It's far more likely that the line in the report was referring to new subscription-based features, such as the PSP rental service or one of SOE's upcoming MMOs.
And this is relevant... how? My point, which still stands, is that a success story should not end with "in the end it sort of sucks, but we have learned to live with it", and my other comment that the number of games released for Ubuntu is smaller than the number of games released for Windows is true, even if MW2 runs very nicely.
BTW, the PS3 is free to play online, actually that is why I bought one.
They have learned to live with this - and even enjoy the wider variety of games available for Ubuntu.
When the "success story" is that people have "learned to live with" something, then it probably means that something is not so good to begin with. I use Linux on all my computers at home, but the only time I tried to force it on my brothers and parents they were incredibly pissed off. Linux is still for geeks and it probably is better that way, it gives us a sense of belonging.
And on another note, what wider variety of games available for Ubuntu? How many games were released for Ubuntu this past year? How many games were released for Windows?
Waterman, whose fortune was estimated at £47 million by The Times in 2004, compared this treatment to the "exploitation" of migrant workers in the Middle East.
Poor Pete Waterman! He wrote a song 20 years ago and Google is not paying him money today so he only has 47 million pounds to feed his poor, hungry family! That is a lot like slave labor. </sarcasm>
But data mining needs enormous amounts of data to process, with that amount of data member #5534289 is no longer important, only the aggregate of millions of users. The actual user is obscured through density, even if his trends are somewhat maintained by the mining operation.
I live in TX and when I got my first contract I didn't even have a SSN and they opened my account no problem on T-Mobile. I think the SSN is just needed to run a credit check if you will be using credit, but if you prepay everything then it's OK.
When you get into a corporate environment, "cheating" is actually preferred. No reason to re-invent the wheel when there is existing code that gets the job done.
I think you missed the point... I know it would be outperformed. Turns out that copying was not the preferred solution for the enterprise.
My point (which seems to be a bit too subtle) is that programming is a lot more about the details and the subtleties that can only be learned by not cheating. Copying code when you don't understand the code's implications could be a terrible mistake.
We had this temperature measuring application which got a new measurement every couple seconds, we had to sort the temperatures every time a new measurement was taken so I quickly googled a QuickSort implementation
Things worked great! All the CS graduates who had actually studied were really red faced when my quick sort was so much better than their solutions "but it can be sorted with a single for loop", they said. Don't they know QuickSort is the fastest?? HA!
Of course some time later when we started measuring more stuff and sorting it we had to buy faster hardware, but it had nothing to do with my algorithm, its just that more measurements require more expensive hardware
If he really loved Apple as much as he claimed he'd have a 3GS AND an iPad to go along with his iEmptyWallet
There is a space for a money in his iEmptyWallet - this has been shown in the spares delivered to repair shops. Money will probably arrive in version 2, something new to look forward for all the Apple customers, seeing how the iEmptyWallet is not compatible with the iPad.
They screwed up on what's of value... caps inside a safe? Sure, if it's an area that's in use... in an old vault, they should be in trash cans. And any time you find old money in trash cans, that's just stupid.
When two of your biggest complaints are that time is unrealistic and pickups are random, then you know you have a great game
I'm assuming you live in the US (which might be wrong) but have you tried Amazon? They have a great selection of anime and manga and they ship nationwide (and on some things even worldwide)
I was always under the impression literature used the classics among others to train in grammar, expand our vocabulary and breed understanding for what has been.
As for the long sentences, those are very worrisome. However, do we really want to train our youth in grammar, vocabulary and understanding of "words whose meaning has changed"? I know I'm stretching it a little, but isn't that a bit like teaching them that God created the earth and made it flat?
The last time you saw a comment in/. speculating about the future of Apple's latest new thing was with the release of the iPod? You don't visit very often.
It isn't making them money on software, but there are still tons of console sales (you still have to play your pirate games somewhere). The console was sold a lot in Mexico because it was easily hackable.
By "success" I had thought of console sales, if by "success" we mean profit then the numbers would probably look pretty bad even though there were a lot of console sales.
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Or if you want to know if the DOS Prompt is on screen why not ask "Can you read C:\DOS on the screen?".
Yeah, it will suck if they start charging, fortunately it does not seem that way.
Apparently:
It's far more likely that the line in the report was referring to new subscription-based features, such as the PSP rental service or one of SOE's upcoming MMOs.
And this is relevant... how? My point, which still stands, is that a success story should not end with "in the end it sort of sucks, but we have learned to live with it", and my other comment that the number of games released for Ubuntu is smaller than the number of games released for Windows is true, even if MW2 runs very nicely.
