Well, all the articles I've edited have to do with geographic areas around me, music bands, and some financial topics, areas of my "expertise" -- I'm not going to edit an article about marsupials or 20th century France because I don't know anything about it. So, in a way, the less controversial topics won't have this problem. A proper Wiki entry would probably talk about the pros and cons for the IRA, for example.
Meet the Feebles is a bit overrated, although Bad Taste is cheeky enough to be funny. I actually enjoy his LoTR flicks but if someone starts making fun of Frodo and Samwise I can't help but laugh.
Mortal Kombat for the SNES was in the $70 price range when it came out. That's $90 in today's dollars.
Marble Madness for the NES was around $45 when it came out in 1988. That's $70 in today's dollars.
Today's new games for $20, $40, and $50 are, respectively, in 1986 dollars, $12, $24, and $31.
Consoles which retailed for $199 in the mid-80's would be about $335 in today's dollars. Consoles are staying about the same price, games are getting cheaper.
Yes but HD people know is good too. HD = digital. THey should call the new ones HD Digital DVDs.
And yes, players that will do both will come out.
I put the winners on: - the adult film market - who Disney chooses - which brand will have a Chinese knockoff for $99 in Wal-Mart first - how good the PS3 will be
Well I use XP and 2000 at home and XP at work. I always switch XP to look like 2000 as much as I can. No taskbar grouping, no system tray grouping, the "Classic" theme, the works. I generally use everything as fake CLI (WindowKey + M, then the command, with shortcuts in \WINDOWS\ or \WINNT\ like "fax" which opens up a new fax cover sheet in Word). I don't really use multiple users, so honestly that's about it.
There are some minor things I like about XP but for the most part, I can't really tell what OS is running.
Kraft is owned by Phillip Morris. In 2000 (as I was touring their plant in Va.) they were in the midst of copyrighting their purple color.
I will lay the Milka/finest argument to rest. Personally, for "supermarket" chocolate I prefer Ritter Sport. But Milka may be the Hershey's of Germany, but I will take Milka over Hershey's any day.
Honestly, the same case could be made for 98 to 98 SE, 9x to ME, and 2000 to XP Pro.
95 finally brought a modern gee-whiz interface to Windows, 2000 brought stability* to Windows. Hopefully Longhorn will be a good upgrade, I still don't see the benefits of XP over 2000 as a lowly end-user. That and my 2000 box is still runnning (mind you over a non-clean install) and my XP box is barely alive a year later, XP2 and all.
* As defined in the Microsoft Internet Dictionary: stability. n.. Not TOO unstable.
This was already deduced in the original story by this post. To wit:
I hate to sound like an AOL sympathizer, but the TOS specifically refers to "posts." Besides IM, AIM also provides message board services (or so I'm told by people who don't use Trillian, Gaim, or Psi).
Does "posts" refer to regular IM usage? AOL implies not, referring to "message board posts, chat participation, and homepages."
My reading of this is that AOL retains usage rights to everything you post on their static forums... forums which basically anyone can access. While I would feel better if this were not the case, that is a good bit better than AOL reading the I.M.'s you send to your co-workers.
It sounds like CYA to me. As if AOL were giving themselves the right to decide to add access to the chat forums online or through AOL's proprietary service. It's the kind of CYA that inspired them to prohibit people from using AIM "while driving, operating hazardous equipment, or engaging in other forms of hazardous activities."
On the other hand, go ahead and tell everyone on AIM about the TOS, without explaining that it's only posts. Then try to switch everyone over to Jabber. Please. The whole I.M. universe right now is about as convienient as sending E-mails from CompuServe to AOL in 1992.
I've lived "on my own" for the past 4 years and although I know how to cook certain meals and I like to experiment in the kitchen, it's something I associate as a "hobby" - I go down to the fresh market, buy salmon, buy leafy greens I've never heard of, etc. with results that are sometimes visually disastrous (3 ft. tall flames englufing a Jack Daniel's-soaked salmon fillet) yet still delicious. Most of the time, it is a pain in the ass to get home from work late in the day (say, 8pm) and then spend an hour doing more "work", cooking as opposed to just eating.
I've found, for the budget conscious, that $20 in Chinese food will usually get me and a companion through most of the week. I've also cultivated a mental list of which days food is cheap where. Mind you, I live in a borderline suburban/rural location in a state famous for its love of chain restaurants, so my choices are pretty limiting. However, the local Irish restaurant/pub has half-price appetizer Mondays (half-rack of ribs... $4.45!) and half-price burgers on Tuesdays (bison + bacon cheeseburger, caesar salad, asparagus... $4.95!). Wednesdays the local brewery has half-price gourmet pizzas (portobella, shiitake, oyster and crimini mushrooms, grilled red onion, fresh herbs, fontina and mozzarella... $4.75!) which are large enough to split.
