That trash represents some pretty rare materials mined and refined or just down right created.
I think our better option would be to get aliens to salvage the junk and take it away.
It is not even memorization.
It is a script. The second you try to push them past the simple stuff, you are screwed.
1. "Is the plugged in".
2. "Is the turned on".
The script is written to allow them to try and talk your grand mother through a problem.
Real life example:
My Dell LCD monitor blew the external power supply brick. I knew this when I called support.
First he asked for the ID number from the computer. I explained that the monitor was not bought with a computer. On the invoice, I ordered a computer, canceled the monitor on it and bought a monitor not available as an option on that computer. I should have know I was in trouble here when he insisted that I give him the number off the computer anyway.
After an hour and a half and the third time me telling the support person that I could not try his little trick of switching power cords between my monitor and computer (external power supply did not register with him), I finally got him to accept the fact that the power supply was blown.
I was still fairly calm at this point, but what pushed me over the edge of screaming at him to give me his manager was when he looked up the invoice he read down to the part that said monitor canceled and told me that the monitor didn't exist and he could not help me. I had the same invoice from the dell site in front of me and could see three lines down was the monitor that had the problem.
10 minute hold 5 minutes yelling at the supervisor and I had a replacement being shipped out.
It was then that I figured out Dells tech support policy. If they can kill off the customer over the phone with an aneurysm, it is cheaper than actually addressing the problem.
If I ever have to talk to a Dell(or indian) tech again, the first thing I am going to do is demand the supervisor.
I feel racist saying that.
Since when has having remedial level math skills considered "insightful"?
5% (or 1 in 20) make it giving a 10 fold return = bankruptcy for the venture capitalist.
Perhaps you should spend more time in your math class and less time karma-whoring here?
I thought he was just living up to his name charter: BadAnalogyGuy
Spotlighting to make a point, but Hillary did seemed to be the face appearing most in the news when this was the hottest item.
I know it was bi-partisan, but if this was a pure Republican issue the Democrats would have been screaming "racism" and back to the point...fascist.
Why is the term fascist always thrown at the right?
fascism (fshzm)n.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator
Not last time I checked.
stringent socioeconomic controls
I guess all the entrepreneurs that make it are in on the secret society that controls every thing?
Wouldn't the socialist model that the left loves fit more into that definition?
suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship
Violent protests appear to me to be the tool of the left.
Censorship? Where?
typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism
Didn't the left lead a charge against the "bad old Arabs" taking our our ports?
Yes, it is flame bate, but if people are going to just repeat the words offered in talking points, I wish they would just stick to "two legs bad, four legs good."
I've played around with everyone's favorite "Java doesn't have to suck" example, Eclipse, and - it sucks! It's slower than native apps, it suffers the same random freezes people blame on Swing, and it's a giant resource hog.
That is amazing since it it is build SWT, but I am sure that in your opinion the the pure suck value of swing being in the JRE would slow eclipse down.
Ever heard of HotSpot? Java JVM does runtime optimization that C/C++ can't.
No it doesn't happen in a two second bench test designed for C to prevail, but use in real life applications the JVM performance improves with longer runs.
If you honestly look into it and realize that your "java is slow" mantra is a bit dated or is that a SlashDot fact that is not refutable?
Whatever happened to a sane style of communicating with people over e-mail?
I remember times where people actually quoted relevant material from previous mails, trimmed down unnecessary garbage and answered questions *below* the question itself.
These days you need to sift through millions of lines of excessive "Original Message" quoting without any reference to the actual contents of previous messages. Sucky line breaks, HTML-crap, incoherent writing and idiotic bitmap smileys have made e-mail communication a Pain In The Ass, but certainly not an effective means of getting things done in a coherent fashion.
Thank god there are some lonely islands in usenet with old-fashioned people who take the three seconds to trim down excessive quoting, who put answers *after* the questions and who know how to use an editor to get a message across.
One of these days I am going to start a company that uses a newsserver as its main means of internal communication and I'll fire everyone who doesn't play by the rules of old style usenet posting.
(TM) Hello Mr. Smith?
(you) Yes?
(TM) I am with bla bla bla
(you talkning over their shpeeel )
What are you wearing?
I'm wearing nothing.
I like it when you touch yourself there.
I am betting a few of those babies and you will get on the telemarkets "Do Not Call List"
Best comment so far!
BTW. The game is pretty good, but mainly because they have stolen the best aspects of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"'s multiplayer classes.
RTCW Enemy Territory is still one of the best team games and is still free.
Slashdot Mirror
Down side is they would probably enslave us to continue production of these materials, but no solution is perfect.
Solar powered deathray?
Create a satilite thats only purpose is to collect heat from the sun and track an burn smaller chunks of debires as its means of cooling.
That trash represents some pretty rare materials mined and refined or just down right created. I think our better option would be to get aliens to salvage the junk and take it away.
Good Idea. Also you had going in your favor the fact that you were well on script if the brick came with the laptop.
