I second this. As someone who has tried all three 'flavors' (Windows for general use, Mac for art, Linux for development), I can safely say there is still a 'need' each OS provides, that general Internet usage and cross-platform capabilities don't account for. I whole-heartedly think each OS has a strength that 'tunes' itself for a specific task, and so using Linux or Mac for work (while leaving Windows for more time-wastable tasks) is a fair shake.
I see Windows as an unabashedly 'generic' OS, and hence it doesn't lend the same spark to it that Mac or Linux do. I think people are perhaps taking the WIMP interface for granted, sure, but Windows begs to be fucked-up in ways that the other two don't.
Windows is fine if it came with the PC. Otherwise, I'd probably use Linux or Mac.
As much as we bitch at the government for hiding this secret project and that wiretapping, why should we be SURPRISED that they don't like the word 'Open'?
Ideally, text should be done with a font in such a way that this patch should be simply executed just by tweaking the font for standard def screens. Any CSS coder would approach it in that manner, and there's lots of good reasons for it too (various screen sizes (not just resolutions), large print for older players, etc.
This just shows how poorly the Dead Rising programmers put the game together. A shame for such a good game, really.
If it honestly bothers you, use a hot glue gun to patch up the seals. It's effective enough to keep water out, but you can still break the seal when needed.
That said, most 'electric' dental devices like toothbrushes and handheld flossers (whose primary use is SOLELY to vibrate) are already watertight. It's like they WANT to be stuck in some wet orifice on purpose.
And now I'm going to get a bunch of perverted responses on SlashDot, but come on, it's not like this isn't already pretty obvious stuff...
... is that if there are ever bugs found, it's nothing to blame them on the guy next to you instead of yourself. 'Open Source' implies collective code ownership, after all.
Seriously, though, memory leaks and null-pointer references are pretty trivial. They can have this fixed by 2.0 easy.
If you only know a few bits of information, you're not about to post to more articles than you can contribute to.
If you know how things are supposed to look under wiki-formatting but not about its actual content, then you're just going to 'fairy' up the text with links and bolding and breaking chunks up into paragraphs, but you're going to do a lot MORE of it because while Wikipedia only needs a certain amount of information, it always needs wiki-fairies to make it all look coherent.
Edit count, like post and reply counts on any forum (including Slashdot) is a great big joke, and anyone who doesn't get that hasn't been on long enough.
I've seen the gaming scene here enough to KNOW it rocks. ^_^
FireFox needs a 'killer extension'!
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The main distunguishing feature I see from IE is the amount of customized ability that Firefox can have.
Gaia Online pushes FireFox because of the Gaia toolbar. DeviantArt pushes FireFox because of the navigational apps available. Fanfiction.net pushes FireFox because it insists IE is just plain 'badware'. Webcomics push FireFox because of the Morning Coffee extension.
Everyone has their reasons for FireFox, but no unifying purpose. What extension can FireFox use that EVERYONE wants?
And no, ForecastFox doesn't count (but it's close)
If you have to ask, I'm primarily a Gaian (though I play some in YPP, and became fast friends with this interesting married couple... but not signed on in a while)
Not all MMO's are in 3d worlds with lots of hierarchical character classes.
If they want to point out that it reduces isolation of certain groups that would otherwise feel 'cut off' from the rest of the world, I could give them that.
I don't think MMO's are designed to replace 'normal' interaction by any means, so no, you're not getting the 'same' skills. You might, however, be getting skills more useful to you (Anecdotal evidence suggests that more adept players notice they type faster than normal, which is a useful skill in general).
I would still appreciate being able to set 'color schemes' of some kind in facebook, regardless of whether they're only schemes YOU see when you log in, or having users select from a preset series of schemes in order to prevent Color abuse. I could see this becoming very popular with Frats that have certain colors, or if people want a color scheme specific to their school/network.
I could be mistaken on how bad the problem is on 'other' games, but Neopets (and now Gaia) are very poignant, large-scale examples of some people's willingness to cheat the system only to find themselves scammed (largely because the game itself is free, and the userbase is proportionally dumber than most systems you 'pay' for).
The only thing this article points out is how much 'wealth' is tied up in these programs (and I can believe that, seeing how I probably have a down payment for a car tied up in my Gaia account - if it were even possible for me to extract that value out of the account, since it's mostly due to a few overinflated items), but aside from that, the main issue here is not security of the games, but security of the users.
Social Engineering is alive and well on the internet. Keep your wits about you and your password strong, and there's nothing to worry about.
Besides, organic peroxide explosives do not react with the human body well. I think anything that could be urinated is either too neutral for bomb-making purposes or needs a strong base to react with, and anything 'too strong' would kill the attempting terrorist prior to 'detonation'.
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I second this. As someone who has tried all three 'flavors' (Windows for general use, Mac for art, Linux for development), I can safely say there is still a 'need' each OS provides, that general Internet usage and cross-platform capabilities don't account for. I whole-heartedly think each OS has a strength that 'tunes' itself for a specific task, and so using Linux or Mac for work (while leaving Windows for more time-wastable tasks) is a fair shake.
I see Windows as an unabashedly 'generic' OS, and hence it doesn't lend the same spark to it that Mac or Linux do. I think people are perhaps taking the WIMP interface for granted, sure, but Windows begs to be fucked-up in ways that the other two don't.
Windows is fine if it came with the PC. Otherwise, I'd probably use Linux or Mac.
The precedent needs setting!
Perhaps "LibertyWare" would be more apropos?
As much as we bitch at the government for hiding this secret project and that wiretapping, why should we be SURPRISED that they don't like the word 'Open'?
