Oh, I know! Honestly, I can't put up with playing games on less than a 30" widescreen, with AT LEAST twelve speakers in a surround setup. My mouse has to have ten buttons and two scroll wheels or I can't maximize my playing potential. Actually, I even found 104 keys to be too restrictive, so I hacked together a new keyboard that fills in all the empty space with more buttons.
I mean, if a man can't have a decent setup like the one I just described, what's the point? I might as well go outside or something.
More to the point: does it really matter all that much? On the other hand, I would love to see a study that measures how many parents are aware of the games their kids are playing, who bother to be involved in their kids' activities. I'd like to see a study that sees how well parents are teaching their kids the importance of moderation in gaming (as well as TV watching, etc). Or how about a study to determine whether parents who are involved in their child's moral development have more of an impact on that child's behavior as an adult, than whether or not that child played any violent video games.
Oh, and Wil Wheaton games with his kids. (http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2007/10/the-family-that.html) In case any slashdot-reading gamer parents are reading, and you're wondering if you're strange for gaming with your kids, make sure you're comparing yourself to the right baseline.;)
I had hoped that astronauts would be above this, but, nobody seems to be above anything nowadays. Are you serious? Are astronauts supposed to be morally superior? The concept that "nobody seems to be above anything", at least when it comes to groups of people (people grouped by profession included), has been true since humans have existed.
If we mine the moon, then we'll become dependent on its resources. When it finally explodes (as moons are notorious for doing), our glorious space empire will fall.
The filings claim that the companies infringe Wi-LAN patents -- related to Wi-Fi and power consumption in DSL products -- by making or selling such products as wireless routers, modems and personal notebook computers.
I'm hesitant to ask if this vaguery was something the article introduced (due to lack of info) or if this is another case of "we won't tell you what you're infringing, but trust us that you are".
I feel the same way about a constitutional amendment being needed to protect free speech, but all the same, thank fucking God it's there. (PS: yay hitler)
Apparently there's just one fan of the 16-bit era?? Not only that, but since "16 bit fan" wasn't preceded by any article - definite or indefinite - we can only assume it's someone's name. And the only thing upsetting about that is that some bastard beat me to it.
This sort of logic is what keeps terms like "nerd" an insult in the eyes of many. If non-nerds can't use the word as anything except an insult, then guess what? An insult it will always remain. Now, if we can be adults about the whole thing, and learn to distinguish between a blatant insult and a conveniently descriptive noun (and all the shades of gray in between), then maybe the word "nerd" will start earning a bit more respect.
Actually this is a good idea the problem is that today there are reports that boys are trailing girls academically. You know, I've heard this, but I haven't yet seen any of these reports. Care to provide some concrete examples?
Part of the reason is if they make an All girls school or make programs that are designed to help girls they do so sometimes at the expense of the education of the boys. I fail to see how having all-girl schools harms boys' educations. Social lives, yes.;) But I really don't think they'd be suffering academically.
Boys and Girls think differently, they need to be taught differently. It's not just boys vs. girls, everybody thinks differently. Although this can be taken to an extreme at times, and then you get into the touchy-feely kind of "education" where there aren't even right or wrong answers anymore. But your standard public school education is very rigid and designed to fit everyone into the same mold so they can pass those standardized tests. I imagine private schools, magnet schools, or anything outside of the norm are probably a lot better at catering to individual students' needs, and that includes gender-based learning differences. Come to think of it, most every female I know who appreciates math or science spent at least some of their youth outside of the public education system.
The average end user doesn't care "whose fault it is" ("they started it!" "don't make me turn this car around.") Assuming we care about Linux adoption, the ONLY relevant question to an end-user is "does it work out of the box". If it doesn't, the user won't stick around to follow the argument and finger-pointing as to why it doesn't work. By that same token, though, I think the average user is so used to clicking through EULAs that the "solution" the article has a problem with is essentially working "out of the box". I mean, if your pre-built PC is like most and comes with some common useful programs installed on it, like a CD burner and so forth, you usually still have to click through some stuff the first time you turn it on. Isn't that working "out of the box"? Legally there is a vast difference between "Here is your shiny new CD burner, please register" and "DO NOT INSTALL THIS WITHOUT A LICENSE YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED", but I think most users are going to lump that kind of thing together. It's just "stuff they have to click through".
