Mine died in a tragic attempt to make a jump over a campfire on Evel Knievel's toy cycle, which (in retrospect) he was just too damn big for. Sadly, I did not have the technology to rebuild him.
This doesn't deserve a flamebait moderation. He made a legitimate point. Woz produced a good design, but it's not like he was the only engineer working on a home PC concept at the time (and Commodore actually even made it AFFORDABLE).
She's a political wonk and a holdover from the Bush homeland security team. The woman doesn't even have an IT degree (the closest thing she has is a "special certificate in Information Operations" from the military).
Sadly, I suspect that's why she was appointed. In a field that's dominated 20-1 by males, I am skeptical that she just happened to be the most qualified individual for the job.
Daredevil definitely uses Windows. It has much better accessibility support for the deaf and blind than other OS's (and more third party programs available for it).
Because the first developer to actually produce a WoW-level success on a console *WILL* be crapping out gold bricks. Right now, unlike with PC MMO's, there isn't much in the way of competition for console MMO's. The first developer to produce a halfway decent one will probably get mad crazy rich almost overnight. I'm just surprised more developers aren't trying. The fact that the KOTOR MMO is going to be PC-only absolutely astounds me (considering that the VAST majority of the KOTOR sales were on the Xbox, not the PC). There is WAY more potential to make serious bank on a console MMO right now than on even the best PC-only MMO, and you wouldn't have to face down a bunch of juggernauts like WoW to do it.
What really sucks about Sony is that, even when they do have a decent product to begin with, they inevitably screw it up by constantly changing it and tinkering around with it. Galaxies is a great example. It started out mediocre and ended up an absolute disaster (after they nerfed it and reinvented it several times, each time only adding to player frustration without bothering to fix the existing glitches and adding even more new ones).
I hate to say it, but he WAS talented many years ago. It seems that, like Ozzy, in recent years he's become less famous for his actual notable accomplishments than for his reality show appearances and public eccentricities.
I've got a LCD panel with 5 ms latency and I don't notice problems when gaming. If you're quick enough to say anything over 1 ms is too slow, you're a pretty hardcore (and quick) gamer. And if you're that good, you're probably best served by a pro setup anyway, not low-level consumer grade shit. But I'm not as twitch quick as I used to be, and my gamertag certainly isn't "Fatal1ty," so 5 ms seems fine to me.
I honestly don't mean this as a troll, but seriously, how much non-Mormon tourism is there in Utah? The only place I can think of (of the top of my head) there that might attract tourists is Arches National Park (made somewhat famous in environmentalist circles by Edward Abbey's book "Desert Solitaire"), and it mostly attracts hikers not partiers. But, aside from that, how many non-Mormons actually come to Utah as tourists? And even if you were such a tourist, who the hell goes to Utah to drink?!? Isn't that what Nevada is for?
Nope. There is no law against a prosecutor holding a person in detention as long as they like (not in my state anyway). If the detainee doesn't have a lawyer to file a complaint about it and the prosecutor doesn't like them or forgets them, there is nothing to keep them from sitting in detention forever.
What happens when someone is arrested and released later, only to have the prosecutor "sleep" on their case indefinitely? After all, it's very rare for prosecutors to send out "I've decided not to prosecute you" letters. Hell, I've seen prosecutors let people sit in DETENTION for years without a trial (one famous case in my state involved a teenage girl who was held in detention for 6 years without trial, before the prosecutor admitted he had no case and she was released). Sometimes a person is arrested and never gets an actual trial (whether they're held in detention or released).
Without some sort of time limit clause that says "If this person is not tried within X number of months after the sample is taken, it must be destroyed" then the sample could be held indefinitely, without the person ever getting a trial to exonerate themselves.
Well, he dated Kathy Griffin for a while. Not much of an accomplishment, seeing as she'll drop panties for anyone with a mansion, but I guess it counts for something.
I somehow doubt that the downfall of the game was due to the fact that it didn't cater to a niche of Apple fans. I think the fact that the game is dull and not particularly innovative has a lot more to do with their problems than the fact that it didn't cater to every OS out there.
The "North America founded by a bunch of religious zealots" argument is a common misconception that always irks me. In fact, that's only true of the New England colonies. In Jamestown and the southern colonies, and and in New Amsterdam/New York and the middle colonies, settlers were interested mostly in economic gain and opportunity, not in bible-thumping (with a few notable exceptions, like the Huguenots in South Carolina). The puritans were just one group of settlers in one region, they are not the sole "founders" of what would become the U.S.
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You're not Amazon's target audience. They're looking for fools and their money.
Mine died in a tragic attempt to make a jump over a campfire on Evel Knievel's toy cycle, which (in retrospect) he was just too damn big for. Sadly, I did not have the technology to rebuild him.
This doesn't deserve a flamebait moderation. He made a legitimate point. Woz produced a good design, but it's not like he was the only engineer working on a home PC concept at the time (and Commodore actually even made it AFFORDABLE).
