"Is gaming too much skin, not enough good clean fun?"
This is bullshit. Gaming is what it is: a delicate, yet perfect, balance between acceptable and unacceptable, between extreme and normal. Gaming is a natural activity of the human mind. Computer games are a natural extension.
I ask you: what does this question implicate, that we attempt to change the nature of games, of computer games, or of all games? And, taking into account the thought that "games are art..." are we then too blind to realize that pornography, too, is art? For crying out loud! There's tons of games with pornographic material, but similar games without. What the hell happened to Nintendo? HELLO?
The choice to employ pornography in a game is a risky one, forcing any number of consumers from a variety of markets to silently, or loudly, boycott the game, and the trade-off is a greater focus on the 'meat' market: teen-age boys. And since when is 'skin' not 'good clean fun'? Religious people are the only ones who think we shouldn't naturally celebrate the naked human body, and I say fuck that.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Ok Super-Nerd-Geek man.. Can't remember your days before email?
A side note to all/. readers: I stronly believe he's not human, he lives within the fiber, a repeating signal that has grown more powerful. How else could this email/memory coincidence be true? Yes, yes, he's a fiber being. Kill him, before he steals your ebay account. Mwhahahaah.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
You're totally right. A book is only as good as the person or people who write it. But I think it's more an issue of bias towards one style of writing which one has become used to rather than a complete or partial lack of either originality or genius. You read Dune, all of the books, like I have, and you start to get an idea of what the author is thinking about. You start to get used to it, and you become almost expectant of it. So naturally when someone else tries to continue in the same vein of the series, yet with a different style, your first reaction as a fanatic would be to absolutely reject the premise that someone could continue such a masterpiece. So even though the writing _might_ be as good or even sometimes better, you decide you don't like it as much.
Just my $.02
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Surfing for pleasure while working? Tsk tsk. But I too was suddenly hitting ALT-leftarrow hoping to god my screen didn't freeze at that precise moment in time. I was nearly about to hit the power switch on the monitor, but that would've drawn attention from coworkers.
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You've gone too far. Please turn around and return the way you came.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
"And here we see that, yes, surprisingly, this is just a big rock. Over here we have some holes, and here, just behind that small rock, is a big rock. And there's another rock. And another one. Lots of rocks people. Great stuff."
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Ok. This post is so stupid I can't even begin to portray the degree of it in words. But I'll try.
First of all, the search for meaning in this universe, any meaning, is a human phenomena, purely cognitive. It's a severe drawback to being conscious. Any 'meaning' we find we must ultimately accept the fact that beneath it lies 'deeper' fundamental questions. For instance: given six fundamental numbers, completely arbitrary simply because they're numbers thus making everything relative, why, in the whole wide universe, must we suppose that this means anything at all? Where do we get off in claiming there's any meaning at all anywhere to anything? Meaning and Reason are simply not equipped to explain the origin of the universe.
Second, even though these numbers are quasi-constant and are possibly responsible for the configuration of the universe, why do we assume that if they were ANY DIFFERENT the universe would be any different? I mean, sure, the numbers would be different, but the way these numbers affect reality would probably be exactly the same. The universe does not subscribe to human pedantry. And as one very intelligent man put it, 'god does not play dice with the universe.'
Third, let us consider the scientific idea known as Occam's Razor. We all know what this means. But what does it mean when in context of the origin and meaning of the universe? Simply, that there is no meaning, and there is no origin, because the universe always has been and always will be. Eastern philosophy has known this for a long time, and the practical pragmactic western philosophy simply cannot fit this circular thinking into their dysfunctional linear paradigms.
Finally, who cares? We're here. Anyone claiming they know the origin and or meaning to it all is simply trying to grab a piece of the 'awe-pie'. They're never going to be proven right. WHY this universe is here and HOW are inconsequential compared to WHAT we do WITH it WHILE we're around.
There's nothing about this post which is strikingly outrageous other than the flagrant disgregard for the universe's ability to be at once mystical and simultaneously atavistic. Just think about it, you'll see what I mean.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Since when did art become industry? I live in Alaska and I never go to the 'industrial scultping sector' of town, in fact, I've never heard of it.. I wonder where it could be?
Ice sculptors are motivated, artistic, creative citizens who don't get PAID for the art they create unless they win an award. There's no industry involved.
And besides, just because a machine is now doing the scultping does that mean there's no longer any art involved?... get a grip man. Talk about bad humor, you probably live in Florida.
