The problem with some of these protests is exactly what's wrong though. You mentioned the mothers against guns protest as a failure. A small group of people wanted gun controls and protested. If the government caved for every protest, we'd have federal laws against gay and lesbian relationships because you know for a fact that there's some church group out there that would protest. (For what it's worth, preference doesn't matter to me, but it's not a concern of the federal government.) We'd have federal laws against lifting a box with our back...
What's wrong with these big protests is also what's wrong with the current government. There are matters that the states should handle and matters that federal government should stay out of. Gun control is not a federal case IMHO. The Constitution guarantees us the right to have them. Controlling that "should" be a matter of the state you reside in first. It's kind of like going to the CEO of a company before talking to your supervisor because you think you should be able to wear blue pants instead of black. The company requires that you wear pants, but doesn't specify what color. The federal government should control/legislate interstate and international affairs. When you have one neighbor complaining about another, the federal government really should have no concern in that matter. The local laws should prevail.
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High on some illegal substance you might think: Raid The Fucking Vorgon[s] Or Orangutan Xylophones Might Laugh!
Or when you go to start one of them high end raids and you see it it means: Raiding The Fridge, Voices Off, Oreo Kisses My Lovely.
Slashdot browsing: Really Taco, Fucking View Stories Or Old Xerces Maky Love
I had another one, but it was really cruel, began with Rape, the V was well related to that and it ended disturbingly.
It depends on what you play the game for. Some people like games of mass commerce, beating the numbers and carrying cargo. If those people had to fight off pirates who likely get away with it fairly easy (from my experience seeing a whole list of "wanted" men in the billboards with ultra high prices on their heads) they would stop playing. It wasn't the pirates that drew me away (it was the whole crazy time based skill system) but the idea that someone with way too much time on their hands might gank me on my way to buy a new freighter was my biggest concern. Well, that and the fact that all the good ore was in these contested areas and I'd have to watch out for someone wanting to steal what I spent the time to research and learn to harvest bugged the hell out of me. If they want the ore so bad, freaking learn mining!
I play games to cooperate, not to PVP. I play games to get away from real life bickering over paychecks, bills, and what team is going to win the Spectacular Bowl. I want to get together with a small group of people and go hunt an enemy, not be the enemy hunted by a small pack of pirates.
How would that be any different than having random NPC spawns in the mining areas? Besides the fact that the NPCs wouldn't be assholes with superiority complexes.
I think it partially has to do with the fact that games are largely disposable. They are written with a singular story or repetitive content that most people will not re-play. FPS games avoid this with multiplayer, but a good length RPG will likely only be fun the first time. Add that to the fact that there's a new engine every 5 years to utilize the greatest new feature in video cards and even projects like this will be aged by the time a project rolls around to release. I kind of wonder if Ray Tracing engines might alleviate this trend by focusing on a scalable engine that can look better as technology increases without the need of a programmer reworking engine code that much, if at all.
Also, office applications can be fairly modular and unchanging, but games are mostly planned from the ground up every time. Your likely to find a new inventory system being developed for every game put out. It may look like others, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was probably written from the ground up. All of them pretty much rely on containers to hold objects. The containers can be different sizes (many items for RPGs, 2-9 items for FPS, 1-3 for puzzle games, etc.) They all have display areas, content, organization (either auto or player set) and could be interchangeable for the most part, but it doesn't happen. Not only that, but character development. How many different implementations of a D&D type character system are there? You think these all use the same code? What about storyline/quest/objective components? People are worried about something that changes every 5 years instead of something that's remained pretty stale over the years, the graphics engine. But why not? This is the part everyone sees. This is how your game will be judged by many, not the way your inventory works...
You forgot another aspect as well. What if your friend sits on the problems, but doesn't report then as vulnerabilities, but instead reports them as bugs.
