this is a game, and he knew it. is not the constant expansion of a platform on which to produce the fundamental requirement of all simulation? when Einstein saw the probabilistic world, he regressed into denial. when he came to grips with the implications, he understood that life is merely the greatest RPG ever created... simply because there was no goal.
Come on, everybody knows that the Doozers from Fraggle Rock did this first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock#Doozers.
Perhaps there's a bad side to this: imagine getting so upset that you eat your phone... and how would Kia owners be able to wash their cars? Scary story;)
Microsoft did this for one reason: Scare the Execs. Microsoft made a smart, albeit unverifiable, move and issued a warning to push execs throughout the industry back into the MS-software fold. Most of the execs are baby-boomers that are unfamiliar with technology. The speak one language: budget-speak.
In budget-speak, there are dollars and risk. Execs look at open source software and love it since there are zero dollars to spend to obtain the software. However, they are leery of open source because there isn't yet a strong basis to estimate risk. Microsoft recognized their chance and announced "plausible risk" for open source software. Execs read the announcement and quite a few probably told their IT department to start Vista migrations that day.
Some folks will read this and bash MS for being "mean". Others will recognize a business opportunity and jump on the support band-wagon. But a handful will read this and then make a decision about which OS to put on their next Cell Phone they are manufacturing. Possibly off topic, but cell phone OS decisions is really what Microsoft cares about in their war rooms.
Think! Where would your life be without the joystick? This man may have borrowed the base of the idea from flying machines, or tanks perhaps, but never doubt that he had the vision to stare into an electron tube and think about controlling the screen presentation via an input mechanism. This post celebrates genious. You should too!
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this is a game, and he knew it. is not the constant expansion of a platform on which to produce the fundamental requirement of all simulation? when Einstein saw the probabilistic world, he regressed into denial. when he came to grips with the implications, he understood that life is merely the greatest RPG ever created... simply because there was no goal.
Unable to convert his vast collection of Imperial credits to any modern currency, Darth Vader had to get the money for all those cookies somehow ;)
Come on, everybody knows that the Doozers from Fraggle Rock did this first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock#Doozers.
Perhaps there's a bad side to this: imagine getting so upset that you eat your phone... and how would Kia owners be able to wash their cars? Scary story ;)
You had me at Bada Ling! I have to try this game out now just to see the chords of hades :)
Microsoft did this for one reason: Scare the Execs. Microsoft made a smart, albeit unverifiable, move and issued a warning to push execs throughout the industry back into the MS-software fold. Most of the execs are baby-boomers that are unfamiliar with technology. The speak one language: budget-speak. In budget-speak, there are dollars and risk. Execs look at open source software and love it since there are zero dollars to spend to obtain the software. However, they are leery of open source because there isn't yet a strong basis to estimate risk. Microsoft recognized their chance and announced "plausible risk" for open source software. Execs read the announcement and quite a few probably told their IT department to start Vista migrations that day. Some folks will read this and bash MS for being "mean". Others will recognize a business opportunity and jump on the support band-wagon. But a handful will read this and then make a decision about which OS to put on their next Cell Phone they are manufacturing. Possibly off topic, but cell phone OS decisions is really what Microsoft cares about in their war rooms.
Think! Where would your life be without the joystick? This man may have borrowed the base of the idea from flying machines, or tanks perhaps, but never doubt that he had the vision to stare into an electron tube and think about controlling the screen presentation via an input mechanism. This post celebrates genious. You should too!