Don't want to troll, or create a tread arguing the good and bad of one game, but I never considered Myst a game. (Yes, I'm aware that it was extraodinarialy popular.)
I felt very passive 'playing' it. I think of Myst as more of a story than a game. The puzzles, for me, were not organic (they did not fit into the storyline in a natural way). They seemed to be placed there just to keep you from watching the rest of the story. Besides, I'm bitter because I chose the wrong book at the end. Hey, and didn't you feel a tiny bit cheated that you can get to the end of the game in the 2 minutes?
It's been asked before, but I have yet to see a clear answer. Somebody please tell us, how can we best help?
what can the people who have cashed in on their IPO do to help? what can the poor college students do to help?
The best answer I've heard so far is "go read opendvd.org".
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The practice of geeks 'mating' for life may not be dangerous in itself, but it is often a 'gateway' to more harmful activities. "Geek Breeding" has been a hot topic recently, and is often a consequence of geek mating. While some people allege that it will throw our society into social chaos, others insist that as long as the child can be provided with loving parents and high-bandwidth connection and its own static IP, it is a fundamental right of all bipeds (including geeks) to breed. A story off of the AP wire reports that Rep. Jean McGrath (R-Glendale, AZ) will introduce a bill tomorrow morning which will outlaw geek-mating in order to pre-empt the battle of geek-breeding and the "moral downfall which it represents."
"The very fact that that a 'geeks' social nature precludes them from mating makes these very unnatural and unholy acts," she said.
The NORN Organization for Recursive Names has called the proposed bill "outrageous". "If AOL/Time Warner/EMI users are protected by the law, we feel geeks should have the same right to repackage their DNA and release it under any license and name that they see fit." In this spirit, NORN is holding a 'Pro-Geeks 2.0' rally on the steps of the state capitol tomorrow.
(Although this reporter, as all media analysts today, has no idea what any of this story is about, I will use my Word spellchecker, "save as HTML", and then ask our technology expert to place it on our website, despite his warning that by doing so I will only deepen the resentment and disdain that the online community has for me and the paper by displaying the lack of knowledge I have on the subject.
Instead of linking to sites that have DeCSS info, why dont we just link to the Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, AltaVista, etc results for relevent search items? If they go after anybody for this, they couldn't without getting the search engines, too, right?
Another not-so-great idea, brought to you by... me.
A lot, as we've come to learn (think MS), comes down to who gets there first. Still, I don't think that your evaluation is entirely accurate.
The "Heat Sink" is a large contributor to size and bulkiness. Think: slimmer laptop machines.
With well designed products (including heat sinks), maybe the cases can be made without vents. Think: are water-proof computers a possibility?
And, just because there are improvements in battery technology doesn't mean that there can't be advances in CPU's. They are not mutually exclusive. It just means instead of computing as we know it getting better, it's getting A LOT better!
"The Simpsons" is the only show that I still watch faithfully. Overall, (considering how long the series has run) it has the best satire and timely humor ever produced in America (not to mention often-times sophisticated as well). Now, maybe we're missing something that you are priveleged to have, but until it gets here, I know that The Simpsons is the best show we've ever had.
And, hey: I didn't know that getting on Slashdot was this easy!;) I'm one for two.
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Don't want to troll, or create a tread arguing the good and bad of one game, but I never considered Myst a game. (Yes, I'm aware that it was extraodinarialy popular.)
I felt very passive 'playing' it. I think of Myst as more of a story than a game. The puzzles, for me, were not organic (they did not fit into the storyline in a natural way). They seemed to be placed there just to keep you from watching the rest of the story. Besides, I'm bitter because I chose the wrong book at the end. Hey, and didn't you feel a tiny bit cheated that you can get to the end of the game in the 2 minutes?
They're very nice pictures, and all, though.
Air conditioning. It's a little hard to remember in this sort of weather, but AC is my favorite invention (after fire).
It seems that somebody at NASA saw that ZDNet commercial.
