The third iteration (UT 2004) jumped the shark, adding vehicles to the gameplay with huge outdoor levels. I guess they were feeling Halo-envy. It was a piece of shit.
To each his own. To me, 2k4 was the best because it had vehicles and huge outdoor levels.
don't understand this at all. You agree with him, but the way he says things makes you not want to agree? How does that work? What is it about his communication style that makes you want to disagree with things you actually agree with?
Part of it is that he can't make a point without turning it into a goddamned circus. Like in "Capitalism: A Love Story" where he goes to the bank with big bags to ask for our money back. Or in "Sicko" where he goes wandering around the hospital looking for the billing room. I get it, Mike.
Hell, I would argue that healthcare is the most basic right. Remember the inalienable right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness? If healthcare isn't a right, then you might as well chuck all the other ones out, because it's kind of meaningless to have any other rights when you're dead.
Even though it's stupid, when I see the Android ads I think "oh cool, an ANDROID! I wonder what it can do?
I don't know. When I see that one of the guy slowly turning into a Terminator in the meeting room I think, "Oh my god, he's turning into a robot! Someone should help him!"
A dozen crashes in a single 35 hour playthrough, post-patch? Missions that can't be completed? Poor graphics performance on a popular brand of video card? A few glitches would be acceptable, but this is extreme.
Anecdotes are great! Everybody has one! Here's mine: I've had a few crashes and I'm at, I don't know, 60 hours? But not once every 3 hours. Haven't had any missions that couldn't be completed. Runs beautifully at max settings on my 5870.
Not to say there haven't been a few oddities, but I'm happy with it.
This is just one sample of course. But if a conservative Windows-centric organisation is planning to switch so immediately, it doesn't bode well for MS's revenue backbone
Yes, finally we have some balance where people have to work together instead of claiming to work with the other guy and then doing what you wanted to anyway.
Really? Did we have that before the election? Because I must have missed it.
This is actually really a great benefit for Obama as he will now seem much more moderate
You mean he will have to move back to the left from where he is now?
enacted "Obamacare" in a nearly completely partisan vote with little to no real input from the right
That's pretty funny, given that much of the health care bill was ripped from the Republican counter proposal to "Hillarycare" under Clinton.
has not compromised on any bill placed in front of him to sign.
"Compromise" to the current GOP means, "give us everything we want, and in return we get to call you Communists and say you're destroying America. Deal?"
From the perspective of a conservative, his is THE most left-leaning and partisan Presidency to date.
That is why Star Bucks only has ONE flavor of coffee and absolutely no tea.
Yes, Starbucks offers a lot of different kinds of coffee. The difference is, the people that make cream and sugar don't have to struggle trying to get their product to work with all the different varieties of coffee.
,i>Explain to me how micro-companies and nerds in their basements can write shit like Nexuiz, Penumbra, Tremulous, Urban Terror, Warsow, Flightgear, TORCS, Sauerbraten, etc. while the big guys can't seem to pull it off?
The big boys can pull it off. UT 2004 had a Linux version. But it's usually not worth their time. Given the relative market share, I'm actually amazed Valve took the time to make Steam work on the Mac.
It's all about cost/benefit. If it takes 10% more effort to get a game to run on Linux, that's only going to increase your potential market by 1% or so, and most of those people are too cheap to buy your game anyway. Conclusion: don't bother. Spend your resources making the Windows version better.
It is only a modern notion, post Lincoln, and getting progressively worse under Wilson, Hoover and FDR (and all since him), that the federal government gets to tell the states what to
know it's crazy talk, but how about the repeal of the 17th Amendment, which made Senators directly elected by the people (and hence, prone to the partisanship winds of the day) rather than being representatives of the states (hence the term Statesmen)? These days, the Senate tends to be just as petty and partisan as the House, if not even moreso, and it's all because the Senators have to play up their act to get re-elected rather than being able to vote their conscience.
Great theory. The trouble is that one reason the 17th was passed in the first place was the increasing corruption and backroom deals involved with the election of Senators by State legislatures. How do you stop that from happening again?
George W. Bush appoints some woman with no judicial experience to the Supreme Court, and when people express concerns about her lack of qualifications, he goes out and finds a better qualified candidate.
Barrack Obama appoints some woman with no judicial experience to the Supreme Court, and when people express concerns about her lack of qualifications, he laughs in their faces and pushes her through confirmation anyway.
Protip: The opposition to Harriet Miers wasn't due to her lack of judicial experience.
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Sorry you never learned how to use a pencil.
Hint: The pointy end goes on the paper.
The third iteration (UT 2004) jumped the shark, adding vehicles to the gameplay with huge outdoor levels. I guess they were feeling Halo-envy. It was a piece of shit.
To each his own. To me, 2k4 was the best because it had vehicles and huge outdoor levels.
don't understand this at all. You agree with him, but the way he says things makes you not want to agree? How does that work? What is it about his communication style that makes you want to disagree with things you actually agree with?
Part of it is that he can't make a point without turning it into a goddamned circus. Like in "Capitalism: A Love Story" where he goes to the bank with big bags to ask for our money back. Or in "Sicko" where he goes wandering around the hospital looking for the billing room. I get it, Mike.
do you think it would be reasonable for the government to force you to buy a gun every year? It's the exact same thing.
This has already happened. Militia Act of 1792.
