Which hardware manufacturer that markets in the United States does have a love of homebrew? Gamepark Holdings. Although their marketing in the US is not exactly widespread.
"So remember, there's no 'I' in team, but there is an 'I' in 'pie'. In 'meat pie'. And 'meat' is an anagram of 'team' . . . I don't know what he's talking about."
a) I do own a Wii.
b) You're correct that the Wii can use WEP, but i) it's no easier to set up that WPA and ii) why are you using WEP? You do know someone can get access in a few minutes, right?
c) No ethernet. You have to purchase a dongle from Nintendo to get it to work.
d) I believe you are correct about there being no games currently with online functionality, but Nintendo has stated the codes are going to be per game: no just jumping online.
e) I agree: see you in 6 months.
a) Disclaimer: I don't live in the US.
b) Just because Mrs. Clinton shares the bias against video games does not mean that millions of conservatives do not as well. I'm not trying to say that all conservatives hate video games and all Democrats are bleeding-heart liberals and think video games are fantastic, but I think it's pretty safe to say that Democrats are a more liberal party and more likely to be OK with video games.
Also (purely postualation) the Democrats in the US (I would guess) have a lower average age among party members meaning they are much more likely to have played video games and actually know something about them, unlike Mr. Thompson.
And to the AC who was so angry about my posts - why don't you just sign up for an account, Jack?
You are about as kneejerk as the man you are trying to hector . .. If that knee connected with Mr. Thompson's chin, at least it would get him to shut up.
From the desk of the millions of normal people who play games:
Much like you, we were deeply disturbed by the actions of the shooter at Virginia Tech and feel terribly for the families of the lost. However we deeply resent the fact that you have totally bypassed the issue at hand and chosen instead to scapegoat the electronic entertainment industry. Perhaps instead of blaming videogames (which are clearly not your area of expertise) we should instead delve a little deeper in order to find what causes these depraved/deprived individuals to take such drastic measures. Your "proof" of a link to video game violence is tenuous at best - equivalent to such joke statistics as bread creating murderers. Statistical correlation is not proof of cause and effect but beyond that, you have failed to even show a statistical correlation, instead bringing up the specific examples where the statistics say what you want to prove.
Like naysayers for the past several centuries, you see the advent of a new form of entertainment as the downfall of society. Novels, the waltz, radio and television have all been targetted in the past and so far civilization has emerged unscathed (but not unchanged).
Perhaps this is the issue; you (and millions of right-wing conservatives) are afraid of what the future may bring. Who knows what changes the liberalization of the West may bring?
In short, we feel that you are doing nobody any good - you are attempting (and luckily failing) to take the attention away from the actual issues (which in the case of the VT shooting are as of yet indetermined).
Signed,
Gamers of the world.
P.S. While we harbour you no malice, I wouldn't suggest you attempt any retribution - we have all been trained on "murder simulators" . . .
I've always wondered; was that simply a mispronunciation of gigawatts or was it an imaginary unit in the line of zillions?
I'm sure this is overanalysing the phrase, but this is how my mind works. I also wonder why we can compel, repel, impel and expel but we can't just pel.
Repeat after me: "I, state your name, am NOT in Nintendo's target demographic." I may not be in the target, but they do have one thing which markets the Wii to me - Nintendo franchises.
There are those of us who will buy the Wii to play this generations Marios, Paper Marios, Mario Karts, Smash Bros., Mario Tennis/Golf/Soccer/Baseball, Zeldas, Metroids. Also as "hardcore gamers" aka original Xbox owners we may have missed out on these titles from the previous generation. So now that we have our Wiis and have played Super Paper Mario and Twilight Princess we have a plethora of used GC titles at $25 and under which we can catch up on.
Unfortunately for third-party developers, I am the Nintendo customer they fear. The chances of me purchasing a non-Nintendo game for the Wii are EXTREMELY low. The control scheme would have to offer a fundamentally different game experience (and a better one than a comparable first-party game). For the mass-market style titles, I'll still be looking for something to make my HDTV happy (plus Acheivement points of course).
In all seriousness, my local EB Games (they still haven't converted to GameStop up here in the frozen north) has 8. The game rental chain (Microplay) has 3. Not to say they're not selling - I only finally managed to get one a few weeks ago - but they seem to be over the hump as far as supply/demand are concerned.
On a more related note - I think this really is a publicity move: I did see a preview of Kane & Lynch in OXM a while back but it's not getting the press it needs to garner any sales; if the PS3 fanboys (no offense) still have their backs up about the lost DMC they might jump all over this just to convince themselves it's not that bad.
