Examples of this stance are the long standing Nuclear Free Status which effectively locks out US warship visits and more recently NZs non commitment to the US aggression in Iraq (although we do support UN's involvement).
Because, as has been demonstrated, the UN always does a bang-up job...
I'm with you. I played a bit of Final Fantasy Tactics near the beginning and that was it. Add in the fact that game "remakes" (often just "repackages") are a big thing, and one might as well wait a couple years for the retro versions to come out - the games will seem fresher after the delay, anyway.
I second your emotion. The idea that someone is typing over 30 wpm (and even that's a stretch) using two fingers is ludicrous. Add in the increased sloppiness and there's just no way it could be efficient in a typing-heavy occupation.
I do medical transcription and obviously have to be fast and accurate. Using traditional nine-finger QWERTY methods, I have a raw (99% accurate) speed of around 95 wpm. Add in macros and I top out around 130-150 depending on the content. There is simply no way two fingers could even come close.
Dragon Age and "New Project - Console" (the latter a quote from their BioWare Games mouseover menu). Considering the Dragon Age FAQ linked to above says that it is a new RPG from the ground up including original ruleset, brand-new engine, etc., I expect that it's quite a bit of work.
I've never heard that Microsoft paid off Tecmo/Team Ninja/Itagaki to make DOA Xbox-exclusive. The only explanation I've ever heard (multiple times) is from Itagaki saying that he felt the Xbox was the most powerful graphically and he wanted the games to be played the way they were intended instead of making ports that just won't look as good. He's also made clear that the situation could easily change with the next console generation.
That being said, I'm sure there are financial incentives given to publishers if they release exclusively on a particular console, probably in the form of lower licensing fees. Of course, this is obviously just as true for Sony (see Rockstar/GTA for a clear example of paying off a developer for console exclusivity). Considering the paucity of [US] third-party exclusives on the Gamecube, I don't know if Nintendo offers incentives.
Well, gee, the PC has had better graphics capabilities than the PS2 from jump. Yet, far [far, far] more PS2 games are sold than PC games. It seems to me that, as a platform, the PC needs to find a way to compete with consoles.
No violence in Simpsons: Hit and Run? I kick little Ralph Wiggum all over the place in that game. Watching him roll into traffic cracks me up....Wow, I need help, and fast.
Premise=faulty. Just because Sony is endorsing open graphics formats doesn't mean that the bar will be set any lower for what games will be sold for their console. It's partially a public relations ploy, basically saying "Microsoft is evil for forcing XNA while we will give you your choice of open toolsets [which you will still have to use to make PS3-compatible games under our licensing agreement]"; and, of course, the other part is addressing developer concerns about the relative difficult of coding for Sony consoles versus Microsoft consoles.
I certainly don't see any indication here that the PS3 will be able to play unprotected/unlicensed discs out of the box, which would be the only way to TRULY open up the platform...and which I, by the way, would consider a supremely stupid move since the games are where the real money is at for Sony.
If selling upgrades from DDR333 to DDR400 RAM is part of my job, then I've gotta do it - one should know the situation when hired. Of course, that's not a job I would want because I wouldn't want to be put in the position to feel I was ripping someone off. The questionable things salesfolks do aren't "okay" to me but I recognize the reality in which I reside.:)
Anyone who uses the phrase "true gamer" has need of some attitude adjustment. They're probably just a little too invested in an almost entirely useless hobby (one in which I engage in the full knowledge that it's just entertainment like any other).
When I was using IE, I had as much trouble with.pdf files as I do now with Firefox: A lot. I've come around to simply downloading the file and viewing it out of browswer which solves all the problems.
I tried that myself, but every time I hugged another girl in front of her, tried to play piano to increase my skill or cooked dinner and set the kitchen on fire, our relationship seemed to suffer. Nowadays, I don't even get the hug option, let alone the one to propose marriage.
"In regards to your situation of screwing someone out of perfectly good hardware, did it ever cross your mind to inform the gentleman that his hardware was perfectly acceptable, and that the Best Buy salesperson was just trying to make a buck?
In less polite terms, I hope I'm never mugged when you're around."
The guy said it was CompUSA but you're right on the mark. When I used to spend a lot of time in that store, mainly browsing, I'd steer people away from crap all the time, especially parents buying things for their kids. I do the same thing in stores selling console games. If you know something is either of low quality, or is unnecessary, it's only right to help them out unless you work in the place. Taking advantage of the person like the grandparent did is just lower than low.
