With regards to (A), I agree. With regards to (B), that's something to be determined. I recall viewing a program not too long ago where the religious zealot masters were themselves being hounded by the media for their multi-million dollar estates and extravagant expenses; (C) The Judiciary doesn't have the same vote pressure, but hopefully you have the correct panel of judges (that were, if I'm not mistaken, voted in by politicians over years during their term); and for (D) why not improve the process, forget about passing the bill, not reaping the rewards, and not wasting the judges' time on petty cruft?
Look, Pac-Man has been running around naked eating up ghosts, Bilestoad for the Apple II was one gory hack-and-slash if I ever knew one. "Space Invaders" was an insult to humanity because it taught us to kill everything coming at us, friendly or not, with no reward other than 'points'.
What exactly is considered an "indecent" game? In the case of MMORPG's, it's those denizens that make up the game. In the case of FPS games, it's also those who make up the game.
Give me my Leather Goddesses of Phobos any day.:)
Legitimacy comes with the understanding, apparently.
Hollywood to blame? "Oh, Puhhhhleeaze" (in my best drama queen ala Callas' voice)
If you're going to blame anything on anyone, blame it on ignorance; excuse it and move on with our lives. (...and learn how to be less *ignorant* in the future)
Just a side note... Sometimes the companies need to look internally in order to put things into perspective. For example, how often does one go to the 'printer' to only find abandoned print-outs that someone, who really cared to have that information printed needed? I've seen reams of paper wasted on not only forgotten revisions of documents, but also those who print out travel directions, local restaurant coupons, etc.
If you're going to save energy, keep others from wasting it.:)
I tend to think that Apple would come out on top if it knew how to combine technology with students and classrooms and teachers. Just as Sony has their new e-book reader, perhaps a wireless device used by teacher and students alike, just as useful, would allow for that student to 'shoot' that note over to the person at the other seat who they find attractive.
No more having to get your friends to deliver notes by hand, no more being turned down in public.
...and if the response is a 'yes', woo hoo! I'm going to the dance!
It sounds to me like it's nothing more than a popularity contest. Of course, when a "strong-arm" already in light of the contemporary public sees an opportunity that is making great strides (perhaps by analyzing its own data) it decides to compete in that arena. Of course, a company which creates search engines may decide to create other things as well.
I'm sure that a company which was quite adept at creating "buggy-whips", for every person who owned horses, was probably not tarred and feathered for ditching them to create automobiles. But then again, I wasn't around during the "buggy-whipping" days.
If the frickin' geeks weren't actually caring more about their boxes instead of being parents actually having to *pay* to support children, that might be a reality. Until then, work towards striving for those goals!:)
You bet, I'm pretty dumbed down to things nowadays. Interesting that I managed to catch *your* attention and nobody elses. Things that make you go hrmmmmm.
it's amazing, we have so little time to play on the system to play games to make better systems to make better games... the "Field of Dreams" crap has been taken too far. Yeah, fine, just don't sell what you don't have. *PERIOD*
'If you get too excited about what is supposed to be an incredibly amazing
product you simply won't buy a new Apple this year.'
It really is very delicious Eve, I promise you, after you take a byte,
well, just a nybble perhaps, you'll know everything about We.
Then you'll know everything about good and evil and
never be allowed into the garden again. We will make sure the
angels put up some fiery walls so you cannot enter
again.
There are Apples and oranges and pears and plums lying around, just beware
of the Micro-scopically-soft
ones, they may give you a tummy-ache.
Unfortunately, it will most likely be exploited. Amazing how intangible effort is quite so easily mis-used; at least in the good ol' days, you keep the kids out with either a harsh word or a baseball bat.:)
Most operating systems don't take advantage of the facilities the 'processor' provides for them. This has been true for quite some generation of operating systems.
I would probably take heart to this if a hardware (or firmware) engineer spoke up and noted that this is a possibity. Are processors now offering virtualizaton in-chip?
Now now, most people don't know that Windows actually does have a HOSTS file and that you can use it to restrict access. Most of them probably think that way because *NIX users train them to ignore their roots. Shame on you!
They'll just go the same way mice did... use a laser. After a few laser blasts in the eye, you'll either quit knocking them over or just be too blind to find out exactly where they are to do it again.
While it's nice that they have a robot that will eventually right itself on a sphere, it would be even better if they can have one that will do the same on a single wheel (like a unicycle). I'm sure in the spherical case, it is considering the gravity on all sides for which it can mostly compensate with several servos and rollers.
In that for the wheel, it would need to know that it would have to shift its own weight to make a turn (as well as shift its weight again to go straight) as opposed to just moving a few different rollers.
It's like learning how to ride a bike; we're just watching others ride bikes that don't exist. <grin>
Holy hibernation Batman! They trained me in kindergarten to take naps when I didn't want to take them. What's the use of training a child (who is against them) to take naps when they aren't allowed to have them in the future workplace!
The public school system needs to learn that the "real world" is full of coffee and danish, not tasty paste and naps!
