BeOS also had that feature. I think that a lot of commercial software companies, frankly, don't like stuff like that and OpenDoc... after-all, if a small OS plug-in is all you need to open and edit Photoshop files, you might not need Photoshop.
I'm not paranoid enough to believe those companies made any effort to kill the technology. We all tried OpenDoc, and it was a buggy mess.
Imagine your OS as a bank of roms, and your PC as a fully integrated machine rather than a patchwork of PCI cards and third party drivers.
Uh, Apple did that for, what, 15 years or so? They gave it up, which makes me think the "patchwork of PCI cards" must be superior on some way, at least.
The problem with the Pandora is that nowhere on its website does it say what it's for. I mean, they talk about its use as a game machine, but there's no list of games anywhere. (They mention it's powerful enough to play Quake 3, I guess that counts?)
I dunno, I guess it's just aimed at developers for now, but as a casual visitor to their site, my first question is, "where's the software?"
Compared to France, which has a HIGHER rate of people belonging to organized religions?
Look, I understand that that's what you're TRYING to say: "oh those fucking stupid pig Americans, god damn they are such fucking idiots, I despise them so much I'm going to write anti-American posts in topics that have absolutely nothing to do with the US." That's what you're going for.
But after my pointing out that the country discussed IN THE ARTICLE is more religious than the US, what is your point? Or is your point that you don't care that your point is completely invalid?
Yes, but people bring it up as if I, an American, should *not* buy an Xbox for that reason. "The Xbox isn't doing well in Japan, you should buy a PS3." What I'm saying is that that doesn't make any goddamned sense, and it's a stupid argument.
And hey, maybe a little bit of national pride in that an American company is actually in the field again. I think that's the first since Atari bit the dust.
Congratulations! In the spirit of the thread, want to share your costs associated with the game? (I'm guessing less than $500 if you don't include the PC and Xbox.)
Unfortunately, they're publicly-owned, which means they have to at the very least pretend they're coping with the economic downturn in a very visible way. Even if they really don't need to. Otherwise their stockholders will revolt, sell of their shares, and they'd be in much worse state. It also doesn't help that the other layoffs rates in Washington State have lowered the price of tech labor.
"Vote for a 10% paycut on your current contract, and expect to get hired for another contract when it's over."
Or:
"Don't vote for the 10% paycut on your current contract, but also don't be surprised if it's terminated early and/or you're unable to get another contract."
Fine; a bunch of French people claimed to be Roman Catholics, but don't actually believe in God (assuming that's possible; it doesn't seem likely.)
That doesn't cover the basic point: what the hell was the parent poster getting at? What does "92% of Americans believe in God" imply about the US? It's just mindless flamebait; if you read his replies, he has no idea what he's talking about either.
This isn't a discussion over whether America or France is the bigger bully or the most dumbest. The comment I replied to said that Non-Americans don't know that Tallahassee is the capital of Florida, and that it's wrong that American's should by some miracle of geographic genius be expected to know that Paris is the capital of France.
Statement B:
I'm sorry if I've affronted your beliefs, but the acceptance of religious doctrine as fact is ignorant at best, barbaric at worst.
WHAT THE HOLY FUCK DOES B HAVE TO DO WITH A?!
I'm seriously just trying to figure out what you're trying to say here. I still think it's blatant "America sucks!", but I have no clue about your motive... "America sucks, although they couldn't be expected to know every country's capital? Also something about religion I brought up for no reason."
In plain English, what are you trying to say? What does religion have to do with it at all? Why is it significant that 92% of Americans believe in a God? WTF!!
You come into an article about France complaining that the US is full of idiots because of our religion rate. Then when I point out France has a HIGHER religion rate, you say "the French are no saints either." Why don't you figure out what the hell you're trying to say before saying it? Look, either religion = dumb, in which case France (the SUBJECT OF THIS ARTICLE remember) is more dumb than the US, or it doesn't and your statement that 92% of people believe in God means JACK SHIT.
Christ. You're not even anti-American, you're anti-rational thought.
What stops you from putting the image on the slide-out monitor and the tools on the attached monitor? You *do* realize that the distinction between "main" and "secondary" monitor is completely arbitrary and can be changed at any time, right?
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
So... what negative thing do you get from the US 92% that you don't get from the France 96%?
(To be fair, France doesn't keep official religion statistics, and I haven't seen any surveys asking French people if they believe in a God, but I'm guessing the CIA numbers are pretty accurate.)
How do phones like Blackberries do in Japan? I find it really, really hard to believe that businessmen don't sync their phones with their email. That's a huge segment of the cellphone market here in the US. (And the smartest thing Apple ever did with the iPhone is adding in Exchange sync, so they could eat away at Blackberry.)
That's the way I respond every time someone tells me that the Xbox is a failure because it doesn't sell well in Japan. As if selling well in the other 200+ countries doesn't matter a bit. It's ridiculous, and I also don't understand why I should give even a third of a shit that the Xbox isn't selling well in Japan.
