"For all of the extras with small speaking parts and such that have been on the show in the past 9 seasons, it seems like the entire world must know about it already!"
Yeah, but they signed NDA's not to talk about it so while every human on earth in the series know about it they don't know that everybody else know.
"Given that there are probably hundreds of holidays(at least 10 of which are federally observed by the US gov't) in a year the phrase "holiday season" is too ambiguous to be useful."
But how many of them have as much gift giving and general money spending associated with them?
"My doppleganger is posting on/.! You left out the part about our younger sister and how she's blossomed into a blonde haired version of mom. With a rubber truncheon, though, not a rapier."
Got a gamecube when Wind Waker came out and will get a revolution when it comes out (should be able to if it is cheaper than the others, will wait for a price drop otherwise).
And when I get my hands on a revolution I will give my gamecube to my sister who's got a 5-6 years old boy and a 3-4 year old girl with another kid in the oven and lend them some of my gamecube games (lend as I will still play them once every two or three years) and bring some with me when I visit them (those I keep for myself like Mario Kart or Super Smash Bros)
If most GC owner do something like that (assuming the BC of the Rev to be good) it could create more sales of GC games when the Rev comes out as I feel they won't feel as dated when the generation hits as the N64/PS1 games did when the current gen arrived.
But when you have actors portraying gamers who are acting out in real life the things they do for fake in games why not make a machinima/mod where the main character is an actor who acts out in real life the things that he do for fake in movies/tv shows?
Then we can have CSI making an episode out of it to form an infinite loop.
Hmm, maybe next time some random guy asks you if you're a girl you can say "of course I am, aren't you" and when he denies being one ask HIM for a pic and then claim it is not him and that he is a girl. Maybe they will see the absurdity of their position.
Personaly I don't think it matters and I tend to think of whoever I am talking to as if he/she was a white caucasian male in his twenties because that's what I am. If I get an indication that the person is otherwise (female/black/ asian/young/old...) then I correct my view of their physical appearance but that's about it.
I found Mario 64 DS playable with the thumbpad in a car but even if the touchscreen wasn't usable in a car/train I would still use my DS to play my GBA games as I prefer the screen (I think it's the same but backlit instead of frontlit). I just keep my SP around for GBC and GB games.
"If Blu-Ray's not accepted or one of a million other things happens, the PS3's lifecycle might be cut short."
Yeah, like most people not buying it because it's way too expensive?
I'm gonna wait and see the price first and then wait and see for reliability (cue the first versions of the PS and PS2 and their reliability problems) and then it just might be affordable and with enough good games to be worth buying.
Or I might win the lottery and buy it on release day.
He is just pointing out that if the PS3 is as hard to find when it first comes out as the PS2 was in 2001 Sony will have more difficulty because the XBox360 will be breathing on their neck whereas in 2001 there wasn't much competition (would you consider the Dreamcast as competition to the PS2 in 2001?).
"Oh, and trust me, porn sites will COMPETE for having the.xxx domains. After all they want to catch your attention, don't they? If they don't buy a.xxx domain, the competitors will."
Yes, but the new xxx domain will be in addition to their current domain(s) not as a replacement so you will still have the same old.com sex sites.
After all, Hustler won't abandon their.com domain even if they get a.xxx one, existing users might be confused, new users might find it harder to find (.com is better known than.xxx) and they wouldn't want a cybersquatter to get the domain and blemish their *hahem*good*hahem* name.
So all in all i just makes more money for the registrars.
"So you're saying the do not call list and pop up blockers aren't there because many people don't like being irritated, but because they can't control themselves?"
It's not an either/or situation.
They are here mainly because people don't like to be irritated (on a conscious level) but they are also used because for some people once they have been irritated they cannot always control themselves.
"However in the software world, the employees are not hamstrung by monetary concerns. Any Joe Programmer can pick up a cheap $200 bare bones PC and a copy of Linux and be programming the next great thing. He doesn't need management to do this."
Don't worry, software patents are here to close this loophole. That way all you will need to start your own software company is $200 for your PC and $x millions to license various roadblock patents.
"If anyone has a silly pun about "open-saucing" hot dogs, well, remember that I'm a computer scientist and can generate an enormous static charge from your keyboard to Get You."
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"They changed the name of the Playstation 3 back to that marketing term from the PS2. The "Playstation Emotion Engine", or PEE."
And don't forget their Pee Is Pee console.
So EU=UK now?
It's 1 million DS sold in the UK, not in the EU.
"For all of the extras with small speaking parts and such that have been on the show in the past 9 seasons, it seems like the entire world must know about it already!"
Yeah, but they signed NDA's not to talk about it so while every human on earth in the series know about it they don't know that everybody else know.
"Given that there are probably hundreds of holidays(at least 10 of which are federally observed by the US gov't) in a year the phrase "holiday season" is too ambiguous to be useful."
But how many of them have as much gift giving and general money spending associated with them?
"My doppleganger is posting on /.! You left out the part about our younger sister and how she's blossomed into a blonde haired version of mom. With a rubber truncheon, though, not a rapier."