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With regards to (A), I agree. With regards to (B), that's something to be determined. I recall viewing a program not too long ago where the religious zealot masters were themselves being hounded by the media for their multi-million dollar estates and extravagant expenses; (C) The Judiciary doesn't have the same vote pressure, but hopefully you have the correct panel of judges (that were, if I'm not mistaken, voted in by politicians over years during their term); and for (D) why not improve the process, forget about passing the bill, not reaping the rewards, and not wasting the judges' time on petty cruft?
I'm sure he does. But it seems all the Politicians are campers.
Look, Pac-Man has been running around naked eating up ghosts, Bilestoad for the Apple II was one gory hack-and-slash if I ever knew one. "Space Invaders" was an insult to humanity because it taught us to kill everything coming at us, friendly or not, with no reward other than 'points'. What exactly is considered an "indecent" game? In the case of MMORPG's, it's those denizens that make up the game. In the case of FPS games, it's also those who make up the game. Give me my Leather Goddesses of Phobos any day. :)
Legitimacy comes with the understanding, apparently. Hollywood to blame? "Oh, Puhhhhleeaze" (in my best drama queen ala Callas' voice) If you're going to blame anything on anyone, blame it on ignorance; excuse it and move on with our lives. (...and learn how to be less *ignorant* in the future)
I'll take a Gin and Tonic (with Quinine, of course).
Just a side note... Sometimes the companies need to look internally in order to put things into perspective. For example, how often does one go to the 'printer' to only find abandoned print-outs that someone, who really cared to have that information printed needed? I've seen reams of paper wasted on not only forgotten revisions of documents, but also those who print out travel directions, local restaurant coupons, etc. If you're going to save energy, keep others from wasting it. :)
I wouldn't mind if every person on this earth gave me a penny.
Have you ever served time in prison?
I tend to think that Apple would come out on top if it knew how to combine technology with students and classrooms and teachers. Just as Sony has their new e-book reader, perhaps a wireless device used by teacher and students alike, just as useful, would allow for that student to 'shoot' that note over to the person at the other seat who they find attractive.
...and if the response is a 'yes', woo hoo! I'm going to the dance!
No more having to get your friends to deliver notes by hand, no more being turned down in public.
It sounds to me like it's nothing more than a popularity contest. Of course, when a "strong-arm" already in light of the contemporary public sees an opportunity that is making great strides (perhaps by analyzing its own data) it decides to compete in that arena. Of course, a company which creates search engines may decide to create other things as well. I'm sure that a company which was quite adept at creating "buggy-whips", for every person who owned horses, was probably not tarred and feathered for ditching them to create automobiles. But then again, I wasn't around during the "buggy-whipping" days.
If the frickin' geeks weren't actually caring more about their boxes instead of being parents actually having to *pay* to support children, that might be a reality. Until then, work towards striving for those goals! :)
You bet, I'm pretty dumbed down to things nowadays. Interesting that I managed to catch *your* attention and nobody elses. Things that make you go hrmmmmm.
it's amazing, we have so little time to play on the system to play games to make better systems to make better games... the "Field of Dreams" crap has been taken too far. Yeah, fine, just don't sell what you don't have. *PERIOD*
ok, it was a joke, Dell *bought* Alienware. (unless you get the subliminal joke).
Dude, Alienware bought Dell. Get real. :)
'If you get too excited about what is supposed to be an incredibly amazing product you simply won't buy a new Apple this year.'
It really is very delicious Eve, I promise you, after you take a byte, well, just a nybble perhaps, you'll know everything about We . Then you'll know everything about good and evil and never be allowed into the garden again. We will make sure the angels put up some fiery walls so you cannot enter again.
There are Apples and oranges and pears and plums lying around, just beware of the Micro- scopically-soft ones, they may give you a tummy-ache.
Unfortunately, it will most likely be exploited. Amazing how intangible effort is quite so easily mis-used; at least in the good ol' days, you keep the kids out with either a harsh word or a baseball bat. :)
haha, but you *thought* it was a woman. :)
Actually, it doesn't take months, just moments. You have to give credit to impulse management decisions. ;)
I would probably take heart to this if a hardware (or firmware) engineer spoke up and noted that this is a possibity. Are processors now offering virtualizaton in-chip?
Now now, most people don't know that Windows actually does have a HOSTS file and that you can use it to restrict access. Most of them probably think that way because *NIX users train them to ignore their roots. Shame on you!
The same kind of person that wants to 'reverse engineer' it. The .NET Reflector by Lutz Roeder will most likely tear it apart. Especially for case #2.
They'll just go the same way mice did... use a laser. After a few laser blasts in the eye, you'll either quit knocking them over or just be too blind to find out exactly where they are to do it again.
In that for the wheel, it would need to know that it would have to shift its own weight to make a turn (as well as shift its weight again to go straight) as opposed to just moving a few different rollers.
It's like learning how to ride a bike; we're just watching others ride bikes that don't exist. <grin>
Holy hibernation Batman! They trained me in kindergarten to take naps when I didn't want to take them. What's the use of training a child (who is against them) to take naps when they aren't allowed to have them in the future workplace! The public school system needs to learn that the "real world" is full of coffee and danish, not tasty paste and naps!