Even going to "finer" restaurants can be quite cheap. I've found that most portions that now go as appetizers are enough for me to split with someone else and we're both satisfied. Mind you this is somewhere where you're paying $15 for an appetizer (they usually call them something preposterously self-important, like "beginnings").
That said, home cooking is still best, not only because of the price but because you know, at least moreso than if you're at a restaurant, what exactly you are eating.
And the on-topic comment? I highly recommend stock.xchng which carries my personal distinction of being the only Hungarian site I ever visit.
All we need is John Romero to show up and talk about Emily being sent to hell after she commits suicide and the entire game is her killing demons in an attempt to escape, in the dark! I can see the adversiting now. "Emily Dickenson is going to make you her...."
What the hell does that mean? I know a postage stamp, but I would rather know REAL standards. What is the LoC/FF for that item? We need to use real scientific standards people. In data storage we talk about bits and bytes, when you talk data density, you can only use LoC/FF. Anything else is ludicrous! It's like talking about car speeds at Furlongs per Week.
Geez. I wish journalistic integrity was a bit higher. It just irks me to-
What? What's LoC/FF?
Libraries of Congress per Football Field of course. You know, the standard.
That he does. But it's similar to someone writing about their kid's soccer* game and their ideas about how to coach soccer and then having a link to a montage of goals by Pelé and Maradona done over whatever Kylie Minogue song is in vogue now.
Yes, to some extent it is related, but not really.
Indeed. We don't need more taxes, we need a government with less wasting.
One of those is easy to implement and guarantees a higher salary and job security for government employees. The other is succesful only if done correctly (and arguments can be made either way*) and means, in essence, firing yourself in the long run.
At that time, 1 million gil cost around $160 dollars. Today, you could buy 1 million gil for £36. The irony here is that the people who bought gil back in October essentially wasted their money and, if the trend continues, the same goes for people who buy it today.
That, to me, doesn't make any sense. That's like saying today you are wasting your time spending $40,000 on a brand new BMW when you could've gotten one for $10,000 many years ago.
Also, what you've described is actually currency deflation, as now each real US dollar buys MORE gil. If you mean items in-game are now more expensive, then yes, that is inflation (compared to gil). However, you didn't really mention that.
The whole argument boils down to this:
1. "I don't have the money to just buy a mansion with five Wherecats and +6 Pantaloons of Obedience." 2. "I don't have the time to be unemployed and play the game for eight hours each day."
The only way to combat this is to make the game fun at every level. Have being a Level 1 character be just as fun as being a Level 40 character. There will still be some people who, no matter what, still want to be a high level character to show off how cool they are but this works about as well as the idiot driving around in a yellow Hummer who thinks he's the cat's imported Chinese silk Neiman Marcus pajamas.
But, ultimately, in your example, the people who spent $160 for 1M gil in October presumably could buy more with that 1M gil than the people who spent $68* for 1M gil today.
* Honestly, why switch around currencies to make your point? It just muddles up the post.
"The Federal Trade Commission has shut down 3DRealms alleging the company participated in fraudulent practices with its Duke Nukem Forever game, which purportedly rehashed the bawdy actionated adventures of Duke Nukem, even though no game was done and in most cases, the user looked at shoddily put together "screenshots" which seemed to promise an actual game. The site then offered the user a 3D game product, which the commission reports 'doesn't exist.'"
...
"The Federal Trade Commission has shut down Microsoft, alleging the company participated in fraudulent practices with its Windows and Office software, which purportedly gave the illusion of an operating system and/or increased productivity at work, even though no improvement was done and in most cases, the user machine would stop working correctly after a day. The company's site then offered the user a $30 product to enhance security, which the commission reports 'didn't do a thing.' At this time, the only customer that had accepted such a product was the U.S. Air Force, which spent over $30,000,000 allegedly 'securing' its systems."
Is it really news? They've had commercials running on TV for this for weeks, if not months. If they had commercials back then, that decision and announcement would've been done before. Why is this news now?
I know that there are a lot of fans of the franchises out there, but it seems that Mario, Wario, Pokemon, Zelda, et al are really the only thing Nintendo cares about, and this combined with their lackluster attitude towards third-parties increasingly makes their systems a less and less attractive investment.
And Microsoft has... Halo. And what does Sony have? Rockstar? SquareEnix?
