I, of course, do not condone the actions of LulzSec. However, they represents the true spirit of what 4chan was always about before so called "Anonymous" hijacked our name and took things way too seriously. Anyone remember the Internet Hate Machine video? It was a joke. The most dastardly thing/btards had done at that point was prank call Tom Green. Before letterhead and newsletters, before stupid legion, it was always about just fucking around and having fun. While this is taking things too far, obviously, it is fun to sit on the sidelines and watch.
Obviously. I think they should have sold it as a novelty item instead of trying to pretend it's a big budget high quality game. But, maybe that's how they figured they would make their money. No wonder they were pushing pre-orders.
It's not entirely dead, but Instant Messaging. SMS texting is simply inferior technology. We're stuck with a system that only accepts 160 characters at a time, doesn't work over WiFi, costs extra per month, and doesn't give any indication whether the person has read the message or not, or even has their phone on. Instant Messaging was free, supported an unlimited amount of characters, was much faster since everyone's using real keyboards, and gave indications whether the person was busy, typing, away, etc.
I'm so sick of Anonymous taking itself so seriously. It used to be about raiding barbie message boards, annoying habbo hotel players, and prank calling Tom Green. Even the recent project forever alone, getting guys on okcupid to unsuspectingly meet at a pay phone in times square is what Anonymous was always about. Not this stupid hacker / legion bullshit. It's stupid.
Games that try way too hard to be realistic usually don't come out well, but if LA Noire can do the story game thing as well as Heavy Rain then it will be a success.
I'm amazed at how many dumb user interface decisions and annoyances that have been around for years that Microsoft still hasn't fixed. Here's a small list:
1) Vista and Windows 7 adds new icons to the desktop in two different places arbitrarily, either at the top left or the bottom right of the list.
2) Date Modified is not a default sorting option for a lot of folders. Instead, users have to scroll through a list of HUNDREDS of useless options to find it in order to sort by the damn date the file was modified
3) Security and operating system updates that don't specifically tell the user what was fixed at all.
4) Frequently used options are absolutely buried in the control panel.
I think most of the problems comes from new features in Windows being built directly on top of stuff from Windows XP and Windows NT. I think it's time to wipe things clean.
This isn't anything new. We already knew that the plant suffered a partial meltdown. Part of the code was exposed and is now a bunch of radioactive goo. The same thing happened at three mile island. What we got today was direct confirmation that a partial meltdown did in fact occur.
I could care less what Sony does with PSN. Hacking happens to everybody. It's how you handle the situation that really shows the quality of a company. Look at how open and honest LastPass was with their security incident, while Sony hid information for a week and still won't disclose what actually happened. I don't think bribing people with free games will restore faith in Sony as a company.
Well, I'm running an Ubuntu server. I absolutely love it. Much easier to manage than a Windows server (which I have to deal with at work). But, it won't work for me for a Desktop OS due to lack of MS Office, iTunes, Photoshop, and games.
Comcast is a regional cable provider. Netflix is nationwide. A little bit of bias there. If you want something more accurate, add up subscribers from Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, and whatever else people use.
It's not about the frequency or accuracy of how the phone is tracking people, it's that face that it's doing it period. I'm sure it's a standard feature related to diagnostics or cell tower use that's in every phone, but I'd be interested in an explanation from technical people for what it's actual purpose is.
It used to be like this a few years ago. But, I think companies are realizing that outsourcing their programming is more trouble than its worth with information leaks, language barriers, and general issues with quality.
Slashdot Mirror
I, of course, do not condone the actions of LulzSec. However, they represents the true spirit of what 4chan was always about before so called "Anonymous" hijacked our name and took things way too seriously. Anyone remember the Internet Hate Machine video? It was a joke. The most dastardly thing /btards had done at that point was prank call Tom Green. Before letterhead and newsletters, before stupid legion, it was always about just fucking around and having fun. While this is taking things too far, obviously, it is fun to sit on the sidelines and watch.
