A little trolling, and two columns done and in the bank. Must be a nice life.
As opposed to the every other opinion columnist in the world, who never resort to using cheap tactics or tired topics as filler. Don't hate just because he's smart enough to get paid for it.
Oh, and nevermind the fact that he's right. Zealots are one of the biggest problems the Linux community has right now.
Yeah, and the current XBox is big and bulky, and it's controllers suck, and OMG you have to pay for online play, and all they've done is move close to 10 million units. I just said this in another post, but apparently it needs repeating, as you haters just aren't getting it. Microsoft entered the console gaming market and They Succeed It. Accept it.
How can you seriously make this argument anymore? I might have entertained it before the first XBox was released (though it was bunk then too), but my God, XBox has only sold, what, 10 million units?
Microsoft entered the gaming console market and they kicked butt at it. You're just going to have to accept this fact.
Yeah, considering it was a first-gen PS1 title, I never thought it really looked that bad. I mean holy crap, as if this is the only early PS1 game with choppy graphics?
My best friend and old roommate were still living together when both of these games came out. I can still remember the conversations:
Me: Dude, we need to get this game Star Wars: Rebellion.
Friend: Why?
Me: It's basically Star Wars: Master of Orion. Supposed to be pretty good.
Friend: Yeah? OK, cool.
Later...
Me: Dude, we need to get this game Star Wars: Force Commander.
Friend: Why?
Me: It's basically Star Wars: StarCraft. Supposed to be pretty good.
Friend: That's what you said about Rebellion, and it sucked balls.
Me: Yeah, but this is like StarCraft! It'll be awesome!
Friend: OK, cool!
Wow, thanks for that. I hear they found your sense of humor dead in a ditch off of I-95, you might want to head down to police headquarters and identify the remains.
Sony Boss: OK, so we need a new Everquest model. Who can we get?
Sony Lacky: No one for under $500k.
Boss: What? Why the hell so much?
Lacky: The words out on this gig. Models know they basically spend 200 days a year standing for 16 hours in two-bit comic book shops and trade show barns, being pawed at by guys who's main interaction with females are through McDonalds drive through windows.
Boss: No one will do it for less?
Lacky: Not any professional models, but there may be a solution. Run a contest, a look-a-like thing or something like that, and basically get some college student in here, flash a few thousand in her face, sign her up with one of those "special" contracts Legal keeps in that steel vault in the basement, and we're set for the next 5 years.
Boss: You really think this will work?
Lacky: It worked for Hollywood didn't it?
Yeah it always amazes me when people bitch about Blizzard support. This is the company that almost totally retooled Diablo LOD with a patch 2 years after the games initial release. Starcraft patches have gone on even longer. I've said it before, but I challenge anyone to find me a major game company that supports their titles better than Blizzard.
And you hit the nail on the head: the game just had it's 6 month birthday. Let's give them a little time people, Blizzard has never disappointed up so far, they are not likely to again.
...or he's engaged in a balls-to-the-wall lightsaber duel in the Senate with Yoda, his "Little, green friend" (his words, not mine - which I kinda dug, because, interestingly, I think it's the first time anyone's acknowledged that Yoda is green in any of the "Star Wars" flicks)...
Love his work or hate it, the man is unquestionably a true geek.
Without Star Trek for a while we were in need of a 800 lb gorilla fucking up sci-fi, nice to see Lucas stepping up to the plate.
In all seriousness though, what I've seen of the Clone Wars shorts looks awesome, though I'm sure that's more due to Genndy (and lack of serious plot perhaps), and a series not dealing with the movies has promise...but seriously. Is there any way that this doesn't get fucked up beyond belief?
Hmm, let's see, which do you think is the most likely explanation:
1. One of the many volunteer editors/moderators on GameFAQ's made a poor judgement call with regards to one review.
2. CNET, in conjunction with Sony, started a vast conspiracy several years ago by purchasing GameFAQ's. Depsite the fact that the PSP was barely in the design stage of production, Sony knew that it must silence one particular persons negative opinion against this mystery product, and so set the wheels in motion. Ignoring all other negative opions of the PSP on GameFAQ's and thousands of other sites, Sony set it's sights directly on this one review, secure in the knowledge that CNET's purchase of GameFAQ's would allow them to slowly yet surely influence the before-then infallible editorial process of what is essentially a hobby site grown to gigantic proportions.
Honestly the best thing you can probably do in a situation like this is to make sure the suits know the score going in. Explain to them that a security audit is just like a financial audit: the auditors aren't leaving until they find something wrong. They have to have something for their report.
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Bob: Hey Fred, how are you?
Fred: Terrible Bob; I hate my wife, but I don't know how to break it off with her.
Bob: Well, I had an uncle once who used to get rid of girlfriends he was tired of by acting insane.
Fred: Really? And that worked?
