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PacManhattan Relocates Classic Game To New York Streets
Matt Slaybaugh writes "Some classmates of mine have developed a 'large-scale urban game that utilizes the New York City grid to recreate the 1980's video game sensation Pac-Man.' One player dresses up as Pac-Man and tries to cover the full Greenwich Village grid, while 4 others dressed as Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde try to catch him. Everyone reports their positions to their respective generals, who monitor progress on a central control board. I can't wait for the real-world implementation of Donkey Kong."
I'll gladly hurl barrels at the submitter... or anyone, really.
Banaaaana!
It's funny, laugh!
How are the ghosts gonna eat the pacman? Cannibals
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> while 4 others dressed as Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde try to catch him.
What happened to Tinkie-Winkie?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I can't wait for them to go through the Washington Heights and Bronx 'hoods and play with the homies there...
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I would pay them money to let me do this... RL video gaming; better than crappy 3d goggles.
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Just imagine dodging taxis...
If I see PacMan running arounf, and call out to the ghosts, is that cheating: ;)
In other news: Al Qaeda members intercepted and arrested today downtown New York, disguised as yellow PacMen. They admitted using a new kind of simulator to train for their failed terrorist attack.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
even more guys who will never, ever get laid...
Why don't you embrace your slashbotness instead of living in a dreamworld?
Somehow, looking at the pictures, I imagine the guy who plays PacMan has a hard time getting dates.
Scene bar:
Guy: "So, baby, what's your sign?"
Women: "What's that big thing sticking out of your chest?"
Guy: "Oh this? Yellow foam. There's one in the back too."
Women: "What's it for for? Do you use it erotically?"
Guy: "Heck no. It's for playing a real-life version of a videogame from the 80s."
*Total silence*
Power Pellets sold by shady characters in dark alleys?
They need to utilize the Subway. I'm going to try to sign up and play when I get back home.
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But if you find a rotten apple lying in the middle of the street are you supposed to eat it?
Diego
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Clearly Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde must be pimps and Pacman is a bitch who outta pocket.
why run from Vincenzo?
until they all have GPS's, and I can watch a satellite map of them running around. GET TO WORK
REM Old programmers don't die. They just GOSUB without RETURN.
I mean, if you already pay for your sex and your friends, why not pay for your real life gaming? //smirk.
when they decide to scale Halo to real life in NYC...if you think the traffic problems there are already bad, wait 'till there's a Warthog or two....
How do I get the gold key?
I've never seen so many screen shots (about 20) that all show absolutely nothing interesting before in my life. It is really worth the experience of going to the photos page and viewing them all just to confirm this, as you will never see this type of mundane marketing again!
Cover your eyes and click this link!
Goddamn... Go see a show or something.
This seems like a fun idea, But I wasn't to clear about how the 'generals' keep track of everyones position. Their's a .dir file linked to in the rules page. Any windows users with director wanna tell us what that is? (It's a binary file but says director in there. I think that's Macromedia's shockwave, right?)
Seems like gps, wifi and pda's could make this more plausible.
Ansi's and stupid tricks!
I wonder if we can ever simulate this on a computer. That would save a lot of time, money and effort.
OK, this is just so nerdy, so utterly whacko, and such a large scale piece of craziness that you HAVE to love it.
I've been laughing for the last three minutes. This is great! Even my wife likes the idea. Cheers to those doing it.
"People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die." -- Jim Davidson on alt.folklore.urban
Personally I'm waiting for the next move in real life Tetris currently being played in New York. Al Queda started with an excellent half tetris but I'm waiting for their next move. Should be good!
It's Rome all over again. This is the end, the end of everything. Civilization collapsing in on itself. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!
I'm trying hard to think of something more pathetic to do, but I can't.
At least they deserve a Guiness record for that, or something.
Well, not Pacman, but my friends and I managed to recreate "Video Pool" in the meatspace. We also sucessfully played Tapper, and "Nick Faldo's golf".
I also know a guy who was really ahead of his time, and was playing GTA almost every night...