Time after time after time I keep looking at the racks of games and not seeing something that isn't somewhat similar to something available outside of a PS2 or Xbox. RE4 is about as close as it gets. I don't want to play "kiddie" games like Animal Crossing although I full well understand that they are Good Games, it just doesn't draw me in.
To be fair, for me personally, this is almost the same with ALL systems. Ninja Gaiden and Prince of Persia bored me to tears by the first hour. So, more than anything, I'm some sort of weird outlier. The only bright spot last year was Katamari Damacy. Even Halo 2 was just Halo that I could play online.
Slashdot Mirror
Made it in less than 18 months?
Halo 2 was in the making for at least two years, no?
Well, all the articles I've edited have to do with geographic areas around me, music bands, and some financial topics, areas of my "expertise" -- I'm not going to edit an article about marsupials or 20th century France because I don't know anything about it. So, in a way, the less controversial topics won't have this problem. A proper Wiki entry would probably talk about the pros and cons for the IRA, for example.
Meet the Feebles is a bit overrated, although Bad Taste is cheeky enough to be funny. I actually enjoy his LoTR flicks but if someone starts making fun of Frodo and Samwise I can't help but laugh.
Great. Long teary-eyed close up shots between Luke's effeminate grandson and his trusty butch friend.
Mortal Kombat for the SNES was in the $70 price range when it came out. That's $90 in today's dollars.
Marble Madness for the NES was around $45 when it came out in 1988. That's $70 in today's dollars.
Today's new games for $20, $40, and $50 are, respectively, in 1986 dollars, $12, $24, and $31.
Consoles which retailed for $199 in the mid-80's would be about $335 in today's dollars. Consoles are staying about the same price, games are getting cheaper.
That's funny because a lot of people think Brian Molko from Placebo can't sing either (I disagree).
Yes but HD people know is good too. HD = digital. THey should call the new ones HD Digital DVDs.
And yes, players that will do both will come out.
I put the winners on:
- the adult film market
- who Disney chooses
- which brand will have a Chinese knockoff for $99 in Wal-Mart first
- how good the PS3 will be
That, or this will be as big a hit as SACD.
Well I use XP and 2000 at home and XP at work. I always switch XP to look like 2000 as much as I can. No taskbar grouping, no system tray grouping, the "Classic" theme, the works. I generally use everything as fake CLI (WindowKey + M, then the command, with shortcuts in \WINDOWS\ or \WINNT\ like "fax" which opens up a new fax cover sheet in Word). I don't really use multiple users, so honestly that's about it.
There are some minor things I like about XP but for the most part, I can't really tell what OS is running.
Kraft is owned by Phillip Morris. In 2000 (as I was touring their plant in Va.) they were in the midst of copyrighting their purple color.
I will lay the Milka/finest argument to rest. Personally, for "supermarket" chocolate I prefer Ritter Sport. But Milka may be the Hershey's of Germany, but I will take Milka over Hershey's any day.
They could be altered, too... Quick! Everyone follow the instructions in my new Amazon guide, "How to Confuse Sales Databases"... It worked for me!
Honestly, the same case could be made for 98 to 98 SE, 9x to ME, and 2000 to XP Pro.
95 finally brought a modern gee-whiz interface to Windows, 2000 brought stability* to Windows. Hopefully Longhorn will be a good upgrade, I still don't see the benefits of XP over 2000 as a lowly end-user. That and my 2000 box is still runnning (mind you over a non-clean install) and my XP box is barely alive a year later, XP2 and all.
* As defined in the Microsoft Internet Dictionary: stability. n.. Not TOO unstable.
Well, it also has some connotations. Sort of like the dunce in the corner, or "our little corner of the world" -- seclusion, individuality.
So basically, it's IE saying "Well we have this area covered, we don't care what you guys do" etc. etc.
To be fair, Slashdot at least says, on every page, " All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest © 1997-2005 OSTG."
So, to tie it with a meme:
1. Register Anonymous Coward as your legal name
2. Find all AC posts.
3. ???
4. Profit!
At least it's good to see the "Blogosphere" really pays attention. They don't. Which, really, makes them just like journalists.
*ducks*
I'll get to the on-topic post in a little bit.
I've lived "on my own" for the past 4 years and although I know how to cook certain meals and I like to experiment in the kitchen, it's something I associate as a "hobby" - I go down to the fresh market, buy salmon, buy leafy greens I've never heard of, etc. with results that are sometimes visually disastrous (3 ft. tall flames englufing a Jack Daniel's-soaked salmon fillet) yet still delicious. Most of the time, it is a pain in the ass to get home from work late in the day (say, 8pm) and then spend an hour doing more "work", cooking as opposed to just eating.
