Not true. You can upload any video file through the iTunes app, so long as it's in the right format for the iPod. It doesn't have to be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
So do what everyone else does in these institutions.
In this case, they hold role-playing classes. People get to give themselves a new identity for the duration of the treatment. They are then encouraged to refer to the other patients by their new names.
They aren't allowed to bring in money from the outside, but they are given gold-coloured tokens which they can spend at the tuck shop for food, or they can go to the costume room and spend it on clothing accessories. If they save up enough tokens, they can spend them on keys to hidden rooms at the centre where they can learn the secrets of beating addiction. They can also buy weapons to further aid them in their epic quest for freedom from game addiction...
I had a spectacular moment in-game the other night, where in a Class A race, I went into a corner with a fraction of a second's lead over the second placed car, noticed him trying to pass me on the outside in the corner, thought "he's going way too fast for this" and then found out I was right, as he spun off the track. Things like that don't happen often, but they do mean that if there were a racing-game AI equivalent of the Turing Test, Forza 3 would come pretty close to passing it.
Seen this a few times myself. Sometimes I act as 'navigator' when my daughter plays the game and have had to tell her a couple of times to believe in her own tactics rather than treat the AI as if they're all perfect drivers. We've seen some aggressive AI drivers inching ahead of us then getting into difficulty on the corners as they try to maintain that lead. By playing a bit more cautiously (whilst keeping the pressure on), you can take advantage of their mistakes.
Those series have historically struck a pretty fine balance between realism and fun. The entry curve on iRacing is pitched just a bit too high for me.
Wot he said.
The closer you get to a perfect simulation of the real world, the quicker the fun aspect goes downhill. I even found GT4 to be 'too real' and sold it on after reluctantly coming to the realisation that while it looked gobsmackingly good, playing it just wasn't very entertaining.
Forza 3, OTOH, has proved to be a winner in our house. The grind/reward balance is just right, you can casually pick it up and advance your career in 10 minute chunks, and it looks great, too. If you want a harder challenge, you can fine-tune the driving aids to make it more like driving a real car.
I can imagine that some people want a 'Guitar Hero' that requires as much skill as a real guitar to play but I suspect the learning curve would just make it unapproachable for the general gamer populace.
We were given "You're in the Movies" for the 360 for Xmas. It samples the background scene before calling you up as 'actors'. This gives a FAR better detection/tracking performance than Eye-Toy ever did. You no longer have to light your living room like a professional photography studio to play a simple goddam casual game.
Jules: Mmmm! Goddamn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit! Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right, but he springs this serious GOURMET shit on us! What flavor is this?
Jimmie: Knock it off, Julie.
Jules: [pause] What?
Jimmie: I don't need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it. I know how good it is. When Bonnie goes shopping she buys SHIT. I buy the gourmet expensive stuff because when I drink it I want to taste it. But you know what's on my mind right now? It AIN'T the coffee in my kitchen, it's the dead nigger in my garage.
Jules: Oh, Jimmie, don't even worry about that...
Jimmie: No, No, No, No, let me ask you a question. When you came pulling in here, did you notice a sign out in front of my house that said Dead Nigger Storage?
Jules: Jimmie, you know I ain't seen no...
Jimmie: Did you notice a sign out in front of my house that said Dead Nigger Storage?
Jules: [pause] No. I didn't.
Jimmie: You know WHY you didn't see that sign?
Jules: Why?
Jimmie: 'Cause it ain't there, 'cause storing dead niggers ain't my fucking business, that's why!
On the contrary, I think 9/11 yanked the carpet from under our feet. The idea of using a passenger jet as a missile, combined with the concept of suicide bombers, was unthinkable to most every westerner (myself included). It was a 'game changer'.
Full freedom would be to have a hyper-intelligent oracle that produces a completely bug-free and perfect implemention of any software idea you can imagine, with infinite resources behind it and available to everybody instantly and with no cost.
A civilization without instrumentalities ?
Yes, but the Krell forgot one thing - monsters from the Id !
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It only plays video from the apple store
Not true. You can upload any video file through the iTunes app, so long as it's in the right format for the iPod. It doesn't have to be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
So do what everyone else does in these institutions.
In this case, they hold role-playing classes. People get to give themselves a new identity for the duration of the treatment. They are then encouraged to refer to the other patients by their new names.
They aren't allowed to bring in money from the outside, but they are given gold-coloured tokens which they can spend at the tuck shop for food, or they can go to the costume room and spend it on clothing accessories. If they save up enough tokens, they can spend them on keys to hidden rooms at the centre where they can learn the secrets of beating addiction. They can also buy weapons to further aid them in their epic quest for freedom from game addiction...
