The issue is also not intelligence, but responsbility and action. I feel that "hoping our children are smarter" is just a nice way of "passing the buck". By doing nothing now, our procrastination is only making it more difficult for our children to solve the problem (if we leave it to them). Action needs to be taken by us now, or it will simply be too late.
While birth control isn't something that sounds like a great idea, it unfortunately is the biggest things we can do. Each of us (and our partner) would have to limited to having 1 or 2 children (to replace us when we die, or to replace only one of us, lowering the population). As it stands now, our agriculture system can't feed the people that live here now (and no, that isn't just because the rest of us are spoiled, there simply just isn't enough). If the population continues to grow, it is expected to reach 9.1 Billion by 2050.
Honestly, the only way I see our children (and their children) surviving the next few hundred years is if major changes take place, otherwise we don't have a hope in hell. However, I'd like to end on an optimistic note. Think of what we have created in the last hundred years, then 50 years, then 10, then 5. 100 years ago human flight was an amazing breakthrough, 50 years ago exiting out own atmosphere was a breakthrough, and now we have seen the land of the nearest planet. I feel we are at a pinacle point in our existence, where we are advancing exponientally. While we still have alot to learn, we are an amazing species, and I remain hopeful that there are those out there who are working to make a difference, and change things, as well as people out there who are willing to make a change.
He says in one of his answers that he was addicted to cocaine and alcohol for a peroid of time. Maybe that had some adverse affects. Maybe he should run for President! Zing.
But like I always tell people,
We're all crazy, just some of us havn't realised it yet.
ow, do you go to RIAA University? The same one that says if P2P doesn't exist all those customers would go out and buy those CDs and DVDs they pirated?
Compare apples to apples if you are going to make that statement. You are basically comparing the purchase of a new tranmission because the one is your car is non-existent to those new "low-glo" lights all the kids are talking about. OS: Neccessity (on a computer system) CDs/DVDs: Entertainment, not so much.
I agree with you completely. Sept 11 had a big impact on the minds of the American people. All of the sudden, for a few days, they no longer believed they were invinceable. Finally the rest of the world had caught up with them (or actually, they had caught up with the rest of the world) in terms of terrorism and this type of violence that has been going on for years.
I love how you speak of ignorance, because that is exactly it. And unfortunately, this ignorance exists on so many levels that it is amazing to watch. No only are Americans no safer than before 9/11, they have the government running down their backs, making their own rules with the citizens who elected them getting the worst. I pains me to hear people talk about terrorists, and how little they actually know about them (I'm not trying to sympathize for terrorists here, get that straight right now). However most people just believe that these terrorists are Arab (First Mistake), Muslim (Second Mistake) and simply a bunch of crazies who want to kill Americans because they are jealous (3 Strikes you're out). Worst of all, they won't educate themselves on the situation, for fear or being unpatriotic, or maybe even learning something.
Also, you have it exactly right, it's only a matter of time until there'll be another one. And odds are, the next one will be worse, maybe even involving chemical/biological, or god help us all, nuclear weapons. However, what I'm most interested to see, when this happens, is what the American people do next. Do they jump into overdrive, and just give the government everything they have, and lock themselves in bomb shelters for the next 50 years, or do they rise up, and ask themselves, "We gave the government every tool they asked for, and we still weren't safe, what happened?". Then, and only then, do I feel IMHO that things have a chance to change.
I played UO for 7 years, and not once did I pay for it, except when I found the CD in a bargin bin (4.97!). From shards with 26 people to shards with 2000 (In Por Yelm/RunUO), hell I even was Co-Admin of another. And as far as I know, alot of shards are still going quite strong. But I really think that UO was the exception to most free shards programs. The emu was created very quickly, and the fact that all the client had todo was change their login.cfg made it very easy. Also the fact that UO was the "first" of it's kind, alot of the fanbase (that didn't defect to EQ) finally got fed-up with Origin when they started going "Trammy" and pretty much destroyed the PVP system helped the move to free shards. Good to hear that abbreviation though, it's been a while;P
Or it could that little piece of statistical information you left out that states that Jupiter is over 300 times the size of Earth, and it's a gas giant. Don't compare apples to oranges.
Sure, there are people who vote more than once, but don't assume that one phone is equal to one person. A normal household would have 3-4 people in that household, most likely 3 of them able to vote, I would think this kinda of evens out, one way or another. And even if it does not, and perhaps only half of the votes (or a quarter for that matter) are uniques, the numbers are still staggering. While it's true, American Idol is something easier to follow than politics, it just tells you how much people actually care about the direction of their country, and who they put in the drivers seat. But thats just my 2 cents.
