The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems.
The Frighteners - alright, now that you love Peter Jackson - and who doesn't? - and you remember how great Michael J. Fox was in Back To The Future - and who doesn't? - you have no excuse not to see this little comedy about ghosts.
Romeo Is Bleeding - do you like Tarantino? Well, you gotta see this. Stars Gary Oldman.
Curdled - this one's pretty entertaining - also very screwed up - stars the chick who played Esmerelda Villa Lobos (the cab driver) from Pulp Fiction. Tarantino saw a short film she made, by the same name, and cast her in Pulp Fiction. This is the full-length version of that short film.
A Christmas Story - if you haven't seen this fantastic kid's comedy, stop reading/. right now, and go see it!
A Brief History Of Time - a semi-documentary, semi-scientific exploration, this is great for nerds!
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - comedy, drama, fantastico - stars Gary Oldman and Tim Roth
Go Fish - a romantic drama about lesbians - no it's not that kind of movie - it's just a fantastic movie that happens to be all about lesbians
Hedwig And The Angry Inch - speaking of gay movies, this is the greatest ever. If you at all liked Priscilla, or The Birdcage, this is a must see.
Amadeus - sure, a lot of people know it, but it doesn't get nearly enough discussion - this is a great movie
The Dark Crystal - this movie is amazing, and not enough people remember it - or only remember it through a child's eyes
Fearless - an amazing drama about a man who survives a plane crash
Groundhog Day - it's just a hilarious comedy - I don't know why more people don't love it
The Man Who Knew Too Little - alright - maybe I just love Bill Murray - but this movie is hilarious!
The Long Kiss Goodnight - this one's at least as good as True Lies, but it seems like almost nobody has seen it
The Right Stuff - maybe it's just the people I know, but it seems like most folks haven't seen The Right Stuff. If you liked Apollo 13, watch The Right Stuff!
The Night We Never Met - romantic comedy with Anabella Sciora and Matthew Broderick
Speechless - romantic comedy with Michael Keaton and Geena Davis
Beautiful Girls - a cute little romantic drama
Gun Shy - it's a little slow-paced, but it's really funny - Sandra Bullock and Liam Neeson
Hoop Dreams - documentary about kids trying to make it in the world of basketball
Kids - truly disturbing movie about urban teens
Little Big Man - at least as good as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - stars Dustin Hoffman
Living In Oblivion - a movie about making a movie - hilarious, if you enjoy reading about people like Robert Rodriguez
The Search For One-eye Jimmy - bizarre comedy that's worth checking out
Zero Effect - one of the best detective movies ever - stars Bill Pullman (and Ben Stiller)
El Mariachi with commentary - speaking of Robert Rodriguez - if you like him, you have to watch all of the special features on the Mariachi / Desperado DVD, including the commentary tracks
The Manchurian Candidate - if you like suspense, and your girlfriend likes black and white - this is the movie for you - stars Frank Sinatra (better than it sounds)
Mumford - you all saw the trailer for it - some psychologist telling Jason Lee that he was in love with one of his patients - well, you gotta see it - it's really cute
State and Main - also excellent
Searching For Bobby Fischer - if you have any interest in chess or Gifted and Talented programs for kids - great movie - stars (among others) Ben Kingsley and Lawrence Fishburn
Little Man Tate - another great movie about a brilliant kid who has trouble coping with his gift - stars Diane Wie
Before I begin, let me say that I really, truly, hate the SlashDot lameness filter. You have no idea how long I spent trying to format this to have more than 39.7 characters per line!
Hostettler (R-Indiana): "Before we begin, I'd like to thank all of the Gummi Bears for making the long journey from GummiGlen in the Kingdom of Dunwyn."
Zummi Gummi: "It is an honor to come and speak to you, today, your honors!"
Waters (D-California): "I used to love your show!"
Jenkins (R-Tennessee): "Not as much as I did, Waters! I used to watch it every Saturday! And then, later, when it switched to be one of those 'After School' cartoons, I used to watch it then, too!"
Gruffi Gummi: (mutters to himself)
Hostettler (R-Indiana): "Yes, well... Ladies and gentlegummies, we face a very serious issue today. One that affects all of us. From the smallest child in the heart of the Midwest, to the greatest of Gummies, bouncing in the forest. The issue is that of Duke Igthorn supporting terrorists!"
