neumann_alfred

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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Of course, it's usually fruitless to define "art"... but I didn't mean to say it has to be something extremely "deep" and personal. Just consider this: most games "think" of the bits of art that are in them as "art assets". And in many case
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I do however look forward to your explanation of exactly why Spec Ops: The Line is of no artistic value. You can wait until you're blue in the face. However, if you let go of the strawman for a sec, I'd happily explain to you why it's not
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
because it's probably the best justice system in the world (or at least touted as such). By whom? The US has more citizens in prison than even China; and that is talking about absolute numbers, not even a percentage. Also, I often read po
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I know I'm not being coherent, but just consider how many platformers have collecting coins as a prominent, if not the main mechanic. And nobody ever questions that, do they. Fuck violence; our problems run deeper than even that.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I would be able to take this seriously for a second if it at least mentioned the power trip side of it, or the greed of being addicted to collecting virtual stuff. But it's all just so great and special... why, they even mention "art" and
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
The second someone works for the FBI, with that being their main motive and only plan, they may be a lot of things, but hardly a hacker. I guess everybody has their own definition, but to me this is like saying "water needs dry surfaces".
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Everything has it’s pros and cons, but a con isn’t “OH it’s developed by Apple” or “Oh it’s created by Microsoft”, a con isn’t “It’s a clone of Java” that’s all just your ignorance bleeding through. When it comes to Microsoft, their motiv
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Calling something BS that's well, BS in a rude way does not negate that call of BS. And nobody claimed that it does. They simply pointed out that it's kinda weak to be an asshole in response; the fact the the asshole had a point doesn't m
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Ever noticed how moving your own tongue about in your own mouth is totally not like french kissing someone else? Kinda counterintuitive I know, but those have been my findings.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
One way of verifying this (without de-criminalisation) is to compare drug usage to alcohol usage That's why the fact that most alcoholics don't commit crimes to get their fix is relevant. Sure, some do, sometimes, but on the whole, it's a
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Consider: people commit crimes to get money to buy alcohol. How can you consider that, without also considering that most people don't? Price does make a difference.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
One man's "dark parts of the internet" is another man's "enlightened circles". Next.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Put it in an educational or artsy context, claim fair use ... it's just a quote, live a little! :P
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
How does this computer right here not consist of a whole lof of linear sequenceS?(notice the plural btw? and the fact that "linear" does say nothing about "serial" vs "parallel", either?) How is data not arrayed linearly? Please elaborate,
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
To be honest, I realized you probably were halfway through my rant, but ranted anyway. I'm not sure if I would agree that "bad language" can do all that much damage, but I do agree that "it's just words" is generally not an argument.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Are you saying being unable to whore out to good, clean and 100% trivial family entertainment, is actually equivalent to killing people? Why not have Watson investigate murder cases? Or even better, make sense of the words vs. actions of ac
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Nice! But note Lego tried their best to fight them.. instead of welcoming friends and competition in this huge undertaking of measuring bricks correctly. Those Lego guys must really have figured out some hi-tech stuff there, so much is obvi
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Would it be legal to make compatible bricks which are called differently? If so, why is nobody doing it? If not, there is your answer why LEGO is expensive; to quote the dude from Idiocracy, "ohhh, I like money".
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
problems should be solved by describing a linear sequence of steps (as opposed to logic/declarative programming) Linear sequences of steps processing data arrayed in some linear fashion or others is what computers do. It is certainly wh
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
More importantly, all other languages have it, too. So why even bring it up?
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I wasn't aware they had one..
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Why does that not apply to that schmuck and their ideas about what makes life interesting? Someone helpfully summarized the article and got a dumb fucking comment in response; I reacted to that, and why wouldn't I. Just like you guys are en
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
When it comes to the web, lower barrier of entry is actually a value in itself.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Oh get off it. Yeah, it's perfectly fine for me to find something "meh", how fantastic of you to notice; especially after someone said not reading the in-depth details of it would have made my life more boring; I took exception to be includ
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
When "what's appalling about patents existing" is the emotional argument, I thought the argument is actually that they exist in the way they do, not in them existing at all.. ? "what would be appalling about patents not existing" is a go
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
WekKit also isn't Safari, is it. I was referring to the reasons to keep bespoke Safari "secret" and the ways to do so... as in, to the actual fucking article, not "Apple success porn" in general, or whatever "sensibilities" I might have o
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Oh, I should have known this would happen :) Thanks all!
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Looking for the cliff notes version all the time makes life boring. Not for me, I prefer doing stuff (like typing this inane comment right here) to hearing about trivial things others did. In this case, even the cliff's notes are kinda "m
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
"You can't patent obvious shit" is actually patent law, so that's not a suggestion at all... it's just not enforced very well, is it, and that's the whole "mystery".
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
No, that's not another way to describe the same situation; it's an entirely different situation. Was this a honest mistake or deliberate sophistry?

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