"Now you have to hand hold 1300 users resetting passwords, etc. And maybe that links to hundreds of different systems across the network. You really have no idea."
I'd kinda hope that NASA uses wouldn't need much hand holding for that. I mean, it isn't rocket science. No, wait...
"That's only happened once! There's been _ONE_ sequel to a prequel so far."
I seem to recall that the Attack of the Clones was hyped as being better than Phantom Menace, which was hyped as being better than Return of the Jedi, which was hyped as being better than the Empire Strikes Back, which was hyped as being better than Star Wars.
By "these" I meant "Star Wars" movies. Though one could also apply it to Star Trek, Blade, Batman, Superman, etc.
"the consensus appears to be that this is the best film of the prequels and it should satisfy fans who were unhappy with the first two."
Every time one of these comes out, they say that it's better than the previous one. And each time, I'm sorely disappointed. This one will be no different, I suspect. The hype machine is in full spin mode.
Jedi Master: "This IS the film you are looking for."
Former Fan: Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me this time. Sure, you got me to see the Phantom Menace, and I regretted it. You coaxed me into seeing Attack of the Clones and I swore revenge. This time, NO WAY. My mind is too strong!
And the reality is that all of us are atheists. As Stephen F. Roberts once said:
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
First, let me say right off, I haven't played WoW nor do I plan to (too many games competing for my time as it is). But I have been playing City of Heroes and Guild Wars.
City of Heroes has instanced missions, but there are other zones that are free-for-alls. Works relatively well, I guess.
Guild Wars has instances for everything other than city zones and PVP areas (I guess, I've only been playing a little while).
I guess I don't get why people would want to play a MMORPG, but also want instances to make it into more of a Not-So-Massively-Multiplayer ORPG. I always thought that Everquest was kinda cool in that everyone was competing/cooperating with one another (and yes, I know the inherent problems that come with that: camping rare spawns, etc).
Guild Wars seems to go even further, basically making a game that has a bunch of different lobby areas (Cities) that allow you to join up for adventures (with up to 8 people). Is Guild Wars really a MMORPG, then (discounting the fact that no MMORPG is actually a RPG, really)? Now, I haven't done any PVP, so maybe that's where the MM part comes in, but it seems a little odd to me.
Not that I'm not enjoying the game: it's nice, simple, and cheap.
Using this, I see that my lawn is the worst looking in the whole neighborhood. If only I could use the satellite's laser weapons to destroy my neighbors' lawns, then I would rule the area! Bwahahaha!
I was nearly finished downloading the complete works of Olivia Newton John and that new Men at Work greatest hits reissue. Now where will I turn to for my Australian pop song downloads?
I picked up an Apple Wireless Mouse and found that it was good enough for everything... except reading long pages. I'd rather have a scroll wheel than another button: the usefulness of the scroll wheel would far exceed having another mouse button.
Luckily, I have a lot of multiple button Logitech mice running around that I can use. But can anyone tell me how I can map f9 to the middle mouse button? Whenever I try, it just pops Expose open instead.
Except that Marvel doesn't have a copyright on claws coming out of knuckles with a sound effect. What they have is the rights to a character named Wolverine with those qualities. It's like saying that any superhero with super speed that leaves a trail behind him is a Flash ripoff.
While downloading specific shows would be great, I'd first like the ability to choose what cable/satellite channels I get individually. I don't want to have to subsidized 20+ sports channels just so that I can watch the Food Network.
I've seen my cable bill rise just so that some idiots can get a sports channel featuring a regional team. Fine, pass that cost directly onto the people who want that content. I don't.
That's the one thing that really annoys me about the two Stargate series: every damn planet looks like Canada. It's become a joke at home: "This week, on Stargate SG-1: The team investigates an alien planet that looks just like Canada."
In fact, there was a Stargate: Atlantis episode that looked like it was filmed in a desert area and I immediately thought that Vancouver had outsourced their scenery to Mexico.
* Battling droids, been there, done that.
* Fighting in front of the old guy, ditto
* Hand getting cut off, check
* Stupid names, got it
* Holograms, yep
* Space battles, uh huh
* Yoda fighting, did that
So, why should I spend my money on this? I already know how it will end and since Lucas is writing the dialogue, I already know it'll be bad. The special effects are common as dirt these days.
Seems like the Vic-20 or Commodore 64 would be in there somewhere. Certainly they were much better gadgets than something like a Panasonic Toughbook or two flavors of Apple laptops.
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"Now you have to hand hold 1300 users resetting passwords, etc. And maybe that links to hundreds of different systems across the network. You really have no idea."
I'd kinda hope that NASA uses wouldn't need much hand holding for that. I mean, it isn't rocket science. No, wait...
"Cross-platform support for both PC's and Macs."
Shadowbane has cross-OS support.
I decided to rewrite your post for the movie version:
"The source may have been provided in a locked filing cabinet but it was made available."
"That's only happened once! There's been _ONE_ sequel to a prequel so far."
I seem to recall that the Attack of the Clones was hyped as being better than Phantom Menace, which was hyped as being better than Return of the Jedi, which was hyped as being better than the Empire Strikes Back, which was hyped as being better than Star Wars.
