I did a search for the word "Linux" and what do you think the results were?
Gee... let me try. I'll enter the single word "linux" into Live.
Nearly 100 million entries. And as far as I can tell, that one is no where near the top (I haven't found it yet). The first entry is a link to linux.org.
In the case of Live the first result was a photo studio run by Galen and Barbara Powell. For Google the first result was much more relevant: a link to the University of Virgina Health System which talked about the medical practice from the past of which Galen is listed in the links.
Relevant to whom? Is this the first time you have used a search engine?
I'm hoping you at least tried "Galen and medical" before you decided that Live's inability to read your mind wasn't reasonable.
So I've been moderated up to +3 Interessting, and back down to 0 - Troll.
I don't get it. I made a valid point about real behaviour - my own in particular. I didn't use inflammatory language, and I didn't accuse everybody of using it for the same purpose as I did.
I explained myself well, I think. How people arrived at the idea that I was trolling, I have no idea. But I guess that's what happens here when somebody says something unpopular.
"Perhaps instead of paying $60 for money that has no value outside of the scads of fools that are addicted to WoW, people should pay $60 for a game that's actually good."
WoW came out a smash hit from moment one. Despite all sorts of technical hiccups, they've become the most successful MMORPG ever, by a wide margin. A year later they've maintained that user base.
And along you come, saying WoW is "not good". Nice two word dismissal. Clearly, though, you're simply wrong.
As of one year ago, my system is composed entirely of purchased software. However I must admit that it took me 24 years to get there. I first pirated software for the Vic-20, and then the Commodore 64. I've been pirating ever since.
As the financial hole I dug for myself got deeper, the amount of software I pirated grew. Over the past three years, though, my income has been great. And over that time I slowly purchased many of the products I had illictly obtained, and deinstalled the ones I had installed but never used.
Oldversion.com was the place I went to in order to locate versions of software for which cracks were available. Often the latest version was all that could be downloaded from the official website, and the cracks were usually one or two versions behind.
Now at age 35 I'm done with pirated software. But I was a frequent visitor to oldversion.com.
Doesn't really matter. The rabid fanboys alone will make it a success, even if it's unreasonably expensive, sucks at online play, and runs a twenty percent failure rate on its first production run.
I'm not buying a next-gen console. I'm perfectly content with my "old" XBOX.
Correlation might not imply causation, but it does hint that further investigation is warranted.
Regardless, there's a much larger logical problem. Somebody please explain to me how children can learn good lessons about sharing and friendship from educational shows or software, and somehow fail to learn the bad ones.
... what a nice way to lend credibility to your statements. It's almost as if someone who is religious shouldn't be afforded the same respect as one who isn't.
Well, the disclaimer wasn't meant to lend credibility. Rather it was more to clarify which way my bias lies. I don't mind my post being judged based on the slant of my opinion... as long as it's really my opinion.
Something wonderful has happened. We may be on the edge of a new age of enlightenment.
I've discussed evolution versus intelligent design before. I do believe that they do not really have to be enemies. I've said before that evolution does not deny God, or any creator. My complaint has to do with the teaching of intelligent design as a science when it is nothing of the sort. It's religion through and through.
I've also claimed that even many religious organizations don't disbelieve evolution. After all, any microbiology textbook is absolutely stuffed with evidence. The problems come when one tries to reconcile the timeline of the bible with the timeline of nature. A few thousand years, or three billion... they don't quite agree.
I'm absolutely thrilled to say that a large body of clergy has now come out on the side of evolution, and against intelligent design. Warren Eschbach of the Church of the Brethren, a retired pastor and professor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, helped sponsor a letter that has been signed by over 10,000 clergy members. I quote from CNN, who quoted the letter:
"We believe that the theory of evolution is a foundational scientific truth, one that has stood up to rigorous scrutiny and upon which much of human knowledge and achievement rests."
The following quote, also sourced from the CNN article, was made by Vatican Observatory Director George Coyne:
"The intelligent design movement belittles God. It makes God a designer, an engineer. The God of religious faith is a god of love. He did not design me."
