I couldn't care less about "humanoid" when we're talking life-sized. But, I like any research that's taking place in bipedal machine walking systems, because I'll be disappointed if I die before seeing mechwarriors IRL. I don't care if treads are more practical in every way-- I want to see a huge 80 ton machine hurling missiles whilst striding across the country side.
On a purely ROI basis, if the objective is companionship and nonreproductive sex, hanging out with friends-without-benefits and using teh pr0n for teh s3x0rz, beats the whole dating/relationships complex hands-down. (Pun intended:)
By the year 2025, Facebook will incorporate a vast integrated network and facial recognition software so advanced that it will automatically upload pictures of you taken from any of the various public safety cameras positioned at streetcorners and stop lights around your home country.
God damn you hidebound Admirals, if the carriers are no longer viable, retire them and turn them into luxury cruise ships.
Think of how many pools and hot tubs you could stuff on to the flight deck.
Hell, I worked in a small office where the owner routinely mailed porn to everyone who worked there. I was asked about how I felt about porn when I interviewed there (in '96).
This is hilarious. He would be sued into oblivion for that today.
lol you've got a point
I want to be a copyeditor.
Willie Sutton knew how to get money from the Internet; that was the address of the place where money could be gotten, instead of by robbing banks because he was a CYBER CRIMINAL.
"This is Fox News, where we put you on the front lines of the CYBERWAR"
*cue animated graphic of M1A1 tank driving into a CRT computer monitor, being digitized, then firing a stream of binary code*
"On Tuesday night, Facebook was reduced to ruin by saturation DOTBOMBING from foreign sources"
Absolutely. The problem isn't really with the feature, it's with game design. If you truly embrace this sort of technology, you need to be willing to have a game where the player is free to screw him/herself over. Save often.
I've been playing a lot of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 online and the destructible environments actually add quite a bit to the game experience. I didn't think this would be the case, but once you get in the game and you find the wall you are cowering behind suddenly reduced to rubble, you realize that there is something to this concept besides mere gimmick.
In the same vein, on wooded maps I find myself using heavy machine guns to clear away the tree cover, which makes it much, MUCH easier to spot the camouflaged snipers that hide in the undergrowth and call down mortar strikes.
I'm excited to see how advanced this feature can get.
I would like independent control for field of vision, movement direction, and aiming. Essentially, three different controllers. Also, I'd like a little hinge-mounted mallet on the vision controller that swings down and hits you in the groin when you take damage in the game.
While on the way to work this morning I was stuck behind a driver going five mph under. Luckily I had collected a gigantic turtle shell from the shoulder next to me. I launched it at the car in front of me, and it sent him careening off the road and into a side rail.
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I would like to see how much weight Dave Tate could bench press aboard the ISS.
I couldn't care less about "humanoid" when we're talking life-sized. But, I like any research that's taking place in bipedal machine walking systems, because I'll be disappointed if I die before seeing mechwarriors IRL. I don't care if treads are more practical in every way-- I want to see a huge 80 ton machine hurling missiles whilst striding across the country side.
Eventually we will all evolve to just talking with our hands in our pockets, then how will you know who the Italians are!"
Holy moly.
On a purely ROI basis, if the objective is companionship and nonreproductive sex, hanging out with friends-without-benefits and using teh pr0n for teh s3x0rz, beats the whole dating/relationships complex hands-down. (Pun intended :)
That's some pretty good rationalization.
I have absolutely no inclination to tell the world every time I drink a bottle of wine or buy a new pair of socks, it must be a generational thing.
"Bought a new pair of socks today; drank a bottle of wine to celebrate. Still a lonely misanthropist."
By the year 2025, Facebook will incorporate a vast integrated network and facial recognition software so advanced that it will automatically upload pictures of you taken from any of the various public safety cameras positioned at streetcorners and stop lights around your home country.
"Berkeley was decimated early this morning by TEA Party cruise missiles. The weapons were concealed inside the fat asses of the rally attendees."
God damn you hidebound Admirals, if the carriers are no longer viable, retire them and turn them into luxury cruise ships. Think of how many pools and hot tubs you could stuff on to the flight deck.
*browses to google, searches for full credit card number* No results. Whew!
Surfed porn? Really. You couldnt find any better word that would rhyme with tanked. Sheesh.
hooooooooly shit somebody buy this guy a beer.
Hell, I worked in a small office where the owner routinely mailed porn to everyone who worked there. I was asked about how I felt about porn when I interviewed there (in '96).
This is hilarious. He would be sued into oblivion for that today.
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lol you've got a point I want to be a copyeditor. Willie Sutton knew how to get money from the Internet; that was the address of the place where money could be gotten, instead of by robbing banks because he was a CYBER CRIMINAL.
"This is Fox News, where we put you on the front lines of the CYBERWAR" *cue animated graphic of M1A1 tank driving into a CRT computer monitor, being digitized, then firing a stream of binary code* "On Tuesday night, Facebook was reduced to ruin by saturation DOTBOMBING from foreign sources"
I'm kind of fond of that old chestnut about police officers: The 99% who are corrupt ruin it for everyone else.
Absolutely. The problem isn't really with the feature, it's with game design. If you truly embrace this sort of technology, you need to be willing to have a game where the player is free to screw him/herself over. Save often.
The ZF plague from World of Warcraft was another hilarious example of this.
I've been playing a lot of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 online and the destructible environments actually add quite a bit to the game experience. I didn't think this would be the case, but once you get in the game and you find the wall you are cowering behind suddenly reduced to rubble, you realize that there is something to this concept besides mere gimmick. In the same vein, on wooded maps I find myself using heavy machine guns to clear away the tree cover, which makes it much, MUCH easier to spot the camouflaged snipers that hide in the undergrowth and call down mortar strikes. I'm excited to see how advanced this feature can get.
I would like independent control for field of vision, movement direction, and aiming. Essentially, three different controllers. Also, I'd like a little hinge-mounted mallet on the vision controller that swings down and hits you in the groin when you take damage in the game.
Too many big words >:(
"And when the bit reaches a certain temperature threshold, it simply grabs a newborn from a nearby hopper and quenches itself with blood."
Don't forget a field of view that gives you the immersive experience of looking through an empty toilet paper roll.
Man wins again! WHERE is your GOD now?
Tell that to the scores of real-life enemies that have withered before the onslaught of my thousand-hand-slap.
While on the way to work this morning I was stuck behind a driver going five mph under. Luckily I had collected a gigantic turtle shell from the shoulder next to me. I launched it at the car in front of me, and it sent him careening off the road and into a side rail.
I made it to work on time. Thanks, Mario Kart.