Every Xbox sold, whether it is used for gaming or not, increases Microsofts perceived market share in the console market. They're using those numbers to convince developers to make games for their console. I think that they'd love for you to buy their units and make them into toasters, or whatever.
I agree with your goals, but you have to realize that a publisher is going to want to give you the exact same bad deal even if you've managed to finance the development without them.
You also have to realize that most published games don't sell very well. Publishers manage by turning out a large number of games a year, and counting on a few of them to be hits. A third party funding the development would also need to fund a large number of projects, and make sure they get enough of the revenues to cover the flops (or make sure sure they only pick winners?).
"Home of the Underdogs (HOTU) is a museum of PC game underdogs-- games that were underrated and/or undersold when they were released. We believe that only by paying tribute to them (and distributing them if they were discontinued by their publishers) can the memories of these overlooked titles be preserved in the gaming community."
"The same could be said about the Apollo program (Vietnam). Does that make it any less signifigant?"
Err, if the general public had been aware or cared about the Vietnam War in 1962, that would've been a nice analogy. It would be years until the first anti-war protests. As opposed to the current situation where the protests began before the war.
I think you have it wrong. Life changes the planet, and then life changes to adapt to the changes it has wrought. The plants aren't deliberately providing oxygen for animals, but they've provided the basis for life to continue to evolve in that direction.
During the late 90s, all you could hear on here was "Boo, down with unions!". Now you're starting to see, those steelers might know a thing or two you didn't, having been through many a down-turn as a collective.
The funny thing is that Waterworld actually was pretty enjoyable. But just as Daikatana failed, I think, because a lot of positive hype built it up, and it couldn't meet expectations - Waterworld had a lot of negative hype built up about how badly the shooting was going and cost overruns, so no one went to see it. But on the other hand, I guess my taste in movies isn't the same as that of Joe Sixpack. Titanic had the same type of negative hype, and see where that one went.
If you based a fantasy story on science, it would become science fiction. Fantasy stories are an extension of myth and fairy tales. If you can't enjoy it, I'm sorry for you.
The operators of the telescope are obviously in on the conspiracy. If they invite you to view it yourself, they are transposing a picture onto the lens.
See, that's the beauty of a nice conspiracy theory, it is disprovable.
Well, the fee for filing a H1B application is 5000 dollars. Do you think they would pay that much to hire a marketing or entry level sysadmin guy from India? Hardly. It is cheaper than the recruiting fee for a highly qualified tech worker though.
You're forgetting one thing. We're not talking about taking slices out of a pie here. If we were, the pie would be growing in size by 3-15% per year, and never run out. It's true that right now the 1st world is taking more than 75% of the pie, and it might end up just getting 50%, but that's only fair, isn't it? Enough of the pie analogy, I'm getting hungry.
Even though I agree with you on principle, those two examples are pretty useless. Assembling and dissassembling an assault rifle isn't a cerebral process. It is supposed to be committed to muscle memory so that you can do it in the darkness, quickly, and without thinking. Working a clutch and gear shift, same thing.
Very insightful. One guy who doesn't read the article and goes off on a misdirected rant. And then another guy who praises him. I think it is Slashdot that is going down the tubes. Oh wait, it was always like this.
I considered it years ago, but couldn't think of a practical way to do it. What are you going to use as light emitters? LEDs or LCD? One LED doesn't require much power, but imagine a whole cloak covered with them. And the pixellation! Either that's a cubist bush, or there's an enemy soldier crouching in front of it. It pisses me off that people are patenting concepts that they can't manufacture, it is unethical to say the least.
You say that most liberals aren't rational, and yet conservatives constantly rail against the intellectualism of the left-wing. I'd be interested to hear your comment on that. "Rational"/"common-sense" as conservatives often say, is in my opinion in fact populism.
And the posters on here labeling CNN as left-wing seem more than a bit deluded. I've had to stop watching them, because whenever they bring on pundits, they get one centrist to advocate the leftist view, and at least one, often a whole gaggle, of hard-core conservatives, some which I consider lunatic fringe. CNN seems hell-bent on out-Foxing Fox, which have long had the same policies. If you're gonna bring on Falwell et al, you better bring on someone equally leftist if you want real (not fake) balance.
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Every Xbox sold, whether it is used for gaming or not, increases Microsofts perceived market share in the console market. They're using those numbers to convince developers to make games for their console. I think that they'd love for you to buy their units and make them into toasters, or whatever.
I agree with your goals, but you have to realize that a publisher is going to want to give you the exact same bad deal even if you've managed to finance the development without them.
You also have to realize that most published games don't sell very well. Publishers manage by turning out a large number of games a year, and counting on a few of them to be hits. A third party funding the development would also need to fund a large number of projects, and make sure they get enough of the revenues to cover the flops (or make sure sure they only pick winners?).