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
...real life GTA vice city?
Why bother to report position? Why not just automate it with GPS reporting?
Fight Spammers!
But I guess we could always imagine a Beowulf cluster of them running Linux.
So?! I don't even want your Karma.
I was expecting something more spherical, would be nice to see a 2.5' radius yellow ball with legs running down an ny street (again?) -- I bet the "mouth" on the costume doesn't even work...
I'm looking at the photos of the guy running through the streets with "ghosts" in pursuit, while supposedly in contact with the "general" for advice, and all I keep hearing is:
:-)
"Mister Wizard! Get me the hell out of here!"
So: is a real-world "Matrix" game that far behind?
I'm a bloodsucking fiend! Look at my outfit!
Funniest thing I've seen in a long time!
Yes, "The Donald". With the bad comb-over.
It's either on the beat or off the beat, it's that easy.
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Apparently they are having some trouble finding the MAME dump of Pac Man.
-R
In another 25 years or so...
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. --Will
All you need is a baseball bat, a good pair of shoes and the fun is guaranteed.
Diego
diegoT
When is he going to finish his game?
"People of Earth, I am Lrrr of the planet Nintendu 64. Tremble in fear at our three different kinds of ships!" -- Futurama, "Anthology of Interest II"
I'd like to see more about which location technologies they used to track their positions within the game...
you woulda thought they could justa wore a pacman shirt or "im inky" shirt, but nooo they needed full on costumes... well I give them geek cred for that =P
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At least they look good in those costumes. Oh, wait...
Implant him with a GPS device.
From episode 174. It was a pretty funny episode. :)
;)
I even found two video clips: #1 and #2. Here are two screen captures: #1 and #2. Thanks to Google for finding these.
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of Half-life. Or Halo. Splinter Cell. Even America's Army
oh wait...
...if they go to the Bronx or Harlem, they can play Defender. :-)
These kids... They _DARE_ to call themselves geeks? Shame on them!
I just read their so-called "rules" of the game. What a disgrace. How could they forget one of the most important rules of Pacman???
They completely forgot that when the Pacman eats a power pellet the ghosts immediately change their direction 180 degrees. Somebody should call them up and set them straight.
Score: -1 (fake geek)
and a movie to go along with it too!
I don't know. If I saw pacman running around I would surely feel an urge to run after him... anyone would do it.
And in New York there is quite a LOT of people.
Diego
diegoT
So, uhhmm, are we going to slashdot Manhattan now?
My other UID is 1337
Now if only I can play legit version Galaxia outside...
I guess they don't sell beer in NYC anymore.
Who gets to make the wakka wakka sound?
Who doesn't like free music?
Ney York is already a FPS...
My spoon is too big.
From the rules:
"At the start of the game, Pac-Man runs along the streets, staying outdoors, within the designated playing area at all times. The ghosts may begin to chase Pac-Man. Pac-Man continues to run the board until all of the dots are "eaten" or one of the ghosts eats Pac-Man."
What does it mean for a ghost to "eat" Pac-Man?
Does a ghost have to be within a certain distance from Pac-Man?
Does a ghost have to "tag" (physically touch) Pac-Man?
Does a ghost have to restrain Pac-Man?
What happens if a random pedestrian interferes with the game?
These are not empty streets where pan-man and the ghosts can run around freely. There is a lot of obstacles and pedestrian and automotive traffic getting in the way of things.
Also, a guy dressed in yellow foam being vigorously chased by other guys dressed in foam is likely to attract attention, probably by the police.
Wouldn't the fastest runner have a distinct advantage over the other players?
In other words, if Pac-Man had the evasive maneuvers of a pro football running back, wouldn't the game kind of be over before it started?
I applaude the creative ressurrection of a childhood pastime, but I am skeptical of the game being much more than an elaborate "tag, you're it" with costumes.
Doesn't fit it exactly but still applies: "Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music..."