(collective gasp from the audience)
Sunni Gummi: "That's right, your honor! He's a terrorist!"
Lofgren (D-California): "If you would, Mr. Gummi, explain in your own words why you think this Duke Igthorn has ties with terrorism."
Zummi Gummi: "Certainly. Well, it seems to happen every week, Saturday morning, at about 9:00 AM, Eastern Time (8:00 AM Central). We're bouncing here. And there. And everywhere. And then all of a sudden, we're forced to have a high adventure, far beyond compare."
Jenkins (R-Tennessee) and Waters (D-California): (start humming)
Tummi Gummi: (Eats a cookie. And another, and another, and another...)
Nadler (D-New York): "Yes, that's all well and good, Mr. 'Gummi', is it? Yes. But that hardly constitutes a terrorist action!"
Cubbi Gummi: "But, your honor!"
Grammi Gummi: "Now, now, Cubbi! Let the others do the talking."
Zummi Gummi: "I see what you mean. Well, they're always trying to steal our Gummi Juice!"
Nadler (D-New York): "Uh huh. And would you please describe this 'Gummi Juice'?"
Zummi Gummi: "Well..."
Nadler (D-New York): "Isn't it true that it is this 'Gummi Juice' which makes it possible for you to bounce" (reading) "'Here and there. And everywhere', Mr. Gummi?"
Zummi Gummi: "I uh..."
Nadler (D-New York): "And isn't it true, Mr. Gummi, that the effects of this 'Gummi Juice' can best be described as being an analeptic amphetamine!"
(collective gasp from the audience)
Gruffi Gummi: "Why you!"
Zummi Gummi: "No! Gummi Juice isn't a drug! It's harmless!"
Nadler (D-New York): "'Harmless', you say? 'Harmless'? Well, if you're so certain that it's 'harmless', perhaps you could educate us about this 'Gummi Juice' by giving us the recipie?"
Cubbi Gummi: "Wait a minute! That's not Jerrold Nadler, the Democrat from New York! That's Duke Igthorn!"
(collective gasp from the audience)
Duke Igthorn (D-New York): "Curses! Damn you Gummi Bears!"
Duke Igthorn (D-New York): "Yes, I am Duke Igthorn! But that doesn't change the fact that these Gummies have taken part in terrorist activities themselves!"
Grammi Gummi: "That's not true!"
Duke Igthorn (D-New York): "Yes it is! You Gummies have ruined my castle so many times that I'm not sure there's anything left of the original!"
Gruffi Gummi: (chuckles)
Duke Igthorn (D-New York): "Silence! And that's not all! These Gummies have helped to defeat fingerprint sensors!"*
(collective gasp from the audience)
Gruffi Gummi: (mutters to himself)
Zummi Gummi: "We didn't want to defeat those fingerprint sensors! We were forced to!"
Duke Igthorn (D-New York): "And so, I move that this special session be called to a close!"
Okay, lets do a line-by-line, since you've managed to piss me off.
If you're going to do a "line-by-line", why did you not respond to every line of my message? Responding only to the points you are able to makes for a pretty weak argument.
First off, not my school. I never said I went to Wellesley, or had ever studied under this professor. I am an area guy who goes largely for the chicks (I have a date with one of the most beautiful for next week, thanks very much), and also for the anime, when it's not something horrible like pretear.
You're right - I over-reached in my argument on this point. Making a citation to a source from a women's-only college threw me, I guess.
Professors are hired by schools and paid 100k at schools like Wellesley because they are well-studied and intelligent. This is not to say that they are necessarily definitive sources of definitions, but a professor who's life study lies in a specific discipline is probably as reliable a source of information as anything on the internet.
Did you miss the humor aspect of my first response to you? You seem chronically incapable of recognizing humor, or the fact that I said you were right.
Ho! Speaking of the internet, both of your citations are user-generated content. As big a fan as I am of this aspect of the internet, those definitions were no more written by experts than anything else on the net.
No, but both of them are peer-reviewed. I'd say that's a bit more rigorous of an analysis than a college professor writing in the school newspaper.
Do they have PhDs?
If you think having a PhD makes you an expert, you've got misplaced trust.
Or are they twelve year olds making it up? You don't know which, and I think my original citation (from a short blurb about the organization in the campus newspaper) is a little more authoritative.
<sarcasm on>You're right. The terms "short blurb" and "campus newspaper" carry the severe and commanding weight of authority.</sarcasm off>
Moreover, your Everything citation is directly contradicted by several below it, so check what you cite to make sure it's in your favour.
