I had a friend mention ilovebees.com to me, but he didn't provide context. I poked around on the site, found some good audio-based-stories, and generally had a good time of it for a few hours, then got bored and moved on.
Three weeks later I learned that it was actually an ad for Halo. I would have never guessed. Unless you know whats actually going on, it seems like just a interesting sci-fi story with some real-life tie-ins as an alternate-reality game.
Everquest 2 took this system, and it was a main reason that many people avoided it. The average user doesn't "want" to buy gold, and they want a level playing field. Gold-selling inherantly makes a system more biased towards favoring those who spend more money on the game.
Since when? Voting machines don't mean anything since they went digital, so politicians don't care about our votes, just that it "seems" like they could have gotten the majority of votes.
I'll trust voting machines when I'm nolonger convinced that I could vote 10,000 times with just a weeks effort making a fake voting card and just rapid-swiping it.
You do know, XP has a dual-core OS (XP 64 bit edition), and simply expanding it to allow it to run on more than 2 doesn't sound like too much of a trick. Fully utilizing all of those, different issue, but getting it to simply "run" a 64bit program doesnt seem impossible.
Color ink is more expensive than black, so lolcatz pictures are better, and good printers can switch from B/W to color when they sense needing color over B/W.
This appears to just be an advertisement for the software called Subversion. Its not common software, and it certainly not in use outside of the core, high level network techs. Its certainly not news.
However, some people like to live comfortably, and other people have families to support. Really, why should you begrudge some guy who just wants to see what his labor is worth?
And besides, what some people consider boring, can turn out to be something you love. I love designing/creating databases, it seems boring as heck to some people, but to me its actually fun. So let the guy find something he might get paid well for AND enjoy doing.
I really find the moderation on/. interesting.
2: interesting
2: informative
at this point, i hit the famed +5 moderation, woo!
3: overrated
2: flamebait
Obviously, my post can't be all 4, but even I'm interested to see how this will end up. With 16 replies (as of this writing) I'm probably not overrated, but oh well.
Yes, because the average user wants to take extra steps to find the software they're gonna use
My cat is a user interface designer, you insensitive clod!
Well no, its really not, because they stole the base from apple, then linux stole the interface from windows.
Um, I didn't specifically say support, I said use. Even Jo average idiot can use myspace and maybe even copy-paste some template code. But, if you really do want to bring up the world of support. Go walk around to a dozen computer repair shops. Ask how many will repair your linux box vs how many will repair your windows box, and get price quotes. I'm willing to bet that linux will be harder to find repair places for, and will cost more to fix, as most low level tech-monkeys can't even fix a linux box.
So what you're saying is that you like to nitpick on the difference between the linux kernel and an actual build of linux, without refuting what I said. Good argument form *golf clap*. But basically, to sumarize your horribly long, double linebreak argument, linux builds look the same as average windows, almost, but arn't quite as compatable, and the one person you know who does have it, has someone with technical competance as her repair-guy because theres not a snowball's chance in h___ that she can get it repaired at a normal computer shop.
Um, human interface designers come in at the point where you want the average person to be able to use it. You better believe M$ has a small army of them that they throw at every project that comes through their system.
Well, lets see, if you want to use anything slightly less than a "everyone and their grandmother has this" kind of program (such as firefox, open office, ect) then it will likely have both a windows executable, and a source that you can compile to whatever version of linux you currently have.
And the fact that it has a reputation as being something only computer geeks "can" use. And the fact that if you want to use any programs on linux you usually have to compile the source yourself. And the fact that there are no human interface designers working on the linux project. Microsoft may not do function very well, but their form is getting better, and they have a comparatively simple interface for users.
It is fair to say that while linux is out of touch with the average user, so too is the average linux user out of touch with the average user.
Well, right now we have viruses that target and destroy certain kinds of cells (going back to the HIV/aids example of destroying white blood cells). Its not hard to imagine reprogramming one to target other viruses.