I don't know if anyone else saw it, but Club Dread (from Broken Lizards, the Super Troopers guys) had something like this. They had large bushes or trees plotting out the course, and at the ends. Not as big a scale though, and the ghosts were girls in bikinis. Now thats a game!
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Why are people bashing this? Because they are doing something wacky? Why is that so "geeky?"
It's something fun to do, that's silly... why be so negative about it? Actually, why are the negative comments modded up, instead of down?
Matt Groening on Fresh Air:
"The idea of the design of him is he actually is basically, originally Homer in clown garb. And the satirical conceit that I was going for at the time was that the Simpsons was about a kid who had no respect for his father, but worshiped a clown who looked exactly looked exactly like his father. But, we sort of lost that."
So there you go.
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The project website is here where it mentions the top score is 20,000 so far . . . that's a lot of city blocks to have run - even if you assume they maximized each power pellet (4*(200+400+800+1600)), that leaves 8000 points, and at 30 points per block, that's 266 blocks . . . I guess they beat the board a couple times?
Perhaps he does use it erotically.
They did this in Broken Lizard's Club Dread (same group that made Supertroopers) -- it was easily the best part of the movie.
Pac-Man was Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1982.
Now if they would only make SimCity a real life game... that would be very intresting to play.
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what these guys really need is:
0. GPS units for each player (pac-man and ghosts)
1. 802.11 network
2. wireless PDA with a board of the game
3. server synching all the movement and collection of items.
4. client software that:
a. checks the speed of ghosts (make sure they don't run too fast) - this will allow people that are not too fast runners to play
b. updates and displays the current position of ghosts and pac-man
c. shows the score, etc.
otherwise this Pac-Manhattan is more like Persecution.
Just when I thought you couldnt sink any lower than real life role playing games. Way to go guys!
...but youre one of them.
/. is like a giant banner which screams "Virgin!".
An account at
When are they going to start selling those costumes on thinkgeek
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This is why people hate nerds!
:P
I'd be too embarrased to admit that I know these people. It makes playing D&D look cool.
Pac-Man was originally called Puck-Man, until a shrewd Namco employee noticed the opportunity for kids to scrape at the logo, creating a much ruder-sounding game.
I'd rather dress up in tights and yell Lightning Bolt as I ran through the Newyork streets.
We now have an elaborate "tag, your it" game with costumes.
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We could gather some geeks and try to convince people to run Linux, and one guy would be Bill and would try to get every computer running Windows... er, wait a minute...
Oh, forget it.
I've got mod points, but I need a "-1, Misogynist" up in this mug.
"The twins"???
"Love hole"???
Dude, seriously.
I've had some good times getting drunk and playing live pong.
dispite the ambiguity of the "tag you're it" ruleset, it's still fun.
At least no camel foot.
I want a live gps fead of each player displayed on a grid at the website.
Or do they have teleportation pads that send PacMan from the west side of Washington street to the east side of it?
If so, I wanna play it!
(it is called Mario Twins)
Only this is for adults. How entertaining!
I thought we got rid of all the dot-com losers. Hey wake up, its 2004, maybe its time to grow up.
Next time you think of something that is only mildly amusing you shouldn't waste too much effort on it.
The main thing that annoys me about the web is that it enables mediocre to inflict their banal ideas on the rest of us.
I was thinking more like frogger.
Really, I mean, nobody but the cop even stopped to look at any of them funny. And he was just adjusting his sleeve anyway.
"I was raised by a cup of coffee" -Homsar
Clearly you're not from New York.
These guys are gay and are getting plenty being in Greenwich Village.
In fact, Pac Man is just a metaphor... well I'll let you work it out.
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And don't even ask me about the "real life" Missile Command. Not pretty.
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
Once they gonna do a real life version of Grand Theft auto in Manhattan ;)
use GPSes and GIS software to monitor and control the game rules. Each player probably needs to see the whole board also, not just a block ahead.
I, for one, welcome our new, real life, PacMan Overlords...
Roses are red, violets are blue, most poems rhyme, but this one doesn't...
"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music..."