My favour? Do you not read English as a first language? I wrote the words "Especially since you're right, some anime is obviously targeted directly at women." I was originally making a sarcastic quip that women are not generally acknowledged to be the primary target audience of most anime. Why are you incapable of agreeing with this trivial statement?
I will make another citation, if you'd like: This [bartleby.com] is the Bartleby online American Heritage Dictionary reference for bi-weekly, and it makes an essential note that, despite common usage by people uneducated to the derivation, the "bi" prefix means two of, not two in.
Since you've given me the pleasure of defeating your every point, I delight in this one as well:
It is not the reference for "biweekly", it is the reference for "bi-", clearly stated in the middle of the page.
In point of fact, the usage note you refer to advises that "a writer is well advised to substitute expressions like every two [weeks] or twice a [week] where possible."
The actual definition of "biweekly" clearly states: "1. Happening every two weeks. 2. Happening twice a week; semiweekly.", which is exactly what I said it meant.
Enjoy the rest of the conversation. I won't be listening, as I've made all the points I care to, and you seem incapable of both humor and debate. Have a good day!
So I'm a "Jackass" and "loser", huh? I guess I'll take my shots and call you "humorless" and "whiney."
Okay, you've got a favorite professor at your school. That's great. Guess what? That doesn't make them an authority. There's also a professor at almost every school in the U.S. who thinks Jews are evil, and that everyone who's not a (insert crackpot religion here) will go to hell. That doesn't necessarily make it so. Even if they are a professor of Asian studies. (cymbal crash) Thank you folks, I'll be here all week. Please tip your server, and the lamb chops are delicious.
Second, jokingly refering to Maxim magazine should make it pretty clear that I wouldn't necessarily appreciate and honor the views and opinions expressed at a liberal arts college for women. I do, actually, for the record. I was taking a cheap shot at the school, and in return I took a cheap-shot at myself. I don't need you calling me a loser. I already did it by saying I don't read Maxim for the articles.
Third, I followed up by citing two references to definitions, which I would say are both more informative and more accurate, and probably more reliable than your "my teacher said" reference. I mean this in the serious, analytical, "my reference is better than your reference" sense, not "you suck." I don't think that. Especially since you're right, some anime is obviously targeted directly at women.
I was just making the point that the super majority of anime does not. (Replace "anime" with "science fiction", and I think we're in the same ballpark, by the way.) But I do think you gave a semi-lousy reference, and I know you're way too defensive about it.
A lot of anime has humor that appeals AT LEAST as well to women as men. Smile some, and think of sailor moon. Don't think of the idiot who picked on your school. Think of the laughing goodness that is sailor moon. It's going to be okay.
And by the way, "bi-weekly" can mean both "twice a week" and "once every two weeks." For clarity's sake, you might want to pick a new way to describe what you meant.
1st Episode - Heavy on plot, heavy naration, no lasting characters, lots of gore, not too much fun action, all in the real world.
2nd Episode - Light on plot, no naration, interesting characters, no gore, lots of fun action, almost all in the Matrix. (Actually the sparring program.)
I mean, you put them together, and that pretty well describes the first Matrix movie. (Except for the gore - I don't really think the first movie had much gore.)
A lot of people sure sound pretty pissed off at me.
If you're going to do something for a living, it's important to understand the situation. To that end, I praise the efforts of people to raise the awareness of how unlikely it is to make a lot of money at being a recording artist, signed to a major record label.
I think a lot more kids have starry eyes looking at sports than at music, though. And the odds are far, far worse for any given kid who devotes their life to a game ever making significant money doing it.
*shrug*
Corporate rock still sucks. That said, I'm off to go to a concert! =)
In this case, each band member got 0.476% of the total gross of the sales of the album they worked on.
At my job, I get approximately 0.307% of the total gross of the sales of the software I work on.
I spent 21 years in school working to get my job (which wasn't cheap), and I've been working in my industry for 8 years.
I also work well over 40 hours a week, and I'm never, ever going to get a product endorsement deal. (They probably won't either, but if they do, it's extremely lucrative.)
I'm not saying they're not getting screwed, but I do want to try to keep things in perspective.
