Exactly. Pink Floyd's discography is largely made up of concept albums. While some single tracks are enjoyable out of context, nothing compares to the actual album. Of course, kids nowadays are used to albums full of shit with only one or two tracks even worth listening to...
Home schoolers in general have stunted social skills and are not always exposed to other cultures, belief systems, or ideas in general.
False.
Public schools are no better for developing social skills and one's own personality. The entire construct is little more than a social caste system, supported by the system to give everyone as much grief as possible. There is certainly very little exchange of ideas within a public school, as everything is monitored, censored, then regurgitated in order to allow children to easily pass multiple choice tests. Finally, there is certainly very little in the way of varying cultures or beliefs. Children are placed amongst their peers and forced to remain there through their entire stint in public school. They rarely interact with anyone outside of their age group, and almost always segregate themselves into cliches as a result of the caste system described above.
The typical child is not exposed to many of the things you claim until they enter college.
Unfortunately, most individuals that are homeschooled are either problem children that have been kicked out of public school, or are being heavily indoctrinated by their religious parents. I was homeschooled throughout all of junior high and highschool. It didn't take my parents and I too long to realize that the other local homeschoolers were all religious nutjobs. We stopped going to the support meetings shortly afterward and instead focused on a real curriculum by ourselves.
Of course, public school isn't much better. You just learn to take tests and fill in multiple choice bubbles there.
I always figured that shows like CSI worked best as propaganda. People watch it religiously, conditioning themselves to think that they could never get away with even the smallest crime, no matter how intelligently planned.
Of course, the truth is that more crimes go unsolved than are figured out. That's not even taking into account crimes that never even bring attention to themselves... after all, the perfect crime wouldn't even be suspected as something worthy of investigation to begin with.
Hm. It seems as though I never owned one of the original North American SATURN controllers.Looking at pictures of it compared to the "Japanese controller" that I'm familiar with, I can't say that I'm sorry.:P
I remember always feeling sorry for the Dreamcast players on the mixed Quake III Arena servers. As great of a console as the Dreamcast was, no gamepad can keep up with a mouse and keyboard in that kind of environment.
That's true, but it can't be argued that most road-faring assholes pick out the biggest vehicles they can find. Several years ago it used to be SUVs where I live, but it seems that now everyone has migrated to full cab, full bed, dual-axle trucks. That's even more absurd to casually drive around in, or to commute to work daily in. You should have to have a CDL to drive anything bigger than a station wagon!
I thought that the visuals were smartly updated. The basic style is still there, but it's more streamlined now, which worked.
I was not too fond of the plot however. It worked well enough I suppose, but it felt awfully generic given the possibilities. CLU wasn't half as interesting as Sark, and I never really understood why him getting out into the real world would have been so catastrophic. The thing with the ISOs felt as if it had just been thrown in at the last moment in hopes of making you dislike CLU as a sympathetic character. More than anything though, it seemed deliberately thin when it came to the religious aspects of the Users and any kind of real world technology parallels. It's obvious that Disney didn't want to alienate audiences by making it techy... at all.
For me, I would have rather seen a few cue from Tron 2.0's storyline instead. The idea of a virus within the system would have solved a lot of the movie's flaws. It would have allowed CLU to be a much more compelling villain, giving him the opportunity to infect programs as he saw fit. We wouldn't have needed the ISO genocide to show his evil feats then. It would have been a more sensible reason for Tron's torn alliances and brief relapses. Besides, it would have given Disney the benefit of introducing more real-world technology parallels... physical firewalls, maybe even making Quorra an anti-virus herself.
Maybe we should be looking at the real problem? Video games, all video games, are laughably over priced. $60 isn't the kind of price point that a ten hour long FPS should garner.
The only time split-screen is even okay is in co-op games. Why do I want my opponent to see my every move in a video game? That's not fun, that's just a console limitation.
So what? The computer will be unusable (unless the thief wants to foot for a new CPU and motherboard) but the hard drive will still be there, full of your data! A few screws later and the drive will be hooked up to another computer, with all your info ready for the picking!