Bob: Oh, sure. He'd start pretending like he was hearing voices, or thought he was Prince Albert, stuff like that. Eventually the gals just got fed up and left him.
Fred: I don't know...How could this work on my wife? We've been married 10 years!
Bob: Well, just go for something really crazy. Pretend that you think she's a hat or something like that.
Fred: Say, great idea! I'll start tonight!
Bob: Just remember, gotta stick with it, no matter what!
...but getting older programs working in XP was bad enough. Something like this is probably going to break 3/4 of the old Windows software out there, a nightmare for those of us in the corporate worlds. Cause, you know, Sue in Financials has 10 years worth of expense reports locked up in PeachTree Accounting 4.4 for Windows 95 and doesn't see why she should use anything else, and Doug in Facilities has a master key database in dBase 2.5 for DOS that nothing on the fucking planet can read any more.
Color accuracy is actually extremely important for gaming too. Think about how much time you spend making sure your GPU isn't faking its anisotropic texture filtering.
Easy there Geordi. Maybe I'm just not a "hard core" gamer anymore, but it sounds to me like someone needs to step outside for a reality check.
True story, one summer a bunch of us were playing basketball on a particularly hot day, and we had a good bunch of people show up for the game so ended up playing for quite a while. When we were done we were all pretty much beat, so headed up to the local Kwik-e-Mart to grab drinks.
So they had Sunny Delight on sale that day, and instead of getting a Gatorade or water like normal I bought a couple bottles, figuring "what the heck I'll try it". I slammed the first bottle in almost one gulp, then chugged like half of the next bottle before I realized it felt like I was drinking orange flavored cough syrup. I couldn't even finish the last of the second bottle, and felt like I was going to puke for about 10 minutes after.
Every time I see a Sunny Delight commercial showing kids chugging these horrid things after playing soccer or whatever, I just have to laugh.
Slashdot Mirror
They could grip it by the husk!
Wait, what was the question again?
The part where you have to mention Linux in the title to get your article posted to the front page.
HEY, LISTEN!
*shudder*
A little trolling, and two columns done and in the bank. Must be a nice life.
As opposed to the every other opinion columnist in the world, who never resort to using cheap tactics or tired topics as filler. Don't hate just because he's smart enough to get paid for it.
Oh, and nevermind the fact that he's right. Zealots are one of the biggest problems the Linux community has right now.
Hey, this looks like a fun game, I'll try playing it!
Hey this is pretty cool, you can make him turn into different things with different beans!
Hey this is still cool, I'm making it pretty far!
Hey look, these controls suck, my guy died because I was a nanometer off to the left!
Hey look, flying enemies that are impossible to dodge! I think I'll keep trying to get past this 500 times and fail each time!
And people say that the Linux community isn't ready for the business world. Way to show the maturity and restraint to prove the nay-sayers wrong.
Yeah, and the current XBox is big and bulky, and it's controllers suck, and OMG you have to pay for online play, and all they've done is move close to 10 million units. I just said this in another post, but apparently it needs repeating, as you haters just aren't getting it. Microsoft entered the console gaming market and They Succeed It. Accept it.
How can you seriously make this argument anymore? I might have entertained it before the first XBox was released (though it was bunk then too), but my God, XBox has only sold, what, 10 million units?
Microsoft entered the gaming console market and they kicked butt at it. You're just going to have to accept this fact.
Yeah, considering it was a first-gen PS1 title, I never thought it really looked that bad. I mean holy crap, as if this is the only early PS1 game with choppy graphics?
My best friend and old roommate were still living together when both of these games came out. I can still remember the conversations:
Me: Dude, we need to get this game Star Wars: Rebellion.
Friend: Why?
Me: It's basically Star Wars: Master of Orion. Supposed to be pretty good.
Friend: Yeah? OK, cool.
Later...
Me: Dude, we need to get this game Star Wars: Force Commander.
Friend: Why?
Me: It's basically Star Wars: StarCraft. Supposed to be pretty good.
Friend: That's what you said about Rebellion, and it sucked balls.
Me: Yeah, but this is like StarCraft! It'll be awesome!
Friend: OK, cool!
He still won't let me live those down.
Wow, thanks for that. I hear they found your sense of humor dead in a ditch off of I-95, you might want to head down to police headquarters and identify the remains.
Here's how this went down:
Sony Boss: OK, so we need a new Everquest model. Who can we get?
Sony Lacky: No one for under $500k.
Boss: What? Why the hell so much?
Lacky: The words out on this gig. Models know they basically spend 200 days a year standing for 16 hours in two-bit comic book shops and trade show barns, being pawed at by guys who's main interaction with females are through McDonalds drive through windows.
Boss: No one will do it for less?