"In 7 years, Andrew Wood, the lead singer of a band called Mother Love Bone is going to O.D. on heroin. The rest of the band is going to look for a new lead singer, and they're going to call themselves 'Pearl Jam'. Do everything you can to be that new lead singer. Here's the sheet music to the songs, 'Once', 'Even Flow', 'Alive', 'Why Go', 'Black', 'Jeremy', 'Oceans', 'Porch', 'Garden', Deep', and 'Release.' Learn them well!"
Microsoft is not particularly ANSI C++ compliant. And it's STL implementation is fairly lousy. That makes it hard to both port code TO and FROM MSVC++, because you expect certain standardized behavior, and Microsoft's implementation of C++ is not correct in all cases. (Note that, until fairly recently, NO C++ implementation was ever "correct" according to the standards.)
It basically means that there are perfectly legal constructs in ANSI C++ that are not allowed in MS Visual C++.
The best example I can name off the top of my head is that something like this is not allowed in MSVC++:
template <class Type> Type myFunction() {
Type result; // do calculations at the precision of Type
return result; }
int r = myFunction<int>(); // supposed to be allowed in ANSI C++, // but it isn't in MSVC++. They just can't // parse it, for whatever reason.
And there are things that MS Visual C++ allows by default that it's not supposed to. The most glaring example I can come up with off the top of my head is:
// do something in a loop with variable i for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) { } int other = i; // re-use the variable i - NOT ALLOWED // i is supposed to lose scope after // the above for-loop
The problem with the kind of system he's talking about is that the more robust you make it, the harder it is to change it's behavior.
Take the cockroach, for instance. It is damned hard to train 100 of them to work together to open a pickle jar.
That's because a cockroach is extremely robust at being a cockroach, which has nothing to do with teaming up with 99 other cockroaches to open a pickle jar.
I don't believe nature had a design for each individual life form, other than to be robust. That doesn't give us any particular insight into how to both design something robust that meets a specific goal, which is the point of almost all software.
Once you get to the point where the specifications of each component are as exact as they need to be to meet a specific goal, you're lacking exactly the kind of robustness that he's describing.
What he's really saying is that entropy is easy to defeat. It's not. Perhaps there will be easier ways to communicate our goals to a computer in the future, but the individual components will still need to be extremely well thought-out. I think it's the difficulty of the language that makes symbol exchange between a human and a computer difficult - the fact that the human needs an exact understanding of the problem before they can codify it isn't going to change.
Well, if they have 32,767 bytes in which to implement each game, that means that they would have a possible 2^262,236 different games! That is a huge catalog!
Ox: "Everything is different, but the same... things are more moderner than before... bigger, and yet smaller... it's computers... SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!"
I really wonder what the distribution curve is like for how many games someone buys in a year. In other words, what percentage of the game industry revenue comes from someone who buys 1 game a year versus someone who buys 10+ games a year.
If the 10+ games a year money is significant, then it seems like a subscription-based system could make some serious money. Game-of-the-month club. How much would you pay for a subscription to that, if the games were decent? Hmmm...
So, this device will be a "must-buy" for any serious car-jacker who needs to defeat car alarm systems with GPS that know how to call home when they're stolen.
I'm glad this device with such obvious legitimate value is going to become easily available to the eager consumer market.
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engineering
The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems.
Duh.
I'll play! How about: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
That's seriously through a 3" telescope?
What kind of optics? What kind of mount were you using? And what kind of capture device? How bad is the translation on Jupiter, anyway?
Kind of makes me really want to go buy that 8" Newtonian reflector on a Dobsonian mounting again... *sigh*
Finding a needle in a haystack is easy! ...if you have a 1-Tesla magnet.
If you're going to do a "line-by-line", why did you not respond to every line of my message? Responding only to the points you are able to makes for a pretty weak argument.
First off, not my school. I never said I went to Wellesley, or had ever studied under this professor. I am an area guy who goes largely for the chicks (I have a date with one of the most beautiful for next week, thanks very much), and also for the anime, when it's not something horrible like pretear.
You're right - I over-reached in my argument on this point. Making a citation to a source from a women's-only college threw me, I guess.
Professors are hired by schools and paid 100k at schools like Wellesley because they are well-studied and intelligent. This is not to say that they are necessarily definitive sources of definitions, but a professor who's life study lies in a specific discipline is probably as reliable a source of information as anything on the internet.
Did you miss the humor aspect of my first response to you? You seem chronically incapable of recognizing humor, or the fact that I said you were right.