You want to talk about ridiculous spending? How about cutting back the military and pulling out of the two wars we're in? Maybe then we'd have enough money to run our own country to a satisfactory level.
It's happened to everything. Sci-Fi and TechTV are only but a couple that have succumbed to the lure of being SpikeTV. Really, television isn't even worth watching nowadays. All the channels are pretty much the same.
Are you sure it didn't have more to do with UT3 being an extremely unpopular game? I mean, justified or not, no one really played UT3 all that much. It just couldn't compare to either UT99 nor UT2K4 in any way aside from it's grungy atmosphere and shiny graphics.
That doesn't sound too bad. I mean, I can't even recall the last time I had to see an internet ad. Anyone not already blocking ads in their browser deserves what they get!
The internet has, over the past several years, become less and less interesting. You know why? Because it has become more popular, more commonplace. Every idiot in the world is on it, and now so is every corporation. The internet is quickly turning into little more than one huge advertising network. You don't see people putting up personal websites a lot nowadays, instead they just get online so that they can consume ads. I guess it was inevitable though... just look at how television and radio turned out.
[...] when I saw that Barack Obama had less criticism on his page than Ghandi or Jesus Christ, I knew your system was still flawed [...]
I'm pretty sure that the myth of Jesus Christ, and the atrocities of his followers, is far more ripe with criticisms than anything Barack Obama could ever manage to do. Hell, even Hitler has a hard time living up to Christ's legacy of bloodshed.
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Exactly. Pink Floyd's discography is largely made up of concept albums. While some single tracks are enjoyable out of context, nothing compares to the actual album. Of course, kids nowadays are used to albums full of shit with only one or two tracks even worth listening to...
Home schoolers in general have stunted social skills and are not always exposed to other cultures, belief systems, or ideas in general.
False.
Public schools are no better for developing social skills and one's own personality. The entire construct is little more than a social caste system, supported by the system to give everyone as much grief as possible. There is certainly very little exchange of ideas within a public school, as everything is monitored, censored, then regurgitated in order to allow children to easily pass multiple choice tests. Finally, there is certainly very little in the way of varying cultures or beliefs. Children are placed amongst their peers and forced to remain there through their entire stint in public school. They rarely interact with anyone outside of their age group, and almost always segregate themselves into cliches as a result of the caste system described above.
The typical child is not exposed to many of the things you claim until they enter college.
Unfortunately, most individuals that are homeschooled are either problem children that have been kicked out of public school, or are being heavily indoctrinated by their religious parents. I was homeschooled throughout all of junior high and highschool. It didn't take my parents and I too long to realize that the other local homeschoolers were all religious nutjobs. We stopped going to the support meetings shortly afterward and instead focused on a real curriculum by ourselves.
Of course, public school isn't much better. You just learn to take tests and fill in multiple choice bubbles there.
I always figured that shows like CSI worked best as propaganda. People watch it religiously, conditioning themselves to think that they could never get away with even the smallest crime, no matter how intelligently planned.
Of course, the truth is that more crimes go unsolved than are figured out. That's not even taking into account crimes that never even bring attention to themselves... after all, the perfect crime wouldn't even be suspected as something worthy of investigation to begin with.
Hm. It seems as though I never owned one of the original North American SATURN controllers.Looking at pictures of it compared to the "Japanese controller" that I'm familiar with, I can't say that I'm sorry. :P
I don't remember it having a mouse. I did get a keyboard with Phantasy Star Online however. :)
I don't think that the Dreamcast version of Unreal Tournament was cross compatible.
I remember always feeling sorry for the Dreamcast players on the mixed Quake III Arena servers. As great of a console as the Dreamcast was, no gamepad can keep up with a mouse and keyboard in that kind of environment.