Some of us aren't the best writers. And some of us don't have the facts.
m l?URL=%2Fnow%2Ffeedback%2F1%2C1611%2C311 %2C00%2Ehtml
I don't want to lie about our position, and I want to get the facts straight. Can somebody post a letter that has correct facts, but is forceful?
Somebody help those of us who know this is really, really bad, but not much else...
I've collected these emails: (it's a start, at least)
mailto:newsonline@bbc.co.uk mailto:TechNews@MSNBC.com mailto:World@MSNBC.com mailto:letters@msnbc.com mailto:Internight@MSNBC.com mailto:opinion@msnbc.com mailto:comments@foxnews.com mailto:feedback@nytimes.com
and the following webpages:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/ http://abc.go.com/email_abc/mail_home.html http://www.cbs.com/now/eframeset/1,1616,311,00.ht
It's been asked before, but I have yet to see a clear answer. Somebody please tell us, how can we best help?
what can the people who have cashed in on their IPO do to help?
what can the poor college students do to help?
The best answer I've heard so far is "go read opendvd.org".
The practice of geeks 'mating' for life may not be dangerous in itself, but it is often a 'gateway' to more harmful activities. "Geek Breeding" has been a hot topic recently, and is often a consequence of geek mating. While some people allege that it will throw our society into social chaos, others insist that as long as the child can be provided with loving parents and high-bandwidth connection and its own static IP, it is a fundamental right of all bipeds (including geeks) to breed. A story off of the AP wire reports that Rep. Jean McGrath (R-Glendale, AZ) will introduce a bill tomorrow morning which will outlaw geek-mating in order to pre-empt the battle of geek-breeding and the "moral downfall which it represents."
"The very fact that that a 'geeks' social nature precludes them from mating makes these very unnatural and unholy acts," she said.
The NORN Organization for Recursive Names has called the proposed bill "outrageous". "If AOL/Time Warner/EMI users are protected by the law, we feel geeks should have the same right to repackage their DNA and release it under any license and name that they see fit." In this spirit, NORN is holding a 'Pro-Geeks 2.0' rally on the steps of the state capitol tomorrow.
(Although this reporter, as all media analysts today, has no idea what any of this story is about, I will use my Word spellchecker, "save as HTML", and then ask our technology expert to place it on our website, despite his warning that by doing so I will only deepen the resentment and disdain that the online community has for me and the paper by displaying the lack of knowledge I have on the subject.
ThinkGeek... should smell like Mountain Dew.
Or any caffinated beverage. Coffee. Jolt.
Does caffine itself have a smell?
I was going to say what microsoft should smell like, but that's far too easy.
According to a study by Media Quotient, Bill Bradley and John McCain are in the best position...
Yes, but all of the other candidates "don't believe in phony polls."
</sarcasm>
Having big engines on our side _WOULD_ help.
Instead of linking to sites that have DeCSS info, why dont we just link to the Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, AltaVista, etc results for relevent search items? If they go after anybody for this, they couldn't without getting the search engines, too, right?
Another not-so-great idea, brought to you by... me.
A lot, as we've come to learn (think MS), comes down to who gets there first. Still, I don't think that your evaluation is entirely accurate.
The "Heat Sink" is a large contributor to size and bulkiness. Think: slimmer laptop machines.
With well designed products (including heat sinks), maybe the cases can be made without vents. Think: are water-proof computers a possibility?
And, just because there are improvements in battery technology doesn't mean that there can't be advances in CPU's. They are not mutually exclusive. It just means instead of computing as we know it getting better, it's getting A LOT better!
Does this mean that we can hook one of these up to a Transmeta CPU running Linux and it can stay going for a year without an outlet?
"The Simpsons" is the only show that I still watch faithfully. Overall, (considering how long the series has run) it has the best satire and timely humor ever produced in America (not to mention often-times sophisticated as well). Now, maybe we're missing something that you are priveleged to have, but until it gets here, I know that The Simpsons is the best show we've ever had.
;) I'm one for two.
And, hey: I didn't know that getting on Slashdot was this easy!