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E3 Expo Space Sells Out
Voodoo Extreme has the word that the E3 show space has already sold out in anticipation of what is likely to be a momentous expo, "...with a show floor the size of 2,700 city blocks, an unparalleled business conference program, and more than 400 exhibitors from 87 countries."
E3 Expo Space Sells Out
Yeah, they used to be cool. You could just like, you know, hang out with the space. But then they sold out and got too big and like everybody was all, "Yeah I liked them when nobody like knew about them and stuff." Sucks.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
.. like wow. especially since a city block is 1/10th of a mile on each side. that's 100 city blocks to a square mile, so 2.7 square miles?
2.7 square miles? 2.7 square miles. i literally don't believe that.
This stuff is seriously trendy. Any given year Cebit or Comdex or E3 is better. I don't know if the floor space would wow me as much as the product showings. 1 company demonstrating 10 things, is equal to 10 companies demonstrating 1 thing each.
2700 city BLOCKS???
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Voodoo Extreme has the word that the E3 show space has already sold out in anticipation of what is likely to be a momentous expo, "...with a show floor the size of 2,700 city blocks, an unparalleled business conference program, and more than 400 exhibitors from 87 countries."
2,700 CITY BLOCKS?!
That's wack. Most cities don't have 2,700 city blocks. and Besides that, if they have 400 exibitors, that would mean each exibit takes up an average of 6.75 city blocks! That's some frickin' HUGE exibits!
I've been to E3 and it's big, but it ain't THAT big.
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540,000 sq ft translates into 2700 city blocks?
That would mean each 'block' is 200 sq ft. Are these lilliputian cities?
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I dont know about everyone else but I personally cannot wait for E3 this year. 2 maybe 3 system launches lots of sweet games. It should be good!
I saw "E3 Expo Sells Out" and immediately thought "So they're going to have rappers and pop artists making appearances and change it from a videogame expo to one of pop culture, I expected this." E3 better not sell out.
...but nowadays given enough polygons, clear textures, and good processing power we already can run an almost full virtual reality with all the tricks up a graphics card's sleeves (or registers). Like higher order surfaces, vertex programs, and such stuff...it blows one's mind IMO.
I think, speed aside, we won't see much improvement anymore, now or in the future (except, perhaps, for true 3D displays--in space, like the DNA strand in the Athens 2004 opening ceremony, as opposed to flattened like a TV/monitor).
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A lot of the games shown will play on computer running operating systems 'based on NT Technology'.
E3 Expo...E3 stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo...doesn't the 2nd "Expo" seem a little redundant?
Ah, but here's something that'll bake your noodle. Is the G in GNU redundant?
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NT is short for NTen, the Intel chip that NT was orginally being programmed for before they went x86. However, Nten and New Technology seem to be interchangable. I prefer NTen because it's geekier and makes the boot screen for Windows 2000 less redundant.
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How big is a city block? http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/CityBlockMetric .html
if we can expect another Duke Nukem Forever demo from 3D Realms this year.
THATS FUCKIN BULLSHIT. THERE IS NOT A SHOWROOM FLOOR THAT FUCKING BIG. MUST BE A DAMN TYPO. http://web.ask.com/redir?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftm.wc.ask. com%2Fr%3Ft%3Dan%26s%3Da5%26sv%3Dz6f537202%26uid%3 D025EF79EF0A623324%26sid%3D198C06657A166F324%26o%3 D10234%26qid%3D82C704077BB2BA4FB231BCF95DF018D5%26 io%3D0%26ask%3Dhow%2Bbig%2Bis%2Ba%2Bcity%2Bblock%2 6uip%3D4244c431%26en%3Dte%26eo%3D-100%26pt%3DCity% 2520Blocks%2520differ%2520in%2520size%26ac%3D24%26 qs%3D0%26pg%3D1%26ep%3D1%26te_par%3D106%26te_id%3D %26u%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.land4ever.com%252fbl ock.htm&bpg=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.ask.com%2Fweb%3Fq%3Dh ow%2Bbig%2Bis%2Ba%2Bcity%2Bblock%26o%3D10234%26pag e%3D1&q=how%20big%20is%20a%20city%20block&s=a5&bu= http%3a%2f%2fwww.land4ever.com%2fblock.htm&qte=0&o =10234&abs=How%20big%20is%20a%20City%20Block%3F%20 A%20couple%20of%20Acres%20is%20a%20lot%20of%20land %2C%20and%20I%20hope%20this%20gives%20you%20a%20pe rspective%20of%20just%20how%20big%20they%20are.&ti t=City%20Blocks%20differ%20in%20size&bin=&cat=wp&p url=http%3A%2F%2Ftm.wc.ask.com%2Fi%2Fb.html%3Ft%3D an%26s%3Da5%26uid%3D025EF79EF0A623324%26sid%3D198C 06657A166F324%26qid%3D82C704077BB2BA4FB231BCF95DF0 18D5%26io%3D%26sv%3Dz6f537202%26o%3D10234%26ask%3D how%2Bbig%2Bis%2Ba%2Bcity%2Bblock%26uip%3D4244c431 %26en%3Dbm%26eo%3D-100%26pt%3D%26ac%3D2%26qs%3D0%2 6pg%3D1%26u%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fmyjeeves.ask.com%2Facti on%2Fsnip&Complete=1
Paid day off to get drunk and wander around downtown LA topped off with a party with free booze at the company's expense a few blocks away later that evening. I guess they have some video games too or something.
Yeah E3 is technically not open to "the public", but does anyone know any tricks for getting a pass? =P
And yes, I'm aware no one will give me any good tricks since that would just increase the # of people going, but I'm bored at work so....
...with a show floor the size of 2,700 city blocks...
Well, I for one welcome our colossal, city-eating trade shows.
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