Not that the article's argument is particularly objective... but neither is getting defensive. Point taken. I think a better solution is vital to Linux adoption and better cross-platform cooperation in general. It's a shame that the article failed to bring up any alternatives or possible plans of actions. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I feel perfectly justified in getting defensive when the opposition isn't offering any sort of constructive criticism.:P
Unfortunately, I don't believe the law will side with you. And when your case winds up in court (if you can afford to take it that far without being forced to settle with the MAFIAA), it won't be like in those movies where you can "put the system on trial". The IP holders have a lot of money to throw into the ring to protect their investments, and they'll brand you as some kind of loony pirate. Your message will not get through.
Taking a mature stance for the cause of free file formats and software is less egotistically satisfying than just saying "fuck 'em". It's full of hard work and tough battles, but I think it's the only way to make lasting gains for digital freedom.
From TFA: "...it's a perfect example of what's wrong with Linux and the concept of free software. Free software is great in isolation, but as soon as you have a situation where you're trying to integrate it with modern proprietary file formats, the idea falls apart at the seams."
Maybe the problem is with all the modern proprietary formats? I think this is a pretty crap argument, similar to how a dearth of Linux drivers is somehow Linux's fault.
There might be a better solution out there. By all means we should try to find it. But a click-through warning is pretty damn good, if it enables free to play with non-free.
I think it's fairly obvious he left because his bosses kept touching him. (Bill Roper did all the voices, or almost all of them at least, of the early Warcraft titles.)
Out of curiousity, how did you learn MDL? I tried finding some kind of resource on the language online, but to no avail. I managed to locate a couple publications in the MIT library, and that's about it.
I'm interested because I'd like to write an open-source MDL interpreter. The only interpreter I know of is a binary sitting on the PDP-10 at twenex.org.
I see someone's still using an old graphics card. How can you expect to post first when your competition is using the latest and greatest pixel-shading, cross-hyper-threading, voxel-throbbing thingamabobs?
Brought to you by KVIDIA GeWhiz graphics. "Because FIRST POST is the only *real* benchmark."
While this project does have good intentions, I can't help but wonder if it might do more harm than good for the green movement. I don't know how things are in Germany, but here in the States, global warming is considered by many to be disputable. As is Wikipedia. Right now one of the strongest things the global warming awareness campaign has going for it is the huge number of scientific articles which support the findings. That's pretty hard to argue against. But if they start pushing information onto anyone-can-edit-Wikipedia, some of the authority is lost.
I can hear them now: "These pinko liberals would have us believe that the Earth is warming up, because of human activity! And what sources do they have to support this? Wikipedia! Oh, that's right, the website that ANYONE can edit! How convenient!"
If those companies use banking services, they're already storing their data on someone else's server. Or how about off-site backup services? How do they trust those entities? Well, that's a complex question that I'm not qualified to answer. I'm sure it has something to do with those entities being established, reputable companies. Corporate customers pay for a certain level of accountability on the part of the people handling their data.
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Oh, I know! Honestly, I can't put up with playing games on less than a 30" widescreen, with AT LEAST twelve speakers in a surround setup. My mouse has to have ten buttons and two scroll wheels or I can't maximize my playing potential. Actually, I even found 104 keys to be too restrictive, so I hacked together a new keyboard that fills in all the empty space with more buttons.
I mean, if a man can't have a decent setup like the one I just described, what's the point? I might as well go outside or something.
More to the point: does it really matter all that much? On the other hand, I would love to see a study that measures how many parents are aware of the games their kids are playing, who bother to be involved in their kids' activities. I'd like to see a study that sees how well parents are teaching their kids the importance of moderation in gaming (as well as TV watching, etc). Or how about a study to determine whether parents who are involved in their child's moral development have more of an impact on that child's behavior as an adult, than whether or not that child played any violent video games.
;)
Oh, and Wil Wheaton games with his kids. (http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2007/10/the-family-that.html) In case any slashdot-reading gamer parents are reading, and you're wondering if you're strange for gaming with your kids, make sure you're comparing yourself to the right baseline.
Yes, but if their data is stricken down, it will become more powerful than we can possibly imagine.
