But living in a suburb improves pattern recognition and overall awareness, because you have to look really hard to spot the difference between Prefab House Copy #500 and whichever one is your house.
Exactly, I've seen people drive a car while putting on make up, talking on the phone, reading the paper, and drinking a cup of coffee all at the same time
My dad would actually do this. (Well, minus the phone. And the makeup. But he'd be eating a donut too!) And he had freaking narcolepsy on top of it. While driving a van. Every now and then he'd start to nod off and the van would slowly veer off the road until he snapped back awake.
See also: most Nintendo franchises that jumped from 2D to 3D. Even if they paralleled basic elements in each for familiarity, them's some pretty big changes.
I think what you fail to realize is that, a lot of times for women, it isn't a projection of their insecurities. There is a lot of sexism going on in sites like this (and in geek circles in general) that is very real. And it has a very real effect on those being attacked.
It might result in instances like this, where perhaps I overreacted a bit. If someone I knew well had made the same joke amongst friends, I probably would've had a very different reaction. But in an online forum of strangers? It's a lot easier to misjudge tone and intention, and to be on the lookout for trolls. When most of the time it's guys purposefully being rude and disrespectful, it's very easy to see it where it isn't happening. It's a personal, emotional kind of attack, and it's only natural that women get a bit defensive about it when they're outnumbered.
When women get angry over this kind of thing, it has its reasons, even if sometimes it might be a bit reactionary. It doesn't just spontaneously generate out of nowhere. At times like that, I think it'd be a lot more helpful to take a step back and say, "Ok, she didn't read it how I intended, and this is a place dominated by men and boys, many of whom get hostile towards women. Maybe I should take a step back for a moment and think about where she's coming from."
At any rate, my intent wasn't to troll or piss you off, and I guess I'll just leave it at that.
so that the peg-legged hunchback at the end of the bar is just as ugly at 3 am as she was at 8 pm
I'd love an alcohol additive that neutralizes sexist pigs so they never even make it to the bar in the first place. Especially the ones that think they're any hotter than the 'peg-legged hunchback'.
It would take a lot longer than a hundred years for humans to somehow devolve away from being interested in sex. And my guess is that survival rates would plummet.
If you want to get technical, "Garamond" is a more generic moniker given to a group of typefaces made by many different companies. Adobe attaches their name to it because it's specifically their version of it. But when you've created a unique typeface with a unique name, it's kind of pointless to brand it.
If we're going to take it this far, we might as well also factor in the amount of text that is boldfaced. Also, some fonts use different shapes at different sizes--a well-designed font isn't just uniformly scaled when you change the point size.
This is what I get for taking typography class. OCD +1!
Until they find yet another force we didn't know about, and the model changes again... Hopefully this will keep happening over and over, because all of these different end-of-the-universe theories are morbidly fascinating.
I have no problem imagining vivid images, but then again I also get hallucinations every once in a while. It would be very interesting to see how a brain-image reader would perform on someone with schizophrenia or a related psychiatric condition.
Part of it too is that *everybody* has their stupid moments. The kind where, afterward, you realize just how dumb you were. Some like to pretend they've never been guilty of it, but they're often the worst offenders. (Same goes for doing asinine things while driving.)
It's been previewed and reviewed by every major gaming site. You just missed the boat. Oh well, it happens. It's a really fun physics-based puzzle game, and owes more to Lemmings than anything else. Probably not everybody's cup of tea, but I loved it.
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But living in a suburb improves pattern recognition and overall awareness, because you have to look really hard to spot the difference between Prefab House Copy #500 and whichever one is your house.
Exactly, I've seen people drive a car while putting on make up, talking on the phone, reading the paper, and drinking a cup of coffee all at the same time
My dad would actually do this. (Well, minus the phone. And the makeup. But he'd be eating a donut too!) And he had freaking narcolepsy on top of it. While driving a van. Every now and then he'd start to nod off and the van would slowly veer off the road until he snapped back awake.
I'm surprised I'm still alive, honestly.
"A keyboard? How quaint!"
You must be new to America.
But he'll be so spunky! Yeah, that's right, I said it.
a breast-feeding photo, while keeping children from seeing nudity.
So should the children who are being breast-fed wear blindfolds?
We prefer you say "orbitally challenged".
My use of "irregardless" was intentional. I guess deadpan delivery doesn't work as well online.
You must be nude here.
I mean, at the rate things are going...
That site may say it's ok, but logically, it makes no sense.
That might be the case, but people still use it, irregardless.
So true. I personally remember a TON of crappy games and clones coming out on the NES alone.
See also: most Nintendo franchises that jumped from 2D to 3D. Even if they paralleled basic elements in each for familiarity, them's some pretty big changes.
I think what you fail to realize is that, a lot of times for women, it isn't a projection of their insecurities. There is a lot of sexism going on in sites like this (and in geek circles in general) that is very real. And it has a very real effect on those being attacked.
It might result in instances like this, where perhaps I overreacted a bit. If someone I knew well had made the same joke amongst friends, I probably would've had a very different reaction. But in an online forum of strangers? It's a lot easier to misjudge tone and intention, and to be on the lookout for trolls. When most of the time it's guys purposefully being rude and disrespectful, it's very easy to see it where it isn't happening. It's a personal, emotional kind of attack, and it's only natural that women get a bit defensive about it when they're outnumbered.
When women get angry over this kind of thing, it has its reasons, even if sometimes it might be a bit reactionary. It doesn't just spontaneously generate out of nowhere. At times like that, I think it'd be a lot more helpful to take a step back and say, "Ok, she didn't read it how I intended, and this is a place dominated by men and boys, many of whom get hostile towards women. Maybe I should take a step back for a moment and think about where she's coming from."
At any rate, my intent wasn't to troll or piss you off, and I guess I'll just leave it at that.
That was me :P
so that the peg-legged hunchback at the end of the bar is just as ugly at 3 am as she was at 8 pm
I'd love an alcohol additive that neutralizes sexist pigs so they never even make it to the bar in the first place. Especially the ones that think they're any hotter than the 'peg-legged hunchback'.
It would take a lot longer than a hundred years for humans to somehow devolve away from being interested in sex. And my guess is that survival rates would plummet.
If you want to get technical, "Garamond" is a more generic moniker given to a group of typefaces made by many different companies. Adobe attaches their name to it because it's specifically their version of it. But when you've created a unique typeface with a unique name, it's kind of pointless to brand it.
Me too. Txt-speak sure isn't lossless compression.
If we're going to take it this far, we might as well also factor in the amount of text that is boldfaced. Also, some fonts use different shapes at different sizes--a well-designed font isn't just uniformly scaled when you change the point size.
This is what I get for taking typography class. OCD +1!
Until they find yet another force we didn't know about, and the model changes again... Hopefully this will keep happening over and over, because all of these different end-of-the-universe theories are morbidly fascinating.
I have no problem imagining vivid images, but then again I also get hallucinations every once in a while. It would be very interesting to see how a brain-image reader would perform on someone with schizophrenia or a related psychiatric condition.
Part of it too is that *everybody* has their stupid moments. The kind where, afterward, you realize just how dumb you were. Some like to pretend they've never been guilty of it, but they're often the worst offenders. (Same goes for doing asinine things while driving.)
The Cult of Stupid spreads far beyond computers, sadly. Nobody wants to be a nerd.
Enjoy your medical aides.
Fixed that for you.
It's been previewed and reviewed by every major gaming site. You just missed the boat. Oh well, it happens. It's a really fun physics-based puzzle game, and owes more to Lemmings than anything else. Probably not everybody's cup of tea, but I loved it.