> How can amateurs develop Flash games without using Adobe Flash software, which many developers who are between school and work cannot afford?
They could get down off their high horse for 3 minutes and just pirate it like everyone and their brother has done since time immemorial, then actually buy it when they start making a living.
Alternately, since they are students/unemployed and therefore have plenty of spare time, they could use MTASC and Swfmill and the text editor of their choice.
My guess is that they're making you get the browser from a 3rd party so they don't have to deal with the support issues, which I imagine would be significant.
What I want is a thumbpad that hooks firmly into the nunchuck port of the wiimote. Something a little larger than the treo keypad is all I want. I would pay... oh, say $70 for such a device.
> You'd think there would be some kind of a filter to prevent stuff like this from happening.
That's a pretty good idea, actually. I mean, we're never going to get something like actual human editors who could actually inspect the articles before they were posted, so some sort of automated solution to cull out the obvious crap would be a good first step.
1) Some government site changed their webpages 2) Guy A can't load it and assumes he's being blocked because he's using an oddball browser 3) Guy A complains and is told by Guy B to stop using his oddball browser and get over it 4) Guy A goes ballistic on his blog 5) Guys C, D and E respond to Guy A's blog and say "we're using opera and it works fine for us, must be something on your end" 6) Because it's blog drama, one man's fucked-up configuration problems ends up on slashdot
Pff, everyone knows that. Everyone speaks english, they just switch to Mexican or African or French or whatever when we're around just to make Americans feel stupid.
No, there are plenty of dumb questions. Consider the question "I've hit myself in the head with a hammer 10 times now, and it really hurt each time. Do you think if I hit it again that it will hurt?" That's pretty dumb.
I know we've been coddling our kids for a few generations now with this notion that there are no such thing as dumb questions, but it's just a fairy tale we tell them because we don't want to scare them out of asking intelligent questions. So the teachers just grin and bear it when lil' Johnny asks something totally boneheaded.
Here on slashdot however, I expect editors to be adults and not publish articles by anonymous, uninformed idiots who type the first thing that pops into their head into the submit box. I know, it's a pipe dream, but hope springs eternal in the hearts of men.
I never said it was a stupid question, I said it was asked in a profoundly stupid way.
It takes longer to boot a computer because a computer has to DO more. BTW, have you noticed that new TVs don't turn on in an instant anymore either? My HDTV takes around 10 seconds before it starts to display a picture. Why could that be? Perhaps because it actually has MORE to do than start up a CRT and a bunch of passive electronics.
You may as well ask "Why does my Ford Focus go so slow when I fill it with lead ingots? My Ford F350 diesel seems to do ok."
I'm sure the DoD has covered all the angles and this is just needless worrying, but what happens to those of us with rather extensive metal deposits in our teeth?
Sure you can. Visa and Kaiser-Permanente are both "nonprofit" organizations. Of course, you can't simply pay the CEO what would otherwise be the companies profit, instead you simply re-invest it into the company, as visa does, or buy the competition, like KP does.
> Only to those who failed critical thinking in college.
Oh, yeah, I know. You won't fall for it, because you are smart, but all those other idiots do.
> We wouldn't let the prisoners at a prison guard themselves? Why do we think it would work here? The solution has always been under our noses, however it costs money.
Well, duh. I said that/. was about as sucessful as you'd expect from a self-moderating system. That externally-moderated systems tend to be more orderly should come as no surprise to anyone. Worth noting though is that they simply have different set of bias issues.
the contrarian viewpoint always looks insightful, regardless of it's merits.
The fact that there's a general consensus viewpoint that tends to re-enforce itself is just an artifact of human nature. Slashdot, not being any great exception to the human condition, does what it can to reduce this, and in my eyes does about as decent job as you're going to have done when you let the mob moderate itself.
Totally. I mean, she even adopted two of the children, probably just as a PR stunt, then donated millions of her own dollars, just to get a little attention! How shallow can one woman be?!?
Seriously, you can accuse a lot of celebrities of this, but Angelina isn't one of them.
> Do you really think that when Microsoft acted dishonestly, Bill actually thought about it and told his staff "Hey, let's lie to crush this other company!"?
Yes. Maybe it's just sour grapes, but the common wisdom is that Bill Gates is impossibly competitive and will win at any cost, including lying, and cheating.
That may have been the solution they proposed. When I was typing that post, I typed term limits first, then replaced it. I can't remember, it was a few years ago.
> Are you really saying that you prefer a career politician over Bill?
Yes. Not for any reason I've detailed in our conversation, but for the same reason I'd want a career plumber to fix my pipes, not Bill Gates.
Being a CEO is a fundamentally different job than being President. As a CEO, you typically run a company like a small dictatorship, and Bill was certainly no exception to this rule. As President, it doesn't work like that. You need to build consensus and work with others. I don't see Bill being good at that.
And I reject the idea that every politician is a lying, cheating scumbag just looking to line their pockets. I think that's an immensely cynical, unproductive viewpoint.
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> Web browsing with no keyboard
Honestly? I don't see a problem. More people should consider the internet read-only.
if a joke is funny the first time, it stands to reason that it'll be just that much funnier the 495th time!
one uses raster files, or text files or whatever.
If one wants to create vector graphics, one would bite the bullet and use the movieclip drawing tools, even though they really, really suck.
> How can amateurs develop Flash games without using Adobe Flash software, which many developers who are between school and work cannot afford?
They could get down off their high horse for 3 minutes and just pirate it like everyone and their brother has done since time immemorial, then actually buy it when they start making a living.