Obviously. I think they should have sold it as a novelty item instead of trying to pretend it's a big budget high quality game. But, maybe that's how they figured they would make their money. No wonder they were pushing pre-orders.
So much for small government...
I honestly doubt anyone running something with iOS 5 in the fall would also have Windows XP. I have to use it at work, but that's a different issue.
Many sites are phasing out their Flash interfaces. If you're a Silverlight developer, you should have seen the writing on the wall by now.
Wasn't Wolfenstein ray traced to begin with?
Mark Zuckerberg with a knife is something that will haunt my dreams.
How much is a 1 qbit quantum computer? The possibilities are endless!
It's not entirely dead, but Instant Messaging. SMS texting is simply inferior technology. We're stuck with a system that only accepts 160 characters at a time, doesn't work over WiFi, costs extra per month, and doesn't give any indication whether the person has read the message or not, or even has their phone on. Instant Messaging was free, supported an unlimited amount of characters, was much faster since everyone's using real keyboards, and gave indications whether the person was busy, typing, away, etc.
Should have taken classes in the George W. Bush school of shoe dodging
Windows XP also uses more memory than Windows 3.1. Going on memory alone isn't enough to compare the two.
damn, it removed my sarcasm tag...
Year of the Linux Desktop will be 2011. Count on it!
I'm so sick of Anonymous taking itself so seriously. It used to be about raiding barbie message boards, annoying habbo hotel players, and prank calling Tom Green. Even the recent project forever alone, getting guys on okcupid to unsuspectingly meet at a pay phone in times square is what Anonymous was always about. Not this stupid hacker / legion bullshit. It's stupid.
Games that try way too hard to be realistic usually don't come out well, but if LA Noire can do the story game thing as well as Heavy Rain then it will be a success.
I'm amazed at how many dumb user interface decisions and annoyances that have been around for years that Microsoft still hasn't fixed. Here's a small list: 1) Vista and Windows 7 adds new icons to the desktop in two different places arbitrarily, either at the top left or the bottom right of the list. 2) Date Modified is not a default sorting option for a lot of folders. Instead, users have to scroll through a list of HUNDREDS of useless options to find it in order to sort by the damn date the file was modified 3) Security and operating system updates that don't specifically tell the user what was fixed at all. 4) Frequently used options are absolutely buried in the control panel. I think most of the problems comes from new features in Windows being built directly on top of stuff from Windows XP and Windows NT. I think it's time to wipe things clean.
This isn't anything new. We already knew that the plant suffered a partial meltdown. Part of the code was exposed and is now a bunch of radioactive goo. The same thing happened at three mile island. What we got today was direct confirmation that a partial meltdown did in fact occur.
I could care less what Sony does with PSN. Hacking happens to everybody. It's how you handle the situation that really shows the quality of a company. Look at how open and honest LastPass was with their security incident, while Sony hid information for a week and still won't disclose what actually happened. I don't think bribing people with free games will restore faith in Sony as a company.
Well, I'm running an Ubuntu server. I absolutely love it. Much easier to manage than a Windows server (which I have to deal with at work). But, it won't work for me for a Desktop OS due to lack of MS Office, iTunes, Photoshop, and games.
Speech input? Is anyone going to use this? Still no way to customize the address bar btw.
Comcast is a regional cable provider. Netflix is nationwide. A little bit of bias there. If you want something more accurate, add up subscribers from Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, and whatever else people use.
Can't this just be accomplished with extensions? Does it really need to be a custom browser?
It's not about the frequency or accuracy of how the phone is tracking people, it's that face that it's doing it period. I'm sure it's a standard feature related to diagnostics or cell tower use that's in every phone, but I'd be interested in an explanation from technical people for what it's actual purpose is.
LibreOffice is a better name anyway. OpenOffice.org sounds kind of infomercial-ish, and very 90s.
It used to be like this a few years ago. But, I think companies are realizing that outsourcing their programming is more trouble than its worth with information leaks, language barriers, and general issues with quality.