Really? Really????
Just scanning the multitude of/. posts I see at least three plausible possibilities. Are slashdotters that much smarter or are people in Belfast mentally defective?
Yes, but you can always play through on a much easier level. The point is: it wasn't like that before.
I can see both sides of it: On one hand you can pick the difficulty you're comfortable with and that can make a game more accessible to people but on the other hand.....there is something satisfying about beating one of those old-school games that you just don't get with the modern ones....I can't place it....but it is some kind of satisfaction knowing that not everyone can do what you just did (where as my wife could probably complete halo reach on the easiest setting.probably)
...I fired up Super Mario Brothers 3 for the first time in years last night, and I almost broke my TV from an angrily tossed controller. I only made it to level 2-3. And I had 20 lives.
Yes, absolutely games are getting easier. The only truly difficult game i've played lately is Halo 3 on Legendary mode; but that's BS because you have the option to complete the game at a much easier setting. Not true of SMB3 for sure!
Kids these days have it easy.
now GTFOML!
This article seems to have more to do with the Ghostbusters universe as opposed to star wars
Nuclear accelerators, positron-electron pairs, crossing the streams,...
But what do I know, I beleive anything you tell me as long as there's a steady paycheck involved
A slashdotter failing at math? Let me help:
@ 0 years of marriage: sex two times a week (with the same person)
@3 years of marriage: 0.5 times per week (with the same person)
@10 years of marriage: 0.1 times per week (WITH THE SAME PERSON)
*sigh*
Even as years_of_marriage --> 0; it's still not as good as 10 one night stands.
Not completely out of the question. Infrasound has been noted to cause visual disturbances when it is near the resonant frequency of the eyeball (about 18Hz)....although this required a standing wave which would be a pretty isolated event
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound
I can't live without Opera mouse gestures. Now if only they would integrate this idea with the mutli-touch functionality of the iPhone for their mobile browser..... Just imagine it.
From the looks of the wheels, they don't appear to have a very good turn radius. There isn't much clearance between the bottom of the wheel and the outer shell.
There will be no taking to the twisties on these guys....
Just replace the numbers (or words) with something memorable to yourself, and you have a powerful easy to remember PW. Not quite as easy as a passphrase, but not a random jumble that's impossible to memorize. Plus the last one is kind of funny if you think about it......
Except that this little moral fable ignores some well-known empirical psychology that Apple uses heavily in their branding. Apple devices, with their sleek aesthetics and sexy image, are appealing for reasons that have nothing to do with their functionality.
Nothing do to with functionality? The touch screen is the functionality (for me). I would like to be able to navigate web pages and maps without using a keyboard or mouse. Find me touch device as smooth and refined as the iPad. And I'm not all about the aesthetics of the device itself, I like the aesthetics of the GUI and how smooth it is.
People feel good about owning them not (just) becauase they're useful, but because they are envied and admired. People feel good about owning stuff that other people wish they could own too. And people who don't see the value in paying a premium for that denigrate such devices as being overpriced toys.
Everyone I see around me has one of these things. Their grandmothers have one too. If I wanted to be "cool", I would complain about how un-cool it is to have one of these overpriced toys.
There's nothing wrong with any of this, but it's important to recognize that this dynamic has nothing to do with what your average TrueGeek would consider the "functional" aspects of the device.
I've been dying to get my very own LCARS device for 20 years. If that doesn't make me a "TrueGeek" then nothing does.
An iPad doesn't do anything (for me) that my netbook won't do (cue people who Just Don't Get It lining up to tell me I'm wrong [yes, there's a pun in there]). But I've seen the way iPaddies show off their new toy, and felt both envy and irritation with them, just like everything we know about the psychology of social factors in success would lead me to expect.
Great. It doesn't do anything for you. Why not leave it at that? Why make generalizations about the people who own this device?
This is the genius of Jobs: his company makes products that are hard to be indifferent to. Everyone wants to own one because they we'd get to be the center of attention too, and this is the primary determinant of satisfaction with consumer electronics products.
My car key is actually pretty spiffy. It's an RFID key (Nissan/Infiniti) that can sense proximity and can also adjust seat preferences based on which key is in your pocket.
I love when my car trunk refuses to close (and beeps very loudly) when I accidently leave the key in the trunk.
Main entrance to work,
Office,
Garage,
Car,
Front door of my house.
I can also track my pets, kids and wife throughout the house. It's just one piece of my Orwellian dream.
Slashdot Mirror
Really? Really???? Just scanning the multitude of /. posts I see at least three plausible possibilities. Are slashdotters that much smarter or are people in Belfast mentally defective?
But wouldn't this only allow one way communication (from "back home" to the traveller)?
Yes, but you can always play through on a much easier level. The point is: it wasn't like that before.
