I agree -- don't mess with what the Great Magic Man Named God in the sky made. Like those assholes who wear eyeglasses or contacts -- GOD CRIPPLED YOUR VISION FOR A REASON. Oh, and don't even get me started on those fucking diabetics with their insulin. Bastards. Wait a minute... I just realized I had my wisdom teeth pulled... I'M GOING TO BURN FOR ALL ETERNITY IN FIERY HELL!!!
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*insert guitar solo here*
You know wants kind of scary, when I read "*insert guitar solo here*", I kind of did, like a little guitar solo in my head, sounded kind of cool, you should probably take up evangelical rock!
err yea, that's kind of off topic. Anywho, do you think if your allergic to cats? That means you allergic to cat meat as well? 'cos you know a $4000 cat pie would be kind of cool.
That's because "profiling" - you know, exercising actual forensic science, is DoublePlusUnGood in today's society because a minority might get "offended." Of course you don't want to offend anyone, that's not the goal. The goal is supposed to be to identify and check the most likely suspects, regardless of what the profile characteristics might be; the fact that in this particular case it's middle-eastern ancestry and subscribing to Islam is just an unfortunate thing. To search whitey just to be PC and not be accused of "racial profiling" is just plain ridiculous, because the truth is it IS racial profiling, based in forensics. Yes, we know most Muslims are not terrorists, most scorn the violence (evangelism via force) that Mohammed embraced for a short time in his life, but the fact is that most of the terrorists are Arabs, so it only makes sense to focus scruitiny there.
Yep and if you define racism as "prejudice or discrimination based on the belief that race is the primary factor determining human traits and abilities" then that's racism too. We, seem to have made a choice as a society that racism on the whole is a bad thing and that we should judge people on their individual merits. Making decisions based on skin color offends our sense of justice. On the whole I'd agree with society on that one.
Whow there. I'm not talking about graphics I'm talking about the raw computational power, you know for science! I've several problems which don't require lots of memory but to require huge amounts of processing power, the PS3 is far faster than any desktop computer you can buy for the money today. The question is will it be when it comes out... I'd say that's quite possible... But hay, maybe by the time the PS3 comes out we'll all have Quantum computers on our desks and be living on mars...
As for a PS3 emulator, I'd wait until we have a reasonable PS2 one first.
Seriously, when the PS3 comes out will it be the cheapest way to buy those 8 SPEs of 3GHz goodness? I can't see a similarly priced desktop having that sort or power, or are there alternatives?
IIRC Tyrell didn't know that the guy who was working for him was a replicant before they did the voice comp test? So why should he know if Deckard was or not (you know they guy in the video that he shows Deckard).
911survivor http://www.selectparks.net/911survivor/ which I've never actually been able to get hold of but looked reasonably intelligent. This too looks reasonably intelligent, but perhaps not as well done... Is it too soon? Well personally I think it's too soon for the hoards of crappy unintelligent World War 2 murder simulators we have. Yea, it's sensationalist and it's trying to shock, but there might just be a point in there somewhere, even if it simply shows how shocking we find games about tragic events... better that than exploiting the deaths of millions in world war 2 for profit.
The real problem isn't the monopoly it's being able to do what you want with the equipment you own. What if the games console became the mythical convergence device? People started dump their PCs and using XBox's? Can't run any code unless it's signed by Microsoft? It'd be 1984 baby!
It's not going to happen obviously, but having a device that I own but can only run code that Microsoft say it should run is just wrong.
I think the guy is saying that if you make a copy of the original which you use on an every day basis, that's not a backup that's a working copy.
A backup is a copy you make and put in a draw in case something happens to the original. A working copy is a copy you make of the original and use on an every day basis while you keep the original in a draw.
Semantics...
Yea that's right because playstation games are so bloody amazing! You know, all those racing games and murder simulators are really driving us towards a world where gaming is no longer considered a childish past-time but a form of interactive literature.
Mumble mumble...
Shred!?!? Dude don't you know that shredded paper is trivial to reconstruct with a scanner and the right software. No, home incinerator is the way to go.
