Are you trying to say you didn't know you'd upset people by saying the simpsons should be cancelled?
My mock outrage knows no bounds. What about the new episodes make you think its past its time? ie Homer goes to England & meets the queen (Brilliant). Socially relevant comedy only lives in a couple of places on the tube & taking away even one half hour would be a misuse of power that I for one am glad you do not wield. I suppose we all have to endure a Spocks Brain every once in a while. Worst Episode Ever.
I'm a little confused by your vague references to sloppy plots in the simpsons. The great thing about the simpsons is the fact that you know the episode by its description but there are literally hundreds of jokes in every episode you don't remember. The PLOT of the simpsons is almost irrelevant. Linguo is Dead not withstanding.
The Family Guy is on the socailly relevant comedy list as well, along with Daily Show and South Park, I had such high hopes for American Dad. Maybe in time.
Great inside the actors studio this month with the Simpsons cast.
What annoys me about Windows is that it is _inconsistent_.
Wow, a desktop Linux distro is probably not your cup of tea then.
Every Windows Desktop has the same Start Button, > Control Panel, My Documents,
Every _XP_ might, but XP is different from 98/ME and 2000. And apparently Longhorn will drop all the 'My' (because they are no longer 'mine', they will all belong to MS via DRM).
I should have said every Win95/98/ME Desktop is the same as every other 95/98/ME. And every XP, Never mind its too many damn letters. They all sucked, just to a lesser extent as time went on.(Windows ME excluded, sucked like 3.0)
Channels, Man that takes me back. You were one of the four users of Channels? Here's a little secret shh on the QT. They were URLS diguised as buttons. Disney.com is still there. ESPN.com probably still there. MSN.com I dunno, heard rumors.
Besides when I go to work its really not MY COMPUTER. Create Shortcut, now it says NOT YOUR COMPUTER. You could do the same put your MY's back. (are you perhaps a bit possesive?)
What percentage of people were illegally taping off the radio or LPs or concerts back in the 80s?
Hmmm, why haven't I seen this argument before?
I Listen to streaming radio more than mp3 anymore. But every once in a while, I gotta hit that record button, be a damn shame not to use it. http://www.nongnu.org/streamtuner/
(In The US) We have these things called debit cards issued to us from our banks. ATM with credit card #.
Thing is, they also sell them at the gas station and Wal-mart. Pre-Paid 20/50/100/500$ cards. Cash, No info. No address. Works for lots of the creditly challenged.
$20 card a month keeps a budget pretty nicely. I use it with my kids.
Clever little Troll!
Windows went from crappy 3.1/95 to very stable and potentially secure XP with a large amount of free and non-free software and hardware support.What has Linux done in the past 10 years? It is still behind Windows and always will be.
Whoa pal, What has linux done? Are you shitting me.
Your mp3 player, firewall, router, cable modem, printer, digital camera, all have a very real possibilty of having Linux inside. PDA, GPS, DVD player, I could go on. Hot Tub. Don't Laugh, Its coming Q4 2005.
Our Desktop is all Johnny-come-lately Linux. Thank god it did come and save us from that spyware infested, virus ridden, resource hogging, activation requiring HELL.
Ferarris are better than Aerostars. Guess which one I drive. I think you have it backward what Windows has is consistency. Every Windows Desktop has the same Start Button, Control Panel, My Documents, Blah Blah Blah.
Every Linux Desktop is different.. Know Why that is? BECAUSE WE ARE FREE TO CHANGE WHATEVER WE WANT WHENEVER WE WANT AND WE ALL WANT DIFFERENT THINGS!!
Are you full yet?
Backwards isn't the answer.
You are correct, sir. Back to less choice/FREEDOM is not the answer.
Hey, no need to bring out your probably well-practiced defense
Not a defense, just an opinion from a my perspective. Hmm never had to practice.. Although it took about an hour and half to compose this post between the 3 kids. What you say is a likely scenario, if left to their own devices (Ha,no pun intended). My job, and every parents job, is to help them understand Cause and Effect.
If nothing changes in the next 10-15 years though, and your boys are 30, still live with you and don't have careers, still play vide games for five to fifteen hours a day, maybe selling characters and items to support their addiction, then that becomes sick and pathetic.
That's the snag. Which lessons do you let them learn to prevent this decidedly unfavorable result?
Libertarian or Republican?
Neither... Both... Sometimes a Democrat or a Green too
I knew I should have put Independent. Bet you are registered though as a REP. for the primaries. Good reasons for that. I am a Democrat. That means (to me) I listen to all sides and I weigh the merits. I do give more weight to the poor rather than the rich, small biz versus corp, environment over economy. My personal motto though: A good idea is a good idea no matter what its source.
