Wasn't nearly as frightening as their letters had said it was going to be.
Some guy turned up a my door (in hindsight I should have told him where to go, but I was kind of thrown off that they had actually bothered to come out after 2 years of nasty letters).
I tried to say my flat mate had one - but he checked his name in his handheld computer, and it wasn't found (always thought that was quite cool tech for 1998, but obviously realised later that he only had the subscribers in the local area he was checking, not everyone:-), so I was offered the opportunity to buy one on the spot, so I just did, didn't seem worth the further hassle to refuse.
On the subject of not having a TV, I think the licensing authority recently got into trouble because of their hassling of people - they would note that the person didn't have a TV, and not mail them, but once a year passed, they started sending letters again. They were told by the regulator to stop that kind of stuff, which must be pretty annoying if you don't have a TV.
there is an action item that appears when you move close enough to someone. Depending on the target, different actions appear. Usually for males in the game, the kiss icon is replaced by a 'friendly chat' icon. For females, the kiss icon only appears after you've given them chocolate or flowers (greedy cows!).
so you can't even try and kiss someone who isn't "available" accoring to the developers.
I can't believe there was ever a stage where the wiimote wasn't a sword swing!!
what's the point of coming up with a unique control system, then just using it like a conventional controller?
Does Red Steel not have something pretty weak too - i.e. you swing the wiimote, but the sword on screen swings in a standard way, regardless of how you actually swung the remote?
I personally think the demand is similar to what demand will be for Blu-Ray - i.e. pretty small.
Companies can bang on about it being the latest and greatest thing, but to be honest these technologies just don't offer enough improvement to the average consumer. (certainly not as much as the often quoted comparison between video and DVD).
I love gadgets, and have a high disposable income, so if anyone was going to splash out for a HDTV, it would be me.
But to be honest, it just looks like spending money for the sake of it. And if I think that, I find it that unlikely that the average punter will be queueing up to waste a load of money on it.
Ha ha ha! Oh gosh that's funny! That's really funny! Do you write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh. You are the weakest link goodbye.
You know, I've, I've never heard anyone make that joke before. Hmm. You're the first. I've never heard anyone reference, reference that outside the program before.
Because that's what she says on the show right? Isn't it? You are the weakest link goodbye. And, and yet you've taken that and used it out of context to insult someone in this everyday situation. God what a clever, smart person you must be, to come up with a joke like that all by yourself.
That's so fresh too. Any, any Titanic jokes you want to throw at me too as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity. God you're so funny!
I bought a PB around the same time as you, well, actually just after the announcement.
I personally think first revision stuff is a bit flaky, and I doubt you will actually see a 4 fold improvement in performance.
I would also expect a lot more heat/noise than the PB.
Plus, you've had your PB for 6 months - another couple of revisions of the MacBook Pro, probably take you up to about 2 years from when you bought it, and you'll be entitled to upgrade to it.
Basically, the sarcasm that the "could care less" form uses, implies the missing negative - probably shouldn't be used online given sarcasm is harder to do in written text.
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does anyone else just stop reading whenever there is a comment about how iTunes/etc sucks, and they hit the word "ogg"?
I've been "caught in the act" as such.
:-), so I was offered the opportunity to buy one on the spot, so I just did, didn't seem worth the further hassle to refuse.
Wasn't nearly as frightening as their letters had said it was going to be.
Some guy turned up a my door (in hindsight I should have told him where to go, but I was kind of thrown off that they had actually bothered to come out after 2 years of nasty letters).
I tried to say my flat mate had one - but he checked his name in his handheld computer, and it wasn't found (always thought that was quite cool tech for 1998, but obviously realised later that he only had the subscribers in the local area he was checking, not everyone
On the subject of not having a TV, I think the licensing authority recently got into trouble because of their hassling of people - they would note that the person didn't have a TV, and not mail them, but once a year passed, they started sending letters again. They were told by the regulator to stop that kind of stuff, which must be pretty annoying if you don't have a TV.
you're clearly trying very hard to justify the decision to yourself - just buy it!!!
wrong, I'm afraid.
there is an action item that appears when you move close enough to someone. Depending on the target, different actions appear. Usually for males in the game, the kiss icon is replaced by a 'friendly chat' icon. For females, the kiss icon only appears after you've given them chocolate or flowers (greedy cows!).
so you can't even try and kiss someone who isn't "available" accoring to the developers.
was the best of the renegade series.
co-op multiplayer where you could hold an assailant by the shoulders while your team mate beat him up.
Ladies of the night who would hold you by the shoulders and knee you in the groin. Then you could do it back to them! Great fun.
Renegade 1 and 3 were poor by comparison. I always thought this series was superior to the more famous double dragon as well.
I can't believe there was ever a stage where the wiimote wasn't a sword swing!!
what's the point of coming up with a unique control system, then just using it like a conventional controller?
Does Red Steel not have something pretty weak too - i.e. you swing the wiimote, but the sword on screen swings in a standard way, regardless of how you actually swung the remote?
Me not having an iLO in a server? That's unresponsible!
I personally think the demand is similar to what demand will be for Blu-Ray - i.e. pretty small.
Companies can bang on about it being the latest and greatest thing, but to be honest these technologies just don't offer enough improvement to the average consumer. (certainly not as much as the often quoted comparison between video and DVD).
I love gadgets, and have a high disposable income, so if anyone was going to splash out for a HDTV, it would be me.
But to be honest, it just looks like spending money for the sake of it. And if I think that, I find it that unlikely that the average punter will be queueing up to waste a load of money on it.
Good call by nintendo on this, IMHO.
1- Don't know yet.
2- Yes.
3- No.
you are master of the obvious.
Ha ha ha! Oh gosh that's funny! That's really funny! Do you write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh. You are the weakest link goodbye.
You know, I've, I've never heard anyone make that joke before.
Hmm. You're the first. I've never heard anyone reference, reference that outside the program before.
Because that's what she says on the show right? Isn't it? You are the weakest link goodbye. And, and yet you've taken that and used it out of context to insult someone in this everyday situation. God what a clever, smart person you must be, to come up with a joke like that all by yourself.
That's so fresh too. Any, any Titanic jokes you want to throw at me too as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity. God you're so funny!
Where do I sign up? Because the seconds really count for people who want to waste their day reading whiney kids moaning on the internet.
I wouldn't worry.
I bought a PB around the same time as you, well, actually just after the announcement.
I personally think first revision stuff is a bit flaky, and I doubt you will actually see a 4 fold improvement in performance.
I would also expect a lot more heat/noise than the PB.
Plus, you've had your PB for 6 months - another couple of revisions of the MacBook Pro, probably take you up to about 2 years from when you bought it, and you'll be entitled to upgrade to it.
Yes.... and No.
Have a look about half way down this page
http://www.word-detective.com/061405.html
Basically, the sarcasm that the "could care less" form uses, implies the missing negative - probably shouldn't be used online given sarcasm is harder to do in written text.
you've got to be kidding - "Don't Talk, Just Kiss" of that album was superb....
Computer, kill Flanders!
Hideliho, neighbour, my ears are burning!
Good start, now finish the job....