The list is misleading in a few ways. For example, IE on Windows Mobile is a "real" web browser, and it's included. (Although I don't know what definition of "real" they're using, I'm guessing it's one specifically designed to include mobile Safari and not mobile IE.) There's also a free Firefox version for Windows Mobile which I can't remember the name of right now.
Also, the iPhone has dial-up networking? Seriously? WTF. I have one and I've never noticed that "feature" if it indeed exists.
You prove to Sony you have enough resources to successfully complete and release at least one PS3 game, which is nearly impossible if it's your first game since they usually require a history of at least 2-3 releases. You also need enough capital to pay for the extremely expensive dev kits.
To start working on your Xbox 360 game, you need a Xbox 360, a PC, and $100. (And the $100 is optional.)
I was playing Shadowrun the other day, and I said "mana" when referring to... well, "mana." Someone on my team said that Shadowrun doesn't use the term "mana" it uses "MP" (or something similar.) We got into this whole argument: * You knew what I meant so why correct me? * Every game uses "MP" or "Magic" and not the word "Mana" so you should have known that was the wrong term * Uh, the most popular game on Earth, World of Warcraft, uses the term "Mana" so I think people are going to know what the hell I mean
Then he hit me with the ultimate:
* You should listen to me, man, I work at Gamestop!
This made about half the people on the team just crack up. I had to explain, as gently as possible, that I've never seen a Gamestop employee who had two brain cells to rub together. The thought that he figured "worked at Gamestop" was impressive in some way was simply hilarious.
Anyway, when the competition hits you with "I work at Gamestop!" I generally consider myself winner of the debate.
(BTW, If you care, the "correct" term in Shadowrun is "essence." But say "mana" in case you get that guy on your team, you can piss him off.)
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Now try to figure out whether NULL = NULL. (Hint: it depends on which DB engine you're using.)
You also spelled "memorize" wrong. ;)
(The reps from NextGen seem to think that MySQL is a dodgy, fly-by-night operation next to their MSSQL server.)
Having used both, I also think this. MySQL's crappy client tools and crummy internationalization support kind of give me that impression.
BeOS also had that feature. I think that a lot of commercial software companies, frankly, don't like stuff like that and OpenDoc... after-all, if a small OS plug-in is all you need to open and edit Photoshop files, you might not need Photoshop.
I'm not paranoid enough to believe those companies made any effort to kill the technology. We all tried OpenDoc, and it was a buggy mess.
Imagine your OS as a bank of roms, and your PC as a fully integrated machine rather than a patchwork of PCI cards and third party drivers.
Uh, Apple did that for, what, 15 years or so? They gave it up, which makes me think the "patchwork of PCI cards" must be superior on some way, at least.
The problem with the Pandora is that nowhere on its website does it say what it's for. I mean, they talk about its use as a game machine, but there's no list of games anywhere. (They mention it's powerful enough to play Quake 3, I guess that counts?)
I dunno, I guess it's just aimed at developers for now, but as a casual visitor to their site, my first question is, "where's the software?"
Compared to France, which has a HIGHER rate of people belonging to organized religions?
Look, I understand that that's what you're TRYING to say: "oh those fucking stupid pig Americans, god damn they are such fucking idiots, I despise them so much I'm going to write anti-American posts in topics that have absolutely nothing to do with the US." That's what you're going for.
But after my pointing out that the country discussed IN THE ARTICLE is more religious than the US, what is your point? Or is your point that you don't care that your point is completely invalid?
Yes, but people bring it up as if I, an American, should *not* buy an Xbox for that reason. "The Xbox isn't doing well in Japan, you should buy a PS3." What I'm saying is that that doesn't make any goddamned sense, and it's a stupid argument.
And hey, maybe a little bit of national pride in that an American company is actually in the field again. I think that's the first since Atari bit the dust.
Congratulations! In the spirit of the thread, want to share your costs associated with the game? (I'm guessing less than $500 if you don't include the PC and Xbox.)
Hehe. Futurama, in the episode with Fry's 4-minute-long TV drama:
"It took an hour for me to write! I thought it'd take an hour to read!"
Unfortunately, they're publicly-owned, which means they have to at the very least pretend they're coping with the economic downturn in a very visible way. Even if they really don't need to. Otherwise their stockholders will revolt, sell of their shares, and they'd be in much worse state. It also doesn't help that the other layoffs rates in Washington State have lowered the price of tech labor.
Well, the choice is, I think:
"Vote for a 10% paycut on your current contract, and expect to get hired for another contract when it's over."
Or:
"Don't vote for the 10% paycut on your current contract, but also don't be surprised if it's terminated early and/or you're unable to get another contract."
So it's two choices, they just both suck.
Fine; a bunch of French people claimed to be Roman Catholics, but don't actually believe in God (assuming that's possible; it doesn't seem likely.)