Ho! Speaking of the internet, both of your citations are user-generated content. As big a fan as I am of this aspect of the internet, those definitions were no more written by experts than anything else on the net.
No, but both of them are peer-reviewed. I'd say that's a bit more rigorous of an analysis than a college professor writing in the school newspaper.
Do they have PhDs?
If you think having a PhD makes you an expert, you've got misplaced trust.
Or are they twelve year olds making it up? You don't know which, and I think my original citation (from a short blurb about the organization in the campus newspaper) is a little more authoritative.
<sarcasm on>You're right. The terms "short blurb" and "campus newspaper" carry the severe and commanding weight of authority.</sarcasm off>
Moreover, your Everything citation is directly contradicted by several below it, so check what you cite to make sure it's in your favour.
My favour? Do you not read English as a first language? I wrote the words "Especially since you're right, some anime is obviously targeted directly at women." I was originally making a sarcastic quip that women are not generally acknowledged to be the primary target audience of most anime. Why are you incapable of agreeing with this trivial statement?
I will make another citation, if you'd like: This [bartleby.com] is the Bartleby online American Heritage Dictionary reference for bi-weekly, and it makes an essential note that, despite common usage by people uneducated to the derivation, the "bi" prefix means two of, not two in.
Since you've given me the pleasure of defeating your every point, I delight in this one as well:
- It is not the reference for "biweekly", it is the reference for "bi-", clearly stated in the middle of the page.
- In point of fact, the usage note you refer to advises that "a writer is well advised to substitute expressions like every two [weeks] or twice a [week] where possible."
- The actual definition of "biweekly" clearly states: "1. Happening every two weeks. 2. Happening twice a week; semiweekly.", which is exactly what I said it meant.
Enjoy the rest of the conversation. I won't be listening, as I've made all the points I care to, and you seem incapable of both humor and debate. Have a good day!So I'm a "Jackass" and "loser", huh? I guess I'll take my shots and call you "humorless" and "whiney."
Okay, you've got a favorite professor at your school. That's great. Guess what? That doesn't make them an authority. There's also a professor at almost every school in the U.S. who thinks Jews are evil, and that everyone who's not a (insert crackpot religion here) will go to hell. That doesn't necessarily make it so. Even if they are a professor of Asian studies. (cymbal crash) Thank you folks, I'll be here all week. Please tip your server, and the lamb chops are delicious.
Second, jokingly refering to Maxim magazine should make it pretty clear that I wouldn't necessarily appreciate and honor the views and opinions expressed at a liberal arts college for women. I do, actually, for the record. I was taking a cheap shot at the school, and in return I took a cheap-shot at myself. I don't need you calling me a loser. I already did it by saying I don't read Maxim for the articles.
Third, I followed up by citing two references to definitions, which I would say are both more informative and more accurate, and probably more reliable than your "my teacher said" reference. I mean this in the serious, analytical, "my reference is better than your reference" sense, not "you suck." I don't think that. Especially since you're right, some anime is obviously targeted directly at women.
I was just making the point that the super majority of anime does not. (Replace "anime" with "science fiction", and I think we're in the same ballpark, by the way.) But I do think you gave a semi-lousy reference, and I know you're way too defensive about it.
A lot of anime has humor that appeals AT LEAST as well to women as men. Smile some, and think of sailor moon. Don't think of the idiot who picked on your school. Think of the laughing goodness that is sailor moon. It's going to be okay.
And by the way, "bi-weekly" can mean both "twice a week" and "once every two weeks." For clarity's sake, you might want to pick a new way to describe what you meant.
Welcome to Wellesley College , a liberal arts college for women.
Right. Because women are the target audience for anime. And I read Maxim for the articles.
I think the descriptions at Wikipedia and at everything2 are both better.
The best part about this is that after the patent expires, EVERYONE can use their garbage can icon.
Heh.
I thought the two were a great mix.
1st Episode - Heavy on plot, heavy naration, no lasting characters, lots of gore, not too much fun action, all in the real world.
2nd Episode - Light on plot, no naration, interesting characters, no gore, lots of fun action, almost all in the Matrix. (Actually the sparring program.)
I mean, you put them together, and that pretty well describes the first Matrix movie. (Except for the gore - I don't really think the first movie had much gore.)
(Al Gore: "I invented the Matrix!")
Who are some of your favorite Science Fiction authors?
