Instead, why don't points of interest broadcast on an open (but secure, if possible) network? Go to a museum, a list of links pops up on your PDA. I like the concept, but what about spam-style advertising? If I scatter viagra ad beacons around the museum, what do you do to see the information that the painting is broadcasting without seeing the information that my ad beacons are broadcasting?
Why we put up with it and didn't bitch at MS I can't remember... Because you played Halo 2. The thing is rife with pro-MS subliminal messages. The fact that you can't remember why you let them off the hook only proves how effective it is.
...and they'll end up with an expensive brick that can play a few crappy titles. I've been keeping my fingers crossed that the console will tank so that I can pick one up on the cheap and make it a Linux box. I have no clue what I'm doing, so I'm unwilling to pay $X99.99 to tinker with it...but $50 for a used console from an angry ex-Sony fan? Sign me up!
Here's some information for those of you interested. I'm not an authority on this, except that I once did a 6 minute presentation for one of my biology classes.
Some researchers believe that autism causes it's havoc by interfering with the brains ability to prune existing connections between neurons. This is also pointed at as the reason that many autistic children appear normal for the first X months of development...they have to build up enough neurons linked to everything else before they lose the ability to function.
For the same reason, many believe that treatments that restore the brains ability to prune those connections could restore normal function to people with autism, even if they are already adults.
Just sell licenses to play the games in emulation. Send the purchaser a paper certificate they can staple to their printed-out receipt. You don't even have to give them a ROM image! All you are selling them is an additional license to use something they already have. I'd mod you up, but I already posted in this section, so I have to resort to giving you a glowing reply instead.
This is a great idea. I've never thought of it before, and I'm stunned that it's not already being done. I'd buy such a license in a heartbeat (well, in the $5 - $10 price range anyway).
I wonder if one reason it's not currently done is from fear that it could interfere with the ability of the industry to take down ROM sites.
Advertising on Craigs list is pretty dumb. I have a story that may match it:
In my little college town, there was a guy who owned his own small business, doing mostly PC repairs / upgrades. He acquired a reputation in my geeky-friend circle as being a little shady and a lot overpriced.
Apparently he also started modding XBoxes on the side. I met a neighbor that had one that he'd worked on, and as a result of the mod you'd get an extra splash screen when booting your XBox. I'm futzing the details, but the splash screen said something like this:
This console modded by Bob's Smalltown PC Shop! I'll mod your console too for $35! Contact me at 1234 Main St, (999)-999-9999.
I was dumbfounded that he'd leave such evidence on something that he had to have known was illegal. It made me want to buy one and forward it to Microsoft just for spite, because it seemed a tragic injustice that someone could do something so stupid and never have to deal with the results.
I never got around to it, though, because then he skipped town without paying the last X weeks of back wages to his employees. As far as I know no-one ever found him, but I didn't pay much attention after the first bit of news.
From the summary:
'What we found is that we were not as dependent on AdWords as some people thought.'"
Which translates as 'We found that we're way the hell more dependent on AdWords than we thought', right? They went back to Google in, what, 5 days?
I guess cheese is the only edible thing without feelings then... From wikipedia:
Cheese is made by curdling milk using a combination of rennet (or rennet substitutes) and acidification. Bacteria culture acidify the milk and play a role in defining the texture and flavor of most cheeses. Some cheeses also feature molds, either on the outer rind or throughout. If you're going to call for plant rights, you shouldn't leave out the molds and bacteria. I guess they might not actually be alive when you eat the cheese, but they were certainly exploited.
As others have mentioned, that's Red Alert. As others have not mentioned, there was a hidden reference to it in the manual for the game. Morse code lines the edges of the manual pages which translates into radio chatter from an ant attack.
Maybe something will happen. Maybe it won't. I can make random conjectures too. Good idea! If you fill a website with them, maybe you'll get some ad revenue too. Or maybe you won't.
Yikes. Not only that, but doesn't having a copy enough original messages and the encrypted messages give enough data to reverse engineer your private key? (Forgive me if that's FUD, I have minimal encryption experience).
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I've seen this exact post - word for word - in the Slashdot comments at least one other time. Is this a popular article that someone's pasting in? What's the story here?
I agree. I have a handful of friends that graduated with CS degrees in order to enroll in law school.
My opinion is that our minds are already geared for the IF definition THEN result, EXCEPT WHEN whatever kind of language that most laws that I've read are written in.
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I like the concept, but what about spam-style advertising? If I scatter viagra ad beacons around the museum, what do you do to see the information that the painting is broadcasting without seeing the information that my ad beacons are broadcasting?