"Home of the Underdogs (HOTU) is a museum of PC game underdogs-- games that were underrated and/or undersold when they were released. We believe that only by paying tribute to them (and distributing them if they were discontinued by their publishers) can the memories of these overlooked titles be preserved in the gaming community."
http://www.the-underdogs.org/
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"The same could be said about the Apollo program (Vietnam). Does that make it any less signifigant?"
Err, if the general public had been aware or cared about the Vietnam War in 1962, that would've been a nice analogy. It would be years until the first anti-war protests. As opposed to the current situation where the protests began before the war.
I think you have it wrong. Life changes the planet, and then life changes to adapt to the changes it has wrought. The plants aren't deliberately providing oxygen for animals, but they've provided the basis for life to continue to evolve in that direction.
During the late 90s, all you could hear on here was "Boo, down with unions!". Now you're starting to see, those steelers might know a thing or two you didn't, having been through many a down-turn as a collective.
Doh! My Celeron 233 is running Win2K very well. Just make sure to have plenty of memory (cheap nowadays).
conservative
\Con*serv"a*tive\, n. 1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life. --Jer. Taylor.
2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
3. (Eng. Hist.) A member of the Conservative party.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
liberal
\Lib"er*al\, n. One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Is the UFO behind the comet still on schedule? I haven't been receiving the monthly newsletter lately.
Mark my words, if America falls it is going to be because of the willfull ignorance of the population.
The funny thing is that Waterworld actually was pretty enjoyable. But just as Daikatana failed, I think, because a lot of positive hype built it up, and it couldn't meet expectations - Waterworld had a lot of negative hype built up about how badly the shooting was going and cost overruns, so no one went to see it.
But on the other hand, I guess my taste in movies isn't the same as that of Joe Sixpack. Titanic had the same type of negative hype, and see where that one went.
If you based a fantasy story on science, it would become science fiction. Fantasy stories are an extension of myth and fairy tales. If you can't enjoy it, I'm sorry for you.
Good for you. Now go kill your parents.
Yea, those billions of dollars budgeted to the fake moon program are really the source of Bill Gates' fortune. Come on, get real.
The operators of the telescope are obviously in on the conspiracy. If they invite you to view it yourself, they are transposing a picture onto the lens.
See, that's the beauty of a nice conspiracy theory, it is disprovable.
Well, the fee for filing a H1B application is 5000 dollars. Do you think they would pay that much to hire a marketing or entry level sysadmin guy from India? Hardly. It is cheaper than the recruiting fee for a highly qualified tech worker though.
You're forgetting one thing. We're not talking about taking slices out of a pie here. If we were, the pie would be growing in size by 3-15% per year, and never run out.
It's true that right now the 1st world is taking more than 75% of the pie, and it might end up just getting 50%, but that's only fair, isn't it?
Enough of the pie analogy, I'm getting hungry.
Volunteer for a non-profit. They need your talents, and you need the experience on your resume. Win-win.
Even though I agree with you on principle, those two examples are pretty useless. Assembling and dissassembling an assault rifle isn't a cerebral process. It is supposed to be committed to muscle memory so that you can do it in the darkness, quickly, and without thinking. Working a clutch and gear shift, same thing.
Very insightful. One guy who doesn't read the article and goes off on a misdirected rant. And then another guy who praises him. I think it is Slashdot that is going down the tubes. Oh wait, it was always like this.
I wonder if those seals will be gone when the show starts, or if they will have super-glued them together...
You don't seriously think they haven't looked already, do you?
Why should they believe you? All the detractors are obviously part of the conspiracy to supress this invention! ;)
I considered it years ago, but couldn't think of a practical way to do it. What are you going to use as light emitters? LEDs or LCD? One LED doesn't require much power, but imagine a whole cloak covered with them. And the pixellation! Either that's a cubist bush, or there's an enemy soldier crouching in front of it.
It pisses me off that people are patenting concepts that they can't manufacture, it is unethical to say the least.
How very Nietzsche. Or are you channeling Hitler today?
You say that most liberals aren't rational, and yet conservatives constantly rail against the intellectualism of the left-wing. I'd be interested to hear your comment on that.
"Rational"/"common-sense" as conservatives often say, is in my opinion in fact populism.
And the posters on here labeling CNN as left-wing seem more than a bit deluded. I've had to stop watching them, because whenever they bring on pundits, they get one centrist to advocate the leftist view, and at least one, often a whole gaggle, of hard-core conservatives, some which I consider lunatic fringe. CNN seems hell-bent on out-Foxing Fox, which have long had the same policies. If you're gonna bring on Falwell et al, you better bring on someone equally leftist if you want real (not fake) balance.