Why? He made a valid point. It all boils down to who's format it is. Is it a Russian Rocket or a US Rocket? They both provide you a platform to get to space. (presumably) ODF/OOXML, they both provide a platform to save your documents. If NASA were Microsoft, they'd ignore the "competition's" offering until they can provide an alternative from their own shops so they didn't have to give money to someone else. Either that, or they'd buy Russia so it's not the competition anymore.
Drill a hole in the floor? (I'd actually hire an electrician to run it professionally if you don't know how to cut a hole, mount a plate and run/punch CAT5/5E/6 cable.)
Somebody needs to give me a rational explanation for why mini-usb hasn't become the charging standard across the industry. Motorola is using it for all of their stuff (phones and headsets). Why is nobody else? Yes, I mean you Nokia.....
They can't charge you for a replacement charger if all chargers are standard.
I even bought a signal-boosting router, but it still only works reliably within 20 feet of it
Ugh, it's like playing your radio louder so you can't hear other people's music. What happens when they buy a louder radio? Are you prepared to microwave yourself so you have a good internet connection?
If anyone has mod points, the parent is not "pros and cons of IPv6" but a link to "myminicity.com" (which should be listed as spam for all that matters...)
If you want to use that analogy, you can ask for a Ford without a radio. (At least, the last time I checked you could.) You can't ask for Windows without IE. I do feel that Microsoft (being market leader) should be required to have an installation service prompt asking the user what programs they want installed and not forcing them to install any particular item if requested. (IE: There's no advanced install button allowing me to choose Windows without IE anymore. The install CD has no choice anymore. You get what they give you and you can't opt out of the IE install.)
I'm more interested in the ruling on standards. If they are forced to use web standards, why not interface and other OS standards allowing competitors to build atop their kernel, DirectX, and other API standards.
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By not participating they only make it worse. I wish people would realize this.
The problem with some of these protests is exactly what's wrong though. You mentioned the mothers against guns protest as a failure. A small group of people wanted gun controls and protested. If the government caved for every protest, we'd have federal laws against gay and lesbian relationships because you know for a fact that there's some church group out there that would protest. (For what it's worth, preference doesn't matter to me, but it's not a concern of the federal government.) We'd have federal laws against lifting a box with our back...
What's wrong with these big protests is also what's wrong with the current government. There are matters that the states should handle and matters that federal government should stay out of. Gun control is not a federal case IMHO. The Constitution guarantees us the right to have them. Controlling that "should" be a matter of the state you reside in first. It's kind of like going to the CEO of a company before talking to your supervisor because you think you should be able to wear blue pants instead of black. The company requires that you wear pants, but doesn't specify what color. The federal government should control/legislate interstate and international affairs. When you have one neighbor complaining about another, the federal government really should have no concern in that matter. The local laws should prevail.
High on some illegal substance you might think:
Raid The Fucking Vorgon[s] Or Orangutan Xylophones Might Laugh!
Or when you go to start one of them high end raids and you see it it means:
Raiding The Fridge, Voices Off, Oreo Kisses My Lovely.
Slashdot browsing:
Really Taco, Fucking View Stories Or Old Xerces Maky Love
I had another one, but it was really cruel, began with Rape, the V was well related to that and it ended disturbingly.
It depends on what you play the game for. Some people like games of mass commerce, beating the numbers and carrying cargo. If those people had to fight off pirates who likely get away with it fairly easy (from my experience seeing a whole list of "wanted" men in the billboards with ultra high prices on their heads) they would stop playing. It wasn't the pirates that drew me away (it was the whole crazy time based skill system) but the idea that someone with way too much time on their hands might gank me on my way to buy a new freighter was my biggest concern. Well, that and the fact that all the good ore was in these contested areas and I'd have to watch out for someone wanting to steal what I spent the time to research and learn to harvest bugged the hell out of me. If they want the ore so bad, freaking learn mining!