I can't tell you how pleased I am to see so many people of faith acknowledge that science and religion do not have to be enemies. To ignore what mankind is learning is foolhardy, and I believe that a religious body that refuses to acknowledge what science uncovers is doomed.
The existence of evolution does not diminish God. And the existence of God does not diminish evolution.
I sent a link to the CNN article to a friend of mine, and he replied with, "And the sheep lay down with the lions." Interesting. If the religious are the sheep, by laying down with the lions of science are they doomed to never wake up? Or does it simply mean that two traditional enemies are laying down their swords?
I'd like to think the latter is the case. Spirituality is important, whether based in divinity or in something less etheric, and if it can exist side by side with practical knowledge, I think it bodes very well for the future of our species.
"Grand Theft Auto appears to be about shooting cops and hookers, but it's actually a game of exploration and freedom."
Oh come on. Don't try to falsely elevate GTA to prove your point. It really IS about shooting cops and hookers. Sticking "freedom" in your conclusion doesn't make it right. Or would you consider a game that lets you violate virtual pre-teens with broomstick handles "a game of exploration and freedom"?
I send a letter to the vendor stating in no uncertain terms that I do NOT accept the EULA offered with the software and that I will consider my rights violated, with the Usual Consequences, if I am counted amongst its registered users.
If by "Usual Consequences" you mean "No Consequences At All" then I apologize in advance. But I'm genuinely curious as to what rights of yours they have violated if they add a "1" under the "Windows" column of their summary list despite your denial of the EULA.
Not waterproof, perhaps... but I've dropped quite a few books in water over the course of 35 years and countless baths. Let them dry, and they puff up somewhat, and no longer stack nicely... but you can still read them just fine.
Do you have any idea how much 20 reasonably sized novels actually weighs? How much space they take up? If the reader can also hold SD cards (Or even miniSD)) and comes with a case which can hold them, that's hundreds of books in something the size of a small notebook. Since I travel a lot, I know I'd rather cart around one reader with some cards than two suitcases full of nothing but novels.
I have a library of about 700 books, so yes, I do know how much space they take up, and how much they weigh.
Even when travelling I've never really been inconvenienced by the size of books. Books I need for work are often already in digital format, and I keep them on my laptop. And I only take one or two good-sized novels for recreational reading. I wonder how the weight compares with an e-book and its associated power supply, be it battery or otherwise.
I only care about e-books if the following conditions are met:
1 - The image has to be inert - no glow effect of any kind. Ideally it should look just like paper.
2 - The "book" has to be waterproof. I read in the tub.
3 - The technology has to be sturdy. ANY portable technology should be sturdy.
4 - It has to be affordable.
5 - In the event of a crash I need to be able to replace the books in it without charge.
If I'm going to read, oh, say 100 books over the life of the product, it better cost me less for the unit plus the e-copies of the books than it would to buy the books outright. Otherwise there is no point.
I started playing WoW on release day. I've never had a character hit level 60, and I've only actually ran through five instances, three of which I've only visited once. I'm a very casual gamer.
But I have several friends who also started playing on day one. I asked one of them how much time had been logged on his main character alone. the answer? 80 full days. He also has some alts. i didn't ask about them.
Four hours a day might sound excessive, but for MMORPG it's not that unusual. Some people are locked into an addiction cycle.
For many, though, WoW IS having a life. Hey - at least it's socialization. It's not a life I would choose for myself, but it's the new millenium. The old definitions aren't complete. A virtual life is better than none at all.
"CURE-alpha is an MP3 player that supposedly emits alpha waves which calm and rejuvinate the brain"
If you want to sell a product that does absolutely nothing - like a great many holistic or naturopathic remedies - without worrying about being called on it, just couch the claims in soft language. "Rejuvenate", "revitalize", "recharge". If you can't measure it, you can't say it's false. For bonus points, refer to "aura" or "essence".