Well, the current way our own blood keeps from mutating is the fact that we have several different genes that all say "if this cell mutates, kill it, kill it with fire". The only way for our cells to mutate is for "all" of these different genes to turn off, simultaniously, and then then, a small percentage of these cells lose their growth inhibitor, and thats called cancer.
Considering the amount of blood in our systems, and the chances of cancer per-cell, if we, i don't know, lets say mutiply the number of self-kill genes by 100, then the chance of mutation goes down astronomicaly, but not to a 0 chance of mutation. Thats why I said near-nil. 0.000000000000000000001% chance of mutation is still non-zero, so its not nill, it could happen "once" if we used it on every human on earth, but its still good enough.
Heck, if we could create a self propegating virus with a near-nil chance of mutation, that could specifically target and destroy another virus (ie: aids killing virus), we could wipe out entire strains of it. And if the facilities could model it at the most basic levels, the computer could simulate purposefull mutations (disable the self-kill genes) and try to find a combination that works against the next kind of mutation.
Also very usefull for producing hard-to-make chemicals, as we could create custom-made bacteria that churn out the protein sequence we want. We already do this in a lot of cases, but making the base bacteria is very difficult, and a steamlined method to make different kinds of chemicals could be a huge help for everyone involved.
Yes, because nobody on/. knows how to make virtually untraceable email spam. Heck, a good percentage of us could set up a few dummy bots and flood someone if we really had an inclination to do so.
No, we really don't. Additionally, if you've ever been suspected of a crime its very likely that any digging they do will turn it up, and you won't get the job because of it.
Actually, according to all the speed testing thats been done, framerates are actually better on XP because it doesnt clog up a system as much as vista does. The only reason gamers want DX 10 is because they'll be forced to get it if they want to play the new shiney game at all, because it absolutely won't work on older machines. I can't see any developers wanting to cut out 90% of their market for a 0-5% performance gain.
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Only the moderators can tag. I mean, you can type in tags and "sugguest" them to moderators, but the tags arn't automated anymore.
The BBC gets revenue based on people in the UK. IIRC they don't even make more money based on viewership...
I had a friend mention ilovebees.com to me, but he didn't provide context. I poked around on the site, found some good audio-based-stories, and generally had a good time of it for a few hours, then got bored and moved on. Three weeks later I learned that it was actually an ad for Halo. I would have never guessed. Unless you know whats actually going on, it seems like just a interesting sci-fi story with some real-life tie-ins as an alternate-reality game.
Um, we do, its called "fines". Where they charge you a crapton of money and ruin your life just as completely.
Everquest 2 took this system, and it was a main reason that many people avoided it. The average user doesn't "want" to buy gold, and they want a level playing field. Gold-selling inherantly makes a system more biased towards favoring those who spend more money on the game.
Waste heat is the exact same as normal heat. It just means that you dont "want" the heat.
Since when? Voting machines don't mean anything since they went digital, so politicians don't care about our votes, just that it "seems" like they could have gotten the majority of votes.
I'll trust voting machines when I'm nolonger convinced that I could vote 10,000 times with just a weeks effort making a fake voting card and just rapid-swiping it.
You do know, XP has a dual-core OS (XP 64 bit edition), and simply expanding it to allow it to run on more than 2 doesn't sound like too much of a trick. Fully utilizing all of those, different issue, but getting it to simply "run" a 64bit program doesnt seem impossible.
Color ink is more expensive than black, so lolcatz pictures are better, and good printers can switch from B/W to color when they sense needing color over B/W.
This appears to just be an advertisement for the software called Subversion. Its not common software, and it certainly not in use outside of the core, high level network techs. Its certainly not news.
However, some people like to live comfortably, and other people have families to support. Really, why should you begrudge some guy who just wants to see what his labor is worth?
And besides, what some people consider boring, can turn out to be something you love. I love designing/creating databases, it seems boring as heck to some people, but to me its actually fun. So let the guy find something he might get paid well for AND enjoy doing.
I really find the moderation on /. interesting.
2: interesting
2: informative
at this point, i hit the famed +5 moderation, woo!
3: overrated
2: flamebait
Obviously, my post can't be all 4, but even I'm interested to see how this will end up. With 16 replies (as of this writing) I'm probably not overrated, but oh well.