...and they'll end up with an expensive brick that can play a few crappy titles. I've been keeping my fingers crossed that the console will tank so that I can pick one up on the cheap and make it a Linux box. I have no clue what I'm doing, so I'm unwilling to pay $X99.99 to tinker with it...but $50 for a used console from an angry ex-Sony fan? Sign me up!I'd like to see some comparison on game quality vs rating received. How many games with, say, 4 star or higher reviews are rated E? Are rated T?
It seems to me that quality of the game has a bigger impact on the games that people (including kids) will seek out than the rating.
If you need links for those, here you go:
Firefox: http://www.getfirefox.com/
Adblock: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/18
Bliss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppnaHjcypTY&mode=r
Here's some information for those of you interested. I'm not an authority on this, except that I once did a 6 minute presentation for one of my biology classes.
Some researchers believe that autism causes it's havoc by interfering with the brains ability to prune existing connections between neurons. This is also pointed at as the reason that many autistic children appear normal for the first X months of development...they have to build up enough neurons linked to everything else before they lose the ability to function.
For the same reason, many believe that treatments that restore the brains ability to prune those connections could restore normal function to people with autism, even if they are already adults.
Joyous times, indeed.
In my little college town, there was a guy who owned his own small business, doing mostly PC repairs / upgrades. He acquired a reputation in my geeky-friend circle as being a little shady and a lot overpriced.
Apparently he also started modding XBoxes on the side. I met a neighbor that had one that he'd worked on, and as a result of the mod you'd get an extra splash screen when booting your XBox. I'm futzing the details, but the splash screen said something like this:
This console modded by Bob's Smalltown PC Shop!
I'll mod your console too for $35!
Contact me at 1234 Main St, (999)-999-9999.
I was dumbfounded that he'd leave such evidence on something that he had to have known was illegal. It made me want to buy one and forward it to Microsoft just for spite, because it seemed a tragic injustice that someone could do something so stupid and never have to deal with the results.
I never got around to it, though, because then he skipped town without paying the last X weeks of back wages to his employees. As far as I know no-one ever found him, but I didn't pay much attention after the first bit of news.
Does it also cause death when inhaled? And do the myriad of other things listed here: http://www.petitiononline.com/spots350/petition.ht ml?
Which translates as 'We found that we're way the hell more dependent on AdWords than we thought', right? They went back to Google in, what, 5 days?
Meddle not in the affairs of students, for they have grand ambitions and idle hands.
Cheese is made by curdling milk using a combination of rennet (or rennet substitutes) and acidification. Bacteria culture acidify the milk and play a role in defining the texture and flavor of most cheeses. Some cheeses also feature molds, either on the outer rind or throughout. If you're going to call for plant rights, you shouldn't leave out the molds and bacteria. I guess they might not actually be alive when you eat the cheese, but they were certainly exploited.
Like that joke about asking a lawyer what two plus two is:
"Past precedents suggest four. But there are a few cases for three or five which are currently being appealed."
You misspelled overlords.
because he wants to share them with us blah blah blah dirty troll blah blah blah
Don't forget the people who fall for the offtopic direct attack!
I, for one, am in favor of any browser that forces Microsoft not to disband the IE team again.
As others have mentioned, that's Red Alert. As others have not mentioned, there was a hidden reference to it in the manual for the game. Morse code lines the edges of the manual pages which translates into radio chatter from an ant attack.
a lert.2.html and search the page for the phrase "5.4.1 Morse code in the manual".
I tried to paste the translation here, but the comment lame-ness filter is stopping me (too much whitespace). Go to http://www.the-spoiler.com/STRATEGY/Westwood/red.
It was 'The Immortal', which was on PC, NES, Genesis, etc. Here's the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immortal_(compute r_game)/
I only played the NES and Genesis version, but I seem to recall that the coffee thing was not in the Genesis one. Was this an NES exclusive?
Yikes. Not only that, but doesn't having a copy enough original messages and the encrypted messages give enough data to reverse engineer your private key? (Forgive me if that's FUD, I have minimal encryption experience).
I've seen this exact post - word for word - in the Slashdot comments at least one other time. Is this a popular article that someone's pasting in? What's the story here?
I commend you for avoiding a car analogy.
I agree. I have a handful of friends that graduated with CS degrees in order to enroll in law school.
My opinion is that our minds are already geared for the IF definition THEN result, EXCEPT WHEN whatever kind of language that most laws that I've read are written in.
So what's the big deal?
We already had Haikus
Why the new spacing?