This is tagged as slashdotliberalwhining? I thought limited government used to be a conservative ideal. Everything the current administation does isn't automatically "conservative" just because the President is a Republican.
As someone who recently turned 30, I say good! I want to be able shop for games without all of those 20-somethings fussing over everything with their damn iPods and text-messaging and tattos. Damn whippersnappers!
A free used game or DVD? Uhm.... since there probably won't be any used PS3 games at that time... wouldn't, say, $20 off of a new PS3 game make a lot more sense? When you're going to pick up your new console, who's going to be enthusiastic about picking up a used game for an old console?
If Congress appointed the Attorney General and the Department of Justice was a part of the Legislative branch, than maybe the recent election would allow for a new antitrust trial against Microsoft. But, that's not the case. I seriously doubt Alberto "The Torturer" Gonzales cares any more about enforcing antitrust laws than John Ashcroft did before him.
I haven't read the article, but I've used MyHeritage before. It doesn't do a very good job at all. You can tell it takes cues off incidental things like: which direction the light source in the pictures are coming from, what angle your face is at, how much are you smiling, and what style of glasses you're wearing. Good facial recognition software needs to be able to ignore these things and look instead at the actual shape of a face.
100% of the planets I've been to so far harbor intelligent life. There are billions of planets in the galaxy. Ergo, there are billions of planets in the galaxy that harbor intelligent life.
Sonny, this all happened longer than 10 years ago. AD&D 2nd Edition was class-based, you say? You know what was class-based long before that? The original Dungeons & Dragons. I sure don't know what the first RPG without skills was, but GURPS didn't have any classes, and it came out in 1986. And my understanding is that Champions/HERO system was out earlier than that.
I don't care about gay marraige, it shouldn't be banned, but before we allow it, we need to take a careful look at all the societal and economic consequences.
This isn't building a highway, it's people's lives. Would you have told Abe Lincoln to make sure he fully understood all the societal and economic consequences before he delivered the Emancipation Proclamation? There's no way he could have known the full impact it would have. But, that doesn't matter, because it was the right thing to do. You don't do impact studies before you acknolwedge people's rights. You acknowledge and uphold people's rights because we (supposedly) live in a free society, and it is immoral to do otherwise.
Do you remember back in elementary school and then high school when you were taught critical thinking, logic, problem solving, and the scientific method as applied to making everyday decisions?
Yeah, nobody else was taught any of that either.
When I was in junior high, we actually had a course for half a semester called Critical Thinking. I thought it was a great course. Although, everyone else I knew expressed dislike for the class and it was cancelled the year after I left. Oh well.
I guess that makes this piece as accurate as most of the mainstream news stories about Napster back in its heyday. When I'd hear a network anchor mention Napster, they'd usually refer to it as a website.
I bought WotC's _The Primal Order_ back in the day. It was amazingly well-written. One of the few RPG books I ever read cover-to-cover. In the very back there was an appendix that listed out how to convert The Primal Order to other systems. That's what Kevin S. and Palladium were suing over -- just that one or two pages in the back of a book from a tiny little RPG company.
I believe it was also around this time that I read about how Palladium had sent off some cease & desist letters to game magazines, asking them not to publish certain types of content for their games. (I don't even know of any independent RPG magazines these days -- not that I've been paying attention. Back in the day, it was normal for these magazines to publish adventures, characters, and other materials for various RPGs.) I recall one magazine editor wrote an editorial saying that since Palladium seemed to be so heavy-handed, they wouldn't be covering anything about Palladium games from then on.
Reading Kevin's history of Palladium on their website is a bit disturbing. It's clear that this guy is very full of himself. And for what? He re-made D&D with renamed alignments, two types of hit points, and a larger number of classes.
This is just my personal experience, of course, but, with the exception of some of my transactions with the 3rd party sellers on Amazon, I've always had excellent service and never had a problem with them. On the other hand, I placed only a handful of orders with Barnes & Noble, and they messed up three times. Personally, I'm fed up with B&N.
I'd think one of the most important things for a PR firm to do would be to understand who it is they're representing, and what ideals and values the company wants to represent. I mean, come on, this isn't exactly... oh. Nevermind.
On a related note, Wal-Mart shoppers in Northeast Ohio...
I don't know if it's like this everywhere, but of the stores around here, Wal-Mart always takes by far the longest to get through the check-out line. That's one of the reasons I rarely go there. My suggestion would be: if you want to check-out faster, consider frequenting a different store.
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As an American, I'll gladly admit that I don't know the difference between Dutchland and Belgia.
This is tagged as slashdotliberalwhining? I thought limited government used to be a conservative ideal. Everything the current administation does isn't automatically "conservative" just because the President is a Republican.
As someone who recently turned 30, I say good! I want to be able shop for games without all of those 20-somethings fussing over everything with their damn iPods and text-messaging and tattos. Damn whippersnappers!