That doesn't cover the basic point: what the hell was the parent poster getting at? What does "92% of Americans believe in God" imply about the US? It's just mindless flamebait; if you read his replies, he has no idea what he's talking about either.
Statement A:
This isn't a discussion over whether America or France is the bigger bully or the most dumbest. The comment I replied to said that Non-Americans don't know that Tallahassee is the capital of Florida, and that it's wrong that American's should by some miracle of geographic genius be expected to know that Paris is the capital of France.
Statement B:
I'm sorry if I've affronted your beliefs, but the acceptance of religious doctrine as fact is ignorant at best, barbaric at worst.
WHAT THE HOLY FUCK DOES B HAVE TO DO WITH A?!
I'm seriously just trying to figure out what you're trying to say here. I still think it's blatant "America sucks!", but I have no clue about your motive... "America sucks, although they couldn't be expected to know every country's capital? Also something about religion I brought up for no reason."
In plain English, what are you trying to say? What does religion have to do with it at all? Why is it significant that 92% of Americans believe in a God? WTF!!
Nah, they're mostly Development or Staging web servers.
Apparently me saying that was Flamebait or something, though, I got modded down. Alas.
You come into an article about France complaining that the US is full of idiots because of our religion rate. Then when I point out France has a HIGHER religion rate, you say "the French are no saints either." Why don't you figure out what the hell you're trying to say before saying it? Look, either religion = dumb, in which case France (the SUBJECT OF THIS ARTICLE remember) is more dumb than the US, or it doesn't and your statement that 92% of people believe in God means JACK SHIT.
Christ. You're not even anti-American, you're anti-rational thought.
What stops you from putting the image on the slide-out monitor and the tools on the attached monitor? You *do* realize that the distinction between "main" and "secondary" monitor is completely arbitrary and can be changed at any time, right?
According to the CIA World Factbook, a larger proportion of French people belong to an organized religion than American people.
So while everything you say is (may be) true, you're still just being an anti-American shill instead of truly believing the things you're saying.
We see statistics coming out of America like 92% of Americans believe in a God [washingtonpost.com]. This speaks volumes.
Uh... it does?
These anti-American rants that have been showing up on Slashdot in the last few years are making less and less sense.
The CIA World Factbook ( https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html#People ) says that France has the following religious distribution:
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
So... what negative thing do you get from the US 92% that you don't get from the France 96%?
(To be fair, France doesn't keep official religion statistics, and I haven't seen any surveys asking French people if they believe in a God, but I'm guessing the CIA numbers are pretty accurate.)
It's a lot more likely you've just been trolled.
How do phones like Blackberries do in Japan? I find it really, really hard to believe that businessmen don't sync their phones with their email. That's a huge segment of the cellphone market here in the US. (And the smartest thing Apple ever did with the iPhone is adding in Exchange sync, so they could eat away at Blackberry.)
That's the way I respond every time someone tells me that the Xbox is a failure because it doesn't sell well in Japan. As if selling well in the other 200+ countries doesn't matter a bit. It's ridiculous, and I also don't understand why I should give even a third of a shit that the Xbox isn't selling well in Japan.
The list is misleading in a few ways. For example, IE on Windows Mobile is a "real" web browser, and it's included. (Although I don't know what definition of "real" they're using, I'm guessing it's one specifically designed to include mobile Safari and not mobile IE.) There's also a free Firefox version for Windows Mobile which I can't remember the name of right now.
Also, the iPhone has dial-up networking? Seriously? WTF. I have one and I've never noticed that "feature" if it indeed exists.
You prove to Sony you have enough resources to successfully complete and release at least one PS3 game, which is nearly impossible if it's your first game since they usually require a history of at least 2-3 releases. You also need enough capital to pay for the extremely expensive dev kits.
To start working on your Xbox 360 game, you need a Xbox 360, a PC, and $100. (And the $100 is optional.)
I was playing Shadowrun the other day, and I said "mana" when referring to... well, "mana." Someone on my team said that Shadowrun doesn't use the term "mana" it uses "MP" (or something similar.) We got into this whole argument:
* You knew what I meant so why correct me?
* Every game uses "MP" or "Magic" and not the word "Mana" so you should have known that was the wrong term
* Uh, the most popular game on Earth, World of Warcraft, uses the term "Mana" so I think people are going to know what the hell I mean
Then he hit me with the ultimate:
* You should listen to me, man, I work at Gamestop!
This made about half the people on the team just crack up. I had to explain, as gently as possible, that I've never seen a Gamestop employee who had two brain cells to rub together. The thought that he figured "worked at Gamestop" was impressive in some way was simply hilarious.
Anyway, when the competition hits you with "I work at Gamestop!" I generally consider myself winner of the debate.
(BTW, If you care, the "correct" term in Shadowrun is "essence." But say "mana" in case you get that guy on your team, you can piss him off.)