Well thats great news. Since even if it is man made its not likely that we will do anything about it, or enough to make a difference. So lets just forget all the pointless bickering and start preparing for the coming changes.
Yes but thats the problem. Things do change, and if you disturb the status quo, things can get very unhealthy for some people in certain geographical locations. The human race has been rather prolific and found many places in the world to live, it also has adapted to live in those conditions but these conditions can change and we are slow to react so this can cause a lot of problems for us.
Global warming doesn't mean that the temperature will rise everywhere, the temperature will be higher in certain places which will cause changes in the climate, eventually these changes can lead to a chain reaction of events that might cause great shifts in the climate and catch most people unawares.
Also i agree that this has nothing to do with the current president, or any president of US for the past couple of decades, well not directly. The argument is that the actions of humanity over the last couple of decades are the cause. And its rather easy to believe considering that massive amounts of forests are destroyed and large quantities of fossil fuels are burned. Human activities might have no effect at all, and we are just caught in a cycle, or maybe they do. This whole debate over global warming needs to answer the question of the cause, so then we can try to predict the progress of these changes and prepare for them. But that wont happen until its a couple of years to late.
Well, a good rpg then should probably try to change up the leveling system since its one of the most important parts of the game. And the length for an rpg would also be dependent on the storyline. A nicely written story with detailed plot and developed characters might make for a game much longer then 25+ hours. RPGs are not only about grinding levels.
Ha, sony, leave hardware? Unlikely, i mean how could that company possibly go on without trying to push another format onto the consumers. I mean they would have to actually start focusing on the content and conforming to standards set by others. Its probably like being a manager of some company and then being forced to sell it and find a 9 to 5 job to make a living
Yes Wii probably doesn't need to be as power full because of lower resolutions requirements, but for the same reason they will not look as good on an HD television (and i have no idea why anyone would get an xbox 360 or a ps3 if they dont have one). Oh and that comment about horsepower, way to be an anal-retentive, its the nature of the way people talk, horsepower refers to magnitude not the actual type of energy or force or effect.
On to the controller. As you said the Wii can do something special with the controller and i don't see why the developers wouldn't want to take advantage of that, thats why a studio specifically for Wii makes sense. Also i don't think i remember the NES pad having two thumbsticks, or are you talking about the gamecube controller? Because you need two thumbsticks for the game to be ported properly. And configuring the controls for the Wii mote would either give the gamers an advantage in speed, or force the hud/aim/whatever to move at the rate similar to other consoles and make it feel rather unnatural
Well you are saying that now, but have you looked at the list of games and release dates? Most developers are focusing on consoles, even FPS games are coming out for xbox first, and are usually much better because the pc versions end being a lousy port that doesn't work properly.
Controller problems for console only come from poor development most of the time. Not counting MMOs or RTS games, a gamepad will be perfectly fine to play the game with. And in some cases a keyboard is the worst possible controller, in a racing game for example, where a wheel+pedals would be the best followed by a gamepad.
Well depends on the game. Most games that are good for single player are probably still as fun. If the game was focused on multiplayer aspect (well some are) then you are probably missing out on the fun since most people got bored and moved on.
Also some games are now a pain in the arse to find, unfortunately.
Correct me if i am wrong here since i never flown a plane before. But don't pilots rely mainly on the equipment on the plane for their altitude, direction, inclination and a whole other things about where and how the place is going. Human sense aren't really useful for figuring out where the hell you are going in the middle of featureless piece of sky. Hell human sense can even be screwed up and cause the pilot to screw up and and probably make a fatal mistake if he relies on them rather then on what his equipment or training is telling him to do. So maybe, he is better of sitting on the ground in a flight sim styled set up and controlling the plane from afar.
Although considering on the reaction time needed for current air combat, the slight delay in transmission and data processing might give advantage to the pilot in the actual seat, although this is purely speculative. Oh and another thing, wouldn't the UAVs in the squadron follow some algorithm, which potentially can be cracked and make it easier for AA defense to bring them down
Wasn't it some guy offered a suitcase full of cash if he pushed the button? And he and the wife were in a moral dilemma? Or it could be some other show like outer limits or something, haha.
Well that might sound good. But honestly, if i was a tyrannical dictator of a country, i wouldn't let some silly export ban stop me. Only few products listed there are produced in America, and knowing the love that corporations have for cheap labor Kim can just buy by straight from the sweat shops in china.
But that was the entire point of the parent. The person isolates oneself from outside views or opinions, well its not that drastic but the opinions are very likely to be similar in those chat rooms and forums, if they aren't people would most likely move to some other place thats more agreeable to them. So yeah people are still isolated from different opinions and different points of view
Well usually there are power options where you can choose what the laptop does when you close the lid as in - do nothing, sleep, hibernate, shut down. And since most laptops have Windows xp as a standard its obvious where restart or log off is.
