"However, I would *never* allow any doctor cut flaps or grind on my eyeball in an attempt to rid myself of my eyeglasses"
Yeah, because they're stalking you at night, trying to FORCE you to submit to their surgical whims. Even worse, YOU DON'T WEAR YOUR GLASSES AT NIGHT. So you CAN'T SEE THEM. Those clever, sneaky doctors!
Deep breaths. Nobody's going to take your glasses away from you, Poindexter.
His brother has experience in indie game making. Obviously, the poster has experience in indie game marketing, which is to say, "The more people who know about our game, the less cool it is, so I'm going to be rude to people."
Who's riled up? I see the foolhardiness of my initial sally at a civil discussion, but that's life.
Anyhow, if I'm going to play a game with a giant anthropomorphic rabbit, the main character's name needs to be Fiver or Harvey. But that's just me.
Okay, you drew a parallel between the notion of sequels (among other techniques) and the apparently objectionable notion of squeezing every last penny out of games. I was simply trying to understand it in the context of your indie sensibilities.
But, hey, if you prefer to antagonize potential customers, I guess that's one way of going about it. Good job!
I have a full-size courier bag. I could fit at least a dozen MacBooks in it, and still have room for a nice lunch. Come to think of it, I could probably fit one of each computer Apple sells right now in the bag simultaneously, if I had any reason to do something so absurd.
If you define "Portable" as "Fits in your pants pocket", I have a whole lot of books that are not portable. I think that's a fairly silly definition.
Mmmkay. The 13" iBook (uh, I mean Macbook) is pretty darn close to the same size.
I mean, sure...get as excited as you want about whatever you want. But asserting that Apple doesn't have any truly portable computers...come on. That's just silly.
A spelling checker would not catch that error. Proofreading is REALLY your friend. Spelling checkers just dress up like your friend, steal your beer, and pee on your floor.
"Part of the charm of indy games is that they are not made to squeeze every last penny out of a game."
I'm having trouble reconciling these two sentences. I'm also having difficulty figuring out who elected you to say what is, and is not, "the charm of indy [sic] games".
Reminds me of the punk scene. How much energy was expended deciding what was or was not punk? Here's a hint: Arguing about what is or is not punk, is not punk.
Yeah, because you're toting around your cable TV connection there in your man-bag, right?
How portable does a TV solution need to be? If you're ripping to digital video, you don't need a TV card when you're playing back. If you're recording video, you're attached to a wire that's affixed to a building.
Unless you've got a backpack with a DirectTV dish on it. If that's the case, I think complaining about the portability of USB TV decoders is kinda silly.
If you've got a bag that'll carry a three-ring binder, it'll fit a 12" Apple laptop. What definition are you arbitrarily assigning to the phrase "truly portable machine"?
(I'm thinking of the "No True Scotsman..." fallacy here...)
Oh, yeah, forgot all about that. I'll go ahead and fix North Korea on my way home from work. Thanks for reminding me...I need to pick up some butter, too.
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"You did in effect elect your government"
I am one person. I cast one vote. I didn't elect crap.
"You have an open ballot"
What country are you talking about again?
"In other words, stop with this "The devil made me do it." garbage,"
Huh?
"and vote conscientiously, instead of for more bling, like 99% of you are doing now."
Who are you arguing with? It's sure not me. And where are you seeing 99% voter turnouts?
What makes you think that lawmakers want to have simple laws?
"you (plural) elected it"
See, there's where you're wrong. We really didn't.
Hijacking what domain? Google can't hijack Google's domain...it's theirs, and they can put whatever they want to on their search page.
Why should the xBox be treated differently than every other appliance that comes with a wall wart?
If it shouldn't be placed on carpet, near stereos, then it doesn't fit in most peoples' living rooms, and is therefore badly designed.
Bad design coming out of Microsoft? Utterly shocking.
"Hardware hacking went the same route as software hacking where kids running a script they downloaded get all the attention."
You mean that nothing whatsoever happened to the real hackers, and a lot of people got mis-identified as such?