The refresh rate isn't a big problem unless you desire visible fps over 60 (the vast majority of LCDs refresh at 60 Hz). The "response time," though can cause a problem. This is the speed at which the pixels change color. Slow response time is why all the old LCDs used to leave mouse trails even before mouse trails were a setup option in a GUI. Things have improved to the point where such trails are hardly noticeable, but in fast-moving games you can still end up with afterimages as the LCD pixels attempt to display the next frame.
Thank you. That was my first thought on reading this. While Doom 3 will certainly spur some graphics card, memory and processor/motherboard sales, I don't think that the average Sims player is going to go all creamy over it. Now, Sims 2 might be a different story...
I had the VIC20 first and then the C64. I think I probably spent a total of about 40 hours playing around with the VIC, mostly typing in the occasional bad game from a magazine. The C64, on the other hand, took over my life with its spacious (170K!) disc drive, fast (300 BAUD!) modem, detailed (NTSC COMPOSITE!) monitor and fancy (DOT MATRIX!) printer. Between the cool Color 64 BBSes in Portland (Commodore-character art was the best) and Microprose games (Gunship, Pirates! and Red Storm Rising rocked my world), I don't think I slept more than 4-5 hours any night for at least three years.
It sounded smelly but since I have no intention of patenting something (or, frankly, creating anything patent-worthy), I wasn't going to read the relevant law. Probably makes me lazy, but it's also why I've bumped my second-tier replies down to '1'.:)
"Whistleblowing" on the FBI is indeed against "national security" if said blowing involves revealing top-secret information. The Edmonds woman had a top-secret clearance and had promised to keep that information to herself (on pain of jail time, detailed in at least one of the many documents she would have had to sign on the way to her clearance). Are we supposed to let translators decide what should and shouldn't be classified information? F that, thank you very much.
In terms of his words (and his actions in fighting for the newly goody two-shoes Reven), Canderous does make a start toward the light side if you talk through his entire subquest and followup (lots of regretful words about being out only for war and glory). Of course, it's not reflected on his character sheet - then again, it would have no effect if it was since he's not Force-sensitive.
To me, the biggest problem of the light/dark choice in KOTOR is that the story path remains essentially the same, with differences only becoming evident towards the end. What would be interesting is if different planets/quests were encountered according to one's alignment. Even more entertaining (for replay value) would be if a THIRD path was encountered by those going neutral (presumably this would be the more difficult to achieve). It would take a lot of extra work but the fans would eat it up.
In D&D terms, you're describing an option to be "Lawful Evil," which would indeed be more interesting than being (the only dark side option in KOTOR) "Chaotic Evil."
That really wouldn't help him get at the people causing the problem, and instead could stick it to the wrong people (like someone trying to code an open source game). If Carmack patents a hundred or a thousand software techniques, Creative wouldn't care because they're not going to use the techniques in their products. Besides, if he codes a technique before someone patents it then any future patent would be invalid due to his prior art.
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Because, as has been demonstrated, the UN always does a bang-up job...
Then I'm certainly not going to go to any of these message boards.
I'm with you. I played a bit of Final Fantasy Tactics near the beginning and that was it. Add in the fact that game "remakes" (often just "repackages") are a big thing, and one might as well wait a couple years for the retro versions to come out - the games will seem fresher after the delay, anyway.
I do medical transcription and obviously have to be fast and accurate. Using traditional nine-finger QWERTY methods, I have a raw (99% accurate) speed of around 95 wpm. Add in macros and I top out around 130-150 depending on the content. There is simply no way two fingers could even come close.
Dragon Age and "New Project - Console" (the latter a quote from their BioWare Games mouseover menu). Considering the Dragon Age FAQ linked to above says that it is a new RPG from the ground up including original ruleset, brand-new engine, etc., I expect that it's quite a bit of work.
That being said, I'm sure there are financial incentives given to publishers if they release exclusively on a particular console, probably in the form of lower licensing fees. Of course, this is obviously just as true for Sony (see Rockstar/GTA for a clear example of paying off a developer for console exclusivity). Considering the paucity of [US] third-party exclusives on the Gamecube, I don't know if Nintendo offers incentives.
Well, gee, the PC has had better graphics capabilities than the PS2 from jump. Yet, far [far, far] more PS2 games are sold than PC games. It seems to me that, as a platform, the PC needs to find a way to compete with consoles.