Because
a) It would be a gross invasion of privacy
b) It doesn't solve the problem of a user surfing from multiple computers
and
c) It's technically infeasible.
It makes good business sense of a company to use Linux in their product and give nothing back. If they contribute funds to a project what happens? The project gets better and/everybody/ benefits, if everybody benefits how does that push you ahead of the pack and increase your market share?
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and this is useful for what exactly?
Ahhh crap, someone kill me please...
err yea, that's kind of off topic. Anywho, do you think if your allergic to cats? That means you allergic to cat meat as well? 'cos you know a $4000 cat pie would be kind of cool.
Yep and if you define racism as "prejudice or discrimination based on the belief that race is the primary factor determining human traits and abilities" then that's racism too. We, seem to have made a choice as a society that racism on the whole is a bad thing and that we should judge people on their individual merits. Making decisions based on skin color offends our sense of justice. On the whole I'd agree with society on that one.
Whow there. I'm not talking about graphics I'm talking about the raw computational power, you know for science! I've several problems which don't require lots of memory but to require huge amounts of processing power, the PS3 is far faster than any desktop computer you can buy for the money today. The question is will it be when it comes out... I'd say that's quite possible... But hay, maybe by the time the PS3 comes out we'll all have Quantum computers on our desks and be living on mars...
As for a PS3 emulator, I'd wait until we have a reasonable PS2 one first.
Seriously, when the PS3 comes out will it be the cheapest way to buy those 8 SPEs of 3GHz goodness? I can't see a similarly priced desktop having that sort or power, or are there alternatives?
...and what about in 50 years time when the majority of current hardware is obsolete, has been destroyed, or if we follow Japan's example is illegal?
Cherry Click Keyboard. Cherry non-click suck.
New CSS/Old CSS who the fucks cares so long as I can:
IIRC Tyrell didn't know that the guy who was working for him was a replicant before they did the voice comp test? So why should he know if Deckard was or not (you know they guy in the video that he shows Deckard).
mah, who am I kidding I wasn't going to do anything useful with the rest of my life anyhow.
911survivor http://www.selectparks.net/911survivor/ which I've never actually been able to get hold of but looked reasonably intelligent. This too looks reasonably intelligent, but perhaps not as well done... Is it too soon? Well personally I think it's too soon for the hoards of crappy unintelligent World War 2 murder simulators we have. Yea, it's sensationalist and it's trying to shock, but there might just be a point in there somewhere, even if it simply shows how shocking we find games about tragic events... better that than exploiting the deaths of millions in world war 2 for profit.
The real problem isn't the monopoly it's being able to do what you want with the equipment you own. What if the games console became the mythical convergence device? People started dump their PCs and using XBox's? Can't run any code unless it's signed by Microsoft? It'd be 1984 baby!
It's not going to happen obviously, but having a device that I own but can only run code that Microsoft say it should run is just wrong.
I think the guy is saying that if you make a copy of the original which you use on an every day basis, that's not a backup that's a working copy. A backup is a copy you make and put in a draw in case something happens to the original. A working copy is a copy you make of the original and use on an every day basis while you keep the original in a draw. Semantics...
Yea that's right because playstation games are so bloody amazing! You know, all those racing games and murder simulators are really driving us towards a world where gaming is no longer considered a childish past-time but a form of interactive literature. Mumble mumble...
1984 style dystopian future sounds like a laugh...
Shred!?!? Dude don't you know that shredded paper is trivial to reconstruct with a scanner and the right software. No, home incinerator is the way to go.
Because a) It would be a gross invasion of privacy b) It doesn't solve the problem of a user surfing from multiple computers and c) It's technically infeasible.
It makes good business sense of a company to use Linux in their product and give nothing back. If they contribute funds to a project what happens? The project gets better and /everybody/ benefits, if everybody benefits how does that push you ahead of the pack and increase your market share?
OMG!!11 I really hope the world turns into the plot of "The Running Man" that would be sweet...