Makes me grumpy. Perhaps I need to take something to improves "wellbeing".
Using bloggers to relay misinformation is another blunder by the government. It only stands to reason that since most of them can't get things straight, they'll actually end up relaying correct information.
Naturally I'm one of the bloggers for whom that does not apply.
There is no such thing as "general distrust of Microsoft" outside of a slashdot-like crowd. The vast majority of the population uses windows as an OS, and associate microsoft with quality computing as they have no experience with anything else.
I would respectfully disagree with this claim. Between viruses, spyware, and the fact that we're talking specifically about the video-gaming subset of the general population, I'd say there is a general distrust of Microsoft present.
I don't think there has ever been such tremendous fanboyism associated with a gaming console as there is with Sony. I think they could sell it at $700 and still outsell Microsoft's offering.
I'm not saying it's gonna be a bad box - it's probably going to be great, which the Playstation 2 NEVER was. I'm saying that worrying that their aim is too broad just seems a little silly. I'm also saying that many Sony fans will pay too much for their console just because it's Sony.
Yes I know that history is littered with failed console companies, and that todays leader is tomorrows gutter-dweller, but Sony has some kind of weird critical mass going in terms of market dominance and mindshare. Couple that with a general distrust of Microsoft, and the resulting scenario is such that I wouldn't worry about anything mentioned in the article.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm gonna start a new guild. "WomenBangers". And you just know we're gonna talk about it a LOT.
I did a search for the word "Linux" and what do you think the results were?
Gee... let me try. I'll enter the single word "linux" into Live.
Nearly 100 million entries. And as far as I can tell, that one is no where near the top (I haven't found it yet). The first entry is a link to linux.org.
Something is lame here... but it ain't Live.
In the case of Live the first result was a photo studio run by Galen and Barbara Powell. For Google the first result was much more relevant: a link to the University of Virgina Health System which talked about the medical practice from the past of which Galen is listed in the links.
Relevant to whom? Is this the first time you have used a search engine?
I'm hoping you at least tried "Galen and medical" before you decided that Live's inability to read your mind wasn't reasonable.
So I've been moderated up to +3 Interessting, and back down to 0 - Troll.
I don't get it. I made a valid point about real behaviour - my own in particular. I didn't use inflammatory language, and I didn't accuse everybody of using it for the same purpose as I did.
I explained myself well, I think. How people arrived at the idea that I was trolling, I have no idea. But I guess that's what happens here when somebody says something unpopular.
Do your worst. My Karma is still fine.
"Perhaps instead of paying $60 for money that has no value outside of the scads of fools that are addicted to WoW, people should pay $60 for a game that's actually good."
WoW came out a smash hit from moment one. Despite all sorts of technical hiccups, they've become the most successful MMORPG ever, by a wide margin. A year later they've maintained that user base.
And along you come, saying WoW is "not good". Nice two word dismissal. Clearly, though, you're simply wrong.
"BTW, Congratulations on no longer being a criminal."
Who said I was no longer a criminal? I never claimed that!
I just said I no longer pirate software. I'd like to think I'm a more than a one hit wonder on the supply side of crime.
Gee. If it had taken a bunch of digging to locate, I would understand your missing it. But here are my steps:
1 - Go to www.apple.com/quicktime
2 - Click "Download"
3 - Click "Quicktime Standalone Installer" (middle of the page)
Presto.
There. I said it.
As of one year ago, my system is composed entirely of purchased software. However I must admit that it took me 24 years to get there. I first pirated software for the Vic-20, and then the Commodore 64. I've been pirating ever since.
As the financial hole I dug for myself got deeper, the amount of software I pirated grew. Over the past three years, though, my income has been great. And over that time I slowly purchased many of the products I had illictly obtained, and deinstalled the ones I had installed but never used.
Oldversion.com was the place I went to in order to locate versions of software for which cracks were available. Often the latest version was all that could be downloaded from the official website, and the cracks were usually one or two versions behind.