It is not even memorization. It is a script. The second you try to push them past the simple stuff, you are screwed. 1. "Is the plugged in". 2. "Is the turned on". The script is written to allow them to try and talk your grand mother through a problem. Real life example: My Dell LCD monitor blew the external power supply brick. I knew this when I called support. First he asked for the ID number from the computer. I explained that the monitor was not bought with a computer. On the invoice, I ordered a computer, canceled the monitor on it and bought a monitor not available as an option on that computer. I should have know I was in trouble here when he insisted that I give him the number off the computer anyway. After an hour and a half and the third time me telling the support person that I could not try his little trick of switching power cords between my monitor and computer (external power supply did not register with him), I finally got him to accept the fact that the power supply was blown. I was still fairly calm at this point, but what pushed me over the edge of screaming at him to give me his manager was when he looked up the invoice he read down to the part that said monitor canceled and told me that the monitor didn't exist and he could not help me. I had the same invoice from the dell site in front of me and could see three lines down was the monitor that had the problem. 10 minute hold 5 minutes yelling at the supervisor and I had a replacement being shipped out. It was then that I figured out Dells tech support policy. If they can kill off the customer over the phone with an aneurysm, it is cheaper than actually addressing the problem. If I ever have to talk to a Dell(or indian) tech again, the first thing I am going to do is demand the supervisor. I feel racist saying that.
Imagine the fun at cocktail parties if it was on a shock collar.
:)
bore: So Buffy and I hopped into the Volvo to head to our vacation home when {BZAAAAP}{ARRRRRG}
crowd:
Wait till he is 12. You'll be toast!
Since when has having remedial level math skills considered "insightful"? 5% (or 1 in 20) make it giving a 10 fold return = bankruptcy for the venture capitalist. Perhaps you should spend more time in your math class and less time karma-whoring here? I thought he was just living up to his name charter: BadAnalogyGuy
Bad math makes for bad analogies...
has been invented what else is left?
"SELECT Baby FROM Hero INNER JOIN Princess"
Am I the only one here that has never seen SQL porn before?
Spotlighting to make a point, but Hillary did seemed to be the face appearing most in the news when this was the hottest item. I know it was bi-partisan, but if this was a pure Republican issue the Democrats would have been screaming "racism" and back to the point...fascist.
Since when did Hillary become a leftist Republican congressman????
Why is the term fascist always thrown at the right?
fascism (fshzm)n.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator
Not last time I checked.
stringent socioeconomic controls I guess all the entrepreneurs that make it are in on the secret society that controls every thing?
Wouldn't the socialist model that the left loves fit more into that definition?
suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship
Violent protests appear to me to be the tool of the left.
Censorship? Where?
typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism
Didn't the left lead a charge against the "bad old Arabs" taking our our ports?
Yes, it is flame bate, but if people are going to just repeat the words offered in talking points, I wish they would just stick to "two legs bad, four legs good."
I've played around with everyone's favorite "Java doesn't have to suck" example, Eclipse, and - it sucks! It's slower than native apps, it suffers the same random freezes people blame on Swing, and it's a giant resource hog.
That is amazing since it it is build SWT, but I am sure that in your opinion the the pure suck value of swing being in the JRE would slow eclipse down.
Ever heard of HotSpot? Java JVM does runtime optimization that C/C++ can't. No it doesn't happen in a two second bench test designed for C to prevail, but use in real life applications the JVM performance improves with longer runs. If you honestly look into it and realize that your "java is slow" mantra is a bit dated or is that a SlashDot fact that is not refutable?
I wish I still had some mod points. That is beautiful!
I met through a friend someone from the "Freedom Force vs the 3rd Reich" team that said Python was used to script some(all?) of the bad guy AI.
Is there a short answer to why python is suited for gaming?
I bet top posters drive you crazy. :o)
Whatever happened to a sane style of communicating with people over e-mail? I remember times where people actually quoted relevant material from previous mails, trimmed down unnecessary garbage and answered questions *below* the question itself. These days you need to sift through millions of lines of excessive "Original Message" quoting without any reference to the actual contents of previous messages. Sucky line breaks, HTML-crap, incoherent writing and idiotic bitmap smileys have made e-mail communication a Pain In The Ass, but certainly not an effective means of getting things done in a coherent fashion. Thank god there are some lonely islands in usenet with old-fashioned people who take the three seconds to trim down excessive quoting, who put answers *after* the questions and who know how to use an editor to get a message across. One of these days I am going to start a company that uses a newsserver as its main means of internal communication and I'll fire everyone who doesn't play by the rules of old style usenet posting.
Or just start treating them like a 1-900 number.
(TM) Hello Mr. Smith?
(you) Yes?
(TM) I am with bla bla bla
(you talkning over their shpeeel )
What are you wearing?
I'm wearing nothing.
I like it when you touch yourself there.
I am betting a few of those babies and you will get on the telemarkets "Do Not Call List"
Yeah, but RTCW got it so right.
The battle field revive puts lots of stratagy into actually playing the class you choose.
Instead of just the norm in most games where a medic is just a self healing solider.
Best comment so far! BTW. The game is pretty good, but mainly because they have stolen the best aspects of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"'s multiplayer classes. RTCW Enemy Territory is still one of the best team games and is still free.
Nice!