NASA is indeed a scientific organization. I know a decent number of people who have/currently do work for NASA, due to my step father being an electrical engineer for Orbital (formerly Fairchild) (he helped design some of the tools used in the earlier Hubble Repair Missions. He no longer works there [he is, for all intents and purposes, retired at this point], but he worked for Fairchild/Orbital for a little over 20 years.) They are a dedicated, unbelievably intelligent group of people, who are amongst the most passionate people in the whole country.
The people in charge of their funding, those are the folks that are political. The people who actually work for NASA are just trying to utilize what little freedom they have been given.
I gotta admit, after having seen one of the new 3D LED flatscreens in action at a Best Buy, it doesn't fuck around. The commercials where it looks like stuff is just popping out of the screen isn't too far off base...it does add a lot to the cost of the TV, and it is kinda gimmicky, but I highly recommend naysayers going into a Best Buy (or similar store) and at least giving it a looksie. Gimmick or no, the results are impressive.
Normally yes, but with these 7th gen systems, not really. The hardware has obviously not been maxed out yet, as console games have been getting more complicated and looking better each year since the big three were released. I think we will see announcements for new consoles next year, or at the very least some "leaks" regarding them.
Think of how much worse it would have been if they released a more-powerful version of the PSP-GO and dubbed it as their next-gen handheld. This way, they can see what people do and don't like about the hardware, and take that into account.
It would be as if Nintendo had released the DS Lite first, instead of the DS Fat.
Thank God you can turn it off or adjust the sensation on-the-fly, or this would become the Virtual Boy 2.
We have a "bet" going on at the office about how early on in the development process they decided to implement a feature to turn off the 3D for this very reason:-)
The PSP Go was a mistake. I don't know what Sony thought they were doing.
They likely are using it to test the waters for the PSP's eventual successor...kind of like a Beta for the physical design of their next-gen portable system.::shrug:: I have nothing to base that on, but it definitely makes sense.
Ah, fair enough. Still, don't make it seem like he hated it. From the top of the article:
"There are some kinks that still need to be worked out for the upcoming, glasses-free 3D gaming device. The window in which 3D looks 3D on that screen and doesn't appear fuzzy or make you feel cross-eyed, is extremely narrow.
Hold the device too close, too far, tilt it too much in either direction and the magic is gone.
But hold it just right and your perceptions change, the game is 3D, without glasses. Without glasses. It sounds unbelievable, and when it works it is unbelievable."
Something like a screwy viewing angle this far from release is, honestly, not that surprising. Now, if it still has this same problem when it's released, that's a different story...but for now, I don't think it's unexpected.
Then don't. Pick up Muramasa: The Demon Blade, or Brawl, or Madworld, or Dead Space: Extraction, or any other number of awesome games for it. Admittedly, we LAN on our PC's or play 360/PS3 far more than we play our Wii...but Muramasa and Madworld alone are worth the price of the console.
Read the whole article. His own words, at the very bottom, sum it up: "It's Astounding".
Keep in mind you are looking at a product that is literally months away from hitting retail, possibly even a year. Same thing with the games. If you expect it to be perfect upon its initial unveiling...
They will also know that Ross Perot is actually an elephant [in a room], Fox News really is fair and balanced, and that farts smell like flowers if a woman does it.
One solution would be to allow both sides to be expressed. Abortion is a good topic:
If the abortion entry has a section regarding pro-abortion, and another section regarding anti-abortion, each written by people that hold those views, that would be neutral. To me, neutral doesn't mean there aren't sides taken...it just means both sides have to have equal representation.
This will soon be the case with us. We have an awesome espresso machine on our wedding registry, and someone in one of our families actually bought it! not sure who it was, but we've decided that whoever did it gets to take the leftover booze home after the party:-)
No, my job is pulling a fairly large amount of info (demographics, insurance information, therapy information) from a large Siebel database. Still just as easy, but it's not quite just "name and address", as there is some basic math required when pulling in some of the data.
All that aside, it's still fairly easy...but it pays well, so::shrug::.
It's just really odd...like I said, the initial switch happend literally almost every night. One day, Macs everywhere. The next day, MIA. It was really weird.
For a long time, our local Starbucks was primarily dominated by Apple laptops. About a year ago, seemingly overnight, the ratio shifted; hardly a MacBook to be seen. Now, it's gotten back to 50/50, but the majority of Apple users there are either holding an iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
Has anyone else noticed this kind of shift at their local haunts?
Thanks for pointing that out. here is the relevant portion, from the same link:
Persons -- as well as a vessel, cargo, or other property subject to admiralty process in rem -- may be joined in one action as defendants if:
(A) any right to relief is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences; and
(B) any question of law or fact common to all defendants will arise in the action.
For clarification, that story is about the possibility of them being thrown out and required to be refiled as individual lawsuits. Not quite the same as thrown out, full stop...but still.
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NASA is indeed a scientific organization. I know a decent number of people who have/currently do work for NASA, due to my step father being an electrical engineer for Orbital (formerly Fairchild) (he helped design some of the tools used in the earlier Hubble Repair Missions. He no longer works there [he is, for all intents and purposes, retired at this point], but he worked for Fairchild/Orbital for a little over 20 years.) They are a dedicated, unbelievably intelligent group of people, who are amongst the most passionate people in the whole country.
