I didn't say I thought it was right for them to be treated like that. I just think they will, because it's the natural knee-jerk reaction of governments when some well-to-do kid(s) end up dying of exhaustion while playing the latest graphical muds.
Tell that to those people who come out of planet evercrack after having lost 2 years of their life to a complete fantasy. For those who have read Red Dwarf, the "Better Than Life" volume, doesn't it seem obvious that games - especially the graphical MUD (ok, call it MMORGP if you feel like twisting your tongue) type - are heading straight that way? Considering the social symptoms that these games are already having in Asia, I don't think it's far fetched at all to imagine that within the next decade certain types of games will start to be treated like controlled substances.
Hello hello? Linguistic freedom police is at your door mate. You better answer quickly they don't like waiting for shmilbligs. They tend to get all frumpleted up.
Maybe a game like WC3 needs a different category than RTS. It was more RTT (real-time-tactics) than RTS, because most of the action was tactical. You could lose a solid strategic position very easily through bad tactics, which was a lot harder in a game like TA where overcoming a strong strategic position took time and sustained effort.
All this shouldn't imply that WC3 is a bad game. It's a great game for what it offers, just not really a strategy game except in the loosest sense.
A strange concept... people (or should I say sheeple - seems like that's all u guys have in the US) are more inclined to trust something whose weaknesses they don't understand than something whose weaknesses they do understand. Sad.
Looks pretty lame. Maybe decent for those so-called "rpg" console-style games, but how does it compare to a real rpg engine like neverwinter nights? From the brief descriptions it doesn't really seem to compare favourably.
A gun would provide an immediate and powerful injection of signal into your brain. It would also stop you asking questions on/. that have a snowball's chance in hell of getting an answer that's not wildly speculative science fiction.
There's nothing amazing in that book, it's all pretty much common sense. But then most self-help books usually are. This is a pretty good one in that category.
The goal of these decision matrices is not to actually make decisions, but to validate decisions - to get everyone to agree that the decision is the correct one, which is where most of the hard work lies in corporate decision-making. Generally there's plenty of people able to make the right decision, whether they be the local leader, an outside consultant, etc, without needing any gimmicks like "decision matrices". But getting everyone to agree on a decision and put their will behind it and implement it - boy, that takes all the shiny stuff you can muster.
Read The Fucking Internet? Have you actually done some research before coming and asking us here? Or is slashdot just some general first-line helpdesk for your computer needs?
Or better yet, N people (where N is proportional to how many ppl visit the page in a certain period of time) have to accept that the change is worthwhile before it becomes permanent. Those get shown the modifications in green and the removed text in red and get given a button to vote whether the mods were useful.
I compare it more to false advertising than plain lobbying. If someone put out an advert saying "Microsoft Windows sucks" you can bet Microsoft would sue. What they've done is basically the same thing, they've paid ppl to give linux bad publicity.
Isn't there any way the EFF can sue Microsoft for defamation by proxy or something like that? Surely there are laws against this astroturfing? Aren't there?
Yeah and some of the players keep on exploiting various bugs. Someone should do something about this, really. It's almost as bad as Diablo 2 cheating...
More importantly, how can you write an article published by O'Reilly and still be unable to spell a word in the title of your own article? Compatibility you muppet!
Stop with the morbid thoughts god damn it! Enjoy life while it lasts, it's too short to be worrying about what's going to happen to your email addresses when you die! When you die, you won't give a shit. Simple. Live with that fact (applied liberally to many other areas of life) and you'll live a longer, less worrisome life!:-D
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I didn't say I thought it was right for them to be treated like that. I just think they will, because it's the natural knee-jerk reaction of governments when some well-to-do kid(s) end up dying of exhaustion while playing the latest graphical muds.
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Tell that to those people who come out of planet evercrack after having lost 2 years of their life to a complete fantasy. For those who have read Red Dwarf, the "Better Than Life" volume, doesn't it seem obvious that games - especially the graphical MUD (ok, call it MMORGP if you feel like twisting your tongue) type - are heading straight that way? Considering the social symptoms that these games are already having in Asia, I don't think it's far fetched at all to imagine that within the next decade certain types of games will start to be treated like controlled substances.
