The "these do not truly constitute creative expression" bit is just a cop-out for them to save face. They just don't want to come out and say "The only reason is that we're afraid of getting sued by the game companies and we're a bunch of poor pussies who can't afford lawyers. So please stop investing in us now that you know we're too poor to withstand even a small lawsuit."
Extortion, for one. Theft for another. When you leave a job, you can't just knowingly walk away with the only keys to the building and not expect the cops to show up at your door wanting them back.
I've always encouraged my people to remind themselves that it's not THEIR network, it's THE COMPANY'S network. When you start losing sight of this, you also lose sight of your larger goal (serving the company, not your own ego).
Not long ago, I encountered an engineer from another company who kept referring to "my network" when he talked about his company's network. He was a pain in the ass to work with and most employees at his company hated him (because he had become so protective of something he regarded as his baby). His protectiveness got in the way of his company's much larger goals and needs. I would have never tolerated someone like him on my team. But apparently his boss was too weak or afraid to come down on him.
They showed a long look at gameplay on G4 during E3. Frankly, I wasn't impressed. The developers playing it kept bragging about the damn dog and all the neat stuff you could do in the game. But the actual gameplay showed the dog to be more of a gimmick than anything, showed a pretty bland world, and was ridiculously heavy on combat (which just looked like a lot of grinding and random encounters). Maybe the gameplay they showed was unrepresentative of the game as a whole, but it was laughably incongruous with the developers' narrating it as they were playing. So far the only thing that interests me is the "orb" idea (visiting your friends' worlds for coop play and vice versa). But even that seems little more than a cheap way of trying to be an MMO without investing the resources in a real MMO.
We'll see when it comes out. But I don't take Molyneux at his word either.
They (the "they" usually being poorly educated Protestant hillbillies) consider inspired because they're a bunch of anti-intellectual morons who distrust change or any educated clergy capable of reading Greek or Hebrew.
More like 400 CE. There are no original manuscripts dating back even close to Jesus's lifetime (be a little hard, since the earliest Pauline epistles were written 20 years later).
Looks like/. is getting picky on html standards. Frankly, I always thought the closing paragraph and center paragraph tags were stupid (still don't understand the reasoning behind them). The closing paragraph tag just forces you to type two tags where a single separating p tag used to do. And the center tags were much simpler and more useful and less flakey (not everything you center is a paragraph).
And, yes, I know center was never part of the standard. But it should have been.
On an unrelated note, am I the only one who can't get slashdot to recignize a paragraph break anymore without sandwiching a space between two br tags? I used to be able to use two p tags, but now that just gives me a line break? Am I missing something?
I bet the damn thing will be a hybrid that gets great fuel mileage, has an onboard dancing robot, and ends up outselling all the American rocket companies within 10 years.
Having worked on my uncle's farm growing up, I would contend that chickens actually make very shitty pets. They're generally stupid, moody, and crap indiscriminately on everything. They attract predators and parasites, and they get dander and feathers on everything. And even rabbits have more affectionate personalities (at least rabbits basically just sit there when you pet them).
You're better off with a parrot (at least they can talk).
Putting aside the *immense* technical difficulties of building a "floating city" (even on Earth, much less on a planet 40 million kilometers away), I would think the sulfuric acid atmosphere and the intense solar radiation might present a BIT of a problem. Doesn't really strike me as a tourist hotspot, or even particularly useful. Any speculation on such an outlandish idea strikes me as little more than writing science fiction under the guise serious speculation.
If you're going to pursue this dream for your son, I suggest the "stage mother" approach. Force him to program, drag him to computer conventions and force him to take computer classes, and when he starts to cry tell him you're going to put his dog to sleep if he doesn't perform. It may sound harsh, but if you're ever going to exploit and live vicariously through your kid. It's the time-tested way.
Granted, to date, it's mostly been used for singers and actors. But there is no reason it couldn't work for other professions as well. Just be careful to dodge the whiskey bottles when he gets older.
I just bought a HDTV a year and a half ago, and already it's been made obsolete by 1080p. And now a fucking 3D set is on the horizon?!?! It's hard to be cutting edge these days.
You speak of the Russian space program is some forgotten relic of the past. In your alternate history I guess NASA doesn't have to bum rides from them every time their shitty space shuttle falls apart (and in the future when it gets retired with no replacement yet in sight). In fact, with the sole exception of the first man on the moon, Russia has ALWAYS led the way in space (as loathe as the American media are to admit it).
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The "these do not truly constitute creative expression" bit is just a cop-out for them to save face. They just don't want to come out and say "The only reason is that we're afraid of getting sued by the game companies and we're a bunch of poor pussies who can't afford lawyers. So please stop investing in us now that you know we're too poor to withstand even a small lawsuit."
Extortion, for one. Theft for another. When you leave a job, you can't just knowingly walk away with the only keys to the building and not expect the cops to show up at your door wanting them back.
I've always encouraged my people to remind themselves that it's not THEIR network, it's THE COMPANY'S network. When you start losing sight of this, you also lose sight of your larger goal (serving the company, not your own ego).