They couldn't possibly compete with the Million Eyes ensuring bugfree open source software.
"A pile of shit has a thousand eyes." - Teddy Duchamp.
drunk monkeys
I LOVE this company !
Crazy Taxi was available on PS2, too.
I had a spectacular moment in-game the other night, where in a Class A race, I went into a corner with a fraction of a second's lead over the second placed car, noticed him trying to pass me on the outside in the corner, thought "he's going way too fast for this" and then found out I was right, as he spun off the track. Things like that don't happen often, but they do mean that if there were a racing-game AI equivalent of the Turing Test, Forza 3 would come pretty close to passing it.
Seen this a few times myself. Sometimes I act as 'navigator' when my daughter plays the game and have had to tell her a couple of times to believe in her own tactics rather than treat the AI as if they're all perfect drivers. We've seen some aggressive AI drivers inching ahead of us then getting into difficulty on the corners as they try to maintain that lead. By playing a bit more cautiously (whilst keeping the pressure on), you can take advantage of their mistakes.
Yes, the circuit is alive with real competitors.
Those series have historically struck a pretty fine balance between realism and fun. The entry curve on iRacing is pitched just a bit too high for me.
Wot he said.
The closer you get to a perfect simulation of the real world, the quicker the fun aspect goes downhill. I even found GT4 to be 'too real' and sold it on after reluctantly coming to the realisation that while it looked gobsmackingly good, playing it just wasn't very entertaining.
Forza 3, OTOH, has proved to be a winner in our house. The grind/reward balance is just right, you can casually pick it up and advance your career in 10 minute chunks, and it looks great, too. If you want a harder challenge, you can fine-tune the driving aids to make it more like driving a real car.
I can imagine that some people want a 'Guitar Hero' that requires as much skill as a real guitar to play but I suspect the learning curve would just make it unapproachable for the general gamer populace.
The "true and" is redundant in your while statement.
We were given "You're in the Movies" for the 360 for Xmas. It samples the background scene before calling you up as 'actors'. This gives a FAR better detection/tracking performance than Eye-Toy ever did. You no longer have to light your living room like a professional photography studio to play a simple goddam casual game.
Jules: Mmmm! Goddamn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit! Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right, but he springs this serious GOURMET shit on us! What flavor is this?
Jimmie: Knock it off, Julie.
Jules: [pause] What?
Jimmie: I don't need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it. I know how good it is. When Bonnie goes shopping she buys SHIT. I buy the gourmet expensive stuff because when I drink it I want to taste it. But you know what's on my mind right now? It AIN'T the coffee in my kitchen, it's the dead nigger in my garage.
Jules: Oh, Jimmie, don't even worry about that...
Jimmie: No, No, No, No, let me ask you a question. When you came pulling in here, did you notice a sign out in front of my house that said Dead Nigger Storage?
Jules: Jimmie, you know I ain't seen no...
Jimmie: Did you notice a sign out in front of my house that said Dead Nigger Storage?
Jules: [pause] No. I didn't.
Jimmie: You know WHY you didn't see that sign?
Jules: Why?
Jimmie: 'Cause it ain't there, 'cause storing dead niggers ain't my fucking business, that's why!
10 tablets for $15. Only available in blue.
9/11, imo, wasn't that big of a deal.
On the contrary, I think 9/11 yanked the carpet from under our feet. The idea of using a passenger jet as a missile, combined with the concept of suicide bombers, was unthinkable to most every westerner (myself included). It was a 'game changer'.
The Nokia 1100 is THE most successful cell phone ever, with over 200 million units sold. The iPhone has sold roughly 1% of that figure.
Chinese pr0n == Cream of Sum Yung Gai ?
paying people per site to find 'pornographic' sites
I think I've just found my dream job description.
If we didn't have what you called "cloning" which was rampant in the 80's, we would be still using Wangs for word processing.
I'm pleased to announce that I use my wang for something completely different these days.
Welcome to Slashdot !
What IS poutine ?
25.000 euros
If you had that much saffron, people might think you were a spice baron.
Oh yeah, all day and all of the night.
By the time you get to your final stereo mix, 16 bits is good enough for anyone.
So you mean excellent frequency response and clarity, with a low SnR and dynamic range?
Why would you want a low dynamic range ? In this case, bigger is better !
Goddamned leecher !
I think the next big programming language should be called 'F-U' and be pronounced...
Will somebody port a compiler to the Atari ST ?
Full freedom would be to have a hyper-intelligent oracle that produces a completely bug-free and perfect implemention of any software idea you can imagine, with infinite resources behind it and available to everybody instantly and with no cost.
A civilization without instrumentalities ?
Yes, but the Krell forgot one thing - monsters from the Id !