...which actually brings up an interesting point, as music is one of those rare things that brings together those of extreme mathematics and of extreme artistic personalities. There are many who play music without really understanding any of the math behind it (though I usually shudder at their rhythm skills), just as there are those (like one of my best friends) who are as strict as possible with their interpretations. Eh, no matter. But it is true that music helps out with math and reading.
Uhm, you seem to be confusing "bug" with "spyware" or "virus/worm/etc". We're talking about security holes here, which you seem to understand first. But then you start talking about Windows Defender and unnamed anti-virus software. First off, I think that Defender is just anti-spyware, since it is based on GIANT's code, but idk if that's changed. Secondly, there's a big diff between a virus and a bug. Granted, bugs can allow a virus to propagate, but an anti-virus isn't like a penetration testing team, trying to break into your computer to tell you if you have vulnerabilities. And besides, different viruses can use the same loophole. And also, many viruses need the user to do something unwise, not just from someone port-scanning or something.
Most of the music I listen to doesn't have any tracks on last.fm. Either that, or you can't dl it, so I can't transfer it to my Creative Zen. Instead, I look at similar artists and fire up limewire, though oftentimes I can't find anything. That's what makes me hopeful for we7.
I must protest. While you are correct that it is spelled "pwned", it still is pronounced "owned". Originally from a typo and such. Thus, we have Pure Pwnage ("Pure Ownage").
Blizzard graphics in WoW are actually quite intense. They have their own style and incredibly complex textures. They use fewer polygons in some areas, but are not blocky because they avoid the blockiness by reducing the number of 90-degree angles. (Thus, things don't look blocky to the eye -- cf: City of Heroes.) Really? Some of the backgrounds look decent to me, but overall, it looks really blocky to me (looking at official screens too, not just my friends' comps). Then I look at Guild Wars Nightfall. Ah...
The main gameplay thing that wow mostly eliminated was camping global spawns. Again, why I love GW. Everything's instanced, so it's even better than WoW, in that aspect.
Blizzard took most of the best parts of many games, and did it right, making a fun game and hoped people would play it instead of implementing cheesy tricks to keep people playing longer. Are you talking about things like making you grind to level so that you can get new 1337 skillz? Or are you referring to the "crap time" such as having to run from place to place (or pay to fly to/from selected locations)? My WoW friends are constantly amazed at how in GW I simply "map" (teleport) to any town I've been in. There's no sense in running (or riding a mount) back and forth to places. I'm not actually playing the game during that time, and I *hate* wasting time.
I really didn't have any feelings on the subject until he announced that book. That, for me, was final. I was too young at the time to know anything about OJ's trial, but a book like that tells me all I need to know.
What... you thought he'd waltz into court and proclaim "Yeah, I killed that cheating bitch and her dildo friend too!"
Wait, did you miss out on that book he was going to publish? Y'know, the one called "How I Would Have Done It"?
Ever heard of eMusic? Granted, it's only stuff that's either really old, or on independent labels, but that's the way things should run. It was on eMusic that I discovered the Aquabats and Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire.
And what about that site by Azureus? What's it called... (looks it up) - zudeo. I've dled a vid from there, worked well. IDK if you have to use Azureus though, since I use it anyway.
Really?
Photoshop - not thank you, I don't use tons of images in my designs. And when I do, GIMPshop.
Apache - point for you
BT client - yep, I always have to pirat... download Linux isos for my web development
Winamp server - similarly, I have to broadcast my music collection to everyone else in the world
Dreamweaver - you expect me to use that crap? I hand-code everything, thank you very much. I've been forced to use dw and hated it.
Personally, I've found that my eyes get tired very easily after long, intensive reading on an electrical screen. A printed copy is so much better. FYI, I'm only 17, so it's not a matter of old eyes.
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...which actually brings up an interesting point, as music is one of those rare things that brings together those of extreme mathematics and of extreme artistic personalities. There are many who play music without really understanding any of the math behind it (though I usually shudder at their rhythm skills), just as there are those (like one of my best friends) who are as strict as possible with their interpretations. Eh, no matter. But it is true that music helps out with math and reading.
I thought that all this removal of music and art from our public education system was to make us super-strong in math...
Uhm, you seem to be confusing "bug" with "spyware" or "virus/worm/etc". We're talking about security holes here, which you seem to understand first. But then you start talking about Windows Defender and unnamed anti-virus software. First off, I think that Defender is just anti-spyware, since it is based on GIANT's code, but idk if that's changed. Secondly, there's a big diff between a virus and a bug. Granted, bugs can allow a virus to propagate, but an anti-virus isn't like a penetration testing team, trying to break into your computer to tell you if you have vulnerabilities. And besides, different viruses can use the same loophole. And also, many viruses need the user to do something unwise, not just from someone port-scanning or something.
Especially Vista. It looks to me like a bad mash-up of OSX and KDE.
But they aren't outdated, and won't even exist in 4 weeks.
Most of the music I listen to doesn't have any tracks on last.fm. Either that, or you can't dl it, so I can't transfer it to my Creative Zen. Instead, I look at similar artists and fire up limewire, though oftentimes I can't find anything. That's what makes me hopeful for we7.
Nice point. Except that the ads are less than 10 secs, and they only last for 4 weeks. rtf site
I don't ever open my spam folder. I now trust Google's spam filter completely, and it deletes anything older than 30 days automatically...
I must protest. While you are correct that it is spelled "pwned", it still is pronounced "owned". Originally from a typo and such. Thus, we have Pure Pwnage ("Pure Ownage").
I really didn't have any feelings on the subject until he announced that book. That, for me, was final. I was too young at the time to know anything about OJ's trial, but a book like that tells me all I need to know.
What... you thought he'd waltz into court and proclaim "Yeah, I killed that cheating bitch and her dildo friend too!"
Wait, did you miss out on that book he was going to publish? Y'know, the one called "How I Would Have Done It"?
Ever heard of eMusic? Granted, it's only stuff that's either really old, or on independent labels, but that's the way things should run. It was on eMusic that I discovered the Aquabats and Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire.
I have a feeling this is going to end up being a massive, confusing replacement for WoWwiki, GuildWiki, etc.
Ewww, basketball players and 10yo's!? Pervert.
See WP:BEAST.
Also the fact that the name mikemuch is a link to extremetech...
And what about that site by Azureus? What's it called... (looks it up) - zudeo. I've dled a vid from there, worked well. IDK if you have to use Azureus though, since I use it anyway.
There is winpooch, which can be hooked up with clamwin to provide real-time av protection.
Really?
Photoshop - not thank you, I don't use tons of images in my designs. And when I do, GIMPshop.
Apache - point for you
BT client - yep, I always have to pirat... download Linux isos for my web development
Winamp server - similarly, I have to broadcast my music collection to everyone else in the world
Dreamweaver - you expect me to use that crap? I hand-code everything, thank you very much. I've been forced to use dw and hated it.
Personally, I've found that my eyes get tired very easily after long, intensive reading on an electrical screen. A printed copy is so much better. FYI, I'm only 17, so it's not a matter of old eyes.
But the government still pays for the police. So, therefore, they are part of the government, just as our post office is.
So now it's the government hacking into itself, not just /.ers...
How 'bout Foxit?
GIMPshop? Hand-coding? Other people may want them, but I don't.