"My company, my rules. You don't want to play along, find somewhere else to work."
"You want to express your individuality, dump a litre of gas on your face and light it - Trust me, you'll be at the head of the trend, and I'll at least respect your individuality and courage, if not your intelligence."
Thank god I don't work for you; you sound like a real dick. (Yes, I know I'll get modded down for this, but a boss with this attitude certainly isn't someone I'd want to work for.)
That's where I do most of my gaming. If I punch the monkey, I get a free iPod! I still have yet to hit that fucking thing, though - it moves really fast.
Well, I always appreciated how creepy the Thief games were. Specifically Thief 2 - that game scared me to the point of keeping me up at night, which no other game or movie has. If you're into the creepiness of the games, give 3 a shot. It has the scariest level of any game I've ever played.
Well, if they're distributing the dev kits, why not just treat every game like its own folder? If a game is digitally signed, it'll have access to other game folders. Each game's signature would only allow it read/write access to its own folder or memory card items.
In this case, harmful software could only hurt itself. Am I oversimplifying or missing something?
You bring up an interesting point about the classic games being free. If this is the case, wouldn't it be great for Nintendo to release the Revolution with every Mario platformer game preloaded?
I miss the days of systems coming with a game. If Super Mario 1-3, Super Mario World, and Super Mario 64 were included with the system, that'd be a hell of an incentive for me to pick one up at launch.
"I have a problem having someone check my code who can't spell or use proper grammer. A swift click on a spell checker sure would add a lot of credibility to some whois telling you their code will check your's for it's grammer and spelling."
You imply that it's bad without examples. Typical. In every case that I can think of other than ActiveX, it was a good thing!
"you can file a bug on it, check the bug db, or even fix it yourself"
It shouldn't be my problem to patch bugs in software written by someone else. It's my job to write code and patch bugs in my own software. It's the vendor's job to patch theirs.
"we have to completely trust the ability and goodwill of the vendor to deal with any and all issues in their O/S. That is no small responsibility and there is not much evidence that M$ is capable of fulfilling their end of the bargain"
OK. First, enough with "Micro$oft." Typing it like that is irritating and childish. Second, they have proven themselves capable of fulfilling their end of the bargain. What do you call Service Pack 2? Have you even used Windows since 98/ME?
I've never been victim to any exploits in XP. I use IE as my main browser, and FireFox to test stuff I develop across multiple browsers. Both browsers have a weakness in the arena of memory leaks, according to previous comments (I've never noticed any in either browser). Enough of the FUD, troll. Nice sig.
We run everything on Windows servers. It handles the load of IIS, SQL Server, running the domain, and lots of miscellaneous apps. You'd really do well to do some more research before deciding that the platform is useless.
Why is it that any time Windows hits a good milestone,/. starts up the FUD machine? Fact is, Windows and Linux are both excellent server platforms. Just because you don't think Windows servers are any good (based on reading too much/. or whatever), doesn't mean that it's true.
You should dick around with your Windows systems some. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised.
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Unrelated, but funny from a retarded security standpoint: I work as a developer/tester for a small company. The developers all test eachothers' code because we don't have the budget for testers. Anyhow, testing an application that one of my coworkers wrote, see if you can guess how I hacked it just by looking at this url: http://www.somesite.xxx/creditcardnumbers/edit.php ?admin=false. I've also heard stories about addtocart.aspx?id=324&price=499.99
So if we like Windows we're fanboys or zealots, but if we like Linux, we're enthusiasts./. groupthink at work.
I'm not too familiar with Linux, but I work on OSX all day, and I hate it - I've seen quite the opposite of what everyone says. My OSX system keeps hanging, has completely crashed twice to their equivalent of BSODing (only when running Classic Mode apps though), and I find the GUI irritating.
Windows XP has been nothing but stable for me, and I've never seen a development environment as powerful and streamlined as Visual Studio.NET 2003. Haven't BSODd since my 98/ME days. XP, as far as I'm concerned, fixed everything that everyone complains about in Windows. The default color scheme is godawful, though.
I really don't care that you prefer Linux or OSX or whatever, and you really shouldn't care that I prefer Windows.
As soon as I finish typing up this comment I plan to file for a provisional patent on "An Automated Method of Determining Sarcasm Content by Using a Naive Baysian Classifier Trained on Slashdot Comments."
I was a beta tester on the device that enables your computer to give off smells (a terrible idea that was in development long ago... maybe for games? I don't know).
Anyhoo, after lots of late-night, white-knuckled browsing sessions, I can't get that "fresh-from-the-sea" smell to go away...
Slashdot Mirror
"Easy like that."
Wrong.
With SP2, you get a warning that it is an application and have to confirm that you want to run it.
"My company, my rules. You don't want to play along, find somewhere else to work."
"You want to express your individuality, dump a litre of gas on your face and light it - Trust me, you'll be at the head of the trend, and I'll at least respect your individuality and courage, if not your intelligence."
Thank god I don't work for you; you sound like a real dick. (Yes, I know I'll get modded down for this, but a boss with this attitude certainly isn't someone I'd want to work for.)
It's funny that I can't run my OS X apps on OS9.
I wouldn't be too concerned. I'm assured that MSIE can only take down one internet at a time. Two internets, tops.
I don't see how that would help him get his password back.
"or from flash banners"
That's where I do most of my gaming. If I punch the monkey, I get a free iPod! I still have yet to hit that fucking thing, though - it moves really fast.