I've found, for the budget conscious, that $20 in Chinese food will usually get me and a companion through most of the week. I've also cultivated a mental list of which days food is cheap where. Mind you, I live in a borderline suburban/rural location in a state famous for its love of chain restaurants, so my choices are pretty limiting. However, the local Irish restaurant/pub has half-price appetizer Mondays (half-rack of ribs... $4.45!) and half-price burgers on Tuesdays (bison + bacon cheeseburger, caesar salad, asparagus... $4.95!). Wednesdays the local brewery has half-price gourmet pizzas (portobella, shiitake, oyster and crimini mushrooms, grilled red onion, fresh herbs, fontina and mozzarella... $4.75!) which are large enough to split.
Even going to "finer" restaurants can be quite cheap. I've found that most portions that now go as appetizers are enough for me to split with someone else and we're both satisfied. Mind you this is somewhere where you're paying $15 for an appetizer (they usually call them something preposterously self-important, like "beginnings").
That said, home cooking is still best, not only because of the price but because you know, at least moreso than if you're at a restaurant, what exactly you are eating.
And the on-topic comment? I highly recommend stock.xchng which carries my personal distinction of being the only Hungarian site I ever visit.
That's American McGee you're talking about.
What the hell does that mean? I know a postage stamp, but I would rather know REAL standards. What is the LoC/FF for that item? We need to use real scientific standards people. In data storage we talk about bits and bytes, when you talk data density, you can only use LoC/FF. Anything else is ludicrous! It's like talking about car speeds at Furlongs per Week.
Geez. I wish journalistic integrity was a bit higher. It just irks me to-
What? What's LoC/FF?
Libraries of Congress per Football Field of course. You know, the standard.
That he does. But it's similar to someone writing about their kid's soccer* game and their ideas about how to coach soccer and then having a link to a montage of goals by Pelé and Maradona done over whatever Kylie Minogue song is in vogue now.
Yes, to some extent it is related, but not really.
* Soccer. n. football
One of those is easy to implement and guarantees a higher salary and job security for government employees. The other is succesful only if done correctly (and arguments can be made either way*) and means, in essence, firing yourself in the long run.
Guess why one is much more popular.
* See Bush's tax cuts.
This guy must just be mad at his ISP or whoever does his hosting.
The ~7MB video file at the end of the page doesn't even have anything to do with IR video. It's like he wants us to take the server down.
So do him a favor and just download it 8 times.
That, to me, doesn't make any sense. That's like saying today you are wasting your time spending $40,000 on a brand new BMW when you could've gotten one for $10,000 many years ago.
Also, what you've described is actually currency deflation, as now each real US dollar buys MORE gil. If you mean items in-game are now more expensive, then yes, that is inflation (compared to gil). However, you didn't really mention that.
The whole argument boils down to this:
1. "I don't have the money to just buy a mansion with five Wherecats and +6 Pantaloons of Obedience."
2. "I don't have the time to be unemployed and play the game for eight hours each day."
The only way to combat this is to make the game fun at every level. Have being a Level 1 character be just as fun as being a Level 40 character. There will still be some people who, no matter what, still want to be a high level character to show off how cool they are but this works about as well as the idiot driving around in a yellow Hummer who thinks he's the cat's imported Chinese silk Neiman Marcus pajamas.
But, ultimately, in your example, the people who spent $160 for 1M gil in October presumably could buy more with that 1M gil than the people who spent $68* for 1M gil today.
* Honestly, why switch around currencies to make your point? It just muddles up the post.
And so on... Any others?
Is it really news? They've had commercials running on TV for this for weeks, if not months. If they had commercials back then, that decision and announcement would've been done before. Why is this news now?
Not that it's not a cool idea...
It looks like you want to: Land the Plane
1. Don't land the plane
2. Open an audio file.
3. Shoot the base,
"Oh crap."
And Microsoft has... Halo. And what does Sony have? Rockstar? SquareEnix?
Time after time after time I keep looking at the racks of games and not seeing something that isn't somewhat similar to something available outside of a PS2 or Xbox. RE4 is about as close as it gets. I don't want to play "kiddie" games like Animal Crossing although I full well understand that they are Good Games, it just doesn't draw me in.
To be fair, for me personally, this is almost the same with ALL systems. Ninja Gaiden and Prince of Persia bored me to tears by the first hour. So, more than anything, I'm some sort of weird outlier. The only bright spot last year was Katamari Damacy. Even Halo 2 was just Halo that I could play online.
In that vein, how well did Driv3r do?