My biggest issue is that the there is no mention of Mortal Kombat on the list. It was the GTA of its time. I actually felt proud that I had a genesis instead of an SNES because I got to rip out people's spines rather than freeze/shatter them. It shouldn't top the list by any means, but I'd put it below Street Fighter II and above Tekken 2 (even though Tekken wasn't really anything til 3 came around...And Tekken Tag is on my all time greatest games list).
I'd have rather seen this list as the top 5 or 10 most influential console games broken down by genre, with the top in each getting a blurb explaining the decision. This list seems haphazard at best, how were the games decided upon, was it a Heisman-like voting structure? or just a bunch of people sitting around a table going, "Ooooh yeah! Thats a great one!" throwing titles on the whiteboard and printing the first 50...
I knew it! China is finally making their move by grabbing up all q's. Then when we least expect it they'll slam down QUAMQUAM on a triple word score and we'll be toast!
Why else would the Chinese have such a firm grasp of the Latin language?
They're not making sapphires, they're growing self-assembling polymers with sapphires. The breakthrough is the process, not so much the product. It looks like a useful alternative to optical lithography.
All that social unrest and starvation once you nerve staple 2/3rds of the population and have them harvest that pink fungus everywhere.
-We must dissent
Culinarily, the deer which cross the river in the fall to raid farmer's corn fields taste no different than deer shot 200 miles away. TMI is not Chernobyl, and the events are wholly different. To use the stand-by car analogy; Chernobyl was a Pinto (Kablooie!), where TMI was a town car with an engine that overheated and needed to be shut down.
I lived in the same township as Three Mile Island for about 10 years. Also, my National Guard unit was tasked with providing an additional security presence in the months following 9/11. Anyone who wants to say anything about the horrible environmental impact of nuclear energy need only visit the southern 2 miles of the island (don't actually try to visit...you'll get arrested and possibly shot a bunch). It is as off-limits and protected as the rest of the facility, and is covered in wildlife, including more deer than I have seen anywhere else in my life. It's a nice area, plenty of good farm land, and not a single three eyed fish to be found. Be gone with your fear fueled rhetoric against nuclear power. I'll take one in my back yard before a fossil fuel plant any day.
Players run through the simulation, make certain choices, and then they all engage in an after-action review session to check the appropriateness, or effectiveness, of their choices.
The AAR, great in theory...but harder to sit through than a 4 hour budget meeting.
The repairs will actually be done a little sooner, but they pushed back the release date so they wouldn't have to fight with Star Trek, Transformers, or Harry friggin Potter. Just be lucky Iron Man is waiting until 2010 or we'd never get any sciencing or universe imploding done.
No, I'm merely pointing out the absurdity of the claim and the likelihood that they really developped anything. This patent is taking the classic shotgun approach. Their core idea appears to be (if one can even be said to interpret patent writings)converting HTML to XML for the purpose of navigation by quadrants. They then of course extrapolate that to all possible uses, even speech recognition software. Had this patent been filed 5 or 10 years prior, there may possibly be a case for it. It's only been 2 and a half years however. This should not, and can not be allowed to stand.
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It's all well and good until a some half iPod, half egg timer robot swoops in and steals all the plants out of your greenhouse.
I'll stick with Tabnet, thanks. This way I can imagine evil diet cola overlords.
I'd welcome 'em...
My biggest issue is that the there is no mention of Mortal Kombat on the list. It was the GTA of its time. I actually felt proud that I had a genesis instead of an SNES because I got to rip out people's spines rather than freeze/shatter them. It shouldn't top the list by any means, but I'd put it below Street Fighter II and above Tekken 2 (even though Tekken wasn't really anything til 3 came around...And Tekken Tag is on my all time greatest games list).
I'd have rather seen this list as the top 5 or 10 most influential console games broken down by genre, with the top in each getting a blurb explaining the decision. This list seems haphazard at best, how were the games decided upon, was it a Heisman-like voting structure? or just a bunch of people sitting around a table going, "Ooooh yeah! Thats a great one!" throwing titles on the whiteboard and printing the first 50...
I knew it! China is finally making their move by grabbing up all q's. Then when we least expect it they'll slam down QUAMQUAM on a triple word score and we'll be toast! Why else would the Chinese have such a firm grasp of the Latin language?
They're not making sapphires, they're growing self-assembling polymers with sapphires. The breakthrough is the process, not so much the product. It looks like a useful alternative to optical lithography.
So glad I'm not alone...Now I'll have to reinstall tonight of course.
All that social unrest and starvation once you nerve staple 2/3rds of the population and have them harvest that pink fungus everywhere. -We must dissent
I saw a PRT drinkin' a pina colada at Trader Vic's...Its paint was perfect.
Culinarily, the deer which cross the river in the fall to raid farmer's corn fields taste no different than deer shot 200 miles away. TMI is not Chernobyl, and the events are wholly different. To use the stand-by car analogy; Chernobyl was a Pinto (Kablooie!), where TMI was a town car with an engine that overheated and needed to be shut down.
I lived in the same township as Three Mile Island for about 10 years. Also, my National Guard unit was tasked with providing an additional security presence in the months following 9/11. Anyone who wants to say anything about the horrible environmental impact of nuclear energy need only visit the southern 2 miles of the island (don't actually try to visit...you'll get arrested and possibly shot a bunch). It is as off-limits and protected as the rest of the facility, and is covered in wildlife, including more deer than I have seen anywhere else in my life. It's a nice area, plenty of good farm land, and not a single three eyed fish to be found. Be gone with your fear fueled rhetoric against nuclear power. I'll take one in my back yard before a fossil fuel plant any day.
Convert the waste collection trucks to use Syngas perhaps? I know, I know...crazy concept...
Bah! Magnitude 6? We'll never be able to see the spaceship following in its tail then. Man...what am I gonna do with all this punch...
The AAR, great in theory...but harder to sit through than a 4 hour budget meeting.
I tend to agree...and I've sunk more time than I'd care to admit into Aerobiz Supersonic.
Oh that last part tickled me...what color is the sky where you come from?
I am sure that only sane, rational, and courteous debate will follow. Finally an argument-free thread!
No, I'm pretty sure the box said Swedish.
In a related story, researchers have discovered that the Google Translator translates "whooooosh" as "Ljudet av ett skÃmt som flyger Ãver huvudet".
Learn something new everyday.
The repairs will actually be done a little sooner, but they pushed back the release date so they wouldn't have to fight with Star Trek, Transformers, or Harry friggin Potter. Just be lucky Iron Man is waiting until 2010 or we'd never get any sciencing or universe imploding done.
Heck, just send it in to Exploding Dog. I can't foresee any interpretation which would not range from surreal to hillarious.
Further proof that crime doesn't pay. Unless you have a reliable business plan, of course.
Electronic Arts is ironically going to be the savior of Open Source then? [citation needed]
75% of the fish I eat are Swedish. They declined to comment.
They will be punished.
It's easy to understand why. Have you ever tried kicking a football on skates?
No, I'm merely pointing out the absurdity of the claim and the likelihood that they really developped anything. This patent is taking the classic shotgun approach. Their core idea appears to be (if one can even be said to interpret patent writings)converting HTML to XML for the purpose of navigation by quadrants. They then of course extrapolate that to all possible uses, even speech recognition software. Had this patent been filed 5 or 10 years prior, there may possibly be a case for it. It's only been 2 and a half years however. This should not, and can not be allowed to stand.
Do both, and then walk in to your boss's office and give them a hug. Offer no explaination when pressed.