You encrypted a message in ROT-13 and expect people to have trouble with it?!
Bang!Howdy is good, but a processor hog. I'll stick to Puzzle Pirates.
As for PerplexCity, I'm fuckin' HOOKED on that stuff.
Ideally, text should be done with a font in such a way that this patch should be simply executed just by tweaking the font for standard def screens. Any CSS coder would approach it in that manner, and there's lots of good reasons for it too (various screen sizes (not just resolutions), large print for older players, etc.
This just shows how poorly the Dead Rising programmers put the game together. A shame for such a good game, really.
If it honestly bothers you, use a hot glue gun to patch up the seals. It's effective enough to keep water out, but you can still break the seal when needed.
That said, most 'electric' dental devices like toothbrushes and handheld flossers (whose primary use is SOLELY to vibrate) are already watertight. It's like they WANT to be stuck in some wet orifice on purpose.
And now I'm going to get a bunch of perverted responses on SlashDot, but come on, it's not like this isn't already pretty obvious stuff...
... is that if there are ever bugs found, it's nothing to blame them on the guy next to you instead of yourself. 'Open Source' implies collective code ownership, after all.
Seriously, though, memory leaks and null-pointer references are pretty trivial. They can have this fixed by 2.0 easy.
Now where the hell can I find this game? It looks like shitloads of fun. :)
It makes total sense.
If you only know a few bits of information, you're not about to post to more articles than you can contribute to.
If you know how things are supposed to look under wiki-formatting but not about its actual content, then you're just going to 'fairy' up the text with links and bolding and breaking chunks up into paragraphs, but you're going to do a lot MORE of it because while Wikipedia only needs a certain amount of information, it always needs wiki-fairies to make it all look coherent.
Edit count, like post and reply counts on any forum (including Slashdot) is a great big joke, and anyone who doesn't get that hasn't been on long enough.
My group at Tech's trying to do a DS Port too, although it probably won't look as fancy since we're just aiming to make a drawing program out of it.
Glad to see we're not the first.
I've seen the gaming scene here enough to KNOW it rocks. ^_^
The main distunguishing feature I see from IE is the amount of customized ability that Firefox can have.
Gaia Online pushes FireFox because of the Gaia toolbar.
DeviantArt pushes FireFox because of the navigational apps available.
Fanfiction.net pushes FireFox because it insists IE is just plain 'badware'.
Webcomics push FireFox because of the Morning Coffee extension.
Everyone has their reasons for FireFox, but no unifying purpose. What extension can FireFox use that EVERYONE wants?
And no, ForecastFox doesn't count (but it's close)
You just described Puzzle Pirates, which while it still has equipment, often pales in comparison to the skill needed.
Good on you!
If you have to ask, I'm primarily a Gaian (though I play some in YPP, and became fast friends with this interesting married couple... but not signed on in a while)
Not all MMO's are in 3d worlds with lots of hierarchical character classes.
If they want to point out that it reduces isolation of certain groups that would otherwise feel 'cut off' from the rest of the world, I could give them that.
I don't think MMO's are designed to replace 'normal' interaction by any means, so no, you're not getting the 'same' skills. You might, however, be getting skills more useful to you (Anecdotal evidence suggests that more adept players notice they type faster than normal, which is a useful skill in general).
Couldn't this be said for any social networking tool, from Blogger to MySpace?
I mean, yes, MMO's encourage TEAMWORK among all those diverse peoples more often than not, but even so...
Please. I'm 20 and female and I've only heard that a few times in the past months. O_o
And also, they know Georgia Tech will have Atlanta's balls in a vise if they cut off their access to good games...
I would still appreciate being able to set 'color schemes' of some kind in facebook, regardless of whether they're only schemes YOU see when you log in, or having users select from a preset series of schemes in order to prevent Color abuse. I could see this becoming very popular with Frats that have certain colors, or if people want a color scheme specific to their school/network.
I may have to tinker with this API a bit.
There's some pretty nifty ones if you look outside of the AMVs and just around at various 'American' works.
The ones that spring to mind include a summation of the Ratchet and Clank series (on PS2, at least) set to "Have a Nice Day" by Bon Jovi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0qz10hN6B0
And this one of Jak II set to "Breaking the Habit" by Linkin Park:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeb3ZnXM-34
Both of them are well put-together and use a diverse series of clips, so hopefully this ought to shake out your preconcieved notions about AMVs.
I could be mistaken on how bad the problem is on 'other' games, but Neopets (and now Gaia) are very poignant, large-scale examples of some people's willingness to cheat the system only to find themselves scammed (largely because the game itself is free, and the userbase is proportionally dumber than most systems you 'pay' for).
The only thing this article points out is how much 'wealth' is tied up in these programs (and I can believe that, seeing how I probably have a down payment for a car tied up in my Gaia account - if it were even possible for me to extract that value out of the account, since it's mostly due to a few overinflated items), but aside from that, the main issue here is not security of the games, but security of the users.
Social Engineering is alive and well on the internet. Keep your wits about you and your password strong, and there's nothing to worry about.
You know, if you could toss in a few in-flight video games or some form of a web browser I wouldn't mind flying this way at all.
Unfortunately I'd still rather carry certain gadgets like my laptop with me or else mail them in advance, which sucks but it's doable.
We're not talking about stink bombs here...
Besides, organic peroxide explosives do not react with the human body well. I think anything that could be urinated is either too neutral for bomb-making purposes or needs a strong base to react with, and anything 'too strong' would kill the attempting terrorist prior to 'detonation'.