TLF
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Instead of telling them you're a female or male, simply inform them that, because the internet has now reached such awesome proportions, the net has now given life to sentient "fiber-beings" which live within the filaments of the web. This should cause a desired reaction of making them think at which point they will undoubtedly shut up. It works for me. (I'm a fiber being)
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
What? A non-Intel-based-processor laptop gets bad reviews from ZDnet? No way.
It's hardly interesting that/. gave this Xmeta laptop a positive review, but it's even more hardly interesting that ZDnet didn't. ZDnet is the devil.
P.S. You know that magazine PCComputing? *SIGH*. I used to subscribe when I was 12, and back then there were only 65 ads per page. I mean, wow.
Anyway, I think this is a Good Thing (tm) for Xmeta and the rest of us. The more competition that we see in the upcoming years the better..we all know this. As far as posting every little battle won by the Small Guys, well, I'm all for it. These little articles are interesting, they shed light on why/. is better than everyone else. Everyone. In the future, I for one, would like to see more of this.
TLF
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
*tries to think of anyone, in the history of the world, that has gone to the ER for being stoned*
Hmm. Nobody.
Stop including Marijuana in the category of "hard" drugs like Cocaine and Heroin. No medical study in the world has ever claimed that it is as bad as those things. You associating it with them speaks of the degree of your ignorant faschist beliefs. That a human does not have the right to do with themself what they choose is absurd.
Nazis like you should be the ones we're focusing on, then the world would truly be a better place.
You ask 'Do you have and idea how many god damn stoners there would be if you decided to legalize drugs?'
Hmm I dunno, why don't you visit Holland and ask them what effects their drug policy has had on their country. I'm sure they'd love to discuss it with you, over a bowl or two.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Because the Internet is one of the most governmentally resistant entities in history, aside from the Church. So, by analogy, if the Government is a 'vaccine for a virus', then the Internet is Ebola, and the vaccine is as impotent as Al Gore in the playboy Mansion at midnight.
I understand that this/. is about not how the Internet CAN be governed, but about how it can't.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
I play QuakeWorld Clan Arena with the graphics turned intentionally down, and believe me, for an older game, that equals out to some pretty blocky, but fluid, screens.
And while sitting in the room with 23 others computers, most of which are occupied by neo-fps playing llamas who play Half-Life: Counterstrike, which, admittedly is a fun game, they continually ask me what the hell that game is I'm playing that looks like so-much-shit.
I respond: "It's quakeworld clan arena, it's more fun than your game, and YES, I turned the graphics all the way down." (I even used a console command to turn em down farther! {d_mipcap 5, d_mipscale 40})
They look at me in utter shock, as if I had suddenly stood up and snapped their neck like so much celery.
I smile, and think "amateurs".
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
A MUD (multi-user dungeon). The game is all text, yet it's just as fun as any other game that's graphical that I've ever played. Chalk it up to my personal preference if u like, but then log on and ask all of the people who still play it, there's about 65 people on at all times average, why they're not playing EverGay or Ultima GoneLine.
Screw graphics if the gameplay's not there.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
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The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
This is bullshit. Gaming is what it is: a delicate, yet perfect, balance between acceptable and unacceptable, between extreme and normal. Gaming is a natural activity of the human mind. Computer games are a natural extension.
I ask you: what does this question implicate, that we attempt to change the nature of games, of computer games, or of all games? And, taking into account the thought that "games are art..." are we then too blind to realize that pornography, too, is art? For crying out loud! There's tons of games with pornographic material, but similar games without. What the hell happened to Nintendo? HELLO?
The choice to employ pornography in a game is a risky one, forcing any number of consumers from a variety of markets to silently, or loudly, boycott the game, and the trade-off is a greater focus on the 'meat' market: teen-age boys. And since when is 'skin' not 'good clean fun'? Religious people are the only ones who think we shouldn't naturally celebrate the naked human body, and I say fuck that.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
A side note to all
I stronly believe he's not human, he lives within the fiber, a repeating signal that has grown more powerful. How else could this email/memory coincidence be true? Yes, yes, he's a fiber being. Kill him, before he steals your ebay account. Mwhahahaah.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
What barrier? Let's get real here and stop using cliches. Enough crap.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
So www.guiness-has-balls.com would be acceptable by them I take it?
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Here's a recipie for your artificial gravity machine:
1 long tube
1 engine to make tube rotate on axis
Note: Double ingredients to make twice as many servins.
Preheat to 75F and cook until well done.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
"And here we see that, yes, surprisingly, this is just a big rock. Over here we have some holes, and here, just behind that small rock, is a big rock. And there's another rock. And another one. Lots of rocks people. Great stuff."
