AFAIK - this was supposed to be how 2600's ShapeShifter got arrested. He's in prison on anywhere between half-million and a million dollars. For a damned misdemeanor, as well. May I quote the Eighth Amendment verbatim...
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The only time bail like that is necessary is if there exists risk of flight (admittedly, I am not aware of ShapeShifter's place of origin.)
There must exist some attorney willing to work pro bono and haul the city/county of Philadelphia into Federal court.
The Alan Parsons' Project album I, Robot is also most excellent. I suggest you get it, assuming you're not boycotting RIAA. (It's an Arista release.)
As for the game - the following comes from Videotopia:
I, Robot, Atari Inc., 1984. Originally titled "Ice Castles", I, Robot was the first game to feature 3-D polygon graphics. It even allowed you to just "doodle" with the polygon objects rather than actually play the game. Although I, Robot was not a success, it was the direct ancestor of today's most sophisticated polygon racing and fighting games. Only 1000 I, Robots were ever produced. 500 stayed in North America, and 500 were reportedly exported to Japan.
There's also a picture of it next to it on the site, click here.
Anyone remember the old Hercules monochrome adapter? 720x350. I recall Win3.0 & 3.1 having drivers for it. And the old EGA stalwart: 640x350x16 (out of a 64 color pallete).
Evolution should absolutely be taught at our schools. It is the best scientifically derived theory we have that explains how we came to be. If you want your kids to learn Creationism, send them to Sunday School. Religious mythology does not belong in public schools.
Well, maybe & maybe not. Personally, evolution/creationism should be treated in schools much like other highly divisive topics -- give both points fairly. The obvious problem is that most teachers are biased too, and might give a spin to either side, either inadvertently or knowingly.
Evolution was talked about in our class in the 6th grade...and I went to a Catholic school! The above statement about bias holds to the creationism side.
I figure this issue will go the way of abortion, death penalty, and GPL/BSD licences...hotly contested forever.
(I have yet to see ESR reads the Cathedral and the Bazaar, never mind the poerty of Jim Morrision or...)
Actually, the poetry of Jim Morrison is on CD. It's called An American Prayer, which Jim recorded around 1970 and features a lot of stuff that eventually went on L.A. Woman... but if you're boycotting RIAA, tough crap.:)
My 2 - I personally have always like reading books & text on-line. Bytes are less dense than paper, and the clueless boss can't tell a text box from a Netscape window.
My first book I read on-line: Flatland, which I got from gopher://wiretap.spies.com and read from an 80x25 telnet window. Good stuff that Norwin Public Library didn't have.
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The only time bail like that is necessary is if there exists risk of flight (admittedly, I am not aware of ShapeShifter's place of origin.)
There must exist some attorney willing to work pro bono and haul the city/county of Philadelphia into Federal court.
Proud to be living on the other side of PA,
OOPS! Wrong URL for the pic. Click here instead.
As for the game - the following comes from Videotopia:
There's also a picture of it next to it on the site, click here.
Anyone remember the old Hercules monochrome adapter? 720x350. I recall Win3.0 & 3.1 having drivers for it. And the old EGA stalwart: 640x350x16 (out of a 64 color pallete).
Evolution should absolutely be taught at our schools. It is the best scientifically derived theory we have that explains how we came to be. If you want your kids to learn Creationism, send them to Sunday School. Religious mythology does not belong in public schools.
Well, maybe & maybe not. Personally, evolution/creationism should be treated in schools much like other highly divisive topics -- give both points fairly. The obvious problem is that most teachers are biased too, and might give a spin to either side, either inadvertently or knowingly.
Evolution was talked about in our class in the 6th grade...and I went to a Catholic school! The above statement about bias holds to the creationism side.
I figure this issue will go the way of abortion, death penalty, and GPL/BSD licences...hotly contested forever.
(I have yet to see ESR reads the Cathedral and the Bazaar, never mind the poerty of Jim Morrision or ...) :)
Actually, the poetry of Jim Morrison is on CD. It's called An American Prayer, which Jim recorded around 1970 and features a lot of stuff that eventually went on L.A. Woman... but if you're boycotting RIAA, tough crap.
My 2 - I personally have always like reading books & text on-line. Bytes are less dense than paper, and the clueless boss can't tell a text box from a Netscape window.
My first book I read on-line: Flatland, which I got from gopher://wiretap.spies.com and read from an 80x25 telnet window. Good stuff that Norwin Public Library didn't have.
Reinheitsgebot, 1516. . /. scores me as such. :)
Good info on it is at http://www.wohlmut.com/beer/morebeer.html
I know I'm off-topic but I'd like to see if