If we mine the moon, then we'll become dependent on its resources. When it finally explodes (as moons are notorious for doing), our glorious space empire will fall.
I'm hesitant to ask if this vaguery was something the article introduced (due to lack of info) or if this is another case of "we won't tell you what you're infringing, but trust us that you are".
I feel the same way about a constitutional amendment being needed to protect free speech, but all the same, thank fucking God it's there.
(PS: yay hitler)
Well, given the age discrimination that elderly folks face on the internet today, it's no wonder that you turn to porn sites. :P
This sort of logic is what keeps terms like "nerd" an insult in the eyes of many. If non-nerds can't use the word as anything except an insult, then guess what? An insult it will always remain. Now, if we can be adults about the whole thing, and learn to distinguish between a blatant insult and a conveniently descriptive noun (and all the shades of gray in between), then maybe the word "nerd" will start earning a bit more respect.
For me it's a convenient way to answer someone who asks me "Linux? Why do you use _Linux_?"
Not much of a meaningful answer, but then again when posed like this it's not really a meaningful question.
"Our revenue model is broken, and exploiting said brokenness should be illegal."
Right. Women are becoming doctors and lawyers instead, because of the leisure time they'll get from those professions.
Unfortunately, I don't believe the law will side with you. And when your case winds up in court (if you can afford to take it that far without being forced to settle with the MAFIAA), it won't be like in those movies where you can "put the system on trial". The IP holders have a lot of money to throw into the ring to protect their investments, and they'll brand you as some kind of loony pirate. Your message will not get through.
Taking a mature stance for the cause of free file formats and software is less egotistically satisfying than just saying "fuck 'em". It's full of hard work and tough battles, but I think it's the only way to make lasting gains for digital freedom.
From TFA: "...it's a perfect example of what's wrong with Linux and the concept of free software. Free software is great in isolation, but as soon as you have a situation where you're trying to integrate it with modern proprietary file formats, the idea falls apart at the seams."
Maybe the problem is with all the modern proprietary formats? I think this is a pretty crap argument, similar to how a dearth of Linux drivers is somehow Linux's fault.
There might be a better solution out there. By all means we should try to find it. But a click-through warning is pretty damn good, if it enables free to play with non-free.
I think it's fairly obvious he left because his bosses kept touching him.
(Bill Roper did all the voices, or almost all of them at least, of the early Warcraft titles.)
Out of curiousity, how did you learn MDL? I tried finding some kind of resource on the language online, but to no avail. I managed to locate a couple publications in the MIT library, and that's about it.
I'm interested because I'd like to write an open-source MDL interpreter. The only interpreter I know of is a binary sitting on the PDP-10 at twenex.org.
I see someone's still using an old graphics card. How can you expect to post first when your competition is using the latest and greatest pixel-shading, cross-hyper-threading, voxel-throbbing thingamabobs?
Brought to you by KVIDIA GeWhiz graphics.
"Because FIRST POST is the only *real* benchmark."
While this project does have good intentions, I can't help but wonder if it might do more harm than good for the green movement. I don't know how things are in Germany, but here in the States, global warming is considered by many to be disputable. As is Wikipedia. Right now one of the strongest things the global warming awareness campaign has going for it is the huge number of scientific articles which support the findings. That's pretty hard to argue against. But if they start pushing information onto anyone-can-edit-Wikipedia, some of the authority is lost.
I can hear them now:
"These pinko liberals would have us believe that the Earth is warming up, because of human activity! And what sources do they have to support this? Wikipedia! Oh, that's right, the website that ANYONE can edit! How convenient!"
swf is an open format so THAT obviously isn't the problem...
From http://www.adobe.com/licensing/developer/
"This license does not permit the usage of the specification to create software which supports SWF file playback."
It's a bit like having a research library that permits you access to any book you want, as long as your paper doesn't cite one as a reference.
Apparently Lugovoi had been fed up one too many times with airlines constantly mixing up his luggage, which had been meticulously labeled "Andrei L."
If those companies use banking services, they're already storing their data on someone else's server. Or how about off-site backup services? How do they trust those entities? Well, that's a complex question that I'm not qualified to answer. I'm sure it has something to do with those entities being established, reputable companies. Corporate customers pay for a certain level of accountability on the part of the people handling their data.
I wonder if anyone's actually made a web-based emacs...