Wal-Mart has a better idea of what you're buying that you do yourself. The know what gets sold, then know what popular. They could probally tell you how many video games they sold last month, and the result would scare you.
Don't be so quick to call everything a load of shit, because it probally isn't.
It is a bit upsetting that so many companies are at the mercy of Wal-Mart. This doesn't just happen with video games. If Wal-Mart says that this years Easter Bunnies will have 3 ears, your ass better be making some mutant rabbits to scare the kids, or risk getting overthrown by the guy who will.
Wal-Mart holds to much control in the USA (and Canada now) than most people would want. It should be interesting when it all comes crashing down (sooner or later, it will).
The reason I don't play WoW is exactly that. I had a Diablo 2 account on Battle.Net that got locked out (not banned, I just simply couldn't get to my character list). I emailed Blizzard for a month trying to get help and get the problem solved. All I ever received were the same auto-replies over and over again. Soon enough, my account was gone, and so was I. I won't play another multiplayer blizzard game (which involves the "grind") until they smarten up their customer service. It was horrible with D2, and with all the news and articles I've been hearing since it's release, it doesn't seem to have changed.
I've been playing MMORPGs for about 7 years now, and never made a payment (UOX, Sphere, RunUO servers + Lineage 2 freeservers). The freeservers I've played have always had either amazing GM Run events/quests or 1000+ people online at any given time (comparable to alot of UO "shards" or WoW realms). I'll be damned if I'm gonna pay money now for a game with horrible service. But thats just my two cents.
I see no one at Microsoft has every played CounterStrike. This idea just sounds like an XBox port of HLTV. If this patent is only for the XBox version of this system, power to them, they should have control over this. However, if this is an attempt to get the PC Patent for this same idea, they may have another thing coming.
I think stating that these two different situations of economic change are the same is overlooking a few key values which played a part in the creation of the present day Japan.
After WWII the Japanese spent a great deal of time and money on their children (many who didn't have parents). They decided that their future generations would have the knowledge to make a better Japan, and backed it up with their pockets. Now, decades later, it has paid off. The investment in the minds of these children so many years ago has returned 10-fold, and their economy is amazing. They are creating better and cheaper products faster than the competition, and a good deal of these people are making a good wage (30.4k per ala CIA Factbook).
This sort of investment doesn't really seem to exist in India, nor do they seem interested in making it. Instead of jobs like engineering or doctors, these jobs that are being created a simply "minimum-wage jobs" (3.4k per ala CF) in America, call centers, etc etc. Until the country decides to invest in the education of it's people, you won't see the same effects as Japan.
Ok, if I'm reading this correctly, People are suing NCSoft, because rogue groups stole these peoples identities and created accounts with those identities. Is this even NCSofts problem (other than fixing the problem when the real people step forward).>
So next time my car is stolen and driven into a bank during a heist, I can sue the bank? Thats what is is coming across as to me at least.
Unfortunately it's true. To drive the industry, and acquire a larger market share, cell phones companies have to make more advanced products, and the more advanced the products become, the more vulnerabilities are created. One created a phone that can store 10 numbers, another goes for 20, another adds phone-to-phone messaging, then chat, then web, and so on and so on, until you bascially have a computer in your hand that can also be used to make phone calls. Which is where we are now.
A notable Cell Phone virus is going to have to arise before people will be bothered to install an anti-virus. If you asked most people what the thought of the possibilty of Cell Phone viruses, they'd probally look at you as if you had 3 heads. They think of their Cell Phone as they do their Toaster, or their Television, not as their Computer. It's going to be a hard sell for companies if there is no problem to solve.
Some of these antivirus companies are gonna have to buckle down and write some good viruses, or they're never going to crack the market (You know they do).
I'll be quite interested to see the prices of these antiviruses when they come out, and the cost to keep them "updated". Oh, there's a huge virus out that will wipe your blackberry, whats that? You're from New York but you're in California on business? I guess you'll just have to suffer the roaming charges. Yeah, right.
I watched some of the HLTV (Half-Life TV, a form of spectator mode) of Summer CPL, and for the matches I watched, there were 26000 people on that HLTV watching the same game. I know that may not be millions upon millions of people, however that sounds like an audience to me. A good way of thinking of it is like a French person watching Baseball, or the average american watching cricket, it doesn't seem that interesting, and most people won't watch it. Those who know what's going on, and how important of a play (or a frag) that was, or how difficult that shot was to make will appreciate it and enjoy it.
