Man, I just mentioned the Arial/Helvetica thing a few posts up before I read the whole post listing. Here comes the vindictive mods.
You do bring up a good point about typeface issues. Readability studies have been going on since a little after the printing press became popular. That data would influence all typefacs to appear somewhat homogenous. I mean, its not like serif/sans serif = apples/oranges.
I would have liked to have seen how these groups split up. Mark half, those in the same community group, with some sort of colored agent for distinction purposes. Also attach numbers to their backs for singular ID.
Are certain roaches more active than others in the "communicating" phase? Do they exhibit "Leadership?" Do the roaches split themselves based on swarm? Is there a consistent distribution of the numbers inside the shelters?
But those aren't skill trainers, those two are a theory trainer and a recruitment tool. I agree that the theory of cover and target to target movement can be taught in a video game. You could probably teach firefight awareness too.
What you can't teach is how to shoot that gun effectively. Handle the recoil, control your pulse, breath out and squeeze - game simulation can't do it.
It sounds that way, but it isn't entirely. From what I have experienced, the suits have a real problem getting an IT guy to see their point of view, and the same is true in reverse. Someone who has the experience to understand why some of the ridiculous things managers ask for aren't as foolish when looked at from their perspective also knows how to employ the inverse.
That is a person who can lead a tech team from the frontlines and then come back to the Meeting Room and be an evangilist whos opinion carries weight. I view it as a redefinition of what a "project manager's" responsibilities and place in the corporate structure are.
Sometimes it isn't about a business wanting you to add up time cards and crack the whip. I think any geek would bend over backwards if it meant they could show some young turks through all the mistakes they had to figure out alone. Maybe business are learning that PHB's screw the IT shit up, so they go to their fall back option - can one of these geeks speak our language and will he wear a suit twice a year?
Don't we get to a point where something that treats reprehenisble behaviours in a glorified way is socially unacceptable?
Yes, when society quits buying it, but they don't. They LOVE it. I know I LOVE that game. Now, I don't like it because I get to kill "virtual 'My Radio' LL Cool J's" - but that is fun. I like it because I can do close to anything I want without going to Jail.
See, I don't want to go to Jail. I don't want to hurt people. What I do want to do is experience activities where that could happen as a result in an environment where it is not harming anyone, nor am I committing a crime.
I also like to pretend I am in a NFL football game without getting cold cocked by some 280 pound linebacker.
This is nothing more than a transference of the "sue the handgun manufacturer" approach to video game makers. Video games do not have the legal experience, the finances, or lobbying capabilities that the gun manufacturers have. Politicians and Ambulance Chasers need a new scapegoat to divert attention away from the real issue. They can take everything they leaned from the hard battles fought against gun manufacturers and apply them to the much weaker video game industry.
Some where ICE-T is screaming "I told you bitches!"
The real shooting club community really doesn't tolerate the type you are most likely imagining.
I would have to concur with this statement. At the range I shoot at I made the mistake of saying "well, I like to shoot because I'm practicing for when the cops come to get me."
I didn't think before I spoke and what was meant as a joke, a really really tasteless and classless joke, was taken quite negatively by the crowd there. I was asked to leave pretty soon after that. I returned and apologized for my behavior the next day. They let me shoot there again, but it was a LONG time before the off duty police officers who frequented the place would even acknowledge my presence.
I got what I deserved for my shitty behavior, I can't imagine was a real nutjob would go through.
It wouldn't matter to me if it were 4 days, 4 weeks or 40 weeks before it came to disc, I still wouldn't shell out for the theater in these cases.
I try to vote with my dollar, so I go to the movies only when all of the following criteria are met:
The story is something I want to see
The director is doing something innovative
The prerelease spin lacks trite and overplayed statements from known review whores
I don't have a video game I would rather play
The last movie I saw in a theater was Sin City or Batman Begins - whichever came out most recently. The rest can wait until I can get it on NetFlix or OnDemand.
