I have highly enjoyed all of the sequels so far. The trick is that Speaker for the Dead to Children of the Mind is actually a sequel series and should never have been marketed as a direct sequel to Ender's Game.
Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write. -- Voltaire
I disagree with many things, but I only get upset by one-sided debates and conclusions made without reason. So as long as it's said "in a fair way" I respect their opinions. I may debate their opinions which is enjoyable for both parties if thought has gone into the respective conclusions for both sides (who doesn't want to get another person on 'their side'); but debate does not indicate disrespect of their right to have an opinion.
1) I'd rather be judged on the quality my work than my current compliance with someone elses nebulous and undefined idea of style.
Tough. You are judged by your appearance everytime another human sees you. Be it the lizard brain analyzing strength or the social brain analyzing appearance. Someone just seeing you will have no idea what work you do or be able to judge its quality.
2) Define what 'dress like a professional' means. Many professionals appropriately wear diving gear, space suits or military uniforms. All of which would be more innapropriate than jeans at my place of work.
Now you're just being silly.
3) Your arrogant statement about 'common sense' bugs me.
Common sense is too common? Your flippant responses are bugging the hell out of me.
4) I'd rather work somewhere where I can be acknolwedged as a human individual than a conformist prole.
Ah. Elitist, ok. Acknowledge me, validate me, but don't judge me!
5) The times in my life I have been most screwed over has always been by someone in professional clothing. I don't trust people that need to hide behind their appearance, and don't wish to appear to be one of those types of people.
But you are one of those types of people. You are just hiding behind your 'my style is no style' appearance.
Not while you are on in uniform(on the clock or not, the customer doesn't care), then are essentially a walking checkout counter. Trust me, I used to work retail.
No, actually I don't admit that at all. The groups I frequent (a few fiction groups, programming, etc.) have very, very good discussions without troll spew or political trashing, or trashing in general.
You mean your cells' autocorrection taks care of them. Cells are programmed to die if their DNA gets screwed up. But autocorrection can only cope with so much, so if you do things (like smoking, ingesting large amounts of certain chemicals, etc.) that increase errors in cell division then you increase the chance that the autocorrection won't catch it.
Bad form? Oh no, whatever will I do if people at the hotel see me not being ripped off?
That said, my wife and I did partake of the minibar in our hotel in Beijing. The extra 50 jiao was worth the convenience and not too much of a rip off.
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Ah, tech support reps. Such an infallible and reliable source of information.
So you exclusively play games that require a time investment, rather than those you can pick up and play for ten minutes.
That's fine, but don't do the implication bash of a game genre just because you don't care for it.
BTW, check out Indigo Prophecy. Awesome game and it sounds right up yer alley.
Veronica Mars.
Because Gibson's writing is crap on a page, his plots are paper thin, his characters are 2d, and his technological ideas are boring. See: hack.
Don't forget Stephen Baxter. Read 'The Raft', very nice bit of work.
I have highly enjoyed all of the sequels so far. The trick is that Speaker for the Dead to Children of the Mind is actually a sequel series and should never have been marketed as a direct sequel to Ender's Game.
I'd buy it. In fact, I'd pay more for it than for an equivalent powerbook.
Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write. -- Voltaire
I disagree with many things, but I only get upset by one-sided debates and conclusions made without reason. So as long as it's said "in a fair way" I respect their opinions. I may debate their opinions which is enjoyable for both parties if thought has gone into the respective conclusions for both sides (who doesn't want to get another person on 'their side'); but debate does not indicate disrespect of their right to have an opinion.
Sounds more like a job for Blackalicious.
Read the lyrics to Chemical Calisthenics. Or MUCH preferably, listen to them.
Yes, except that the manager they had to buy them from was paid the commission. So clever!
1) I'd rather be judged on the quality my work than my current compliance with someone elses nebulous and undefined idea of style.
Tough. You are judged by your appearance everytime another human sees you. Be it the lizard brain analyzing strength or the social brain analyzing appearance. Someone just seeing you will have no idea what work you do or be able to judge its quality.
2) Define what 'dress like a professional' means. Many professionals appropriately wear diving gear, space suits or military uniforms. All of which would be more innapropriate than jeans at my place of work.
Now you're just being silly.
3) Your arrogant statement about 'common sense' bugs me.
Common sense is too common? Your flippant responses are bugging the hell out of me.
4) I'd rather work somewhere where I can be acknolwedged as a human individual than a conformist prole.
Ah. Elitist, ok. Acknowledge me, validate me, but don't judge me!
5) The times in my life I have been most screwed over has always been by someone in professional clothing. I don't trust people that need to hide behind their appearance, and don't wish to appear to be one of those types of people.
But you are one of those types of people. You are just hiding behind your 'my style is no style' appearance.
Not while you are on in uniform(on the clock or not, the customer doesn't care), then are essentially a walking checkout counter. Trust me, I used to work retail.
I use usenet quite frequently. No problems, high signal, enjoyable discussion.
Gopher was geeky sexy? o_O Why not pick something cool like hypercards.
I assume you are using the pluralis majestatis.
No, actually I don't admit that at all. The groups I frequent (a few fiction groups, programming, etc.) have very, very good discussions without troll spew or political trashing, or trashing in general.
Not really. Jokes like that (and in general) are not taken with a sense of humor by airport security.
Bad analogy. I like saltless food.
Sound? Dolby Digital beats Pro Logic II in my book. Personally, I like true surround sound when I'm gaming.
I'm an XBox fanboy (although you haven't technically seen me), but I'm primarily a videogame fanboy. Where fun games are, I will be.
So playing cool videos of the game (a feature I enjoy) and using consistent language isn't good?
So a newbie who knows that his memory card has 40 blocks or whatever and the game says 40 Kb; that would be ok with you?
You mean your cells' autocorrection taks care of them. Cells are programmed to die if their DNA gets screwed up. But autocorrection can only cope with so much, so if you do things (like smoking, ingesting large amounts of certain chemicals, etc.) that increase errors in cell division then you increase the chance that the autocorrection won't catch it.
I suggest cutting back on the caffeine and relaxing a little. It's all for fun.
Just get one of these awesome machines. No fuss, no muss. Mmm, crema.
at any rate, I'm buying a Rev.
Mmm, RC Cola.
Bad form? Oh no, whatever will I do if people at the hotel see me not being ripped off?
That said, my wife and I did partake of the minibar in our hotel in Beijing. The extra 50 jiao was worth the convenience and not too much of a rip off.
What about Startropics? Psychonauts? Shadowrun? Grim Fandango? System Shock?
None of the Burnout games are on the US compatibility list.