Now at age 35 I'm done with pirated software. But I was a frequent visitor to oldversion.com.
An article of guesswork. Oh yay.
Doesn't really matter. The rabid fanboys alone will make it a success, even if it's unreasonably expensive, sucks at online play, and runs a twenty percent failure rate on its first production run.
I'm not buying a next-gen console. I'm perfectly content with my "old" XBOX.
Correlation does not imply causation
Correlation might not imply causation, but it does hint that further investigation is warranted.
Regardless, there's a much larger logical problem. Somebody please explain to me how children can learn good lessons about sharing and friendship from educational shows or software, and somehow fail to learn the bad ones.
... what a nice way to lend credibility to your statements. It's almost as if someone who is religious shouldn't be afforded the same respect as one who isn't.
Well, the disclaimer wasn't meant to lend credibility. Rather it was more to clarify which way my bias lies. I don't mind my post being judged based on the slant of my opinion... as long as it's really my opinion.
Something wonderful has happened. We may be on the edge of a new age of enlightenment.
I've discussed evolution versus intelligent design before. I do believe that they do not really have to be enemies. I've said before that evolution does not deny God, or any creator. My complaint has to do with the teaching of intelligent design as a science when it is nothing of the sort. It's religion through and through.
I've also claimed that even many religious organizations don't disbelieve evolution. After all, any microbiology textbook is absolutely stuffed with evidence. The problems come when one tries to reconcile the timeline of the bible with the timeline of nature. A few thousand years, or three billion... they don't quite agree.
I'm absolutely thrilled to say that a large body of clergy has now come out on the side of evolution, and against intelligent design. Warren Eschbach of the Church of the Brethren, a retired pastor and professor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, helped sponsor a letter that has been signed by over 10,000 clergy members. I quote from CNN, who quoted the letter:
"We believe that the theory of evolution is a foundational scientific truth, one that has stood up to rigorous scrutiny and upon which much of human knowledge and achievement rests."
The following quote, also sourced from the CNN article, was made by Vatican Observatory Director George Coyne:
"The intelligent design movement belittles God. It makes God a designer, an engineer. The God of religious faith is a god of love. He did not design me."
I can't tell you how pleased I am to see so many people of faith acknowledge that science and religion do not have to be enemies. To ignore what mankind is learning is foolhardy, and I believe that a religious body that refuses to acknowledge what science uncovers is doomed.
The existence of evolution does not diminish God. And the existence of God does not diminish evolution.
I sent a link to the CNN article to a friend of mine, and he replied with, "And the sheep lay down with the lions." Interesting. If the religious are the sheep, by laying down with the lions of science are they doomed to never wake up? Or does it simply mean that two traditional enemies are laying down their swords?
I'd like to think the latter is the case. Spirituality is important, whether based in divinity or in something less etheric, and if it can exist side by side with practical knowledge, I think it bodes very well for the future of our species.
Disclaimer - I am NOT religious.
Volume of delivery does not equal reliability. In fact, your message looks like lots of spam I've received in the past.
I HIGHLIGHT stuff so you THINK I HAVE A POINT!
"Grand Theft Auto appears to be about shooting cops and hookers, but it's actually a game of exploration and freedom."
Oh come on. Don't try to falsely elevate GTA to prove your point. It really IS about shooting cops and hookers. Sticking "freedom" in your conclusion doesn't make it right. Or would you consider a game that lets you violate virtual pre-teens with broomstick handles "a game of exploration and freedom"?
I send a letter to the vendor stating in no uncertain terms that I do NOT accept the EULA offered with the software and that I will consider my rights violated, with the Usual Consequences, if I am counted amongst its registered users.
If by "Usual Consequences" you mean "No Consequences At All" then I apologize in advance. But I'm genuinely curious as to what rights of yours they have violated if they add a "1" under the "Windows" column of their summary list despite your denial of the EULA.
By all means, fill me in.
Books aren't very waterproof either.
