years for most non-custodial sentences, 7 years for prison sentences of up to 6 months, and 10 years for prison sentences of between 6 and 30 months. For a young offender (under 18) the rehabilitation period is generally half that for adults. Prison sentences of more than two and a half years can never be spent.
In other words, what happens to innocent bystanders is of no consequence. Not quite, from the same link:
There are, however, a few escape clauses. While escaping is legal, prisoners can be charged if they break laws in the process. If they injure someone on the way out, conspire with other prisoners to escape, bribe someone or damage property, they can be charged.
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Anyone want to contact his teacher? or at least /. the school website?
*stands well back*
That goes for Thalassemaia as well.
My method: For a text book I've read (or even skim read) open book at the nth [colour] sticky book marker. I'm on the page I want.
For a book I've not read I open the index, and it takes longer but I get the pleasure of exploring parts of the book I've not seen before, and perhaps thinking "that's useful; I'd better place a marker on this page for future reference" even if they don't contain what I'm looking for.
Don't worry, that was Voyager 2, Voyager 1 was in the motion picture, remember (and then quickly erase it from your memory again).
When you get mod points you can also select "underrated" and "overrated" which just add or remove one from the current score without changing the modifier. So a post that starts at 2 and gets a one troll and four underrated mods will end up at (5, troll).
I just went through your entire back history of posts (yes, I am that bored) and you've got a couple of 3, Trolls and a 2, Offtopic or two but I couldn't see the elusive 5, Troll. Either it was modded back down, someone changed the mod from troll to something else or most likely I just missed it. ;-p
Just FYI here's your very first post: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2901&cid=1468107
and as of this posting you've made 1791 Slashdot posts. Yes, you really have spent that long here...
Well, if you're in the UK there's always Private Eye...
For those of you who aren't British: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye
It's the only printed news organ that I buy; Indeed at ~£25 a year I have a subscription.
I think you're referring to the Political compass
The UN should be more concerned about:
Getting a solution to Iraq/Afghanistan
First, why mix the two, they have absolutely nothing to do with each other; and why is it a UN problem? I don't recall either conflict being UN sanctioned.International law and terrorists, making smaller countries comply
It can only do that when the larger countries start to lead by example. The UN only has the power of it's member nations, when the nations on the security council starts playing politics with the rule of law. It's the USA that consistently uses it's veto to block resolutions against Israel, why be surprised if the Russians and\or Chinese do the same in respect of Iran? Both stances are purely political, and should have no place in a hypothetical ideal UN.Making the UN more constructive and productive so we don't think they are an expensive ineffective joke
It was the US that withheld it's UN dues for many years (I don't know if it is still the case), and the US who is one of the smallest contributers to UN peacekeeping missions, so complaining about the expense rings hollow.I don't know about the GP, but Godesses are better looking yet still kick ass. Not all that many gods are armed to the teeth yet remain beautiful; never mind using a tiger as a mount...
Or perhaps you didn't even think that the GP might not be referring to the god of the Abrahamic religions. We don't all believe that Yahweh is the only face of god you know.
Yes, I know I'm totally Off topic; feel free to mod me so; but do me a favour and mod someone else up first.
Are you being intentionally stupid? Don't start with a design for a console game, start with a design for a PC game something simple but addictive; a good example is those people popcap after you've had success with a Bejeweled or Lumines type game*, then you can release your multi-player console game. It's called building up a brand. If you can't do the simple games, then pitch your idea to an already established games company, or get a job at one. Expecting to start big is a silly idea, don't run before you can walk.
*These games appeal to a wide audience and can be easily ported to XBox live so you can show Nintendo that you've not only done PC, but console development as well.
If you want to get your game on the Wii I believe Nintendo require you to prove yourself on another platform. There are plenty of PC gamers out there, release your game on PC, distribute via the internet. If it's a hit Nintendo should have no problems letting you release it on the Wii, if it's not a hit well then you're unlikely to make Nintendo money so try again until you come up with a quality title.
Actually the N95 has a model with the same storage space and my choice of browser. On iTunes issue, the N95 has an integrated MP3 player; just not one branded with "i"* and on visual voice mail, there's nothing stopping you sending a video clip via MMS to achieve the same goal. So that leaves you with a better screen resolution (in addition to the earlier points); that's not certainly worth the money they're charging.
*I just have a generic MP3 player not an iPod, so iTMS is all but useless to me; yes I think that the iPod is over-hyped & and over priced for what it is as well. Why pay hundreds of pounds for an MP3 player when I can get one for under thirty?
It has more than a touchscreen in difference.
It has more than a touchscreen in difference.
Really? So, touch screen aside, what are the differences between the iPhone and N95? Neither of the two official retailers will even give me full specs on the iPhone. Here's what O2 has to say about each:N95
iPhone
It's the same story with Carphone warehouse:
N95
iphone>
So from everything I've gathered from looking at them both in bricks and mortar O2 shop and on the web the differences seem to me to be thus:
iPhone has a touch screen
iPhone has longer talk time
N95 is cheaper
N95 is 3G
N95 can do MMS
N95 has expandable memory
N95 has GPS
The rest is more or less the same; the iPhone has it's place, it just doesn't deserve the hype it's getting. It's just another high end phone the only thing it brings to the party is a touch screen and pretty looks and even the latter depends on your taste, personally I've always liked my phones to be about the size and shape of a brick, and can't stand some of the tiny "cute" phones on the market.
I stand ready to be corrected just tell me where I'm wrong.
Judging from my experience with a third-gen iPod, this is going to take years, by which time the iPhone you have now won't be worth anything and a new, fancy version will be out.
Some of us don't want to get "the new fancy version" My last phone was a Nokia 3510i It did it's job fine (including being dropped, stepped on and slammed in a door besides other things) for over 5years with the help of a battery replacement; something in it finally gave up a couple of months ago. Unfortunately they don't sell the 3510i any more or I would have replaced it with another one, I ended up buying the closest thing I could get another Nokia. At least I know I can change the battery when it dies without needing anything but a new battery and my hands.A honest Apple fan in this topic. How refreshing, all the others are trying to tell me how the iPhone conquers all. Your view is much more realistic and closely mirrors mine on the topic, I was at work today (yes, I work Saturdays). But during my lunch hour I popped by the O2 shop outside West Quay (Yes I live in Southampton too) to see if there were any fanboys I could taunt*. There weren't; during the five minutes I lingered I didn't see a single customer, and to be blunt, that's not surprising.
I have a low tech phone that's only a few months old (Nokia 6070; forced purchase after my 5yr old 3510i died), by coincidence I bought it from that same O2 shop, it cost me £30 on pay as you go and even it has a camera (both still and video), radio and browses the web. I don't understand why I should pay 10 times the price for apple branding on something that only has double the features. If and When I get a high end phone I'm likely to get something like a Nokia N95, that O2 shop was giving them away free with an 18 month contract.
*not really I was just interested in the hype; I was underwhelmed to say the least
It was the second cheapest phone in the O2 shop when I bought it a few months ago (£30 using my old pay as you go sim) I finally upgraded when my 5yr old 3510i died. Comparing the 6070 to the iPhone, it may only have half the features but it's also only about 1\10th the Price.
If I wanted a high end phone I'd buy the N95 (IMO it actually beats the iPhone for features) and I'd get it for free as a comparison, the iPhone is £269. A touch screen (the only thing the iPhone has that others don't) certainly isn't worth £269.