...and I bet he never forsaw the live-action roleplay version either!
Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Gates M'dna wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Space invaders is easy. Get people to jump off buildings while hurling stones down at you. If you get hit, you lose.
Meanwhile, you throw baseballs at them. If they get hit, it triggers the detonation device.
Only problem I see is if you and they miss completely, and a guy is sent falling to his death.
...
Those mirrors contain scumware popups/certificates that try to install premium rate phone dialers from 'Click Yes To Enter Ltd'. I know for most of us tech oriented Slashdotters this isn't a problem but we shouldn't be supporting sites that could be robbing our grandmas!
Also, a guy dressed in yellow foam being vigorously chased by other guys dressed in foam is likely to attract attention, probably by the police.
Really? why? I must admit that I have never been to Manhattan or America for that matter. You must have lots of police on the street if they have time for that. I never see any police on foot in downtown Copenhagen. Racing around in their cars, es, but caring the slightest bit about on foot, no. To me it just sounds strange why they should care about those goofballs, but I guess it is a different mentality all together
about a Trekky movie about speaking Klingon???
Wazzup with that?
Pacman and Donkey Kong are good, but the real excitement would be a world-wide tour of Rampage.
~L
You see, we don't waste every waking moment of our lives thinking about getting laid. We actually do things we find interesting.
When I see someone like you post something like your post, I already know that I have more of a life than that person. There are more, and better, things than sex.
Unlike you, I actually spend my life doing things that I enjoy--I don't focus on fulfilling animalistic urges and belittling anyone who actually has a real hobby.
And one final thing...how is this real-life Pacman game any more lame than a game where a bunch of musclebound idiots are chasing another musclebound idiot carrying a ball across a field?
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Trust me, people dressed as Pacman and Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Shadow would completely escape the policeman's no...
Oh sorry, I was thinking of San Fran.
Ne-ver-mind.
"No, seriously. Have you ever talked to a girl without having to give your credit card number?"
All that comes to mind is 'get a life'. You live in one of the world's great cities, and all you can find to do is simulate an old arcade game? Is there really nothing more constructive, that perhaps engages in the world about you, that you can find to do? I'm sick to death of being associated in the minds of the non-nerd public with self indulgent, overgrown kids who see no reason to use their talents and energy to contribute to, or even participate, in the society they live in. Please take the website down, masturbation is better done in private.
You perfectionists piss me off. If a game had to be "perfect" before it shipped, no games would ever ship! Why do you think we invented patches?
Now get your ass up on top that building!
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"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music..."
Ever been to a rave?
I fail to see why this warrants a slashdot post.
100% Insightful
Why don't they attach GPS trackers to each player, render the game in progress on a billboard in Times Square? I'm sure they could find sponsors and stuff.
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NEEEEEEEEEEEERRRD!
Folks at the University of Minnesota had a slightly different concept: They used gigantic red, yellow, and blue inflatable game pieces using Minneapolis streets as a game board. It was the Big Urban Game played in September 2003. In case you are wondering, blue won.
The home page of the B.U.G.
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Just look at all those people flying around in planes, re-enacting flight sims.
Baumi
Wrong attribution, internet-rumor-boy.
Marcus Brigstocke, a Brit comedian, wrote that, and he is not pleased that you don't know that.
The latest Slashdot meme.
... and people are shocked at the U.S. has such a high divorce rate.
Wait a second!!!!! This sounds like it will lead to sweating. I thought the purpose of video games was to provide action without exercise?
"Anything tastes good if you deep fry it."
"Hey, babe, wanna help me do a live-action replay of Strip Poker?"
YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON.
It was a joke.
Take the burr out of your ass.
Why don't you embrace your slashbotness instead of living in a dreamworld?
Not only a /. article, you get listed in the Darwin Project!
Fine. I apologise for singling you out, but just because my comment doesn't apply to you doesn't mean it doesn't apply to others.
Don't think that just because you were joking that other people weren't agreeing with you, either silently or by posting their own comments to that effect (in this thread and others).