I can't truely speak for the whole nation, but in this little corner (Newfoundland) the situation is much the same. I haven't heard of people being actively asked/told not to take mathematics, but I know that the majority of people (~55%) of students entering MUN (Memorial University of Newfoundland - largest university in the region) fail the standard Math Placement Test and are therefore either required to do creditless math courses in order to continue with any other math/science courses or do a degree which does not require any math credits.
So we have a lot of B.A.s around here.
And now for a joke I'm going to get modded flamebait for: What did the B.A. say to the B.Sc.? Do you want fries with that?
. . . you can't put a Riemannian Manifold or anything like that in the way of the bullet, can you? No, but you can make him fire into(?) a Klein bottle . . .
Amusingly my experience is the exact opposite. I loved the fact that math was a strictly intellectual exercise - everything was connected, big patterns and to some degree the fact that it was all useless only added to its charm. When I got to degree level and picked up a Physics course I was dismayed to find practical applications for these things.
Hence my focus moved towards the aptly named "Pure Mathematics" and away from the layman's math, aptly name "Mechanics".
Yes, the second part is a joke, but the sentiment is true.
I'm not so sure; the lines A1C and BD are not strictly perpendicular, rather they are orthogonal. If we had coordinates we could construct the dot product of the 2 vectors and it should be equal to zero. They may also be perpendicular, but I believe the assertion that lines must intersect to be perpendicular is correct.
However you can contruct the two lines on a plane using A1C as the x-axis and transpose BD onto that plane in order to get two intersecting lines.
Disclaimer: Linear algebra was a long time ago, so I may be mistaken.
Then they would be copying Nintendo, who released a motion-sensing controller for the gamecube and called it a Wii. No, they duct-taped two GameCubes together.
Do you know why those Japanese guys showed up at the house to play? Because there's no chance of anyone figuring out how to play with someone else over WiiConnect24.
Seriously, I have a 360 and a Wii. 360; plug in an Ethernet cord, choose a Gamertag, online with a Silver account. Slightly more to Gold, but nothing that a competent person can't manage. Wii; once you manage to get the thing online (which requires WiFi unless you pony up for an adapter - therefore needs WPA keys - nothing for the/. crowd, but most people have no idea what this shit is) you have to trade 15? digit friend codes for EACH GAME.
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So does this mean that the scourge of the telecom industry may manage to survive?
"So remember, there's no 'I' in team, but there is an 'I' in 'pie'. In 'meat pie'. And 'meat' is an anagram of 'team' . . . I don't know what he's talking about."
a) I do own a Wii. b) You're correct that the Wii can use WEP, but i) it's no easier to set up that WPA and ii) why are you using WEP? You do know someone can get access in a few minutes, right? c) No ethernet. You have to purchase a dongle from Nintendo to get it to work. d) I believe you are correct about there being no games currently with online functionality, but Nintendo has stated the codes are going to be per game: no just jumping online. e) I agree: see you in 6 months.
HALLELUJAH!
a) Disclaimer: I don't live in the US.
b) Just because Mrs. Clinton shares the bias against video games does not mean that millions of conservatives do not as well. I'm not trying to say that all conservatives hate video games and all Democrats are bleeding-heart liberals and think video games are fantastic, but I think it's pretty safe to say that Democrats are a more liberal party and more likely to be OK with video games.
Also (purely postualation) the Democrats in the US (I would guess) have a lower average age among party members meaning they are much more likely to have played video games and actually know something about them, unlike Mr. Thompson.
And to the AC who was so angry about my posts - why don't you just sign up for an account, Jack?
From the desk of the millions of normal people who play games:
Much like you, we were deeply disturbed by the actions of the shooter at Virginia Tech and feel terribly for the families of the lost. However we deeply resent the fact that you have totally bypassed the issue at hand and chosen instead to scapegoat the electronic entertainment industry. Perhaps instead of blaming videogames (which are clearly not your area of expertise) we should instead delve a little deeper in order to find what causes these depraved/deprived individuals to take such drastic measures. Your "proof" of a link to video game violence is tenuous at best - equivalent to such joke statistics as bread creating murderers. Statistical correlation is not proof of cause and effect but beyond that, you have failed to even show a statistical correlation, instead bringing up the specific examples where the statistics say what you want to prove.
Like naysayers for the past several centuries, you see the advent of a new form of entertainment as the downfall of society. Novels, the waltz, radio and television have all been targetted in the past and so far civilization has emerged unscathed (but not unchanged).
