Any other other old Mac gamers out there that remember this title?
This was Bungie's original FPS (afaik), before the whole Marathon series.
What I really like about it was that you really had to account for every damn bullet. You had to manually consolidate partial clips. you could fill clips with alternating AP and HE rounds. Hell, you even held onto empty magazines to refill with bullets you found on corpses. In addition, reload time was painfully (realistically) slow.
While I may not have played nearly as many FPS titles as some of you young whippersnappers, I would have to say that this was the most realistic weapon handling of anything I've played.
agreed.
that Gillette story is still one of my favorites. Even after I almost got thrown out of a class at an Ivy League business school for sharing it with classmates as an example of marketing myopia. Apparently one of the students complained about being exposed to such filth, but would not confront me directly. Keep in mind the average age for students in this class was around 32. The professor told me with a straight face that she could not see any possible relevance that the Gillette article could have on our marketing theory class.
What we really need is a slashdotter in China that can verify what is happening first hand.
What?! no slashdotters in China?!?!!?
they must be blocking/. as well:)
Lead is (or at least was) a common dopant for many types of optical glasses used to make lenses, prisms, etc.
Lead content is also one of the things that differentiates "crystal" (the kind in grandma's china cabinet) from glass. One way to tell if the stuff from grandma is real is to take it home in your carry on luggage. if it is really crystal, TSA will likely make you open the bag for visual inspection because the crystal is opaque to their Xray scanners.
I lived in Tokyo for a while about 10 years ago. At that time you could rent CDs at any music store for about $1. I never saw a service like this pop up in the US, but I assume it would have been very popular. I know I would have used it.
Slashdot Mirror
I forgot all about that feature in Eudora.
Makes me want to fire it up again and reread all my flaming emails from 1995.
Any other other old Mac gamers out there that remember this title? This was Bungie's original FPS (afaik), before the whole Marathon series. What I really like about it was that you really had to account for every damn bullet. You had to manually consolidate partial clips. you could fill clips with alternating AP and HE rounds. Hell, you even held onto empty magazines to refill with bullets you found on corpses. In addition, reload time was painfully (realistically) slow. While I may not have played nearly as many FPS titles as some of you young whippersnappers, I would have to say that this was the most realistic weapon handling of anything I've played.
agreed. that Gillette story is still one of my favorites. Even after I almost got thrown out of a class at an Ivy League business school for sharing it with classmates as an example of marketing myopia. Apparently one of the students complained about being exposed to such filth, but would not confront me directly. Keep in mind the average age for students in this class was around 32. The professor told me with a straight face that she could not see any possible relevance that the Gillette article could have on our marketing theory class.
What we really need is a slashdotter in China that can verify what is happening first hand. What?! no slashdotters in China?!?!!? they must be blocking /. as well :)
"Chicken, fight like a robot!"
It's not a privacy story yet, but when they start asking for DNA samples with your admission essays you can expect the discussion to heat up here.
Lead is (or at least was) a common dopant for many types of optical glasses used to make lenses, prisms, etc. Lead content is also one of the things that differentiates "crystal" (the kind in grandma's china cabinet) from glass. One way to tell if the stuff from grandma is real is to take it home in your carry on luggage. if it is really crystal, TSA will likely make you open the bag for visual inspection because the crystal is opaque to their Xray scanners.
I'll sign the petition. Why the hella not
I lived in Tokyo for a while about 10 years ago. At that time you could rent CDs at any music store for about $1. I never saw a service like this pop up in the US, but I assume it would have been very popular. I know I would have used it.