Batman Begins was arguably the best superhero movie ever.
If you like tired cliches, unnecessarily brutal violence and a movie that doesn't really get started until half way through maybe. Oh well, at least if it's as popular as you say it should be easy to eBay.
If fine control was necessary in SL, I'd agree with you, but it's just a glorified chat room. As long as you can get close enough to a chair to right-click and select Sit, does it really matter? That said, navigating with WASD and the mouse in the manner I've described is pretty much the same degree of control has you have in, say, World of Warcraft. It may not be up to FPS standards, but for pottering around it's plenty good enough.
When walking/running, use the WASD keys (with chat closed), hold the left mouse button down on your character and steer with the mouse. In this mode, the A and D buttons change from turn to strafe.
When flying, it's basically the same as above, except you should zoom all the way into mouse look rather than using the left mouse button.
Uh-huh. So that's why the database client we have at work will happily install on 98, 2000, XP or even (shudder) ME, but refuses to install on 2003? It's not at all because the installer has a whitelist of OS versions that was created before 2003 was released?
As it happens, I was able to get a modifed.msi file for it, and it does happily run on 2003.
I'm talking about the fact that while I'll readily admit that Second Life looks like a cruise ship threw up on it, WoW does in fact have far worse clipping and collision issues than SL. Ironically, in WoW, a game where one might like to use tactics, players and mobs can pass straight through each other, preventing any sort of defensive line from being created. It's SL, which is basically just one big 3D chat room with a bit of macro stuff, where you can't just pass through other players.
After playing WoW for a few months and seeing how fluid, beautiful and easy to use a virtual world can be, Second Life was a shocking kick in the nether regions. It reminded me of very early 3D games with no collision detection and collosal clipping issues.
Uh, WoW has "no collision detection and collosal clipping issues" too. What WoW doesn't have is the ability for people to create their own stuff -- in fact, even for a MMORPG it's on rails.
Yes, though Looney Labs' Treehouse is on the boardgamegeek.com list. I've only played one game of it, and that was in Second Life, but it seems fun. My set might hopefully arrive this week.
...old apps on new Windows. Frankly, companies that put OS checks into the installation package can go screw themselves. Feel free to not support it, but don't go aborting an install just because you don't like the OS's version.
"IBM Club, which brings together employees for intramural sports, picnics, movies and other types of social, cultural and recreational activities."
These sorts of activities panda to only a small clique in any organisation. While I'm sure the jocks and cheerleaders all think this is, like, totally cool, there's a bunch of us that would rather chew off an arm than participate in these sorts of "team building" exercises. Meanwhile, I pull out a deck of "Fluxx" and those rah-rah types suddenly go all quiet.
Heaven forbid that anything like this is used as the official "informal" company communications system.
It's a shame, but are you suggesting that the people of Baiji should have stopped using the river for transportation and used a more expensive method? Even if they couldn't afford it?
Being unable to afford to do something in a non-destructive way is not a good enough excuse to do it anyway.
Excluding all the spam false-positives happening around the world, I've been at both ends of delayed or black-holed email for at least months, or possibly years depending on what people think has been wrong with Hotmail since around '03. Email is simply collapsing under the strain of spam. We can point fingers at Earthlink all we want, the fact of the matter is that email over the Internet has its days numbered. I've been switching to instant messaging where possible, though I suspect that there's a growing "darknet" of private networks where email only amongst known parties still works and will replace the free-for-all on the 'Net. A sort of uber-whitelist that's not just about addresses, but individual computers. I'm thinking of setting up a virtual WAN using VPN with friends, but things aren't quite bad enoough for that, yet.
No, the spin is that the Wii's minor physical issue with a very small number of people losing grip of the controller is somehow comparable to the several patches Sony have had to release for the PS3.
I may take months to know anything, but lots of serious decisions in the industry will be made within weeks. When a game publisher needs to sell 2.5 copies per PS3 actually sold just to break even, they have to seriously consider jumping to another platform. Consumers might be able to just wait and see, but companies don't have that luxury.
Apart from the "wrong gift" theories, I think the other likely cause of this is that people were waiting to see what the PS3 launch was like before the committed to a PS2 or PSP. If you really want a PS3, you're not going to be buying a PS2 now. And given the price of the PS3, only people that could have bought a PSP whenever they wanted are likely to go into a store for a PS3 and come out with a PSP and the intent to buy a PS3 when the next shipment arrives. I think this sudden surge is more likely due to the PS3 being received poorly than it's due to the PS3 being recieved well.
Much as I had some difficulty knowing where both my xmas lights AND the spare bulbs for said xmas lights where at the same time, I did manage to simultaneously find them both just the other day and I was able to replace two dead bulbs. I'm sure a similar example can be observed in many households around this time every year. Better than just throwing them out.
I think you're in danger of harking back to some "good old day" that never existed whilst also ignoring the fact that most people these days don't want to fix a TV
I think you're in danger of confusing someone repairing something themselves with taking it to a repairperson. I used to get TVs repaired at a local repair place, but any TV bought in the last decade is either impossible to repair (because there are no schematics available or no parts available) or so expensive to repair that it's literally cheaper to get a new TV. Also, my local repair place went out of business a little less than 10 years ago.
"I suppose nobody takes their computer, TV or Radio to the repair shop anymore since a new one is a fraction of that cost down at the local convenience store."
Or because you can't actually get them fixed. The insides of even a semi-modern TV are surface-mounted, machine-soldered ICs and small components, not servicable by most humans, particularly since many individual parts aren't available to repair companies. So, you have to buy an entire "module", only available as a "spare part" that costs roughly 75% of the price of the latest model.