It needed to be said.
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Screw Pacman! Wake me up when they are playing Grand Theft Auto.
Er... the musclebound idiots are getting laid?
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While we're on the topic of real-life PacMan,
A Cross-Dressing Stanford Ms. Pacman
Berkeley students can never resist the temptation of poking fun at the 'other school'...
I'm Trappped at Berkeley.
Ah yes, so many things in life seem more worthwhile than having sex when there isn't any sex to be had. Oddly enough, the availability of sex does tend to change ones priorities. Hobbies seem boring, reading a waste of time, and thinking itself an unbearable burden. The smell of one's aftershave takes on an increasing importance. One becomes concerned with the threadcount of one's sheets. Insipid banter becomes engaging.
That having been said, I find myself agreeing with you more than I would like these days. Yes, yes, there really is nothing like a good book on quantum mechanics and reading every post to /.
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YOU TAKING THIS ALL A WEE BIT SERIOUSLY ARENT YOU (asdf asd fasd asdf asdf asdf asd fasdf asd fasd fasdf asd fasdf ad fasd fasdf asdf asdfasdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asf asd fadsf . fuck you slashdot police)
its, self admitedly, the only sexual gratification he gets...
... the name "pac-man" has to be qualified with "1980's video game sensation".
sigh.
I can't wait for the real-world implementation of Donkey Kong
for that all you need is a fire escape, some barrels and a really dumb friend.
It was one of the more memorable moments from that movie.
When travelling, it's ok if the airlines lose your emotional baggage.
I suspect frogger was written by somebody who lived in new york.
Who's up for some Sorry! *bonk* Or maybe some Monopoly! Go to Jail! I bet Michael Jackson would be good at that one.
-Imidazole
Hilarious Office Prank!
I'm not getting laid either way. Maybe, just maybe, the Pac-man idea isn't such a bad one after all. Then, at least, I'd have a reason for not getting any.
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It will be really funny if several groups decide to play a game on the same day.
This is a sport I could really bet on.
And where the Hell is Ms. Pac-Man?
Thinking about going to NYU? Thinking about hiring someone from there?
Just remember, these guys are getting college credit for this.
(I'm only jesting, I know people who go to NYU...)
Tim
Omnia vestra castrorum habetur nobis.
When I see someone like you post something like your post, I already know that I have more of a life than that person. There are more, and better, things than sex.
Like what....? Yeah, try it sometime - it might give you rejuvenated inspiration to pursue even more wacky hobbies and adventures.
There's a reason we were created to enjoy food, crave warmth, and seek sex. It keeps our species alive and vital.
- passion
Get a grip. I don't know who's wringing your neck about quitting EverQuest and getting a real job...but it ain't us, so bugger off.
What a surprise: Someone who's hypersensitive to geek stereotyping lacks a sense of humor. Imagine my shock. Tell you what, Poindexter: Go back to your Red Bull and your XBox, and leave discussions to those of us equipped with social skills.
We reenact old video games all the time;
There's Duck Hunt, which is an average day of hunting. Mind you, most parks don't allow you to kill hundreds upon hundreds of birds, but you can overlook that.
Pong is just like tennis, or badminton, or any other overly repetitive sport which involves lobbing an object across a net over and over again.
Moon Patrol, I believe its name was, has been played many times in real life. Hell, we've even played Mars Patrol. We've gone beyond the land of video gaming!
Oh, and according to some astrology stuff I read, we will have to play Asteroids in a few hundred years, since apparently there are numerous large meteorites heading towards earth. Oh well - I won't be here. Let my great great great grandson deal with it.
In Soviet Russia, PacMan plays you.
Spoken like a man who's never gotten laid.
Translation:
"I can't get any, so it must not be good."
You're sister wouldn't put out for you, huh?
In may cases they are also getting paid as well. Many of them make in a few years more than I will see in a lifetime...
--guru
Who the hell modded this crap Insightful?
The guy is not insightful in the least. He's clearly undersexed and very frustrated as a result. (And in denial.)