Yes, because the average user wants to take extra steps to find the software they're gonna use
My cat is a user interface designer, you insensitive clod!
Well no, its really not, because they stole the base from apple, then linux stole the interface from windows.
Um, I didn't specifically say support, I said use. Even Jo average idiot can use myspace and maybe even copy-paste some template code. But, if you really do want to bring up the world of support. Go walk around to a dozen computer repair shops. Ask how many will repair your linux box vs how many will repair your windows box, and get price quotes. I'm willing to bet that linux will be harder to find repair places for, and will cost more to fix, as most low level tech-monkeys can't even fix a linux box.
So what you're saying is that you like to nitpick on the difference between the linux kernel and an actual build of linux, without refuting what I said. Good argument form *golf clap*. But basically, to sumarize your horribly long, double linebreak argument, linux builds look the same as average windows, almost, but arn't quite as compatable, and the one person you know who does have it, has someone with technical competance as her repair-guy because theres not a snowball's chance in h___ that she can get it repaired at a normal computer shop.
How many of those users would understand or care if they were?
Um, human interface designers come in at the point where you want the average person to be able to use it. You better believe M$ has a small army of them that they throw at every project that comes through their system.
Well, lets see, if you want to use anything slightly less than a "everyone and their grandmother has this" kind of program (such as firefox, open office, ect) then it will likely have both a windows executable, and a source that you can compile to whatever version of linux you currently have.
In the student's defense, would you want to work with someone who only showered once a week? (opening part of the video)
And the fact that it has a reputation as being something only computer geeks "can" use. And the fact that if you want to use any programs on linux you usually have to compile the source yourself. And the fact that there are no human interface designers working on the linux project. Microsoft may not do function very well, but their form is getting better, and they have a comparatively simple interface for users.
It is fair to say that while linux is out of touch with the average user, so too is the average linux user out of touch with the average user.
Well, right now we have viruses that target and destroy certain kinds of cells (going back to the HIV/aids example of destroying white blood cells). Its not hard to imagine reprogramming one to target other viruses.
Well, the current way our own blood keeps from mutating is the fact that we have several different genes that all say "if this cell mutates, kill it, kill it with fire". The only way for our cells to mutate is for "all" of these different genes to turn off, simultaniously, and then then, a small percentage of these cells lose their growth inhibitor, and thats called cancer.
Considering the amount of blood in our systems, and the chances of cancer per-cell, if we, i don't know, lets say mutiply the number of self-kill genes by 100, then the chance of mutation goes down astronomicaly, but not to a 0 chance of mutation. Thats why I said near-nil. 0.000000000000000000001% chance of mutation is still non-zero, so its not nill, it could happen "once" if we used it on every human on earth, but its still good enough.
Heck, if we could create a self propegating virus with a near-nil chance of mutation, that could specifically target and destroy another virus (ie: aids killing virus), we could wipe out entire strains of it. And if the facilities could model it at the most basic levels, the computer could simulate purposefull mutations (disable the self-kill genes) and try to find a combination that works against the next kind of mutation.
Also very usefull for producing hard-to-make chemicals, as we could create custom-made bacteria that churn out the protein sequence we want. We already do this in a lot of cases, but making the base bacteria is very difficult, and a steamlined method to make different kinds of chemicals could be a huge help for everyone involved.
Yes, because nobody on /. knows how to make virtually untraceable email spam. Heck, a good percentage of us could set up a few dummy bots and flood someone if we really had an inclination to do so.
No, we really don't. Additionally, if you've ever been suspected of a crime its very likely that any digging they do will turn it up, and you won't get the job because of it.
Because that solution doesn't require 4 million dollars in grant money.
Actually, according to all the speed testing thats been done, framerates are actually better on XP because it doesnt clog up a system as much as vista does. The only reason gamers want DX 10 is because they'll be forced to get it if they want to play the new shiney game at all, because it absolutely won't work on older machines. I can't see any developers wanting to cut out 90% of their market for a 0-5% performance gain.