I can see both sides of it: On one hand you can pick the difficulty you're comfortable with and that can make a game more accessible to people but on the other hand.....there is something satisfying about beating one of those old-school games that you just don't get with the modern ones....I can't place it....but it is some kind of satisfaction knowing that not everyone can do what you just did (where as my wife could probably complete halo reach on the easiest setting.probably)
...I fired up Super Mario Brothers 3 for the first time in years last night, and I almost broke my TV from an angrily tossed controller. I only made it to level 2-3. And I had 20 lives.
Yes, absolutely games are getting easier. The only truly difficult game i've played lately is Halo 3 on Legendary mode; but that's BS because you have the option to complete the game at a much easier setting. Not true of SMB3 for sure! Kids these days have it easy.
now GTFOML!
This article seems to have more to do with the Ghostbusters universe as opposed to star wars ...
Nuclear accelerators, positron-electron pairs, crossing the streams,
But what do I know, I beleive anything you tell me as long as there's a steady paycheck involved
Also, they're not talking about a single laser, they're talking about colliding two laser beams.
Total Protonic Reversal
A slashdotter failing at math? Let me help: @ 0 years of marriage: sex two times a week (with the same person) @3 years of marriage: 0.5 times per week (with the same person) @10 years of marriage: 0.1 times per week (WITH THE SAME PERSON) *sigh* Even as years_of_marriage --> 0; it's still not as good as 10 one night stands.
How do I mod "obvious 30 year old virgin"?
Not completely out of the question. Infrasound has been noted to cause visual disturbances when it is near the resonant frequency of the eyeball (about 18Hz)....although this required a standing wave which would be a pretty isolated event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound
I can't live without Opera mouse gestures. Now if only they would integrate this idea with the mutli-touch functionality of the iPhone for their mobile browser..... Just imagine it.
From the looks of the wheels, they don't appear to have a very good turn radius. There isn't much clearance between the bottom of the wheel and the outer shell. There will be no taking to the twisties on these guys....
get8]umbra
leg51{kirsch
creed60[king
feud72)sane
Kirk118#guff
chap150&plow
Just replace the numbers (or words) with something memorable to yourself, and you have a powerful easy to remember PW. Not quite as easy as a passphrase, but not a random jumble that's impossible to memorize. Plus the last one is kind of funny if you think about it......
Except that this little moral fable ignores some well-known empirical psychology that Apple uses heavily in their branding. Apple devices, with their sleek aesthetics and sexy image, are appealing for reasons that have nothing to do with their functionality.
Nothing do to with functionality? The touch screen is the functionality (for me). I would like to be able to navigate web pages and maps without using a keyboard or mouse. Find me touch device as smooth and refined as the iPad. And I'm not all about the aesthetics of the device itself, I like the aesthetics of the GUI and how smooth it is.
People feel good about owning them not (just) becauase they're useful, but because they are envied and admired. People feel good about owning stuff that other people wish they could own too. And people who don't see the value in paying a premium for that denigrate such devices as being overpriced toys.
Everyone I see around me has one of these things. Their grandmothers have one too. If I wanted to be "cool", I would complain about how un-cool it is to have one of these overpriced toys.
There's nothing wrong with any of this, but it's important to recognize that this dynamic has nothing to do with what your average TrueGeek would consider the "functional" aspects of the device.
I've been dying to get my very own LCARS device for 20 years. If that doesn't make me a "TrueGeek" then nothing does.
An iPad doesn't do anything (for me) that my netbook won't do (cue people who Just Don't Get It lining up to tell me I'm wrong [yes, there's a pun in there]). But I've seen the way iPaddies show off their new toy, and felt both envy and irritation with them, just like everything we know about the psychology of social factors in success would lead me to expect.
Great. It doesn't do anything for you. Why not leave it at that? Why make generalizations about the people who own this device?
This is the genius of Jobs: his company makes products that are hard to be indifferent to. Everyone wants to own one because they we'd get to be the center of attention too, and this is the primary determinant of satisfaction with consumer electronics products.
See above
I wish I had mod points. This would be my first one. +1
If enough people jump to Verizon, it might take some strain off of AT&T's shitty network.
Or just a clickwheel? Gotta have a flywheel.
I guess...
The sum of a scalar and a vector? Now you're just making stuff up...
Mom? I thought you lost your /. password?
"Anyone know what the arabic phrase for 'epic fail' is?" I believe the term you are looking for is "dirka dirka"
I can see a nerdy robot on Futurama telling this joke.
...in national airspace. They're called Airbuses.
My car key is actually pretty spiffy. It's an RFID key (Nissan/Infiniti) that can sense proximity and can also adjust seat preferences based on which key is in your pocket. I love when my car trunk refuses to close (and beeps very loudly) when I accidently leave the key in the trunk.
Main entrance to work, Office, Garage, Car, Front door of my house. I can also track my pets, kids and wife throughout the house. It's just one piece of my Orwellian dream.
Haven't owned a traditional key since 2005