I'm a geek. Damn proud of it too. Been a geek ever since I discovered computers 25 years ago in primary school.
Somewhere along the line I also figured out how to strike a balance in life and enjoy non-geek things too. Fast Cars. Sports. Arts. And OMG, SEX!
Yes, I get laid. Regularly. And no, I've never paid for it. Real, live, good-looking women.
Clean yourself up, learn some social skills, and give it a try.
Some people are like slinkies--basically useless but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
didn't we see this EXACT story a mere 7 hours ago?
"Er... Sir we're losing ships!"
"Order the ships to go faster, go down one and move the other way!"
Still a great line, and maybe I'll get to see Marcus live one of these days. He seems to play Birmingham a fair bit.
Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Gates M'dna wgah'nagl fhtagn.
The guy is not insightful in the least. He's clearly undersexed and very frustrated as a result. (And in denial.)
Wonderful. Your post beautifully highlights what's wrong with society. Well, one of the things that's wrong with it, at least.
What does it highlight, you're asking? The asinine belief that anyone who doesn't have sex on the brain is undersexed and frustrated. You fit the bill perfectly. Gotta love ignorance.
I also gotta love your suggestion that everyone should ``strike a balance'' between geek things and mainstream things like cars, sports, etc. Guess what? I don't like cars (which is putting it very mildly). Sports just bore me. Apathy is the only emotion I feel toward sexual relations. I do, however, have a passion for computers. I have a passion for comic books.
Just accept that people have different tastes than you. You like sports, cars, and sex? Fine. Just don't belittle me for not liking them. I like computers and comic books. I don't belittle others for not liking them.
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Like what....?
Like pretty much everything. People are wired differently. Some of them can't enjoy learning stuff, creating stuff, thinking about stuff, or can't enjoy it to a sufficient degree. These people rely on outdated programs that they got from their animal ancestors. These people spend their time trying to get laid, eat more, get higher on the social ladder, etc.
I (like many other people here) have tried sex (with a beautiful and smart girl who liked me), and while I enjoyed it to an extent, it doesn't measure up to pleasures of doing something creative, reading something interesting, solving math problems or talking with smart people.
And if we are talking about raw addictiveness, sex doesn't even beat computer games. How much time can you spend enjoying sex? A few hours at most. A Civilization game, on the other hand......
Future Wiki -- If you don't think about the future, you cannot have one.
It's stories like this that make all the duplicates, lame jokes and trolls on slashdot worthwhile. I take my hat off to these men.
It makes me want to do something like it in London, but sadly, the city streets lack the cartesian precision of New York.
-Colin
I don't belittle others for not liking them.
Oh, and your original post, entitled This is why geeks will always be better than you is somehow not belittling others?
Hypocrite.
Balance is important in life. I have a passion for computers. I have a passion for cars. Thankfully my passion for computers allows me the luxury of indulging my passion for cars, as well as doing other things such as travel, photography, date women, and generally enjoy live my life as I choose.
I humbly suggest that the ignorant party in this conversation is not me.
Some people are like slinkies--basically useless but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
... this isn't what they had in mind.
Yeah I know what you mean...
I can spend days playing Civilization, the only problem is it kinda gets on the neighbours nerves after a few hours of moaning and groaning things like:
"Ohhh yeah Queen Elizabeth, give it to me baby... I want ALL your cities... yeah, yeah, yeah... Ohhhh GOOOOOD I love the way you move those armies all across Europe. You really turn me on with your superior technology, share it with me please oh please."
I just don't understand why people bother with sex at all.
Oh, and your original post, entitled This is why geeks will always be better than you is somehow not belittling others?
Hypocrite.
Did you read the post I was replying to? He, or rather his joke-that-didn't-seem-like-a-joke, belittled people that do things that result in them not getting laid. I was calling him on that, and later apologised (to him, at least) when he said he was joking.