Alternately, since they are students/unemployed and therefore have plenty of spare time, they could use MTASC and Swfmill and the text editor of their choice.
My guess is that they're making you get the browser from a 3rd party so they don't have to deal with the support issues, which I imagine would be significant.
What I want is a thumbpad that hooks firmly into the nunchuck port of the wiimote. Something a little larger than the treo keypad is all I want. I would pay ... oh, say $70 for such a device.
> You'd think there would be some kind of a filter to prevent stuff like this from happening.
That's a pretty good idea, actually. I mean, we're never going to get something like actual human editors who could actually inspect the articles before they were posted, so some sort of automated solution to cull out the obvious crap would be a good first step.
1) Some government site changed their webpages
2) Guy A can't load it and assumes he's being blocked because he's using an oddball browser
3) Guy A complains and is told by Guy B to stop using his oddball browser and get over it
4) Guy A goes ballistic on his blog
5) Guys C, D and E respond to Guy A's blog and say "we're using opera and it works fine for us, must be something on your end"
6) Because it's blog drama, one man's fucked-up configuration problems ends up on slashdot
Do I have that right?
> That is sort of the purpose of this site, ya know? Being able to read articles and talk about them.
Well, you're half-right, anyway.
Pff, everyone knows that. Everyone speaks english, they just switch to Mexican or African or French or whatever when we're around just to make Americans feel stupid.
> There are no dumb questions, only dumb answers.
No, there are plenty of dumb questions. Consider the question "I've hit myself in the head with a hammer 10 times now, and it really hurt each time. Do you think if I hit it again that it will hurt?" That's pretty dumb.
I know we've been coddling our kids for a few generations now with this notion that there are no such thing as dumb questions, but it's just a fairy tale we tell them because we don't want to scare them out of asking intelligent questions. So the teachers just grin and bear it when lil' Johnny asks something totally boneheaded.
Here on slashdot however, I expect editors to be adults and not publish articles by anonymous, uninformed idiots who type the first thing that pops into their head into the submit box. I know, it's a pipe dream, but hope springs eternal in the hearts of men.
I never said it was a stupid question, I said it was asked in a profoundly stupid way.
It takes longer to boot a computer because a computer has to DO more. BTW, have you noticed that new TVs don't turn on in an instant anymore either? My HDTV takes around 10 seconds before it starts to display a picture. Why could that be? Perhaps because it actually has MORE to do than start up a CRT and a bunch of passive electronics.
You may as well ask "Why does my Ford Focus go so slow when I fill it with lead ingots? My Ford F350 diesel seems to do ok."
honestly, this is like the dumbest possible way to ask why we can't have faster boot times.
Ok, maybe not. The dumbest possible way is probably something like:
"why can't the compujigger turn on faster, like the whatchamavision?"
but still, it's pretty damn close.
with iCal integration? Shit, the only thing I'm worried about it whether I'll be able to sell enough plasma to afford two of them.
sure. and the EWeek article says
> Microsoft suggests that users "not open or save Word files," even from trusted sources.
I'm sure you see how these are, in fact, different statements.
Gee, let me think. Believe EWeek, or believe that Microsoft said to stop opening word documents until further notice?
Hmmmm....
I'm gonna go with "misquote."
I'm sure the DoD has covered all the angles and this is just needless worrying, but what happens to those of us with rather extensive metal deposits in our teeth?
Oh, I see - sorry for the misunderstanding.
> You can't use it as a tax loophole
Sure you can. Visa and Kaiser-Permanente are both "nonprofit" organizations. Of course, you can't simply pay the CEO what would otherwise be the companies profit, instead you simply re-invest it into the company, as visa does, or buy the competition, like KP does.
> Only to those who failed critical thinking in college.
/. was about as sucessful as you'd expect from a self-moderating system. That externally-moderated systems tend to be more orderly should come as no surprise to anyone. Worth noting though is that they simply have different set of bias issues.
Oh, yeah, I know. You won't fall for it, because you are smart, but all those other idiots do.
> We wouldn't let the prisoners at a prison guard themselves? Why do we think it would work here? The solution has always been under our noses, however it costs money.
Well, duh. I said that
the contrarian viewpoint always looks insightful, regardless of it's merits.
The fact that there's a general consensus viewpoint that tends to re-enforce itself is just an artifact of human nature. Slashdot, not being any great exception to the human condition, does what it can to reduce this, and in my eyes does about as decent job as you're going to have done when you let the mob moderate itself.
Totally. I mean, she even adopted two of the children, probably just as a PR stunt, then donated millions of her own dollars, just to get a little attention! How shallow can one woman be?!?
Seriously, you can accuse a lot of celebrities of this, but Angelina isn't one of them.
also:
> Do you really think that when Microsoft acted dishonestly, Bill actually thought about it and told his staff "Hey, let's lie to crush this other company!"?
Yes. Maybe it's just sour grapes, but the common wisdom is that Bill Gates is impossibly competitive and will win at any cost, including lying, and cheating.
That may have been the solution they proposed. When I was typing that post, I typed term limits first, then replaced it. I can't remember, it was a few years ago.
> Are you really saying that you prefer a career politician over Bill?
Yes. Not for any reason I've detailed in our conversation, but for the same reason I'd want a career plumber to fix my pipes, not Bill Gates.
Being a CEO is a fundamentally different job than being President. As a CEO, you typically run a company like a small dictatorship, and Bill was certainly no exception to this rule. As President, it doesn't work like that. You need to build consensus and work with others. I don't see Bill being good at that.
And I reject the idea that every politician is a lying, cheating scumbag just looking to line their pockets. I think that's an immensely cynical, unproductive viewpoint.