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
First of all, the search for meaning in this universe, any meaning, is a human phenomena, purely cognitive. It's a severe drawback to being conscious. Any 'meaning' we find we must ultimately accept the fact that beneath it lies 'deeper' fundamental questions. For instance: given six fundamental numbers, completely arbitrary simply because they're numbers thus making everything relative, why, in the whole wide universe, must we suppose that this means anything at all? Where do we get off in claiming there's any meaning at all anywhere to anything? Meaning and Reason are simply not equipped to explain the origin of the universe.
Second, even though these numbers are quasi-constant and are possibly responsible for the configuration of the universe, why do we assume that if they were ANY DIFFERENT the universe would be any different? I mean, sure, the numbers would be different, but the way these numbers affect reality would probably be exactly the same. The universe does not subscribe to human pedantry. And as one very intelligent man put it, 'god does not play dice with the universe.'
Third, let us consider the scientific idea known as Occam's Razor. We all know what this means. But what does it mean when in context of the origin and meaning of the universe? Simply, that there is no meaning, and there is no origin, because the universe always has been and always will be. Eastern philosophy has known this for a long time, and the practical pragmactic western philosophy simply cannot fit this circular thinking into their dysfunctional linear paradigms.
Finally, who cares? We're here. Anyone claiming they know the origin and or meaning to it all is simply trying to grab a piece of the 'awe-pie'. They're never going to be proven right. WHY this universe is here and HOW are inconsequential compared to WHAT we do WITH it WHILE we're around.
There's nothing about this post which is strikingly outrageous other than the flagrant disgregard for the universe's ability to be at once mystical and simultaneously atavistic.
Just think about it, you'll see what I mean.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Ice sculptors are motivated, artistic, creative citizens who don't get PAID for the art they create unless they win an award. There's no industry involved.
And besides, just because a machine is now doing the scultping does that mean there's no longer any art involved?... get a grip man.
Talk about bad humor, you probably live in Florida.
TLF
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
It's hardly interesting that
P.S. You know that magazine PCComputing? *SIGH*. I used to subscribe when I was 12, and back then there were only 65 ads per page. I mean, wow.
Anyway, I think this is a Good Thing (tm) for Xmeta and the rest of us. The more competition that we see in the upcoming years the better..we all know this. As far as posting every little battle won by the Small Guys, well, I'm all for it. These little articles are interesting, they shed light on why
TLF
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Hmm. Nobody.
Stop including Marijuana in the category of "hard" drugs like Cocaine and Heroin. No medical study in the world has ever claimed that it is as bad as those things. You associating it with them speaks of the degree of your ignorant faschist beliefs. That a human does not have the right to do with themself what they choose is absurd.
Nazis like you should be the ones we're focusing on, then the world would truly be a better place.
You ask 'Do you have and idea how many god damn stoners there would be if you decided to legalize drugs?'
Hmm I dunno, why don't you visit Holland and ask them what effects their drug policy has had on their country. I'm sure they'd love to discuss it with you, over a bowl or two.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
Anyone remember Napster?
Of course, because it's still around. And why?
Because the Internet is one of the most governmentally resistant entities in history, aside from the Church. So, by analogy, if the Government is a 'vaccine for a virus', then the Internet is Ebola, and the vaccine is as impotent as Al Gore in the playboy Mansion at midnight.
I understand that this
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
I play QuakeWorld Clan Arena with the graphics turned intentionally down, and believe me, for an older game, that equals out to some pretty blocky, but fluid, screens.
And while sitting in the room with 23 others computers, most of which are occupied by neo-fps playing llamas who play Half-Life: Counterstrike, which, admittedly is a fun game, they continually ask me what the hell that game is I'm playing that looks like so-much-shit.
I respond: "It's quakeworld clan arena, it's more fun than your game, and YES, I turned the graphics all the way down." (I even used a console command to turn em down farther! {d_mipcap 5, d_mipscale 40})
They look at me in utter shock, as if I had suddenly stood up and snapped their neck like so much celery.
I smile, and think "amateurs".
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
A MUD (multi-user dungeon). The game is all text, yet it's just as fun as any other game that's graphical that I've ever played. Chalk it up to my personal preference if u like, but then log on and ask all of the people who still play it, there's about 65 people on at all times average, why they're not playing EverGay or Ultima GoneLine.
Screw graphics if the gameplay's not there.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all, is the person who argues with him.