Balance is important in life. I have a passion for computers. I have a passion for cars. Thankfully my passion for computers allows me the luxury of indulging my passion for cars, as well as doing other things such as travel, photography, date women, and generally enjoy live my life as I choose.
If that's what you like, fine. But don't insinuate that everyone should like mainstream things for the sake of balance. I like what I like. If I only like geek things, so be it. That's the way it is and nothing'll change that. If I also like some mainstream things, so be it. That's the way it is and nothing'll change that.
And, for the record, this will be my last reply. I'm sick of this thread.
I support the Center for Consumer Freedom
I'm glad to know there are people with way less social life than me. Enjoy your cave, Quattro.
I just recovered from being in stitches over a wonderful image of all the women in a bar giving this one dude dressed up like a dork with a horrible pick up line an incredibly hard time... wahaha.
Though in even more cases, they don't
Isn't that a typical "it's been so long time I wanted to get laid that I learned to live without it" post ?
/. funny post as a personnal offense, you really need to get yourself a woman/man/pr0n =)
Ok, there's not only sex in life. But when you start taking each
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I'm not flamebating or whatever. I formulated this theory in fifth grade and all during school it was very accurate.
What happened to the warp tunnels?
Perhaps they could catch a taxi or underground from one side to another?
Geek fight!! Geek fight!! O man this makes me horney
The Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy Top Secret! did a life-size Pac-Man gag in 1984 (in addition to parodying Elvis movies, spy movies, war movies, and The Blue Lagoon).
When Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) arrives in East Germany, a map of the area around the train station is shown on the screen. The train chugs in, with a dotted line showing where our hero is, just like in the travel scenes in the Indiana Jones movies. We hear sound effects to let us know what's going on as Nick leaves in a car, with the dotted line following his position. A bunch of other vehicles fill up all the streets on the map with similar dots, and then our round yellow friend appears and starts eating the dots.
--Mark
"It is nice to know that the computer understands the problem. But I would like to understand it too." --Eugene Wigner
http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~ch690/PeanutGallery .mov
http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~ch690/Crazy.mov
http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~ch690/DENNIS%20GETS %20FREE.mov
mmmmm never heard about techno, clubs and raves??
This is why I would love to live in a big city. Not only would I get to play Pacman on a Saturday afternoon, but I would have onlookers saying shit like, "Man. That guy is going to fuck pacman up." Like in the second video.
This is truly priceless.
--If only there was a license required to use a computer.
Yeah, yeah. Call me when they've implemented the wrap-around tunnel.
Of course, it's clear to everyone here why you have this warped perspective: simple, old-fashioned jealousy. You can't get laid -- so rather than believe there's something lacking about yourself (which there clearly is, if you're flying off the handle on Slashdot), instead you choose to believe that everyone else is screwed up. Way to ignore Occam's Razor, dumbass.
Ah, the coward's exit. "I'm going to have the last word. I won't be coming back to reply. Don't bother writing anything, 'cause I won't read it!!" You truly are a spineless slime -- which, frankly, explains your sexual frustration. Girls like MEN, not whatever you are.And for the record, what makes your attribution any more credible than Denyer's? Certainly not a self-serving remark made by a comedian on his personal website...
Yes, I read the original post. It doesn't make you less of a hypocrite though--do you understand the meaning of the word?
That's the way it is and nothing'll change that.
I would hope that the passage of time will help you become better adjusted to society in general.
You could also do with forming a sense of humour... Having one would have avoided this thread altogether.
Some people are like slinkies--basically useless but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
And since you developed your brains instead of you body, you probably make enough money to buy them a drink.
The Philosophy of Liberty | lewrockwell.com
It's just mildly entertaining to watch this guy try to defend his position.
I don't think he even realizes that he is being prodded and made fun of.
Sigh...
Some people are like slinkies--basically useless but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
Was it absolutely necessary to be an asshole about correcting him?
Yes.
And for the record, comedians DO NOT STEAL JOKES. They WRITE them, and then ACs steal them, or misattribute them..