How is healthcare a right?
Hell, I would argue that healthcare is the most basic right. Remember the inalienable right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness? If healthcare isn't a right, then you might as well chuck all the other ones out, because it's kind of meaningless to have any other rights when you're dead.
If you want to pay for your neighbor's health care, be my guest. I shouldn't be forced to do so.
Guess what, Chuckles... you already do, it's just that you can't directly see it.
Even though it's stupid, when I see the Android ads I think "oh cool, an ANDROID! I wonder what it can do?
I don't know. When I see that one of the guy slowly turning into a Terminator in the meeting room I think, "Oh my god, he's turning into a robot! Someone should help him!"
Not what I want out of a phone.
Graphically it was amazing, but other than that I thought it was one of the worst films I've ever seen..
Everyone is entitled to their opinion; even if yours is utterly wrong.
I won't buy Steam delivered games or games that use Steam for DRM
As opposed to the other godawful DRM they would be using instead?
A dozen crashes in a single 35 hour playthrough, post-patch? Missions that can't be completed? Poor graphics performance on a popular brand of video card? A few glitches would be acceptable, but this is extreme.
Anecdotes are great! Everybody has one! Here's mine: I've had a few crashes and I'm at, I don't know, 60 hours? But not once every 3 hours. Haven't had any missions that couldn't be completed. Runs beautifully at max settings on my 5870.
Not to say there haven't been a few oddities, but I'm happy with it.
The memory leaks are inexcusable, as well (I had FO3: New Vegas consuming 4GB of RAM before it crashed - I have 6GB available).
New Vegas was developed by Obsidian, not Bethesda.
This is just one sample of course. But if a conservative Windows-centric organisation is planning to switch so immediately, it doesn't bode well for MS's revenue backbone
Or... it doesn't bode well for your organization.
Yes, finally we have some balance where people have to work together instead of claiming to work with the other guy and then doing what you wanted to anyway.
Really? Did we have that before the election? Because I must have missed it.
This is actually really a great benefit for Obama as he will now seem much more moderate
You mean he will have to move back to the left from where he is now?
enacted "Obamacare" in a nearly completely partisan vote with little to no real input from the right
That's pretty funny, given that much of the health care bill was ripped from the Republican counter proposal to "Hillarycare" under Clinton.
has not compromised on any bill placed in front of him to sign.
"Compromise" to the current GOP means, "give us everything we want, and in return we get to call you Communists and say you're destroying America. Deal?"
From the perspective of a conservative, his is THE most left-leaning and partisan Presidency to date.
Look at how wrong you are.
That is why Star Bucks only has ONE flavor of coffee and absolutely no tea.
Yes, Starbucks offers a lot of different kinds of coffee. The difference is, the people that make cream and sugar don't have to struggle trying to get their product to work with all the different varieties of coffee.
my new 2010 CR-V has a real time miles per gallon calculator on the dashboard and i can easily go above 30mpg at 65mph
That's pretty terrible. I can get about 26 mpg cruising at 70 mph in my 2011 v8 Mustang.
Listen, friend, the other candidate could be a moldy pile of monkey feces, and I'd still vote for it over Sharron Angle.
Vote Monkey Feces! "At least it's not batshit!"
how can you take either seriously?
I think you're missing something.
And iv'e got a bridge for sale in San Francisco...
No thanks. I got a sweet deal on one in Brooklyn.
Do you get it now or should I draw you a fucking picture?
You better draw the fucking picture. If it makes as much sense as your text, it'll look like a Jackson Pollock painting.
,i>Explain to me how micro-companies and nerds in their basements can write shit like Nexuiz, Penumbra, Tremulous, Urban Terror, Warsow, Flightgear, TORCS, Sauerbraten, etc. while the big guys can't seem to pull it off?
The big boys can pull it off. UT 2004 had a Linux version. But it's usually not worth their time. Given the relative market share, I'm actually amazed Valve took the time to make Steam work on the Mac.
It's all about cost/benefit. If it takes 10% more effort to get a game to run on Linux, that's only going to increase your potential market by 1% or so, and most of those people are too cheap to buy your game anyway. Conclusion: don't bother. Spend your resources making the Windows version better.
It is only a modern notion, post Lincoln, and getting progressively worse under Wilson, Hoover and FDR (and all since him), that the federal government gets to tell the states what to
It's also a good notion, IMO.
know it's crazy talk, but how about the repeal of the 17th Amendment, which made Senators directly elected by the people (and hence, prone to the partisanship winds of the day) rather than being representatives of the states (hence the term Statesmen)? These days, the Senate tends to be just as petty and partisan as the House, if not even moreso, and it's all because the Senators have to play up their act to get re-elected rather than being able to vote their conscience.
Great theory. The trouble is that one reason the 17th was passed in the first place was the increasing corruption and backroom deals involved with the election of Senators by State legislatures. How do you stop that from happening again?
George W. Bush appoints some woman with no judicial experience to the Supreme Court, and when people express concerns about her lack of qualifications, he goes out and finds a better qualified candidate.
Barrack Obama appoints some woman with no judicial experience to the Supreme Court, and when people express concerns about her lack of qualifications, he laughs in their faces and pushes her through confirmation anyway.
Protip: The opposition to Harriet Miers wasn't due to her lack of judicial experience.
Nobody actually knew what it was.