Two 15 yr old male geek Gamers.
One 8 yr old girl gamer.
Psychological maturity is inhibited. You get a baby in an adult body,
No way, very bright, very lazy, but mature beyond their age.
Good, smart, valuable people - yes.
Absolutely.
Socially fucked-up? You betcha.
Hmmm, all three different. None fscked up, but not especially graceful either.
These guys sometimes ignore reality for a game, but many people try to make reality a part of the game.
Funny thing about reality, it has a way of reminding you that it's around. Failing the exam, Being Fired, losing your significant other, MURDER Conviction/Life or Death Sentence. (Do you get a Gameboy on deathrow?)
The great thing about being a parent is helping them learn these lessons EARLY when its painless. When I do X, I get Y. Way better then to say don't do X! They leave go off to college (if your lucky) MMORPG all night every night, because you're not there saying don't do X. Drop out end up back home playing games in the garage 18 of the wrong hours of the day. Whoa. Whoa Whoa.\Tangent.
Um.. Early. yeah when its relatively painless. But they still learn the lesson. They don't wanna lose that next girlfriend. Or Fail that Exam. (has to be mid term or final though)
Playing games is a normal part of growing up, and a healthy stage of life. Every mammal I can think of does this when they're young. It builds character. It's essential.
Spot on, with ya so far.
Lion cubs and wolf-pups stop doing this once they have to provide for themselves, though.
BullShit Have you ever watched Animal Planet or Wild kingdom? You know the suge Lion gets a small animal and fscks with it for a half hour. Play, pure and simple. Different play then when they were cubs, you might say more mature play. The opportunities don't present themselves as often, but when they do "whaddin that huntin/fishin/campin trip fun?".
Parental tip: Buy ALL games/software for your children and play every game you buy for at least 20 minutes (I average, umm, a little longer) with your child. Talk with your kids about their games. Look, I know you don't give a damn how to kill 42 zombies in under 6 minutes. They, however, just spent 4 hours doing it over and over again. They obviously do care quite a bit. These two things: Play & Listen have taught me more about my kids than all their report cards and quite a bit about the gaming industry. It might help that I let my Atari 800XL rot my brain as a youth and here I sit before a keyboard.
Slashdot is surely the wrong soundingboard with which to convey these opinions, but I had to vent.
If not here, where? Meet me at the coffeehouse?
Gamers, think of your dignity. This is how you look to me and a lot of other people.
Dig? Ni? Tee? What do I care how I look to you. You don't even know me. Is it possible to judge me from the games I play or the hours I spend on my prefferred entertainment? Hey man this is/. Judge me by my spelling erors!
They're stupid. As a matter of fact, GUIs are stupid too. So are command lines. If you're a REAL geek, you'll do your computer work with a punch card. If it can't be done with that, well, it must not be worth doing.
Arrogant Upstarts! FlipSwitches worked for grandpa, and they work for us. Bah I say to your gooeys and pointing & clicking. Didn't your mommaa teach you not to point? Where's my abacus.
I'm impressed how those guys can use the keyboard to rotate around and zoom 3D graphics in realtime, and then apply some amazing pixel-sharpening processing algorithm, all by using keyboard commands.
Yes, It's true. Some of us work in the embedded field outside of the dark zone of winCE. I actually enjoy C++ and its quirks. I have not come across anything I can't do, that I need to do. What I need to do it does perfectly ask Trolltech.
C++.NET doesn't fit anywhere in my Linux Arm Device. Java does but it's tricky.
As for OS X being so much better - well, I must say that I could build a much better Windows experience with Win+commercial apps than I could with Linux, if I had endless cash or no ethical problem with copyright infringement. Still, Linux and the free legal desktop interests me. I don't think it will be significantly different with Linux vs OS X.
I can build a better windows experience too. Look up from my debian box and Look Out The Windows.
Suppose you could build a windows experience. How long would it last? 6 mos? On average we rebuild our windows workstations at least twice a year. So far my best windows exp has been in emulation. Crash, Stop emulation try again.
I'm not a Mac user, but I am an admirer. If osX were to be free & run on any ole x86 then I could see a small share of linux users defecting, but in reality how many won't check THE NEXT BIG THING (LiveUMDs just a request), when it comes out? Don't worry cuz, it won't run on any ole x86, only macx86.
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I'm starting to doubt my humanity, I haven't had to confirm I'm not a script in a week. Hmmm Google Slashdot, I thank you for both.
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Color, No GUI, No Mouse, COLOR PRINTER though.
__- Nerd Wars ep3: Return of the Script Detector Oh, only when not logged in. Thank You /.
Those Bastards. I refuse to join these cell phone companies as long as they charge by the bit.