Also, i understand the need for a bigger keyboard, although extra baggage to drag around defeats the purpose of portability. But why do you want to use an external keyboard with a close lid? Don`t you want some visual output somewhere, or can you just do all of your work through rote memory?
I agree with your point here. Some of his complaints were pointless, or just idiotic. "maddening cellphone-like text messaging system. In frustration I ended up plugging in a USB keyboard." I don't see how you can blame anyone else other then yourself for trying to chat with without a keyboard. Although some of his points are valid, downloads should be in the background, voice chat should work consistently and a central friend list is needed.
But honestly what is it, 3 days after launch? I would like people to wait half a year to a year before passing certain judgment, i mean xbox 360 just got its first real big hit this month "Gears of war". Hey who knows, maybe we will all just get a Wii instead and say good bye to MS and Sony, only time will tell.
The baby was supposed to elicit emotions? as in more then fear or horror? Actually at first i thought that the commercial was for a new survival horror game.
Well there is some backstory like this cropping up. The novels, graphic novel that was out a while back, all of them added to the story. Well actually halo 2 showed much about the covenant and their society. Heck even ilovebees added to the backstory of halo with the audio file story that went out. Ok its true master chief is a bit of a dull character, because he is the main character and making his character extremely detailed would bog down the game, heck we know less about Gordon then we do about master chief. The world of halo and all the other characters would make for a much more interesting story then MC.
Well personally i actually liked the wing commander movie, although the acting in FMVs for the game was probably better. I still liked it a heck of a lot more then street fighter, also there really weren't any other sf flicks at the theaters during that time (well i mean during those few short weeks, or maybe not).
Well your comment, cutting out the sarcasms, is pretty much true. But i believe is to late to start panicking now, since you could have expected all of this from the moment that MS bought out bungie. I am actually a bit surprised that the first halo game made it to PC, well it could be argued, but MS could have left halo as a console only game.
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I just have one question. So whats the difference between a 37" monitor that can do 1080p and a tv? It doesnt have a tv tunner and thats it?
Well thats great news. Since even if it is man made its not likely that we will do anything about it, or enough to make a difference. So lets just forget all the pointless bickering and start preparing for the coming changes.
Yes but thats the problem. Things do change, and if you disturb the status quo, things can get very unhealthy for some people in certain geographical locations. The human race has been rather prolific and found many places in the world to live, it also has adapted to live in those conditions but these conditions can change and we are slow to react so this can cause a lot of problems for us. Global warming doesn't mean that the temperature will rise everywhere, the temperature will be higher in certain places which will cause changes in the climate, eventually these changes can lead to a chain reaction of events that might cause great shifts in the climate and catch most people unawares. Also i agree that this has nothing to do with the current president, or any president of US for the past couple of decades, well not directly. The argument is that the actions of humanity over the last couple of decades are the cause. And its rather easy to believe considering that massive amounts of forests are destroyed and large quantities of fossil fuels are burned. Human activities might have no effect at all, and we are just caught in a cycle, or maybe they do. This whole debate over global warming needs to answer the question of the cause, so then we can try to predict the progress of these changes and prepare for them. But that wont happen until its a couple of years to late.
doesn't mean that dreamcast wasn't a great console with some really fun game. Unfortunately it couldn't compete with the sony.
mind being specific, to many different fanboys around these days. And anyways, in what way would it benefit them?
Well, a good rpg then should probably try to change up the leveling system since its one of the most important parts of the game. And the length for an rpg would also be dependent on the storyline. A nicely written story with detailed plot and developed characters might make for a game much longer then 25+ hours. RPGs are not only about grinding levels.
Ha, sony, leave hardware? Unlikely, i mean how could that company possibly go on without trying to push another format onto the consumers. I mean they would have to actually start focusing on the content and conforming to standards set by others. Its probably like being a manager of some company and then being forced to sell it and find a 9 to 5 job to make a living
Yes Wii probably doesn't need to be as power full because of lower resolutions requirements, but for the same reason they will not look as good on an HD television (and i have no idea why anyone would get an xbox 360 or a ps3 if they dont have one). Oh and that comment about horsepower, way to be an anal-retentive, its the nature of the way people talk, horsepower refers to magnitude not the actual type of energy or force or effect. On to the controller. As you said the Wii can do something special with the controller and i don't see why the developers wouldn't want to take advantage of that, thats why a studio specifically for Wii makes sense. Also i don't think i remember the NES pad having two thumbsticks, or are you talking about the gamecube controller? Because you need two thumbsticks for the game to be ported properly. And configuring the controls for the Wii mote would either give the gamers an advantage in speed, or force the hud/aim/whatever to move at the rate similar to other consoles and make it feel rather unnatural
Well you are saying that now, but have you looked at the list of games and release dates? Most developers are focusing on consoles, even FPS games are coming out for xbox first, and are usually much better because the pc versions end being a lousy port that doesn't work properly. Controller problems for console only come from poor development most of the time. Not counting MMOs or RTS games, a gamepad will be perfectly fine to play the game with. And in some cases a keyboard is the worst possible controller, in a racing game for example, where a wheel+pedals would be the best followed by a gamepad.