No violence in Simpsons: Hit and Run? I kick little Ralph Wiggum all over the place in that game. Watching him roll into traffic cracks me up....Wow, I need help, and fast.
I certainly don't see any indication here that the PS3 will be able to play unprotected/unlicensed discs out of the box, which would be the only way to TRULY open up the platform...and which I, by the way, would consider a supremely stupid move since the games are where the real money is at for Sony.
If selling upgrades from DDR333 to DDR400 RAM is part of my job, then I've gotta do it - one should know the situation when hired. Of course, that's not a job I would want because I wouldn't want to be put in the position to feel I was ripping someone off. The questionable things salesfolks do aren't "okay" to me but I recognize the reality in which I reside. :)
Anyone who uses the phrase "true gamer" has need of some attitude adjustment. They're probably just a little too invested in an almost entirely useless hobby (one in which I engage in the full knowledge that it's just entertainment like any other).
When I was using IE, I had as much trouble with .pdf files as I do now with Firefox: A lot. I've come around to simply downloading the file and viewing it out of browswer which solves all the problems.
--Chekov
I tried that myself, but every time I hugged another girl in front of her, tried to play piano to increase my skill or cooked dinner and set the kitchen on fire, our relationship seemed to suffer. Nowadays, I don't even get the hug option, let alone the one to propose marriage.
In less polite terms, I hope I'm never mugged when you're around."
The guy said it was CompUSA but you're right on the mark. When I used to spend a lot of time in that store, mainly browsing, I'd steer people away from crap all the time, especially parents buying things for their kids. I do the same thing in stores selling console games. If you know something is either of low quality, or is unnecessary, it's only right to help them out unless you work in the place. Taking advantage of the person like the grandparent did is just lower than low.
The refresh rate isn't a big problem unless you desire visible fps over 60 (the vast majority of LCDs refresh at 60 Hz). The "response time," though can cause a problem. This is the speed at which the pixels change color. Slow response time is why all the old LCDs used to leave mouse trails even before mouse trails were a setup option in a GUI. Things have improved to the point where such trails are hardly noticeable, but in fast-moving games you can still end up with afterimages as the LCD pixels attempt to display the next frame.
Thank you. That was my first thought on reading this. While Doom 3 will certainly spur some graphics card, memory and processor/motherboard sales, I don't think that the average Sims player is going to go all creamy over it. Now, Sims 2 might be a different story...
I had the VIC20 first and then the C64. I think I probably spent a total of about 40 hours playing around with the VIC, mostly typing in the occasional bad game from a magazine. The C64, on the other hand, took over my life with its spacious (170K!) disc drive, fast (300 BAUD!) modem, detailed (NTSC COMPOSITE!) monitor and fancy (DOT MATRIX!) printer. Between the cool Color 64 BBSes in Portland (Commodore-character art was the best) and Microprose games (Gunship, Pirates! and Red Storm Rising rocked my world), I don't think I slept more than 4-5 hours any night for at least three years.
It sounded smelly but since I have no intention of patenting something (or, frankly, creating anything patent-worthy), I wasn't going to read the relevant law. Probably makes me lazy, but it's also why I've bumped my second-tier replies down to '1'. :)
"Whistleblowing" on the FBI is indeed against "national security" if said blowing involves revealing top-secret information. The Edmonds woman had a top-secret clearance and had promised to keep that information to herself (on pain of jail time, detailed in at least one of the many documents she would have had to sign on the way to her clearance). Are we supposed to let translators decide what should and shouldn't be classified information? F that, thank you very much.
To me, the biggest problem of the light/dark choice in KOTOR is that the story path remains essentially the same, with differences only becoming evident towards the end. What would be interesting is if different planets/quests were encountered according to one's alignment. Even more entertaining (for replay value) would be if a THIRD path was encountered by those going neutral (presumably this would be the more difficult to achieve). It would take a lot of extra work but the fans would eat it up.
In D&D terms, you're describing an option to be "Lawful Evil," which would indeed be more interesting than being (the only dark side option in KOTOR) "Chaotic Evil."
I did not know that. So, software patents suck even worse, eh? :)
That really wouldn't help him get at the people causing the problem, and instead could stick it to the wrong people (like someone trying to code an open source game). If Carmack patents a hundred or a thousand software techniques, Creative wouldn't care because they're not going to use the techniques in their products. Besides, if he codes a technique before someone patents it then any future patent would be invalid due to his prior art.
Does anyone like snotty gamers anyway?