Not long ago, I encountered an engineer from another company who kept referring to "my network" when he talked about his company's network. He was a pain in the ass to work with and most employees at his company hated him (because he had become so protective of something he regarded as his baby). His protectiveness got in the way of his company's much larger goals and needs. I would have never tolerated someone like him on my team. But apparently his boss was too weak or afraid to come down on him.
They showed a long look at gameplay on G4 during E3. Frankly, I wasn't impressed. The developers playing it kept bragging about the damn dog and all the neat stuff you could do in the game. But the actual gameplay showed the dog to be more of a gimmick than anything, showed a pretty bland world, and was ridiculously heavy on combat (which just looked like a lot of grinding and random encounters). Maybe the gameplay they showed was unrepresentative of the game as a whole, but it was laughably incongruous with the developers' narrating it as they were playing. So far the only thing that interests me is the "orb" idea (visiting your friends' worlds for coop play and vice versa). But even that seems little more than a cheap way of trying to be an MMO without investing the resources in a real MMO.
We'll see when it comes out. But I don't take Molyneux at his word either.
Yes it was inspired by James I's efforts to suck up to the Puritans and not get his head chopped off like his dumbass mother.
They (the "they" usually being poorly educated Protestant hillbillies) consider inspired because they're a bunch of anti-intellectual morons who distrust change or any educated clergy capable of reading Greek or Hebrew.
More like 400 CE. There are no original manuscripts dating back even close to Jesus's lifetime (be a little hard, since the earliest Pauline epistles were written 20 years later).
Thanks for the help. Let me try it out.
Looks like /. is getting picky on html standards. Frankly, I always thought the closing paragraph and center paragraph tags were stupid (still don't understand the reasoning behind them). The closing paragraph tag just forces you to type two tags where a single separating p tag used to do. And the center tags were much simpler and more useful and less flakey (not everything you center is a paragraph).
And, yes, I know center was never part of the standard. But it should have been.
Is it some compulsion that leads you to do that, or does it just feed some smug sense of superiority?
Actually, there is also another step in there:
3.5) Have someone KEEP giving you money for ads.
On an unrelated note, am I the only one who can't get slashdot to recignize a paragraph break anymore without sandwiching a space between two br tags? I used to be able to use two p tags, but now that just gives me a line break? Am I missing something?
Not for much longer.
Does this mean I can still proceed with my "Lake Detergent Water Slide: Your kids have fun and get clean at the same time!" amusement park?
All the lime you need. No questions asked.
My personal favorite was when they used the "Terminator" soundtrack music in the "Robocop" trailer. Kind of appropriate, methinks.
I bet the damn thing will be a hybrid that gets great fuel mileage, has an onboard dancing robot, and ends up outselling all the American rocket companies within 10 years.
Having worked on my uncle's farm growing up, I would contend that chickens actually make very shitty pets. They're generally stupid, moody, and crap indiscriminately on everything. They attract predators and parasites, and they get dander and feathers on everything. And even rabbits have more affectionate personalities (at least rabbits basically just sit there when you pet them).
You're better off with a parrot (at least they can talk).
Putting aside the *immense* technical difficulties of building a "floating city" (even on Earth, much less on a planet 40 million kilometers away), I would think the sulfuric acid atmosphere and the intense solar radiation might present a BIT of a problem. Doesn't really strike me as a tourist hotspot, or even particularly useful. Any speculation on such an outlandish idea strikes me as little more than writing science fiction under the guise serious speculation.
But hey, if you're going to dream, dream big!
If you're going to pursue this dream for your son, I suggest the "stage mother" approach. Force him to program, drag him to computer conventions and force him to take computer classes, and when he starts to cry tell him you're going to put his dog to sleep if he doesn't perform. It may sound harsh, but if you're ever going to exploit and live vicariously through your kid. It's the time-tested way.
Granted, to date, it's mostly been used for singers and actors. But there is no reason it couldn't work for other professions as well. Just be careful to dodge the whiskey bottles when he gets older.
I just bought a HDTV a year and a half ago, and already it's been made obsolete by 1080p. And now a fucking 3D set is on the horizon?!?! It's hard to be cutting edge these days.
I'll give you fifty bucks right now for the rights to make a made-for-Scifi movie based on that premise. Mick Garris has already agreed to direct.
If Boogie Nights is to be believed, any guy named "Dirk Meyer" should have no problem keeping it up.
That's an awful amount of money to pay for a very brief morale boost.
I suggest a big BEWARE OF DOG sign. It works in my yard, and I think it can scale.
You speak of the Russian space program is some forgotten relic of the past. In your alternate history I guess NASA doesn't have to bum rides from them every time their shitty space shuttle falls apart (and in the future when it gets retired with no replacement yet in sight). In fact, with the sole exception of the first man on the moon, Russia has ALWAYS led the way in space (as loathe as the American media are to admit it).
Hey, it worked for Moses.