It is possible to get all your photos from Picasa without 3rd party software. There's an option in Google's Picasa desktop software which will download all your web albums to your local machine (it puts them in "~/Pictures/Downloaded\ Albums" by default). It grabs everything (public, unlisted and private albums) except videos.
The data for this report was taken during week days in July, when most big TV series are on a break (and as a consequence there is a lot less to download).
Whereas (although I couldn't find anything specifying the actual dates) the data for the study two years ago seems to have been taken earlier in the year.
By the same logic, the term "detective fiction" gives the author license to totally ignore standard procedures and techniques used by detectives, the term "military fiction" allows the author to totally ignore military tactics and strategy
Yes.
Do you think all detectives are like Poirot, The Continental Operative or Sherlock Holmes?
Do you think the Tiger Generals depicted in the Three Kingdoms actually used military tactics such as I'll-hold-back-this-entire-army-single-handedly-with-my-super-human-fighting-ability?
Most of the best works of historical/science/detective fiction take plenty of liberties because the details of what did/would actually happen make for dull reading.
The problem with a ranking system is that the game will still be played by the same people.
If the majority are immature and rude then it's them who will have good reputations and the minority of reasonable people and new players who will have bad reputations.
There is no intrinsic quality of the medium that prevents it from being art. There will probably be games developed in the future that will be considered art and there are probably games already out there that qualify.
Whether there will be games that achieve any significant level of artistic quality is a totally different matter.
To use a simplistic argument, let's look at the time and concentration involved. The average game has (conseratively) over ten hours of gameplay, at over 20 frames a second. Compare that to the amount of time it takes a painter to complete one frame or how long a sculptor spends on one model.
Gee, this seems rather obvious.
Do we really need a slash dot story telling us that if you set out to make a movie, game, coloring book, lunch pail, or Barbie dress based on a theme from some outside source you generally make a commitment to have at least a passing resemblance to said source.
Won't Slash Dotters look at this and express their deep disappointment that there is really nothing behind this story, and it doesn't even bear the tiny-est resemblance to an actual Slash Dot story?
Nah! What was I thinking.
That's not what the article is about at all.
The article says that you can't make a game that everyone considers faithful to the original IP because different fans have different interpretations of it. Furthermore, the best you can do is concentrate on making the game as enjoyable as possible in its own right, rather than being overly concerned with making it true to the IP.
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It is possible to get all your photos from Picasa without 3rd party software. There's an option in Google's Picasa desktop software which will download all your web albums to your local machine (it puts them in "~/Pictures/Downloaded\ Albums" by default). It grabs everything (public, unlisted and private albums) except videos.
Do those people call the time "the thirty-seventh of three p.m."? I think not.
We say "twenty-three minutes to four".
so you don't have to DO anything anymore to get arrested? He was arrested for "al-Qaeda ties"?
Nobody likes novelty ties. It is about time some legislation was put in place to deal with them.
The data for this report was taken during week days in July, when most big TV series are on a break (and as a consequence there is a lot less to download).
Whereas (although I couldn't find anything specifying the actual dates) the data for the study two years ago seems to have been taken earlier in the year.
So much for Marvel versus Capcom 3.
I guess that all we have to look forward to now are games like:
Mickey & Pals become bff with Marvel
You still need to be careful. Do what I do and mail each of your laptops to a different state governor before you leave on your trip.
The original paper is here
Lucky for me, I use WEP, so I'm safe.
I'm safe then. I'm too lazy to be good sport for the Predators and too full of cigarettes to be delicious for the Aliens.
By the same logic, the term "detective fiction" gives the author license to totally ignore standard procedures and techniques used by detectives, the term "military fiction" allows the author to totally ignore military tactics and strategy
Yes. Do you think all detectives are like Poirot, The Continental Operative or Sherlock Holmes? Do you think the Tiger Generals depicted in the Three Kingdoms actually used military tactics such as I'll-hold-back-this-entire-army-single-handedly-with-my-super-human-fighting-ability? Most of the best works of historical/science/detective fiction take plenty of liberties because the details of what did/would actually happen make for dull reading.
The torygraph is _not_ equivalent to the Times.
The problem with a ranking system is that the game will still be played by the same people. If the majority are immature and rude then it's them who will have good reputations and the minority of reasonable people and new players who will have bad reputations.
There is no intrinsic quality of the medium that prevents it from being art. There will probably be games developed in the future that will be considered art and there are probably games already out there that qualify. Whether there will be games that achieve any significant level of artistic quality is a totally different matter. To use a simplistic argument, let's look at the time and concentration involved. The average game has (conseratively) over ten hours of gameplay, at over 20 frames a second. Compare that to the amount of time it takes a painter to complete one frame or how long a sculptor spends on one model.
Gee, this seems rather obvious. Do we really need a slash dot story telling us that if you set out to make a movie, game, coloring book, lunch pail, or Barbie dress based on a theme from some outside source you generally make a commitment to have at least a passing resemblance to said source. Won't Slash Dotters look at this and express their deep disappointment that there is really nothing behind this story, and it doesn't even bear the tiny-est resemblance to an actual Slash Dot story? Nah! What was I thinking.
That's not what the article is about at all. The article says that you can't make a game that everyone considers faithful to the original IP because different fans have different interpretations of it. Furthermore, the best you can do is concentrate on making the game as enjoyable as possible in its own right, rather than being overly concerned with making it true to the IP.