A lot of people sure sound pretty pissed off at me.
If you're going to do something for a living, it's important to understand the situation. To that end, I praise the efforts of people to raise the awareness of how unlikely it is to make a lot of money at being a recording artist, signed to a major record label.
I think a lot more kids have starry eyes looking at sports than at music, though. And the odds are far, far worse for any given kid who devotes their life to a game ever making significant money doing it.
*shrug*
Corporate rock still sucks. That said, I'm off to go to a concert! =)
In this case, each band member got 0.476% of the total gross of the sales of the album they worked on.
At my job, I get approximately 0.307% of the total gross of the sales of the software I work on.
I spent 21 years in school working to get my job (which wasn't cheap), and I've been working in my industry for 8 years.
I also work well over 40 hours a week, and I'm never, ever going to get a product endorsement deal. (They probably won't either, but if they do, it's extremely lucrative.)
I'm not saying they're not getting screwed, but I do want to try to keep things in perspective.
"In 7 years, Andrew Wood, the lead singer of a band called Mother Love Bone is going to O.D. on heroin. The rest of the band is going to look for a new lead singer, and they're going to call themselves 'Pearl Jam'. Do everything you can to be that new lead singer. Here's the sheet music to the songs, 'Once', 'Even Flow', 'Alive', 'Why Go', 'Black', 'Jeremy', 'Oceans', 'Porch', 'Garden', Deep', and 'Release.' Learn them well!"
- Lord loves a workin' man.
- Don't trust whitey.
- See a doctor and get rid of it.
But honestly, I GOT the best advice in the world, from my parents, before I went to college. They said,"College is not about grades, and it's not about classes. It's all about getting to know people that you wouldn't otherwise have gotten to know."
When it comes to figures like these, I love this conversation:
"Wow! It delivers 1000 Watts!"
"Sure, ILS."
"ILS?"
"If Lightning Strikes."
You're right. I should have put the function in a class. You can't get there from here with MSVC++ 6.0.
It basically means that there are perfectly legal constructs in ANSI C++ that are not allowed in MS Visual C++.
The best example I can name off the top of my head is that something like this is not allowed in MSVC++:And there are things that MS Visual C++ allows by default that it's not supposed to. The most glaring example I can come up with off the top of my head is:As an aside, the Intel compiler is far better.
Drats.
I was hoping it would be filled with some disturbing imagery.
</joking asside>
*shudder*
About two minutes in, I had to stop watching it at work for fear someone would see it over my shoulder and be offended. I guess I'll watch it later.
I used to like this guy.
The problem with the kind of system he's talking about is that the more robust you make it, the harder it is to change it's behavior.
Take the cockroach, for instance. It is damned hard to train 100 of them to work together to open a pickle jar.
That's because a cockroach is extremely robust at being a cockroach, which has nothing to do with teaming up with 99 other cockroaches to open a pickle jar.
I don't believe nature had a design for each individual life form, other than to be robust. That doesn't give us any particular insight into how to both design something robust that meets a specific goal, which is the point of almost all software.
Once you get to the point where the specifications of each component are as exact as they need to be to meet a specific goal, you're lacking exactly the kind of robustness that he's describing.
What he's really saying is that entropy is easy to defeat. It's not. Perhaps there will be easier ways to communicate our goals to a computer in the future, but the individual components will still need to be extremely well thought-out. I think it's the difficulty of the language that makes symbol exchange between a human and a computer difficult - the fact that the human needs an exact understanding of the problem before they can codify it isn't going to change.
Well, if they have 32,767 bytes in which to implement each game, that means that they would have a possible 2^262,236 different games! That is a huge catalog!
A most excellent not to Bill & Ted!
Ox: "Everything is different, but the same... things are more moderner than before... bigger, and yet smaller... it's computers... SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!"
I really wonder what the distribution curve is like for how many games someone buys in a year. In other words, what percentage of the game industry revenue comes from someone who buys 1 game a year versus someone who buys 10+ games a year.
If the 10+ games a year money is significant, then it seems like a subscription-based system could make some serious money. Game-of-the-month club. How much would you pay for a subscription to that, if the games were decent? Hmmm...
So, this device will be a "must-buy" for any serious car-jacker who needs to defeat car alarm systems with GPS that know how to call home when they're stolen.
I'm glad this device with such obvious legitimate value is going to become easily available to the eager consumer market.
*sigh*