Well for one reason, I like to get customized models for my games. You can't really do that on a console.
Moreover, most of the games I play are mods on the Source engine. Fortress Forever, Eternal Silence, Zombie Panic, etc. They're free, I can make maps for them, and I can download other players' maps and customizations.
So far the only console game that has even made an attempt at this is Unreal Tournament 3, but I'm no fan of UT and I don't own the PS3.
There's something I don't get about the U.S. Military. Why is there so much overlapping of functions?
Why does the Navy have its own pilots, for instance? Why can't they train Air Force pilots to work with the Navy?
Similarly, why is there going to be an Air Force Cyber Command when the Army is already working on something similar? It all seems like a huge waste of money.
Well, one of the reasons people pirate is because of the insane prices for music. Self-distribution equates to lower prices. iTunes wouldn't have been nearly as successful if it was $1.99 per song. Even a dollar makes a difference.
If I could grab an album for $5-10, I would. $22 for the MTV flavor of the week? Fuck that. I'd rather buy a CD from a band I saw live and liked (and know the money is going to them, because they self-published) rather than get something from the RIAA.
Conversely, let's say that Real wins. They foot the bill for the precedent that makes all of the much cheaper (if not free), much better programs that do the same thing for free.
I just think of things like the CIA does. I saw a documentary about their buildings and the ongoing "spy war" between Russia and the USA's embassies. A whole lot of cool countermeasures were developed during this little back and forth of spying, including windows that can block out laser microphones at their HQ in Langley.
Knowing where your building is or that they have operatives in military bases (again, not a big surprise) is not really compromising operational security. Even if he said "Oh, well, the NSA is at *this base*", I don't think that's all that bad either. I just assume that they operate at nearly every medium or bigger sized base.
Sign me up. Already have a Lite, but will probably pick up one of these too.
That's where the money is. I *was* going to buy a DS. Now I'll wait for this one.
Everyone knows the wait will be at most a few months for a new R4 or something to come out, so... all they'd do is slow it down only on their new machines for a few months tops.
I sincerely hope that they do not take the iPhone/PSP "Let's continually patch to kill homebrew" stance.
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Incidentally, the D2 Sorceress had a spell called Energy Shield which absorbed damage to Mana instead of health.
Well for one reason, I like to get customized models for my games. You can't really do that on a console.
Moreover, most of the games I play are mods on the Source engine. Fortress Forever, Eternal Silence, Zombie Panic, etc. They're free, I can make maps for them, and I can download other players' maps and customizations.
So far the only console game that has even made an attempt at this is Unreal Tournament 3, but I'm no fan of UT and I don't own the PS3.
Which is how I get to my Slashdot articles... I don't suppose there's a way to change RSS preferences, is there?
My main gripe is that it's in the RSS feed.
It's almost as if they do not want you to read it.
Are you really surprised at all? It's a token gesture. "Hey, check out all of the legislation we've done online in a really poorly designed system!"
I'll wait for some geek to cook up a script that will organize the pages better.
I believe most of us would agree that nothing from idle belongs on the front page.
Sir, here is your Internet that you have rightfully earned. Good show!
So? Tupac and Biggy have been dead for years and they're still coming out with new chart-toppin' hits! Zombie MCs are the newest rage.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
Way to bury the needle on the irony meter, Yoko.
She ended the discussion by adding "iPod" to our grocery list and leaving the kitchen.
We have never needed a "+1, Gosh Darn That's Cute!" option so sorely.
Don't those "You need a permit to protest" etc. laws that are damn near everywhere violate the Constitution too, then?
It certainly still helps to be rich and well known, but it's no longer a carte blanche.
I'm sure if his daughter didn't get in on the first try, she would on the second try - right after construction of Bush Hall was completed.
There's something I don't get about the U.S. Military. Why is there so much overlapping of functions?
Why does the Navy have its own pilots, for instance? Why can't they train Air Force pilots to work with the Navy?
Similarly, why is there going to be an Air Force Cyber Command when the Army is already working on something similar? It all seems like a huge waste of money.
I think it'd be better if voting were mandatory. Even if you vote "fuck the world", vote.
Well, one of the reasons people pirate is because of the insane prices for music. Self-distribution equates to lower prices. iTunes wouldn't have been nearly as successful if it was $1.99 per song. Even a dollar makes a difference.
If I could grab an album for $5-10, I would. $22 for the MTV flavor of the week? Fuck that. I'd rather buy a CD from a band I saw live and liked (and know the money is going to them, because they self-published) rather than get something from the RIAA.
If anything, I think Corrupted Blood was a great boon for the game. Think of all the questions they could answer.
What would happen if players don't congregate in capitals? What if the game had a disease or sickness? etc.
Sarah Palin will go maverick
Well if she does, I hope X and Zero are around to save our asses!
Some of us don't even finish writing the
...I may be reading this wrong, but isn't their solution essentially, "Let's build a giant Ionic Breeze?"
Oh yeah, you should see their lightsaber chainsaws and Sith beavers.
Conversely, let's say that Real wins. They foot the bill for the precedent that makes all of the much cheaper (if not free), much better programs that do the same thing for free.
I just think of things like the CIA does. I saw a documentary about their buildings and the ongoing "spy war" between Russia and the USA's embassies. A whole lot of cool countermeasures were developed during this little back and forth of spying, including windows that can block out laser microphones at their HQ in Langley.
Knowing where your building is or that they have operatives in military bases (again, not a big surprise) is not really compromising operational security. Even if he said "Oh, well, the NSA is at *this base*", I don't think that's all that bad either. I just assume that they operate at nearly every medium or bigger sized base.
Your Essential Elements of Friendly Information are readily available all over the Internets, Mr. donger.
I mean, no shit NSA has facilities at military bases all over the world. They also have tanks and guns and all kinds of other spooky shit.
PICARD: There are FOUR LIGHTS!
Quoting the great-great-etc.-grandparent:
Sign me up. Already have a Lite, but will probably pick up one of these too.
That's where the money is. I *was* going to buy a DS. Now I'll wait for this one.
Everyone knows the wait will be at most a few months for a new R4 or something to come out, so... all they'd do is slow it down only on their new machines for a few months tops.
I sincerely hope that they do not take the iPhone/PSP "Let's continually patch to kill homebrew" stance.
It was used in the 1992 movie Sneakers. If you don't know what I'm talking about, please leave your geek card at the front desk on your way out. d: