Combine a Quake 3 or perhaps Blade of Darkness 3D engine with the actual gameplay for these MMORPG's? The graphics are typically disgusting and drab enough that it's distracting. Developers could then concentrate on building a complex realm and plot.
I'm 21, and I've already given up all hope of getting social security. Instead of a tax cut, fix that situation and then the national debt. Everybody is so greedy they don't see they are fucking themselves in the ass in the future!
I plan on buying five of them, and then having fun by taking them out with my shotgun while sailing on my 120 ft. yaught. Later on, myself and five gorgeous women will laugh about the poor geeks, drink a fine wine, and perhaps top the night off (well not really) with a nice cuban cigar.
After growing up in a Disney world, where animation was full of evil witches, lions, and mermaids, I frankly shat my pants when my first experience with anime was with Neon Genesis Evangelion. Here we have a main character who is emotionaly unstable, has the world on his shoulders, and is confronted with female sexuality at an early age (like we all do). To boot, this was all done with a theme and story based off the bible. This mind-f**k of a series left me questioning my own reality. I wasn't the same afterwards...
It is this change of pace, this shift from the mundane to the excentric and psychotic that makes anime appealing. I, however, am not deluded to such an extent to say that all anime is good. The Japanese have their own set of problems, just like American animation.
To sum it all up, anime is different, variety is good.
I'd also like to add that I'm enjoying indirectly learning about the Japanese culture through anime. I don't think that it's a coincidence that the few phrases that I know are:
(forgive my to-English-bastardizing of Japanese)
gomeno sai (I'm sorry)
ariagato (Thank you)
Perhaps respect is very important to the Japanese?
I'm relatively new to the concept of Postmodernism, so I'm a bit uneasy about most issues.
Can there not be degrees of objectivism? The fact that observing an entity changes it doesn't necessarily imply that your are destroying your entire experiment, right?
I think we need to get rid of all non-white, non-male web surfers out there. They are trully complicating our lives by making us write material for a more broad spectrum. Bah on that. After we've effectively eliminated the rubish of our society from the web, we could then easilly make everybody install some distro of Linux or BSD will out a problem because we'll all be the same, and we'll all think in the same terms. Finally, we'll be one happy bunch of like minded people, running like software, in the persuit of exactly the same goals. This thing called "difference" and "variety" will be a thing of the past.
Come to think of it, I say we get rid of old people too. They don't conform to my standards of a perfect, wrinkle-free, next generation human being. Instead of supporting them any more, send them to Balleys and your local plastic surgeon. Bah on old people!
I completely love Java through and through. However, I'm glad there will be a language similar to Java that embodies many of the same features, i.e. C#. This will lead to both languages competing with each other (hopefully) and in the end produce more options and better products. This lawsuit makes me wonder if C# would even exist if Sun weren't so protective of Java.
I actually didn't enjoy my assembly class that much. My professor's grading style was similar to yours, i.e. size matters, thus everybody, including myself, spent way too much time on their programs. Twenty hours of outside class time for a three hour class isn't acceptable. Yes, I got that A, but was it worth it??? I'll never go back to assembly again. People who enjoy trying to tweak their program for 2 less instructions are insane.
If I want to make my web page only accessable to those running uber-Browser 10k, that's my choice. It's also your choice to either download and use that browser, or don't view my web page at all. It's that simple.
If I make a browser, why should I have to care about w3c at all? If my product provides features that people like, and the competition complains, OHHHH WELLLL:)
If you're running Linux, and you're only choice is Netscape, well that just makes me a saaaad panda.
I've gone through 3 floppy drives and four CDROM drives in the past five years. How about this folks, create a cheap storage where you don't have to spin a disk so fast that it sounds like a jet engine at mach 4. Heck, why stop there? How about a storage medium and reader that can stand up to a good amount of dust and scratches? If you can do this, and have it store over a GB, then I'd buy your product in a heart beat.
I'm a CS major at ASU, and it's royally tough to keep my good GPA. I know I could go to CIS and play it easy for the rest of college, but is it really worth it? I know you don't want to spend your money on calc classes, but would you rather spend your money on classes that are beneath you? (Sorry to offend you CIS people out there, but it's a graveyard for CS students who couldn't cut it). I know this sounds cliche, but hard classes breed character and problem solving ability. You will also be taught how to code with better style and design, although I think that academia goes to far in this repsect sometimes.
I remember when I was six and I woke up to the sound of pots and pans clanging. Turns out my folks were cleaning up after they wrapped all the presents. Twas a sad realization that there was no such thing as Santa Claus, since it was always fun to sit on the fat guys lap and honk his nose.
When I was six or so I got my first Nintendo with Super Mario Brothers. At that tender age, the game is very tough, and so I destroyed about five controllers in the process of beating it. What usually caused contoller death was when the plastic hit the wall at just the right angle to make the entire controller shatter.
In todays games, you get life, but not so in the old days. One touch by a mushroom and you were caput. It was that need to overcome such a game, a game where one mistake actually kills you, that made Super Mario Brothers the most addictive game I ever played. Another one that came close what Ghosts n' Goblins, but that was just psychotic.
I'd like to comment on some of the loaded statements put forth in the posts here. Could everybody please be a bit more objective on the movie. As one who has read all the books except the second prequel and watched the movie numerous times including the long version, I think that Lynch did an adequate job. A book as complex as Dune is *expected* to be warped to a great extent.
Look what Hollywood has to do to satisfy Joe Smith:
* Make the concept simple
* The ending must have closure!
* 8 to 81, appease all ages
* Reduce any complex problems to individual drama
* etc.
As you can see, the above can only hurt Dune. So ask yourselves the questions when watching the film,
Has the director captured the essence of the book?
Has the director transfered the plot well?
Has the director transfered the characters well?
Your answers might be different than might, but I'd have to say adequately for all three. For example, when the Baron exclaims, "The Duke will die before these eyes, and he'll know, HE'LL KNOW! That is *I*, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, who encompasses his doom, blahahaha," I got the same impression of raw, crazy emotion that I did from the book.
I know I'm being a bit didactic here, but I'm simply trying to give some perspective to all you film critics.
More on topic, the previews for the series look interesting, if not pure eye-candy. I do not expect any of the actors, nor the director, to give a rats ass about the book. I'm also willing to bet that the "Dune Purists" will be even more offended from the mini-series. However, instead of watching the series, picking out every little "inaccuracy" I'm going to get a Coke and some popcorn, put my fat ass on the couch, and enjoy myself. I'm just grateful to be entertained once again by Herbert's masterpiece.
I know everybody has seen Akira since it's widely available, but there is so much better anime out there. Take for example Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) that is comming out on DVD the 19th of Dec. Believe me, Akira is nothing special. Watch at least 20 movies, and a few 26 episode series, and you'll understand what I mean.
Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the english language today is the word fuck. Out of all of the English words that begin with letter F, fuck is the only word that is referred to as the F-word. It's the one magical word, just by it's sound can describe pain, pleasure, hate and love. Fuck, as the most words in the English languages, is derived from German, the word fricken which means to strike. In English fuck fall into many grammatical categories.
As a transital verb for instance : "John fucked Shirley."
As an intransitive verb. "Shirley fucks."
It's meaning is not always sexual.
It can be an adjective such as "John's doing all the fucking work."
As part of an adverb : "Shirley talks too fucking much!"
As an adverb enchancing an adjective : "Shirley is fucking beautiful!"
As a noun : "I don't give a fuck!"
As part of a word : "Abso-fucking-lutely" or "in-fucking-credible"
And, as almost every word in a sentence : "Fuck the fucking fuckers!"
As you must realize there aren't too many words with the versatility of fuck. As in these examples describing situations such as:
Aggression - Fuck you!
Agreement - Fucking-ay right!
Amazement - Fucking shit!
Annoyance - Don't fuck with me.
Apathy - Who really gives a fuck, anyhow?
Benevolence - Don't do me any fucking favors.
Command - Go fuck yourself!
Confusion - What the fuck?
Denial - I didn't fucking do it.
Despair - Fucked again.
Difficulty - I don't understand this fucking question.
Directions - Fuck off.
Disbelief - Unfuckingbelievable!
Dismay - Oh, fuck it!
Displeasure - What the fuck is going on here?
Encouragement - Keep on fucking.
Etiquette - Pass the fucking salt!
Fraud - I got fucked.
Greetings - How the fuck are ya?
Hatred of chemistry - Thermofuckingdynamics.
Identification - Who the fuck are you?
Ignorance - He's such a fuck head.
Incompetence - He's a fuck up.
Insight - You're out of your fucking mind!
Laziness - He's a fuck off.
Lost - Where the fuck are we?
Panic - Let's get the fuck out of here.
Passive - Fuck me!
Perplexity - I fucking know all about it.
Philosophical - Who gives a fuck?
Pleasure - I couldn't be any fucking happier!
Question - You ain't fucking me?
Rebellion - Fuck the world!
Resignation - Oh, fuck it!
Retaliation - Up your fucking ass!
Suspicion - Who the fuck are you?
Trouble - I guess I'm really fucked now.
Ugliness - You're a dumb looking fuck.
Wisdom - Fuck that shit!
Wonder - How the fuck did you do that?
It can be used in an anatomical description - "He's a fucking asshole."
It can be used in business - "How did I wind up with this fucking job?"
It can be maternal - "Motherfucker."
It can be political - "Fuck Dan Quayle!"
It has also been used by many notable people throughout history:
"What the fuck was that?" - Mayor of Hiroshima
"Where did all these fucking Indians come from?" - General Custer
"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" - Captain of the Titanic
"Thats not a real fucking gun." - John Lennon
"Who's gonna fucking find out?" - Richard Nixon
"Heads are going to fucking roll." - Anne Boleyn
"Let the fucking woman drive." - Commander of the "Challenger"
"What fucking map?" - Mark Thatcher
"Any fucking idiot could understand that." - Albert Einstein
"It does so fucking look like her!" - Picasso
"How the fuck did you work that out?" - Pythagoras
"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" - Michaelangelo
"Fuck a duck." - Walt Disney
"Why?- Because its fucking there!" - Edmund Hilary
"I don't suppose its gonna fucking rain?" - Joan of Arc
"Scattered fucking showers my ass." - Noah
"I need this parade like I need a fucking hole in my head." - John F. Kennedy
I'm sure you can think of many more examples. With all of these multipurpose applications how can anyone be offended when you use the word? So, use this unique flexible word more often in your daily speech. It will identify the quality of your character immediately.
Say it loudly and proudly : "FUCK YOU !!!"
Any system governed and used by humans has a tendency to get molded and twisted into something more apt to serving our needs. To resist this is to impede our progress. We might hit a few bumps on the road, and get mad because the "good 'ol" days were "better," but in the end we evolve. I don't think it's any arguement at all to say that the Web has done far more for society than Gopher has.
That being that this is fun and interesting. Setting up the project, and watch it churn out the result must have been immensely satisfying. I once remember this math nut that I went to high school with. He had memorized pi to a thousand decimal places, and we'd see if we could trick him by changing a digit or so. Of course, he would be able to spot the error every time. This facination with a number that is in virtually every physical aspect of our lives is not surprising. Although, I wonder if we were to give 'e' a different name that it might have as much popularity.
I remember when I first bought my Diamond Viper 550 TNT card. Then, it could run almost any game at the time at a silly frame rate. 640x480 was "hi-res", and it was also sufficient for most games.
Now, I still have the Viper, and it does a respectable job for what I need it to do. What I'm trying to get at here is that I may have not needed the FPS the Viper could produce yesterday, but it has more than paid for itself by still being useful today. I'd like to also note that in that same time span, I've changed CPUs twice, motherboards twice, added memory and hard drive space, and replaced my sound card.
Second, when has anybody cared about getting 200 FPS? All gamers I know bump up the resolution until they notice that the framerate is affecting their gameplay. This may until it's something as low as 30 or as high as 100, but it's different for each person. Who gives a rats ass about how our cones and rods behave as long as I'm still able to frag you?
Slashdot Mirror
Los locos kick your ass, los locos kick your face, los locos kick your balls into outer space!
Combine a Quake 3 or perhaps Blade of Darkness 3D engine with the actual gameplay for these MMORPG's? The graphics are typically disgusting and drab enough that it's distracting. Developers could then concentrate on building a complex realm and plot.
I'm 21, and I've already given up all hope of getting social security. Instead of a tax cut, fix that situation and then the national debt. Everybody is so greedy they don't see they are fucking themselves in the ass in the future!
Does bash have anything to do with whether or not the binary ls displays colors or not?
I plan on buying five of them, and then having fun by taking them out with my shotgun while sailing on my 120 ft. yaught. Later on, myself and five gorgeous women will laugh about the poor geeks, drink a fine wine, and perhaps top the night off (well not really) with a nice cuban cigar.
All of your base code are belong to us!
After growing up in a Disney world, where animation was full of evil witches, lions, and mermaids, I frankly shat my pants when my first experience with anime was with Neon Genesis Evangelion. Here we have a main character who is emotionaly unstable, has the world on his shoulders, and is confronted with female sexuality at an early age (like we all do). To boot, this was all done with a theme and story based off the bible. This mind-f**k of a series left me questioning my own reality. I wasn't the same afterwards ...
It is this change of pace, this shift from the mundane to the excentric and psychotic that makes anime appealing. I, however, am not deluded to such an extent to say that all anime is good. The Japanese have their own set of problems, just like American animation.
To sum it all up, anime is different, variety is good.
I'd also like to add that I'm enjoying indirectly learning about the Japanese culture through anime. I don't think that it's a coincidence that the few phrases that I know are:
(forgive my to-English-bastardizing of Japanese)
gomeno sai (I'm sorry)
ariagato (Thank you)
Perhaps respect is very important to the Japanese?
I'm relatively new to the concept of Postmodernism, so I'm a bit uneasy about most issues.
Can there not be degrees of objectivism? The fact that observing an entity changes it doesn't necessarily imply that your are destroying your entire experiment, right?
I think we need to get rid of all non-white, non-male web surfers out there. They are trully complicating our lives by making us write material for a more broad spectrum. Bah on that. After we've effectively eliminated the rubish of our society from the web, we could then easilly make everybody install some distro of Linux or BSD will out a problem because we'll all be the same, and we'll all think in the same terms. Finally, we'll be one happy bunch of like minded people, running like software, in the persuit of exactly the same goals. This thing called "difference" and "variety" will be a thing of the past. Come to think of it, I say we get rid of old people too. They don't conform to my standards of a perfect, wrinkle-free, next generation human being. Instead of supporting them any more, send them to Balleys and your local plastic surgeon. Bah on old people!
imageine a beowulf cluster of these :)
I completely love Java through and through. However, I'm glad there will be a language similar to Java that embodies many of the same features, i.e. C#. This will lead to both languages competing with each other (hopefully) and in the end produce more options and better products. This lawsuit makes me wonder if C# would even exist if Sun weren't so protective of Java.
I actually didn't enjoy my assembly class that much. My professor's grading style was similar to yours, i.e. size matters, thus everybody, including myself, spent way too much time on their programs. Twenty hours of outside class time for a three hour class isn't acceptable. Yes, I got that A, but was it worth it??? I'll never go back to assembly again. People who enjoy trying to tweak their program for 2 less instructions are insane.
If I want to make my web page only accessable to those running uber-Browser 10k, that's my choice. It's also your choice to either download and use that browser, or don't view my web page at all. It's that simple.
:)
If I make a browser, why should I have to care about w3c at all? If my product provides features that people like, and the competition complains, OHHHH WELLLL
If you're running Linux, and you're only choice is Netscape, well that just makes me a saaaad panda.
I've gone through 3 floppy drives and four CDROM drives in the past five years. How about this folks, create a cheap storage where you don't have to spin a disk so fast that it sounds like a jet engine at mach 4. Heck, why stop there? How about a storage medium and reader that can stand up to a good amount of dust and scratches? If you can do this, and have it store over a GB, then I'd buy your product in a heart beat.
I'm a CS major at ASU, and it's royally tough to keep my good GPA. I know I could go to CIS and play it easy for the rest of college, but is it really worth it? I know you don't want to spend your money on calc classes, but would you rather spend your money on classes that are beneath you? (Sorry to offend you CIS people out there, but it's a graveyard for CS students who couldn't cut it). I know this sounds cliche, but hard classes breed character and problem solving ability. You will also be taught how to code with better style and design, although I think that academia goes to far in this repsect sometimes.
I remember when I was six and I woke up to the sound of pots and pans clanging. Turns out my folks were cleaning up after they wrapped all the presents. Twas a sad realization that there was no such thing as Santa Claus, since it was always fun to sit on the fat guys lap and honk his nose.
NAS
When I was six or so I got my first Nintendo with Super Mario Brothers. At that tender age, the game is very tough, and so I destroyed about five controllers in the process of beating it. What usually caused contoller death was when the plastic hit the wall at just the right angle to make the entire controller shatter.
In todays games, you get life, but not so in the old days. One touch by a mushroom and you were caput. It was that need to overcome such a game, a game where one mistake actually kills you, that made Super Mario Brothers the most addictive game I ever played. Another one that came close what Ghosts n' Goblins, but that was just psychotic.
I'd like to comment on some of the loaded statements put forth in the posts here. Could everybody please be a bit more objective on the movie. As one who has read all the books except the second prequel and watched the movie numerous times including the long version, I think that Lynch did an adequate job. A book as complex as Dune is *expected* to be warped to a great extent.
Look what Hollywood has to do to satisfy Joe Smith:
* Make the concept simple
* The ending must have closure!
* 8 to 81, appease all ages
* Reduce any complex problems to individual drama
* etc.
As you can see, the above can only hurt Dune. So ask yourselves the questions when watching the film,
Has the director captured the essence of the book?
Has the director transfered the plot well?
Has the director transfered the characters well?
Your answers might be different than might, but I'd have to say adequately for all three. For example, when the Baron exclaims, "The Duke will die before these eyes, and he'll know, HE'LL KNOW! That is *I*, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, who encompasses his doom, blahahaha," I got the same impression of raw, crazy emotion that I did from the book.
I know I'm being a bit didactic here, but I'm simply trying to give some perspective to all you film critics.
More on topic, the previews for the series look interesting, if not pure eye-candy. I do not expect any of the actors, nor the director, to give a rats ass about the book. I'm also willing to bet that the "Dune Purists" will be even more offended from the mini-series. However, instead of watching the series, picking out every little "inaccuracy" I'm going to get a Coke and some popcorn, put my fat ass on the couch, and enjoy myself. I'm just grateful to be entertained once again by Herbert's masterpiece.
NAS
Totoro was one of the craziest anime movies I've seen. The kids seemed to be on speed, and that cat bus with 10 or so legs is frekings nuts.
Heh, nice to see that somebody else has seen more than just Akria.
I know everybody has seen Akira since it's widely available, but there is so much better anime out there. Take for example Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) that is comming out on DVD the 19th of Dec. Believe me, Akira is nothing special. Watch at least 20 movies, and a few 26 episode series, and you'll understand what I mean.
....
A dedicated fan to the art
The usage of the word fuck
Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the english language today is the word fuck. Out of all of the English words that begin with letter F, fuck is the only word that is referred to as the F-word. It's the one magical word, just by it's sound can describe pain, pleasure, hate and love. Fuck, as the most words in the English languages, is derived from German, the word fricken which means to strike. In English fuck fall into many grammatical categories.
As a transital verb for instance : "John fucked Shirley."
As an intransitive verb. "Shirley fucks."
It's meaning is not always sexual.
It can be an adjective such as "John's doing all the fucking work."
As part of an adverb : "Shirley talks too fucking much!"
As an adverb enchancing an adjective : "Shirley is fucking beautiful!"
As a noun : "I don't give a fuck!"
As part of a word : "Abso-fucking-lutely" or "in-fucking-credible"
And, as almost every word in a sentence : "Fuck the fucking fuckers!"
As you must realize there aren't too many words with the versatility of fuck. As in these examples describing situations such as:
Aggression - Fuck you!
Agreement - Fucking-ay right!
Amazement - Fucking shit!
Annoyance - Don't fuck with me.
Apathy - Who really gives a fuck, anyhow?
Benevolence - Don't do me any fucking favors.
Command - Go fuck yourself!
Confusion - What the fuck?
Denial - I didn't fucking do it.
Despair - Fucked again.
Difficulty - I don't understand this fucking question.
Directions - Fuck off.
Disbelief - Unfuckingbelievable!
Dismay - Oh, fuck it!
Displeasure - What the fuck is going on here?
Encouragement - Keep on fucking.
Etiquette - Pass the fucking salt!
Fraud - I got fucked.
Greetings - How the fuck are ya?
Hatred of chemistry - Thermofuckingdynamics.
Identification - Who the fuck are you?
Ignorance - He's such a fuck head.
Incompetence - He's a fuck up.
Insight - You're out of your fucking mind!
Laziness - He's a fuck off.
Lost - Where the fuck are we?
Panic - Let's get the fuck out of here.
Passive - Fuck me!
Perplexity - I fucking know all about it.
Philosophical - Who gives a fuck?
Pleasure - I couldn't be any fucking happier!
Question - You ain't fucking me?
Rebellion - Fuck the world!
Resignation - Oh, fuck it!
Retaliation - Up your fucking ass!
Suspicion - Who the fuck are you?
Trouble - I guess I'm really fucked now.
Ugliness - You're a dumb looking fuck.
Wisdom - Fuck that shit!
Wonder - How the fuck did you do that?
It can be used in an anatomical description - "He's a fucking asshole."
It can be used in business - "How did I wind up with this fucking job?"
It can be maternal - "Motherfucker."
It can be political - "Fuck Dan Quayle!"
It has also been used by many notable people throughout history:
"What the fuck was that?" - Mayor of Hiroshima
"Where did all these fucking Indians come from?" - General Custer
"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" - Captain of the Titanic
"Thats not a real fucking gun." - John Lennon
"Who's gonna fucking find out?" - Richard Nixon
"Heads are going to fucking roll." - Anne Boleyn
"Let the fucking woman drive." - Commander of the "Challenger"
"What fucking map?" - Mark Thatcher
"Any fucking idiot could understand that." - Albert Einstein
"It does so fucking look like her!" - Picasso
"How the fuck did you work that out?" - Pythagoras
"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" - Michaelangelo
"Fuck a duck." - Walt Disney
"Why?- Because its fucking there!" - Edmund Hilary
"I don't suppose its gonna fucking rain?" - Joan of Arc
"Scattered fucking showers my ass." - Noah
"I need this parade like I need a fucking hole in my head." - John F. Kennedy
I'm sure you can think of many more examples. With all of these multipurpose applications how can anyone be offended when you use the word? So, use this unique flexible word more often in your daily speech. It will identify the quality of your character immediately.
Say it loudly and proudly : "FUCK YOU !!!"
Any system governed and used by humans has a tendency to get molded and twisted into something more apt to serving our needs. To resist this is to impede our progress. We might hit a few bumps on the road, and get mad because the "good 'ol" days were "better," but in the end we evolve. I don't think it's any arguement at all to say that the Web has done far more for society than Gopher has.
I can change the MAC on my NIC to whatever I want, thus no privacy problems.
That being that this is fun and interesting. Setting up the project, and watch it churn out the result must have been immensely satisfying. I once remember this math nut that I went to high school with. He had memorized pi to a thousand decimal places, and we'd see if we could trick him by changing a digit or so. Of course, he would be able to spot the error every time. This facination with a number that is in virtually every physical aspect of our lives is not surprising. Although, I wonder if we were to give 'e' a different name that it might have as much popularity.
I remember when I first bought my Diamond Viper 550 TNT card. Then, it could run almost any game at the time at a silly frame rate. 640x480 was "hi-res", and it was also sufficient for most games.
Now, I still have the Viper, and it does a respectable job for what I need it to do. What I'm trying to get at here is that I may have not needed the FPS the Viper could produce yesterday, but it has more than paid for itself by still being useful today. I'd like to also note that in that same time span, I've changed CPUs twice, motherboards twice, added memory and hard drive space, and replaced my sound card.
Second, when has anybody cared about getting 200 FPS? All gamers I know bump up the resolution until they notice that the framerate is affecting their gameplay. This may until it's something as low as 30 or as high as 100, but it's different for each person. Who gives a rats ass about how our cones and rods behave as long as I'm still able to frag you?