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The issue is also not intelligence, but responsbility and action. I feel that "hoping our children are smarter" is just a nice way of "passing the buck". By doing nothing now, our procrastination is only making it more difficult for our children to solve the problem (if we leave it to them). Action needs to be taken by us now, or it will simply be too late.
While birth control isn't something that sounds like a great idea, it unfortunately is the biggest things we can do. Each of us (and our partner) would have to limited to having 1 or 2 children (to replace us when we die, or to replace only one of us, lowering the population). As it stands now, our agriculture system can't feed the people that live here now (and no, that isn't just because the rest of us are spoiled, there simply just isn't enough). If the population continues to grow, it is expected to reach 9.1 Billion by 2050.
Honestly, the only way I see our children (and their children) surviving the next few hundred years is if major changes take place, otherwise we don't have a hope in hell. However, I'd like to end on an optimistic note. Think of what we have created in the last hundred years, then 50 years, then 10, then 5. 100 years ago human flight was an amazing breakthrough, 50 years ago exiting out own atmosphere was a breakthrough, and now we have seen the land of the nearest planet. I feel we are at a pinacle point in our existence, where we are advancing exponientally. While we still have alot to learn, we are an amazing species, and I remain hopeful that there are those out there who are working to make a difference, and change things, as well as people out there who are willing to make a change.
He says in one of his answers that he was addicted to cocaine and alcohol for a peroid of time. Maybe that had some adverse affects. Maybe he should run for President! Zing.
But like I always tell people,
It appears Slashdot is the eefoof-killer. Zing!
Ok seriously, a note to the Editors, with the stories that have been posted on /. lately, we need a "+1 Scary" mod.
I agree with you completely. Sept 11 had a big impact on the minds of the American people. All of the sudden, for a few days, they no longer believed they were invinceable. Finally the rest of the world had caught up with them (or actually, they had caught up with the rest of the world) in terms of terrorism and this type of violence that has been going on for years.
I love how you speak of ignorance, because that is exactly it. And unfortunately, this ignorance exists on so many levels that it is amazing to watch. No only are Americans no safer than before 9/11, they have the government running down their backs, making their own rules with the citizens who elected them getting the worst. I pains me to hear people talk about terrorists, and how little they actually know about them (I'm not trying to sympathize for terrorists here, get that straight right now). However most people just believe that these terrorists are Arab (First Mistake), Muslim (Second Mistake) and simply a bunch of crazies who want to kill Americans because they are jealous (3 Strikes you're out). Worst of all, they won't educate themselves on the situation, for fear or being unpatriotic, or maybe even learning something.
Also, you have it exactly right, it's only a matter of time until there'll be another one. And odds are, the next one will be worse, maybe even involving chemical/biological, or god help us all, nuclear weapons. However, what I'm most interested to see, when this happens, is what the American people do next. Do they jump into overdrive, and just give the government everything they have, and lock themselves in bomb shelters for the next 50 years, or do they rise up, and ask themselves, "We gave the government every tool they asked for, and we still weren't safe, what happened?". Then, and only then, do I feel IMHO that things have a chance to change.
I played UO for 7 years, and not once did I pay for it, except when I found the CD in a bargin bin (4.97!). From shards with 26 people to shards with 2000 (In Por Yelm/RunUO), hell I even was Co-Admin of another. And as far as I know, alot of shards are still going quite strong. But I really think that UO was the exception to most free shards programs. The emu was created very quickly, and the fact that all the client had todo was change their login.cfg made it very easy. Also the fact that UO was the "first" of it's kind, alot of the fanbase (that didn't defect to EQ) finally got fed-up with Origin when they started going "Trammy" and pretty much destroyed the PVP system helped the move to free shards. Good to hear that abbreviation though, it's been a while ;P
That's what the people in Raleigh thought...
This "outside" you speak of... I am intrigued, and would like to subscribe to your newletter.
Or it could that little piece of statistical information you left out that states that Jupiter is over 300 times the size of Earth, and it's a gas giant. Don't compare apples to oranges.
Whats with the plummet at 1600? Aha, it rhymes.
Sure, there are people who vote more than once, but don't assume that one phone is equal to one person. A normal household would have 3-4 people in that household, most likely 3 of them able to vote, I would think this kinda of evens out, one way or another. And even if it does not, and perhaps only half of the votes (or a quarter for that matter) are uniques, the numbers are still staggering. While it's true, American Idol is something easier to follow than politics, it just tells you how much people actually care about the direction of their country, and who they put in the drivers seat. But thats just my 2 cents.
Wal-Mart has a better idea of what you're buying that you do yourself. The know what gets sold, then know what popular. They could probally tell you how many video games they sold last month, and the result would scare you.