(There is a very efficient system of protecting IP among comedians. If you use someone else's material, it will eventually be noticed during a performance at a club, and be persona non grata among the funny folk, and the people who book them.)
The latest Slashdot meme.
You see, we don't waste every waking moment of our lives thinking about getting laid.
We don't? Speak for yourself, man, not for every other geek!
Haha actually, so many things in life seem more worthwhile than sex, even when there IS sex to be had.
Like Splinter Cell. Or a good book.
I've had sex. Been there, done that.
It's only an amazing thing till you've actually had it. Then each subsequent time it's meh. Already proved it's possible, not as impressive.
"These people rely on outdated programs that they got from their animal ancestors. These people spend their time trying to get laid, eat more"
you snob. If you spend your time trying to do things you *want* to do such reading, solving maths problems etc., you are giving in to animalistic urges. If on the other hand you are doing things that aren't for you, such as helping other people perhaps then you are rising above the animal urges.
Or, to paraphrase, DO YOU SHIT? you dirty animal
I like: eating, studying, fucking, writing music, reading, fucking, chatting, computer games, drinking and last of all, fucking.
Whether or not you like fucking as much as me (and whether or not you've had as much fucking as me) you're kidding yourself if you say that by having interests other than fucking you are less animal.
SURELY NOT!!!!!
What if fulfilling animalistic urges is my hobby?
When masturbation's lost its fun, you're fuckin' lazy *cue crappy pop punk riff*
Really, if you don't find orgasms interesting, you're in denial. You're hardwired. You can't pseudo-intellectualize your way out of that. Trying to only makes you seem pathetic, and downright unhuman.
I (like many other people here) have tried sex (with a beautiful and smart girl who liked me), and while I enjoyed it to an extent... It's probably b/c you're gay. Seriously. :-)
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect...
Once again you have said 'self-serving remark', when it is actually 'truth'.
Here, try this: ask Kristian if s/he said it. Then, watch the Channel 4 appearance of Marcus where he used this joke, which was years before it appeared on the Net.
Then, go ask a comedian whether they knew anyone who ever stole a joke. If they do, ask what happened.
Do some research. bub. I have.
The latest Slashdot meme.
I'm sorry, I should have been more specific. When I said GPS, I meant it in generic sens - not just satelite based. Many cell phones have h eability to report position. There are more ways to get a position than via a satelite based GPS.
Fight Spammers!
I would think running around the Capitol makes a nice grid with a good home for the ghosts.
Anyone wanna do it with me?
--D
And the final act of the defeated coward: abandoning discussion in favor of moderation. Congratulations, loser. I'm sure your parents are proud to have raised an intellectual coward.
Thanks for confirming that you read my last response, though. With that, and your refusal to respond like a civilized person (I think we ruled out "intelligent" several posts back), I can now walk away -- having claimed both victory, and the high road.
Well, Mr, AC Troll, if you'll send me a self-adressed, stamped envelope and a blank VHS tape, I'll send you a copy of Marcus performing that bit on Channel 4.
Or, you can hunt one down yourself. But that would take you out from under the bridge, wouldn't it?
The latest Slashdot meme.
abandoning discussion in favor of moderation.
You're new here, aren't you?
You cannot moderate in discussions in which you have posted. If you post AFTER moderating, the mod points disappear.
Thank you for playing, and I'll pass along your apology to Marcus.
The latest Slashdot meme.
Nothing new for NYC - we have live versions of all the popular games here every day... Street Fighter... Grand Theft Auto... Manhunt.
Sex never loses its inherent appeal, because that's how humans evolved. If sex were less fun than, say, reading... we would have all died out a long time ago.
;)
Sex is still fun.
Anyway, it must be done more than once to count.
We absolutely speak in unison. All of us. But the ones from Long Island have a bit of a lag.
People who say things like there are better things than sex need to get more practice time in.
There's a lot of biology behind making sex just about the greatest thing ever.
It's called survival of the species.
Do your part! Get out and procreate!
- learn to swim.
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Ah the Stellar Patrol, going where angels fear to tread!