Actually, no one serious about the fighting genre would use a gamepad either... That's what arcade sticks are for. ;)
Aren't most of the drivers inconsiderate assholes in the city, regardless of their actual vehicle? :P
That's true, but it can't be argued that most road-faring assholes pick out the biggest vehicles they can find. Several years ago it used to be SUVs where I live, but it seems that now everyone has migrated to full cab, full bed, dual-axle trucks. That's even more absurd to casually drive around in, or to commute to work daily in. You should have to have a CDL to drive anything bigger than a station wagon!
That would actually be pretty awesome. :P
I thought that the visuals were smartly updated. The basic style is still there, but it's more streamlined now, which worked.
I was not too fond of the plot however. It worked well enough I suppose, but it felt awfully generic given the possibilities. CLU wasn't half as interesting as Sark, and I never really understood why him getting out into the real world would have been so catastrophic. The thing with the ISOs felt as if it had just been thrown in at the last moment in hopes of making you dislike CLU as a sympathetic character. More than anything though, it seemed deliberately thin when it came to the religious aspects of the Users and any kind of real world technology parallels. It's obvious that Disney didn't want to alienate audiences by making it techy... at all.
For me, I would have rather seen a few cue from Tron 2.0's storyline instead. The idea of a virus within the system would have solved a lot of the movie's flaws. It would have allowed CLU to be a much more compelling villain, giving him the opportunity to infect programs as he saw fit. We wouldn't have needed the ISO genocide to show his evil feats then. It would have been a more sensible reason for Tron's torn alliances and brief relapses. Besides, it would have given Disney the benefit of introducing more real-world technology parallels... physical firewalls, maybe even making Quorra an anti-virus herself.
Hm, I guess that Quake 3 would count under that. Even then, most of the long-term fun has been sustained by custom maps and mods.
However, by that logic, a soccer ball should cost $100 since it enables you to engage in a robust game with infinite replayability.
Maybe we should be looking at the real problem? Video games, all video games, are laughably over priced. $60 isn't the kind of price point that a ten hour long FPS should garner.
Your mother has a flat forehead, pahtak!
Ha, my Nook just keeps looking better and better! :P
The only time split-screen is even okay is in co-op games. Why do I want my opponent to see my every move in a video game? That's not fun, that's just a console limitation.
So what? The computer will be unusable (unless the thief wants to foot for a new CPU and motherboard) but the hard drive will still be there, full of your data! A few screws later and the drive will be hooked up to another computer, with all your info ready for the picking!
You want to talk about ridiculous spending? How about cutting back the military and pulling out of the two wars we're in? Maybe then we'd have enough money to run our own country to a satisfactory level.
It's happened to everything. Sci-Fi and TechTV are only but a couple that have succumbed to the lure of being SpikeTV. Really, television isn't even worth watching nowadays. All the channels are pretty much the same.
Why not? Are you going to be around to give a shit when it happens?
I didn't think so.
Are you sure it didn't have more to do with UT3 being an extremely unpopular game? I mean, justified or not, no one really played UT3 all that much. It just couldn't compare to either UT99 nor UT2K4 in any way aside from it's grungy atmosphere and shiny graphics.
Obama article admin logic doesn't seem to make a lot of sense...
That doesn't sound too bad. I mean, I can't even recall the last time I had to see an internet ad. Anyone not already blocking ads in their browser deserves what they get!
The internet has, over the past several years, become less and less interesting. You know why? Because it has become more popular, more commonplace. Every idiot in the world is on it, and now so is every corporation. The internet is quickly turning into little more than one huge advertising network. You don't see people putting up personal websites a lot nowadays, instead they just get online so that they can consume ads. I guess it was inevitable though... just look at how television and radio turned out.
[...] when I saw that Barack Obama had less criticism on his page than Ghandi or Jesus Christ, I knew your system was still flawed [...]
I'm pretty sure that the myth of Jesus Christ, and the atrocities of his followers, is far more ripe with criticisms than anything Barack Obama could ever manage to do. Hell, even Hitler has a hard time living up to Christ's legacy of bloodshed.