The problem isn't if the game MADE him do it, but if the game helped him do it MORE EFFICIENTLY.
In other words, videogames TRAIN the players to become better and more effective criminals.
I don't really but this at all, the reason being that simulations only work for certain things. Gran Turismo didn't make this dude a better driver. The most that this kid could have learned from a video game was the "concepts" of cover and target to target movement. These could be learned from watching TLC specials on Special Forces Training.
Hell, basic biology class teaches you that shooting someone in the head is better than shooting someone in the chest. Also, the targeting system on GTA kinda sucks. To say it makes you a better criminal through training is somewhat of a stretch. I played the hell out of Silent Scope, so much that my second gun was a long range rifle that I bought to practice with. I'll tell you what, I can't hit a damn thing from over 100 yards away in real life.
The idea that video games train people to do things better is kind of misleading. If we could learn how to pilot state of the art fighter planes by playing "Air Striker" or whatever, then the military is wasting a bunch of cash. Military application of video simulation is WAY beyond what a TV and console offer. They are truly immersive experiences which include real held weapons and free range of physical movement.
Two analog sticks, 10 buttons, and a 32 inch screen doesn't cut it.
I really hope Sony makes a way for indy and hobby developers to create their own games and release them through the service. That functionality alone would guarantee my dollar.
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Actually, I see notable differences between G,J,Q,c,f,g,and j. Please note we are talking about typefaces here, and the differences WILL be subtle.
Man, I just mentioned the Arial/Helvetica thing a few posts up before I read the whole post listing. Here comes the vindictive mods.
You do bring up a good point about typeface issues. Readability studies have been going on since a little after the printing press became popular. That data would influence all typefacs to appear somewhat homogenous. I mean, its not like serif/sans serif = apples/oranges.
Look at Arial and Helvetica.
I would have liked to have seen how these groups split up. Mark half, those in the same community group, with some sort of colored agent for distinction purposes. Also attach numbers to their backs for singular ID.
Are certain roaches more active than others in the "communicating" phase? Do they exhibit "Leadership?" Do the roaches split themselves based on swarm? Is there a consistent distribution of the numbers inside the shelters?
Tivo has one thing that all it's competitors can't buy: brand recognition.
I dunno, my OnDemand is pretty damn Comcastic.
I thought the "Internet" was the hardware and "internet" was all the crap that the hardware serves up, also known as "the web".
But, alas, around here, its cause for people to break out their tin foil hats.
Well, I haven't made a hat yet, but I am measuring my head.
I will only buy this if it comes with a "Theater Mode" where I can let Bob's voice lull me into a happy tree coma.
But .xxx also makes it easier for kids to find Pr0n on the Internet.
Yeah, cause putting "tits" into Google is hard.
I salute you.
When one can support themselves doing what they love most they are truly living life.
Cliche as hell as that sounds, its the fuckin' truth.
No, I agree with this point.
But those aren't skill trainers, those two are a theory trainer and a recruitment tool. I agree that the theory of cover and target to target movement can be taught in a video game. You could probably teach firefight awareness too.
What you can't teach is how to shoot that gun effectively. Handle the recoil, control your pulse, breath out and squeeze - game simulation can't do it.
Now, VR Simulation, that's a different story...
That was my thesis.
It sounds that way, but it isn't entirely. From what I have experienced, the suits have a real problem getting an IT guy to see their point of view, and the same is true in reverse. Someone who has the experience to understand why some of the ridiculous things managers ask for aren't as foolish when looked at from their perspective also knows how to employ the inverse.
That is a person who can lead a tech team from the frontlines and then come back to the Meeting Room and be an evangilist whos opinion carries weight. I view it as a redefinition of what a "project manager's" responsibilities and place in the corporate structure are.
