This is why sequels that work have a different environment, but the same gameplay (with a couple of new elements in it). I'm thinking about the Prince of Persia trilogy here — SoT, WW and TTT.
I think it's rather a question of sides than actual dimensions. A sphere, being a three dimensional object, can be looked at from a huge variety of angles, while a disc can only be looked at from each side (well, breadth doesn't count, obviously). Kinda like flat versus round characters in literature.
I do know that it's harder for English speakers, but you can still work that out looking at tourism statistics, for instance.
At any rate, the language problem needs to be addressed at its roots, since most people I know here (namely, Reunion Island) can barely babble short sentences in English after 10+ years of English at school — I wish I were kidding. A couple of years will most likely yield nothing in terms of spoken language skills, especially when the teachers themselves suck at speaking it.
Exactly. If developed countries want to deserve that appellation, they should be way more than just monolingual. Hey, it's a good thing for tourism and against dementia after all.
Never forget that, sadly enough, it's always "Too much, too complicated" for most people, even if a five-year-old can do it (I'm looking at you, mom, who simply "couldn't" figure out how to plug a parallel cable despite the color code and the particular shape of the connector).
(...) or refer to any brand of MP3 player as an "iPod".
I agree with everything you said before (I actually had a hard laugh the first time I heard someone call their computer a CPU), but — and even though I hate it when people call any portable music player an iPod — I see that from a different angle. It's just like people using the term "kleenex" when they mean "tissue." (I got other examples in mind, but they only apply to my country.)
I guess it all revolves around the eternal debate between descriptive and prescriptive grammar. Who's right? Who's wrong?
In one of the magnet schools here, the teacher flat out refused to teach evolution claiming that it went against her beliefs.
See, that's something I don't understand. You can be a religious person and adhere to the evolution theory at the same time. Hell, my old biology/geology teacher went to church every single Sunday, which is way more than how often I go there.
Seriously now, those people should learn about that thing called a gradient. The world doesn't come in black and white only.
The PATRIOT act was not required. They just passed it because it allowed them to do stuff that is only possible in times of war. Since with terrorism, you're not fighting something or someone very clear (i.e. a country), you can always say you're under threat and therefore do all the things you can't do in times of peace.
I would say it is confusing, since they kind of went back to HD 3000 series for their current generation's naming scheme, save for dual GPU cards, which bear a 9 as their second digit instead of getting the X2 suffix.
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Well, I simply happen to like that quotation because I think it's true.
My only hope is that Deus Ex 3 won't be too much of a "console game," as it were.
Exactly.
This is why sequels that work have a different environment, but the same gameplay (with a couple of new elements in it). I'm thinking about the Prince of Persia trilogy here — SoT, WW and TTT.
I think it's rather a question of sides than actual dimensions. A sphere, being a three dimensional object, can be looked at from a huge variety of angles, while a disc can only be looked at from each side (well, breadth doesn't count, obviously). Kinda like flat versus round characters in literature.
My €0.02.
I do know that it's harder for English speakers, but you can still work that out looking at tourism statistics, for instance.
At any rate, the language problem needs to be addressed at its roots, since most people I know here (namely, Reunion Island) can barely babble short sentences in English after 10+ years of English at school — I wish I were kidding. A couple of years will most likely yield nothing in terms of spoken language skills, especially when the teachers themselves suck at speaking it.
Exactly. If developed countries want to deserve that appellation, they should be way more than just monolingual. Hey, it's a good thing for tourism and against dementia after all.
I wonder how anyone can chat with a keyboard like that of the 83+. :-/
Never forget that, sadly enough, it's always "Too much, too complicated" for most people, even if a five-year-old can do it (I'm looking at you, mom, who simply "couldn't" figure out how to plug a parallel cable despite the color code and the particular shape of the connector).
"Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum."
(...) or refer to any brand of MP3 player as an "iPod".
I agree with everything you said before (I actually had a hard laugh the first time I heard someone call their computer a CPU), but — and even though I hate it when people call any portable music player an iPod — I see that from a different angle. It's just like people using the term "kleenex" when they mean "tissue." (I got other examples in mind, but they only apply to my country.)
I guess it all revolves around the eternal debate between descriptive and prescriptive grammar. Who's right? Who's wrong?
I did a restore and lo and behold, the hardware for wifi is Broadcom.
I always look for brand and model name with stuff like AIDA64 — the manufacturer's website is always full of inaccuracies anyway.
So, he's, like... Stephen J. Vaughan-Nichols version 3.0?
In one of the magnet schools here, the teacher flat out refused to teach evolution claiming that it went against her beliefs.
See, that's something I don't understand. You can be a religious person and adhere to the evolution theory at the same time. Hell, my old biology/geology teacher went to church every single Sunday, which is way more than how often I go there.
Seriously now, those people should learn about that thing called a gradient. The world doesn't come in black and white only.
Why thank you, sir.
Does that mean I should use a colon, just like in French?
Wrong tense, I know. Bleh.
Got a relative who does that — annoying as hell. When asked if he's constantly laughing, his reply was, "Sure."
Tss.
The PATRIOT act was not required. They just passed it because it allowed them to do stuff that is only possible in times of war. Since with terrorism, you're not fighting something or someone very clear (i.e. a country), you can always say you're under threat and therefore do all the things you can't do in times of peace.
That was a real clever move, albeit evil.
Well, I do pity the fool.
In this context "propre" means "of it's own". I was about to point that out, but it seems you beat me to it. ;-)
To everyone else: never forget that translators are never flawless, humans and non-humans alike.
Another instance of history repeating itself here. Some people just don't listen during history class, that's all.
Lost my mod points yesterday. Dayum.
Give that man a cigar, please.
I would say it is confusing, since they kind of went back to HD 3000 series for their current generation's naming scheme, save for dual GPU cards, which bear a 9 as their second digit instead of getting the X2 suffix.
:-/
They really didn't need to do that.
I beg to differ, sir! For those are the Radeon HD 5000 & 6000 series, whereas the one you are referring to is the Radeon 9000 series. ;)
EDIT: Forgot to mention that it's running Ubuntu 10.10.