I'm trying to remember the name of the game that I used to play... I believe it was a DOS based game, but it was where you piloted this little land-based car thing around cities, and it had a "Mature" mode and an "Edited" mode.
The edited mode used words like "Kroxx'roxx" and such to simulate bad language, but I still can't remember what game that was.
Also, there was a DOS game I used to play where you created factories where you created lots of robots to fight in cities. The cities were destructible, and you could play against another player, or the computer. That's fairly vague, but I loved that game so much!
...will they update it? With all the movements throughout the globe from earthquakes, volcanoes, tectonic movement, etc, you'd think this data would be invalidated in 5-10 years.
Any project where you can get away with working 6 months on a project with zero code to show for it has got to be a GREAT place to work!
I kid, I kid... But in all seriousness, something that always helps me is trying to inject something to the project that I am actually interested in doing. If you don't care too much about the project, it can be hard to get motivated to put effort into coding, so I try to put in tech or routines that I find interesting. You can later go in and remove them, but the key is to try to accomplish the project goals while staying interested.
I wonder if this had anything to do with Sun being purchased by IBM just recently.
Who knows, maybe that was the whole point of IBM buying them out? Muscle out the competition before they even produce a competing product! Who wants to bet that in the next two weeks IBM will announce the "New IBM SPARC chip!"
To be honest, I think that this might be part of the reason half the world is having trouble adopting to open source software. It's like a freshman trying to date a senior. GROW UP!
Well once mankind has the ability to create life, what do you think people are going to clamor for creating? Life that is already created naturally? I think not...
People are going to jump for the creatures that don't exist anymore: wooly mammoths, sabretooth tigers, dinosaurs, etc.
Man: "Look honey, I made a dragonfly today!" Wife: "Greaaaaat. I just squashed like 5 of them out back..."
Male Character: "God creates dinosaurs. God kills dinosaurs. Man kills God. Man creates dinosaurs."
Female Character: "Dinosaurs eat man... woman inherits the earth."
Unless they couple this technology with the ability to read people's minds, then it's completely worthless.
What if random traveler A is thinking about terrorist activities in Mumbai and is afraid for their family right when they happen to walk through the little flashy thing (even if they don't know it)? The system would flag them as TERRORIST PROBABLY and they'll get arrested and cavity searched for no reason. Meanwhile the terrorist who focuses on bunnies and happy flowers and goes about his business will get through security just fine.
Even if I see it I wouldn't believe it... Just like The Riddler's machine in Batman Beyond - it just raises too many questions.
I completely agree with you about the iPhone and iPod touch ads... The iPhone ads actually have made me very interested in buying an iPhone. So why couldn't they have done the same thing with their computers? Obviously their advertising for other things are working just fine...
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I'm trying to remember the name of the game that I used to play... I believe it was a DOS based game, but it was where you piloted this little land-based car thing around cities, and it had a "Mature" mode and an "Edited" mode.
The edited mode used words like "Kroxx'roxx" and such to simulate bad language, but I still can't remember what game that was.
Also, there was a DOS game I used to play where you created factories where you created lots of robots to fight in cities. The cities were destructible, and you could play against another player, or the computer. That's fairly vague, but I loved that game so much!
Good plan. So once California falls off the edge of the US, we can watch it over and over and over again!
...will they update it? With all the movements throughout the globe from earthquakes, volcanoes, tectonic movement, etc, you'd think this data would be invalidated in 5-10 years.
IANAG though.
Cause I want to work for them too!
Any project where you can get away with working 6 months on a project with zero code to show for it has got to be a GREAT place to work!
I kid, I kid... But in all seriousness, something that always helps me is trying to inject something to the project that I am actually interested in doing. If you don't care too much about the project, it can be hard to get motivated to put effort into coding, so I try to put in tech or routines that I find interesting. You can later go in and remove them, but the key is to try to accomplish the project goals while staying interested.
I wonder if this had anything to do with Sun being purchased by IBM just recently.
Who knows, maybe that was the whole point of IBM buying them out? Muscle out the competition before they even produce a competing product! Who wants to bet that in the next two weeks IBM will announce the "New IBM SPARC chip!"
Well it sure is a good thing Slashdot just let me disable their ads!
What timing, I tell ya...
You know, I bet they used some Torgo Executive Powder on the ratings people...
They changed the outcome by measuring it!
Who gives a shit?!
To be honest, I think that this might be part of the reason half the world is having trouble adopting to open source software. It's like a freshman trying to date a senior. GROW UP!
All I saw in that sentence was:
"3 inches of Japanese woody, get a plane ticket, man."
Well once mankind has the ability to create life, what do you think people are going to clamor for creating? Life that is already created naturally? I think not...
People are going to jump for the creatures that don't exist anymore: wooly mammoths, sabretooth tigers, dinosaurs, etc.
Man: "Look honey, I made a dragonfly today!"
Wife: "Greaaaaat. I just squashed like 5 of them out back..."
Movie quote:
Male Character: "God creates dinosaurs. God kills dinosaurs. Man kills God. Man creates dinosaurs."
Female Character: "Dinosaurs eat man... woman inherits the earth."
Hah!
Maybe it's hosted in China and the government deemed it questionable content.
Man the mods suck lately.
Better mods in '09!
/karma to burn
//not a karma whore
///suck it Trebek.
First it's Bittorrent. Now it's copper thieves...
What's next, Zebras?!
If it's not whitehouse.GOV, then DON'T CLICK IT!
Unless they couple this technology with the ability to read people's minds, then it's completely worthless.
What if random traveler A is thinking about terrorist activities in Mumbai and is afraid for their family right when they happen to walk through the little flashy thing (even if they don't know it)? The system would flag them as TERRORIST PROBABLY and they'll get arrested and cavity searched for no reason. Meanwhile the terrorist who focuses on bunnies and happy flowers and goes about his business will get through security just fine.
Even if I see it I wouldn't believe it... Just like The Riddler's machine in Batman Beyond - it just raises too many questions.
They changed the outcome by measuring it!!!
So what you're saying is that it may clog the tubes?
Someone get a plumber, quick!
What about biggers cities in the midwest that don't have Fios available yet?
I wouldn't consider Omaha, NE the boonies.
That is actually a pretty solid plan that opponents of net-neutrality could read.
;-) I keed, I keed...
You shut your mouth! Shut it! Never speak of it again!
I don't think so!
As soon as something on the trunk broke due to any reason, all the neighbors are going to come banging down my door as being the "tech-savvy" person.
Neighbor 1: "Umm... the internet won't work anymore."
Neighboar 2: "My emails won't send!"
Neighbor 3's kids: "unmm liek i cn't tlk to my bff jill?"
Heh, well I don't think that comparing software to a public health hazard is really a good comparison, but point taken.
Haha, if I hadn't posted already - I'd mod that funny ;-)
I completely agree with you about the iPhone and iPod touch ads... The iPhone ads actually have made me very interested in buying an iPhone. So why couldn't they have done the same thing with their computers? Obviously their advertising for other things are working just fine...