Not waterproof, perhaps... but I've dropped quite a few books in water over the course of 35 years and countless baths. Let them dry, and they puff up somewhat, and no longer stack nicely... but you can still read them just fine.
Do you have any idea how much 20 reasonably sized novels actually weighs? How much space they take up? If the reader can also hold SD cards (Or even miniSD)) and comes with a case which can hold them, that's hundreds of books in something the size of a small notebook. Since I travel a lot, I know I'd rather cart around one reader with some cards than two suitcases full of nothing but novels.
I have a library of about 700 books, so yes, I do know how much space they take up, and how much they weigh.
Even when travelling I've never really been inconvenienced by the size of books. Books I need for work are often already in digital format, and I keep them on my laptop. And I only take one or two good-sized novels for recreational reading. I wonder how the weight compares with an e-book and its associated power supply, be it battery or otherwise.
I only care about e-books if the following conditions are met:
1 - The image has to be inert - no glow effect of any kind. Ideally it should look just like paper.
2 - The "book" has to be waterproof. I read in the tub.
3 - The technology has to be sturdy. ANY portable technology should be sturdy.
4 - It has to be affordable.
5 - In the event of a crash I need to be able to replace the books in it without charge.
If I'm going to read, oh, say 100 books over the life of the product, it better cost me less for the unit plus the e-copies of the books than it would to buy the books outright. Otherwise there is no point.
I'm sure your big piles of cash will help you feel less grumpy.
Yep. It's amazing how un-grumpy one can be when one has a high class, $5000/night escort on ones knee.
I started playing WoW on release day. I've never had a character hit level 60, and I've only actually ran through five instances, three of which I've only visited once. I'm a very casual gamer.
But I have several friends who also started playing on day one. I asked one of them how much time had been logged on his main character alone. the answer? 80 full days. He also has some alts. i didn't ask about them.
Four hours a day might sound excessive, but for MMORPG it's not that unusual. Some people are locked into an addiction cycle.
For many, though, WoW IS having a life. Hey - at least it's socialization. It's not a life I would choose for myself, but it's the new millenium. The old definitions aren't complete. A virtual life is better than none at all.
"CURE-alpha is an MP3 player that supposedly emits alpha waves which calm and rejuvinate the brain"
If you want to sell a product that does absolutely nothing - like a great many holistic or naturopathic remedies - without worrying about being called on it, just couch the claims in soft language. "Rejuvenate", "revitalize", "recharge". If you can't measure it, you can't say it's false. For bonus points, refer to "aura" or "essence".
Makes me grumpy. Perhaps I need to take something to improves "wellbeing".
"Fisher studied the brain's circuitry and found that the brain sees romantic love as a reward similar to chocolate, money or drugs."
Explains why when we pursue romantic love our bait often consists of one of chocolate, money or drugs.
Using bloggers to relay misinformation is another blunder by the government. It only stands to reason that since most of them can't get things straight, they'll actually end up relaying correct information.
Naturally I'm one of the bloggers for whom that does not apply.
There is no such thing as "general distrust of Microsoft" outside of a slashdot-like crowd. The vast majority of the population uses windows as an OS, and associate microsoft with quality computing as they have no experience with anything else.
I would respectfully disagree with this claim. Between viruses, spyware, and the fact that we're talking specifically about the video-gaming subset of the general population, I'd say there is a general distrust of Microsoft present.
I don't think there has ever been such tremendous fanboyism associated with a gaming console as there is with Sony. I think they could sell it at $700 and still outsell Microsoft's offering.
I'm not saying it's gonna be a bad box - it's probably going to be great, which the Playstation 2 NEVER was. I'm saying that worrying that their aim is too broad just seems a little silly. I'm also saying that many Sony fans will pay too much for their console just because it's Sony.
Yes I know that history is littered with failed console companies, and that todays leader is tomorrows gutter-dweller, but Sony has some kind of weird critical mass going in terms of market dominance and mindshare. Couple that with a general distrust of Microsoft, and the resulting scenario is such that I wouldn't worry about anything mentioned in the article.