"However, I would *never* allow any doctor cut flaps or grind on my eyeball in an attempt to rid myself of my eyeglasses"
Yeah, because they're stalking you at night, trying to FORCE you to submit to their surgical whims. Even worse, YOU DON'T WEAR YOUR GLASSES AT NIGHT. So you CAN'T SEE THEM. Those clever, sneaky doctors!
Deep breaths. Nobody's going to take your glasses away from you, Poindexter.
What, you mean that your value system differs from that of other humans, yet you and they all remain free to act? Shocking, that.
His brother has experience in indie game making. Obviously, the poster has experience in indie game marketing, which is to say, "The more people who know about our game, the less cool it is, so I'm going to be rude to people."
Who's riled up? I see the foolhardiness of my initial sally at a civil discussion, but that's life.
Anyhow, if I'm going to play a game with a giant anthropomorphic rabbit, the main character's name needs to be Fiver or Harvey. But that's just me.
HOLY CRAP! You carried not one, but TWO, non-portable computers on your person? WOW! How much can you bench!
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Okay, you drew a parallel between the notion of sequels (among other techniques) and the apparently objectionable notion of squeezing every last penny out of games. I was simply trying to understand it in the context of your indie sensibilities.
But, hey, if you prefer to antagonize potential customers, I guess that's one way of going about it. Good job!
I have a full-size courier bag. I could fit at least a dozen MacBooks in it, and still have room for a nice lunch. Come to think of it, I could probably fit one of each computer Apple sells right now in the bag simultaneously, if I had any reason to do something so absurd.
If you define "Portable" as "Fits in your pants pocket", I have a whole lot of books that are not portable. I think that's a fairly silly definition.
Mmmkay. The 13" iBook (uh, I mean Macbook) is pretty darn close to the same size.
I mean, sure...get as excited as you want about whatever you want. But asserting that Apple doesn't have any truly portable computers...come on. That's just silly.
A spelling checker would not catch that error. Proofreading is REALLY your friend. Spelling checkers just dress up like your friend, steal your beer, and pee on your floor.
"I am developing Lugaru 2 with him."
"Part of the charm of indy games is that they are not made to squeeze every last penny out of a game."
I'm having trouble reconciling these two sentences. I'm also having difficulty figuring out who elected you to say what is, and is not, "the charm of indy [sic] games".
Reminds me of the punk scene. How much energy was expended deciding what was or was not punk? Here's a hint: Arguing about what is or is not punk, is not punk.
Yeah, because you're toting around your cable TV connection there in your man-bag, right?
How portable does a TV solution need to be? If you're ripping to digital video, you don't need a TV card when you're playing back. If you're recording video, you're attached to a wire that's affixed to a building.
Unless you've got a backpack with a DirectTV dish on it. If that's the case, I think complaining about the portability of USB TV decoders is kinda silly.
You need a hug.
"Apple don't offer a truly portable machine,"
Huh?
If you've got a bag that'll carry a three-ring binder, it'll fit a 12" Apple laptop. What definition are you arbitrarily assigning to the phrase "truly portable machine"?
(I'm thinking of the "No True Scotsman..." fallacy here...)
Oh, yeah, forgot all about that. I'll go ahead and fix North Korea on my way home from work. Thanks for reminding me...I need to pick up some butter, too.
Jackass.
"You think that won't change with the Vista propensity to ask you for permission every time it wants to blow its own nose?"
Yes. Yes, I do think that.
I'm sorry, but you completely lost me with "brag about Lotus Notes". That sentence just didn't parse for me.
"environmentally unsound because of the wasted disc"
Give it away.
Seriously, if the most environmentally unsound thing you do this week is throw away a CD, you're doing just fine.
Uh huh. You just go ahead and hold your breath 'till that happens. Go ahead...I'll wait.
"If this bill puts us on the slippery slope, what have the Patriot Act, wiretapping, etc. been?"
PUTTING US ON THE SLIPPERIEST GODDAMN SLOPE IN HISTORY. Any other questions?
So censorship is OK, as long as it's not too bad, in your opinion.
Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the concept of the "slippery slope".