I personally think this is a good idea... that person, by putting their name on the patent, claims responsibility for the contents of the patent. Of course, I'm all for a re-introduction to the value of personal responsibility for this country, which seems to go against the political viewpoints of both brand-names of leadership we have these days.
it reminds me about Quarterdeck's bitching when Microsoft took the outragous step of adding a memory manager to their OS.
Of course, that was before Microsoft went through the whole anti-competitive thing they're still trying to wriggle out of. The environment for them is a lot different these days than it was back then.
To be fair, though, Quarterdeck's complaint had less credence than the anti-spyware complaint (though I should point out I am not saying one way or the other how I feel about the actual validity of the current complaint, only that it is more credible than some whinging on about an operating system vendor having the audacity to include a memory manager).
Some I watch every time I see them (Caveman FedEx commercial anybody?).
This statement, however, is incredibly indicative of how little good advertising does these days... You watch the Caveman ad every time you see it, and yet you misidentify who the advertisement is for.
It's kind of funny, but indicative of big business today, that us fast forwarding through commercials are blamed for a drop in marketting effectiveness when there are a lot of other factors that are ignored.
In my opinion, the biggest cause in a drop of marketting effectiveness is the fact that most of us have been assaulted with advertising for so long that we can watch the ad and still not get the message because we don't care about the actual marketting portion of the advertisement. I'm not so certain that entertaining advertisements are any more effective than advertisements that make us want to claw our eyes out... perhaps it's even less effective because we're too busy laughing at the cavemen ordering the most expensive item on the menu (or the other one having a ruined appetite) to notice that there's a message under there.
You know what Americans invented the Internet for? Duh, porn, who couldn't have seen that coming. Oh well, everyone knew Americans were crazy sex fiends, as we could have easily gathered from a representative survey of American literature like Porky's, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and American Pie.
Uh, wait... are you trying to say the internet ISN'T for porn. Seriously, the generalization you came up with for us Americans seems to be spot on enough to me.
I suspect they would require us to listen to music instead and would require it be officially RIAA licenced music, which we could rent for a reasonable fee.
The media's dream of charging everybody every time they listen to a song really does feel like a growing potentiality...
How does he know someone wasn't piggybacking on him?
OK, I know this isn't entirely on topic, but WTF is this?!?!? Put down your cyberpunk novels and stop trying to talk like you know a damn thing about hacking.
While I do not think this guy should end up in Guantanamo, I do have to say that there is still something in that saying "If you can't do the time, don't commit the crime." I mean, in the current environment, what kind of a moron would try to hack American government computers?!?!? The dude STILL should've known better, even if the punishment he might get IS out of proportion to the crime.
There's another saying that I think is appropriate in this particular case... Don't kick a sleeping dog, you might get bit.
heheheheheh. Fair enough. I was looking back at my post and thinking "Boy, that came off a bit mean." I can see why Slashdot doesn't allow post editing or retraction, but sometimes it would be nice.
the game feels like they spent 90% of it's dev time making it look pretty and threw the rest in at the last minute.
Where did you come up with this?!?!? So far while playing, I've got several characters and most of them are not following the primary story line at all... but everything I've chosen to pursue so far has turned out to have a story to go with it. The depth of what you can do with your character is just flat out amazing.
The graphics are indeed pretty, but to say that it's the only thing they spent time on suggests that you have not actually seen the game at all.
Though, to be fair, the Dark Brotherhood storyline is THE munchkin path in Oblivion. My assassin character is extremely powerful. So far, of all the in-depth side-stories I've followed, I've found the Thieves' Guild chain to be the most challenging.
A little late for you since you've already returned it, but you can enable an FPS display by going into the console (Use the tilde, ~ ) and typing tdt.
I'm running a 9800 Pro on a low-spec machine, and the game runs pretty darned well for me... low resolution, but it still looks damn sweet so I'm happy.
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But what if the almost-chicken converted?
Then he'd have to start worrying about whether or not the worms he's eating are kosher.
There's a name on the patent. Jail that person.
I personally think this is a good idea... that person, by putting their name on the patent, claims responsibility for the contents of the patent. Of course, I'm all for a re-introduction to the value of personal responsibility for this country, which seems to go against the political viewpoints of both brand-names of leadership we have these days.
Hey, man... don't hassle him over a simple typo! ;-)
(Yeah, I know you was respondin' to yerself, just bein' silly...)
it reminds me about Quarterdeck's bitching when Microsoft took the outragous step of adding a memory manager to their OS.