Daniel
So you reckon they'd come out with a mouse that has an exposed laser which can harm your eyes? Ever heard of safety regulations?
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Hello hello? Linguistic freedom police is at your door mate. You better answer quickly they don't like waiting for shmilbligs. They tend to get all frumpleted up.
Daniel
Maybe a game like WC3 needs a different category than RTS. It was more RTT (real-time-tactics) than RTS, because most of the action was tactical. You could lose a solid strategic position very easily through bad tactics, which was a lot harder in a game like TA where overcoming a strong strategic position took time and sustained effort.
All this shouldn't imply that WC3 is a bad game. It's a great game for what it offers, just not really a strategy game except in the loosest sense.
Daniel
Also keep in mind that he wrote most of that theological stuff after going mad from breathing too much mercury fumes in his lab...
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A strange concept... people (or should I say sheeple - seems like that's all u guys have in the US) are more inclined to trust something whose weaknesses they don't understand than something whose weaknesses they do understand. Sad.
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How stupid do you feel after getting basic 10-year-old maths wrong in your slashdot submission :-P
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Looks pretty lame. Maybe decent for those so-called "rpg" console-style games, but how does it compare to a real rpg engine like neverwinter nights? From the brief descriptions it doesn't really seem to compare favourably.
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In the US, we find that the CIA actively explored the use of LSD for the purpose of mind control. Ken Kesey got hooked during government experiments.
LSD is not addictive. Get your facts straight.
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A gun would provide an immediate and powerful injection of signal into your brain. It would also stop you asking questions on /. that have a snowball's chance in hell of getting an answer that's not wildly speculative science fiction.
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And don't forget the italian pizza for the late nights.
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+1 funny plz! Wake up mods! :-P
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Tens of thousands of ppl do so in the US every year. It's called being overweight and it does kill.
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There's nothing amazing in that book, it's all pretty much common sense. But then most self-help books usually are. This is a pretty good one in that category.
Daniel
The goal of these decision matrices is not to actually make decisions, but to validate decisions - to get everyone to agree that the decision is the correct one, which is where most of the hard work lies in corporate decision-making. Generally there's plenty of people able to make the right decision, whether they be the local leader, an outside consultant, etc, without needing any gimmicks like "decision matrices". But getting everyone to agree on a decision and put their will behind it and implement it - boy, that takes all the shiny stuff you can muster.
Daniel
Read The Fucking Internet? Have you actually done some research before coming and asking us here? Or is slashdot just some general first-line helpdesk for your computer needs?
Daniel
Dunno if I'd want to pay that much to get anything that includes Matrix Revolutions ...
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Ditto. I might even be tempted to pay to NOT get it
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Or better yet, N people (where N is proportional to how many ppl visit the page in a certain period of time) have to accept that the change is worthwhile before it becomes permanent. Those get shown the modifications in green and the removed text in red and get given a button to vote whether the mods were useful.
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I compare it more to false advertising than plain lobbying. If someone put out an advert saying "Microsoft Windows sucks" you can bet Microsoft would sue. What they've done is basically the same thing, they've paid ppl to give linux bad publicity.
That's the way I think about it.
Daniel
Isn't there any way the EFF can sue Microsoft for defamation by proxy or something like that? Surely there are laws against this astroturfing? Aren't there?
Daniel
It's not a matter of speed, it's a matter of velocity! If your speed is directed towards the earth, it won't help you much.
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Yeah and some of the players keep on exploiting various bugs. Someone should do something about this, really. It's almost as bad as Diablo 2 cheating...
Daniel
More importantly, how can you write an article published by O'Reilly and still be unable to spell a word in the title of your own article? Compatibility you muppet!
Daniel
Stop with the morbid thoughts god damn it! Enjoy life while it lasts, it's too short to be worrying about what's going to happen to your email addresses when you die! When you die, you won't give a shit. Simple. Live with that fact (applied liberally to many other areas of life) and you'll live a longer, less worrisome life! :-D
Daniel