Perhaps this is the issue; you (and millions of right-wing conservatives) are afraid of what the future may bring. Who knows what changes the liberalization of the West may bring?
In short, we feel that you are doing nobody any good - you are attempting (and luckily failing) to take the attention away from the actual issues (which in the case of the VT shooting are as of yet indetermined).
Signed,
Gamers of the world.
P.S. While we harbour you no malice, I wouldn't suggest you attempt any retribution - we have all been trained on "murder simulators" . . .
Double speak would be talking like this talking like this.
Well, that was pointless (goddamned /. comment system . . .).
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Of course what was meant to be added after that wonderful quote . .
It's a bitch, isn't it?
I've always wondered; was that simply a mispronunciation of gigawatts or was it an imaginary unit in the line of zillions?
I'm sure this is overanalysing the phrase, but this is how my mind works. I also wonder why we can compel, repel, impel and expel but we can't just pel.
The parent post wins the thread.
There are those of us who will buy the Wii to play this generations Marios, Paper Marios, Mario Karts, Smash Bros., Mario Tennis/Golf/Soccer/Baseball, Zeldas, Metroids. Also as "hardcore gamers" aka original Xbox owners we may have missed out on these titles from the previous generation. So now that we have our Wiis and have played Super Paper Mario and Twilight Princess we have a plethora of used GC titles at $25 and under which we can catch up on.
Unfortunately for third-party developers, I am the Nintendo customer they fear. The chances of me purchasing a non-Nintendo game for the Wii are EXTREMELY low. The control scheme would have to offer a fundamentally different game experience (and a better one than a comparable first-party game). For the mass-market style titles, I'll still be looking for something to make my HDTV happy (plus Acheivement points of course).
In all seriousness, my local EB Games (they still haven't converted to GameStop up here in the frozen north) has 8. The game rental chain (Microplay) has 3. Not to say they're not selling - I only finally managed to get one a few weeks ago - but they seem to be over the hump as far as supply/demand are concerned.
Barely related video link: A Ninja Pays Half My Rent. If you have not watched, you must.
On a more related note - I think this really is a publicity move: I did see a preview of Kane & Lynch in OXM a while back but it's not getting the press it needs to garner any sales; if the PS3 fanboys (no offense) still have their backs up about the lost DMC they might jump all over this just to convince themselves it's not that bad.
I can't truely speak for the whole nation, but in this little corner (Newfoundland) the situation is much the same. I haven't heard of people being actively asked/told not to take mathematics, but I know that the majority of people (~55%) of students entering MUN (Memorial University of Newfoundland - largest university in the region) fail the standard Math Placement Test and are therefore either required to do creditless math courses in order to continue with any other math/science courses or do a degree which does not require any math credits.
So we have a lot of B.A.s around here.
And now for a joke I'm going to get modded flamebait for: What did the B.A. say to the B.Sc.? Do you want fries with that?
Amusingly my experience is the exact opposite. I loved the fact that math was a strictly intellectual exercise - everything was connected, big patterns and to some degree the fact that it was all useless only added to its charm. When I got to degree level and picked up a Physics course I was dismayed to find practical applications for these things.
Hence my focus moved towards the aptly named "Pure Mathematics" and away from the layman's math, aptly name "Mechanics".
Yes, the second part is a joke, but the sentiment is true.
I'm not so sure; the lines A1C and BD are not strictly perpendicular, rather they are orthogonal. If we had coordinates we could construct the dot product of the 2 vectors and it should be equal to zero. They may also be perpendicular, but I believe the assertion that lines must intersect to be perpendicular is correct.
However you can contruct the two lines on a plane using A1C as the x-axis and transpose BD onto that plane in order to get two intersecting lines.
Disclaimer: Linear algebra was a long time ago, so I may be mistaken.
Ahh, non-Euclidean geometry. I remember it well.
I still have visions of Poincare discs when I sleep.
"These lines are just parallel . . . they're ULTRAparallel!"
God, why did I do mathematics?
Do you know why those Japanese guys showed up at the house to play? Because there's no chance of anyone figuring out how to play with someone else over WiiConnect24.
/. crowd, but most people have no idea what this shit is) you have to trade 15? digit friend codes for EACH GAME.
Seriously, I have a 360 and a Wii. 360; plug in an Ethernet cord, choose a Gamertag, online with a Silver account. Slightly more to Gold, but nothing that a competent person can't manage. Wii; once you manage to get the thing online (which requires WiFi unless you pony up for an adapter - therefore needs WPA keys - nothing for the
Seriously though, it's ridiculous.