She's a political wonk and a holdover from the Bush homeland security team. The woman doesn't even have an IT degree (the closest thing she has is a "special certificate in Information Operations" from the military).
Sadly, I suspect that's why she was appointed. In a field that's dominated 20-1 by males, I am skeptical that she just happened to be the most qualified individual for the job.
Barista is Italian for "If we don't call you a waitress, can we still pay you minimum wage?"
Daredevil definitely uses Windows. It has much better accessibility support for the deaf and blind than other OS's (and more third party programs available for it).
Because the first developer to actually produce a WoW-level success on a console *WILL* be crapping out gold bricks. Right now, unlike with PC MMO's, there isn't much in the way of competition for console MMO's. The first developer to produce a halfway decent one will probably get mad crazy rich almost overnight. I'm just surprised more developers aren't trying. The fact that the KOTOR MMO is going to be PC-only absolutely astounds me (considering that the VAST majority of the KOTOR sales were on the Xbox, not the PC). There is WAY more potential to make serious bank on a console MMO right now than on even the best PC-only MMO, and you wouldn't have to face down a bunch of juggernauts like WoW to do it.
What really sucks about Sony is that, even when they do have a decent product to begin with, they inevitably screw it up by constantly changing it and tinkering around with it. Galaxies is a great example. It started out mediocre and ended up an absolute disaster (after they nerfed it and reinvented it several times, each time only adding to player frustration without bothering to fix the existing glitches and adding even more new ones).
It's best for the judges that Balmer not be in it anyway. Unless they're quick enough to dodge chairs, they're better off without him.
I hate to say it, but he WAS talented many years ago. It seems that, like Ozzy, in recent years he's become less famous for his actual notable accomplishments than for his reality show appearances and public eccentricities.
I've got a LCD panel with 5 ms latency and I don't notice problems when gaming. If you're quick enough to say anything over 1 ms is too slow, you're a pretty hardcore (and quick) gamer. And if you're that good, you're probably best served by a pro setup anyway, not low-level consumer grade shit. But I'm not as twitch quick as I used to be, and my gamertag certainly isn't "Fatal1ty," so 5 ms seems fine to me.
Come on, Colorado's right next door.
I honestly don't mean this as a troll, but seriously, how much non-Mormon tourism is there in Utah? The only place I can think of (of the top of my head) there that might attract tourists is Arches National Park (made somewhat famous in environmentalist circles by Edward Abbey's book "Desert Solitaire"), and it mostly attracts hikers not partiers. But, aside from that, how many non-Mormons actually come to Utah as tourists? And even if you were such a tourist, who the hell goes to Utah to drink?!? Isn't that what Nevada is for?
Nope. There is no law against a prosecutor holding a person in detention as long as they like (not in my state anyway). If the detainee doesn't have a lawyer to file a complaint about it and the prosecutor doesn't like them or forgets them, there is nothing to keep them from sitting in detention forever.
What happens when someone is arrested and released later, only to have the prosecutor "sleep" on their case indefinitely? After all, it's very rare for prosecutors to send out "I've decided not to prosecute you" letters. Hell, I've seen prosecutors let people sit in DETENTION for years without a trial (one famous case in my state involved a teenage girl who was held in detention for 6 years without trial, before the prosecutor admitted he had no case and she was released). Sometimes a person is arrested and never gets an actual trial (whether they're held in detention or released).
Without some sort of time limit clause that says "If this person is not tried within X number of months after the sample is taken, it must be destroyed" then the sample could be held indefinitely, without the person ever getting a trial to exonerate themselves.
Well, he dated Kathy Griffin for a while. Not much of an accomplishment, seeing as she'll drop panties for anyone with a mansion, but I guess it counts for something.
I somehow doubt that the downfall of the game was due to the fact that it didn't cater to a niche of Apple fans. I think the fact that the game is dull and not particularly innovative has a lot more to do with their problems than the fact that it didn't cater to every OS out there.
Talk like that is going to get you kicked off of /. buddy!
Don't worry. If it's the same crowd of Hollywood types, the odds of him hitting anyone with any discernible talent are pretty slim.
A cell's too good for a virus. We should just kill 'em and be done with it.
Actually Jim, the big boss wants to see you in his office...
Plans as in "We'll say that we have plans just so the Mac/Linux types will shut the hell up" or actual ones? Yes on the former, no on the latter.
The "North America founded by a bunch of religious zealots" argument is a common misconception that always irks me. In fact, that's only true of the New England colonies. In Jamestown and the southern colonies, and and in New Amsterdam/New York and the middle colonies, settlers were interested mostly in economic gain and opportunity, not in bible-thumping (with a few notable exceptions, like the Huguenots in South Carolina). The puritans were just one group of settlers in one region, they are not the sole "founders" of what would become the U.S.