Companies should be forced to include, with your electronics purchase, two small parts likely to fail early.
When our Dell account manager(s) started to suck (quoting for the wrong thing, not having a clue about technology, weird delays) I made one attempt to get someone who didn't suck and when that didn't go anywhere I dropped them. This saved our staff from having to endure the GX270 train wreck.
Similarly, most Sony stuff bought before the rootkit is okay, with older stuff being better. From what I know of Sony purchases from other people, most Sony stuff bought after the rootkit has at least one major thing wrong with it (though not all "wrongs" are faults, some are defective by design).
Some people are reluctant to leave a brand they had an average to good relationship with, but I have absolutely no brand loyalty anymore. I have brands I currently recommend, but at the first signs of suckage, I will move on.
I cannot grasp why companies continue to do business with Sony.
Who says they do? I stopped getting Sony at my company when the rootkit hit, but we still have a DVD burner (that works fine) and a digital camcorder (with software that simply refuses to install on Windows 2003, which is what my desktop that doubles as a minor server runs) by Sony. I don't think many people went out and destroyed their Sony stuff the moment they decided the company was crap.
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- BATMAN BEGINS (forgive the caps, I'm copy 'n pasting). I own it on DVD and I still haven't been able to sit through it.
- THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, which made a good friend of mine motion sick.
- HULK, which I thought was roundly considered awful.
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III, starring the recently disowned by his old studio Tom Cruise.
Meanwhile, it looks like some good movies were completely screwed up, such as Army of Darkness.I have a few Bluetooth keyboards kicking around, any chance I'll be able to connect them to my Wii when I get it?
If fine control was necessary in SL, I'd agree with you, but it's just a glorified chat room. As long as you can get close enough to a chair to right-click and select Sit, does it really matter? That said, navigating with WASD and the mouse in the manner I've described is pretty much the same degree of control has you have in, say, World of Warcraft. It may not be up to FPS standards, but for pottering around it's plenty good enough.
She don't fit.
Uh-huh. Look up the video of a female Tauren trying to jump through the window that gives access to Molten Core.
As it happens, I was able to get a modifed .msi file for it, and it does happily run on 2003.
I'm talking about the fact that while I'll readily admit that Second Life looks like a cruise ship threw up on it, WoW does in fact have far worse clipping and collision issues than SL. Ironically, in WoW, a game where one might like to use tactics, players and mobs can pass straight through each other, preventing any sort of defensive line from being created. It's SL, which is basically just one big 3D chat room with a bit of macro stuff, where you can't just pass through other players.
Yes, though Looney Labs' Treehouse is on the boardgamegeek.com list. I've only played one game of it, and that was in Second Life, but it seems fun. My set might hopefully arrive this week.
...old apps on new Windows. Frankly, companies that put OS checks into the installation package can go screw themselves. Feel free to not support it, but don't go aborting an install just because you don't like the OS's version.
Heaven forbid that anything like this is used as the official "informal" company communications system.
Excluding all the spam false-positives happening around the world, I've been at both ends of delayed or black-holed email for at least months, or possibly years depending on what people think has been wrong with Hotmail since around '03. Email is simply collapsing under the strain of spam. We can point fingers at Earthlink all we want, the fact of the matter is that email over the Internet has its days numbered. I've been switching to instant messaging where possible, though I suspect that there's a growing "darknet" of private networks where email only amongst known parties still works and will replace the free-for-all on the 'Net. A sort of uber-whitelist that's not just about addresses, but individual computers. I'm thinking of setting up a virtual WAN using VPN with friends, but things aren't quite bad enoough for that, yet.
No, the spin is that the Wii's minor physical issue with a very small number of people losing grip of the controller is somehow comparable to the several patches Sony have had to release for the PS3.
I may take months to know anything, but lots of serious decisions in the industry will be made within weeks. When a game publisher needs to sell 2.5 copies per PS3 actually sold just to break even, they have to seriously consider jumping to another platform. Consumers might be able to just wait and see, but companies don't have that luxury.
Apart from the "wrong gift" theories, I think the other likely cause of this is that people were waiting to see what the PS3 launch was like before the committed to a PS2 or PSP. If you really want a PS3, you're not going to be buying a PS2 now. And given the price of the PS3, only people that could have bought a PSP whenever they wanted are likely to go into a store for a PS3 and come out with a PSP and the intent to buy a PS3 when the next shipment arrives. I think this sudden surge is more likely due to the PS3 being received poorly than it's due to the PS3 being recieved well.
Evanescence's Anywhere But Home isn't bad either.
I use Spamgourmet and I'm really happy with it. It's kept my real email address protected for years.
Much as I had some difficulty knowing where both my xmas lights AND the spare bulbs for said xmas lights where at the same time, I did manage to simultaneously find them both just the other day and I was able to replace two dead bulbs. I'm sure a similar example can be observed in many households around this time every year. Better than just throwing them out.
Companies should be forced to include, with your electronics purchase, two small parts likely to fail early.
When our Dell account manager(s) started to suck (quoting for the wrong thing, not having a clue about technology, weird delays) I made one attempt to get someone who didn't suck and when that didn't go anywhere I dropped them. This saved our staff from having to endure the GX270 train wreck.
Similarly, most Sony stuff bought before the rootkit is okay, with older stuff being better. From what I know of Sony purchases from other people, most Sony stuff bought after the rootkit has at least one major thing wrong with it (though not all "wrongs" are faults, some are defective by design).
Some people are reluctant to leave a brand they had an average to good relationship with, but I have absolutely no brand loyalty anymore. I have brands I currently recommend, but at the first signs of suckage, I will move on.