Of course, that was before Microsoft went through the whole anti-competitive thing they're still trying to wriggle out of. The environment for them is a lot different these days than it was back then.
To be fair, though, Quarterdeck's complaint had less credence than the anti-spyware complaint (though I should point out I am not saying one way or the other how I feel about the actual validity of the current complaint, only that it is more credible than some whinging on about an operating system vendor having the audacity to include a memory manager).
No...there is another caveman commercial, from FedEx.
heheheheheh... Guess that goes to show you how much attention I pay to advertisements, eh?
Some I watch every time I see them (Caveman FedEx commercial anybody?).
This statement, however, is incredibly indicative of how little good advertising does these days... You watch the Caveman ad every time you see it, and yet you misidentify who the advertisement is for.
It's kind of funny, but indicative of big business today, that us fast forwarding through commercials are blamed for a drop in marketting effectiveness when there are a lot of other factors that are ignored.
In my opinion, the biggest cause in a drop of marketting effectiveness is the fact that most of us have been assaulted with advertising for so long that we can watch the ad and still not get the message because we don't care about the actual marketting portion of the advertisement. I'm not so certain that entertaining advertisements are any more effective than advertisements that make us want to claw our eyes out... perhaps it's even less effective because we're too busy laughing at the cavemen ordering the most expensive item on the menu (or the other one having a ruined appetite) to notice that there's a message under there.
(BTW... it was Geico.)
You know what Americans invented the Internet for? Duh, porn, who couldn't have seen that coming. Oh well, everyone knew Americans were crazy sex fiends, as we could have easily gathered from a representative survey of American literature like Porky's, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and American Pie.
Uh, wait... are you trying to say the internet ISN'T for porn. Seriously, the generalization you came up with for us Americans seems to be spot on enough to me.
They are just saying PCs get Viruses and Apple doesn't
Never mind the fact that the world's first virus was a Mac virus.
I see I'm not the only one who wants some hot neked triple-boobed T'nuk action!
Amazing how much clearer the meaning behind her name is when you see it typed out...
Ah, see, that's where we went wrong.
Guns.
See, the Pen may be mightier than the Sword, but it is unfortunately not mightier than the M16.
You are a very baaaad man.
I suspect they would require us to listen to music instead and would require it be officially RIAA licenced music, which we could rent for a reasonable fee.
The media's dream of charging everybody every time they listen to a song really does feel like a growing potentiality...
An intelligent filter that gets rid of annoying AOLers? Now that's the first legitly patentable idea I've heard for a long time!
Prior art... Smith & Wesson already has this one covered.
You'll pardon me if I don't test this. ;-)
How does he know someone wasn't piggybacking on him?
OK, I know this isn't entirely on topic, but WTF is this?!?!? Put down your cyberpunk novels and stop trying to talk like you know a damn thing about hacking.
While I do not think this guy should end up in Guantanamo, I do have to say that there is still something in that saying "If you can't do the time, don't commit the crime." I mean, in the current environment, what kind of a moron would try to hack American government computers?!?!? The dude STILL should've known better, even if the punishment he might get IS out of proportion to the crime.
There's another saying that I think is appropriate in this particular case... Don't kick a sleeping dog, you might get bit.
Because it is always safer to assume a lawyer is sleazy than not? ;-)
Funny that in the game industry, coders are rarely allowed any involvement in design at all.
heheheheheh. Fair enough. I was looking back at my post and thinking "Boy, that came off a bit mean." I can see why Slashdot doesn't allow post editing or retraction, but sometimes it would be nice.
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So, are you saying that somebody forces you to watch public access TV?!?!? Please, tell us where you live so we can be sure to never EVER go there.
the game feels like they spent 90% of it's dev time making it look pretty and threw the rest in at the last minute.
Where did you come up with this?!?!? So far while playing, I've got several characters and most of them are not following the primary story line at all... but everything I've chosen to pursue so far has turned out to have a story to go with it. The depth of what you can do with your character is just flat out amazing.
The graphics are indeed pretty, but to say that it's the only thing they spent time on suggests that you have not actually seen the game at all.
Though, to be fair, the Dark Brotherhood storyline is THE munchkin path in Oblivion. My assassin character is extremely powerful. So far, of all the in-depth side-stories I've followed, I've found the Thieves' Guild chain to be the most challenging.
A little late for you since you've already returned it, but you can enable an FPS display by going into the console (Use the tilde, ~ ) and typing tdt.
I'm running a 9800 Pro on a low-spec machine, and the game runs pretty darned well for me... low resolution, but it still looks damn sweet so I'm happy.