Lacky: Not any professional models, but there may be a solution. Run a contest, a look-a-like thing or something like that, and basically get some college student in here, flash a few thousand in her face, sign her up with one of those "special" contracts Legal keeps in that steel vault in the basement, and we're set for the next 5 years.
Boss: You really think this will work?
Lacky: It worked for Hollywood didn't it?
Yeah it always amazes me when people bitch about Blizzard support. This is the company that almost totally retooled Diablo LOD with a patch 2 years after the games initial release. Starcraft patches have gone on even longer. I've said it before, but I challenge anyone to find me a major game company that supports their titles better than Blizzard.
And you hit the nail on the head: the game just had it's 6 month birthday. Let's give them a little time people, Blizzard has never disappointed up so far, they are not likely to again.
Versions too, I've downloaded at least 5 or 6 different versions.
Still very impressive however.
...or he's engaged in a balls-to-the-wall lightsaber duel in the Senate with Yoda, his "Little, green friend" (his words, not mine - which I kinda dug, because, interestingly, I think it's the first time anyone's acknowledged that Yoda is green in any of the "Star Wars" flicks)...
Love his work or hate it, the man is unquestionably a true geek.
...of "CmdrTaco", a Slashdot admin who took a rejected bash.org submission and posted it to the front page of his website.
Over-react much?
Without Star Trek for a while we were in need of a 800 lb gorilla fucking up sci-fi, nice to see Lucas stepping up to the plate.
In all seriousness though, what I've seen of the Clone Wars shorts looks awesome, though I'm sure that's more due to Genndy (and lack of serious plot perhaps), and a series not dealing with the movies has promise...but seriously. Is there any way that this doesn't get fucked up beyond belief?
He means that EB issue a refund for a game that's been opened, so he can't burn a copy of Halo 2 and take it back for a full refund. Bastards.
Hmm, let's see, which do you think is the most likely explanation:
1. One of the many volunteer editors/moderators on GameFAQ's made a poor judgement call with regards to one review.
2. CNET, in conjunction with Sony, started a vast conspiracy several years ago by purchasing GameFAQ's. Depsite the fact that the PSP was barely in the design stage of production, Sony knew that it must silence one particular persons negative opinion against this mystery product, and so set the wheels in motion. Ignoring all other negative opions of the PSP on GameFAQ's and thousands of other sites, Sony set it's sights directly on this one review, secure in the knowledge that CNET's purchase of GameFAQ's would allow them to slowly yet surely influence the before-then infallible editorial process of what is essentially a hobby site grown to gigantic proportions.
Honestly the best thing you can probably do in a situation like this is to make sure the suits know the score going in. Explain to them that a security audit is just like a financial audit: the auditors aren't leaving until they find something wrong. They have to have something for their report.
Bob: Hey Fred, how are you?
Fred: Terrible Bob; I hate my wife, but I don't know how to break it off with her.
Bob: Well, I had an uncle once who used to get rid of girlfriends he was tired of by acting insane.
Fred: Really? And that worked?
Bob: Oh, sure. He'd start pretending like he was hearing voices, or thought he was Prince Albert, stuff like that. Eventually the gals just got fed up and left him.
Fred: I don't know...How could this work on my wife? We've been married 10 years!
Bob: Well, just go for something really crazy. Pretend that you think she's a hat or something like that.
Fred: Say, great idea! I'll start tonight!
Bob: Just remember, gotta stick with it, no matter what!
...but getting older programs working in XP was bad enough. Something like this is probably going to break 3/4 of the old Windows software out there, a nightmare for those of us in the corporate worlds. Cause, you know, Sue in Financials has 10 years worth of expense reports locked up in PeachTree Accounting 4.4 for Windows 95 and doesn't see why she should use anything else, and Doug in Facilities has a master key database in dBase 2.5 for DOS that nothing on the fucking planet can read any more.
Ugh, I'm already seeing the problems.
Color accuracy is actually extremely important for gaming too. Think about how much time you spend making sure your GPU isn't faking its anisotropic texture filtering.
Easy there Geordi. Maybe I'm just not a "hard core" gamer anymore, but it sounds to me like someone needs to step outside for a reality check.
True story, one summer a bunch of us were playing basketball on a particularly hot day, and we had a good bunch of people show up for the game so ended up playing for quite a while. When we were done we were all pretty much beat, so headed up to the local Kwik-e-Mart to grab drinks.
So they had Sunny Delight on sale that day, and instead of getting a Gatorade or water like normal I bought a couple bottles, figuring "what the heck I'll try it". I slammed the first bottle in almost one gulp, then chugged like half of the next bottle before I realized it felt like I was drinking orange flavored cough syrup. I couldn't even finish the last of the second bottle, and felt like I was going to puke for about 10 minutes after.
Every time I see a Sunny Delight commercial showing kids chugging these horrid things after playing soccer or whatever, I just have to laugh.