BTW, the PS3 is free to play online, actually that is why I bought one.
They have learned to live with this - and even enjoy the wider variety of games available for Ubuntu.
When the "success story" is that people have "learned to live with" something, then it probably means that something is not so good to begin with. I use Linux on all my computers at home, but the only time I tried to force it on my brothers and parents they were incredibly pissed off. Linux is still for geeks and it probably is better that way, it gives us a sense of belonging.
And on another note, what wider variety of games available for Ubuntu? How many games were released for Ubuntu this past year? How many games were released for Windows?
Waterman, whose fortune was estimated at £47 million by The Times in 2004, compared this treatment to the "exploitation" of migrant workers in the Middle East.
Poor Pete Waterman! He wrote a song 20 years ago and Google is not paying him money today so he only has 47 million pounds to feed his poor, hungry family! That is a lot like slave labor. </sarcasm>
Picasa is amazingly simple to use and has all the features you are looking for with the click of a button, in Windows or Linux.
From Blizzard's page:
PC Minimum Requirements:
Coming soon to slashdot: Are we at war with question headlines?
But data mining needs enormous amounts of data to process, with that amount of data member #5534289 is no longer important, only the aggregate of millions of users. The actual user is obscured through density, even if his trends are somewhat maintained by the mining operation.
I live in TX and when I got my first contract I didn't even have a SSN and they opened my account no problem on T-Mobile. I think the SSN is just needed to run a credit check if you will be using credit, but if you prepay everything then it's OK.
Fortunately slashdot does not treat us as numbers! :D By the way, Slashdot UID 984984 rocks!
It is a very convenient position to be in, when you are the leader of your market, yet people are aiming to kill your competitor.
From GGP:
When you get into a corporate environment, "cheating" is actually preferred. No reason to re-invent the wheel when there is existing code that gets the job done.
I think you missed the point... I know it would be outperformed. Turns out that copying was not the preferred solution for the enterprise.
My point (which seems to be a bit too subtle) is that programming is a lot more about the details and the subtleties that can only be learned by not cheating. Copying code when you don't understand the code's implications could be a terrible mistake.
We had this temperature measuring application which got a new measurement every couple seconds, we had to sort the temperatures every time a new measurement was taken so I quickly googled a QuickSort implementation
Things worked great! All the CS graduates who had actually studied were really red faced when my quick sort was so much better than their solutions "but it can be sorted with a single for loop", they said. Don't they know QuickSort is the fastest?? HA!
Of course some time later when we started measuring more stuff and sorting it we had to buy faster hardware, but it had nothing to do with my algorithm, its just that more measurements require more expensive hardware
A very unfortunate decision, I was really looking forward to returning to the Starcraft universe and Ghost was looking like it was going to be great.
I will boycot Starcraft II until Blizzard decides not to give me games for free!! And only after they don't give me anything for free will I buy it.
If he really loved Apple as much as he claimed he'd have a 3GS AND an iPad to go along with his iEmptyWallet
There is a space for a money in his iEmptyWallet - this has been shown in the spares delivered to repair shops. Money will probably arrive in version 2, something new to look forward for all the Apple customers, seeing how the iEmptyWallet is not compatible with the iPad.
And the times are completely unrealistic
They screwed up on what's of value ... caps inside a safe? Sure, if it's an area that's in use ... in an old vault, they should be in trash cans. And any time you find old money in trash cans, that's just stupid.
When two of your biggest complaints are that time is unrealistic and pickups are random, then you know you have a great game
Metallica - One
Land mine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell
My other option is to buy something form HMV
I'm assuming you live in the US (which might be wrong) but have you tried Amazon? They have a great selection of anime and manga and they ship nationwide (and on some things even worldwide)
I was always under the impression literature used the classics among others to train in grammar, expand our vocabulary and breed understanding for what has been.
As for the long sentences, those are very worrisome. However, do we really want to train our youth in grammar, vocabulary and understanding of "words whose meaning has changed"? I know I'm stretching it a little, but isn't that a bit like teaching them that God created the earth and made it flat?
And a $130 increase in the initial price tag.
Did I forget anything?
Higher price and hundreds of thousands of sales more
The last time you saw a comment in /. speculating about the future of Apple's latest new thing was with the release of the iPod? You don't visit very often.
It isn't making them money on software, but there are still tons of console sales (you still have to play your pirate games somewhere). The console was sold a lot in Mexico because it was easily hackable.
By "success" I had thought of console sales, if by "success" we mean profit then the numbers would probably look pretty bad even though there were a lot of console sales.