The people in charge of their funding, those are the folks that are political. The people who actually work for NASA are just trying to utilize what little freedom they have been given.
I gotta admit, after having seen one of the new 3D LED flatscreens in action at a Best Buy, it doesn't fuck around. The commercials where it looks like stuff is just popping out of the screen isn't too far off base...it does add a lot to the cost of the TV, and it is kinda gimmicky, but I highly recommend naysayers going into a Best Buy (or similar store) and at least giving it a looksie. Gimmick or no, the results are impressive.
The primary difference is that, overall, there are FAR more people that are FAR more nostalgic about NES franchises than Xbox franchises.
Do not ignore the power of nostalgia or childhood experiences, especially when the topic is gaming.
Normally yes, but with these 7th gen systems, not really. The hardware has obviously not been maxed out yet, as console games have been getting more complicated and looking better each year since the big three were released. I think we will see announcements for new consoles next year, or at the very least some "leaks" regarding them.
Think of how much worse it would have been if they released a more-powerful version of the PSP-GO and dubbed it as their next-gen handheld. This way, they can see what people do and don't like about the hardware, and take that into account.
It would be as if Nintendo had released the DS Lite first, instead of the DS Fat.
Again, this is just pure speculation on my part.
Thank God you can turn it off or adjust the sensation on-the-fly, or this would become the Virtual Boy 2.
We have a "bet" going on at the office about how early on in the development process they decided to implement a feature to turn off the 3D for this very reason :-)
The PSP Go was a mistake. I don't know what Sony thought they were doing.
They likely are using it to test the waters for the PSP's eventual successor...kind of like a Beta for the physical design of their next-gen portable system. ::shrug:: I have nothing to base that on, but it definitely makes sense.
Ah, fair enough. Still, don't make it seem like he hated it. From the top of the article:
"There are some kinks that still need to be worked out for the upcoming, glasses-free 3D gaming device. The window in which 3D looks 3D on that screen and doesn't appear fuzzy or make you feel cross-eyed, is extremely narrow.
Hold the device too close, too far, tilt it too much in either direction and the magic is gone.
But hold it just right and your perceptions change, the game is 3D, without glasses. Without glasses. It sounds unbelievable, and when it works it is unbelievable."
Something like a screwy viewing angle this far from release is, honestly, not that surprising. Now, if it still has this same problem when it's released, that's a different story...but for now, I don't think it's unexpected.
Then don't. Pick up Muramasa: The Demon Blade, or Brawl, or Madworld, or Dead Space: Extraction, or any other number of awesome games for it. Admittedly, we LAN on our PC's or play 360/PS3 far more than we play our Wii...but Muramasa and Madworld alone are worth the price of the console.
Ah yes, thank you for the correction.
Geez, was that really two years ago? Slow down, time! No need to run so fast, ya bastard...
Read the whole article. His own words, at the very bottom, sum it up: "It's Astounding".
Keep in mind you are looking at a product that is literally months away from hitting retail, possibly even a year. Same thing with the games. If you expect it to be perfect upon its initial unveiling...
Seriously though...as much Nintendo's Keynote sucked last year, that was how amazing it was this year. Nearly everything they showed was a BFD(tm).
If someone is truly that petty, we settle it the only way reasonable people do: alphabetically.
They will also know that Ross Perot is actually an elephant [in a room], Fox News really is fair and balanced, and that farts smell like flowers if a woman does it.
One solution would be to allow both sides to be expressed. Abortion is a good topic:
If the abortion entry has a section regarding pro-abortion, and another section regarding anti-abortion, each written by people that hold those views, that would be neutral. To me, neutral doesn't mean there aren't sides taken...it just means both sides have to have equal representation.
Just my thoughts on the matter.
She's got proper safety padding where it counts, we'll just leave it at that :-)
What if I have a bisected penis, you insensitive clod?!?!? Or maybe just some really flashy jewelry...
That's not a house; that's my wife, clod!
But then my local coffeeshop is my kitchen
This will soon be the case with us. We have an awesome espresso machine on our wedding registry, and someone in one of our families actually bought it! not sure who it was, but we've decided that whoever did it gets to take the leftover booze home after the party :-)
No, my job is pulling a fairly large amount of info (demographics, insurance information, therapy information) from a large Siebel database. Still just as easy, but it's not quite just "name and address", as there is some basic math required when pulling in some of the data.
All that aside, it's still fairly easy...but it pays well, so ::shrug::.
It's just really odd...like I said, the initial switch happend literally almost every night. One day, Macs everywhere. The next day, MIA. It was really weird.
For a long time, our local Starbucks was primarily dominated by Apple laptops. About a year ago, seemingly overnight, the ratio shifted; hardly a MacBook to be seen. Now, it's gotten back to 50/50, but the majority of Apple users there are either holding an iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
Has anyone else noticed this kind of shift at their local haunts?
True...good point. I'll attempt to restrain the stupidity next time :-)
GAH!
Thanks for pointing that out. here is the relevant portion, from the same link:
Persons -- as well as a vessel, cargo, or other property subject to admiralty process in rem -- may be joined in one action as defendants if:
(A) any right to relief is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences; and
(B) any question of law or fact common to all defendants will arise in the action.
For clarification, that story is about the possibility of them being thrown out and required to be refiled as individual lawsuits. Not quite the same as thrown out, full stop...but still.