Well depends on the game. Most games that are good for single player are probably still as fun. If the game was focused on multiplayer aspect (well some are) then you are probably missing out on the fun since most people got bored and moved on. Also some games are now a pain in the arse to find, unfortunately.
Correct me if i am wrong here since i never flown a plane before. But don't pilots rely mainly on the equipment on the plane for their altitude, direction, inclination and a whole other things about where and how the place is going. Human sense aren't really useful for figuring out where the hell you are going in the middle of featureless piece of sky. Hell human sense can even be screwed up and cause the pilot to screw up and and probably make a fatal mistake if he relies on them rather then on what his equipment or training is telling him to do. So maybe, he is better of sitting on the ground in a flight sim styled set up and controlling the plane from afar. Although considering on the reaction time needed for current air combat, the slight delay in transmission and data processing might give advantage to the pilot in the actual seat, although this is purely speculative. Oh and another thing, wouldn't the UAVs in the squadron follow some algorithm, which potentially can be cracked and make it easier for AA defense to bring them down
Wasn't it some guy offered a suitcase full of cash if he pushed the button? And he and the wife were in a moral dilemma? Or it could be some other show like outer limits or something, haha.
Well that might sound good. But honestly, if i was a tyrannical dictator of a country, i wouldn't let some silly export ban stop me. Only few products listed there are produced in America, and knowing the love that corporations have for cheap labor Kim can just buy by straight from the sweat shops in china.
But that was the entire point of the parent. The person isolates oneself from outside views or opinions, well its not that drastic but the opinions are very likely to be similar in those chat rooms and forums, if they aren't people would most likely move to some other place thats more agreeable to them. So yeah people are still isolated from different opinions and different points of view
Well usually there are power options where you can choose what the laptop does when you close the lid as in - do nothing, sleep, hibernate, shut down. And since most laptops have Windows xp as a standard its obvious where restart or log off is. Also, i understand the need for a bigger keyboard, although extra baggage to drag around defeats the purpose of portability. But why do you want to use an external keyboard with a close lid? Don`t you want some visual output somewhere, or can you just do all of your work through rote memory?
Faulty logic, tied for first place followed by two losers deciding second and third place between themselves. So it is 4th or 5th place for it.
I agree with your point here. Some of his complaints were pointless, or just idiotic. "maddening cellphone-like text messaging system. In frustration I ended up plugging in a USB keyboard." I don't see how you can blame anyone else other then yourself for trying to chat with without a keyboard. Although some of his points are valid, downloads should be in the background, voice chat should work consistently and a central friend list is needed. But honestly what is it, 3 days after launch? I would like people to wait half a year to a year before passing certain judgment, i mean xbox 360 just got its first real big hit this month "Gears of war". Hey who knows, maybe we will all just get a Wii instead and say good bye to MS and Sony, only time will tell.
The baby was supposed to elicit emotions? as in more then fear or horror? Actually at first i thought that the commercial was for a new survival horror game.
When did it change from the, headset + gloves = transport you an artificial reality inside some pc or other?
So you say. But sony has this thing planned out 60 years in advance, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtHOP8h911I [youtube.com]
Depends on if they can make the discs work only on proprietary hardware, sony would sure as hell try to.
Hmmm not quite, i think Cortana needs an upgrade followed by more screen time.
Well there is some backstory like this cropping up. The novels, graphic novel that was out a while back, all of them added to the story. Well actually halo 2 showed much about the covenant and their society. Heck even ilovebees added to the backstory of halo with the audio file story that went out. Ok its true master chief is a bit of a dull character, because he is the main character and making his character extremely detailed would bog down the game, heck we know less about Gordon then we do about master chief. The world of halo and all the other characters would make for a much more interesting story then MC.
Well personally i actually liked the wing commander movie, although the acting in FMVs for the game was probably better. I still liked it a heck of a lot more then street fighter, also there really weren't any other sf flicks at the theaters during that time (well i mean during those few short weeks, or maybe not).
Well your comment, cutting out the sarcasms, is pretty much true. But i believe is to late to start panicking now, since you could have expected all of this from the moment that MS bought out bungie. I am actually a bit surprised that the first halo game made it to PC, well it could be argued, but MS could have left halo as a console only game.