My mock outrage knows no bounds. What about the new episodes make you think its past its time? ie Homer goes to England & meets the queen (Brilliant). Socially relevant comedy only lives in a couple of places on the tube & taking away even one half hour would be a misuse of power that I for one am glad you do not wield. I suppose we all have to endure a Spocks Brain every once in a while. Worst Episode Ever.
I'm a little confused by your vague references to sloppy plots in the simpsons. The great thing about the simpsons is the fact that you know the episode by its description but there are literally hundreds of jokes in every episode you don't remember. The PLOT of the simpsons is almost irrelevant. Linguo is Dead not withstanding.
The Family Guy is on the socailly relevant comedy list as well, along with Daily Show and South Park, I had such high hopes for American Dad. Maybe in time.
Great inside the actors studio this month with the Simpsons cast.
Loved StandByME, Huge STNG Fan. Even liked Wes.
Much bigger fan of things you have said since.
EXCEPT :
I also think that it's time for The Simpsons to go,
That tears it you punk. I will boycott you, and your poker appearances, & your Blog entries and your Star Trek the Generation After pilot.
to you I say Good Day Sir!
I say GOOD Day.
By the way StarTrek GenerationAfter is Copyright. Patent Pending,Patent Pending Patent Pending...
Wow, a desktop Linux distro is probably not your cup of tea then.
Every Windows Desktop has the same Start Button, > Control Panel, My Documents,
Every _XP_ might, but XP is different from 98/ME and 2000. And apparently Longhorn will drop all the 'My' (because they are no longer 'mine', they will all belong to MS via DRM).
I should have said every Win95/98/ME Desktop is the same as every other 95/98/ME. And every XP, Never mind its too many damn letters. They all sucked, just to a lesser extent as time went on.(Windows ME excluded, sucked like 3.0)
Channels, Man that takes me back. You were one of the four users of Channels? Here's a little secret shh on the QT. They were URLS diguised as buttons. Disney.com is still there. ESPN.com probably still there. MSN.com I dunno, heard rumors.
Besides when I go to work its really not MY COMPUTER. Create Shortcut, now it says NOT YOUR COMPUTER. You could do the same put your MY's back. (are you perhaps a bit possesive?)
Hmmm, why haven't I seen this argument before?
I Listen to streaming radio more than mp3 anymore. But every once in a while, I gotta hit that record button, be a damn shame not to use it. http://www.nongnu.org/streamtuner/
Which statistic am I?
Thing is, they also sell them at the gas station and Wal-mart. Pre-Paid 20/50/100/500$ cards. Cash, No info. No address. Works for lots of the creditly challenged.
$20 card a month keeps a budget pretty nicely. I use it with my kids.
Whoa pal, What has linux done? Are you shitting me. Your mp3 player, firewall, router, cable modem, printer, digital camera, all have a very real possibilty of having Linux inside. PDA, GPS, DVD player, I could go on. Hot Tub. Don't Laugh, Its coming Q4 2005.
Our Desktop is all Johnny-come-lately Linux. Thank god it did come and save us from that spyware infested, virus ridden, resource hogging, activation requiring HELL.
Ferarris are better than Aerostars. Guess which one I drive. I think you have it backward what Windows has is consistency. Every Windows Desktop has the same Start Button, Control Panel, My Documents, Blah Blah Blah.
Every Linux Desktop is different.. Know Why that is? BECAUSE WE ARE FREE TO CHANGE WHATEVER WE WANT WHENEVER WE WANT AND WE ALL WANT DIFFERENT THINGS!!
Are you full yet?
Backwards isn't the answer.
You are correct, sir. Back to less choice/FREEDOM is not the answer.
Make Apps USABLE the OS just runs the apps!
ManLycar
LayM-crysis
Favorite so far.
Mandilay (ind.)
Are these too Gay or just gay enough?
That's LinSpire now. Thank You, Judge whatever the hell your name was.
C & D using this blatant rip off of Microsoft's flagship product's NAME
You could tarnish or dilute their reputation of rock solid reliability & Visual continuity.
Ok, I give in, Sorry, Couldn't keep a straight face anymore! visual continuity Hah ha haaha
Balmer becomes Debian Maintainer
HardOCP endorses Phantom
Youth group participation explode in Korea.
In Soviet Russia people Vote. Wait....
Who saw Chewbacca ina cowboy hat?
Linguo is dead.
Not a defense, just an opinion from a my perspective. Hmm never had to practice.. Although it took about an hour and half to compose this post between the 3 kids. What you say is a likely scenario, if left to their own devices (Ha,no pun intended). My job, and every parents job, is to help them understand Cause and Effect.