Well, I always appreciated how creepy the Thief games were. Specifically Thief 2 - that game scared me to the point of keeping me up at night, which no other game or movie has. If you're into the creepiness of the games, give 3 a shot. It has the scariest level of any game I've ever played.
Well, if they're distributing the dev kits, why not just treat every game like its own folder? If a game is digitally signed, it'll have access to other game folders. Each game's signature would only allow it read/write access to its own folder or memory card items.
In this case, harmful software could only hurt itself. Am I oversimplifying or missing something?
You bring up an interesting point about the classic games being free. If this is the case, wouldn't it be great for Nintendo to release the Revolution with every Mario platformer game preloaded?
I miss the days of systems coming with a game. If Super Mario 1-3, Super Mario World, and Super Mario 64 were included with the system, that'd be a hell of an incentive for me to pick one up at launch.
"I have a problem having someone check my code who can't spell or use proper grammer. A swift click on a spell checker sure would add a lot of credibility to some whois telling you their code will check your's for it's grammer and spelling."
You're code is all rong! Fix it plz!
"You say that like it's a good thing(!)"
You imply that it's bad without examples. Typical. In every case that I can think of other than ActiveX, it was a good thing!
"you can file a bug on it, check the bug db, or even fix it yourself"
It shouldn't be my problem to patch bugs in software written by someone else. It's my job to write code and patch bugs in my own software. It's the vendor's job to patch theirs.
"we have to completely trust the ability and goodwill of the vendor to deal with any and all issues in their O/S. That is no small responsibility and there is not much evidence that M$ is capable of fulfilling their end of the bargain"
OK. First, enough with "Micro$oft." Typing it like that is irritating and childish. Second, they have proven themselves capable of fulfilling their end of the bargain. What do you call Service Pack 2? Have you even used Windows since 98/ME?
I've never been victim to any exploits in XP. I use IE as my main browser, and FireFox to test stuff I develop across multiple browsers. Both browsers have a weakness in the arena of memory leaks, according to previous comments (I've never noticed any in either browser). Enough of the FUD, troll. Nice sig.
Well, it's a big deal. This is a clear sign that Linux has Microsoft running scared!
I'll leave it up to my fellow slashdotters to defend that statement.
We run everything on Windows servers. It handles the load of IIS, SQL Server, running the domain, and lots of miscellaneous apps. You'd really do well to do some more research before deciding that the platform is useless.
/. starts up the FUD machine? Fact is, Windows and Linux are both excellent server platforms. Just because you don't think Windows servers are any good (based on reading too much /. or whatever), doesn't mean that it's true.
Why is it that any time Windows hits a good milestone,
You should dick around with your Windows systems some. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised.
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Password mypassword is already in use by user ThePlayaHater.
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Unrelated, but funny from a retarded security standpoint: I work as a developer/tester for a small company. The developers all test eachothers' code because we don't have the budget for testers. Anyhow, testing an application that one of my coworkers wrote, see if you can guess how I hacked it just by looking at this url: http://www.somesite.xxx/creditcardnumbers/edit.ph
So if we like Windows we're fanboys or zealots, but if we like Linux, we're enthusiasts. /. groupthink at work.
I'm not too familiar with Linux, but I work on OSX all day, and I hate it - I've seen quite the opposite of what everyone says. My OSX system keeps hanging, has completely crashed twice to their equivalent of BSODing (only when running Classic Mode apps though), and I find the GUI irritating.
Windows XP has been nothing but stable for me, and I've never seen a development environment as powerful and streamlined as Visual Studio.NET 2003. Haven't BSODd since my 98/ME days. XP, as far as I'm concerned, fixed everything that everyone complains about in Windows. The default color scheme is godawful, though.
I really don't care that you prefer Linux or OSX or whatever, and you really shouldn't care that I prefer Windows.
W00t! Finally someone is here to dispel these ginormous mythconceptions!
Yup, looks like we have a Fox News watching hillbilly on our hands...
"If they hadn't done picked on your child, they'd have been fired." (grandparent)
Yessuh, if they dun hadn't picked on yer whippersnapper, y'alls woulda been farred!
I'd hate to see the names they rejected for this.
"OK, we've got it down to Rapiscan, Violatron, or Nip-L-sniff."
As soon as I finish typing up this comment I plan to file for a provisional patent on "An Automated Method of Determining Sarcasm Content by Using a Naive Baysian Classifier Trained on Slashdot Comments."
Wow, that's a really great idea.
No, I bet his jokes were real funny.
OK, let's see...
NES: 4 buttons, rectanular.
GB: 4 buttons, rectangular.
SNES: 8 buttons, mostly rectangular.
Virtual Boy: 6 buttons (I think. I actually have one of these.), semi nurbish.
N64: 10 buttons, nurbish.
GBA: 6 buttons, semi nurbish.
GCN: 8 buttons, very nurbish.
So for the GCN, they turned the four C buttons into a joystick.
I think this means that the new system will distill things even further and just be six joysticks, no buttons.
Deodorant, deodorant, deodorant, deodorant.
"accidental sperm from unexpected ejaculation"
WTF? Do you people really have this problem? Do you type with your dick? Stroking is best done away from electrical components, I've heard.
I was a beta tester on the device that enables your computer to give off smells (a terrible idea that was in development long ago... maybe for games? I don't know).
Anyhoo, after lots of late-night, white-knuckled browsing sessions, I can't get that "fresh-from-the-sea" smell to go away...
"It's too short, doesn't show much in terms of real gameplay, has no titles, and abruptly ends."
No titties? Fuck this, th- oh... titles.