I play games to cooperate, not to PVP. I play games to get away from real life bickering over paychecks, bills, and what team is going to win the Spectacular Bowl. I want to get together with a small group of people and go hunt an enemy, not be the enemy hunted by a small pack of pirates.
How would that be any different than having random NPC spawns in the mining areas? Besides the fact that the NPCs wouldn't be assholes with superiority complexes.
As long as said target isn't in a protected zone.
What if someone doesn't want to play a game where 13 year old kids constantly bomb their chess game with a B2 bomber?
I think it partially has to do with the fact that games are largely disposable. They are written with a singular story or repetitive content that most people will not re-play. FPS games avoid this with multiplayer, but a good length RPG will likely only be fun the first time. Add that to the fact that there's a new engine every 5 years to utilize the greatest new feature in video cards and even projects like this will be aged by the time a project rolls around to release. I kind of wonder if Ray Tracing engines might alleviate this trend by focusing on a scalable engine that can look better as technology increases without the need of a programmer reworking engine code that much, if at all.
Also, office applications can be fairly modular and unchanging, but games are mostly planned from the ground up every time. Your likely to find a new inventory system being developed for every game put out. It may look like others, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was probably written from the ground up. All of them pretty much rely on containers to hold objects. The containers can be different sizes (many items for RPGs, 2-9 items for FPS, 1-3 for puzzle games, etc.) They all have display areas, content, organization (either auto or player set) and could be interchangeable for the most part, but it doesn't happen. Not only that, but character development. How many different implementations of a D&D type character system are there? You think these all use the same code? What about storyline/quest/objective components? People are worried about something that changes every 5 years instead of something that's remained pretty stale over the years, the graphics engine. But why not? This is the part everyone sees. This is how your game will be judged by many, not the way your inventory works...
I knew there was a reason I hated the ribbon other than it's usability.
Let me translate:
rawwggghhtfffggglllrrrraaaaaaaabbbmmmmmmmmmrrr (but in caps, silly lameness filter needs a "I'm translating" button.)
Hey now... be kind to the rest of the Slashdot community and try to keep screen shots out of the threads please.
628 days?
Oh, give him a break. He's a seven digit. Still learning. **hides extremely close to seven digit ID**
You forgot another aspect as well. What if your friend sits on the problems, but doesn't report then as vulnerabilities, but instead reports them as bugs.
Why? He made a valid point. It all boils down to who's format it is. Is it a Russian Rocket or a US Rocket? They both provide you a platform to get to space. (presumably) ODF/OOXML, they both provide a platform to save your documents. If NASA were Microsoft, they'd ignore the "competition's" offering until they can provide an alternative from their own shops so they didn't have to give money to someone else. Either that, or they'd buy Russia so it's not the competition anymore.
I'm going to guess. Overconfidence. They think that since they passed the training, they know it all.
Drill a hole in the floor? (I'd actually hire an electrician to run it professionally if you don't know how to cut a hole, mount a plate and run/punch CAT5/5E/6 cable.)
If anyone has mod points, the parent is not "pros and cons of IPv6" but a link to "myminicity.com" (which should be listed as spam for all that matters...)
Are you trying to say Unions are the nemesis of eating and having sex? Constantly fighting to "protect jobs" and all that...
Don't let my friend hear that. With a last name of Knowles, there would be no stopping him!
Yeah, and Clinton said he never smoked Marijuana...
If you want to use that analogy, you can ask for a Ford without a radio. (At least, the last time I checked you could.) You can't ask for Windows without IE. I do feel that Microsoft (being market leader) should be required to have an installation service prompt asking the user what programs they want installed and not forcing them to install any particular item if requested. (IE: There's no advanced install button allowing me to choose Windows without IE anymore. The install CD has no choice anymore. You get what they give you and you can't opt out of the IE install.)
I'm more interested in the ruling on standards. If they are forced to use web standards, why not interface and other OS standards allowing competitors to build atop their kernel, DirectX, and other API standards.