By "these" I meant "Star Wars" movies. Though one could also apply it to Star Trek, Blade, Batman, Superman, etc.
"the consensus appears to be that this is the best film of the prequels and it should satisfy fans who were unhappy with the first two."
Every time one of these comes out, they say that it's better than the previous one. And each time, I'm sorely disappointed. This one will be no different, I suspect. The hype machine is in full spin mode.
Jedi Master: "This IS the film you are looking for."
Former Fan: Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me this time. Sure, you got me to see the Phantom Menace, and I regretted it. You coaxed me into seeing Attack of the Clones and I swore revenge. This time, NO WAY. My mind is too strong!
And the reality is that all of us are atheists. As Stephen F. Roberts once said:
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
First, let me say right off, I haven't played WoW nor do I plan to (too many games competing for my time as it is). But I have been playing City of Heroes and Guild Wars.
City of Heroes has instanced missions, but there are other zones that are free-for-alls. Works relatively well, I guess.
Guild Wars has instances for everything other than city zones and PVP areas (I guess, I've only been playing a little while).
I guess I don't get why people would want to play a MMORPG, but also want instances to make it into more of a Not-So-Massively-Multiplayer ORPG. I always thought that Everquest was kinda cool in that everyone was competing/cooperating with one another (and yes, I know the inherent problems that come with that: camping rare spawns, etc).
Guild Wars seems to go even further, basically making a game that has a bunch of different lobby areas (Cities) that allow you to join up for adventures (with up to 8 people). Is Guild Wars really a MMORPG, then (discounting the fact that no MMORPG is actually a RPG, really)? Now, I haven't done any PVP, so maybe that's where the MM part comes in, but it seems a little odd to me.
Not that I'm not enjoying the game: it's nice, simple, and cheap.
Shouldn't that be KAppdriva?
Looking at my neighborhood from space just reminds me how piss-poor my lawn is in comparison to my neighbors. Thanks a lot, Google.
At least Google Maps screws up my address, so that everyone else sees a nice green lawn from someone else's house when they search using my address.
Using this, I see that my lawn is the worst looking in the whole neighborhood. If only I could use the satellite's laser weapons to destroy my neighbors' lawns, then I would rule the area! Bwahahaha!
Pick up a cap on Ebay!
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"Somebody set up us the bomb when 8 of 11 stories on the front page are posted by Zonk."
All the other Slashdot editors are living it up on their Easter break: drinking beer, getting tans, sleeping with women.
Well, probably at least one of the above.
Perhaps that's where they got ideas for the Incredibles?
In the Pixar Restroom:
Employee 1: Yeah, the wife calls it "Mr Incredible"
Employe2: Really? My wife has nicknamed mine "Dash" for some reason.
I was nearly finished downloading the complete works of Olivia Newton John and that new Men at Work greatest hits reissue. Now where will I turn to for my Australian pop song downloads?
I picked up an Apple Wireless Mouse and found that it was good enough for everything... except reading long pages. I'd rather have a scroll wheel than another button: the usefulness of the scroll wheel would far exceed having another mouse button.
Luckily, I have a lot of multiple button Logitech mice running around that I can use. But can anyone tell me how I can map f9 to the middle mouse button? Whenever I try, it just pops Expose open instead.
Get the quote right, at least:
"All these worlds are yours..."
Except that Marvel doesn't have a copyright on claws coming out of knuckles with a sound effect. What they have is the rights to a character named Wolverine with those qualities. It's like saying that any superhero with super speed that leaves a trail behind him is a Flash ripoff.
While downloading specific shows would be great, I'd first like the ability to choose what cable/satellite channels I get individually. I don't want to have to subsidized 20+ sports channels just so that I can watch the Food Network.
I've seen my cable bill rise just so that some idiots can get a sports channel featuring a regional team. Fine, pass that cost directly onto the people who want that content. I don't.
Perhaps because the PC version of Knights of the Old Republic wasn't released until 2005?
That's the one thing that really annoys me about the two Stargate series: every damn planet looks like Canada. It's become a joke at home: "This week, on Stargate SG-1: The team investigates an alien planet that looks just like Canada."
In fact, there was a Stargate: Atlantis episode that looked like it was filmed in a desert area and I immediately thought that Vancouver had outsourced their scenery to Mexico.
Let's see:
* Battling droids, been there, done that.
* Fighting in front of the old guy, ditto
* Hand getting cut off, check
* Stupid names, got it
* Holograms, yep
* Space battles, uh huh
* Yoda fighting, did that
So, why should I spend my money on this? I already know how it will end and since Lucas is writing the dialogue, I already know it'll be bad. The special effects are common as dirt these days.
I think I'll give it a pass.
Insert lame joke about said hardware not being able to handle a slashdotting, despite the fact that said hardware is not running the web site.
Seems like the Vic-20 or Commodore 64 would be in there somewhere. Certainly they were much better gadgets than something like a Panasonic Toughbook or two flavors of Apple laptops.
"Isn't /. a game?"
And the only way to win is not to play.
Jeff Goldblum voice:
1. Buy a Mac Mini
2. Plug it in
3. There is no step three. There's no step three.