Hmm, it's not a truncheon either.
"If the Xbox 360 cost £100 I would buy one tomorrow just for that little gem!"
except for the shortage of course
"And that's some very interesting logic - if you are not no1, just give up."
"tell that to Microsoft who will happily throw millions away to just be no1(sic)."
I thought it was to be #2... oops, wrong market. got confused with all the PS2=supercomputer of a few years back.
Got a gamecube when Wind Waker came out and will get a revolution when it comes out (should be able to if it is cheaper than the others, will wait for a price drop otherwise).
And when I get my hands on a revolution I will give my gamecube to my sister who's got a 5-6 years old boy and a 3-4 year old girl with another kid in the oven and lend them some of my gamecube games (lend as I will still play them once every two or three years) and bring some with me when I visit them (those I keep for myself like Mario Kart or Super Smash Bros)
If most GC owner do something like that (assuming the BC of the Rev to be good) it could create more sales of GC games when the Rev comes out as I feel they won't feel as dated when the generation hits as the N64/PS1 games did when the current gen arrived.
Nice catch.
But when you have actors portraying gamers who are acting out in real life the things they do for fake in games why not make a machinima/mod where the main character is an actor who acts out in real life the things that he do for fake in movies/tv shows?
Then we can have CSI making an episode out of it to form an infinite loop.
Hmm, maybe next time some random guy asks you if you're a girl you can say "of course I am, aren't you" and when he denies being one ask HIM for a pic and then claim it is not him and that he is a girl. Maybe they will see the absurdity of their position.
Personaly I don't think it matters and I tend to think of whoever I am talking to as if he/she was a white caucasian male in his twenties because that's what I am. If I get an indication that the person is otherwise (female/black/ asian/young/old...) then I correct my view of their physical appearance but that's about it.
"Dress up? Real women don't wear clothes!"
Are you a Ferengi?
They gey less than 20 Xbox 360, thus making it more likely that they will sell out if they don't manage to sell 20 consoles and 40 games.
So either they sell everything and sell out or they get less so they are almost sure to sell out.
I found Mario 64 DS playable with the thumbpad in a car but even if the touchscreen wasn't usable in a car/train I would still use my DS to play my GBA games as I prefer the screen (I think it's the same but backlit instead of frontlit). I just keep my SP around for GBC and GB games.
Actually nintendo doesn't know what to do for the next controller.
That's why all the hush hush about it. That way they wait until the fans create their mockup and then they steal the best ideas.
"If Blu-Ray's not accepted or one of a million other things happens, the PS3's lifecycle might be cut short."
Yeah, like most people not buying it because it's way too expensive?
I'm gonna wait and see the price first and then wait and see for reliability (cue the first versions of the PS and PS2 and their reliability problems) and then it just might be affordable and with enough good games to be worth buying.
Or I might win the lottery and buy it on release day.
He is just pointing out that if the PS3 is as hard to find when it first comes out as the PS2 was in 2001 Sony will have more difficulty because the XBox360 will be breathing on their neck whereas in 2001 there wasn't much competition (would you consider the Dreamcast as competition to the PS2 in 2001?).
"Oh, and trust me, porn sites will COMPETE for having the
Yes, but the new xxx domain will be in addition to their current domain(s) not as a replacement so you will still have the same old
After all, Hustler won't abandon their
So all in all i just makes more money for the registrars.
"So you're saying the do not call list and pop up blockers aren't there because many people don't like being irritated, but because they can't control themselves?"
It's not an either/or situation.
They are here mainly because people don't like to be irritated (on a conscious level) but they are also used because for some people once they have been irritated they cannot always control themselves.
"However in the software world, the employees are not hamstrung by monetary concerns. Any Joe Programmer can pick up a cheap $200 bare bones PC and a copy of Linux and be programming the next great thing. He doesn't need management to do this."
Don't worry, software patents are here to close this loophole. That way all you will need to start your own software company is $200 for your PC and $x millions to license various roadblock patents.
Calling a game Tabula Rasa (blank slate) and then restarting from scratch in mid-development.
Yeah, but is it an imperial measurement or a metric one you are using?
What's the difference?
An imperial measurement would use American Football fields and a metric one would use Soccer Football fields.
"1/ The US networks insist on giving us shows AT LEAST 8 or 9 weeks behind them."
Except for Stargate that gets broadcast on Sky first for the second part of the season, which is quite nice.
"and what the hell else are you going to do with the domain name game.co.uk"
Well, I guess it could be a site about animals that are hunted or he could sell non-video games.
Game means more than just video games, otherwise you wouldn't need to use the word video to differentiate video games from other games.
"My only concern is that I can't quite sure how you envision designing the pentagram suitably "cute""
Draw the pentagram over Beastie's head (or the goat if you go with it) like it was a halo.
"If anyone has a silly pun about "open-saucing" hot dogs, well, remember that I'm a computer scientist and can generate an enormous static charge from your keyboard to Get You."
That's alright, I am wearing my tinfoil suit.