Captain Barbossa from the Pirates of the Caribbean made me realize that piratey language and some "urban" dialects have something in common, in that neither of them conjugates the verb "to be". So instead of I am/you are/he is//we are/you are/they are, it's all I be/you be/he be//we be/you be/they be.
Just a little observation to help you with this idiotic day.
Twilight Princess makes sure you know how to use the game's mechanics before you can progress. Wind Waker was like that too. I never had an N64 so I can't speak to those. Pretty much every piece of equipment you find in the "dungeons" requires you to use it in order to go the next room. The dead knight/golden wolf requires that you successfully execute the moves he teaches you once before you can leave, and once again before you can learn a new move. I think it's a great design feature, so 30 minutes down the road you're not left wondering "now how do I use this Clawshot thingy I found?"
At the architectural firm I used to work for, I had shown Google Earth to the principals and told them to keep it in mind for future proposals. A couple months later I was asked to composite some renderings into Google Earth for a proposal for a new facility at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It was cool...I was able to drop the site plans directly onto the existing site. The renderings also had arrows indicating traffic flow, so I made the site plans into.PNGs and Google Earth recognized the transparency channel so the arrows were floating over the existing roads instead of over a white backgroud. I'm probably not describing this well, but the end result looked great and we won the project.
They may not be games for 6 year olds, but I don't remember anything in Jak II that a 3rd or 4th grader couldn't handle. Nothing that I hadn't seen in... Bionic Commando
Yeah, but did Jak have Hitler's head exploding at the end of the game?
Will they be rebooting the Valiant comic universe yet again? This time Magnus Robot Fighter is set in umm..2006! And he's a girl! Sure! And she magically transforms when she plays B.O.T.S! Why not!
Which would you rather see? A young amateur who goes all out and wins a gold after years of practice or a paid professional taking a week off from their competitive sport so they can try to pump up their professional career and get more shoe endorsements?
Neither. I want to see The Office on Thursday nights. And it's Latvia, not Lativia.
My A/E firm, which was an AutoCAD shop, merged with a larger firm, which was a Microstation shop. My firm had to make the switch. We had training in phases and all existing projects continued to be in AutoCAD, but all new projects were started in MicroStation. It was a pretty painless transition.
I'm tired of this "you can believe anything you want" philosophy. Those beliefs affect other people! And passively condoning irrational fantastical beliefs is irresponsible and harmful to society at large.
Wait, are you people seriously arguing that there was an Adam and Eve? I'm not sure how to reply to your posts until I gauge how ignorant you actually are.
I respect the fact that you have chosen to believe in the bible as a literal work.
Respect? Really? That's the word you meant to use? Ah!, perhaps it has a different definition in your part of the world. Okay. I too respect his choice. I respect his complete lack of critical thinking. I respect his slavish adherance to the fairy tales of his childhood.
I think Orwell himself would be jaw-droppingly astounded at the kind of Double-Think that must go on in the minds of Bible literalist. The kind of self-censoring that must occur in order to keep the truth of those stories intact. Fuck! the sheer amount of information one would have to ignore or cast out! And all for nothing.
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Captain Barbossa from the Pirates of the Caribbean made me realize that piratey language and some "urban" dialects have something in common, in that neither of them conjugates the verb "to be". So instead of I am/you are/he is//we are/you are/they are, it's all I be/you be/he be//we be/you be/they be.
Just a little observation to help you with this idiotic day.
Yeah, but think of the points you could rack up in Scrabble.
Twilight Princess makes sure you know how to use the game's mechanics before you can progress. Wind Waker was like that too. I never had an N64 so I can't speak to those. Pretty much every piece of equipment you find in the "dungeons" requires you to use it in order to go the next room. The dead knight/golden wolf requires that you successfully execute the moves he teaches you once before you can leave, and once again before you can learn a new move. I think it's a great design feature, so 30 minutes down the road you're not left wondering "now how do I use this Clawshot thingy I found?"
Insomniac's a game developer. Their publisher is Sony, which is on the list.
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You're thinking of MDK2.
At the architectural firm I used to work for, I had shown Google Earth to the principals and told them to keep it in mind for future proposals. A couple months later I was asked to composite some renderings into Google Earth for a proposal for a new facility at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It was cool...I was able to drop the site plans directly onto the existing site. The renderings also had arrows indicating traffic flow, so I made the site plans into .PNGs and Google Earth recognized the transparency channel so the arrows were floating over the existing roads instead of over a white backgroud. I'm probably not describing this well, but the end result looked great and we won the project.
Yeah, but did Jak have Hitler's head exploding at the end of the game?
Best NES game evar.
Will they be rebooting the Valiant comic universe yet again? This time Magnus Robot Fighter is set in umm..2006! And he's a girl! Sure! And she magically transforms when she plays B.O.T.S! Why not!
Which would you rather see? A young amateur who goes all out and wins a gold after years of practice or a paid professional taking a week off from their competitive sport so they can try to pump up their professional career and get more shoe endorsements?
Neither. I want to see The Office on Thursday nights. And it's Latvia, not Lativia.
My A/E firm, which was an AutoCAD shop, merged with a larger firm, which was a Microstation shop. My firm had to make the switch. We had training in phases and all existing projects continued to be in AutoCAD, but all new projects were started in MicroStation. It was a pretty painless transition.
You're right. Animal Crossing sucked.
Uh, why are you guys being such dicks about which MP3 player you decided to buy? Are you that afraid of regretting a purchasing decision?
Hopefully you are the only one here who's unnerved by two types of organizations having positions with the same title.
Can't we just look for the region of the world that has a large concentration of talking snakes?
"... a QWERTY keyboard, which is a keyboard designed to slow typists to prevent typewriters from jamming."
Just FYI, that's an urban legend.
Did you just copy and paste that directly from a forwarded email? Snopes.com has the same words, almost verbatim. And of course it's bullshit.
If I were Symantec, I'd feel pretty stupid for being part of Microsoft's defense in their anti-trust trial.
It's the old man who does the commercials. He smiles with his mouth, but not his eyes.
And who are you to decide that condoning certain beliefs is "harmful to society at large"
I'm an intelligent, rational person who thinks it's pretty fucking obvious when someone's beliefs are harmful.
Um, I thought I did.
I'm tired of this "you can believe anything you want" philosophy. Those beliefs affect other people! And passively condoning irrational fantastical beliefs is irresponsible and harmful to society at large.
Wait, are you people seriously arguing that there was an Adam and Eve? I'm not sure how to reply to your posts until I gauge how ignorant you actually are.
Also, you can Google "Jews Egypt Exodus archeology", without the quotes.
I'm sure your creator appreciates the excuses you make for him.
I respect the fact that you have chosen to believe in the bible as a literal work.
Respect? Really? That's the word you meant to use? Ah!, perhaps it has a different definition in your part of the world. Okay. I too respect his choice. I respect his complete lack of critical thinking. I respect his slavish adherance to the fairy tales of his childhood.
I think Orwell himself would be jaw-droppingly astounded at the kind of Double-Think that must go on in the minds of Bible literalist. The kind of self-censoring that must occur in order to keep the truth of those stories intact. Fuck! the sheer amount of information one would have to ignore or cast out! And all for nothing.