If nothing changes in the next 10-15 years though, and your boys are 30, still live with you and don't have careers, still play vide games for five to fifteen hours a day, maybe selling characters and items to support their addiction, then that becomes sick and pathetic.
That's the snag. Which lessons do you let them learn to prevent this decidedly unfavorable result?
Libertarian or Republican? Neither... Both... Sometimes a Democrat or a Green too
I knew I should have put Independent. Bet you are registered though as a REP. for the primaries. Good reasons for that. I am a Democrat. That means (to me) I listen to all sides and I weigh the merits. I do give more weight to the poor rather than the rich, small biz versus corp, environment over economy. My personal motto though: A good idea is a good idea no matter what its source.
Nope Macrodebia.
Thank you sir, You are a nerd among newbs.
Man, 26 bucks get ya 200 shares. How low till he's beggin Bill for a job?
Two 15 yr old male geek Gamers. One 8 yr old girl gamer.
Psychological maturity is inhibited. You get a baby in an adult body,
No way, very bright, very lazy, but mature beyond their age.
Good, smart, valuable people - yes.
Absolutely.
Socially fucked-up? You betcha.
Hmmm, all three different. None fscked up, but not especially graceful either.
These guys sometimes ignore reality for a game, but many people try to make reality a part of the game.
Funny thing about reality, it has a way of reminding you that it's around. Failing the exam, Being Fired, losing your significant other, MURDER Conviction/Life or Death Sentence. (Do you get a Gameboy on deathrow?)
The great thing about being a parent is helping them learn these lessons EARLY when its painless. When I do X, I get Y. Way better then to say don't do X! They leave go off to college (if your lucky) MMORPG all night every night, because you're not there saying don't do X. Drop out end up back home playing games in the garage 18 of the wrong hours of the day. Whoa. Whoa Whoa.\Tangent.
Um.. Early. yeah when its relatively painless. But they still learn the lesson. They don't wanna lose that next girlfriend. Or Fail that Exam. (has to be mid term or final though)
Playing games is a normal part of growing up, and a healthy stage of life. Every mammal I can think of does this when they're young. It builds character. It's essential.
Spot on, with ya so far.
Lion cubs and wolf-pups stop doing this once they have to provide for themselves, though.
BullShit Have you ever watched Animal Planet or Wild kingdom? You know the suge Lion gets a small animal and fscks with it for a half hour. Play, pure and simple. Different play then when they were cubs, you might say more mature play. The opportunities don't present themselves as often, but when they do "whaddin that huntin/fishin/campin trip fun?".
Parental tip: Buy ALL games/software for your children and play every game you buy for at least 20 minutes (I average, umm, a little longer) with your child. Talk with your kids about their games. Look, I know you don't give a damn how to kill 42 zombies in under 6 minutes. They, however, just spent 4 hours doing it over and over again. They obviously do care quite a bit. These two things: Play & Listen have taught me more about my kids than all their report cards and quite a bit about the gaming industry. It might help that I let my Atari 800XL rot my brain as a youth and here I sit before a keyboard.
Slashdot is surely the wrong soundingboard with which to convey these opinions, but I had to vent.
If not here, where? Meet me at the coffeehouse?
Gamers, think of your dignity. This is how you look to me and a lot of other people.
Dig? Ni? Tee? What do I care how I look to you. You don't even know me. Is it possible to judge me from the games I play or the hours I spend on my prefferred entertainment? Hey man this is /. Judge me by my spelling erors!
Libertarian or Republican?
Arrogant Upstarts! FlipSwitches worked for grandpa, and they work for us. Bah I say to your gooeys and pointing & clicking. Didn't your mommaa teach you not to point? Where's my abacus.
Obviously by using Blender. http://www.blender.org/
C++.NET doesn't fit anywhere in my Linux Arm Device. Java does but it's tricky.
Damn, subtle little troll.
PDF of Java & C++ here:n tentID=6636
http://www.planetpdf.com/developer/article.asp?Co
==- Shhh. I sorta miss the squiggly letters.
I can build a better windows experience too. Look up from my debian box and Look Out The Windows.
Suppose you could build a windows experience. How long would it last? 6 mos? On average we rebuild our windows workstations at least twice a year. So far my best windows exp has been in emulation. Crash, Stop emulation try again.
I'm not a Mac user, but I am an admirer. If osX were to be free & run on any ole x86 then I could see a small share of linux users defecting, but in reality how many won't check THE NEXT BIG THING (LiveUMDs just a request), when it comes out? Don't worry cuz, it won't run on any ole x86, only macx86.
=--
I'm starting to doubt my humanity, I haven't had to confirm I'm not a script in a week.
Hmmm Google Slashdot, I thank you for both.
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Mrs Schmegma, Stand up Please