Sometimes it isn't about a business wanting you to add up time cards and crack the whip. I think any geek would bend over backwards if it meant they could show some young turks through all the mistakes they had to figure out alone. Maybe business are learning that PHB's screw the IT shit up, so they go to their fall back option - can one of these geeks speak our language and will he wear a suit twice a year?
Don't we get to a point where something that treats reprehenisble behaviours in a glorified way is socially unacceptable?
Yes, when society quits buying it, but they don't. They LOVE it. I know I LOVE that game. Now, I don't like it because I get to kill "virtual 'My Radio' LL Cool J's" - but that is fun. I like it because I can do close to anything I want without going to Jail.
See, I don't want to go to Jail. I don't want to hurt people. What I do want to do is experience activities where that could happen as a result in an environment where it is not harming anyone, nor am I committing a crime.
I also like to pretend I am in a NFL football game without getting cold cocked by some 280 pound linebacker.
This is nothing more than a transference of the "sue the handgun manufacturer" approach to video game makers. Video games do not have the legal experience, the finances, or lobbying capabilities that the gun manufacturers have. Politicians and Ambulance Chasers need a new scapegoat to divert attention away from the real issue. They can take everything they leaned from the hard battles fought against gun manufacturers and apply them to the much weaker video game industry.
Some where ICE-T is screaming "I told you bitches!"
The real shooting club community really doesn't tolerate the type you are most likely imagining.
I would have to concur with this statement. At the range I shoot at I made the mistake of saying "well, I like to shoot because I'm practicing for when the cops come to get me."
I didn't think before I spoke and what was meant as a joke, a really really tasteless and classless joke, was taken quite negatively by the crowd there. I was asked to leave pretty soon after that. I returned and apologized for my behavior the next day. They let me shoot there again, but it was a LONG time before the off duty police officers who frequented the place would even acknowledge my presence.
I got what I deserved for my shitty behavior, I can't imagine was a real nutjob would go through.
I learned how to write "Hello World" from a command line to my screen!
(In the real world would you trust a porn purveyor with your credit card?)
Considering they were the driving force behind secure online CC transactions and secure account information practices, sure.
I try to vote with my dollar, so I go to the movies only when all of the following criteria are met:
The last movie I saw in a theater was Sin City or Batman Begins - whichever came out most recently. The rest can wait until I can get it on NetFlix or OnDemand.
The problem isn't if the game MADE him do it, but if the game helped him do it MORE EFFICIENTLY.
In other words, videogames TRAIN the players to become better and more effective criminals.
I don't really but this at all, the reason being that simulations only work for certain things. Gran Turismo didn't make this dude a better driver. The most that this kid could have learned from a video game was the "concepts" of cover and target to target movement. These could be learned from watching TLC specials on Special Forces Training.
Hell, basic biology class teaches you that shooting someone in the head is better than shooting someone in the chest. Also, the targeting system on GTA kinda sucks. To say it makes you a better criminal through training is somewhat of a stretch. I played the hell out of Silent Scope, so much that my second gun was a long range rifle that I bought to practice with. I'll tell you what, I can't hit a damn thing from over 100 yards away in real life.
The idea that video games train people to do things better is kind of misleading. If we could learn how to pilot state of the art fighter planes by playing "Air Striker" or whatever, then the military is wasting a bunch of cash. Military application of video simulation is WAY beyond what a TV and console offer. They are truly immersive experiences which include real held weapons and free range of physical movement.
Two analog sticks, 10 buttons, and a 32 inch screen doesn't cut it.
Wasn't the dude from "House" in those? BTW, whats a novel?
I think I already own that patent. Dihydromonoxysomething or other. I don't know what it's called, my lawyer told me to do it.
This is why I have promptly registered my child at Battle School
You know, it pays to have your kids in high places.
That was supposed to be a Mary Magdalene joke, but I guess no one here has a sense of humor.
I knew this was coming the instant Sony acquired Zipper Interactive.
I really hope Sony makes a way for indy and hobby developers to create their own games and release them through the service. That functionality alone would guarantee my dollar.