Don't be so quick to call everything a load of shit, because it probally isn't.
It is a bit upsetting that so many companies are at the mercy of Wal-Mart. This doesn't just happen with video games. If Wal-Mart says that this years Easter Bunnies will have 3 ears, your ass better be making some mutant rabbits to scare the kids, or risk getting overthrown by the guy who will.
Wal-Mart holds to much control in the USA (and Canada now) than most people would want. It should be interesting when it all comes crashing down (sooner or later, it will).
This reminds me of a great bash.org quote that I'd like to share with you all:
The reason I don't play WoW is exactly that. I had a Diablo 2 account on Battle.Net that got locked out (not banned, I just simply couldn't get to my character list). I emailed Blizzard for a month trying to get help and get the problem solved. All I ever received were the same auto-replies over and over again. Soon enough, my account was gone, and so was I. I won't play another multiplayer blizzard game (which involves the "grind") until they smarten up their customer service. It was horrible with D2, and with all the news and articles I've been hearing since it's release, it doesn't seem to have changed.
I've been playing MMORPGs for about 7 years now, and never made a payment (UOX, Sphere, RunUO servers + Lineage 2 freeservers). The freeservers I've played have always had either amazing GM Run events/quests or 1000+ people online at any given time (comparable to alot of UO "shards" or WoW realms). I'll be damned if I'm gonna pay money now for a game with horrible service. But thats just my two cents.
More information on their offical website.
Seems to be built on the Source Engine rather than the original. Models look interesting though, along with the levels.
I see no one at Microsoft has every played CounterStrike. This idea just sounds like an XBox port of HLTV. If this patent is only for the XBox version of this system, power to them, they should have control over this. However, if this is an attempt to get the PC Patent for this same idea, they may have another thing coming.
I think stating that these two different situations of economic change are the same is overlooking a few key values which played a part in the creation of the present day Japan.
After WWII the Japanese spent a great deal of time and money on their children (many who didn't have parents). They decided that their future generations would have the knowledge to make a better Japan, and backed it up with their pockets. Now, decades later, it has paid off. The investment in the minds of these children so many years ago has returned 10-fold, and their economy is amazing. They are creating better and cheaper products faster than the competition, and a good deal of these people are making a good wage (30.4k per ala CIA Factbook).
This sort of investment doesn't really seem to exist in India, nor do they seem interested in making it. Instead of jobs like engineering or doctors, these jobs that are being created a simply "minimum-wage jobs" (3.4k per ala CF) in America, call centers, etc etc. Until the country decides to invest in the education of it's people, you won't see the same effects as Japan.
Ok, if I'm reading this correctly, People are suing NCSoft, because rogue groups stole these peoples identities and created accounts with those identities. Is this even NCSofts problem (other than fixing the problem when the real people step forward).>
So next time my car is stolen and driven into a bank during a heist, I can sue the bank? Thats what is is coming across as to me at least.
It's not a vulnerability, it's a feature!
Unfortunately it's true. To drive the industry, and acquire a larger market share, cell phones companies have to make more advanced products, and the more advanced the products become, the more vulnerabilities are created. One created a phone that can store 10 numbers, another goes for 20, another adds phone-to-phone messaging, then chat, then web, and so on and so on, until you bascially have a computer in your hand that can also be used to make phone calls. Which is where we are now.
A notable Cell Phone virus is going to have to arise before people will be bothered to install an anti-virus. If you asked most people what the thought of the possibilty of Cell Phone viruses, they'd probally look at you as if you had 3 heads. They think of their Cell Phone as they do their Toaster, or their Television, not as their Computer. It's going to be a hard sell for companies if there is no problem to solve.
Some of these antivirus companies are gonna have to buckle down and write some good viruses, or they're never going to crack the market (You know they do).
I'll be quite interested to see the prices of these antiviruses when they come out, and the cost to keep them "updated". Oh, there's a huge virus out that will wipe your blackberry, whats that? You're from New York but you're in California on business? I guess you'll just have to suffer the roaming charges. Yeah, right.
I watched some of the HLTV (Half-Life TV, a form of spectator mode) of Summer CPL, and for the matches I watched, there were 26000 people on that HLTV watching the same game. I know that may not be millions upon millions of people, however that sounds like an audience to me. A good way of thinking of it is like a French person watching Baseball, or the average american watching cricket, it doesn't seem that interesting, and most people won't watch it. Those who know what's going on, and how important of a play (or a frag) that was, or how difficult that shot was to make will appreciate it and enjoy it.
Right here.