A free used game or DVD? Uhm.... since there probably won't be any used PS3 games at that time... wouldn't, say, $20 off of a new PS3 game make a lot more sense? When you're going to pick up your new console, who's going to be enthusiastic about picking up a used game for an old console?
If Congress appointed the Attorney General and the Department of Justice was a part of the Legislative branch, than maybe the recent election would allow for a new antitrust trial against Microsoft. But, that's not the case. I seriously doubt Alberto "The Torturer" Gonzales cares any more about enforcing antitrust laws than John Ashcroft did before him.
What!?!? No they're not! They're the folksy every-person. All of them. Haven't you seen their ads!?
...are made up on the spot.
I haven't read the article, but I've used MyHeritage before. It doesn't do a very good job at all. You can tell it takes cues off incidental things like: which direction the light source in the pictures are coming from, what angle your face is at, how much are you smiling, and what style of glasses you're wearing. Good facial recognition software needs to be able to ignore these things and look instead at the actual shape of a face.
What about his groove? Did he get his groove back, too?
100% of the planets I've been to so far harbor intelligent life.
There are billions of planets in the galaxy.
Ergo, there are billions of planets in the galaxy that harbor intelligent life.
So Zonk didn't RTFA either?
No "Step 2: ???" necessary.
Because no rewriting is needed to make Bush look evil?
Did they upgrade the price to compensate?
Sonny, this all happened longer than 10 years ago. AD&D 2nd Edition was class-based, you say? You know what was class-based long before that? The original Dungeons & Dragons. I sure don't know what the first RPG without skills was, but GURPS didn't have any classes, and it came out in 1986. And my understanding is that Champions/HERO system was out earlier than that.
But is that because they are in IT, or are they in IT because of that?
As someone in IT, I'd like to say: I'd throw a chair at you right now if I could.
No. Gametap is available now.
I don't care about gay marraige, it shouldn't be banned, but before we allow it, we need to take a careful look at all the societal and economic consequences.
This isn't building a highway, it's people's lives. Would you have told Abe Lincoln to make sure he fully understood all the societal and economic consequences before he delivered the Emancipation Proclamation? There's no way he could have known the full impact it would have. But, that doesn't matter, because it was the right thing to do. You don't do impact studies before you acknolwedge people's rights. You acknowledge and uphold people's rights because we (supposedly) live in a free society, and it is immoral to do otherwise.
Do you remember back in elementary school and then high school when you were taught critical thinking, logic, problem solving, and the scientific method as applied to making everyday decisions? Yeah, nobody else was taught any of that either.
When I was in junior high, we actually had a course for half a semester called Critical Thinking. I thought it was a great course. Although, everyone else I knew expressed dislike for the class and it was cancelled the year after I left. Oh well.
I guess that makes this piece as accurate as most of the mainstream news stories about Napster back in its heyday. When I'd hear a network anchor mention Napster, they'd usually refer to it as a website.
I bought WotC's _The Primal Order_ back in the day. It was amazingly well-written. One of the few RPG books I ever read cover-to-cover. In the very back there was an appendix that listed out how to convert The Primal Order to other systems. That's what Kevin S. and Palladium were suing over -- just that one or two pages in the back of a book from a tiny little RPG company.
I believe it was also around this time that I read about how Palladium had sent off some cease & desist letters to game magazines, asking them not to publish certain types of content for their games. (I don't even know of any independent RPG magazines these days -- not that I've been paying attention. Back in the day, it was normal for these magazines to publish adventures, characters, and other materials for various RPGs.) I recall one magazine editor wrote an editorial saying that since Palladium seemed to be so heavy-handed, they wouldn't be covering anything about Palladium games from then on.
Reading Kevin's history of Palladium on their website is a bit disturbing. It's clear that this guy is very full of himself. And for what? He re-made D&D with renamed alignments, two types of hit points, and a larger number of classes.
This is just my personal experience, of course, but, with the exception of some of my transactions with the 3rd party sellers on Amazon, I've always had excellent service and never had a problem with them. On the other hand, I placed only a handful of orders with Barnes & Noble, and they messed up three times. Personally, I'm fed up with B&N.
Woohoo! Great news! Mission Accomplished!
I'd think one of the most important things for a PR firm to do would be to understand who it is they're representing, and what ideals and values the company wants to represent. I mean, come on, this isn't exactly... oh. Nevermind.
On a related note, Wal-Mart shoppers in Northeast Ohio...
I don't know if it's like this everywhere, but of the stores around here, Wal-Mart always takes by far the longest to get through the check-out line. That's one of the reasons I rarely go there. My suggestion would be: if you want to check-out faster, consider frequenting a different store.
Have you played the GTA games? They're better games than they are controversy.